Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-03-29
Hazel Green.

was connected with that affair was
furnished by the professor himself in
the shape of ''wind pudding that he
dealt out very literally to now M
thankful public.
Farmers have now begun to share
around for spring work.
Mr.. John Ryder and wife, of Cicero
kee, Iowa, spent a few days here at The
Johns residerce,
Our Creamery Co. will assume opera
tons sometime next month.
Mr.. Antony Travis, of potosi is visit
friends here.
| Mcssrs. w w. Allen and Edward
Williams will 20 to Dakota next week
TO join their sons who have gone TO
look up u location.
Ed. O'Ncill, our best merchant has
been laying in one of the finest stock
of goods ever brought to town. His
store now is perfect daisy
Horace Curtis and VIM. +. Dudley.
two of our oldest citizens, who have
been on the sick list for some time are
reported as slowly recovering.
Joseph Allen and William Gribble,
two of our enterprising young men start
ed for the land of the Dakotas last Fri
day where they will locate on farms near
Bismarck.
John X. Mcconnell is spending few
days with his family here. prior to 60
ing to Rockford, ILL.,, to take charge of
a stock of auction goods.
Miss Fannie Cornelisen is ut home
again after completing her successful
term of school near Lancaster.
+, g. Thompson, the best auctioEeer
in Grant county. and the one who hangs
for Il bid like dog tearing al n root,
is having an abundance of sales this
Spring
One of JEFF Crawford's valuable
jersey cattle fell on the ice few days
ago and died from the effects of the
injury.
There is a brand new baby at Joe.
Jackson's, and Joe is proudcr than
| girl with new beau.
I. \. and w. W Williams started
for the west last week and will stake off
their plantations somewhere in Dakota.
May success attend them.
Mrs James Birkett has been on the
sick list for some days. but is recover
ing we are pleased to note.
Miss Sallic Price is visiting friends in
Galena.
G. A. Andrew has purchased w. w.
Williams half interest in the meat
market, and hereafter the firm will be
Andrew & Sherard PERRY
POt0si.
Miss Matte jackson, after lengthy
absence attending school at Valparaiso,
his returned home.
G. Y Bonus, Of Dubuque, and his
sister Miss Bonus, of North Andover
were in town last week. Miss b. is the
guest of her friend Miss VIVA Zellac.
( Hunt and jackson transferred two
car loads of. flour on the ice last week.
just in time TO save ferriage, and give
the bread eaters the benefit of one dime
per hundred.
Miss McGee, our popular milliner
who has been making an extended
visit with her sister in Iowa, returned
on Thursday of last week. Her many
friends were glad TO see her smiling
countenance.
Chapman will sell his drove of "wild
| horses" next Saturday at auction.
Potatoes are vending at 20 cents and
parsnips ut Sl.00 per pushed, spring
green's and the traiff reduction will
soon take effect and bring much
needed relief to this long suffering peo-
pie.
Kit Peacock has purchased the in
terest of his part1et in the ''Potosi Milf
and will Hereafter run il alone, he has
employed competent miller and the
mill is now doing some excellent work.
Kit ne,er playei the dusty miller
when boy but he understands the bus
mess all the same.
Pratt and Langstaff, of farm machine
notoriety have dissolved partnership
and divided territory. Each will con-
tinue to revolve in his own sphere.
Billy has already sold fifty feed mills
this spring
Mr.. William HurI, who is attending
Bailie' S Commercial College. at Dubuque
made visit home on Saturday.
A robin re breast chirped and whist
tied the other morning from the leafless
branch of a solitary oak. He soon took
in the situation and left. The whistle
tlOHc W us litb D1AOIt tnt tune WAS
half tinishe /. Candidates for town
Office ''wet their whistles and don't
seem to mind the cold shoulder of man
or weather.
Maple syrup is still imported from
Vermont. Glecose favored with moe
casions and Indian blankets; it is an
excellent substitute for the real stun
price Sl.25 per. gal.
Mr.. L. Spaulding is yenovating the
creamery and waiting for the cows to
calye. He expects to ran saw-mill
with buttermilk this summer. adam
will please take notice and be on hand
early. Fresh buttermilk is a nice tonic
for exhausted energies and is equal to
fri ID fish as brain pdbulum.
Eggs have found their level two
dozen for % cents. Ham is now in
order, ''here waiter, bring US some
more ham and eggs; not too hard !"
Good Friday and Easter Sunday came
early this year The hens were hardly
prepared. However, the children were
e,,upliad with strahh;tS asyorS -