Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-25

men were hanged here for murder a
few months ago. and it is said that the
classic hills surrounding the place where
the Swing" occurred, were covered
with people who came to witness the
artistic performance. But Gallatin is
too small place to deserve much
space. Winston is the next place of
much celebrity. Here the Rock Island
train was robbed, and here the brave
Westfall. the conductor of the train.
met his death at the hands of the ban
dts. At Cameron we get off and lounge
around the depot for two hours, waiting
for the Hannibal & st. 10 train to come
along to take us to Lathrop, where
John Robinson, formerly of Platteville.
lives. The first snow of the season be-
gins to fall while we wait. Darkness
comes on and while our fellow bohe-
milan is "button-holing" seedy-look-
ing Puke about the country the James
Boys, etc., we fall to musing upon the
emptiness Of this world and also Won
der if there is more gloomy place be-
meath the sun for a mortal to lay over
at, than Cameron in bloody Missouri.
Our train comes along and as it goes
along at the rate of fifty miles an hour.
our fellow bohemian begins to unravel
the large stock of history be had in
weighed the Puke into telling him.
The James Boys were raised in Clay
County, only few miles from here.
Frank is clerking in store in little
town not far from Cameron and is liy-
ing steady and industrious life. He
was at the polls on election day and
worked like beaver for the good old
Democratic ticket. Jesse lies buried at
their old home, where their mother still
resides. Lathrop is soon reached, so
also is John Robinson's place. Here
the Badgerites get such welcome that
they conclude to stay with the Robin
sons for two days. Mr. Robinson came
here about fifteen years ago and settled
on the farm he now owns. The soil is
good and the lay of the land much like
it is around Ipswich, Wisconsin. Mr..
Robinson has made some valuable i'm
provements on his place in the way of
fences, good buildings, etc. 1t is evil
dent that the Robinsons are prospecting
finely and right well do they deserve
to, for more cordial and friendly people
it has never been our good fortune to
meet. Mr.. Robinson is the same old
John and can relish good hearty
laugh as well as in days gone by, when
IN company with Bryan Dugdale, of
Platteville, he used to invent wicked
schemes, practical jokes and so on.
The people around Lathrop are exceed
ingly courteous and will do their best
to entertain newcomers. If we had
sufficient space we would be delighted
to mention more of the many interest
ing people we met, but will have to pass
on not, however, without noticing the
Basket family, who were formerly of
Kentucky, and at whose home the bo-
hemians passed very pleasant Sunday
afternoon. While at Lathrop we were
shown some of their election tickets.
Of course they were all Democratic, as
a straight Republican ticket has no
show here. The tickets were about
half as wide as the average county
paper, and would seem to require an
immense ballot-box to contain many of
them. When our little Wisconsin
tickets were exhibited the people smiled
and said, 81 reckon your elections are
small affairs In Wisconsin, In Mis-
souri, the law requires that the tickets
be about six inches wide. to admit of
plenty of scratching. But colored
people and mules. They are here by
The thousand. The colored people
seem to be flourishing and happy. One
cannot look out in Lathrop without
seeing their curly heads and shining
worry glistening in the sunlight
Ito be C0nttnued.)