Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-03-21
A TRIP TO THE CAPITAL.
Notes by the Way.

istration, and more especially to join
the Wisconsin Press Association and
get pointers from its members.
At nine O'Clock Thursday morning
we started on the trip and found the ear
well-filled with companionable people
among them AL Brunson, popular
Fennimorite who remarked the large
growth 81 Lancaster and dwell. at
length on the beauties and goodness.
the push and prosperity, past, present,
and prospective OF the village OF fenni-
more.
F. l.. Durand .one OF the boys" in
Lancaster ..Some Twenty Years Ago
was also aboard. He had been visit
ing Lancaster with a view to assume
the management OF the Grand Central
Hotel in this city Mr.. Durand is at
present Acknowledgements spiritual needs,
feeding the minds and souls Of an APP
preciative people by acting as city ed
itor Of the Crookston Daily News. His
heart yearns for his old home. But to
think Of changing his present high
calling for that oftilling the stomach
Of ia hungry public smites his CON
science and he viii remain in Crooks
ton. Here is a sample Of the feast
he daily spreads before his readers.
"A man near Crookston one cold day
last January led his cow TO waterwhile
in the act OF drinking she froze stiff in
her tracks. During the warm spell in
February she thawed out and has been
giving ice cream ever since.
Sheriff W J Dyer took the train
the same morning for Waupun in
charge of Fremont Parce alias
sNAKY JIM
whom he was escorting to the states
prison for the oat-stealing scrare INIT.
Hope THE HERALD man approached
ed them. jim was industriouslv puff
fling 4 fragrant Havana and cheered bv
the seductive narcotic was inclined to
be loquacious. .Good morning jim
where are you bound for2" .Oh this
ere foot racin sherilf an me il lust
takin' 4 little trip over the road \
Foot raeing2 Can he run2n Say, III
put him agin any other sheriff in four
states fer runnin'. Miller amt in it
with him. "How did lie come to ret
hold of youP' We'll. you see. | was
in the woods up in Iowa when couple
of fellers came up and begun TO talk
One of en- says.What your name? p Saws
None o your business Saws he'll be-
lieve rvegot warrant fer YOU just
then Dyer stepped up from behind a
brush pile an | lit out an they all be-
gan shootin' at me an yellin' fer me to
stop. " why didn't you Stop did
Mt tell We they was shootin' at me?
Do YOU suppose Teller is goin' to stop
and get shot as long rs he can rune"
Gould they out run youP" mo they
couldn't eyeukeep in sig hl except him.
pointing to Dyer" and he gave me the
hottest chase for three miles aud half
lever had. thought all the time he
was ootraeer from Iowa by the name
Of Wilson After | had gone about 80
rods looked around and there was
Wilson a COMM; trotted on for about
two miles and Wilson was about $50
yards behind still a comm; Then lit
out in earnest for about mile an a
half farther an gained little but Will
son had(shed hislinen)and was comm
harder than ever. He don't look il, but
he's plueky cuss.
They never would have caught me
though ii they hadn't used horses: that
wasn't fair
'What made YOU stay 80 near Grant
county all winter; why didn't you get
farther away Say you've heard
why the Teller came down off the ladder
haint ye9 Mop Well there was
woman at The bottom If IT, .Why
didn't vou stand trial and defend Your
SELF AS Gribble did?' 'Oh he tried To
play mart II you ever get your finger
in . trap The best way i Just t. hold
still
At Monttort Junction the Hon w f.
Carter Of Platteyilie boarded the train
enr00te 90 Madison wherehe had bust
J fore esupremeeourt and we
acknowledge the honor OF an hours
pleasant and profitable conversation on
the leading questions al the day The
eyer-alert news agent. Little Mac,drop-
pedagogy ii Coins Financial School in-
To our hands. and aur remarks wcrcnat-
uralIy turned tothe question Of finance.
Mr mter- Who Is acknowledge 10 be
one of the best informed students of
IT the money question in the nation,
pointed out a number Of inaccuracies
aud Inconsistencies Ill the book He
considers il only new and somew hat
novel presentation an already fully
t,.-ory IF finance,
Arriving in Madison We proceeded 20
tie popular Avenue Hotel near the cap
itel park, and registered The gentle
manly clerk had familiar look. and We
soon recognized him AS Will Sturmer
Of Cassyille, and former student IN
the Review school He glanced mp
and a look of partial recognition passed
over his face He reached forth his
hand in hesitating sort of way and
inquired. Are YOU Clyde Showalter's
boy9' On being assured that he was
speaking Ia Clyde Shawaltcr's boys
father he remarked that ten years ago