Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-05-11


house lest Saturday evening. They
were all beautiful and consisted of
lamps, silver ware and manicure sets.
Walter Bellows won the large banquet
lamp and Harry Drinkwater q silver
butter dish. Samy Draper got silver
nut dish. The names of the other prize
winners we have not been able to get
James McBrien has lately accepted
position with Anton Schmitt as sales,
man. He made a profitable trip to
Cuba CITY last week and will start out
soon again He says that although he
meets with active competition. the
superiority of home grown trees over
foreign ones is always understood by
the purchaser. so that with very little
talking be can sell his trees if any are
wanted.
A Kelley Bichloride of Gold Club
has been organized at Galena. 1t has
twenty five members most of whom are
graduates of the Lancaster institute
The object of the club. aside from its
social aim. is to assist the victims of
drink to reform by taking the treat
ment. These organizations are doing
a grand work in ether places and it is
hoped that the Galena club will meet
wit b equal success.
The eyes and nose of the HERALD
editor were made glad by the beauty
and fragrance of half dozen liberal
bouquets of delicate trailing arbutus,
the fairy blossom of the forest. The boz
quets came fresh and fragrant last
Tuesday, through the kind thoughtful
ness of Miss Ella Rothschild who is
teaching at Wonewoc, Juneau Co., Wis.
Why does not the trailing arbutus grow
in Grant Co.? Who will tell why?
Give your boy a garden spot all his
own. slow him how but let him plant it
in flowers or vegetables, whether it be
pinks or radishes and interest him in
taking care of it and learning to know
useful plants from weeds. Let him
share the pleasure of furnishing the
house or table from mis- own garden
and he will get profit and plesure that
will be more useful to him in after life
than many more common paslimes.
Eugene Field, who visited Galena on
the occasion of the Grant birthday
celebration, is preparing souvenir of
the event. 1t is in the form of large
tablet. with pictures of the Grant mon
ument, the Galena residence of the
great warrior, aud views of the city.
. In the centre is space for autographs
and Governor McKinley's has already
been secured 1t will make most
valuable momento of an interesting
event and will be kept and treasured by
Mr.. Field.
Those who read Sunday School
hymns will have noticed often the name
of Fanny Crosby as an author of many
hymns. She became blind when she
was fifteen years old. and when told
that her sight could never be restored
she made up some rhyme to the effect
that she would not regret it but that
she would do something useful She
has since contributed over 100 sacred
songs to the different church societies
OF the u. S Her present home is in
New York City.
Two ladies Mrs. Kelly and Mrs. Bet
ger who were Lancaster school girl
chums known as Charlotte Bellows and
Fannie Budd are planning good time
this summer, in long visit at home
with Lancaster friends and attendance
together at the Worlds Fair, leaving
here June 9. In Chicago they will have
rooms with Mrs. Julia Smith, who lives
there and has been also a Lancaster
girl, and is now named in the Same
COMMITTEE with Frances f. Willard in
the Worlds Congress.
A girl in a nelghboring city found
lot of love letters written by her
father to her mother years ago, before
they we've married. The daughter
read them to her mother, pretending
they were of recent date, and substi-
tuting her own name for that Of her
mothers and the name of a young man
well known to them both for her
fathers The mother was very much
disguised, and has forbidden her
daughter to have anything to do with a
young man who will write ''such nom
sense"
Recent investigation in the Btson
double murder has brought to light the
fact that he, (Bitson) is descendant from
parents whose sanity was questionable,
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