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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-11-15
BEET SUGAR FACTORIES.
They Form An Important Industry in
Michigan

To The Free Lance:
Six years ago there was not a sugar
beet mill in Michigan. have thecorrect
amount of beets sliced up each day last
week. 1t was SO tons Mills contract
Tor them at 50 per ton; for all over 4 per
cent sugar, the farmer gets it and they
bring sometimes 81 per ton.
One mill near my old home slices 112
tons every 2+ hours, will run four months
will bring into a radius OF 10 miles /
million dollars as not beet is raised
over / , miles from the factory.
Yours Truly.
George Williams
Nov. 18th. 1902.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-11-15

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money II II tails
to cure +. W. Groves signature is on
each box 2He
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-11-15
Miahf Be

Forgiving and forgetting might
BE praeticed oft in debt
Were lenders willing to forgive
As borrowers to forget.
Smart Set
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-11-15

stops the Cough and vsrks OF the cold
Laxative Bronco Quinine Tablets cure
cold in one day. No Cure. no Paw
Price % cents.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-11-15

The late elections did not bring to the
front promising Observation-Disclosures
Bot they relegated several to the rear.
Boston Advertiser.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-11-15

There are men in the world 40 anxious
for work that they re looking for it with
a gun.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-03-20

James Crandle, an individual whose
residence is given as Murray P. o.,
L~auderdale county, recently filed a
voluntary petition in bankruptcy in
the United States court clerks Of
flee.
Despite his financial troubles the
bankrupt was as cheerful a citizen as
meets in a ten days journey. He
did not owe a great sum, his liabili-
ties amounting to just $3.50, but he
wished to have the slate wiped off in
order to get a fresh and unincumbered
start in life. In his petition to the
court, after setting forth the indebted
ness, Crandle schedules his assets in
these words: "My assets consist of
three suits of underwear, shoes, socks,
hat and a part of a suit of clothing"
Then in ~parenthesis: II say part Of
a suit because / only own coats and
pants-the vest was stolen"
AS personal apparel is exempt under
the law. Crandle will be permitted to
retain his extensive wardrobe.-Mem-
phis Scimitar.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-03-20
Notice to Contractors.

NV
Sealed proposals will be received by the
building committee to be sent to Era III.
Grifis. county clerk of Grant county, Wis
consin, at Lancaster, Wisconsin, up to 9 o.
clock p. M, Wednesday, April 9TH, 1902, for
the construction Of a court house on the
court house block in the city of Lancaster,
Wisconsin. in accol dance with plans and
specifications referred to below. Bids to be
made upon special form for entire building
or for separate parts, and to be accompanied
by a certified check for at least two and one
half per cent. of the amount OF the bid, pay
able Internationally to the county clerk
named above. provided the bidder to whom
the contract is awarded fails to file satisfac-
tory bond. and make contract according to
his bid within ten days after contract is
awarded him, his check TO be forfeited TO
Grant county. Checks Of unsuccessful bid
ders WILDE returned to them.
Plans and specifications will be on file at
the office of the architects II. @. Koch q Co.,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and at the law Office
of Walter J. Brennan, Lancaster, Wisconsin,
1t is the intention of the building commit
tee to award contract to lowest responsible
bidder. but the committee reserves the right
to reject any and all bids.
Dated March 8th, 1902.
j. M. GARDNER, Chairman,
O. w. FFSSEL, secretary,
3-3 Grant county Building Committee.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-03-20
Notice of City Election.

County of Grant. City of Lancaster. SIS.
Notice is hereby given that ward meetings
of the electors of the several wards Of said
city are hereby called for the purpose of
nominating candidates for one alderman and
one SUPERVISORY each Of said wards to be vot-
ed for at the next ensuing city election to be
held ON April 1st, 1902, said ward meetings to
be held on Friday. March 18th, 1902. at 1870 p.
M, It the following places respectively:
warehouse.
End ward, at the east sample room of the
Grand Central hotel.
Bird ward, at Thos. McDonald's bridge shop.
4th ward, at the engine room of the City
hall.
Also, that a convention of all the electors
of said city is hereby called to be held at the
City hall of said city, or March nth, 1902, at
7:30 O'Clock p. M. for the purpose or nominat-
ing candidates for officers of said city to be
voted for at said election as follows, namely:
One mayor, one treasurer and one assessor.
By direction of the the city council,
AUG. MICHAELIS City Clerk.
Dated Mar. IL, Lancaster, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-03-20

