Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-06-25
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FEUILLETON,

was quite successful, Notwithstanding
the unfavorable weather, some 1925 be-
ing taken in. The young people wound
up the entertainment with dance after
the edibles were disposed OF.
Some score or more of our young folks
attended a picnic at Burton on Sunday.
They report very enjoyable ride and
visit. One of the party, on looking
over this, says it 'wan't picnic at all,
but camp meeting" judged from
the baskets of provisions taken along,
and cannot make the correction, for
"what is written is written"
Mr.. O. S. Minard, of Galva, ILL.,, was
here the last week visiting with Mrs.
Jas. Pigg, his daughter.
Mrs. Ada Burns and two of her chill.
dren left on Monday for Moline. H., to
visit relatives there.
Mrs. Blewett and Frank left on Tues.
day to visit her daughter. Mrs. Anna
Myers. at Sutherland. la. 1t will be a
dub town until Frank returns to his
chum Pete.
Our neighbor, Tigh. Bonham, again
revisited the Hub on Saturday last,
latter many days" The resumption
of that free bus line is perfect god.
send to those who lay in wait for q
''sheap ride to Lancaster and back.
The telegraph line force has passed
on to Cassvilie, without any serious de.
lay on account of waiting for fresh
supply of "fluid lightning" tho dealers
in the village happening to have snf.
ficient supply on hand to last them te
| Cassville.
The first dispatch we got over the
new line informs us that there will be-
celebration there on the Fourth, il
the railroad has left them in the lurch
This is the first patriotic gun we have
heard. The second comes from Pleas
ant Ridge. have just been informed
that there will be religio-patriotit
celebration there on that day.
Now that Editor Chandler has go,
back from his sheep ranch in tropical
Florida, would il not be good idea fol
Editor Pollock to pay visit to his pine
apple plantation up on Lake Superior
and Editor Rindlaub go out to Sal
Lake and lay in his winter supply o.
Goldfish, and that Bloomington editor o.
the Record slip down to Texas and SEE
about his crop of lemon, "Huh p
Why, certainly, they are all entitled t.
a rest. Oh, that were an editor, OF
a plumber, or dentist, or even sec
ond rate Vanderbilt that | might seel
more salubrious climate during tn,
torrid months. But am not, so / hal
have to stay at home and write truthful
notes for the staid old HERALD. ant
draw my regular modest weekly stipenc
promptly for the same. "ad valorem.'
Mr.. Jas. Anderson, who has been Sc
long an invalid, left on Monday fo
Lancaster, to remain for a short tim,
under the more immediate and con
slant care of DIR. Hassell 1t is hoped
that he will soon be with us again mucf
improved in health.
There will be quite delegation o.
old soldiers from this place to the camp
fire at Bloomington Thursday night
The enumerator of the census re
ports only us Inhabitants in the villag,
limits, which shows great reduction
since the last state enumeration. Well
it leaves us plenty of elbow room, any
way.
There was report in circulation tina
a gang of gypsies was in camp oil
Blake's prairie near Hogtown; but i
turned out to be lot of machine agents,
who have painted the prairie nearly
red with new machines, for every ane
all purposes.
That natural history student has no
completed his description of the animal
so it will have to lay over.
Teams are busy hauling lead to Ian
caster. when they can be spared from
the cornfelds. TRUTH.