Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-30
-Sleighing is good.

Rev. T. j. Brown is here from
Fond du Lac.
Chris. Coombs of Bloomington
was here Saturday.
Jos. Brookens of Bloomington
was in the city Monday.
F. FL. Schuppener Of Sitter
was in Lancaster Sum ay.
Mrs. w. G. Knox and children
a.e visiting at Fennimore.
The Woman's club will meet
Friday evening at Z o'clock at the
library.
Mrs. L. Muff1ey of Boscobel is
a guest of her daughter, Mrs. Fl. j.
johnson.
The Herald has some nice
calendars for patrons. Call or send
for one if you wish.
The Herald is the only semi
weekly paper printed in the county
and it costs you but $3.50 per year.
Miss Vina Muller of Potosi and
Miss Rosa Muller of British Hollow
are visiting with Ben Suer and
wife.
-Thos. Hudson paid fine of
SIS and costs in Justice Shimmin's
court yesterday for selling liquor
to minors.
To-day is the last opportunity
you will have of getting the Grant
County Herald and Chicago Daily
Tribune a year for $500.
The directors of the Farmers
Telephone company met at the
Office of David Schreiner yesterday
to settle affairs for the year.
Mrs. Martha Burr was recipi-
ent of a basket Of mistletoe Christ
mas. It came from Oklohoma and
was gathered by G. w. Burr and
wife.
g. S. johnson of Waterloo
township has purchased 10 acres
of the White farm just west of
town. He will erect a house there
on and move to Lancaster to
reside. Price $125 per acre.
1t was a little social gathering
the other evening IN a neighbor1ng
town, when one of the men present
made a laughing remark about the
vanity of woman. One of the
women took up the defence. "Of
course" said she, I admit that all
women are vain. But men are
not. BY the way, ''she broke off,
''the necktie of the handsomest
man in the room is creeping up
under his ear" She worked it.
Every man present put his hand
UP to his neck.
"A new system for cutting off
| the rubber necks'' on telephone
line has been invented. The new
system is so arranged that the
desired number may be selected
and the rest of the phones on the
line cut off. Central governs the
entire line no matter whether there
are dozen or a hundred phones
on the line. An instrument is used
by central called a selector. One
hundred and twenty-five phones
can be accommodated by switch
board ten inches long, and two
inches wide. When the user of
the phone calls number from
central, she puts plug in the hole
number on the selector and rings.
No matter how many phones are
on the line, all except number
are thrown off the circuit and only
the one bell rings At the same
time red card is thrown into view
in little target on every phone
on the line, which indicates that
the line is busy. AS soon as the
user rings off, the red sign dis
appears and the line is again ready
for business.
The great annual joint agri-
cultural and associated interests
convention will be held in the
capitol at Madison February and
4. John M. True, secretary Of the
state board OF agriculture, is now
engaged upon the preparation of
the program. Among the promi-
nent persons alread secured for
addresses are Prof. Shaw of st.
Paul, late of the Minnesota State
agriculture experiment station;
DR.. A. S. Alexander, veterinarian
of the Wisconsin experiment
station; Professor Davies, of
Menomonie, head of the Dunn
county school of agriculture; J. @.
Emery, Wisconsin state dairy and