An English schoolmaster offered a
prize to the boy who could write the
best composition in five minutes on
"How to Overcome Habit" This is
what was written by the ~9-year-old
boy who won the prize: well, sir,
habit is hard to overcome. If you take
off the first letter, it does not change
'abit.' If you take off another, you
will have a bit left. If you take off
still another, the whole of it remains.
If YOU take off another it is not wholly
used up: all of which goes to show
that if you want to get rid of a hab-
it you must throw it off altogether
Chicago Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-03-20

SHE WAS A BIG woMANs NIT CROSS EYES.
You vhas a brave man to fight a trust.
but don't you be afraid. Der people
Will rally to you by der millions"
/ tell him / vhas mooch obliged, but
he shakes hands some more und says:
"Und now we shall go und quaff dot
amber fluid which keeps der heart
strong und helps us on to victory"
"Who vhas he?"
HE vhas named lager beer, und you
drink him out of a schooner. To show
you dot I vhas your friend I let you
pay for two big glasses. Hurrah for
Bunker Hill!'
/ don't go NIT him. und when he
knows / don't pay for his beer he yells
und whoops und says:
"Cobbler, l hope dot leather trust
Will grind your soul NIT der dust und
send you by der poorhouse! You vhas
a liar und a deceiver und a william,
und l can smash your head off NIT n
blow"
l vhas awfully glad when dot mans
goes out, but in fife minutes a second
one comes in. He smiles sweetly ON
me und pats me on der back as he
says:
Bully for you, cobbler! 1 vhas NIT
you in dis fight. l shall grid on my
sword of liberty und fight to der last
gasp. Oop NIT a brave cobbler! Down
NIT oppression! Tomorrow I shall
bring all my old shoes for dwendy
years past"
I shake hands NIT him und call him
a good mans, und he slaps me on der
back und says:
"By golly, but I love a fighter! Let
us now go by der nearest saloon und
seal der sacred compact"
"You Will find some water in dot
pail"
.Vhat! Water! Water for me! Cob
bier, if you like a little shoke dot vhas
all right, but don't insult a mans who
vhas ready to die for you. Come out
und buy der beer like a mans, und we
trust fly oop."
l don't go out NIT him, und he puts
his fist on my nose und calls me names
und says he Will see me starve und be
some skeletons.
Der next II vhaS a womans. She
5vhas a big NIT cross eyes und
walks like a mans, und When she vhas
in my shop she says:
"Cobbler, how you mean by oppres.
STOMP
81 mean dot leather trust" l says.
"How vhas it,?
ST like leather to be cheaper. Two
dollars a pound for calfskin takes my
hearts blood"
."Oh, it does! Well I shall take your
hair for 2 cents a pound! Let me
tell you dot my husband vhas in dot
trust, und you better sing VERY low
If anybody calls him oppression, 1
shall raise a row. How vhas dis
striker
at vhas me-" I says. ,
"Oh, 1 see! Well, if you don't break
oop der strike by tomorrow I shall
come in und make two strikes. You
can hat some little SMOKES if you like,
but don't call my husband oppression.
He vhas sooch a kind hearted mans
dot he don't hurt a fly"
/ belief dot maybe I vhas mistook
about going on a strike und dot | shall
take dot sign down, but a young mans
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-03-20
come in und says:

come III una says:
"Bully for you, cobbler! l shall go
right oafer und kill dot trust und help
you out. | sheak to more ash a t'ou-
sand men, und all vhas your friends"
"But no beer vhas in it." l says.
"Vhat? No beer? You like me to
fight a trust on buttermilk! Don't
make some fun of me dot way"
I says no again, und When he under
stands he almost kicks my shop out
doors und says he Will lick me some
day. He shust gets out when der fat
policemans comes in und says:
Hans, how vhas it about some
strikesT
cit vhas all right" I says. "I like
leather to be. cheaper, unG so 1 goes on
a strike" !
"But Why don't you tell me"
81 Dunno
"Den l shall make you know! You
seem to belief dot leather trust vhas
der biggest thing on wheels. Who vhas
~"
"a policemans."
eyes. a policemans, but don't I run
all dis ward around here? Vhas some
body else a bigger boss ash me? If
you speak to me about it, 1 knock dot
leather trust all to smash in two min
utes, but you leave me behind. Cob
bier, you vhas too previous, und I haf
to take you down a little!'
Und When he vhas gone AWAY und I
can't stand oop no more my wife takes
down dot sign und says we shall sell
off our two bedsteads und go back to
Shermany. M. QUAD.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-03-20
She knew Him.

