Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-01-22
BeetOwn.

new times demand new manners
aud new men, and new proprietors OF
county papers must have new CORES
pondents to keep the various towns TO
which their sheet goes, before the pub
lie. Realizing this fact, and seeing that
Sigma aud 10 Bigler and L. A. P.
have all dropped the pencil, and that
Beetown is not frequently represented
of late in your columns. l thought l
would try and fill the void as well as
one inexperienced might succeed in
doing.
During the holidays we had visitors
from all parts home for the occasion;
and incidents perhaps worthy of pub
lie notice were not lacking; but they
| (the visitors) have returned to their
homes, and the incidents are no longer
'ieUS, and Jack Frost and eternal quiet
reign supreme in our little village. Yet
we are not entirely dormant; we are
naturally very industrious and labor
ious community. and since the visit
from an adjoining county of a former
well-known resident of the town who
sat by the s.best fire. in town, and
husked sixty bushels Of corn per day,
there has been very busy time around
said stove, and the binding and moving
and blowing, etc., that has been done
is fearful to contemplate; such big days
works! and done, too, by those who
were never accused of performing any
manual labor before One poor fellow
started off on wood-sawing exploit;
but his attention was called to big
wood-pile ready to his hand to prove
his ability on, and that, and proffered
| bet of S25 that he never did and never
up at once. Then our ''old reliable
weather prophet has come to grief. He
had positively promised US Uery open
winter, and when ON Monday morning
last the thermometer indicated $50 be-
low zero, the people, led by the ''Lad
FROM Killarney" rose en- maSse and
went for that prophet. He gave his
authorities for his predictions Che had
them in his pockeD, consisting of the
breast-bone of a goose, hogs melt,
the skin of a grounding furnished by
Glenn" who said he caught it himself,
| vartieal caotiao af :, ,,nSI rails bonca
from Grant river, and, more than all,
large roll of Almanacs furnished him
by the village druggist, and said they
never failed him before. He also tried
to shoulder part of the blame upon the
moon, but she only smiled in his face.
The Almanacs proved to be several
years old, as were all the other authori-
ties cited (ncluding the noon, and as
he claimed to have been lied to by both
Glenn and the druggist, he was released
on promising not to NEEDLE with the
weather any more, and l don't think
he will. But it is cold weather, no mat
ter what the cause is.
Moved by spirit of reform, several
OF our well-known and useful citizens
have begun the New Year by pledging
themselves to refrain from the "wine
when it is red,'' from the billiard ball
when it is spotted" and the pictured
pasteboards when they are marked. :"
May they stick to their pledges is my
sincere wish.
We see that our esteemed citizen, JAS
NJ. Hayden, has an appointment as en-
crossing clerk at Madison. Not ex-
actly knowing the definition of the word
''engross,' | turn to my book of Synon-
yms and tind-absorb, engulf, swallow
up, &c, &c.-and that's far enough:
Jim will make success of expressing
We note visit of Hon. William j.
Mccoy, of our District, and Ii. Grimm,
of Cassville, to our village on Sunday
| last.
Mr.. and Mrs Gordon Redman depart
for New Orleans to-day.
Mr.. Cart. Hickok and family still pro-
long their visit with us.
Mr. Birch. our efficient young treas
urer, has about completed tax collec-
lions.
Mining is but little prosecuted this
winter; too much frosting, guess.
There are several cases of whooping-
cough in town, and the general health
is not good, DR.. Hartford being kept
going night and day. Miss Sarah
Mayne is dangerously sick. Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Allen lost their only child,
a very bright little girl aged some two
years, last Sunday morning, of diph-
thereto Group. The funeral was held
from the church yesterday, and was
largely attended.
There is talk of new grocery store,
and also new shoemaker coming to
the village, and still there is room.
Now, Mr. Editor, if these illusions will
pass muster, print EN-; if not. burn 'em;
but remember that shall always write
nothing but the Truth.