Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-10-03
Local lettings.

go Mon1aY.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Wright, sr
are visiting at Hazel Green.
VIM. Burgess took four land
seekers to the northern country Mon
day.
Henry Fassbender Brodtville,
has been granted an original pension
Of $.
-Messrs. Jas. McGouigal and J. A
Mccoy took in the Madison fair last
week
Roy Iyey went to Chicago Mon
day where he enters Chicago Dental
college.
Mrs II. G. Nathan very pleasant
" entertained the silent club at her
home Friday.
&C. II. Basford is in Chicago pur-
chasing goods. His son Archie ac-
companied him.
A man never knows until after
he Is married how many things there
are which it is improper for mar
ried man to do.
-Messrs. Edwin Tredinnick and
Sanders and the Misses Ella and Ida
Sanders II Platteyille were Lancaster
visitors sunday.
-Messrs r. Myer, Jr.. and r f.
Orton were in the famous Clark coun-
ty last week. The latter purchased
$50 acre tract Of land
Rev. +. J Brown and wife have
gone to Milwaukee to attend the ses-
sions Of the Congregational conven-
ton which meets with Plymouth
church.
The leaves on the trees are te-
ginning to take on their fall colors and |
present a most beautiful appearance.
There is no nicer time OF the year than
autumn.
Sioux City IS trying the school I
lunch-the janitor's wife serving a
cup OF coffee. sandwich or a piece
of pie for three cents each to the
scholars The plan is success.
Fathers Of students attending the
state university will please bear in
mind that table board in Madison has
been raised So when letters come
for an extra allowance, why, its all
right
The biggest trust on earth has
been discovered at last. Il is the
country newspaper trust. They trust
everybody, get cussed for trusting
and trusted Tor eussing and finally
get busted by trusting.
For the business man to say to
the advertising solicitor "Oh good
ness no; its too dull to advertise now
wait till times pick up little, is
equivalent to very sick person say
ing 10 the physician: "Oh no doc
tor, | can't take any Of your medi-
cine now, I'm too sick Wait till l
get better and then I'll take IT.
When the patient gets well-it he ever
does-he viii not be in need of medi-
cine. The time to advertise is when
the need OF stimulants IS the great
est and that Is when business is duh.
It's MP to U.
During he hard times Of few
wears ago there was little real estate
changing hands and the opinion was
freely expressed that ii would lie a
long time before activity in the real
estate market could be reasonably
looked for But in the last two or
three wears there seems to have been
considerable change III opinion I'll re-
gard to such matters. SAFES are more
frequent aud AZ better prices F.
pee.aly 10 northern Illinois and in
southern Wisconsin farms are sold a. +
prices THAI could not have been OH
tanned Eve wears ago So far there +
IFS speculative boom What advance
has taken place is based upon actual I
value as an investment
Chicago sharp~ are PLAYING a I
aew game with suckers in country 4
towns They write merchant they I.
w.4 pay hmm fifteen cents far ALI the
a-gs IS VIII send them 1he mer-
chant thinks this is good snap (and /
il IS far thg othe9 and hustles around
aaj gathers ia two on three hundred
dozen 81 ten cents dozen, sends to
the firm and anNiously awaits his re-
turn and profit Of iive cents perdo1eu.
TITO mail brings the expected letter
but Instead Fl draft Tor the amount
b. finds enclosed fifteen one cent
stamps for the entire consignment.
Just what they offered him, hfteen
cents for all the eggs ae cuuld send
rs The poor merchant Is gu, con
siderable money butt ne has whole