Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-08-22
Around Us.
NOTES FROM OTHER TOWNS.
Beetown


The hot ana dry weather. with cool
nights still continues, and corn is not
making the progress that could be
wished. Fruit is nearly failure; Mr..
Isaac Sheperd. who usually supplies
this town with apples every fall. says
he will have no apples, and has just
two plums; and his is the condition of
all the fruit raisers in the vicinity.
The whistle OF the steam thresher
is heard morning and evening. but it
is getting faint and distant. as the
work is nearly completed in this
neighborhood
Stock buyers are picking up all the
two-year-old steers they can find. and
the butchers are gathering in all
the mich cows and heifers as viii
make ordinary beef. and all BUYERS
are paying fair prices.
John Peterson sold a bunch of
twenty-five steers, and John Ness,
Isaac Zimmerman and others also
made sales to Mr.. Humphrey of Patch
Grove.
Camping has been the craze and
fishing the fad, the last six weeks.
Clint Edwards, Jas. Gates. Jr.. All.
Sturmer and Johnny Taylor. with
their families, passed several days at
Bertram Lake last week; also many
others. Those who 90 for a good
time can look one squarelv in the
eye and tell what good time they
had. when they get back. and the col
lection of "muskeeter" bites, tanned
visages. frayed garments and empty
baskets, and bottles that are corkless,
and wonderful appetites, are all in
evidence, and we believe them. But
when the sons of Ananias start out
with great boom to slay fish. and
they slip home between two DAYS
with no fish and big stories, we get
tired.
But Jerome took a two DAYS outing
and beat them all. catching what Dick
Pascoe calls big sheel
Little Miss Myrtle Dixon, aged s
years, started out on Saturday for a
visit at AL. Wright's. and was to re-
turn before dark Not finding them
at home she continued her travels to
Mrs. Maiden's, but this extension of
her trip was not known to her mother
who waited until after dark. and then
gave the alarm of .'lost child and
from eight until midnight the woods
and cornfelds were thoroughly
searched by nearly ali the men and
boys of the village. At that hour the
church bell called the searchers in,
and it was learned that the child was
at Mrs. Maiden 5, and had sent word
OF her intention to remain by a pas
senger in the stage, who had forgot
ten to deliver the message. and hence
the excitement. With some uncom-
plimentary words for the imam that
forgot they retired to rest.
Miss A. n Mcdonald and Mrs Jas.
M. Hayden started Monday morning
for a visit with relatives at Mason
City. Iowa,
Miss Ethel Peck visited with friends
in Lancaster last week
Miss Knapp Of Albany. Wis. and
Miss Bennett of Iowa. are visiting
with Misses Cora and Blanche
Sprague.
The old Vets in this vicinity will
attend the Reunion at Cassville next
week in force.
Miss Mary Bonham is visiting with
friends in Fennimore and vicinity
this week
The liberal prices paid the last two
days by John Peterson for young stock
is attributed to the advent of a ten
pound boy at his house last Sunday
win Birch starts out today through
iowa, selling fire extinguishers.
A grove meeting will be held by the
Z. B. church, near. Knotwell's church
upon Sept. 9TH, 8th and 9th. Several
ministers will be present and an invi-
tation is extended to all to attend.
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