Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-08-31
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my hlOh "0hOt O1 NtbObN iit NCBOb
tearing up switches and putting the new
track in order. 1t was a beautiful day
andspectators beganto assemble in the
early morning to witness preparations
and toeatch the first glimpse of the big
cars. No time had been set for their
arrival and all day long the crowd kept
swelling untas it numbered something
over one thousand people. At 2:30 the
last narrow gauge train left the depot
Montfort, and the crowd looked IN
what sad to see our old friend depart for
the last time.
At half past seven Sunday evening
the first broad gauge train, composed
of passenger coaches, rounded the bend
in view of the watching multitude and
about five minutes later come the heavy
freight train with empty boxes. 1t was
refreshing to hear the .'f-i-s-s' and
''chunk, chunk!' of the steam breaks
and TO know that Lancaster was at last
connected with Madison, Milwaukee
and Chicago by broad rail and through
trains. The change also brought an en-
tirely new set of hands.
Conductor Moran will hereafter run
between Galena and Montfort; Mel
Dustin will run as extra passenger con-
duetor with headquarters at Madison,
and Mike Leary will probably run be-
tween Woodman and Fennimore juno
ton. These old conductors and train
men have made many warm friends in
Lancaster who were sorry to see them
go. 1t viii be seen that the new train
men are courteous gentleman and they
viii soon be well liked by the people.
There were three engines and twenty
five cars here Monday morning readyto
run on time, as follows: Leaye-Morn-
ing passenger, 1925 a. M, through
freight, 6 a. M, way freight, $50 a. m.
Arriye-Evening passenger, 7;25p. M,
through freight, 1:5O a. M; way freight
APO p. nj.
Lancaster is now connected with
Chicago, New York. Liverpool, Hong
Kong, Alexandria and the whole world,
and there is no reason why she should
not feel proud and put on airs. Every
body should endeavor to do their utmost
to make this a large active city. The
little Lancaster of ten years ago has
passed to the pale shades. The time
when each individual had his pet. mer-
chant to trade with has gone and they
now make purchases where ley find the
most, the best and the cheapest goods.
Our merchants should come by degrees
to make a speciality of one or two lines
Of goods and TO keep such lines full and
complete. The man who endeavors to
sell physic, hardware and meat we the
same counter will invariably get left in
a city of this size, because keeping, a
little of everything simply amounts to
keeping nothing. Gentlemen would not
send to Chicago or Milwaukee for their
underware if the same quality of goods
could be found here, nor would ladies
purchase their finer clothing elsewherei if
they knew they were losing time and
money by so doing. The reason gener-
ally given is that if these goods are kept
on sale here they must be marked higher
than in other places IN account of extra
freight and, therefore, costing more, they
will not sell. But that excuse explodes
Immediately when you consider that
the single individual so sending is forced
to pay more express on the same goods
than the merchant who gets in quantity
by freight. Arriving at this pass we
are forced to the conclusion that to COM
pete with other places on our line of
road and keep our much needed money
ut home we must carry larger and bet
ter stocks of a few particular kinds.
For instance if you sell gents clothing
keep suits for the rich and the poor, the
ldcllNllOLio anu lnG CNtNiCoo -hCCp SulbO
for all that may come. Then, too, you
must let peopleknow that you have these
goods in your store. Hang them out
side. Advertise. Paste small circulars
and paint large signs, on trees and
fences and bridges all over the country.
Send circulars, giving lowest prices,
through the mails to eN erybody. There
must be virtue init, else how do patent
medicine men accumulate their millions
by so doing. 1t is natural for the mar
to suppose who has been doing business
in Z place for twenty or thirty years
that everybody knows him and knows
just what he has got to sell, but such is
not the case. He must keep his business
continually before the people in some
way or eventually lose his trade.
Well, in conclusion we would say, let
this 81 nd Old boom go on. Keep your
head cooi and your hands busy. and
don't take up too much loom in the
pasture. Life is too short to spend time
in ~deploring the shortcomings of your
neighbol, and time is far too precious to
spend in fruitless alteration and sense
less %quarrels.
4 REPORT m in from Platteville
Of u trick which, even if it has not been
played, shows some ingenuity in the
originator. 1t is said that some two or
three weeks ago a rather seedy individ-
uaL ostensibly belonging to the genus
tramp, species worthless, appeared
within the city limits and proceeded to
make inquiries in regard to the owner
ship of certain real estate in the neigh
borhood of the c. NJ. & St. p. depot. A
few days ago chapter 2 in this drama
was enacted as follows A man, appar-