Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-01-23
CassyiIlo.


opens the lower bureau drawer. takes a
I loving peep AT his hay stack vintage OF %
winch ne has been depending upon to carry
his stock through the winter md answers:
TINS winter Is o. X In fact Igsuits every
j body except the doctors a." dndertakers.'
The river is frozen and right to make nice
zee tor cutting and is smooth enough to
i skate on. MI. f. Remke has constructed an
I ice boat and If the HERALD wants to travel
a mile minute armed point blank at a big
air hole and then just as he has finished his
/ qulckest prayer and is within 10 feet of
cold watery grave the boat viii gracefully
sheer OF on new tack straight for rocky
hlgh-pflced brains out just before the ter
! r1ble crash comes Fred bv a single twist of
lhe wrist brings the boat around with
sMlng that loosens every tooth in YOUR head
and away for another scare. There is a
man IN town who feels good when he is
AFRAID He rides the ice boat all the time.
But II son a long trip that the ice boat
| gets IN her fine work. A party {none OF
lhem wish their names mentioned. went To
/ Gutenberg with il last week There was a
strong head wind but by lacking they finally
Morked around the big air hole in front of
town and almost ran over a team. On the up-
/ per crossing Charlie was steering and al
most ran into another air hole. At the
mouth of Turkey river they found the river
| run OF logs, drift wood. dead pigs, corn fod-
! uer, pumpkins and other brio brac too num-
e!ouS 70 menton. The boat hadto be car
RED bodily over this obsti uction then towed
halI mile around an island; then they had
a sail across the river where they met an air
hole coming down taking MP all the channel
and running on the shore about eight feet on
| each side 1t is lots of FUN to tow a thousand
| pound ice BOAT across dry sand bar: il 5
just little nicer than running into an air
| mole and some safer. Two lacks brought
lnem 70 another air hole which they towed
around three tacks and they ran over the
| edge of an air hole where they could look
| down through the thin ice and see the big
codhSh waiting for a supper of frozen ice
boaters. After avoiding another herd of
murderous air holes they found two miles of
! clear solid ice. Here the two fat men ran to
led has and
| forth going about 100 yards for every four
Inlies actual travel; then they changed off
ana the thin men warmed up while the fat
/ ones sailed. Pretty soon they struck a
| piece OF ice which was all air holes separ-
ated py sand bars that made il real pleasant
until lhey reached Gutenberg, where the
photographer took their photograph and
they TOOK beer Then they started home
The sun had gone down. So had the wind
They had to walk and tow the ice boat a
mile or two; then came faint puff of wind
all nopped on and rode little. then more
waking, then another dying puff of wind
MI IL was so dark that at distance of ten
feet piece of clear ice looked like an air
hole and an air hole looked like clear ice:
When matt was called and one said he
wouldn't ride home for a corner lot IN
Sassyiie; another wouldn't risk it for
DruSn farm IN Beetown; another rather
walk than ride any time: another didn't ex-
press his opinion and the lazy man said he
woula prefer being drowned to walking
nlmset 10 death but he was o verrued nd
they walked home. a railway track is
nice thing for promenade, don't think.
IL.
just think of It'll After walking what seem
ed thousand miles they reached Turkey
river bridge, Just in time % be hunted off by
lhe express, but IL happened to be a little
| late. That was hard luck again Not one
OF the party but would have preferred sud
den death via. a locomotive rather than
walk across the interminable road 10 Cass-
vile. But after getting lost in John Moores
stock yards and bewildered in Z. Hohen-
AIDES cabbage patch they arrived at Cass-
vile The little slim man ate his supper in
sllence and went to bed. In answer to all
| GUTENBERG" The big Slim man Turned ont NJ
bright as tacks next morning and went after
the ice boat The big fat one was awful sore
next day but he is clear grit and rides the
ice boat every day. The lazy man faints
every time he thinks of that trip and won't
ride again until the wind blows steady both
ways
Tuesday evening Jan f4th the Knights of
Phythlas. gave an open installation followed
by banquet and an interesting program
Inc lnsta a. ceremonies were conducted
by u u. Z. Holford assisted by Knights Hos
kinS and NARROW.
been known for years has just been gath
cred in: there being snow slush to
| bother or hurt the ic,
The waterworks system is beginning to
wake up again and special school meeting
Is called Monday evening Jan. 27th, to see If
the grounds belonging to the school can be
procured to put down an artesian well If the
village see fit to have one.
John Luis, proprietor of the midway, re-
ceived car load of shelled corn which is
rapidly retailing at q cents bushel
Corn and wood are daily coming over
from the Iowa side and find ready sale in our
market.
The attendance at the revival meetings
that have been held for the last two weeks
at the M i. church is increasing and will
continue this week also.
Mr., y. Lowerschuter came home on the
night train the nth. 1t was very dark and
IN attempting to cross the bridge he missed
it and fell a distance of several feet cutting
his head badly and receiving other bruises
DIR. Hartford dressed the wound and the
patient is doing well.
Since we have good safe crossing on the
river, business has improved. The black
smiths have all they can do as lots of their
custom is from the Iowa side.
The bachelors of our little berg while
reading last weeks HERALD were a little
surprised on finding fifty of the prominent
men of Lancaster advertised therein as
bachelors but we wish to have ii publicly
known that we hold our own in that line
both in number. education ana pocket book
with any town in the county and if we were
allowed space would give you their
names SO ladies. while you are making
your choice don't forget Cassville and as we
haven't space to give you the names if YOU
desire any information concerning any of
them you may address our deputy sheriff.
Mr.. H. "Shuelter. who will give you the
names and standing of the most prominent
ones of our village. u. NO