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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-05-01
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

State of Wisconsin Grant County Court
ss.-In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Sophia M. j
DeChow. deceased.
Letters testamentary on the estate of So
phia M. j. Dechow of the town of Waterloo,
deceased, having been issued to John F.
Dechow of the city of Lancaster,
Notice is hereby given, that the creditors
of said Sophia M. j. DeChow, deceased, are
allowed and limited by order of this Court
until and including the fourth Tuesday OF
October, 1902. being the 28th day of said
month, to present their claims and demands
against said Sophia NJ. j. Dechow, deceased
to the County Colrt for examination and al
lOwance.
Notice is also hereby given that the claims
and demands SO pr scented will be examined
and adjusted by this Court. at the office of
the County Judge at the court house, in the
city OF Lancaster, in said County on the hrSl
Tuesday of Novem )er, 1902.
Dated this 10th day of April, 1902.
By the Court
E. B. GOODsELL County Judge
(First insertion May1. last May 22)
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-05-01
Local lettings.

Mrs. G. S. Rockwell is visiting in
GAINESVILLE.
DIR. Billig of Fennimore was in
Lancaster Monday.
The baker sends in his bills when
he needs the dough.
Age will tell, but it does not tell
the whole truth on some women.
A tombstone, unlike man never
saws unkind things of the man that
is beneath it.
Mrs. Sadie Livingston and child
rem of Livingston are guests OF her
mother, Mrs. Burr.
Dreams 60 by contraries and the
man who INDUCES in day dreams is
always contrary.
-Solomon's wives were contented
because they did not have to g out
in winter to gossip.
The Ladies Aid society will meet
on Friday afternoon at 2 O'Clock in
the church parlor.
Miss Ethel Holford of Blooming
ton passed through this city Monday
enroute to Madison.
Mrs. H. B. Dickinson, who has
been a guest of relative here, left
Monday for Madison.
Miss Tressie Smith of Sitter was
a guest of her friend, Miss Nettie An
gus, portion of last week.
If a woman had 96 dresses she
could discover another woman who
had 81 and be unhappy about it.
Every sensible man always makes
his wife an allowance so he can have
some one to borrow from and not pay
back.
1t is cheaper to get married than
to stay engaged and have to go on
buying flowers, theatre seats, candy
and presents.
If men could shed tears as easily
as women car, the recording angel
would have much less profanity to
charge up against them.
VIM. Craven, the Platteville wolf
hunter, captured eight young wolf
cubs near Calamine last week. La
Fayette county pays bounty of $40
for young wolves.
"A goodly company of interested
and enthusiastic people assem- bled at
the Aupperle school house last Sunday
to participate in the reorganization Of
the Sunday school which was allowed
t. lapse during the winter months.
The names of the officers elect are as
follows: Supt., M. S. Trowbridge;
Asst Supt,, Chas. Case; Sec, Miss
Elsie Snider; Treas, Mrs. Chas. Case;
Organist, Miss Gertie Walker; Asst.
Organist, Miss Lydia Snider.
"A colored brother was eXpound-
ing the scripture to his flock and after
wildly describing the place of the
damned concluded the service with
the following: Brethren, l have
been asked how hot is hell and l would
say dat if you took all de wood in
New York state and all de coal in
Pennsylvany and piled 'em all in a
heap an poured on all de lie in de
world and set dat on fire and den took
3 man out of hell and put him into
dat burning mass he would freeze to
d sath. OATS how hot hell is
A Kansas schoollna'am was at
tempting to instruct her class in the
mysteries of subtraction the other day
and was explaining that the thing
subtracted must be of the same de-
nomination as the thing subtracted
from. In illustrating the proposition
she said that one could not take five
apples from six peaches, or five lemons
from six oranges, when up went a
hand of boy in the rear of the class.
What is it, johnny" asked the
teacher. please, can't tou take five
quarts of milk from six cows?" Then
she collapsed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-05-01
It Saved his Leg.

