Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-06-25
FELLOW Citizens,

Lancaster has the reputation of being the
most beautiful city of its size in the state of
wisconsin. It's trees and the neat green
ground of the front yards of the dwelling
houses are lovely to look upon. The build
ings are kept in good repair and neatly and
Hastily painted but the condition of the
streets in some parts of the city mars the
general good appearance and shows con-
dition that should not exist in front of our
homes. Sunday over the city-I noticed in
front of dwelling. whose front yard is a
model of neatness with its lovely beds If
flowers and bushes and trailing vines and
handsome trees the green closely-mowed
sward extending almost to the drive way in
the middle Of the street that strip of rag
weed in discord to the lovely condition in
side mars the beaHty of the otherwise hand
some. neatly kept premises.
This is only one place of many that pain
fully distract the attention Of the passer- by.
such places can be found in many parts of
the city on the opposite corner of the
Methodist church thence north to the next
corner condition exists that's not in keep
ing with the reputation Of our city. a per-
feet Jungle of weeds. rank. luxuriant al
most tropical vegetation has taken possess
sion of the street and the vacant lots adj
JOINING are Il liCii illNt 1bA Il DeNditlNA. lUSSG
are only isolated instances Many other dis
agreeable and unsightly places can be
found. There is no question that under
favorable conditions Of heat and moisture
such places are perfect incubators Of dis
ease. and that hay-fever. ague and malaria
follow such conditions without fail sup
pose an artist in painting picture Of love
~ maiden dressed in spotless white and as
a finishing touch surround her white swan
like neck with a soiled collar. Such 4 pic
ture would jar the sensibility of the most
unartistical person. But sucn is the condi-
ton of our beautiful Lancaster. I appeal to
my fellow citizens to change these condi-
tions. It will not take much time or money.
An old adage admonishes us ITO sweep be-
fore our own door first" Therefore let such
of us proceed and carry out the resolution
to keep our backyard as well as the 'front.'
yard clean from weeds and filth and do not
stop inside the sidewalk but continue the
good work to the middle of the street Do
not litter the street with-ashes. leaves.
brush or paper as some do with the slops
from their kitchen and stoves Most of Us
can bury the vegetable refuse in gardens
without much trouble. A little dry soil Will
absorb and disinfect all disagreeable odor.
Let US a. Join IN with the intention to main
tain the reputation Of our lovely city. not
only Of being the most beautiful city Of
Wisconsin but also the cleanest and neatest.
Cleanliness is next to goodness
Some growler nay PROFOUND the question.
is il not the duty of our city couucil and
health officer to look after these matters
and have the weeds cut down at the expense
of the publicg Yes Mr.. Growlerl tits true.
itdevolves upon the CITY council and health
officer to see that the different ordinances
are carried out. But why wait until the
city council send the marshal to yonr home
to inform you that unless your premises are
cleaned up at certain time the city will do
it at your EXPENSE Why make our city
council this extra labor and ANNOYANCE
when you ought to do it of your own Volt
ton. Do not burden the council with IN
necessary duties. II has spent more of its
time for the welfare Of the city than You
and l would spare for the same purpose
You are like the small boy who knows that
he has to fill the wood box every night but
most willingly forgets il until mamma APP
plies the slipper Let the council alone.
whose members have assiduously spentthefr
time without compensation for our benefit
Their spare moments have to be used to
wash off the filth squirted over them by the
mud machine that only the pure spark
ling waters of the Griswold spring will thor
oughly cleanse. Let US all clean UP before
the 4th of July. Mantle.