There is q certain young man in the
old city hall who " nowadays al
lows his temper to get rutaed while
at the telephone.
A few days ago he could not get the
number he desired.
See here, central, I'll report you,"
he shouted.
you don't know who / am was
the composed reply.
well, I'll find out, and that blamed
quick, too"
~ know you, though" came in soft,
easy tones. 1--we e e your picture.
You're at the old city hail."
The young man plunged headlong
into the trap.
You have?" he exclaimed delighted
~, "where, in the ncwspapers?'
NO." was the merry reply, ION a
lobster can."-St Louis Post Dispatch.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-03-20

Ivan and Torrington. She did too.
There were v fifty people to see
that kid the first night he arrived, and
they kept coming for three or four
days after. He wasn't much to look
at as a kid, being cross eyed and hay-
ing q stub nose, but he answered the
purpose. Mrs. O'Sullivan, who has five
kids of her own, sat right down and
cried in her anger, and the BARRIERS
wife went sloshing up and down the
halls and kicking off the plastering."
"Und don't dey do something about
itY'
"You bet they do. It took the two
women about thirty hours to rally
from the blow, and then they put on
their hats and started for orphan asy-
lums. Gee whiz"
"How vhas gee whiz?" asked the
solemn faced grocer.
"Gee whiz means that each brought
back a young orphan, and that night
the house vas full of baby collie. No
body got any sleep until after 2 o'clock
in the morning, and there were people
= II oOOuI III 11O1L u Tx hdLO oAA
night long. I kept as cool as l could,
but there were times when / thought
my heart trouble would take me off,"
But it vhas all right, amt it?"
mo, Of course not. 1t was IN v
thing, you see and you don't suppose
they would stop there, do you? Each
one Of those ONE went out the next
day and adopted another kid. That
made seven for the O'Sullivans, and
Tim went out and got drunk and came
home and busted a bureau. Poor Mrs.
O'Sullivan had to drop out of the fight
after that. If it had been dogs. she'd
have gone the limit. but when you get
eve squalling. fighting kids in a
house you've got about enough. The
countess and the BARRIERS wife each
brought in a third one next day, and
they might have gone up to half a
dozen but for McMurphy. He came
around to see me about the coal, and
as he got within a block of the house
he run up against a crowd.
is it a fire somewhere he asked of
a man.
otis better than that said the fell
low.
elias anybody been killed?'
"'It's better than that
sis it that the sewer has caved in
and taken a house with it?'
ats still better than that. 1t is
thai they've turned McMurphy's fats
into an orphan asylum and got seven
young kids APPLYING tag with the mea-
sizes and whooping cough
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-03-20
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

State of Wisconsin, Grant County Court. SIS.
in Probate.
In the matter of the estate Of George
Nash. deceased:
Letter OF administration on the estate of
George Nash, late of Bloomington, deceased,
having been issued to George II. Nash,
Notice is hereby given that the creditors
of said George Nash, deceased. are al
lowed and limited by order Of this Court un-
til and including the Bird Tuesday Of Septem-
Der, 1902, being the 10Th day of said month, to
present their claims and demands against
said George Nash. deceased, to the oun-
ty Court for examination and allowance.
Notice is also hereby given that the claims
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
fourth Tuesday OF Septem per, 1907 Scoo
By the Court,
E. b. GOODSELL, County Judge.
First insertion March ID; last April 81
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-03-20
Identifying the Species.

