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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-05-06
IMPROVED LIGHT
AND HEATING
Company Formed to Extend
Lighting Service.
LOCAL CAPITAL In DEAL
JIG. Harshberger, one of the Incor-
pOratOrS, Assigns His Franchise
Over to Company.

Lancaster is to have other improv-
ments than it already possesses pro
viding plans laid by company OF
business men of the city are deve-
loped.
The improvement cited is extern
sion of the electric lighting system
to an all night service and the IN
stallation of steam heating appara-
tus that will furnish heat for the
entire business portion Of the city.
The company that has been
formed consists Of some Of the citys
most prominent business men and
inanciers and that it is notall talk
is attested to by their personality.
The incorporators are Messrs. John
Schreiner, r. B. Showalter, Jos.
Book, R. Meyer, Jr., j. G. Harsh
berger, G. H. Baxter, Fl. w. Brown,
Frank Schreiner and Geo. Baxter.
J. G.. Harshberger has assigned
his franchise over to the company.
Articles Of incorporation are being
prepared.
The improvement in the lighting
service and the convenience OF
steam heating will both be apprec1-
ated.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-05-06
The Climate Did IT.

When Mr. Bowen first went out to
Caracas as the United States minister
President Castro called on him one
afternoon The two went into the
garden and Mr.. Bowen was expressing
his amazement at the rapidity of all
vegetable growth in that climate. "a
seed planted over night would result
in forty trees the next day." was his
laughing remark. Just then an Amer
lean photographer passed, and asked
to take a picture of the two dis
tinguished men as they stood among
the flowers. AS he snapped the camera
he made some laughing, dispara gingre-
mark about the picture being the long
an the short of it. Mr.. Bowen is 6
feet 4 inches and President Castro
reaches about to his shoulder. The
president did not like the unkindly
comparisons and looked up quickly at
the new minister with frown.
'Ah, Mr.. president" said Mr.. Powen,
Il was very small when I got here,
but shot up ever night in this marvel
Gus climate of yours. Philadelphia
Saturday Evening Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-05-06
ARE MAKING READY.
Twenty Graduates Preparing for
Annual Commencement Exercises.

The unusual hustle and activity
which always precedes commence
ment exercises a month is already
manifest at the Lancaster high
school building, and in fact wherever
two or three seniors may happen to
be gathered together. With these
happy hearted young people,
around whom the universe seems to
center just at present, the sole topic
of conversation is the details OF
graduation gowns or the dignity OF
the young mans suit of conventional
black, the perplexities over orations,
arrangements for class parties and
picnics and kindred subjects rela-
tive to the browning event in school
life.
The class this year numbers TWEEN
ty-two and is one of which Lancas-
ter may be proud. Commencement
exercises will be held May 29th.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-05-06
Resolutions Adopted.

Resolutions of respect adopted by
Evelyn Camp 1856 Royal Neighbors of
America on the death of Mrs. Ella Bal
scamper, who died April the 9th, 1903.
at Bernham, Mo.
WHEREAS, 1t has pleased our Heav-
emily Father to remove from our midst.
after lingering illness, our beloved
Neighbor Mrs. Ella Belscamper, there
fore, be it
RESOLVED, That in the death of
Neighbor Belscamper we have lost a
true friend of the Camp, faithful
member of her home, a loving wife and
kind mother, and be it further.
RESOLVED, That as a tribute to the
memory Of Neighbor Belscaiuper, our
charter be draped in mourning for
thirty days, and be it further
RESOLVED, That copyof these res
olutions be placed upon our records
and one sent to the bereaved husband
and parents and one sent to the local
papers for publication.
MRS. LAURA PORTER,
MRS. STELLA AUEL,
Miss EsSIE EDWARDS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-05-06
What Others Say of 1t.

