Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-05-21

"The news our morning and our evening cry,
Day unto day repeats it till we die

Dtet0Wns
.The news . our morning and our evening cry,
Day unto day repeats it till we die.
But it is scarce community here at
present. Our farmers are busy plant
ing; our village denilgens are busy in
their gardens, and cleaning up their
premises generally; house cleaning with
all its agreeable concomitants is rampant
among us, and there is no time for bar
room gossip or village tea-fghts. So
all is well and quiet of public nature.
There is something going on in the
shape of improvements. Mr.. Birch
has built piazza in the front of his
dwelling, that is both useful and orna-
mental. Mr.. j. Ness, living east of town. is
building new house, of good size, two
stories high. Mr.. j. L. Tanlor is doing
the carpenter work. Other buildings
are to be erected the coming season.
Mr.. Camsom has sold his dwelling
and store-room in the village to Mr..
John A. Jamison, who proposes to open
blacksmith shop here in short time.
Mr.. L. p. Taylor has sold his house
and lot to Richard Pascoe, and will leave
for Kansas next week.
From the present outlook we will
soon be left without hotel, as our
present landlord, Jerry Garner, has got
the Western fever, and will leave with
nearly score of others next week, for
the land of promise.
Il. A. Morse left upon Wednesday
Uia Dubuque for Shullsburg where he
will commence the study of medicine
with DR.. Woods.
Miss Hattie Woods, of Bloomington,
is visiting with Mrs. Frank Smith.
The Lancaster Quartette, consisting
of Messrs. Mccormick, Mccoy, Knapp
and Stephens, left the village in COM
pany, last Wednesday; strong combi-
nation, and full-of music and business.
Harvey has recovered his long lost
and loudly lamented blooded 'spurp";
but the postmaster has not found his
bran new axe, which some industrious
@imbecile" lately appropriated. Fancy !
stealing such an implement, and hot
weather just to hand
the new paint shop is in full blast,
being obliged to work seven days in a
week to keep up with their orders
Some very artistic work is being turned
off however.
Mr.. Hiram Taylor lost his new ice
house by fire upon Saturday last His
dwelling house adjacent, was only saved
by the active efforts of few neighbors
who CHANGED, from their fields to see the
fire and arrived in time, to move out his
furniture first, and then succeeded in
saving the building.
The most of the corn-felds will be
planted the present week
| Fishermen, with hook and line. and
grabhook, and spear, and dynamite, and
net, and various other devices are cap.
turing all the fish, necessary for oul
present needs, in spite of that wide
awake club for the protection of game
with headquarters at the Hub"
We have read with great interest the
thrilling narrative in the supplement
furnished free by the publishers Of
all our county papers to subscribers
Being issued under the auspices of oul
Secretary of State, with one hundred
saloons for authors, selected by the PEG
pie themselves; gotten up regardless of
express. Having cost several hundred
thousand dollars, it could not be other.
wise than a very interesting and enter
tanning work, particularly to tax payers
1t is monument that will never
perish. Well done good and faithful
servants; your work will certainly follow
you-for two years at least. | with
draw my cry for a Bluebook, old or new
style; keep them for some one else, as
your record is made and your pedigree
is unnecessary. If | would not be consid
cred too critical, would suggest that il
they had been printed in pamphlet form
and indexed, it would have been more
convenient, for those who have to refel
to them, but | don't suppose the pay fol
printing would allow that.
[ am pleased to note the courtesy, ant
good fellowship shown between the diff
ferent editors of our county papers
May it long continue. TRUTH.
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