Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-01-17

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&C. J. Hyde had business in Pres.
ton Friday.
Mrs. L. Boerner of Liberty was
in Lancaster Saturday.
Miss Ida Sanders Of Platteville is
a Lancaster visitor this week.
Mrs Bessie Narrower of Fenni-
more is guest Of Lancaster friends
this week.
Misses Nettie and Arminda East
man were guests of Dodgeville friends
over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs r. Meyer were
among those in attendance at the La
Toilette inaugural last week.
L. Wepking Of Mason City Ia.
was 4 guest at the home of Phillip
Muench, three miles southwest of
Lancaster, few days last week.
Great attraction in the Platteville
lecture course, Monday, Jan. DIST,
Maud Ballington Booth in her famous
lecture specially. Lights and Shad
ows of Prison Life Thousands of
criminals in the prisons of the land
would die in a moment if need be, to
save Little Mother as they call her,
from impending danger.
Mrs. William Starr was recently
invited to install the officers of the
sam Monteith Corps at Fennimore,
and accompanied by her husband, per-
formed the pleasant duty to the de-
light Of all. She also performed the
same function for the newly elected
officers of our home Corps, and has
been invited to install the officers Of
the C.ssville corps.
The telephone has proven itself
an exceptionally dear and faithful
friend'to some Of our citizens of late.
While families are separated by sick
ness they may yet be in direct COM
munication, and feel less ostracized
than had our nineteenth century
failed to produce this wonderful
means OF conversing.
Here's a swlndlo to catch the
farmer and it has he merit OF being
perfectly legal. Land speculator
comes along and offers a big price
for part Of his farm. The farmer ac-
cepts and $50 is paid down to bind
the bargain, the papers to be made
ont in two or three weeks Before the
time is up along comes speculator Ne.
2and wants to buy the whole farm Al 4
big price. Farmer bites and writes
TO No. Offering. say 800 to let him
off. No. reluctantly consents to
this. No. , never shows up. and the
farmer is out $3.50 When will the
suckers cease to bite.
Ii a man grew as fast in proper
tion as a silkworm. he would be big
ger than an elephant in two months.
Ii ne could navigate a fast in pro-
portion as the average house fly, he
could cross the Atlantic and back in
the time il takes him 10 eat his break
fast. Ii he had as many eyes in pro-
portion as the butterfly. he would
have 44.000 to say nothing Of an extra
pair in the top Of his head for sky
light. Ii he could spring as far in
proportion as the spider, he could
Jump over the highest tree in Cali
fornia, and it wouldn't bother him in
the least Man isn't the whole thing
after all
The following are the officers of
the Tom Cox Post aud Woman's Re.
lief Corps. respectively for the wear
1901: &. Angus, Commander: f.
Walker. Sen. and Jun Vice: c. J.
Woodward. Officer Of the Dav: A.
Iver. Quartermaster; q. +. Budd.
Adit.: \. Roberts. surgeon: /. Brett
haupt. Officer of the Guard: j. Wood
house. Chaplain; I. Calvin. Q SER
geant; L. b. Showalter. sen. Major
sarah F. Calvin President. f. Stohl.
Sen. Vice. =. Haunum. Jun. Vice.
F. Wheeler. Treas. +. Spencer. Chap
lain. Lottie Ward See. T.. Braalev.
Con. f. TueAwoal. Guard: ). Hur.-
burt. Assistant CO f. Penuock. As
Si>tant Guard T. Sebssiner. \. Jeide.