Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-06-16
Flora.

home of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hudson
Friday, June To- The occasion was
held in honor Of MIR. Benz. Hudson
and wife, it being his 18th birthday.
Those present were Mrs Mary Steph-
ems. Mrs. Lydia Wagner. Miss Martha
Steward aud Mr.. Jos. Kern and wife,
all of Lancaster, Mrs Emeline Stuart
of Glen Haven. Mrs. ka1e Hudson OF
Waterloo, Mrs. Fannie Wright of Bee
town ana Byron Hudson and wife also
OF Beetown and Mr.. and Mrs. Benz
Hudson of Blakes Prairie. A pleasant
time was enjoyed by all in spite ofthe
unpleasant condition of the weather.
Ethel Blackburn of Lancaster
called on Flora friends Sunday.
School will close on the 21st of June
with a picnic DAISY.
Myrtle Blackburn and Daisy Price
passed through Flora Saturday to
make call at Providence and vicin-
ity.
w. Mccormick and family spent
Sunday at Matt Schildgen, Mrs. Me-
Cormick and Mrs. Schildgen being
sisters.
/. Hudson and S. Belscamper have
nearly completed setting the posts Tor
their telephones.
Only one more week and our little
folks will be free from school life again
for while. The weather is too warm
at present to make school life pleas
ant.
j. Ilitf and daughter Eliza made a
trip to the city Monday and reported
no fresh war news.
We are glad to report this vicinity
has passed through thorough over
going with the measles without any
fatal results.
Our people are wondering why Lam
easter don't say something about cell
ebrating the 4th of July so they will
have some place to 60.
Mrs. J. Edgington is recovering
slowly from injuries received by being
thrown from buggy by runaway
team.
S. Belscamper and j. Tiff do not
intend to have ne war end for want
of beans as they have each planted
nearly two acres.
Matt Schildgen has been keeping
some of the boys from getting lone
some by having :them work on the
road when it was too wet to plant
corn.
High water last Sunday prevented
our teacher from cultivating the
sweet William spoken Of in last week ;
Reporter but close observer might
notice she is willing to spend part of
her time cultivating Johnny jump
up.
We hope before we shall report for
the Herald again our telephone linz
will be complete and we can stay at
home and listen to the lecture in the
hall, Or hear the strains OF music from
a fashionable ball. Hear our neighbors
talk about us with an easy waging
jaw, Or listen to the prattle of dis
tant mother-in-law. But for fear our
telephone goes with the Bloomington
railroad we will not say any more
about it at present.
We have had plenty of mud in Flora
the last few days.
Farmers are all busy trying to kill
off the weeds.
Either the bad roads or greater
attraction prevented Walter from
making that regular e? Sunday visit
viii Mccormick and family were
guests at the Schildgen home Sunday.
Among our people who have made
trips to Lancaster recently are Mr.
Schildgen and wife. Mr.. Iliff and
daughter Eta, Homer Irish, Mr.. Hud-
son and wife.
The many friends of Mrs. j. Edg-
ington will be pleased to learn OF her
recovery from the effects OF her recent
accident.
The iron bridge in Flora was an in
teresting place Sunday evening but
the worst OF it was that those two
fond hearts were separated by the
rolling waters Of the river. But
'.There'll come time someday.'
There was forcible illustration Of
the popular song "The blow almost
killed Father" down by the bridge
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