P. A. Danforth, Lagrange, Ca, suf-
fered for SIX months with frightful
running sore on his leg; but writes
that Bucklen's Arnica Salve wholly
cured it in five days. For ulcers,
wounds, piles, it's the best salve in
the world. Cure guaranteed. Only
25cts at Benefits.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-05-01
John Lane returned to Keshena

Saturday.
Mrs. Malan Fezer spent Sunday
with relatives at Sitter.
If time was money many loafers
would be millionaires.
John Clifford went to Fennimore
Monday to visit his son Sam.
Miss Mabel Bidgood, teacher at
Sitter, visited friends here over Sum
day.
The hands of clock are always
on in front, and still they may be be-
hind time.
When a dyspeptic marries
cooking school girl Cupid laughs in
his sleeve.
Miss Mae Peacock spent several
days this week visiting her parents
in Fennimore.
Henry Austin of Austinvill, Ia.
was a guest of his father and other
relatives last week.
Many man who is born with a
silver spoon in his mouth is unable
to produce the spoon in after years.
When a mother sees her children,
her first question is: '.Where in the
world did you get that dirt on your
face?"
When an employer goes away on
vacation the employees get busy
watching each other to see there is no
loafng.
Sheriff Dickinson is without a
boarder at the county jail, the depar-
ture OF Frank Freeborn leaving the
cages uninhabited.
When we read thai man travels
a hundred miles or so to attend the
wedding of cousin, we think he can't
have much else to do.
Men invariably overestimate their
capacity. They never know when
they have enough until after they
have acquired too much.
We hear a great deal about the
ssdiscouragements" of life, and have
decided, after talking with the girls,
that it means lot of unwashed
dishes.
While engaged in cleaning up K.
B. Showalter's dooryard the other
day Thos. Winskill lost good screw
driver and he desires that the Herald
call attention TO the fact, hoping that
tie finder will return it.
Because a woman smiles sweetly
when the dinner guest says he will
have more of her delicious pie, and
there isn't any more, is no sign that
when she gets into another room she
doesn't kick the door in rage.
The Rev. T. j. Brown will preach
a sermon appropriate to the COM
mencement of the seventh year of his
pastorate of the First Congregational
church next Sunday morning. The
sacrament of the Lords Supper will
be administered at the close of the
regular service. The subject of the
evening sermon will be Eternal Pun
ishment.
The Chicago Terra Gotta works
has ordered three carloads of clay
from the mines of Dugdale & Klieben-
stein at Platteville to be used as an
experiment. The clay has been test
ed in small quantities by the same
company and pronounced of good
quality for terra Gotta purposes. If
this experiment proves successful. it
will mean an opening of a new indus
try in this section. The Chicago
company has heretofore ordered it's
clays from Pennsylvania, Georgia and
Indiana.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-05-01

Piles are not only most painful lat
also very dangerous as the infamed
nodules are very apt to take on ma
lignent action and cancer of the rec
tum is produced. They should be
cured. Tabler's Buckeye pile ONT
ment will cure the most obstinate
cases. Price Scots in bottles; tubes
75cts at Benefits.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-05-01

MILLIONS of people drink Chase q
San born'a tea and coffees because
they are the purest and best. Why
don't you join the happy throng?
Alt & Sons will be pleased to introduce
you.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-05-01

IF YOU want to purchase a build
ing lot or residence, call and see Car
thew & Churchill.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-05-01
Announcement.

