Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-06-18

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dry time for news, and notes this week
! will be short.
note the return from Oakdale, Neb.,
of MIR. John Kinney after several
months absence.
Mrs. Maggie Patterson is visiting here
during the absence of her husband in
Minnesota. She will visit her parents
in Shullsburg next week.
Mr.. III. Shuelter was here on collect
ing and headstone business lastWednes-
day. | observe that he starts out just
behind Doe on his trips, and | sus-
picion there is some sort of partner
ship between them.
Mr.. John Eyersoll, who has been long
sick, died upon Monday the Sth and
was buried in the village graveyard,
upon the succeeding day. He leaves a
wife and child, and is the third OF the
family who has died of that fell disease,
consumption, within the last two years.
Mr.. Samuel Birch got back from Mil
waukee, looking much freshened up by
his trip. He firmly AYERS, however, that
he never saw glass of beer in that city
of breweries, which seems strange; but
then he may have been kept close by his
brethren while there, or he may have
habit of shutting his eyes, when he
makes an Offering TO Gam5rinus. His
hammer was singing merrily at an early
hour upon Monday morning, so it is all
right anyway.
That veteran old wolf who has defied
all the hunters of the community for the
last two years, from the chairman of the
town board down to Glenn, is still very
numerous, and living on young lambs
furnished mostly by Mr.. f. Ishmael
The wolf is supposed to be the leader
of the pack that attended the protlacted
meeting one night last winter, and as
sisted in the singing, by bowling
chorus that beat opera a long way.
Bad luck to the whole equine race;
we would have comparative peace here
if it wero not for ''hosses.n Another
SIS horse deal has broken up a strong
business firm and turned an innocent
youth out alone, into the cold and I'M
friendly world.
What an advantage it is to any indi-
vidual or community to take the papers,
read them and keep generally posted on
what is going on in the outside world.
I'll tell you why think So Although
we have no "Owl Club here, where we
can get together and amuse ourselves in
quiet way, yet some of us do dearly
love little game of poker or freeze out
as it is sometimes called; but realizing
the fact that it gave us rather odious
reputation with certain class, we, for
reputation's sake generally refrained,
unless we were very dry or very flush.
But now all that is changed. Our vii
lage Nasty read in Washington paper
that the game was becoming the amuse-
ment of all classes and ranks; that our
law makers played two or three days at
a sitting Sundays reckoned in); sena-
tors and congressman, and pages in the
cloak rooms; that ladies, leaders of So
ciety in that Mecca of all those who
seek for what is good furnish all the
implements necessary to the carrying
on OF the game to make their receptions
attractive and popular. This news was
Immediately circulated and, N.Y. didn't
we ''hold our heads up" and haven't
we given all the spare time to the prae-
tice of the game since. OF course we
have; and if any one makes any invidi-
Gus remarks we refer them to Washing
ton where so many petitions have went
to the last few months. and whore so
many of us hope to 90 ourselves. We
have also invented new game called
| progressive poker and it is far ahead
of high-toned progressive euchre''
which there has been so much blow
made about in the papers. OF course
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it takes time to learn it like everything
else; frinstance' 'one tyro who engaged
''in the game he did not understand
was compelled to lay down four aces
and king, his opponent holding
better hand, and raking in about pint
of chips.
Now this is not meas, but / write it
so you may understand that we pro-
pose to keep up with the times, regard
less of expense.
Farmers have been kept out of their
contields by the recent heavy rains,
but the corn is generally clean. though
badly washed on the clay lands
The furnace sends up its 'pillar of
smoke by day and fire by night"
smelling the mineral hauled long dis
lance, over very rough roads. A stu
dent of natural history here has discov-
cred rare specimen, which l will
endeavor to describe next week.
TRUTH.