Cuba City News: The Lancaster
Herald is now issued twice a week,
and at the same price as formerly.
This is a signal evidence of the
prosperity of the sheet.
Bloomington Record: The Lancas-
ter Herald comes out this week in a
semi-weelly form. Bro. Johnson
announces his intention CT continu-
ing the innovation.
The Lancaster Herald is now
issued semi-weekly and appears
every Wednesday and Saturday.
The Herald is certainly a progress
sive newspaper and it's publisher is
a hustler. Cassville Record.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-05-06
20. P. Him of FennimOre We

20. P. Him of Fennimore was
in the city yesterday.
Mrs. Ray Carthew was called to
Kenosha yesterday by the danger
GUS illness of her brother, Frank
Mckenzie
Mrs. Hudson and Miss Mamie
Tufdey took the train Saturday for
Boscobel, where the former will
spend month visiting, when she
will return, and with her daughter,
Miss Josephine, will occupy a part
of the Jones home in the third ward.
He didn't have a dollar; he
didn't have dime. His clothes and
shoes were looking as though they'd
served their time He didn't try to
kill himself to dodge misfortune's
whacks. Instead, he got some ashes
and he filled five dozen sacks. Then,
next he begged a dollar. In the
paper in the morn he advertised tin
polish that would put the sun to
scorn. He kept ON advertising, and,
Just now, suffice to say, he's out IN
California at his cottage on the bay
Ring out the roast beef and the
stew, ring out the pork and beans,
ring in the lettuce, fresh with dew,
ring in the mess Of greens. My
veins are clogged, my blood is thick,
I'm full of rheumatic, the winter
grub has made me sick, and now
my gorge has riz. So bring me
curly dock and poke, and bile 'em
with jowl, and as they in my sys-
tenn soak, great joy will fill my
soul! Take hence the last years
cabbage head, cut out the buck
wheat cake, bring spinach from the
spinach bed and a touch of stomach
ache!
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-05-06
An Imaginative Accompaniment.

.
Massenet, tie French composer, has
the intuition OF genius. He can inter-
pref to others what he does not him
self fully understand. One evening
Mrs. Fanny Reed, the singer, was
reauIng aloud to friend Mrs. Green
ough S beautiful poem, MARY Magda-
lene."
Both the women were so absorbed
that they did OF notice the presence Of
third person until suddenly the
sound of solt music stole through the
room. Some one was at the piano.
accompanying the readers voice in q
manner harmonizing with the rhythm
and spirit Of the poetry.
1t was the music of Mlssenet's ora
torio. The player was Massenet him
self, who had entered unannounced
an. caught The idea of the words
where the Magdelene, seeking the
Lord by night, finds herself beneath
the windows Of the room where the
disciples are gathered for the Last
Supper.
When the reading was over Mas
senet rose from the piano and came
forward. He had no knowledge Of
English; yet had he understood every
word he could not have accompanied
the poem more eXquisitely.
"How did you know what | was
reading?" asked Mrs. Reed.
"How could l fail to know?" he
answered.
Doubtless he had caught the one
word "Magdalene," and intuition had
supplied the rest.-Youth's Companion
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-05-06
LAID TO REST.
Funeral of DR.. L. 3. EnnOr Held at
POtosi Monday.

All that was mortal of the late
DR.. T. B. Ennor Of Potosi was con-
signed to earth with tender cere-
monies Monday afternoon.
The bereaved widow and little son
arrived with the remains Sunday
and a large gathering of friends
paid tribute at the bier.
A number from Lancaster were in
attendance at the last sad rites.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-05-06
Bloomington Notes.

