Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-10-01
Georgetown.

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We are having beautiful weather and
most of our farmers are in very good
spirits over their crops. unless it may
be select few who happened to reside
in and about the hail belt, where the
oat crop was badly damaged, especially
those pieces nearly ready for harvest
ing. The pieces of green grain were
not damaged by hail
Farmers have rather hard looking
face over the potato rot, which appears
TO have no respect for persons. either
high or low, rich or poor, and even if n
colored man in our vicinity should have
had large field planted to potatoes he
would be apt to complain, or hare rot
ten potatoes at any rate.
Joe Pinch raised On excitement in our
community by letting his team bring
in load of corn faster than Joe and
Jim could both drive, as each of them
had line, we understand. Both lines
broke, and you can easily guess what
happened to the wagon. Nobody was
hurt, and the wagon was turned over
to Bro. Eplett for repairs. John is the
boy who can do good job on wagon.
VIM. Roberts and his son Walter are
In our village. and they are making
grand improvements in the appearance
of buildings and fences by the applica-
ton of paint.
Fred Johns, Jr., is making quite
change in the looks OF West Water
street rs he moves the big red barn
away. We are sorry 10 see so substan-
tial building as that torn down and
removed from our village.
Our preachers. Revs Cook aud Brown,
are attending conference at Dodgevils.
We expect Mr.. Brown will go on from
conference to attend school at Evanston,
Ill, this next year. That is the i'm
preston he left with us anyway, and
we wish him all the success imaginable.
We hear our merchants complain
about the great quantity of plums
which prevail in our vicinity and sur I
rounding country, as it makes such
terrible demand for sugar; and it is, or
has been, quito difficult to get sugar of
late, on account of so much being |
used (our merchants think in putting
up plnms.) But | suppose the idea of
having plums in abundance is so for
slgn to anything they have heard of for
a number of years, of course they are /
excusable on that line.
Satzman & Eplett are getting out
one of the best new wagons we have
had the privilege Of seeing for many
lay.
Cuba City is getting along nicely with !
It's new M. E. church. 1t is going to be
an ornament as well rs great benefit
% the place. We wish them success in /
heir church enterprise. They expect
o get 1t dedicated before cold weather
comes on, and we think they will from
he strides they are making in that d.
lection now.
Big Patch had a very fine little Sab
path school picnic, under the auspices
II the Primitive Methodist church.
They have an anniversary picnic every
year in September. We understand
hat they had very enjoyable and
profitable time, both in the dinner and
At the meeting OF recitations and de-
which was held in the eve
hing, receipts being S42.
The general health of our community
$ good, there being very little sickness
Turing the past summer.
1t appears that the women all ls,k
happy and we don't know how to nc
count for it, unless II is that they are
'cjoicing that ise enormous crop of
olums is all canned, picked and pre-
served. or peeled and put away 10 some
shape or other. DAY.
Georgetown, Sept. 25, 1885.