Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-02-25
Bloomington.

Bloomington has not occupied much
space in the HERALD Of late. Your
correspondent here has been either
drunk or busy principally the former
for the past two years but has now
sobered up sufficiently to be able to
take note Of passing events and viii
place a few OF them in enduring print
ers' ink for future generations. We
have had births. marriages, deaths
and scandals and other things. The
first three have been fully recorded BY
the enterprising ex-register and the
scandals in comparison with those oc-
curing in your own city are such
feeble affairs they are not deserving Of
particular notice. Some of the other
things | will now proceed to thrust
upon your inner consciousness.
The Grand Army boys held a camp
fire last Friday evening and it was a
success financially and socially.
Bloomington possesses a great variety
of talent and the owners thereof take
pleasure in helping the old soldiers
out as the Vets themselves never
lack for interesting memories; their
audiences always thoroughly enjoy
their entertainments. Judge Carter
I hope the boys who shouldered their
muskets in 81 and fought as he did
TO remove the dark blot of slavery
from the page OF our history, will see
that we do not write it Ex-Judge Car
ter after next April-gaye some of his
personal recollections of tue war OF
the rebellion There is no lecture so
interesting 10 me as the plain re-
counting by soldier of the dangers
faced and the difficulties overcome. 1t
brings forciblv to the mind the fact
that these men shook hands daily with
Death, met him in a Thousand terrible
shapes and welcomed him when their
country demanded the sacrifice. The
.pomp and circumstance of glorious
war" is very nice but take this means
of informing you. gentle reader, that
| would not stand up and let any man
fire a gun at me at 60 feet distance for
the whole United States. Consequent
" do not object to the rewards of
money or public service which CRATE
full nation bestows so justly upon its
defenders. But let me get back to
the entertainment. Little Bessie ket
ner recited in her inimitable wav some
humorous selections. Miss Sutton
thrillingly described The Battle OF
Lookout Mountain Miss Loveland
told us Of an old lady-not the one
who rode the white horse but another
one who essayed the skatorial art and
portrayed the ludicrous results of the
attempt; Miss Pengilly gave us ''Laska'
who lived in Texas down on the Rio
| Grande and Mrs. Warwick reeited an
old piece that turned Old Time back
ward in his flight and made me child
again listening to the sweet tone of
my mothers voice singing "as she sat
in her low backed car" Then there
were beautiful patriotic exercises by
rs little girls and boys. dialogues, choir
music and the enlivening music OF our
band. The only drawback to the
thing was its eheapness, 1t was too
cheap We all went home feeling as
if we had robbed the G. A. r. boys.
just now there is much sickness
here. Six Of Marshall Scott's family
were under the doctors care at one
time Mrs J. Martin has had Sc
we're attack of pneumonia. John Me
Namara, who lives on the old Parker
farm. is dangerously i'll Of rheuma-
tism Mrs. P. Woodland has been
confined to the house or about three
weeks but is slowly improving and
there are many others whom cannot
now call to mind.
We have had two alarms of fire
lately. Al James Hampton's home
occupied by Mrs. Hite. and at Casper
Auers home There was very little
damage done in either case, except
ha, it made Us Jealous OF Lancaster's
fine system OF waterWorks We don't
have enough water to drink over here
and If it were not for that benevolent
institution, the Cassyille brewery,
some of US would die Of de first" as
Chimmie Fadden says
John Hite returned from Minnesota
last week with 4 broken leg We are
/ all clad John had his leo broken he