Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-01-05
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Mrs. Glanvile and family are visit
ing with Mr.. aud Mrs +. James,
Chas. Green OF Everly, la made old
friends and relatives a short visit last
week.
AR aud Mrs Thos. Mcdonald Of Lam
caster visited IN town the last Of the
week.
Quite a number Of students from
Preston are attending the high school
this winter.
Burly Doran who spent a couple of
weeks in Iowa on important business
returned last week.
A Mathews q Co have placed a
feed mill in their grain warehouse and
will hereafter grind feed
We are glad to see friend i. J.
Davis on our streets again. Tom
lives in Waukesha at present.
Henry + Muenden went to Madison
last week where he purchased car
load Of fine buggies for the spring
trade
John David has rented the store
room vacated by Thomas Il Sons and
win move his stock Of furniture into
that room.
David Eastman has sold the farm
known as the T. II Biddick place to
a Mr.. Brave This sale includes the
CASTOR farm.
The young ladies gave a party New
Years eve at Mrs. VIM. Frankand's
where mistletoe was placed over every
door, and not boy took the hint.
The dance given in the opera house
house Monday proved to be quite a
Notification for some of the boys.
Those under Is years and over so, and
those who were broke, could not get
anything to drink, all others could.
Robt. Chandler is talking of renting
the room in the opera house just va
Gated by Scion David and putting in
a 'sclosing OUT store. He intends to
operate three or four stores, so he can
buy his goods in such large quantities
that he will get them for nearly moth
ing, freight prepaid, and then he will
advertise great slaughter sale. All
his $50 90 suits will be sold for $i.99
and l5c collars will 90 at Be. We
need Just such store as that. as the
merchants now are only losing about
.5Oc on the dollar. whereas he expects
To lose soc.
A team loaded with wood belonging 10
Ed FARMLAND became frightened and
away they went ell nell down the al
ley. struck crossing and a man flew
out on bis head quicker than light
ming ever chased squirrel down
hickory tree, and away they went at
a rate of speed hat would have put
Star Pointer 90 shame until they i'm
ally went crashing i8to a fence and
tore mp two Or three rod. of boards
and posts, throwing one or both hor-
ses down the icy slope The only
damage done was the crippling Of one
horse. and il is said Cap. Parish bad
"a leg fractured.
Everybody is acquainted with per
sons. who In their ordinary converse
ton constantly and as a habit violate
the truth. Ii is done obviously in
sheer wautonness. when there Is moth
ing to be gained by il and when no
motive i perceptibie one 81 these
persons will begin conversion with
a palpable falsehood which does not
even glorifv himself. and which, he
must be aware. cannot be believed by
the person to whom he is talking.
That one should lie for the purpose
Of profit. or even with intent TO eX
aggerate his personal Importance j.
perfectly comprehensive. but when a
person as a rule sets truth at defiance
without any prOvOcatiOn and
apparently without any sense Of shame
at the reflection that his mendaci'y is
perceived by the listener, he should not
become indignant if his veracity is
called in question or his attention is
directed TO the nature 81 the obliga
ton imposed BY the ninth Command
ment.