Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-01-31
Twenty Seven Years Ago.
Items Taken From The GrSnt County
Herald of Jan. 20, 1874.

Green apples $500 per barrel at
G. j. Hyde's.
The jingle Of sleigh bells makes
music through our streets.
There will be a grand hop Mt the
Wisconsin house. Patch Grove, on
Friday evening, February 20th.
NJ. d. Taylor has fred up his en-
CINE 1T last, and nobody knows what
will turn mp next at Mt. Hope.
The Barnett family, or at least
eight ont of eleven children OF the
family, had reunion in this village
last week
Money plenty without bonus, is
predicted 10y business men rs re4soh-
ably certain event after next April.
The Lallin u Rand Ter Mill
near Platteville, has opera
tions until after the Is ch.
The Good Templar re, at
Patch Grove, which org zcd two
months,ago with 80 members, now
numbers a members.
Scholars desiring to change for the
new first reader tree of charge will DO
SO this week or next. The new read
err will be found at Watkins book
store.
A large party of the Platteville
young folks enjoyed themselves ut
the Phelps house last night. Prof.
Joe Barnett's string band furnished
the music.
Clerical neckties for the ladies are
the latest They are made of white
mull-the ties, not the ladies-and
made exactly like those worn by Epis
copal clergymen.
A Washington ball will be given at
Schmitt's hall in Fennimore on FRI
day evening, February goth, by Ben
ner q McLimans. Supper at the
Varrel house.
The two stores at Hurricane are
doing fair business; they buy and
sell eggs and chickens, pork and po-
tatoes, beef and rabbits. The rabbit
business is the best.
From reports we are informed that
NJ. +. church quarterly meetings at
Millvile on the 18th and 18Th inst.
were very interesting and well attend
ed. Elder Dudgeon presided.
The revival at Boscobel being con-
Quoted by Revs. Stoddart, and Clapp is
meeting with great success. Over 20
converts have been brought out, and
the interest manifested is unabating.
The members and friends of the NJ
f. church ut Mt. Hope are subscribing
! literally towards the erection Of II
church edifce at that place. Already
! $500 have been subscribed for the
object.
Prof Horace James of New Lisbon,
announces through a card in another
column, that he will open dancing
school, in Horstman' hall on Monday
evening next. Prof. James comes
! highly recommended as an accom-
| plished teacher and one who will pre-
serve perfect order and decorum in
his schools. We hope he will receive
liberal patronage from our citizens.
Ride To Fennimore About fifteen
couples fromLancaster and six couples
from Boscobel. met in joint conven-
tions at he Varrell Hotel Fennimore,
on Tuesday evening, under the chair
manship Of Prof. Barnett's string
band Although the weather was
not a. beautiful as a wedding morn
ing still the brave delegates to that
convention plunged through the
driving snow and sleet and arrived on
time. At O'Clock pm, supper was
announced. and the way roast turkey
chicken pie, boiled onions, etc dis
appeared before the astOnished vision
Of mine host, was a surprise to that
caterer of the public appetite p
! soon as the tables were cleared, the
room was put in order for proceedings
to commence Prof. Barnett mounted
the platform and was ably assisted
| by his valuable aids. In two minutes
and a half ''Waspie" time, the various
evolntions of the dance began. TO
tell how the few hours were gaily
passed how the ..landlord sett, F" fill
cd by Phelps, Hyde, Carrier and Bar
nett, PANIED out, how all enjoyed hosp
itaitity of Mr. Varrel, the excellent
music discoursed by the band and
I the return home would fill columns.
Reader, if you want to know how il
is yourself," join the next party that
comes off.
Fire in Patch Grove Monday
night, January 10, the home of Mr.
| John Lewis, who resides two miles
south east Of Patch Grove, caught fire
and burned to the ground. The
/ family had retired for the evening
and we're all asleep when James. old
est son, was awakened by a cracking
noise and on looking towards the
\ floor saw blaze in the room below
him. He Immediately dressed and
started down stairs, when on opening
/ the door the flames and smoke rushed
/ into the room and almost sufTocated
him On landing below in a half suf-
located state he CROPPED his way a
best he could TO an adjoining room in
wh;ch slept his little brothers and sis
ter.. who would have persisted