Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-08-02
Heard on the Street.

Heard on the Street.
The number of travelling men are
decreasing said knight of the grip
who had been on the road for thirty
two years. 1T is the result of the
trusts that are growing more power
full every year" He had visited
every state in the union except Ala
bama and when asked why he did not
visit that state also. he said: Il do
not fancy southern people, there is
too much come again tomorrow,
about them. They are more easy 60
ing and slow than the northerners. :"
I
a travelling salesman who claims
to have been quite an arithmetician
in his early school days says that he
has the Chinese situation all figured
out to his own satisfaction. He says
that if the nations of the earth were to
begin fighting China and should kill
off Cinnamon at the rate of 10000 a
day for 100 years there would still be
enough Cinnamon left to occupy the
attention of a few missionaries that
is not less than 362, 600. 900. Their
sacred queues tied end to end would
enclrcle the earth 400 times. or would
make binding tw ne enough to care for
the worlds wheat crop for two hum
dred years We had better not 60 up
against nation like that Once turn
them loose and they can conquer the
world.
Ii the substantial, all-around health
full diet that Sheriff Fawcett provides
for his guests within the county Jail
isn't good enough for them. all they
have to DO is to fold up their napkins,
help hens selves to toothpick and
take walk through the corridor.
Few complaints are ever heard of
the rare furnished to prisoners. but a
Boscobel lady. whose son was recent
" incarcerated Ia the jail. came to the
city the other day on an inspection
tour and was present in the detain-
inc quarters when the hash was
brought in. Evidently she was not
satisfied with the meal furnished her
son there was notable deficiency
Of Injuries and she made up her mind
then aud There that her anruly OIL
spring -houl henceforlh subsist 90
more delicate production, Of the
Kitchen. Accordingly without con
salting jail a'lcials the good dame
crossed thc erect 10 Lathrop'~ res.
tauraut whore instructions were left
to send am atfaehe OF the cafe three
times each daH at meal hours to the
Jail 10 take her son S order direct as
to what he desired to satisfy the cray
ING. Of his tI-tidiou, appetite, and to
prepare the same in the most palat-
able manner Tor him delivering Il
,teamimg hot or ice cold as the ease
might be- This thoughtful mother
also visited Nathan,' Grocery where
orders were left to ascertain cac II day
during her sons sixty day sentence
what he would relish in the fruit line
She lecturcd Under-Shcriff McGoni-
gal on the Importance Of shaving the
young man face at least thrice a
week and wished him to have every
thing hi~ heart desired Wei. 10
make a long story short, there was
but one meal delivered to The pris oner
from the Lathrop restaurant and but
one consignment Of fruit from the
Nathan store found its way to Il {
law breaker, for Sheriff Fawcett very
emphatically wished it understood
that his hosiery was not run on the
European plan, and that he did not
wish to adopt any new practices dur
ing the remainder of his term Of
office So the youthful offender from
Boscobel is obliged to drive away the
pangs Of hunger with the savOry
viands the other occupants Of the Jail
subsist on or politely 20 without
There i, rumor ailoat that an appeal
is to be taken to the powers that be
in order to obtain redress and leave
to humor thi, lad with his every
want bv those Interested.
Luther Basford tle venerable
mer,bst,, called FL ana favored rs