Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-03-25
BeetoNn Notes.
EReceived last week. ]

The protracted meetings have come
to a finale, with on addition OF about
twenty members to the Nj. Z. church.
Another donation is proposed for
Rev. Mr.. Harris.
An effort will be made to repaper,
paint and otherwise clean up the inte-
rior of the church building.
Although it is well known that we
have no hotel here, yet those desiring to
stop here can always be accommodated
with meals. lodging and stabling at
John Bishops or postmaster Bonham's.
Mr.. John Myers has purchased from
Mr.. Smith, of Galena, the property
known as the Brown place. paying for
it $4,000. 1t is considered bargain, as
the buildings alone would cost nearly
that sum.
The amount raised for Rev. jackson
was not $50. but $50 as | intended to
write it.
There is considerable sickness In
this vicinity, mostly among children.
Mr.. Sam. Birch is just about again at
ter several days confinement to the
house.
Mr.. John Meyers was taken violently
i'll last Sunday.
One of our villagers proclaimed the
advent of spring last week, having
seen bluebirds and robins, but as there
have been four snowstorms since. eth er
the birds or himself were too premature.
And 10! wall from the addition to
Hogtown: Soupeon mourning for his
letter and will not be comforted because
it is not. Now, a tramp moving around
for items and grub is liable sometimes
to tread on somebody's toes. espec tally
if he tries to be funny and winds up
with joke, however harmless. That
appears to be my awful offense just
now. Well, perhaps the letter was not
dead after all; perhaps like the coun-
tryman's beef lit did mt die, but just
gin eout." II SO am willing to admit
the correction and make an apology.
Certainly l am always making mis-
takes and am always ready to correct
them when convinced that made them.
No! never let my aspirations reach
to Washington, or even TO Madison,
and therefore have not acquired the
thrift that follows fawning.' Ibelieve
that personal controversies, lampoon-
ing and unkind reflections are "flat,
stale and Improbable to the parties
engaged in them, to the general read
err and to the paper that makes fire.
quent practice of publishing them, and
therefore l avoid them if possible. But
if an antagonist Frances into the arena
and persists, / should endeavor to storm
his glass house if possible. In this case
there is no occasion; the letter is an
onymous, yet / am privileged to guess;
and l will close by saying that Soupcon
appears to be poor imitator of another
icon" both in nom dc plume and style
of writing; and would gently remind
him that the 'sword of Damocles," or
rather of the Missouri cavalryman. is
suspended by very fine hair over his
devoted head, and although the sa-
Der has been beaten into peaceful but
very poor pen, Soupcon has already
received several sharp prods from it
and it is liable to drop upon him at
any moment and split him from chin
to chine. To his tender mercies l
leave my correspondent. won't quar-
rel with him, being man of peace,
and never getting "off my base" only
when some composition interprets my
spider tracks to suit himself; then l
have murder in my heart until happen
to reflect that he has, no doubt, the
the same amiable feeling towards me
while engaged in trying to get at nay
meaning. Then / simmer down, and
as Brer r. very pertinently remarked
in meeting the other night "wut's to
hinder? TRAMP.