Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-16

Walk" The song is one good laugh
from start to finish.
The Dixie Concert Company en-
tertained the visitors to Chautauqua
for three consecutive weeks, with
their rendition of plantation melodies
and difficult classical music interspers-
ed with clever comic selections and
pure rollicking humor No OTHER
testimonial is needed. With the abil-
ity to hold such cultured audiences
as gather at Chautauqua Park, there
is no doubt they will please where
ever they 60 Over l25 tickets sold
already BE sure and hear them IN
Reeds Opera house, Thursday even.
ing Nov. 23rd. Admission 25c., re-
served seats 35c. Reserved seat sale
commences Tuesday morning at Ben
netts drug store.
Mrs. Anna McGregor of Platteville
came to Lancaster, Saturday for the
purpose Of inspecting Tom Cox Corps
No. AZ. In the evening the President
Mrs. VIM. Starr. gave reception to
all the corps members which was a
very pleasant affair About sixty
ladies, among whom were Mrs l.. Nye
and Mrs. Hale of Platteville, were
present and enjoyed a few hours of So
liability with each other. The house
was artistically decorated with ferns
and palms and each guest was given
a beautiful white chrysanthemum.
Mrs. McGregor received with Mrs.
Starr and Mesdames Calvin and Gibbs
presided in the dining room and were
assisted by Laura Garner, Telah Cal
vim, Mamie Hurlburt and Alice Clark.
-Montfort Mail: We heartily en-
dorse the following advice: Don't use
big words" In promulgating your ESQ
teric cogitations or articulating your
superficial sentimentalities and annie
able, philosophical or psychological OBJ
servations, beware of platitudinous
ponderosity. Let your conversational
communications possess a clarified
conciseness, compacted comprehen-
sibleness, coalescent consistency, and
a concatenated cogency. Eschew all
conglomerations of flatulent garrolity,
iejune babbIement and asinine affect
ations Let your extemporaneous
descantings and unprecedented ex-
patiations have intelligibility and
veracious viyacitv, without rhodo-
montade or thrasonical bombast.
Sedulously avoid all polysyllabic pro-
fundity, pompous prolixity, psittace-
Gus vacuity, ventriloquial verbority,
and vaniloquent vapidity. Shun
double entetes, prurient jocosity, and
pestiferous profanity obscurant or
apparent. In other words, talk plain
ly, briefly, naturally, sensibly, truth
fully, purely. Keep from slang"
don't. put on airs; say what you mean
and mean what you say. And don't
use big words.
The December number of The
Designer is a credit to everyone con-
cerned in its production The many
fashions and millinery designs illus
trated in it are stylish, refined, and
just what are needed for the outfit
ting of ad and juveniles. Evening
waists in particular are most attract
lively set forth, also party costumes
for the boys and girls. Whoever has
the pleasant task of dressing doll for
Christmas should certainly purchase
this number, for in it the whole doll
family is represented, from papa to
the baby. Window gardeners will APP
preciate the Horticulture article on this
subject; the house furnisher will find
some delightful suggestions for cosey
corners in, Home Decorations; the
amateur photographer will rejoice
in the help which, Half Hours with
the Camera, brings him, while the
dressmaker is remembered in new
installment of, Points on Patterns.
As for fancy work, knitting. crocheting
and tatting there are designs galore,
all accompanied by explicitdirections.
All around the House, Cookery Re-
ceipts, and, The kindergarten at Home
will please and interest the house
mother, and Book Notes, Among
Ourselves, short and continued stories
little comedy, The Minister'S Christ
mas Gifts, and poems viii be enjoyed
by all around the evening lamp.
The Designer is just the kind of mag
azine to please the whole family, and
its publishers have every reason to be
proud of it in general, and this issue
in particular.
Bloomington Record: A very
pleasant surprise was planned by the
officers of the Eastern Star Monday
evening, the occasion being the birth
day anniversary of their worthy Ma
tron, Nina b. Glasier. She was in
vited to the commodious and hospit-
able home ofLincoln Abraham to take
tea with the family, but upon arriving
there, found she was mot the only
one, for the other officers soon APP
peared and greeted her with good
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