Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-07-24
Local JOttin9S.

Ernest Lane is home from
Minneapolis.
One way to get square with peo-
pie is to get around them.
Sarah Mason of Hazel Green has
been granted a pension OF IS.
The man in the moon always
spends two quarters in getting full.
Cyrus Reynolds of Livingston
has had his pension increased to $l2.
A. c.. Morse was at Black River
Falls on business portion OF last
week.
Some people have to die before
other people discover any good OF
them.
In controversy between two
women there is much to be said on
both sides.
-Chas. Roberts has been on the
retired list this week on account OF
indisposition.
Landlord Geo. Woodhouse of
Estherville, Ia, is renewing old &C
quaintances in Lancaster and vicin-
ity.
Perhaps the reason SO many
Germans are respondent is because
they are always looking for the
wurst.
A servant girl may speak in
broken English, but broken China
is more apt to jar on her mistress's
nerves.
1.-THE only successful way to
manage wife," says the backwoods
philosopher, lis to let her have her
own way"
No matter how low the dress
maker cuts the opera gown she al
ways gets the bill high enough to
make up for it.
IS. L. Irish returned to his home
in Gillner, Neb., last week after an
enjoyable visit with relatives and
friends in this city.
They say there is nothing new
under the sun. How is this We
saw a man eating catsUp on fried
eggs the other day.
The chief difference between
girl and married woman is that IN
one case it is a father and in the 9th
er husband, who does the grumb
ling about hat bills.
The Iowa county board of sup
ervisors will hold a special session
next Tuesday at Dodgeville for the
purpose of providing new heating
plant for the county asylum.
The Herald made a contract
with Hatch Bros Co. this week to
print IS, 900 envelopes, which will
be used in sending out samples of
their celebrated Yankee Tonic Tea.
LOST. A brown leather purse
containing some money and re-
ceipt, on Wednesday last, between
South school house and AL. Hyde's
residence. Finder will receive lib
eral reward by leaving same at this
office.
Much of the life and prosperity
Of Lancaster is due to the enterprise
of her merchants. By their judic-
ious advertising hundreds Of people
are attracted to the town who other
wise would go elsewhere to do their
trading and marketing.
Recent statistics show that I'M
der fifteen years there are more
boys than girls, but over seventy
five years there more women than
men, and from the age OF ninety to
one hundred the proportion is about
three to two in favor of the women.
There is more truth than poetry
in the following from an exchange;
YOnder is an old lady; her hair is
quite gray, the snow of age has drift
ed thru her one time raven locks.
She is hOeing in the garden, carry
ing on a war against the plague OF
weeds. Next Monday she will wash
and on Tuesday she will iron. She
has a grown daughter who is now
beating out the tune of Just One
Grip on the piano; her. mother is
endeavoring to keep time with her
hoe. The girl could hoe but she will
not; she could take a fall out Of the
wash tub, too, but will not, she is
too refined; she has the soul of an
artist; but she couldn't sit down at
a sewing machine and run up a seam
on,a calico apron to save her artistic
soul from perdition. Yes her moth
er will finish hoeing the onion patch
in time to get dinner.