Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-08-08

will depart Saturday for Vermont on
an extended visit.
Miss Mabe. Medley Of Platteville
spent few DAYS the past week as
the guest Of the Misses Bell.
Miss Otie woodhouse of Min
neapolis is guest of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. JAS. Woodhouse.
Mrs. d. Chatfeld and daughter.
Miss Portia Showalter, spent por-
ton of last week with Beetown rela-
tives.
Masters Frank and Ralph Stone
fell from tree Monday and sustained
a few bruises and bad shakir &
up Fortunately no serious con-
sequences resulted.
Prof. Woods able lecture.
Through Star Realms" did not meet
with the patronage which it merited.
Those who attended Ewere well
pleased and feel that their time and
money were profitably invested.
There is one lucky man in Lam
caster. 1t is Attorney Watkins. He
drew 100 acre tract of land in Okla
homa last week at the 0big Govern
ment lottery. Mr.. Watkins was up
in the thousands but will undoubted-
ly secure good plat just the same.
Henry Gleason has resigned his
position as operator at Mccartney
and will relieve Page Miller at Aiken
while the latter takes vacation.
The Mccartney office will be closed
No boarding place can be found in
the vicinity. and as operators can not
exist without food, the place will be
abandoned.
H. f. Austin. the Boscobel cheese
expert, was in Lancaster Tuesday and
in the evening gave profitable talk
to farmers in the vicinity Of Dutch
Hollow on the cheese question.
Cheese is now worth 90 cents per
pound on the market and at this
price farmers will soon be rich who
patronize the factories.
-Galena Gazette: DR.. Joseph G.
Godfrey and his son, Rush Godfrey,
came down from Lancaster Thursday
and were Quartered at the Hotel
Grant To-day they participated in
the outing of the 10 Davis County
Medical Association. as did also Mr..
William Jackson Of Waukesha who
accompanied DR.. Godfrey here.
A preachers wife in one of our
western counties has sued for di-
vorce because her husband kissed the
hired girl. Evidently she does not
want him to do unto Others a. she
would have him do unto her. but
doubtless the preacher did unto the
hired girl as he would have her do
unto him. In this instance the scrip
turaI injunction doesn't seem to be
just the proper thing.
Dan Higgins who was twice re-
fused license to run a saloon in this
CITY during the past two months by
the common council was found dead
in his room Sunday morning up over
the room of the saloon which he for
merlv run. The cause of his death is
not known but it is generally sup
posed that it was excessive drinking.
The funeral occurred Tuesdrv and in
terment took place at the Lowertown
cemetery. -Prairle du Chen Union.
Take off your hat to the man that
hustles. Respect dignitied labor.
Honor the wage worker, it matters
not where or how: whether with the
spade or pen, in the field or bank
He that by Drawn or brain. honestly
and faithfully performs his part, is
entitled to and should command the
respect of all men. Worth not
wealth. honesty not honor truth not
titles. should always be received at
par value. The truly cultured man
or woman is never aristocrat c in the
common acceptation OF the word.
Only the vainly ignorant and acct
dentallv rich belittle true worth I'M
less presented in a gold binding.
In nearly every paper you pick
up you viii notice an account of some
one who has purchased bill Of goods
from some catalogue house and after
paving the freight or express charges
they find that the articles have cost
more than they would if they had
bought them of local agent. Why
is it that the people are 50 often mis-
led in this way? We dc not think it
is because they wish to patronize the
big city firms but because they have
an idea that they can get things much
cheaper. Il a great manv instances
they do not know the price Of the