Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-10-04

/ Mrs Harry Nathan and children
are visiting in Chicago.
Rev. F. Bell of Montfogt had bus
mess in Lancaster Monday.
Mrs. Chas. Dickinson visited
friends in Patch Grove last week.
Mrs. Lucy Gardner returned home
from Brady, Neb., last Wednesday
evening Her little grandson came
with her to remain for the winter
Mrs. c. Hanson of Milwaukee,
who has been visiting in the city for
the past two weeks, returned home
Monday. She was accompanied by
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. n. Schmitz.
Through the d. Schreiner agency
G. Shanlun, residing a few miles
south Of Lancaster, purchased Of JOS.
Nathan three lots adjoining the prop
erty formerly owned by f. L. Howe.
Friday and has already broken ground
for a new residence.
-Messrs. George and Chas. Shin
min have purchased and assumed
control of Ray Carthew's livery. The
young men will endeavor to maintain
the business in the excellent manner
in which Mr.. Carthew conducted it
and will appreciate a share of your
patronage.
While Chas. Bonham was in Du-
buque one day last week, the Dubuque
Fair association offered him all kinds
of inducements if he would hold his
dispersion sale of short-horn cattle in
that city. But Mr.. Bonham wishing
to see the majority of stock remain in
Grant county, concluded to hold the
sale in his home city OF Lancaster,
Nov. ?, 1900, at the fair grounds.
An exchange relates a laughable
story showing the inconsistency of
hiring cheap city boys to work on
farm. a farmer engaged an inexper-
fenced youth to help about the place,
and one morning told the lad to ''salt
the calf down in the pasture" The
boy took quart Of salt and rubbed it
in the calls hair. Some colts scented
the salt and before long had nearly
licked off the creatures hide Then
the farmer tried to catch and wash !
the calf, bnt it apparently thought he
to lick it too and there was
quite time before it was captured
and put IN safe place.
In the charitable and penal insti-
buttons of the state there are 2,617
and the cost of subsistence
is 1868 year. This includes the
of the GOO officers and en-
ployes of the institutions also. The
following is the average population of
these institutions: State Hospital for
the Insane, Mendoza, 400; Northern
Hospital for the Insane, Oshkosh, $50;
School for the Deaf, Delavau, 156;
School for the Blind, GAINESVILLE, SO;
Industrial School for Boys, Waukesha,
sol; State Prison, Waupun, 591; State
Public School, Sparta, 1913; Home for
the Feeble Minded, Chippewa Falls,
$40.
A swindle is reported from vari-
Gus parts OF the country of which
farmers will do well to beware. The
agents offer a churn which they claim
will largely increase the yield Of but
ter from any given quantity of milk,
and they offer to prove this assertion.
Chemicals, it appears, are slipped in
to the milk and cream when the pur-
chaSer's back is turned and the butter
comes more quickly and in greater
volumn than il usually does on the
premises invaded. OF course the re-
sultant mass is not pure butter. but
the agent collects his money and de-
parts before the fraud is discovered.
IN Arkansas paper says in one Of
the mountain counties only one man
took a newspaper, and the citizens
from some distance around would
gather il % hear him read when it
came one listener asked what the
republicans were doing in congress.
"oh. replied the reader. they
played the dickens over there, they
passed a law adding two months 10
the year. and the worst part of it is
they have made them both winter
months Blast their fool souls.
said the listener. and We are nearly