Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-12-18
Local JOttingS.
-Rafdes are all the rage.

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Note the many new ADVERTISE
ments in this issue.
Dan Roseman was over from
Mt. Hope Tuesday.
-Sleighing is fine and gives holi-
day trade big boost.
-Chas Brick and wife visited in
Platteville first of the week.
Help yourself to the big platter
of pudding on the first page.
Mrs. Dan Price, Mrs. VIM. Benn
and Miss Edith Mick are visiting at
Bridgeport.
The German Evangelical church
will have a Christmas tree on the
eve of Dec. Oath.
The Herald wishes all it's read
ers a Merry Christmas in every
sense of the term.
Auction sales are numerous and
Auctioneer Hyde is kept busy crying
sales every day in the week.
Art Benin has resigned his posi-
ton with the Nathan Grocery Co.
to accept a position at Fennimore.
The Country Club is preparing
for it's annual reception and ball to
be given the latter part of the pres
ent month.
-Messrs. Fl. Abrams and Henry
Rich shipped carload of hogs to
Chicago Tuesday. The first named
went in with them.
Conductor John Zeninger, for
merly running into Lancaster, was
recently married. His Lancaster
friends congratulate.
-Rtv. w. j. c. Ralph, Congrega-
tional divine, who SO impressed his
hearers at recent discourses, will be
here on trial during the month of
January.
j. E. Doolittle, prominent
business man Of Brodhead and faith
er of DR.. S. w. Doolittle of this city,
died suddenly at his home Sunday
evening, aged 81 years. Funeral
services were held yesterday. DR..
and Mrs. Doolittle were called there
Monday.
E. G.. Thomas of British Hollow
received a unique Christmas p"ft
last week from far-off Manila, P. |.
1t is miniature M. w. A. ak, made
of Spanish gold and silver in that
country and was sent by his son,
Bart, who is in the employ of the
government as teacher there.
A kiss is a peculiar proposition.
OF no use to one yet absolute bliss to
two. The small boy gets it for moth
ing, the young man has to steal it
and the old man has to buy it, The
baby's right, the lovers privilege,
the hypocrite's mask. To maiden,
faith, to married woman, hope,
and to an old maid, charity.
A. E. Lewis has the contract for
supplying 400 head of light hogs to
a large distillery plant in Rockford
by May 1st. He will commence
buying at once. The porkers are
fed on the corn that has had the
booze extracted from it and it is to
be presumed that the meat is partic-
ularly desired by total abstainers.
Some Of the papers are producing
an old puzzle that is giving their
readers thoughtful moments. 1t is
the problem of a man with Is cents
in his pocket, who was compelled to
raise 81. He pawned his rs cents for
so cents and then sold his ticket for
so cents, thus securing the money
needed. Who lost money by the
transaction? Of course, its easy,
but
A pretty wedding ceremony was
performed by Rev. j. T. Morgans at
the M. E. parsonage Tuesday of last
week when E. V. Kerr of Bruins
wick, Mimi, took for a bride Miss
Minnie Leise, daughter of VIM.
Leise, residing south of town. The
happy couple took their departure
yesterday for their home, where the
groom is engaged in farming and is
prospecting. TTr Kern is an old
Grant coun, Joy, having been
reared near t. city. The Herald