Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-03-07

February Marched Friday. After
this April May.
Mrs. L. Mufiey is a guest at the
editors household.
Now is the proper time TO COM
mence advertising for spring trade.
August Baumgartner of Fenni-
more is guest of Lancaster rela-
tives.
Paul Kruger" at Reeds. Opera
House Thurday the l4th. Come and
see his lordship.
DO not be too modest to tell the
reporters of the arrival and departure
CT your friends or members of your
household
Our farmers are beginning to get
their spring farming implements in
shape for spring work. Mary of
them are testing their seed corn to
see if it will grow.
1t is stated on good authority
that Fennimore farmer who believes
in sending away for everything he
buys recently sent to New Orleans
for some Mardi Gras seed.
All notices of special lodge, and
club meetings and entertainments are
matters of news and the Herald is
glad TO publish them gratuitously.
Instruct the parties interested to fur
nish this paper notices of that char
acter for publication.
A lot of young people at High
land planned a dance in spite of the
order Of the board of health forbidding
such gatherings last week. The vii
lage marshal and posse stopped the
dance. and the wrath of the young
bloods is being vented in abuse OF the
board.
As advertised: Don't you hire
any servants at all to keep this hotel
clean? My room is in an awful dirty
condition, - replied the victim of the
summer hotel ad. This is the fault
of the wind!n declared the proprietor
blandly. You know we advertise:
Swept by ocean breezesnn
-Messrs. Pat BARLEY aud Henry
Heiner were over from Bloomington
Monday on business. Mr.. Heiner is
a son-in-law of the late Max Kolb of
Bloomington. He now resides at
Maxwell, Ia, and is prospecting.
Henry formerly resided in Blooming
ton and will be remem bered by host
of friends in Grant county. The Her
aid will hereafter keep him posted on
events about his old home.
On March 2, 1851, Rev. S w.
Eaton received into membership in
the Congregational church in this
city II persons, of whom Miss Ellen
Chaffee is the only one remaining.
Last Saturday being the 50th ami
versary, the Ladies' aid society
with the connivance of Mrs. Stephens,
surprised Miss Chatfee with recep-
ton in the parlors of the Grand Cen
trail, and presented her with a token
of their appreciation of her long and
faithful service in the church. Miss
Chaffee also received letters of con-
graduation from DR.. and Mrs. Eaton
of Roscoe, H.. and from b. D. 5. of
Beetown.
"A scnool master once said to his
pupils that the boy who would make
the best composition in five minutes
on How to Overcome Habits he
would give prize. A lad of nine
years stood up and said well sir
habit is hard to overcome. If you
take off the first letter it does not
change abit' If you take off az
other you still have a bit left. If
YOU take off another the whole of it
remains. If you take off another it
is not totally used up. which goes to
show that if you would throw off a
habit, YOU must throw it of altogeth-
err" Results, he won it.
Judge Clementson will be in Chi
cago April 9TH. He has been chosen
as one of three judges in final de-
batting contest between representa-
tiyes Of Chicago University and Uni
versity Of Michigan. The league of
five of which the above named insti-
tutions are two, Is composed of uni
versities of Minnesota, Iowa and Indi-
ana. IT e preliminary contests held
heretofore established Chicago and
Michigan as being in the lead and
this final debate is to determine the
winner. Judges are chosen from
states outside of the league one from
Wisconsin and the other two from
probably eastern states. Judge Glenn
entson is honored in being chosen as
the Wiscon sin representative.