Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-03-06
NEWS OF POTOSI
AND VICINITY
Local Laconics Of The Quaint
Old Town Noted.
SOCIAL AND OTHERWISE
Herald Correspondent Writes Interestingly
of Events Past and Attrac-
tons Due.
SOCIAL AND OTHERWISE

Institute today.
For the lands sake, use clover or COW
peas.
He travels to the institute, the
speakers know he's there, he gets right
up and makes the feathers fly. His
tongue is like a razor, and he lays the
figures bare, for he's loaded to the
muZZle with a why.
Mrs. Fritz Koerber has moved into
the village and occupies half Of Mrs
Winkler's house.
A. G. Woodhouse, representing the
Grant County Herald, was looking up
business the last of the weeki in this vi
cinity. Everyone to be we'll informed
should take a paper. Even a paper of
pins will give you points.
How many attending the institute
can hatch profit from an onion set?
E. A. Berge started on route No. l,
rural delivery Saturday, March 4th
and made the trip of % miles on time.
The postmaster, A. Kaltenbach, reports
about forty new names of those who re-
COltO uldl1 UlIOuSA UDl0 OIllCO3 ny ULlO
closing of the Burton office.
All runners make Tennyson, the new
name for an old place, Dutch Hollow.
The Bevens & Co. store is doing a
fourishing business and Will Wood
house, an old Lancaster boy, has put
on his hustling clothes and is getting
the trade of that section Of the oun
try.
Saturday afternoon Viola Keehner
had a quilting party and when the
quilt was finished they tossed the
Thomas.
Hark! Hank! The dogs do bark, who
is it comes to town? The institute
men; the 'smarty" that thinks he can
calIthem down.
Last Friday was Miss Esther .Schu-
macher's birthday. In the evening she
entertained a number of friends who
presented her with kind remem-
brances.
Judge Powers and wife of Dubuque
are visiting with their daughter, Mrs.
Harry Orrick.
John Staten, section boss on the c..
B. & O., has bought John Fahey's place
and will occupy it the last of the
month.
VIM. French, a long and we'll known
farmer of Boice creek, but who retired
some years ago, has sold his home in
Potosi and will move to Cherokee, Ia,
where he has bought a farm near his
brother John, who is here visiting with
friends and looking up familiar faces.
Clyde Roesch closed his winter term
of school last Friday. He will not
teach the spring term as he will turn
his attention to farming this year.
Clyde is a graduate Of the Wisconsin
Agricultural college, where he was Of
fered a position as an instructor but
declined. He's the best equipped
young farmer in our community. All
he lacks is a dairy maid.
The Glee club met with Anna and
Cora Ostermire Saturday evening.
One of the members who teaches in a
rural district spoke about a husking
bee she attended last winter, where
they had to undress every single ear.
The women folks seem to "need eggs"
just when they are highest and the
'instltoot man" says that's when the
hen should lay them.
Then creaked and labored yet again
The wheels within his head
To devise for city garden plots
A folding onion bed.
Tnhp No-y of IOnrIc fnn0ChIN TsOnTO-
senting the brotherhood of American
Yoemen, has been having fine success.
MI. Cox is we'll known in this vicinity
and has a reliable company, SO people
know what he says is 0. K. and a good
investment.
John Reinke has been on the sick
list for the last week with lagrippe, but
under the care of tenderl hands
of the boarder he's able to be around.
Persons wanting first-class fruit
trees, small fruits or grapes should see
r. r. Suales, the home agent, who can
always be found ifyour trees from any
cause don't grow, and will replace
them. While the agent here today and
gone tomorrow, makes grand offers,
but past experience show they never
are carried out. See Suales' offers for
delivery before patronizing
strangers.
Two large sacks of agriculture docu-
ment statistics was received at the
p~ostoffice for use at the Farmers lnst1-
tute.
First duck of the season was brought
up town Saturday by Joe Suales sew
eral hocks were flying north Sunday.
Don't forget the humorest lecture
tonight.-Prof. P. e. Holp.
Adam Schumacher and wife, Henry
Dozer and Tony Ruppe went to Mil
waukee Monday to attendth reception
of Prince Henry.
Henry Nalenhurst, the lumber deal