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


through Elmo and dine with the new
landlord, +. Whitman, Jr. From here !,
we pass on toward Platteville and find
it as dull railroad town as you will
find any where in the county. Driving !
on through the city, we take the WOOL
len mill road into the town of Lima,
where we occasionally see an old ac-
quaintance. Had the opportunity OF
lodging with friend Bondurant (uncle
Ned, rather). and in the morning start
ed for Lancaster. Saw a great many |
bees in Buckwheat Ridge country and |
suppose the people live on buckwheat |
cakes and honey-not very bad thing
for Badger to take. We strike the
pleasant face of j. I. Wilkinson, post
master at Ellenboro, have good chat
with him, and pass on to Lancaster in
time for dinner, which we enjoy with
Ira Bellows at the Mansion House. 1t
is here we have our first opportunity of
meeting with the proprietor of the
HERALD, Mr.. w. G. Chandler.
We remained with the Lancaster peo-
pie until Thursday noon, and we see
considerable business is being done at
the county seat of Grant county. We
now start for Ellenboro and after spend
ing considerable gas with those of the
village, we take a westerly course down
Big Platte, which stream we cross
twice before we get a mile. Travelling
on down the river, we lind some very
rough country in the course of two or
three miles. You can depend upon it
there is great deal of picturesque
scenery. We live to get up Leophold's
Hollow, very difficult grade lies before
us, but by great perseverance we gain
eminence, where we find that Mr..
Wonderlin has fine piece of wheat,
and on to j. McMahon's where we see
more good fall wheat / think the fin
est fall wheat / have seen this year is
in the town of Harrison. We find that
the road overseers here are up to the
latest style in water-carriers. They
run diagonally across the highway, just
right to almost dislocate mans verta-
bra and break every spring in his bug
gy, if he does not hold his horses level,
or nearly so.
About $50 o'clock we arrived at A.
l.. Utt's and put up for the night. We
found in himself and wife very pleas
ant couple. and would say from appear
ances that he is one of the live young
farmers of Harrison. May success
crown their hard labor on the farm.
We find in our travels the residence
of A. Kaump, an old settler, who has a
lovely location, and whose front yard
is undergoing severe scratching with
the hand rake and is the very essence
of neatness.
The next scene of any Importance is
one-half or three-quartcrs of mile
west of Kaump's, where are the largest
sink holes we ever had the privilege of
seeing. They are in a rayine and leok
almost as if an earthquake had broken
the underlying rock, letting down the
upper surface to great depth. The
water from rain storms runs immedi-
ately into this sink, and. | suppose.
does not stand any length of time but
passes right on through. Would Judge
them to be fifty steps across at the top,
and would not be at all surprised
they could be looked into-to discover
a large cave underneath them. with
perhaps great mineral lode.
We continued on through the town of
Harrison, by roads that lead past the
| greatest number of farm-houses, to Nit.
Zion and the Vannatta settlement, and
stopped for the night with S. B. Van
malta, where we had a very pleasant
nights rest and social time.
MAY 16.-Started for Platteville via
Toadville. We drove right up Main
street and found Toadville all alive.
On our way we saw one convict with a
ball and chain tied to his leg, up in a
tree, at Sam Rountree's, in the shape
of an owl which the boys had captured
and were holding in custody.
Met Mrs. Robinson at her home. She
was among the first white women who
came to this country.
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