Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-10-18


before and they will doubtless be as
faithful in mail as they were in mill
tary matters
SNLMAGUNDE. The Enright team
with q load of potatoes behind it
streakcd down the street Saturday and
succeeded III planting potatoes pro-
miscuously in public and private
places. in demolishing the wagon and
knocking down the electric light trans
former near the Troutman House.
Moral Tie yourt team
\ EMISSION" is icing held in the
Catholic church during this entire
week. A Mission among Catholics is
what would be termed a revival among
the Methodists. 1t is for the strength
cning of those who are weak in the
faith and the adding To the church of
such as shall he saved. There will be
services every morning, afternoon
and evening to which ali are invited.
Your CORES pendent attended the SER
vice of last Sabbath morning and
hopes to 90 again. 1t is hoped that
mucn good will be done. Our Catho-
lie fellow citizens viii find the Herald
broad enough to help them in all
worthy work even though it may not
follow them in all their customs and
creed.
Our city has lost two of her worthy
citizens in the persons of Mr.. andMrs.
Austin Dexter, who left on Thursday
.ast for Wauwatosa, where their
daughter Nellie is teaching. Their
old friends and neighbors wish them
health and happiness in their new
home.
new tobacco warehouse is to be
built in this city and to be leased for
five wears by II. NJ Bekkedal of Vest
by Wis. Sufficient money has been
su described to erect the structure and
Mr.. Bekkedal will arrive in few days
10 complete the arrangements. He
has already contracted for most of the
tobacco grown in this section.
More than one poor pilgrim has
found that Jordan am hard road
to travel. And he will be happy to
hear that money has been appropriate
ed bv the city council of Boscobel to
aid outside towns in the work of road
building. Boscobel is nothing if it is
not enterprising. The rocky road
10 Dublin" will now doubtless disap-
pear.
A new steam dyeing and clothes
cleaning establishment is now in full
blast on Wisconsin avenue, opened bv
Mr.. III. Stevens. Take your dirty
buds to the Stevens Steam Shop and
have them renovated and repaired
He can renovate anything hut the Chi
caro- platform. That is too tough u
task.
Miss Freeda Troutman took the
train Tuesday morning for the Madi
son carnival Miss Freeda is one of
our most pleasant and popular young
ladies and her friends hope she will
have good time.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Churchill, who
have spent the summer with their
daughter, Mrs. Dan Oswald, returned
to their home in Evansville on Tues
day morning. We would be pleased
to have them return to our city to re-
side permanently.
We are informed that some loud
mouthed looney wearing Grand
Army badge, in public place in our
city recently referred to Pres. McKin-
ley as a "perjured villain" 1t is
dollars to doughnuts that that scala
wag does not belong to the Grand
Army of the republic and lis wearing
the metal badge in violation OF law.
If such is the case b had better hunt
his hole and hide or it will be hot for
him But whether he belongs to that
body or not that is the talk OF traitor
and the old vets who shot such
speeches To their death in the south
are looking for that lad with blood in
their eye.
SHADOWS. We ale saddened to
state that the shadows have settled
over the home of Samuel BartholO-
new His wife has become almost
blind and has gone to Lacrosse to
havean operation performed upon her
eyes. We hope she may be helped.
Mr.. Bartholomew went up to Lacrosse
Sunday to stand by that worthy wo-
man during the ordeal.
Mystery mystery all here is mystery
Tnere IS nothing at all we can wholly see
The days long and weary. the nights dark
without hope Of morning, oh what should
do
Why beautiful bud should shed its
fragrance in the garden for day and
before it had unfolded its petals should
be nipped by fingers of frost is one of
natures mysteries. So why beauti-
full bud of being should be borne upon
it's mothers breast to bring happiness
to a home for few brief hours and
then before it had unfolded its little
life should be destroyed by death is
one OF life's unsolyed riddles. So
over the home of our friends, Mr.. and
Mrs. Chris Oswald, we put the inter
rogation point without an answer,
knowing not why the little girl whom
thew last week took to their hearts
should so soon
Open Eden garden gate
TO bloom in Paradise.
Ninetv-one years ago last July in
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