I hereby announce myself as can
didate for the Office of register OF
deeds on the Republican ticket.
T. S. Metcalf,
lows Glen Haven, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-05-01

When girl gets engaged to get
married she is simply astonished to
find that the rest of the world goes on
attending to it's business in the same
Old way,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-05-01

COFFEE kings and king of coffees:
Alt & Sons are the coffee kings, and
Seal Brand" the king of cotfees.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-05-01

DO YOU remem Der that cup of
good coffee you drank at the Worlds
fair? That was Chase 4 Sanborn's
Seal Brand. Alt & Sons sell the same
kind now.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-05-01

"A man is pretty apt to get hot
when people are roasting him.
Miss Rena McGonigal has accept
a position with Roberts & Groenier.
-Assemblyman Brunson of Fenni-
more is in South Dakota this week.
Many a fellow who thinks he is
the light of girls life, gets turned
down.
Amanda Jacko of Bloomington
has been granted widows pension
of SIS.
Emery Blanchard of Fennimore
is allowed a pension of $40 per
month.
The Mineral Point brewery was
destroyed by fire Thursday night of
last week.
The man who keeps pace with
his good intentions must be quite a
Splinter.
If some of our citizens would only
go as far as they pay they wouldn't
go very far.
VIM Baldridge of Hazel Green
has been granted an original pension
of 1927 per month.
You are supposed to keep dogs
from fighting, and you do if your dog
is getting the worst of it.
-''Debt is like a mouse trap" says
the backwoods philosopher. sit is
easier to get in than to get out"
A soft heart and a hard head
make an excellent com bination; but a
hard heart and soft head-well,
that's different.
A mans idea of a satisfactory
breakfast is the kind that he can eat
using only one hand while the other
holds his newspaper.
-Sennad Bros. threw their new
brewery open to the public at High
land Monday, and a large gathering
attended the festivities.
The legislature should see that a
dozen common sense cooking recipes
are printed on the front page of every
novel that is success.
-Delos Totman of Cassville was re-
mem bered by Uncle Sam this week,
having been granted fathers pen
sion of $12 per month.
To see man going around with
face long enough to lap buttermilk
out of the bottom of churn, is nc
sign that he is Christian.
If time is money, how is it that
some people with lots of money have
no time to spend it, while others with
lots of time to spend have no money?
A girl piano player makes poor
office clerk; as she can't get over the
habit of wasting time twisting the
stool higher or lower before she sits
down.
-Fennimore saloons will pay a Ii
cense of $500 next year, commencing
July LIST. 1t is rumored that their
nun Der will be reduced by two as a
result of the new law.
Over $34, has been spent in
salaries for deputy game wardens the
past seven months. Their salaries
are $3.50 per day each and expenses
and-well, we all know what they are
doing.
When first he came to see her she
showed timid heart, and even when
the light was low they sat this
--far--apart; but as their
love grew warmer, they learned the
Joy and bliss and knocked out all the
cooooc opI 60 t,,no1oc ,1;lzotb;c
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-05-01

IF you think of buying city proper
tv call on Carthew q Churchill.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-05-01

FOR SALE: A fine, gentle carriage
horse, buggy and entire outfit, cheap
l. d. EASTMAN,
Lancaster.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-16
THE BABY ARTIST.
MESSENGER Roy PUZZLED OVER AD-
MIRATION FOR HER CHAR
COAL DRAWING

