Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-06-13

humed and moved 10 the new GENE
terry except that Of Tucker, and there,
all alone, rearing It's white head above
massive growth OF "hoss" weeds, is
a marble slab on which is carved the
following unique, yet truthful, cpl
taph:
Here lies the body Of William Tucker
Who had /, n4other-In-law- struck her
He struck one hlUw-she struck the other.
And his widow is living a home with moth
have received a letter from an In
diana widow. which substantiates the
theory that Southwestern Wisconsin
is not sufficiently advertised. The
letter is as follows:
HoUsroN. INp JUNE ,. 1901
"MR HEARD OF THE STREET Man.
LANCASTER. MS.
DEAR SIR: am widow, thirty
years old and on to my JOB. / want
to start small boarding house in
good town. have few hundred do
lars life insurance and am in the best
OF health. do not say it boastfully
but my friends claim ! am fairly
good looking want to 90 west bat
know nothing Of the country, but
have heard that Lancaster would be
good place Tor a young widow in good
health, who is happy and good look
ing
Il got your address from Herald
which came here in case Of eggs
and thought perhaps you would write
me description OF the country and
town and give me your opinion a. to
the chances would stand if l located
there Hoping you will pardon the
intrusion with an early reply.
Il am very truly yours,
IRENE BELIsLE.
Most assuredly. Irene. | will write
you a description of Lancaster and
give YOU my advice concerning COM
ing to Wisconsin. Lancaster is the
rosebud Of the great state Of Wiscon-
sin and the jeweIed setting in the best
ali round county in the state. It's
CITY of homes and good people, a
garlandentwinedm municipality ut this
season of the year bedecked with the
lily, the rose aud all Of natures lowell
ness. We have broad avenues stud
ded on either side by the prettiest Of
shade trees and the myrtle and the
ivy cling about their trunks and
branches with the affection of school
marin to a revivalist, and the green
grass grows all around.
We have , 500 people, but not a
widow OF thirty in good health and on
to her Job who wants to invest life in
surance money in boarding house.
We have several churches and few
saloons but neither one Of them will
interfere with your line of business
The country around Lancaster Is the
fairest field that fancy could figure
out in forty years. Every lawn IS
carpeted with a green sward Of blue
grass blue sward Of green grass.
one OF the other. and the exquisite
blossoming boughs Of the big umbrel-
Ia trees cast their Edenic shades ii
cooling sweetness over the rose-per-
fumed regions of the back yard We
have the best Of markets. undertake
ing parlors and everything except
brewery-an1 the microbes Of plenty
are Is thick as .Yonkepins" in
patch Of water lilies.
Yes. Irene. come. Come in the
spring time when the blue jay carols
in the boughs Of spreading maple and
the woodpeeker frequents the court
house ward. Come when the peoples
bloom and tie bluebe,l opens her ten
der petals to the warm rays Of the
warm RAYS OF the moruidg sun. Come
when the winter wheat and rye wave
in green and golden seas Come
when the vineyards bloom and
thousand flowers. blue. green. gold
and scarlet. are filling the air with IN
cense sweeter than the breath Of
tutti frutti muucher at q railroad
counter.
Come in the summer time when the
native sons % fishing or come in the
fan when the eve can behold million
trees bowling beneath their weight of
colCred ioiiage Of every line when
the apple trees and potato patches
are signing Z give up their harvest.
Come when YOU please Irene, but De
not fait Is come. Tor the salt waves Il
a sea or the fresh ones 81 the Mi-.i,-
sippi never Kissed a fertile soil that
can Guido Wisconsin and inst what