Lord Justice Matthews of England
is a man of such mild and kindly exte-
rior, with such gentle voice and man.
ner, that almost invariably he gives
the impression of being a simple
country gentleman rather than an ex-
pert and profound lawyer.
This was evidently the idea of a
professional seller Of painted birds.
who some years ago met him in the
neighborhood of the law courts, and
exhibiting one Of his birds, asked him
if he could tell to which species it
belonged.
The judge stopped, examined the
bird with great care, pretended to adj
mire the gaudy plumage, examined it
again, and then remarked:
Il do not think / have ever seen
a bird exactly like this, but judging
from the old proverb that Birds of
a feather flock together" | should
say it was a jailbird."-Youth's Com
panion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-03-20

"sBy me sowl, if that's so I'll start
a graveyard said Mcl1urphy. and he
comes a-tearing up to the house to see
me.
"As he comes into the house all them
new kids was whooping it up like a
brass band trying to play a dozen
tunes at once, and OSullivan's regular
youngsters were joining in the chorus.
"Ts it a menagerie we've got hereT
shouted McMurphy at me.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-03-20
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Every girl imagines she a sing
and so does every frog.
It's a wise mother-in-law who knows
her w daughters husband.
Some men are so mean they won't
even pay back borrowed trouble.
A man seldom knows what he
doesn't want until after he gets it.
A fool girl often encourages a fool
man for the purpose OF bouncing him
It's q wise m who knows hall
she would like to know about her
neighbors. Z
Men grow old before they know it,
but women always grow old before
they let any n else know it.
Sympathy is all right in its proper
place, but there are times when a
kick would be far more effective.
Popular songs would be less. objec-
tionable IL sung only in the hearing of
those with whom they are popular
Chicago Daily News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-03-20
CArHAR1NE JAMES. deceased.

State of Wisconsin. County Court of Grant
County-In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at the regular
term Of the County Court to be held in and
for said county at the Court House in the
city of Lancaster. in said county, on the 1st
Tuesday Of April, a; d., 1902, being the
1st day Of April, 1902, at the hour Of
ten O'Clock in the forenoon, the following
matter will be heard and considered:.
The application of Catherine Uren for the
admission to probate of the last will and
of Catharine James, late of the
town of Potosi, Grant county, Wisconsin, de-
ceased. BY order of the Court.
E. B. GOODSELL, County Judge.
Dated March a.. 1902.
First insertion March 8; last March 27.]
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-03-20
A Horrible Outbreak

..Of large sores on my little daughters
head developed into a case OF scald
head'' writes G.. d. Isbill of Morgan
town, Tenn, but Bucklen's Arnica
Salve completely cured her. It's a
guaranteed cure for eczema, letter,
salt rheum, pimples, ulcers, sores and
piles. Only 25cts at JOS. Benefits.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-03-20
A Widows Love Affair

Receives a setback if she has offensive
breath through constipation, bilious
ness or stomach trouble, but DIR.
Kings New Life Pills always ure
those troubles; clean the system,
sweeten the breath, Danish headaches;
best in the world for liver, kidneys
and bowels. Only .25cts at Benefits.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-03-20
His Head.

Jacob Riis, the lecturer, tells the fol-
Lowing story on himself: It was a
hot day i'm summer when he was sent
to see the sisters of a young man who
had been killed in an accident. He
put a cabbage or lettuce leaf under his
hat to protect himself from the sun.
When he rang the bell at the home of
the ladies he removed his hat and
stepped into the room where the
mourners sat, and he entirely forgot
the cabbage leaf. AS the grief-stricken
women looked up at him the sorrow
on their faces gave place TO n Of
surprise, and finally they burst out
laughing. He was amazed, and feared
their minds had been unsettled by
grief. But upon putting his hands to
his head and finding the cabbage leaf
stuck tight to it he realized the cause
OF their mirth. and joined in it. 1t is
possibly this combination of the seri-
and the humorous in him that
makes him such an attractive writer
and speaker.-LouiSville Courier Jour-
nal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-03-20
ESTATE. j. HUMPHREY, deceased.

