Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-12-12


East Dubuque is fearful of a
small pox scourge and the public
schools have been closed until after
the holidays.
The Ladies Aid society OF the
Congregational church will meet on
Friday afternoon at O'Clock with
Mrs. c. W Ray.
The Political Equality club will
meet at the home of the president,
Mrs j. F. Rhodes, Monday, Dec.
10th, Il 2:30 p. m. A full attend
ance is desired
An oyster supper will be given
in the hall at North Andover, Thurs
day eve, Dec. 18th. for the benefit of
the hall association. A cordial inyi-
tation is extended to all.
We acknowledge very agreea
bic letter from Leo j. Raumgartner,
a leading hardware and harness
dealer in Armour, S. d., also from
John Esser, Rock Rapids, la.
Every body reads the Herald but
this is not evidence that every body
takes the Herald. Those who do not
take it borrow their neighbours copy.
They should have one of their own.
A. c. Smith. the medicinal trav-
eler, found a few days in which to re-
main at home the past week. Mr..
Smith claims to have the best cough
cure there is on the market, and in
Yites trial from those afflicted.
How many people have noticed /,
says an exchange, that no portrait OF
man has ever appeared on United
States coin, or picture of a woman
on postage stamp. These facts
probably constitute the reason why
we lick the stamp and squeeze the
coin.
w L. Schulkamp of Madison
| greeted old friends and acquaintance
in Lancaster Monday, and secured
some new customers. Mr.. Schulz
kamp was formerly connected with
the Madison bottling works, but quite
recently purchased a half interest in
the Breckenheimer brewery there and
is making business hum along this
| line.
All of the registers of deeds
throughout the state have been sup
piled with blanks by which it is pos
sible by the payment of a small fee to
change ones name. Heaceforth there
will be no excuse for a man going
around with nineteen syllable un-
pronounceable appendage when by the
paymen of fifty cents he can have a
really aristocratic sounding name.
Il. A. Breithaupt, a prosperous
farmer of North Lancaster, has
leased his farm to his son, Will. and
with his good wife will move to Zion,
H., the town recently inaugurated
under supervision of Dowie. Mr..
Breithaupt will hold an auction sale
on the 10Th of the present month at
which time he will dispose of live
stock, farm machinery and household
goods. For particulars see ad. in
another column or large bills.
A short time ago some men were
engaged in putting telegraph poles
up on some land belonging to an old
farmer, who disliked seeing his grass
trampled down. He ordered them off
/ his land The men produced pa
per which said that they had leave to
put the poles up where they pleased.
The old farmer went back and turned
large bull into the field. The saw
age beast made after the men, and
the old farmer, seeing them running
out of the field. shouted at the top of
his voice: SHOW him your paper!
Show him your papern'
The U. ). Civil Service Commits
sion will hold examinations at several
places in each state, during March
and April, to secure young men and
women for the government service.
$3.50 persons secured positions last
year through these examinations.
Probably 10000 appointments will be
made this year. All appointments
are for life and for most positions only
a common school education is re-
quired. Salaries at appointment vary
from 5000 to 1920 year with liberal
promotions afterward. Politics is not
, considered. This affords a good OPP
portunity for people between 16 and
- years of age. Those desiring
places of this Kind can get fall informa-
ton about them free by writing to the
Columbian Correspondence College,
Washington, d. c. and asking for its
Civil Service Catalogue, number
three