Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-01-07
6ranf County Nerala,
Georgetown.

Having seen nothing in raE HERALD
from our little village for a long tan.
and feeling somewhat guilty for mol
sending You notes occasionally, would
say our little village = quite lively iu
The way Of business; aud Cahanis &
Jones are handling a great many goods
from some cause or other
The NJ +. Sunday school had very
entertaining Christmas eve programme
and in connection with the exercises a
Christmas tree, with old Santa Claus
oldest sou TO ofiiciate for him, and he
did very we'll considering his deformity
j. NJ. Phelps, the NJ. f. pastor, is
having success in his meetings He
has passed through very blessed Sc
ries Of meetings at jamestown and can
report an increase in the membership
there of about forty; and now is having
grand and glorious meeting at CUBA
City, where we expect To hear of much
more being done at that place. and we
are expecting TO see large ingathering
NJ every appointment on the circuit.
The A. +. & A. NJ held a public in.
stallation here and had very fine sup.
per served for them by Mrs. A Brewer
al the parlors of the Arcade.
The teachers and pupils of the sur
rounding schools are having very
muddy vacation through the holidays.
Though the countenances OF
the younger are somewhat blue,
the older ladies, who have been wor-
rying about scarcity of soft water for
washing purposes, are now happy as
they look into the cisterns filled with q
very fine quality of wash water. Sc
you see the tbankfulness of the words
There is no great loss but what there
is some small gain.
We hear the hard knocks of Will
! Jams well drill as he is at work drilling
well at the village schoolhouse. We
truly ale glad to see that the patrons Of
the school are anxious that their BOYS
and girls shall have pure water. There
is hardly man in the county who ha,
u fine herd OF Poland China hogs oI
Durham cattle but what you will lind 8
we'll and windmill to supply them witt
good water; but on the other hand how
many schoolhouses are there where IN,
little boys have to carry water from II
rods To J mile in the winter. or depeu,
on eating snow or Ice for the purpose
of quenchiog their thirst, and that il
rather hard on the constitution.
John Byrne has very fiue vein o
mineral sJill. met him the other la
ana he tells ms his lead is better THAI
ever. he said he had 10000 pound
81 minerai out. IL seems that jon
WIS born lucky aud | bciieYs tha. i
tat anead Of being born sich. ii go
~is1 30 Hnd joan When ne IS tls nap
pIest you want 10 eaten aim at.tnc lniu
WITH pick IN nand and Il huge cnuuk .
mineral 10 be taken out.
Joe KAY, hiei & P.mber,h, are eA
pectug the Cfawiish lead 10 open u
ere io0g, as NC near very haiierIRg re
ports from their prospects.
I -
i grand time, as ncr loiks aru with tnel
ane though tnings are blue aud rain
outside, lnslae they are having Joilit
cation; and Brother Phelps also hs
three II us SIS ers win him on Wis
50 You SEE wncn At rams Ii pcurs all
I hom blessed II IS ~nen IL pours enjoy
msut auu Diessrduess iuto tne hearts ,
Inc fanny.
Inc Primitive Metnodisis oi Big Patc
had n grand time tine iirst oI JanuaI
with II festival IN their Church, winch
q an annual affair with that society. W
!. wish them success Ia their work.
{ r. Brown has been seen in the We'll
iIy by /, select few through the holiday
We were looking for INN on Christm;
eve, out the center of attraction was
another line and the snow had disal
It peared, and when man gets ava
r. from home with cutter and the sno
}, goes off it makes things bad for return
ing, therefore men are excusable
! times.
The ladies of the Nj. E. church su
n prised Sister Phelps the other day som
d what happily judging from the sound
tone of her remarks upon that eccasio
DAY"