Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-01-30
ACROSS THE DARK RIVER.
THE MASQUERADE BALL-A SURPRISE
AT THE REcToRY.
Wisconsin, University Association Formed
in Lancaster Iohn Enright OF Boscobel,
Settles wIth His Honor

Settles Wits His Honor.
Death OF Clay d. Alcorn.
Clay Dillon Alcorn died at the home
of his father, Mr. VIM. Alcorn. in the
city OF Lancaster, Thursday. Jan. %.
1896, at $50 o'clock p. NJ, aged p
years, months and ! days.
The funeral took place at the Meth
odist church sunday afternoon at
200 o'clock. Rev VIM. Rowe deliv-
cred the impressive and appropriate
funeral Grafton; the pallbearers, act
i've and honorary ,hadbeen chosea from
among the printing fraternity. of
which Clay Alcorn was an esteemed
member, and were: Messrs. Ernest
Brooks Of the Bloomington Record.
Frank Wagner OF the Lacrosse Repub-
lican-Leader, +. l.. Howe of the Lam
caster Reporter, G. w. Goldsmith of
the GRANT COUNTY HERALD. w. J.
Altizer, Richard Mahan. James Cooley,
Guy Williams, Beryl Budworth and
Frank Baldwin; the church was com
pletely filled with most respectable
body of repre- sentative business men
of our city, sympathetic ladies. and
few children who had known the
large-hearted printer-boy in life. In
front Of the altar in beautiful casket
reposed the earthly remains OF one
who had been dutiful son, kind broth-
er. an agreeable workmate a cheer
full and open-handed acquaintance;
attested in part by rare floral offerings
that rested about the dead, principal
among which was pillow of blooms
bearing the words Our Brother
and printers composing stick III
which was set in purple flowers the
initials &c. ID. A gift from the
printer boys The church choir,
composed of Mrs Mitchell. Misses
Fanny Stephens. Annie Rundell, Nollie
Goodrich, and Messrs. Bert Brackett
and l.. c. Wheeler. rendered music
soft and sweet that went straight to
the heart of the listeners.
Clay ID. Alcorn, son Of Mr. and Mrs
VIM. Alcorn. was born ia Lancaster.
Grant county. Wis, Oct. 10, 1865.
AS boy he attended the Lancaster
public schools. was a member Of the
Methodist Sunday school. and was
cheerfully helpful to his parents in
the small duties that go towards max
ing up q child's work at home. In
the year 1880 he engaged with II u.
Farquharson to learn the printer
trade on the GRANT County HERALD,
where he served Il meritorious APP
premiership of three years and where
he continued to work for some time
after learning his trade. Having a
desire to see something OF the outside
world. much to the regret OF bis en-
ployer and to the sorrow Of his fellow
workman he resigned his position OH
the HERALD and went to Crete. Neb..
where ne worked at printing one year
aftcrward to Pierre. 5 Dakota, whore
he labored in an Office for two years.
Coming east again h. worked asecond
time under his old HERALD loren. m.
Geo. " Goldsmith, then publishing
the Dial at Boscobel During the
winterof 81 and ~ he held a posi-
tion with Frank Wagner on the Bloom-
ington Record. and in Nov. 1892. he
went to Lacrosse where he worked on
the Republican-Leatler aS foreman of
the Job department until the month
of September last when he was taken
i'll and came home to Lancaster to
mend his broken health. Consump-
tion had fastened itself upon him and
despite the earnest efforts Of physi-
clans, family and friends about him
be continued to decline until on
Thursday evening he sank peacefully
into everlasting silence.
OF the immediate family lett to
mourn his going away are Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Acorn. his father and
mother. Of this city; Rev. VIM. Alcorn
stationed at Minden. Neb.; Geo. Il.
Alcorn, carpenter and builder at
Peoria. I'll. Joseph Alcorn, carpenter
at Lancaster: Mrs. Elyira Ridgon Of
Baraboo, aud Miss Rose Alcorn of
Lancaster.
Clay ID. Alcorn was a man endowed
with the priceless gift of originality
in all things relating to the printing
business, and had he been spared to
work in maturer years would undoubt-
edlv have attained a distinctive posi-
ton of honor lmong his fellows.
With having to work increasingly to
the utmost of his capacity at both
mental and physical labor, the life OF
a printer is necessarily wearing in the
extreme, and the physical parts OF the
subject Of this sketch could in no wise
follow the sleepless activity Of his
fertile brain, and live; but he still
lives in the memory Of companion
workers and his sayings and creations
in the art preseryatiye will pass along
down the line to aid coming genera
tions Of printers.