Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-07-06

contest Berry's claim to the first prize
on the ground that he rode a blooded
horse instead of broncho and also
that he was one who had to do with Sc
lecting the route and consequently had
some advantage on that account. Rat
tlesnake Pete claims that the others
did not ride fair and while he is num-
Der five in the race. he and his horse
are about completely done up. There
will of course be w4angle over the
prize money and there will be half
dozen cowboys who viii hereafter be
on less friendly terms than heretofore.
This is about all the race will ever
amount to.
w. T. Cherbet from Mt. Ida has been
a welcome caller at the HERALD office
for the last few days. He is in the city
visiting his brother, Alfred Miller. Mr..
Cherbet has Just returned from an ex-
tended visit at Madison. South Dakota.
While there he visited A. n. Rankin,
who is now a prosperous farmer and
was formerly well known teacher in
this county, Charley Calvin, who is do
ing well buying grain at Monora,
Frank Simpkins who is farming near
Monona, John McMurry, Jim Sandel-
bach, Volly Borah, the Streeter boys
and the Harrison boys who are all doing
well on farms near the thrifty little
town of Oldham. DIR. Brown he re-
ports to be as lively and Jolly as ever,
with big practice in his line at Lake
Preston, Henry Loneg and Oss Andrews
who are well satisfied with their new
field of operations in the same town.
e. A. Lance is also in clover, for he
holds the fat job of "boss farmer on
the Yankton Indian Agency. He has
had big time trying to get the Indians
to work like white men but it's no 90;
they don't have to and what is more
they won't. They have beautiful farms
and all the machinery they want but
they still depend on Uncle Sam for their
rations. Mr.. Cherbet says that al
though that part of Dakota is very hne
and the people appear to be prosperous,
he believes Grant county is still well in
the lead. Crops are better and more
certain here than there; and his expert
ence of genuine earthquake with all
the accompaniment of shakings and
subterranean noises, while near Lake
Preston, was anything but reassuring
and attractive.
On Tuesday afternoon, last, the Q
might have been seen sitting on the
grand piazza Of large farm house
no great distancefrom our city, young
man of the Teller" force and the rosy
checked maiden of the house. While
they were thus enjoying a pleasant con.
versation, what seemed to be strange
sound became audible to the young
man. A mild look of wonderment
came over his placid face, which was
the precursor of this exclamation ''what
in the world do you keep such a flock
of goslings as that around here fort"
This threw his fair companion into
convulsive fits of laughter, which
amazed the young man more than
ever He became very DESTROYS to
know why she laughed so heartily, so
she told him as well as she could
between the spells of laughter that it
was only the bleating of pet lamb
instead of the chirp of a gosling, yet he
doubted the veracity of the statement
so she led him to where the snowy
white little quadruped lay made fast to
rope. Since 'seeiDg is believing"
he must needs acknowledge his mistake
yet as he processes to have a musical
ear he was loathe TO be thus baflled so
he endeavored to redeem himself by
telling the little animal that it didn't
know enough to speak the language of
its own kind. The lamb, frightened
at the audaciousness of his visitor and
at his remarks broke the bonds which
held him and ran to hide for
very shame from human sight. During
the remainder of the afternoon the
young man seemed wrapped up in deep
meditation = perhaps, through his
knowledge of psychology, trying 10
account for the peculiar action of the
animal, and the queer noise made by a
gosliug.