Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-05-02
BUSINESS MEMS ASSOCIATION
And The kicker Came Also.

A meeting Of the Lancaster Bust
ness Mems Association was called to
meet in Reeds Opera House last Friday
for the purpose Of perfecting the organ
ization. electing officers and providing
for EXPERIMENTATION in growing sugar
beets.
The election Of officers resulted in
the choice of John Schriener, Presidents;
VIM. f. Webb. Vice President; c. Il.
Showalter. Secretary ;and r. Meyer,Jr,
Treasurer.
The association then appointed
committee consisting OF Fred 2. Never,
John Carthew, and Herman Buchner,
to draft Constitution and BY Laws
and to report the same at the next
meeting. Grandpa Pollock was first
named for this committee but declined.
He seemed to feel that the labor
involved would be too severe strain
on his feeble constitution and that
other important matters called for all
the ability and energy he could sum
mon. Poor old Grandpa! He is not
as vigorous as he used To be. Then
too, the dear old gentleman knew that
| if he helped make constitution he
would be in the ridiculous attitude of
being in favor of something, while it
is his known policy to oppose. to kick.
to halk, to try to arrest the wheels OF
progress Besides his liver seemed out
of order that evening He came into
the meeting with kicksy-wicksy II
Don't Want to Play in Your Yard" air
and left the hall with very pro-
nounced Grow Sisters expression of
"You'Il Be Sorry When You See Ne
Sliding Down Our Cellar Door 7
On the question OF Beet Culture it
was moved and carried that q com
mittee of five be appointed to supern-
tend the planting and cultivation of
sugar heets and to conduct such ex-
periments as are necessary to deteI-
mine the expense Of cultivation, yield
| per acre, richness in sugar OF 5eets
grown on the different kinds of soil in
the vicinity OF Lancaster The Under
standing being that pieces of land OF
from I to / of an acre each, should be
selected which will fairly represent
the soils of this region; that the va
I rieties of beets best suited to these
: soils, should be planted; that they be
: cultivated according to the directions
{ laid down for sugar beet culture and
detailed account Of the amount and
cost of the labor of cultivation be
kept; that the yield per acre be care
. fully estimated and that the crops
. from the different soils sbe
| analyged to determine their absolute
! and relative richness in saccharint
matter.
'@ha sehFeineF. Jos Nathan, Anton
~Ihes. Orion and John Phil
,;e sen rs the committee
I'D I'D r we a, nh = to draw upon the
funds of the association oaeynaolo
necessary expenses. A mo-, "As
then made to adjourn and was a. '"t
to pass, the business of meeting hav-
ing been transacted, when Grant
County's Kicker, Grandpa Teller. be-
gan to timber up his rheumatic joints
preparatory to an exhibition of high
kicking. The Opera House had app
parently been arranged for his special
accommodation The settees were
formed into sort OF semi-circle fac
ing the president and secretary's
table leaving an open space in the
centre for the performance. The old
gentleman pranced into the arena and
after two or three threatening motions
at the assembly as whole. made
vicious kick at the secretarv's table,
but it fell short. Anton Schmitt
laughed and came very nearly getting
hurt for his indiscretion for the kicker
at once threw his heels at Mr.. Schmitt
with such unerring aim and vehemence
asto call forth a startled exclamation of
surprise and Indignation from that
gentleman and elicit gentle, amused
murmur of applause from the inter-
ested spectators. During the per-
| Torrance. the Teller man made in
substance the following practical
remarks;
'.Before we adjourn we ought to do
something more practical. There is
nothing practical about this We
ought to raise more beets. one humid
red or two hundred acres at least
We don't know vet whether the farm
ers are willing TO work hard enough
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of them. Let them work hard Jnce
and see how they like it. No matter
if they can't sell their crop; they will
have the experience and that is what
they need. The main thing is for the
farmers to have plenty of hard work
for a season. Then we can tell bet
ter whether they will be willing to
keep on raising beets.''
A short pause ensued during whichthe
HERALD man triedto brush little dust
off of the asinine antique but it was of
no use. He took another fit of kicking
more violent than the first and kept it
up until failing strength compelled him
to take his seat, muttering, you
don't any Of YOU seem to understand
this thing.
The meeting then adjourned with