Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-02-09

may say that you have longed fol
yesrs for the free. independent life Of
the farmer. but YOU never have been
able 10 get enough TO buy farm. But
that is just where you are mistaken.
For some years You have been drinking
a good improved farm at the rate of a
hundred square feet at gulp. Il you
doubt my statement. figure it out your
self. An acre of land contains - 250
square feet. Estimating. for conven-
fence the land at SIS 80 an acre. you
see that it brings The land 10 just one
mill per square foot. one cent for ten
square feet Now pour down the fiery
does an imagine YOU are swallowing "a
strawberry patch. CAN 10 FIVE OF Your
friends and have them help YOU gulp
down that five hundred foot garden.
Get on a prolonged spree some day and
swallow pasture land enough to feed a
COW Put down that glass Of gin; there
is dirt in it-one hundred feet of good
rich dirt. worth 1880 per acre.
The Social at the Congregational
church last Friday evening was very
much enjoyed Those who stayed
away on account of the cold, or
thought only the young people would
attend missed a warm reception and
literary treat The social room was
crowded by young and old many of
whom were oddly dressed or decorated
to represent in some way the title of a
book. Black Beauty was represented
by Nellie Altizer with her face BACKED
and wearing fancy dress. Paul Howe
had spool of silk twist for Oliver
Twist Gall over twist). Ellie Lane
walked Under Two Flags" which were
fastened il her hair Lucille was hard
TO guess at sight of an envelope which
had been sealed tut was then loose.
About forty-eight books were named,
but a few will give an idea of the plan.
Crayon Papers was suggested by a
crayon fastened on pieces of paper.
Harold, the last of the Saxon Kings, by
Virgil Showalter, was the most difficult
one offered. A lot of daintily decorated
and well filed lunch baskets were sold
at ten cents each, and warm coffee
added to the comfort Of the occasion.
DR.. j. II. Reeds new business block
is no longer conjecture. or subject
for comment rs TO the lest location or
the size of the building. He has COM
pleted preliminary arrangements end
as soon as the frost leaves the ground,
will begin the excavation for his double
store, which will have a frontage of
fifty feet and depth of eighty feet 1t
will be built on the ground between the
post Office and Reynolds furniture
store. The building will be built of
brick, with stone trimmings and found
alton. The first floor will be divided
IN two spacious store rooms, with good
easements under each. They will have
plate glass show windows and will be
modern in other respects. DIR. Reed
has not settled definitely upon any plan
for the arrangement of the second
story, but will probably arrange it to
suit the lessees. We understand that
there will be two suits of Office rooms
in the front part, one over each store,
with the stairway in the centre of the
building leading up from the sidewalk.
The building will be neat in design,
and we have every reason to believe
that the Doctor will spare no expense
in making it, what he intends it to be,
the best business block in the city. 1t
is also rumored that Mr.. Reynolds will
extend his building back the full length
of the lot, so feet, sometime in the
spring,
John F Grace, a lawyer well known
in the eastern and northern part of this
county. died suddenly at his home in
Mineral Point Saturday night, Jan.
%. He had been attending to business
in his office all day and after calling at
the post Office for his evening mail
went home, and about ten o'clock re-
tired for the night. His wife with
whom be had been talking noticed that
he did not appear to hear some ques-
tons she asked him, turned toward
him to see why, when she heard him
give a short gasp or Two and saw his
head sink down into his pillow. She
tried to rouse him but he was past AL
help and the hastily summoned physic-
ians found him dead when they reached
his bedside. He was but thirty-six
years of age and from the kind words
written for him by the papers of Iowa
county and the large attendance of