Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19
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SOME J0GULHR J0TTINGS HBOUT
PEOPLE you KNOW TRUThFULLY
TOLD TO The fiERhLD MAN.

have known where Mr.. Lane was. He
has not been seen here or anywhere
that he used to be such familiar fig
ure. Many have no doubt thought
Phat possibly John had passed over
he river. So many Of the old boys
are missed, and few lines in the
papers tell what allied them, and that
is the end. But this week John has
BEEN about among his friends, and TO
hear him tell of the welcome he re-
fciyed will drive the blues away. Mr..
i.ane holds nice position as addition
i'll farmer at an Indian reservation up
north and ever since going up there
Bis friends here have expected he
would be sent home in box all scalp
ell and half dozen poisoned arrows
pcrfcrating his remains. But "Jack'
6s sound, happy and rs genial as ever,
aud will tell you more in minute
0bout Indian reservations than YOU
can get in bulletins from Washington
.Sa 4 month. John has another "far-
a"r'' over him who takes goodlv
ssare of the responsibility and about
~! our friend has to 90 is to tell the
nedskinS to so in when it rains. We
'gonot bcgrudge himhs sit uation how
eSer, and wish him many years Of
1s0sPerity up there.
Howard Morrison of Madison, who
s., a dealer IN life insurance, transact
90. business in Lancaster the first OF
els week. 1t was our pleasure to
Doet him the first time in five
gears. Mr.. Morrison represents 4
alontpclier, Vt. company and has
e@cn hustling IN their interests for
AZ me time. We remember well about
Eve years ago Morrison came down to
Guscobel from Madison after business
this same company lie had less
y sh inside his clothes at that time
= Il more hair under his hat, but was
full Of vinegar and no. on the trail of
q man who wal te life insurance I
Slr has a way cf making fellow be-
'ltvc he isn't going to live much lonp- /
ar and we fell a victim after day or
'Wo. lie smoked us with ten cent
igars and all the other dclicacieS of
2he season and we commenced feeling
raie. The application was made out.
We pr eedcd with him to the exam /
ming PHYSICIANS Office and took Sin
teen degrees. If there was ANYTHING
We didn't understand about the pro-
9adurc, Morrison explained, and bv
she time the job was completed and
ue were permitted 10 breathe easy
once more, we thought it was the
Hrst streak Of luck we'd ever had. and
gcit relieved about the future Of our
sclves and family. 1t was hard to
Gall who was the happiest Morrison
gY ourselves, he with his first risk OBJ |
tained in the town, or we with our
prospects of insurance But every
thing turned out lizzlc, and our air |
?astles were blasted. The company
rejected the application and all was
scclarcd off. Morrison felt worse
shan we did, fer he shed great bio
crocodile tears and talked to himself |
ehout those ten-cent cigars for half a i
clay. by the way, the first money
Dur friend ever earned was In coun-
'ry print shop. 1t was many years
ego when devils didn't have the snaps
shat they do now. In fact the Office
?orcc was SO hard on young Morrison
chat all the environments Of the trade
! acre wiped from his mind and ne
quit during his first year Of apprcn-
2ieeship
For expressing desire to 90 fish
ing on such cold cherries day as
Sriday was, and for other good and
9Ullicient reasons, the friends Of Atty
- W Brown deemed him partially
unbalanced mentally last week and
accordingly he was brought before
Sudge Goodsell Friday morning and
Gil examination was conducted ~ ire
court as to his sanity. Atty. Geo.
G'lemcntson acted rs counsel for the
aggregation who thought Brown crazy,
while Atty. II. Buchner appeared ON
sehalf Of his unfortunate collcaUue.
q number Of witnesses were cNamin-
al and many startling disclosures
gerc brought to light concerning Mr..
Browns past career. Atty. f. NJ
yowry testified that Brown had ON
numerous occasions spoke Of catch
sag trout in the streams OF Southwest
SIN Wisconsin six inches i'm length.
Mr. Lowry was positive that such
PLACEMENTS rs this showed an unbal-
enced mind; that he would swear
that the idea Of such trout existing
about here was merely an Indian ira
dition handed down from bygone ages.
Ills was cogrohoratcd bv Geo. BaN-
Ter and others in the court room
Mr.. Baxter was called to the stand.
lie told As TO how Mr. Brown became
affected along about Jan. lst each
Year with 4 queer complication Of
maladieS. That while in this state his
entire time between meals was passed
IN arranging and rearranging 4 box
ot fishing tackle stored in a back
WoodShed III his residence -untang-
ling and tangling again the fish lines
aud other paraphernalia peculiar To
the outfit ola follower Of Isaac Walton.
The case attracted considerable at
tention and the court room was
crowded. After a long and tedious
examination Judge GoodSel arrived
at the conclusion that no question
eXiSteH as to Browns insanity and
forthwith committed him to Jack
Lanes Sagwa Indian reservation for
life, with privilege Of shortening his
term with suicide if he chose. Ii
might be well to state right here that
the courts principal reason for send
ING Brown to the Indian reservation
was that no water has as vet been dis
covered there, and this, 1t is hoped.
Will relieve the patient Of that ter
Q rible piScatorial hallucination which
now inhabitS his mind.
Here are few postoilice rules writ,
ten by well known author that vii
$ look well in Postmaster Webb's STAMP