Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-12-24

Modern Woodmen attention:-The
regular meeting viii be postponed to
Monday evening, Dec. 2Sth, 1891. A
full attendance is desired.
W. +. MCGoNIGAL, clerk.
A Christmas sermon at the Congre-
gational church next Sunday morning
The Star of Bethlehem; song service
in the evening with Congregational
singing.
The Christians festival for TIE child
rem of Emmanuel Parish will be held
on Holy Innoeent's Day, Monday the
2Sth at 7:3O in the church. The Circle
of Kings Daughters of the Parish have
provided a tree for the children.
There will be a shooting tournament
at Gray's Mills today at which geese,
turkeys. chickens and deer will be given
as prizes. The shoot viii be under the
management of j. w. Russell, with COM
petent judges and referees. A lunch
will be served at the Mill during the
tournament.
Prof. S. Pearson of Bloomington,
passed through the city Friday, enroute
to New Diggings, where he goes to
spend the holidays with relatives. He
reports the city in general, as being un-
usually lively and also that the mem
bers of the High school have male
splendid progress the past term.
The sanctum. sanctorum of the Wright
House was converted into court room
Tuesday. The reason for so doing was
that District Attorney ClearY was laid
up with a swollen ankle, which prevent
ed his walking any distance, and as the
consent of the genial landlord was
not hard to obtain, it was decided tC
hold court at the hotel.
Despite the roughness of the roads,
caused by the recent rains and frosts, q
large number of hogs were brought in
Friday. Most of the hogs were of good
size and plump, such as the average
are that leave our city. Lancaster has
had the name of being the best shipping
point for live stock in southern Wis.
consin, Justly attributed to her.
The two dollar bounty paid by the
County for fox scalps, although not
large, seems TO have tendancy 10 start
some people in the fox hunting business
as scalps are now received at the Co.
Clerks officein this city quite frequently.
The number of scalps received at this
time of the year is small compared with
the number usually brought in during
the early part of Spring. Mr.. McBrier
has paid out for fox and wolf scalpS
over eight hundred dollars since he has
been in the Co. Clerks office. Most o.
those who catch these animals bring in,
for inspection and as an assurance that
a fox or wolf has actually been killed
merely the scalp, others however, bring
in the whole animal and nearly all o.
these show signs of having been caught
in traps. The old time habit of catch
ing the wolf or fox with hounds seems
to have been dropped to great extent
and the mode of catching with traps
has taken its place. The number Of
foxes and wolves in this part of the
county is small compared with what il
was ten years ago, and undoubtedly
every wolf or fox killed in these parts
for great many years have been paid
for by the county. II is wonder that
any of these animals are in existence,
but, when one considers that in order
to catch them, the hunter must be
somewhat ''foxy" himself, their ex
istence is accounted for and by theil
having an ability to avoid both hounds
and traps characteristic of no Other
animal.
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