Dockerty. the district messenger boy intro
duced 20 Tribune readers some time ago was
just in from dash through the rain ON Friday
when he was hailed 10y his reporter friend with
a request for a story.
We'll, dey amt much Goin'." said Dockerty
closing one eye medtatively. Tossing off his
rubber coat. he fixed his sharp little gray eyes
on the reporter.
"Tll tell youse a yarn vot amt wild or
wooy, if youseu tell me de name Of it after
ward. Dat goes does it?"
Slipping his palms under his legs above the
knees and swinging his thin little trotters Wig
orousIy Dcckerty said.
Up 10y -. Patrick's Cathedrals a house wild
man an wife an a little girl four years old.
Dese wUz hoy Kid, but he wuz took wild spinner
mengeetus. Wen. dis little girls mudder IS a
swell lady an 'er hubby is swell. too. an she
calls him 'Bub' cause l hears her. Well. I wuz
L de hous" on Monday wii "A message. wich wuz
VERY perticular fnvitin' de swell lady down
q de Waldorf-Astoria { set i'm de gallery at de
Prince Henry diun,r. l wuz down in de base
men an deere VuZ Dc kid wlch has de run er
q" house. Well. d. baby on de floor wild
q piece or chatcoal am d" house dog wuz in
front or do range. Dc baby takes "a piece er
papv Wot comes round de groceries. an makes
lot a. black scratches ON de pape. Den she
comes over ter mo am kinder soft like.
Baby give 90 hOofer pictur' doEEie.' Say" said
Dock"rty. cNcitcdiy, 'dan me if 'tWasu't a
Iufl! E""u cog picture J'N "tH Hr "dhE ;
muddcr she comes i'm an sees de hahy's black
hands. an den she looks at the charcoal dos
Den she makes q dive fur mo pictur. an dc baby
yellS 40. mamma-no. little hoy's doEEie.'
Well dere WIZ arbitration over dat piece q
pape De swell LADY whispered ter me. an I
tanks de baoy an goes out into de weStihule
De lady tollieS out n WOt Yer t'inki She
says: You dear bov, here's five dollars fur dat
piece O. paper | takes der money, o. course.
an den I wonders wot kinder got mine I'll run
into mex. Well, / goes { dat same place to-
day, an de same lady takes me i'm dc parlor
wot full er swell ladies, an hangin' on de
wall. in a gold frame. wuz dat charcoal terrier
All de folks sayin', It's jes too lovely an
How did the darlin' ever do it.? an tirSs like
dat
Dockerty paused and looked at his newspaper
friend. Then ne buntly demanded:
Now youse make good an tell me de right
name fur COINS on like dat. Wots de krect
name fur it?'
New-York tribune., 1902-03-16
SOuE ExPERIENcE or PRINcE,s ESCoRT.

Colonel Theodore Bingham. military aid to the
President is also secretary of the Presidential dele
gates who accompanying Prince Henry on his
trip throughout the country. on the day before
the Prince was expected arrive in port. Colonel
bingham busy at the apartments occupied by
his party at the Waldorf. issuing passes giving
To the press details of the arrangements and
planning out the programme Tor the next day.
should the Prince not arrive schedule time. 1t
grew late. nearly $ O'Clock. in fact and none of
the party had been to dinner.
'Td like know when l get a smell some
dinner" said Colonel Bingham. rehng his briar
pipe which is his constant companion.
You had best resign yourself now to going with
ont dinner some one remarked. You will be too
busy for the next few weeks TO eat"
NO. sir" said the Colonel. emphasizing his re-
marks with his pipe stem pointer. Il don't
go without my dinner Its ratons fight
with me: now you just bet thHt,"
The Sunday that Prince Henry arrived. after the
Presidential delegates had paid their respects to
him and returned the Waldorf for the afternoon.
a group of reporters called TO ask few questions
about their movements. Colonel Bingham told
them what they wished to know. he always
does Then he added. But why did you up
here to ask me? You have known that we
couldn't do anything but just what l have told
you. Why didn't you guess at 1t?
We never guess at Things, the reporters an
swered.
The Colonel removed his pipe from his mouth and
stood up very straight
y want to know he solemnly drawed.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-16

