Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-09-22

subscribers for % cents per wear, and
TO delinquent subscribers for 80 cents.
the additional five cents being asked TO
defrsy postage expenses. etc. The Trib.
une is "a page cheet printed in full
clear face type. and contains such arti-
cles as are of interest alihe TO farmers.
stOckmen and city people. We will
send this valuable weekly and the Grant
County HERALD 20 new subscribers for
81 IS per year in advance.
The season for planting bulbs for
garden bloom is nov ut hand, and the
seed houses are sending out their at
tractiye fall catalogues. Hyacinths,
easter lilies and crocuses, are easily
raised and bloomed indoors. and are
very satisfactory, and the bulbs may be
ordered at the same time those for the
garden are ordered The lilies should
be planted in pots at once but the other
bulbs may remain in the cellar for some
time before planting. AL tulips, lilies.
hyacinths, cracuses etc, intended for
out doors, should be planted as soon
now as received in order that they NAV
root we'll before the ground freezes. If
any one wants catalogue, send to any
of the well known seed houses, of
which there are so many.
Among the many attractive features
OF our fair, are the hippodrome and
chariot races. which are scheduled for
the last two days, Thursday and Friday.
This is The first, and may be the last time
such grand opportunity will be offered
the good people of Grant County, to
witness such an interesting spectacal.
Chariot racing was the pride of the
Romans in We days of old" and has
ever since been looked upon as the most
fascinating of the many daring feats Of
Craftsmanship performed in the arena,
by man. Come to the fair Thursday
and Friday and you will go home with
the true conviction in your hearts, that
yCu have seen the best races ever held
in the county.
There are probably as many oddities
in the journalistic field as in any other
business. The following is q brief des-
cription of Mongolian newspaper,
published in one of our large cities: 1t
is written with camels hair pencil upon
vermillion paper and is posted on walls
and telegraph poles. All day long it is
read and studied by almond-eyed
crowds. Even IN the evening belated
laundryman can be seen running his
eyes over It's tea-chest characters. The
editors are called scribes and write at
the order of their customers, charging a
good figure for their skill and brush.
The favorite editor is said TO make as
high as $40 day. Besides his editorial
work he writes cards and prayer tickets
for his customers. One feature of this
journal is commendable. If one Of
their members is thrown out of employ
ment,he puts up notice and assistance
is given him oy every member.
The following are the appointments
made by the WestWisconsin conference
of the M. f church for the Platteville
district, which met at Dodgeville, Sept.
10, 1892: John Tresiddler, presiding
elder, Platteville II ID. Jencks, Argy e;
d. j. Whiting, Belmont; G. Cook. Ben
ton; W. 0. Nuzum, Bloomington, ID.
M. Sinclair, Boscobel; Leroy Ellis, (sup-
ply) Cassville; c. G. Swartz, Darling
ton; 6. Merritield. Dodgeville Excelsior.
supply; Thos. W. Stramp. Fayette; Jno.
Harris, Fennimore; IF Zeigler, George
town; r. Pepgilly, Hazel Green, Jno.
Ford, supplied, Homer; H. d. Smith,
Lancaster; j. w. Barnett, Linden; F.
w. Straw, Mineral Point VIM. Sheppard,
Montfort j. 5. Sebr, Mt. Sterling; S.
W. Trousdale. Plattevile; Frank Bell,
Patch Grove; viii NJ Balch, Prairie du
Chem; John N. Mills. Shullsburg; J P.
Greer, State Line; s. A. Hoffman. Sol
diers Grove and Reedstown.
The fair is with us. 1t opened up
Wednesday with more and larger
variety Of entries in the farm produce
and domestic departments. than has
ever been known before in Grant Coun-
ty. In all other departments the en-
tries have also been unusually large
The stock entries, include the best
horses, cattle. sheep and swine in the
county, and premiums will be difficult
to award from this fact. In the single
carriage horse class many fine horses
have been entered and competition will
be sharp in this class as in all other
classes in the breeding rings. The
mechanical department is we'll filled,
the display being unusually large and
consequently of much interest to far