Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-09
BLOOMINGTON BITS.
Odd Fellows Celebrate. Matters of
Interest Of a Minor Nature.

n1verSafy OF their OrganlZat1On. VI
the six charter members there are
only two members now living who
were present at the institution OF
this valued society: Jesse Brooks
was the secretary of the first meet
ing and kept the minutes. He is
keeping the minutes today. Frank
F. Grant Of Fargo, n. d., is the
other. The other charter members
were as follows: E. Mount, Thos. j.
Brooks, G.. w. Nev1ns and AlOnzo
Wilson. HI. w. Favor Of Boscobel
was the installing officer and he was
accompanied on his trip by several
Boscobel members. They are re-
ported to have had as high an old
time as the boys do today. The rec
ords of the lodge were destroyed by
the fire of '97, and so all that can
be known of the history Of the or
der is what remains in the memory
Of the members. They own their
fine two-storv brick building and
are in good shape financially. May
the order prosper and continue it's
good work.
Walt Taylor of Patch Grove was
fined $15 and costs, $3.77, for fast
driving in this village one evening
recently.
Mrs. Riley and sister Mabel Den
son returned to Austin, Mimi, after
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Joe Donnelly, our enUerprising
landlord, is building buggy shed
by the barn.
Clark, the Sherlock Holmes Of the
American barn stormers, told our
folks how he unravelled many a
bloody mystery on Friday evening.
Ho got his pay all right. Lecture
course, you know.
Mrs. FL. G.. Enke gave dinner to
some neigh bors Sunday, in honor
of the 87th birthday of her father,
Mr.. 4 Bosch, who is making his
home with the Enke family now.
Mr.. Bosch is an active and intelli-
gent old gentleman.
orion Brady is home for a visit.
He has been introducing Caska med
icine in Iowa.
Harry Greer is home from Iowa
for vacation. Harry is with the
Cherokee County Telephone Co. -
Rev. Wing preached two fine ser
mons in the Congregational church
Sunday.
Rev. Witherbee closed a series of
successful revival meetings at the
Dodge church Sunday.
Our experience with the lecture
course brings forcibly to mind an
old business principle, viz, a cheap
price secures only it's equivalent.
Either we should have raised more
money or else there should have
been fewer entertainments. Talent
at the price we pay for it is bound to
be bunny, or amateurish, or both.
We should take the balance on hand
and put it into one frst-class show,
or else 60 out of the lecture business
for the season. Almost any old out
fit can get in with some show bu-
reaus, and just because they are at
tached to a bureau is no reason why
we should not be careful about what
we secure and how little" we pay
for the fiddler.
The church societies and Sunday
schools are preparing programs for
the Christmas entertainments.
Uncle Asa Smead has been i'll re-
Gently. Reported better now.
The supper and auction Friday
evening Melted the Methodist ladies
$40.
Some Of the trimmings in Lud-
denis show window caught fire the
other evening, and but for immedi-
ate discovery there must soon have
been a big blaze. The promiscuous
mixing Of lights and flmy, combust-
ible dry goods is dangerous in all
stores, and merchants are always
extra careful during the holiday ex-
citemeut.
Our town needs night watch
man during the season of big fires.
Pleasant, sharp winter weather re-
Gently, with snap enough to make
trade in winter goods fairly brisk.
Our merchants report the best No
vember in years, with prospects of a
continuation throughout December.
Lee Greer, who has been having
serious time with rheumatism at
the Prairie du Chen sanitarium, is
reported to be improving and ex-
poets to be back to business soon.
Coming home from Lancaster
Sunday, Allen Pritchett had run
away in which the bus was over
turned, throwing him to the ground,