Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-07-28

Ivey, Maud Csrthew. Mabel Vincent.
Eugenie Hyde. Edpa MasoD. Blanche
Rothschild, Beatrice Decker. Gordie
Smith. Jessie McGonigsl. Jessie Girls
void, Kittie Boughtou, Kings Daught-
ers. No boys this time.
The following taken from headlines
of exchanges may give some idea of the
heat as it was felt IN various parts of
the country. Wisconsin is the coolest
state in the union Milwaukee the
hottest place in the state. 104' in Da-
kota. The hottest ever know in Wis.
consin was l00' July Is. 1887. 1909
away down east. New York swelters
with the thermometer at 94o. 9 cases of
sunstrokG in Cincinnati July 81 and 6
cases of sunstroke July %. Quakers
roasting at 90 Baltimore scorching
at go. 910 at Des Moines. $50 at
Columbus, o. Three deaths in half
hour from heat in Chicago But corn
is hustling just the same.
1t pleases us and we know that it will
please all of Tom Fosters great army
of friends and admirers to read the fol-
lowing from the Aurelia (Iowa) Sem
tinel:
The Grafton by Prof G. T. Foster, of
Cherokee, was all real meat. cut from
the juicy sirloin Of the keenest moderday
thought. cooked 10 turn, and dealt
out to the hungry multitude gener-
Gus platters, without dry fi5er, the
savory and timely dishes all ga nished
with the appetizing spices and artistic
dressings that are only served at tel
lectual feasts by mastery. cultured nd
clean cut inteleets. 1t has been sa
that the average 18th of July Grafton IS
bore to those who listen to it. But in
this instance neither the speaker nor
the audience suffered from the very
slightest phase OF ennui. Prof. Foster
knew he had good thing, and thor.
oughly entered into the enjoyment of
its delivery. He is not only a keen
thinker and logical reasoner, but real
master of oratory Never did an aud
fence enjoy, on such an occasion, finer
grouping of memorable dates and
names and more delightful analysis o.
events, and a more thorough and salts
fying from cause To effect reasoning.
To give fragments of his mastery adj
dress would be doing injustice to the
whole. and to give the whole would re-
quire more space than these columns
can surrender this week. The speaker
had not a single note with him, and the
Sentinel 'short horn" reporter was so
effectually "carried off with the spirit
of the occasion that neither he nor his
report has since been visible. But we
imagine that Mr.. Foster has his Grafton
stored away as a complete whole in
the phonograph of that teeming brain
of his, and at an early day we shall try
to prevail upon him TO allow the crank
TO be turned slowly enough to permit
faithful copy being reproduced in intel
ligible long hand for ausmission to
these columns. Many who heard it have
expressed desire TO see ii in print,
and the writer is not a strong enough
believer and exulter in eternal punish.
ment to take delight in keeping such a
good thing forever from those who
should have been at our celebration
and were not. OF course those that
"came NOT exercised the powers OF
"free moral agency" but still we are
OF those who believe the way should yet
be held open to them and the invitation
given to come, even ct the eleventh
hour, and partake of the feast Hence,
the Sentinel will give the Grafton if it
can, just as soon as it can be repro
duced. Suffice it to say now. that Mr.
Foster made friends here last Monday
that will stand by him in unbroken
phalanx cen at the yery-polls, if they
are ever called upon to so-and right
here we say, hurrah for Foster for any
place he may desire that our people can
aid him to.