Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-09-14
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Hon. Joseph Harris Of Cuba City,
was in the city on business last wee k.
He has practically retired from active
employment and is taking things easy
, in his home in Cuba City. where his
, sons are doing thriving business in
general merchandising. For many
years Mr.. Harris has been ore of the
best known and most successful farm
ers in southwest Wisconsin ard no man
in the state to day is better able to give
valuable advice 10 Your men just start
ing out in agricultural work He is
also able 10 give Young men some po-
litIcal pointers that are well worth their
attention at this time. He remembers
quite wildly some OF the experiences cf
the golden era OF 81, which so many
Of the young men heard about last fall
but of which they evidently know but
little.
4 large delegation from Lancaster
was in attendance at the Bloomington
fair last Thursday and Friday. and des-
pite the dust, had very good time.
All from here were treated most court
eously by the accommodating officials,
who put forth every effort to make their
fair interesting and instructive. succeed
ing admirably in both They combated
successfully with that potent annoyance
dust, with which al fairs are afflicted,
and by keeping sprinklers at work on
road and track. day and night, were
able to reduce the quantity if not the
quality. The large number of Lancas-
ter horses that irotted in the races.
made that part Of the entertainment
| especially interesting to people from
here. lvica, the grand horse that ranks
among the leaders al Dyer & Carter 5
static, showed himself to be borse of
mettle and speed 226, the time he
/ made in the first heat Of the free for all
/ lowered the track record nlne seconds.
Ed Ivica been on a mile track he
most certainly would have beaten the
twenty mark. Ii was not thought by
any who knew TO what extent he had
been tracked this year that h could
win from Golddust Prince, and it was a
surprise to many that it took five heats
to decide the latter the winner.
On Wednesday Of last week the sol
diers of 10 Daviess County to the num-
Der of 500 held reunion in Grant
Park. There were several spirited
and excellent speeches given on the
occasion ond the day was in deed and
spirit a red letter day for Galena. A
reunion and camp fire was held il
Turner Hall, which was packed to its
utmost capacity. Though there were
many eminent speakers present, Jennie
O'Niell Potter was the star of the eve-
ming. Here is what the Galena Gazette
says: "Jennie 0'Neill Potter, the gifted
elocutionist, attired in the costume of
the Daughter of the Regiment, rect-
ed several selections and brought out
heartiest applause. Among the selec-
tons she gave with great effect, the
famous poem Sheridan's Ride and related
the following incident in connection with
it: At an entertainment which she gave
in London, the lecturer who introduced
, the members, rushed off the stage to
beseech her to tell him with what battle
the incident was connected. The lee
turer was an Enghshman. of course,
and had an Englishman's scant know
ledge of American history. With some
: impotence and little patriotic ire Miss
Potter exclaimed "Why, Bunker Hill,
: of course" The lecturer rushed on
+ the stage and enlightened his audience
+ with the announcement that Miss Pot
+ ter would recite thrilling poem de-
, scriptive of Phil Sheridan ride to the
q battle of Bunker Hill! The audience
was English, too, and didn't know the
q difference. Miss Potter was heartily
, encored. Later in the evening she re.
cited an affecting military poem, en-.
: titled "Our Folks and was twice
encored." We are sure that there are
hundreds of our readers who are sin
cerely glad to know that Jennie O'Neil
Potter wins golden opinions wherever
she goes, and that each year as she be
. comes better known she continues tC
rise in scale Of popularity aud genuine
/ excellence.
Bloomington.
In spite Of the extreme heat and ter