Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-12-27

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Sunday school has just secured l25
new song books. SUNDAY School
Praises" bought of the Methodist
Book Concern. The new year in that
school will begin with new songs.
This musical minister will manage
these melodies and the carols of child
mood will sweeten the services. Well
Ye children on the road to lions city
sing.
Rejoice ye in the Lamb OF God, in Christ
the Eternal King
soon shall we hear him say. ~ blessed
children come
Soon viii he call rs hence away TO our
song-siDSing home
The annual business meeting of the
Congregational church was held on
Wednesday evening last. The reports
of the officers of the church Of the Sun
day school and of the Ladies' Aid So
ciety were read and showed the affairs
of the church to be in a prosperous
condition with no decfiits. The
church showed its appreciation of
faithful service rendered in the re-
election of the following named offic-
ers:
Mrs Eda Dewitt Treasurer
Mrs T. J. Brooks =. -..-....S 5. Supu
III. w. Favor ..................- Deacon
Miss Susie Favor -----OrganlSt
A committee was appointed to al
range for the introduction OF electric
lights in the church.
At the Lutheran church hearts
were made happy by the old-time, ia
per-lighted Christmas tree, than
which there is no other more appro-
pirate attraction.
At both the Methodist and Congre-
gational churches, appropriate Christ
mas services were held on Sunday
evening. Roth programs were inter-
esting and we'll rendered and both
churches well filled with pleased peo-
pie.
The ladies of the Lutheran church
will please the people at Ruka's opera
house on Tuesday evening. Jan. 1st,
by an entertainment par-excellence
and up-to-date. They will build
bazaar with their fine fancy work for
Boscobelians to buy. They will serve
a smoking supper in style where the
famished may feed They will make
melody with their Maenachoir for the
ear to be entertained and they plead
for the patronage of the public. Let
the enterprise be encouraged. What
if one don't understand the language?
ats all the same in Dutch, !" anyway.
The tobacco tabernacle has been
bui t. The workmen won against the
weather. The building was to be
built by New Years and is completed
by Christmas. It's big building
too big for the worthless weed. But
it will bring business. 1t opens Jan.
End and Mr.. Mooney wants girls ga
lore to sort and size the stuff. Now
for canning factory. Corn and cab
bage, peas and pickles, tomatoes and
turnips of course ale not necessity
like tobacco, so they had to wait.
But why not give the poor vegetables
a chance? Let the canning concern
come quick.
Bert Dempsey of Fennlmore bought
a surrey of the Ableiters last week.
OF course. When men want car
riage they come TO the carriage center
and that's-Ableiter' That big bus
mess has been built up by industry,
honesty and capabIlity. Those busy
blacksmiths blow only with bel
lows. But they sell stuff and shoe
steeds ..allee samee." So we're bound
to blow for 'em. We know 'em you
know.
The Candy Connosieur: Perry's is
the place. Miss Munson is the maid
en-. We went there; ''Veni, vidi,
vici;" not the maid-we are married
but the candy. Yum, yum! 1t was
superbly sweet. We are no Judge of
cigars couldn't tell cabbage leaf
from HAVANA; but we are ''some"
on sweets, and that package from
Perry will linger long on our lips. Mr..
Perry is an experienced and expert
candy puller and the product he puts
out is pure and pleasant. We pre-
diet for Perry both saccharine and
silver success. Buy your bonbons in
Boscobel-it's product of the place
See?
Mrs Porter of Mt. Sterling, daugh-
ter of our old friend Tim Murley is
here for the holidays.
Miss Creeden, one of the tried and
trusty teachers of town, took the
train Monday for visit to Greenleaf.
Mrs. W. G. schultz departed for
Dubuque on Monday eve to have a
happy holiday with relatives and
friends.
Died on Monday, Dec. "a. 1900 at
midnight, Mrs z. NJ. Barney, sister
Of Mrs. Jacob Christ, aged Il years.
The funeral was held at the home of
Jacob Christ on Wednesday. Dec. %,
Rev. j V. Bennett officiating. Mrs.
Barney has been resident of this
vicinity for more than forty years and
has been well and favorably known.
..She rests from her labors and her
works do follow her.
| HERALD HELPER