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

School is out and the future presi-
dents, merchants, bankers, authors, in
yentors and criminals are turned loose
to work their own sweet will upon us.
The teachers are free from the bondage
OF the school room and are as happy at
the prospect of long summer vacation
as the pupils are-which is as high a
degree of happiness as mere human
being attains this side of heaven. The
commencement exercises of our High
School were we'll conducted. The
rooms were tastefully and elegantly
decorated and the music was appro-
pirate and the pupils acquitted them
selves handsomely. The respect and
esteem in which the teachers are held
by their pupils was evidenced by the
beautiful and costly presents of which
they were made the recipients.
Next Monday evening comes school
meeting and the people will express
their approval or disapproval of the
action of the board by retiring or re-
electing the present clerk, S. A. Hatch.
Public opinion as to whether the bene-
fits derived from the new school build
ing are commensurate with the expense
involved seems to be pretty evenly divi-
ded. Some who went into the thing
with the greatest enthusiasm last spring
were not nearly so enthusiastic about
the consequent tax last fall, and others
again, think 1t is a good investment.
There are men of good judgment on
both sides of the question. Whether
the money be well or ill spent, it is
spent, and the only thing to be done
now is to make the school the biggest
success possible. This can never be
done with one half the town trying to
inJure its reputation. A city divided
against itself cannot stand. Moderation
and federation used little by both sides
ON this matter will hurt neither side.
And it is not absolutely necessary for
people discussing the thing to lose all
control of themselves and saturate the
atmosphere with strong solution of
sulphur. An exhibition of temper tends
to make the exhibitor ridiculous and
Injuries his cause more than he general
ly thinks he does.
A. Frazier and w. E. Garthwaite have
gone into the buggy business quite ex-
tensively.
w. S. Hazard has put gaudy front
on his saloon and painted it red.
A new sidewalk north of L. S. Saw
yer's and Mark Hadley's residence and
one west OF w. Ii. Holford's improves
the pedestrian facilities of this town not
a little.
Under-Sheriff McGonigal, of Lancas-
ter, was in town on Tuesday.
Fred Josten and Holl Stephens, Of
Cassville, were in Bloomington on Sat.
urday.
Ned Jacco and W. S. Hazard were
at Cassville Sunday.
Lie Trollope has new peanut roast.
er. The non-arrival of this peanut
rooster for week back has excited an
almost painful interest in the minds o.
our citizens, SO the relief experienced
Monday upon its appearance on the
stage was deep and general. 1.-The Lit
tie Grant Orphan" at once commenced
operating, and burned up a peck O
peanuts to cinder, while a couple O
punches of iire-crackers, which some
boy had no use for, kept up a merry
cracking underneath. The occasion
was ono of unalloyed delight to every
body, Lie included.
People who live in the neighborhood
of the old school-house will be GLAD
when the fifth of July, 1886, is no more
They say those band boys, are the mos
iiendishly industrious lot of musician!
ever allowed to remain in civilized
community.