Jessup Edward grocer, Chatham.
Jumel & Co.. Stephen. merchants, q Burlng slip.
King. three Misses, tailOTS, 10 CedaT-st
Kip, l. L., attorney at law
Laight William, merchant. Is Cortlandt.
Leferts, Leffert, merchant, 345 Greenwich.
LenoX, Robert, merchant 115 Pearl.
IispenaTd Leonard. brewer. Greenwich road.
Livingston, Robert r., chancellor, % Broadway.
Livingston widow of Philip 293 Greenwich.
Lorillard. T. and g., tobaccOnists 80 and 3S Chat
ham
Low, Nicholas merchant, q Broadway.
Low & Wallace. merchants / Slate Lane.
Ludlow William. tavern States Prison.
Macomb, Alexander, merchant 4 Broadway.
Mayors office, Pine.
Moore Rev. Benjamin. d. D, 10 Nesey 81.
Morris. Robert. merchant. 30 Water.
Mott Tylee q Co, paper hanging mandatory
374 Pearl.
Noah Elias money and stock broker New
Paulding & Irving, wine merchants, 20 Burling
Slip.
Fell. Caleb. soap and candle mandatory. Al
Cheapsde.
Perpont, Hezekah B.. merchant. 81 LibeptyS:
Playhouse. 2 % and 25 Park -. -faEva
Remsen. Henry l. merchant, Ia Front. i~s.fy S
Rhinelander Philip, merchant q Park. WA4
Roosevelt. Cornelius. sugar r0iiAer, l3 Chetry.
Roosevelt. James merchant. SS5 Pearl 2 r .s
Rutgers, Colonel Henry f.. Washington
Rutgers, Seaman & Ogden's counting house. 90
Front.
schernerhorn. Cornelius. shipmaSier.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-16

They can have his counsel, his money or his
clothing if they need it, and no vain appeal is
ever made him. For eX-Mayor Brickett, Il
Democrat. the closest friend he ever had, he
once surrendered his Republicanism. but he only
did that by not voting for either candidate for
Mayor He has made his friend George clerk
OF the County Court, he has made his friend
Jones a United States District Attorney, and he
would have probably convinced Brckett of the
error Of his political ways had that man lived.
and made him something equally important and
equally honorab Bile. He has never been an office
hunter in Washington, and has never impor-
tuned the administration for places for men
who have had friends with votes. Rather he
has looked after the needs Of the whole county
when il had needs, and spent the rest OF his
tine shaping such legislation as his clear head
told him should be attended to. Cheap politi-
clans have not always liked him for this, but
even his worst enemies here say no more than
that fhey are sorry that he was made Secretary,
because the district needed him where ne was.
His pastimes are talking with his friends,
going TO a theatre now and then, taking IA dim
ner with men of brains, walking, bicycling,
riding and golf. and he goes into them with
the same aggressive spirit as he does into
erervtbinr else, with the idea OF getting out
of them every thing there Is in them; and It 10
New-York tribune., 1902-03-16
A CENTURY OLD DIRECTORY
SOME INTERESTING RECORDS OF 1SO2-
OCCUPATIONS OF OLD FAMILIES.

