Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-04-02
A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING.
FROM A TRIP THROUGH NORTH GRANT
COUNTY.
Towns Touched Along the Way-Business
Prospects Looking Brighter-Some REQ
pie We Meet on the Cars.
RETROSPECTIVE.

Prospects Looking Brighter-Sohe 1eo
pie We Meet on the Cars.
RETROSPECTIVE.
In making business trip through
the northern part of Grant county a
few DAYS ago your HERALD reporter
treasured in his mind a few things
heard and seen which may interest
good people who stay at home and
seldom mingle with other than their
immediate neighbors. The longer we
travel in strange places, the more do
we become convinced that people the
world over are alike, varying in small
particulars only enough to give a
pleasing change to the travellers mind,
as the eye is rested by passing from
leaf to leaf upon a tree to find that
while all are of likeness no two are
exactly alike. At first it is natural
to form an opinion that people of
another town are better than your
own; but as you grow more familiar
with them their peculiarities of char
acter multiply rapidly upon you UNI
til at last you are forced with half dis
gust to own that they are no better
and perhaps not quite so good as the
friends you left behind. Again this
is a natural conclusion, because of
their disagreeable qualities coming
upon your delicate senses with rush
when one is growing familiar with
them and is forced to hear their opin-
ions upon matters and things political,
religious, and on each other as indi-
viduals. The final change in your
opinion comes only when you have
grown familiar with their hearts sor-
rows-then you love and hate, honor
and despise with the vim of an old
settler. Then some people love you
and some people hate you. Then it is
time to move on and write to those
who love and forget those who hate.
One quite sad yet ludicrous thing
happens to a person who travels
great deal: after being gone from a
town for few months and on going
back again he has forgotten most likes
and dislikes of people and he plumbers
into trying to shake hands with his
worst enemy, in asking the temper
ance crank to drink with him, in talk
ing kindly of the A. p. AS to rank
Romanist or rice Uersa, in speaking OF
the wonderful instinct of blooded
hunting dogs to the violent man who
has poisoned all the ours in his neigh
borhood, in praising babies to the
crusty bachelor and in politely ask
inc the old maid how her childrn are
getting along.
Going out on the cars we noticed
that Liberty was still there, and heard
once again the eternal pounding OF
hammers at Sitter. One passenger
remarked: They do more pounding
here and less building than in any
other town in the United States"
But we could excuse the gentleman's
sarcastic remark as he had gotten
tangled up in jack pot at Lancaster
the night before and his nerves we've
shaky. The town looks quite prosper
Gus and has an air of fresh pea green
paint that indicates advancement and
wholesomeness A marked activity
was noticeable at Fennimore. Work
was being pushed on the new bank
building and indications of revival
in cleaning up and building was seen
on every hand.
Took supper at the American house
in Woodman and found that the hotel
is being nicely conducted by the
widow of Will Perkins. Also found
1 that the old reliable store there has
finally fallen into the hands of Glynn
Il Kelly-two obliging and honorable
| gentlemen who will certainly make
la success of the business. John Kelly
lis also fiourshing and up to the times
Sin serving customers in his line of
Business. FELTON, Bros. are hustlers
,the mercantile trade and are enjoy
s fair share of public patronage.
AT BoSCOBEL.
We naturally registered at the in
lifting hosiery Of the Grant house as
is conducted by former Lancaster
Hitizen, Mr.. Lon Wayne. During our
Htay there we were never better treat
and never sat down to better
heals in any hotel outside of a large
ty. Our readers viii be pleased to
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