Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-05-09
Local lettings.

Theo. Luessman Of Fennimore
was Lancaster visitor Thursday.
Editor Goldsmith 81 the Bosco-
bel Sentinel was a county seat visi-
tor Thursday.
The Cassville brewery will add a
bottling works department to its al
ready well equipped plant
The wicked practice of swearing,
which Il 50 common as to offend the
ear IN many business places and al
most in every street, Is often mere
bravado BOYS think it sounds man
" to be profane, and men think Il
gives force and character to their
sayings Unlike most other vices it
Is done openly, and is intended for
other peoples ears II Is public in,
suit to All good men The boldest
blasphemers are often the greatest
towards
Newspapers are sometimes CEN
sured for the amount OF advertising
matter that they carry, and thought
less person may demand a greater
amount Of what they term regular
reading matter. The fact is how
ever, that the patron who carefully
rea Is the advertisements in his paper
and acts upon their suggestions, will
save in the course of year many
times what the paper costs him.
There are many readers who make it
practice to read the advertisements
evsry week and thereby keep the run
- the market OF the article they want
Il buy, and always know where to
get the best bargains offered Tor their
money. Live business men know
this and carefully prepare their adj
vertisements, and the housewife, as
well as the man OF the house, reads
them and profits by it,
jacob Bonn, a Potosi farmer.
came to town Thursday accompanied
by his wife. they iourneyed to the
county seat in one OF those old-time
democrat wagons, with the osten sible
purpose, however, Of returning home
in style So after doing the usual
amount Of trading. they repaired TO
G. J. Hyde u sons buggy headquar-
tiers and after an hours inspection Sc
lected a very serviceable two seated
open turnout The wagon was then
aud there discarded and the new rio
taken into the street and hitched to
ready for departure. Before Mr.. and
Mrs. Bonn had climbed in the team
became frightened at the shadow of
Of the new conveyance or at Jehiel
Hyde's good-natured ioshing aud
darted away without a driver with
the newly purchased vehicle spinning
at their heels. They made directly
for the fountain on the square and
here upturned single buggy, luck
lily without an occupant, standing
close by With renewed energy ana
additional fright at she excitement
their wild run was producing the
team made bold attempt At passing
tAot- - tA1 h'ttt Low = }3tfe OF road
way between f. T. Graham moving
street sprinkler ana the curbing ID
fro of the Barnet iewelry store.
but they failed in their calculations
for the whiflle-trees became eHtangled
with the sprinkJing spout and were
broken, the horses then becoming
loosened from the buggy and darted
away southwark escaping capture un-
til they had covered a goodly portion
OF the avenue clear to the city sub
urbs The buggy which everyone an
tieipated would be demolished was
only slightly damaged As with the
other numerous accidents OF its Kind
Of late no one was seriously injured.
but some narrow escapes are reported.
One Of these days there'll be one. we
fear, that viii be accompanied with
more dire cons quences. and it be-
hoove. all to use extra precauuon in
tieing teams aud also the pedestrian
viii DO wen to keep his eyes open and
his wits about him while on our
crowded thoroughfares.