Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-04-17
Local lettings.

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the city last week.
Miss Asenath Barber was Platte
vile visitor last week.
1t is much better to have good
ear for music than bad voice for it.
Some people make mountains out
of mole hills. and others just make
bluff.
"A man may lead hand TO mouth
existence and still not be hard up.
He may be dentist.
-Platteville CANNES Will be taxed
after July 1st according to an ordi-
nance recently passed.
We remember the very hot.
very cold and very stormy days, but
forget the pleasant ones.
of all the aeronauts it is conceded
that M. Santos Dumont is far and
away the best advertiser.
Mrs. W. J. Mccoy took her de-
parture Friday for Hardwood, Mich,
where she will visit her daughter.
Friendship with two girls ends
when one catches the young man
whom the other las been fishing for.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Deller re-
turned to Mineral Point Saturday af-
ter pleasant visit with Lancaster
relatives.
Some of our citizens have novel
way of raising vegetables. They just
plant the seeds and their neighbours
hens raise them.
Occasionally you find great big
fat man who is poor and doesn't
drink, and people wonder what is the
matter with him. Lazy.
The Michigan banker who over
drew his account 1914, 900 has the de-
Tense, of course, that his wrong doing
has been greatly overdrawn.
A young man called at the post
office for letter the other day and
when the clerk asked him his name
he replied, you'll find it on the let
ter"
The woman who went over Mag
ara in barrel has failed utterly IS a
museum attraction in the east. Peo-
pie can see all the fools they
care to-and more-for nothing.
When man marries, he is great
ly embarrassed the first year in at
tempting to call his wife's mother
..nother." After that he gets rid Of
all embarrassment by calling her
| sGrandma."
&C. H. Bennett, the enterprising
young landlord at the Lancaster
house, has plans ready for the con-
struction of fine new barn at the
hotel. It's dimensions will be 100 it.
long and % it. in width
Never Judge person by their
clothes. The man with the fringe
around the bottom of his trousers,
SLOUGH hat and worn out shoes may
be the editor of your local newspaper,
while the man with new clothes and
new shoes may simply be one OF his
delinquent subscribers.
The pocketbook lost by Mrs. Jno.
Dechow recently containing $40 in
money has not been returned by the
finder. Mr.. Dechow states that he
has good reasons to suspect who
found the purse, however, and un-
less it is returned within a few days
will make trouble for. the party.
There is talk among some of the
business men of Platteville of having
what will be known as field day in
June. Field sports, exhibitions of
flowers, allowing florists to bring
their plants there for display and
sale. One of the ideas is to establish
day that will become known through
out the country as "Platteville's"
day.
A special census bulletin gives
the production of bees honey and
bees wax in Wisconsin. The num-
Der of farms on which bees were kept
during the census year was 1O,535.
There were 1,O6O,9 800 swarms valued
at $377,1O5. These insects produced
2,677, 100 pounds of honey and A.
go pounds of wax, both valued at
$270,742.
The house of representatives of
the Iowa state legislature passed a bill
Tuesday afternoon appropriating
$4,000 for the Rescue home at Du-
buque. The senate will have to act
favorably on the measure and this
with the governors signature will
secure the money. 1t is understood
the senate will confirm the action of
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