Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-01-19


is visiting with relatives here and at
Cassville.
Geo Smith. for the last eight years
resident of Dane Co., Wis, is, with his
family, visiting his father-in- law, 0 p.
Mechanism at Muscslonge.
AL Smith. who has been working at
his trade in ST. Paul the past tall and
winter. is home again, Ice palaces
and prolonged carnivals could no long
err keep him from the superior attracts
ions of home.
MIR. Will Bucke, of Bellevue, la, is
passing a few weeks visiting at his
uncle'S, John Sturmer.
Mine host of the Dennison. made us
a short call on Thursday BY the aid
of very large fur overeoat he presents
the very correct idea of what land
lord should be-corpulent and well fed.
warm and genial both
Venture the guess that mail carrier
Smith wishes lately that daily trips
could be changed TO triweekly Just at
this present time, but he fills his con
tract regularly all The same
Mail carrier Johnson does the same,
but he encounters an extraordinary OBJ
stacle occasionally. A he was near
ing Lancaster last Tuesday might his
way was blocked BY team hitched to
a hog rack full of very obtu>e and
contrary man, who was evidently more
than full of very contentious whIskey,
which combination informed Mr. j.
that ''he wouldn't give an inch Of the
road to any blamedUnited States mail"
As it was very cold and Mr. j is quite
aged and a cripple, he turned out in
The deep snow giving the chap as he
passed him a cut with his whip to show
his opinion of him. Probably when
this malignant the next morning under.
took to get NJ cap on a M IA
head he was entirely obliviouS of his
lot and may still remain 50, but il
is safe to say that Uncle Sam is very
particular about that branch of his
business aud when a u 5 marshall
lay his band on fellow and hauls him
before U s. court for monkeying
with u. s. mail, Somebody usually
IN a htr.r
be accepted as an extenualing circum-
stance, which, when found make "a
note of 'the party being to the com
plainant unknown" at present.
Your editorial explanatory of the
cause of Typographical errors was well
timed and as far as am concerned has.
like the mantle of charity, covered up
a multitude of sins, for which | have
been long lay ing up wrath against
the day of wrath. But now
1t is all condoned | read the article
10 uncle Jake aud he is not so peac-
able. He remarked thar was wunsl
Fl cud got up thar, the t. pos would
er bin badl. distributed an | mite got
in Their wrong box too, aud my errurs
wouldn't er bin + geographical nuther.-
But furgiv EN- all but that doggoned
poet; L II hev it out with i'm yet" But
II the poet will change his poetry off
into prose for while his anger will
probably die out.
Booms, presidential, congressional,
state, county and even town officers
Blooms, (f"r even the defeated candidate
for the office Of sealer Of weights and
measure, last spring is awful clever 10
me late.y, having, as | can plainly SEE,
an eye single to his own glory next
spring) Early bloom, early dead, the,
are all to previous La regard 70 our con-
gressionaI district wherein 50 much in
Ierest seems To be suddenly developed,
| as voter, would submit, rs one be-
fore me said, ut is bad time 10 swap
horses when crossing stream" We
have got a pretty wide and stormy
stream 10 cross next fall, and if we 90
to trading q tried, experienced, able
servant for an Inexperienced one, how
ever talented, we may be found next No
vember again supplng on more crow,
and washing it down with n bottle Of
brackish beverage from the head
waters OF the same river, vintage of
1884. with a dose Of congress water of
the same flavor.
K NJ. La Toilette needs no "boom
HIS re ord alone is sufficient or should
be TO insure his return for another term
at least to he p ace where such men "a
he will be- needed IN the critical years
ahead.
Large rewards are offer.d payable
the p 0. for the WIgglns VINO pr missed
an open winter.
Roads blnckaded in all directions On
Saturday the Lancaster mail was ob-
liged 10 turn back from here, the road
on to Bloomington being impossible.
Ble,se is he, who during this frig;d
weather hath good wo ,dpie close to
the door. Let him peruse Hiawatha
and Snowbound aud be content
VIDI.
Mt. Ida.
Times are unusually dull here this
winter