E
State of Wisconsin, County Court of Grant
County-In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at a special
term of the Grant County Court to be held
in and for said county, at the Court House
in the city Of Lancaster, in said county, on
the End Tuesday of April. 1902, being the Sth
day of April, 1902, at the hour Of ten o'clock
in the forenoon. the following matter will
be heard and considered:
The application of Mile Humphrey as eX-
ecutrix of the last will and testament OF j. d.
Humphrey, deceased, late of Lancaster,
Wis, for the allowance OF her final account
and for an order assigning the residue OF
said estate to the persons lawfully entitled
thereto. -
BY order OF the Court.
f. B. GOODSELL, County Judge.
Dated March Z. 1902.
First Insertion March 10; last March "a.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-03-20

Personal magnetism-Prof. Erick-
son, the great lecturer on Magnetism
attributes all his success to his abund-
ance of energy. DR.. Gossom's oxygen
tonic tablets are condensed energy as
it we're and will supply you a sufficien-
cy of nerve force. They are truly
wonderful. A free sample and book
let at Jos. Benefits.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-03-20
Congressional Convention.

A convention of the Republican Electors
consin, is hereby called to meet in the city OF
Lancaster. Grant county, Wisconsin. on
Thursday, April twenty-fourth, at 10 O'Clock
tion a Republican candidate for Member Of
Congress for said district, and for the trans
action of such other business as may proper
" come before the convention.
The basis of representation will be one "a
delegate for each two hundred fifty (25O)
votes cast for the Republican candidate for
Congress in nineteen hundred, ana one dele
gate for each major fraction thereof. The
several counties in the district are entitled
70 nc fOllNxuc.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-03-20
''HEY. coBB1ER, vHAs YOU DEAD?"

when somepody pounds on der door
Nnd yells out:
"Cobbler, cobbler, What in Texas vhas
der matter NIT your shop?'
II vhas taking singing lessons" /
calls back at him.
what? What you say? If you don't
open dis door, I bust him in!'
I open der door to him, und he says:
"Vhell, by Sheorge, if things don't
come to some fine passes when a cob
bier neglects his customers to take
singing lessons! How you mean by
sooch conduct?'
"I mean dot / like to go into grand
OPERA" l says.
Grand iddlesticks! Cobbler, don't
be a fool. Here vhas two shoes to be
fixed, und I like to hat ZEN by 10
o'clock. / shall bring two more when I
come back"
But 1 don't like to lose my singing"
$50 to pot nit your singing! You
vhas a cobbler. 1t vhas your peesness
to repair shoes, und if you don't do it
/ Will raise some rows NIT YOU"
l took in dose shoes but lock my door
again, und it Wasn't ten minutes be-
fore a womans goes rap! rap! rap! on
der door und calls out:
"Hey, cobbler, yhas you dead dis
morning.
Don't you read my sign in der win
dow?" / says.
But l don't care for dot sign. 1 hat
some shoes to be fixed oop, und | vhant
you to do it."
/ open der door und say dot. she bet
ter go by one of dose dago cobblers,
but she waves her arms around und
says:
shut oop! Here vhas shoes to fix,
and you go right at it. If | come back
here und don't find 'em ready, your
heart Will ache"
/ keep der door locked der same as
before, und maybe it yhas ten minutes
when a mans comes along und kicks
on it und shouts out:
''Open dis door or I'll break in der
window nit a stone!'
1t vhas some womans, und she vhas
red in der face und hat four shoes.
"How vhas all dis? ?" she says ash she
looks around.
Don't you see by my sign dot I take
singing lessons in der forenoon?"
do [ care for signsY she yells ash
her face grows like fire. "Do 1 care
for singing lessons? Here vhas shoes
to fix today, ind if you don't do it
look out for me"
But, womans. if l vhas to sing in
grand opera next year.
Grand nonsense! Go und soak your
head in some dishpans und hat sense"
In der forenoon so many peoples
come dot | hat four days work ahead.
At - o'clock dot fat policemans raps
on der door NIT his club, und when l
let's him in he says:
"Cobblrr, you look out for me"
"How vhas it?' / says.
"You vhas neglecting your peesness
to be a fool, und dot vhas against der
law. You vhas some cobbler, und YOU
yhas here to fix oop shoes. If you tn rn
anybody AWAY, I'll make it hot t or
YOU"
But can't / sing?"
"No, STRIP
Dot night der little tailor comes
around to see if / drown myself in der
river. When he sees twelve pairs or
shoes TO be fixed und I tell him how
she vhas, he looks at me und shakes
his head und says: