Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-22

Rev. DR.. f. f. Edwards has kind
ly consented to allow US to publish
one or both Of his poems which were
read before the Western Writers.
Association. Both are Jewels OF
thought. One relates to the old
New England School House aud is in
the style Of The Passing of the Log
Cabin" The other sets forth the trib-
ulations of poet and contains about
seventy-four verses Of four lines each.
The school house poem is broken up
into short sketches. and the other is
completely rounded out poem in three
parts. There is not finer poem of
its kind in the English language than
the last named. Look for one of
them next week.
A large humber of persons from
Lancaster attended Barnum's circus
at Dubuque on Monday. Those
brought TO our notice are: Sammy
Draper, /. a. Burr, Mr.. and Mrs. H.
G. Nathan, MIR. and Mrs. win Irish,
Art Benn, Roy rockingham, John
Orion, John and Kate eastman. VIM.
Barrows, Charley Wright, John
Calls, Frank and Hugh Orton. Luther
Basford, f. L. Howe, Matt Edwards,
Geo. B. Clementson, Jas. McGonigal,
Charley Roberts, Mrs. W. b. Carter,
Mrs. r. b. Showalter, Mrs. Hammond,
Ray Carthew, Miss Fannie Mckenzie,
Joe Smith, Geo. Wallace, MIR. and
Mrs. Aug. Miehaelis, Mrs viii Orton,
Carl Orion, John Jeide and his son.
Fred Meyer.
The Texas Farmer says: ..Nevel
make love in corn field. Corn has
ears" And the Chicago Times-Her.
aid adds: True. but the corn isn't
easily shocked" Verify, these be
husky jests,'' put in the St. Pau
Pioneer Press. The boys are feeling
finer than silk again. Evidently theil
corns are not bothering them. sug.
gests the funny man on the Oshkosh
Enterprise. Humor must stalk
about his sanctum. Win he accept
the compliments of the "kernel?'
Green Bay Advocate. 1t must be
that you haven't .'tasseled'' if YOU
can't "shell out better type of jokes
than that Bloomington Record.
Oh, shucks! You fellows ..a-maize'
us. The real trouble about making
love in a corn field is that fodder is
always so close by.
Last Thursday was the fiftieth
anniversary of the marriage OF Mr..
and Mrs. Lewis Reynolds of this city.
Owing to the i'll health of Mrs. Rev.
nolds no formal celebration OF the
event was held. Lewis Reynolds and
wife are among the most worthy PEG.
pie of the county. For many years
they lived on a farm west of Beetowr
about four miles, but for more thar
twenty years the city of Lancaster
has been their residence. Their name
has always been synonym for indus.
try, honesty and hospitality They
are the parents of our worthy towns.
men Geo. Reynolds and of Mrs. Marks
of Omro, formerly Mollie Reynolds.
May the future years of Lewis Rey-
nolds and his estimable wife be as
beautiful and rich in blessings as the
golden dreams of youth, is the wish Of
the Herald.
is the Teller a hoodoo? Well
rather. For instance, look at base.
ball this summer. The Teller ha,
printed most of the bills. That's
enough. That influence, little as il
seems, paralyzes the whole game
Our boys can play ball at Cassville OIL
Fennimore but when it comes to q
Teller billed game they play the poor.
est kind of horse. Look at that game
last Thursday with Spring Green
Ianeaster's team were the best play.
ers and part OF the time played bril-
liantly. But occasionally the hoodoc
collie would catch them and they could
not catch anything else. When one
of them did get the ball he would
hang on to it as though he wanted to
hold it as long as Goddlewoggles kept
his smallpox infested clothes in
that old brick smokehouse. and when
he threw it he was as .wildn as
one Of Pollock's Bellevue esca gadcs.
The felders were as uncertain as tie
TeIler's position on political ques-