Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-01-04
with their customers in a manner pleas

with their customers in a manner pleas
ant to behold
The Masonic fraternity of this place
attended the annual installation of off,
GERS at Beetown as the most Of the
Masons of this place hold membership
in Beetown. As a matter of course
they would naturally drive up to the
hotel and there await the ceremony of
installation; but the landlord being of
anti-masonic proclivities would not
harbor those Morgan killers, their wives
or families. and their ye Bloomington
Mason was left out in the cold so far as
the hotel was concerned. The Beetown
brethren took the situation in at once
and made ample provisions for the are
Of their visiting brethren. The Bloom
ington Masons feel very grateful to their
Beetown brethren Tor the hospitality
shown them while there. Among those
big-hearted gentlemen are Mr.. Sam'l.
Birch, Hon. Chris. Hutchinson, DR.. p.
Hartford, Philander Stevens, James
Blewitt, Lou Ishmael and their ladies,
all of whom contributed to the comfort
of those visiting Beetown that evening.
That hotel keeper may possibly learn a
lesson in course of time-one that will
do him good. When it gets so that a
hotel-keeper will not harbor with per-
sons who generally pay their hotel bills.
things have come to a queer pass in
this country. Perchancc the good times
have rewarded his exchange so that he
is not compelled to keep those who pay
their bills and may be he is going to
turn it into a give-away-house. Where
no money is needed! At all events it
was a strange action.
w. B. Clark who has for many years
successfully conducted a banking busi-
ness in this place in company with Mr..
VIM. Humphrey, is pulling up stakes
and going to another part of the State.
Mr.. Clark intends going into the bank
ing business at Ashland, in this State,
and Aiken, Minnesota. He is an ac-
tive business man who will succeed in
that lumber region. Mr.. c. has been
for some time contemplating the change
which he now carries with execution.
He is a good business man. active and
energetic in all his transactions. We
say success to him in his new field of
operations.
Michael Mutually Sem, had a serious
accident befall him during the holidays.
His team became fractions and ran way
capsizing the sleigh and throwing Mr..
Mutually out and under the box which
was also thrown from the sleigh. Some
men coming that way picked him up
and took him home where he is doing as
well as a man bruised as badly as he was
can do.
The Christmas trees of which there
were three, had on everything that could
be put on tree. One man f~acetiously
remarked that every toy except a COW
and calf was upon the tree. The old
and the young enjoyed it alike, and had
a good time during the exercises which
were good and entertaining. Many
persons were the recipients of gold
watches and other fine and costly pres
ents all of which indicated good times
and plenty of money, and yet assists all
this exhibition of wealth one man petit
TONER the president of our village to set
his worthless boys at work, they live on
his scanty board and do nothing to re-
plenish it. q few presents to that family
would be things given in the right
direction. Charity covers a multitude
of sins, but there is no sin covered in
this place, it is all open. The Christ
mas trees bare no fruit for them who
had no means to buy and put them on
that tree.
cupid Is playing pranks with all,
bachelors and maidens too, weddings
andrumors of weddings continue to dis
tract the gossips of this place. Well
we will have to submit to such things
anyway.
Mr.. Frank Beardsley is home from
the University of Wisconsin, on a vaca-
ton. Frank graduates next June as a
civil engineer.
Mrs. DIR. Brown, of Postville, Iowa, is
visiting friends and relatives in this
place.
Our gentlemanly treasurer Mr.. w.
Brown is busy taking in the taxes which
are rather steep.