Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-05-24
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Mr.. VIM. Spindler and wife, of Pat
terson, N. j., are visiting with j. r
Patterson, and will remain during
the summer in Grant county, hoping
that the change of climate will prove
beneficial to Mrs. Spindler. who is in
poor health
Messrs. Homes and Wildman, of
North Andover, were callers on Friday.
Mr.. George Sellock left for ST. Paul
on Saturday, and will probably remain
there working at his trade during the
summer.
Laurence Bonham left for the West
last week
Doleful sounds issuing from Dr.
Hartford's indicate that the chief in
quisitor has got new victims in his
chair, but after the agony is over they
all declare that T. E. Eddy is a fist
class dentist, and so he is.
Seven Young wolves were captured
last Monday in the southwest corner Of
the town, and Chairman Gates gave the
captor the requisite certificate and he
made a straight shoot for Lance ster,
presume, to rake in the shakels. But
the bereayed mother, who has cost the
state and county at least S400, fortu-
nately escaped and is now bowling
forth her oft repeated agony on the
bluffs of Rattlesnake creek. Is there
no society for the prevention of cruelty
to wild animals in this part of the wild
West?
If the friend of travellers and pro-
moter of guidc-boards, now getting in
his profitable work in Trempolean
county, should happen down this way
he would just simply ''make killing"
and there would be mourning in high
places. The north star by night and
the intelligent and communicative
country urchin at the cross roads by
day, are about all the guides the way
farer can look to for directions, reliable
or otherwise, at the present time.
Chump says that "peoplo need not
fret about the locusts doing so much
damage, as they will soon climb the
trees and wholly disappear by the first
of July, while the next tribe will COM
mence swarming about a month earlier
and will devastate the land until
the first of September, when they
will all hunt their holes and vanish
suddenly from public view" He does
not give the name of this pestiferous
insect so all that is left for US is to
guess or go to studying unnatural
history.
Many strange birds of various species
and of bright and beautiful plumage
made their appearance here during the
cold rain-storm the first of last week
The most numerous was kind smaller
than canary bird, with black back
and wings, and head and breast bright
yellow and deep orange. Another kind
were wholly white and about the size
of our robin. Four other kinds were
noticed, all strangers heretofore in this
latitude. On their first arrival they
arrcu- ed chilled and exhausted, as if
they had come long and weary
journey, and many of the smaller kind
were found dead the next day after
their first appearance. Perhaps some
one well read in natural history can
tell us from what far off home the little
strangers came, and what untoward
gales brought them to this colder re-
gion, as their home was evidently away
down toward the tropics.
During the late rainy season, when
it was altogether too wet to work,
squad of village boys have been scour-
ing the woods early and late,
gathering in material for a menagerie.
Their success has been perfect; one has
pet fox-squirrel and well chawed up
finger; another pet crow and a pair
of bar6ed shins, and takes his meals
standing up; and another a pet wood
chuck and grand combination of
bruises and dislocations fearful to look
upon. The troupe started on their first
tour (to the cornfeld) on Monday, and
the fun is all over with. Who wouldn't
be boy.
The hog cholera has again made its
Mr.. Henry Henkel hav-
ing lost several large fat hogs and more
taken sick with it at this present writ
ing.
The young pig crop is very small
this spring.
Everyone is in the cornfeld lmprov-
ing the favorable weather. VIDI.
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Post, No. 175, G. A. Il. Dept. Of Wis,
held at their hall on Saturday evening.
May 10th, the resolutions passed by
Tom Cox Post, of Lancaster, at their
last meeting, relating to the decoration
of our soldier comrades monument.
were read before the Post and strongly
and unanimously endorsed. They re-
specially request that it be restored to
the same condition it was previously,
excepting perhaps light iron fence be
substituted for the chains used before.
JOHN l.. TAYLOR. Commander.
L. S. MORSE, Adi't,