Bloomington, May 4.-Arbor day was
appropriately observed in our schools.
The exercises were interesting. They
called to the mind of the writer the
happy days now counted so long ago
when we observed May Day with as
much pomp and circumstance as the
nation exhibits in celebrating the 4th
of July. No president was ever elect
ed with more interest and excitement
than we found in choosing our May
queen, for you know she had to be "the
fairest and the best" in school. Prof
BARLEY from his mighty throne would
issue the proclamation liberating us
from our "chains" for half day; and
then we would HE us to the alluring
woody slope, where with pomp and
circumstance beftting an occasion to
us as important as the recent corona
ton Of Edward VII, we would crown
our honored one "Queen of the May.
Then we would all unite in singing
"May day morning bright and clear,
May day morn at last is here;
Haste we to the woods away,
For tbs Natures feStal day.
Following the exercises was a big
picnic dinner and general jolly time
for the balance of the day, in which
teachers and pupils participated, 1t
was happy custom which should have
been perpetuated along with Arbor
Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank VandeWall and
two daughters of Lancaster and Bar
ney Russell of British Hollow attended
the funeral of Mrs. Brace Tuesday.
Also Rev. Sprague of Lancaster was in
attendance.
John Schnorrenburg entertained his
brother Henry and brother-in law
Reinhart Kirschbaum, the former from
Hazel Green and latter from Cassville,
last Thursday. This was the first
meeting with his brother in fifteen
years.
Mrs. M. D. Taylor of GAINESVILLE was
guest at Fl. E. Taylor's last week.
Wesley Woodhouse had his shoulder
dislocated, resulting from fall from
a buggy.
Hiram Harvey has sold his farm on
the western rim of Blakes Prairie to
Marion Wager Of Burton. Price $4,000
The big sanitarium at Prairie du
CHEN will be open about the 10Th
Seventy rooms are already engaged
It will be a boomer for Prairie du
Chen.
w. B. Perrin, our we'll known paint
er and decorator, is writing series OF
articles on these subjects for the
Painter and Wood F'inisher, one of the
leading journals of that trade, pub
lished at Columbus, Ohio. The articles
reveal tie fine artistic ability Of the
writer.
H. G.. Craig is/now the sole pub
Usher and proprietor of the Record
and he is making lively paper Of it,
Rev. and Mrs. Witherbee received
word of the illness of their daughter
at Denver. Mrs. Witherbee thinks OF
going out to see her.
Frank Patterson, son of VIM. Patter-
son, is clerking in 0 Hatchs drug
store.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-05-06
Chan oed His Mind.

do you admire large families?'
asked the courtly Virginia dame.
mot too large, madam" replied
George Washington.
1t was shortly after this that the
immortal George married a widow
with two children.
But some years later, as the histor-
ian is compelled to add, he became
the father of an entire country.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-05-06
A Big Raft.

The steamer Mountain Belle and
her bow boat passed Potosi last
week with a raft for.the Muscatine
Lumber CO. from Saltwater. The
raft is one of the largest taken down
the Mississippi in many years and
was forty-two cribs long and eight
cribs wide. This means that there
were over 1850, 900 feet of lumber
in the raft. Besides this 1t was
decked with nearly a million feet OF
flushed lumber.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-05-06
Another Snake Story.

Noticing a large cobra with a small
portion of snakes tail hanging out
of it's mouth a resident of Ceylon
killed the reptile. During it's death
struggles the cobra disgorged three
fourths of a rat snake The resident
hauled out the rest, and, on taking
measurements, found the cobra to be
feet s inches long, and the rat snake
it had tried 10 swallow feet 2 inches.
Chicago Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-05-06
Among The Churches.
CONGREGATIONAL.

The Ladies' Aid society of the
Congregational church will meet
with Mrs. VIM. Starr Friday aft err
noon at 2 o'clock.
The Y. p. S. G.. E. will hold their
monthly business meeting in the
social room of the church Thursday
evening, beginning promptly at z
o'clock.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-05-06

Judge Clementson held court
for Judge Brace in Milwaukee a
portion of the past week.
The Sunday Sentinel failed to
make connections with Lancaster
for some unaccountable cause Sun
day and as result it was greatly
missed by the large number OF
readers who appreciate it here.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-05-06
LICENSED TO WE'D.
Cupid's Franks of the Past few Days
as Recorded by County
Clerk Griffis.

John L. Bishop and Maggie r.
Reed, both of Beetown.
Henry Weist and Tillie Quincy,
both of Cassville.
James Gibson and Bertha Roesch,
both of Potosi.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-05-06

-Messrs. A. Schumacher and E.
M. Wilmot were up from Potosl
yesterday.
Jos. Burton of Sitter will
henceforth receive a pension of $40
monthly on account of a recent in
crease.
Editor Pollock is in Milwaukee,
representing Fidelity lodge of this
city at the grand session of the A.
O. U. w. meeting in that city.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-05-06
SSS
METHODIST.

