Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-09-13

-Poto,i Modern Woodmen have
postponed indefinitely the picnic they
had planned for the 18th inst Tht
recent tire pat damper on the move
ment.
The West Wisconsin conference i.
III session At Vlroqua this week ane
in the neighborhood Of 40 divine:
are in attendance. Rev J. T Nor.
gans IS among the number.
The Herald and New Yorl. Weekly
Tribune SIX months to any address
for 80 cents. The Tri-Weekly Tribune
and the Herald six month. for az
even dollar. This remar kable offer j,
good until Nov. lst only.
Teachers engaged for the Cass-
willie HIGH school are Prof W P. Col
burn. principal; Roscoe Woodward,
assistant principal Clarence Brockert,
Grammar department; Miss Baum
gartner, Intermediate; Miss Name
Prior, Primary department. School
opened Monday.
CLARK Emery Of Canton, H., has
been engaged by the school board as
assistant principal AND has already
taxed up his official duties. Prof.
Emery comes with some gilt-edged
recommendation and is in every way
capable of filing the place made va
cant by Mr. Lyman. We extend him
the hand OF welcome
Librarians are coming to a reali-
cation OF the fact that the children Of
the land are the most important pa
irons Of all collections Of books kept
for public use. They declare that the
influence Of books is even greater than
that of the schools. and that there is
no more potent factor IN the building
up OF good citizenship than the public
library.
An orchard will be benefited
more by wood ashes than from large
application of fresh manure, as fresh
manure is injurious to trees on some
soils. but il manure is thoroughly de-
il Will serve admirably in
.he orchard. Ashes supply both lime
and potash, which the trees largely
require for the production OF both
wood and fruit.
-Reedsburg has her main street
paved with vitriiied brlck; the hitch
ng posts have all been removed from
the business street and every body APP
preciates the change for the better.
The merchants and citizens have
erected long row Of sheds for farm
ers' teams and also ratings or.tying
teams on cross and back streets. The
farmers appreciate the effort. that
utNt DCtll maui III tuslI bsHtAil. ~
is said they have one OF the hand
soonest and best thoroughiaros in the
state.
\ hotel man in Portland. Me,
made . bet OF . hat with a friend and
lost The loser telephonei to The
winner -Get Just Is good a hat as
you want, ~ fact. buy any hat that
suits you aud have them send the bill
10 me. In a day Or two a bin for
$50 from a wcll known milliner for 4
woman hat was received by the
loser The winner calmly informed
him that he was pretty wei fixed for
hat, and SO thought he would turn
the thing over to his wife 1t was a
hat and the hotel man paid.
The new archcd tunnel on the
Kickapoo road is = splendid piece 81
workmanship The arch work OF the
interior has been completed and the
building Of the portal, 1t either end
will complete the job which VIII take
the greater part oi September The
portals viii be built square aud will
extend about eight feet above the top
Of the tunnel The entire length 81
the tunnel 70 the outsideut the por-
tails j, i25 feet W e the present
time over nineteen hundred and fifty
barrels N cement have been used and
cost something over $500 The en-
tire cost If arching the tunnel will he
ia the neignborhaod q $4,000 which
viii make the total cost 81 building
and arehjnE the tunuel between $50
a.ta#,.,} = f3.D5a