Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-05-28

Win continued crowd OF WOfk
upon us we have neglected to mention
in a local way the speciality in hardware
advertised by Ziegler Bros. on the srd
page of this paper. Undoubtedly you
have noticed it already. They have
the best fencing of the kind on the
market, and will be pleased to show
it to you.
Owing to the difficulty of properly
caring for the floral souvenirs usually
sent up to the graduates at the Opera
House, Commencement morning, it is
suggested that such mementos be
sent directly to the homes of the
members of the class as far as posi-
bic. For lack of proper care during
the exercises, beautiful bouquets are
often ruined greatly to the regret of
the recipient. If the above sugges-
ton is complied with wherever prac-
ticable such accidents will largely be
averted.
No. 2, Vol. l, of the Mound City
Advocate, new paper at Platteville,
published by Roy Huntington, comes
to our exchange table. In appearance
it is very much like the News and 1t
seems TO be very literally patronized
in the way of advertisements. As we
did not raoa;,ya +be f;,.s+ $500, 10. ~,
sequently missed the salutatory. we
do not know what political policy it
proposes to pursue. Since writing
the above, No. comes to us and it
announces that the paper win be in
dependent in politics.
"A new swindle is being success
fully worked in a town just east of
Lancaster. A plausible looking fell
low comes along selling silk thread,
which is wrapped on large spools. He
sells them at five cents spool and di-
lates on the superior quality Of the
silk and the immense amount to be
secured for the price by patronizing
him. AS general rule he sells from
half to dozen spools, and all is well
until the dupe taps one of the spools
and finds that there are exactly two
rows of thread thereon, aggregating
16 yards, the remainder being cord
wood turned into the shape of spool.
The Richland Center Democrat
says: 1.-The lancaster Herald states
that none of the ball teams of neighbor-
ing cities will play the Lancaster team
boastingly asserting as a reason that
the team is so strong that none dare
tackle them. Such boast, however,
has little to back it, If the Lancaster
ball players were men of their word,
and would return the games as they
agree they would find plenty of teams
to accommodate them on the diamond.
Richland Center has game coming
and would be only too glad to measure
strength with the boosters. Come
over and get some of the starch taken
out of you"
Gust Anderson, police officer of
Superior, this state, is conceded to
be the tallest man in the United States.
He is marvel of humanity. His
height is exactly feet inches, and
his average weight 333 pounds. He
measures 50 inches around the chest
weares coat 81 inches long and The
outside measurement of his pants legs
is 81 inches. He wears 7s hat An
derson is "a years of age He was
born in little Norway hamlet, where
his parents and other relatives still
reside. He is great eater, and can
consume as much as three ordinary
men at a sitting. He has declined dime
museum offers because he does not
like idleness.
What promises to be a very en-
, ioyable event in amusement circles is
the appearance of Ezra Kendall's "A
pair of Kids at Reeds opera house,
: Thursday evening, May %. "A Pair
of Kids is bright musical comedy
every line of which fairly sparkles
with the most brilliant wit and
quaintest humor. The plot hinges
upon the ridiculous escapades of an
unsophisticated country man in great
city, and the situations are often SO
, ludicrously funny that the audience
is fairly convulsed with laughter.
All the late song and many new dance
are introduced incidentally to the
play Secure seats in advance at j.