Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-11-19

for the purpose OF erecting a soldiers
monument in Milwaukee When
Goddlewoggles Pollock reads this
..boodlen memories of other days win
float before him. and how his whisk-
ers win pull!
-Pittsburg Leader: John r.
Clarke delivered his inimitable lecture
entitled Hits and Misses to very
large and appreciative audience. 1t
is melange of impersonation. wit.
humor, drollery, pathos and eloquence
AT one time throwing his audience in
to CONFUSION Of laughter by his mi
miery. At another cause tear to flow
by his magnetic pathos. It was
treat Of rare eloquence. Mr. Clarke
sustained his reputation as being one
of the foremost entertainers on the
platform of to-day.
The Scientific American gives this
receipt which the whole world ought
to know. At the first Indication of
diphtheria in the throat of child
make the room close, then take tin
cup and pour into it quantity of tar
and turpent.ne, equal parts. Hold
the cup over tn, IRE SO as to fill the
room with fume. a. 4 the child will
cough and spit out ali he membrane
Gus matter and the diphtheria will
pass out The fumes Of tar and tur-
pentine loosens the matter in the
throat and thus affords the relief that
is wanted.
The Newcastle City News SAYS:
John r. Clarke's entertaining effort
contains funny fun, sober sense, elo-
quent perorations. The people were
! delighted vii hin ori although he
held the stage for NO hours, Il was
noticed not person left If he
wanted to sing he sung when song
expressed his thoughts, or when
poetry was more expressive then we
got Shakespeare, Burns, Riley and
even Oscar Wilde-with the power of
Siddons or a Couthroi-in his dialect
productions he charmed, whether as
a Yorkshire Englishman, a German
farmer, Irish guide, Yankee peddler.
or Negro grotesque. John r. Clarke
is great success as popular enter
tainer.
Wilson Odds, a well known wheel
man of Avon, near Janesville, has
just completed Southern tour on
his bicycle and during his travels COW
cred over 1000 miles on his wheel
Among other places he visited during
his ride was Kansas City, Mo. Re.
cent? Y while passing through the city
he noticed large frame building with
a black sign and letters of gold on it.
Coming in front of the place he saw
the word Wisconsin on the sign
and as the place was saloon he
entered. From the proprietor he
learned that the building was the one
Wisconsin built at the worlds fair.
Some time after the fair it was sold
and moved to Kansas City, where it
is now serving as saloon.
Richlaad Center Democrat: While
out hunting Tuesday morning Charlie
Potts, well known young man of
this city, received a painful though
not necessarily dangerous wound.
Together with number of compan-
ions, among whom was Oyey Dix, he
was out hunting rabbits with ferret
One OF the animals had been holed,
the spot being below large rock
The boys were scattered about above
the rock and up the hill. Charlie put
the ferret il the hole and was ia
STOPPING posture when the animal
came out. Dix was mp the bis anu
the rabbit ran down lie fired a. the
rabbit, and just as he ala SO Charlie
raised up from his position ebjnd lie
rock ana received the beneit Il The
charge, the bot blowing ferrow
across tbs top 81 his head mailing
nasty scalp wound but NOT crushing
the shuR
/ Exchange e the east of n
among then Bige Braseer Mining
Times aus At Roethe's Weekly Press
contain each week long and learned
articles on minerals Of their locality
Sometimes "blaekjack" advancing
and the papers how cheerf hop
fulnes- THAT makes our exchange ed-
itor yell and dance With delight, until