Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-11-28
Local lettings.

Ellen Wenzel of Fennimore has
been granted widows pension of s..
Harris G. Gleason has received
notice of an increase in his pension to
Sc.
-Brodhead will hold a mtdwinter
fair and poultry show the first week
in December.
The Iowa County Democrat has
been enlarged from a six to seven
column quarto.
A deer has been seen feeding
with live stock near Benton number
of times of late.
Tom Orion sports new Stetson
hat. James Blewett paid for it as a
result of a wager made on the Jeffries-
Rubin fight.
Valentine Traut. a prosperous
farmer on Rural Route =, was one of
the many to enroll his name for the
Herald last week.
Some one will hold lucky num-
Der today that will draw that horse
that has been rallied by DR.. NARROW
and Ray Carthew.
In notifying this office Of change
of address Subscribers will kindly
state where paper is being received
at time of notification.
Bud Moses writes US from Baker
City, Oregon. that he wishes his
Herald sent there, having changed
his residence from Wyoming.
Ringing Bros. circus has gone
into winter quarters az Baraboo. The
past season has been the most sue
cessful in history of the show.
The price paid by A. f. Lewis for
Ed Austin's fancy bunch of cattle
should have read 1915 per cwt. in
stead of So % as stated last week.
The Herald furnishes proceedings
OF the county board in supplement
form this week to the leading papers
of the county, viz, Plattevilie Jour
nal, Grant County Witness, Grant
County News, Fennimore Times,
Montfort Mail, Boscobel Sentinel,
Muscoda Waterman and Boscobel
Sentinel.
The egg market is on boom and
the price has gone skyward Armour
& Co. OF Chicago are trying to corner
the market and already have over
: 100000 cases stored as a starter.
'sDon't give the patient hen out. When
she gets through the trying period Of
moulting she viii come to the rescue
of the American people and knock the
combine into smithereens.
A new milk adulterant has been
discovered in use by the dairy inspec-
tors of Minnesota. 1t is called visco
gen and is composed of sugar, lime
and water. 1t has the effect of max
iLg milk appear richer than it is, as
Tactic acid in the milk turns the lime
to thick white substance that assim-
Hates with the milk, improving its
looks without injuring its taste.
According to an old saying we
are to have but little snow this win
ter. An old manufacturer always OBJ
served the weather during the month
of September If, after every rain,
the weather turned off cold and disa
greeable he manufactured a lot of
sleds for there would be plenty of de-
mand for them the next winter. If
there was season of warmth after
each rain in that month he would
make but few sleds. He says it has
not failed for forty years.
In the beginning God created the
heavens and the earth, then the editor
and tie liberal advertiser aud the
prompt paying subscriber-which
l was all very good. The next day it !
showed and be created the man who
does not believe in advertising; an
other who does not take the home
paper-and then he rested. Then the
devil got into the moulding room and
created the man who takes the paper
for years and fails 10 pay for it. At
ter he bad completed that sorry job
and having few Jumps of mud left,
he created the excuse o. a man who
settles his subscription by instructing
the postmaster to mark his paper
refused"
The new ten dollar legal tender
certificates have made their appear
ance in Galena. and have been found /
in the banks quite frequently the past
few days. The law authorizing this
issue was passed at the last session of
congress and the new money was
printed during the month of October
last. The new bill differs consider
ably in appearance from any paper