Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-07-10
Local JOttingS.

David Powers of Cassville was a
county seat caller Saturday.
The Republican state convention
meets at Madison next Wedne sday.
Geo. Gibbs has remodelled and
otherwise improved his bath rooms.
The best you can say about the
weather we are having is that it
might be worse.
L. G. Ryan receives the Herald
regularly hereafter at ColoradoSprings
Cal, sent by his friend DR.. c. S.
Moore. The many friends of Mr..
Ryan here will be pleased to learn
that he IS greatly improved in health
and has very lucrative position.
There's bride and groom at the
Grand Central among other regular
boarders. The happy couple is Mr..
and Mrs, Frank Spicer and they were
married in Baraboo, Sunday, June 10,
coming directly to Lancaster where
the groom accepted position with
Howell & Starr. The bride was for
merly Miss Ruby Drew and Baraboo
was her home. Lancaster folks bid
the couple welcome and wish them
the best Of everything 'agoin.
The first step in the divorce suit
OF Mrs. W. I. Hurd, against her
husband, DR.. W. T. Hurd, was made
before w. E. Howe, court COM
missioner at BoscObel last week. ..
B. Thomas of Prairie du Chen, plain
tiff's attorney, was in charge of her
case, while Atty. E. M. Lowry of
Lancaster was on hand in interests of
defendant. The grounds charge adul-
try among other offences and Bosco-
bel school teacher is named as core
spondent.
Upon complaint of E. E. Graham,
Frank Richards and Fred Clark, two
Youngsters of the 4th ward were ar
rested by Under Sheriff 1McMahon
Thursday, charged with peeling bark
from Mr.. Graham S shade trees. The
case came on Monday before Justice
Wheeler. District Atty. Brown at
tended to the prosecution while Atty.
WI Brennan defeaded the lads.
After all the evidence the plaintiff
could muster was in it was found to
be OF insufficient strength and the
action was dismissed, - u
An exchange rises to remark that
the girl of the present day is more
skilled in curling her hair than in
baking biscuits. Al, of which may or
NAV not be true. But-admitting
that girls nowadays know more about
beauty that biscuits, who wants to
see a girl going about with her hair
sticking straight out and her hands
smeared with the dough of the bis
cult? She may know how to make
biscuit, but if she does not know how
to curl her hair, she loses half her
charms. What does the editor of the
exchange wantP Does he want the
Girl of the present day to 60 after
mans stomach in her effort to win
mis- heart? 1t cannot be possible that.
man has degenerated into a biscuit
eating frost. There must be some
love left in his heart even if a lot of
it has emigrated to his stomach. tits
a girls or voman's duty to her hus-
band, her .lover-to mankind-to
make herself as modestly attrs tive
as possible. She should improve all
of the charms that Nature gave her
if such thing is possible by sensible
methods. Who wants a pan of delic-
ious biscuits showed under his nose
by a slovenly woman with her hair
down and her shoes united? Would
it not be far more tempting if that
same pan of delicious biscuit were
placed before you. by a girl or woman
neatly dressed, hair curled, teeth
washed, shoes tied, finger nails trim
med, clothing in order and general
air of neatness and sweetness around?
Give us ne girl that knows how to
make herself attractive if she knows
that much, we can teach her how to
make good biscuit In the meantime
please pass the bread. We never
were stuck on biscuit.