Many are the calls made Philip Baer. city
librarian. for the early city directories. There
a complete set Of them, beginning with 1S0'O2. but
the early ones bear resemblance to the bulky
volumes of to-day modest little manual Of
about two hundred pages. with printed matter
about by inches, contains names OF the popula-
uon OF a hundred years and allows room for
an almanac. bankruptcy law, rules and regulations
OF the port Of New-York. customs duties. currency
tables etc
The city directory for 1902 was printed by Mr.
Longworth. The compilation was largely done by
Abraham Shoemaker Mr.. Shoemaker had "a habit
OF ornamentng the margins of the almanac pa ses
with quaint old saws of this character.
Maids Of America, who gave You bad teeth
AnsW,-t9t soqpi4gs and frozen apples
a little house we nued. a little field well titled
and little wife we'll wilod are great riches.
A poor man must walk to get meat for his
stomach, the rich man to get stomach FOR his
Tell miser he's rich and a woman she's old.
youA get no money of the one nor kindness from
Love, cough and smoke can't we'll be hid.
The bankers. lawyers doctors and clergymcn were
comparatively few IN number in 1872 apparently.
Every mans occupation is stated. The words
"cartman," mariner carpenter mason. ship
chandler" and the like following well known fam
hy names, give ample justification Tor Iiucoln's
favorite poem. "Oh. Why Should tho Spirit Of
Mortal BE Proud o"
Many street names in the directory are utterly
unidentified to-day by the casual render.
The names which folio" give mental qctur" "
the days and doings OF one hundred years ago
Constable, James and william. counting house
81 william.
Cortlandt. Elizabeth ? BroadVay
Cortlandt, Hester, 80 CedaT-st.
-t,ruEh. John merchant. 81 Greenwich.
Currte, widow Ann 80 AuEusrtls-st.
turre. widow Hannah. Eagle. near BoW-Iy
Currie. Jane, widow 81 Fair
cutting. William, counsellor At law. - Liberty.
Delamontagnie, Jacob. police justice 3l5 Broad
way.
Depew, Nicholas. shoemaker. 3H Broadway
DeshroSses, James. merchant. ia Pearl.
pHy. Tunis. attorney AT law. 10 Cedar.
DlspensaTy, corner Beekmau and Nassau.
Durham. David. merchant. 26 Moore
Fish, Whitehead, teller Manhattan Bank.
Goelet. Peter. merchant. o. Water
GOuyeTUeUr. Nicholas merchant. 3 Beaver
Oracle. Archibald. merchant. 10 BROADWAY.
Greenwood, Clark. mathematical instruments max
127 Front
Guthrie, Daniel. shipmastor. 30 Cheapeidc.
Hamerslcy. Lewis t. and r., tTpnWoUEorR. 10a
Pearl
Hamilton, General Alexander. 107 Liberty law
Office So Stone
Harper. Samuel r., grocer, IA Fly market
Hone. John and Philip. ductiouoers. 81 Wall
jay, John, accountant. Sc James.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-16

be heard clinking In his stomach some time after
ne has swallowed them.
The five large alligatorS In the Of
the house can dispose Of seventy pounds of meat
in meal They are fed on chickens. pigeons, ra b.
bits. beef and fish. thrown into their wide Open
maws. whole and covered with hair or feathers
All goes down without mastiCation.
The great Galapagos tOTtoseS that arrived last
summer not far behind the alligatOrs. Since
they have been here they have consumed
three thousand pounds OF green food. In the shape
Of lettuce, cabbage, squash, pumpkins and melons
Tho largest of them. with the suggestive name of
Buster. weighs 80 pounds. In the summer he could
eat two huge w1t"r "rnel0pS at meal. leaving moth
ing hut the seeds. Sometimes these creatures trv
to make us believe that they fighters They
butt AT each other. snort and snap most ferOCousv
and sometimes squeal like pigs. They also
able To StIrtle the hyStanderS with q sound
ScmhuC a huEle call and wink at each
other when they frighten small children"
New-York tribune., 1902-03-16

Pearl.
ling.
Sckles. Daniel, flying horseman, BedIow.
stewart Alexander, merchant. SO Water.
StuNVestnt, Peter G., attorney at law, "a William.
Swords, T. & j.. printers and booksellers, 80 Pearl
Iayior Moses. drygoods store.Tz7 Broadway.
Iontlne City Tavern. l25 Broadway
Nancott, Cornelius. CartTHn. Eagle
Vanderbilt John. jr., merchant 16l Front
Watch houses, Broad and l Division.
Webb, Joseph. shipwrEht Cherry.
Nlllet Colonel MarinuS. Corears Hook.
Wilson, Robert printer Water, corner Pine.
In the back of the directory is the following ad-
vcrtiscmeut:
j. Greenwood.
dentist TO the late President.
George Washington
informs the public that he continues TO perform
every operation incident to the teeth and gums
from the fixing I'm Of a single tooth TO a complete
set The appreciation which the late iluStrous
Washington pleased beStOW him. he fiat
ters himself. is a sufficient recommendation of his
abilities a dentist.
Extract from General WashnfAon's letter:
January s. 1893.
Il snail always prefer your services to that of
any other in the line of your present profession"