The Ladies' Aid society of the M.
E. church will serve tea In the chap
ell Wednesday, May 18th, from 5
o'clock until all are served, to which
you are invited.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-05-06

TasaJo, or JerKed peer, Is the prln-
cipal export of Uruguay, the amount
being 100000 pounds per annum
The great market for it is Cuba.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-05-06

A German mathematician estimates
that the average man who lives to be
seventy years old consumes $4,000
worth of food in his life.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-05-06

A year before Philadelphia rang
bells on account of the Declaration of
Independence she made the first piano
ever produced in this country.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-05-06

Russia will sent her Siberian eX-
hibits to the worlds fair at st. Louis
through the agency of the East
Chinese railroad.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-05-06
CARRIER.

Terrence Carrier, hardware mer-
chant at Boscobel and one of the
prominent citizens Of that city, died
suddenly Of heart failure Friday
evening of last week at his res
idence.
Deceased was born at Cambridge,
Vermont, Dec. 5, 1927, and at the
age of nineteen immigrated to Tai
madge, Ohio, and from there to
Watertown,~ Wis, where he resided
about three years. From Water
town he went to GAINESVILLE and then
to Albany, and at the last named
place carried on the business OF
wagonmaker. At GAINESVILLE, Dec.
II, 1852, he was united in marriage
to Frances A. Powers, and in 1857
came to Grant county. We first
find him settled on a farm in town
ship of Watterstown. Later he
moved to Boscobel and entered bust
ness, first as a wagonmaker and
then embarked in the hotel trade III
which he was successful, leaving it
after eleven years, when he was
chosen sheriff of Grant county and
came to Lancaster to reside. He
served in this capacity during two
years, 1878 and 1874, and upon re-
firing returned to Boscobel and
started a hardware store in which
business he had been actively en-
gagged ever since.
He leaves to mourn his loss the
widow and three daughters Mrs.
w. E. Howe, Mrs. NJ McSpaden and
Mrs. Fred Mortimer, all of Boscobel.
Funeral obsequies were held Mon
day and the esteem in which he was
held was attested to by the large at
tendance. Floral tributes were pro
fuse and beautiful Rev. w. J. G.
Bond oficiated, assisted by Rev.
Shepherd and DR.. VIM. Stoddard OF
Black Earth, former pastor.
Terrence Carrier was well known
throughout Grant county and many
are the expressions of regret on &C
count of his demise, and as numer-
GUS the remarks as to his integrity
and worth. He counted his friends
as legion and all respected him fol
he was honest, strong, earnest and
conscientious. His demise is not
only loss to the family but to the
community in which he lived.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-05-06
WORK OF THE
GRIM REAPER
r
Many Deaths During Past
Week Recorded.
OLD AND YOUNG DEPART
T. Carrier. an Influential Citizen OF
BoscObel. an ex-Sheriff, Goes
to His Long Rest.
NICHOLS.

D. T. Nichols, one of Grant
county's pioneers, died at his home
in Montfort Saturday, aged eighty
four years. Deceased was father OF
Mrs. David Eastman of this city and
settled in Grant county in 1914.
Funeral services were held at
Georgetown yesterday.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-05-06

Miss Rose Alcorn was a guest
of Dodgeville friends over Sunday.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-05-06

Mrs. A. J. McCarn died at Platte
vile Thursday of last week after an
extended illness. Deceased was a
sister of Messrs. James and VIM.
McGonigal of Lancaster and they
with their families attended the
funeral obsequies held Saturday at
P1atteville. A husband and two
children-son and daughter, sur
vive. Deceased was born in Wing
vile township and was fifty-five
years Of age.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-05-06
LATHROP.

Mars, bright young son of Mr..
and Mrs. w. E. Lathrop of Fennl-
more, died there Wednesday Of last
week, aged eight years, Of brain
fever. Funeral services were held
Saturday. The afflicted parents
have the sympathy of a host Of Ian
caster friends i'll their loss. Mars
was manly little fellow, admired
by everyone and his absence will be
greatly missed in the home and
elsewhere.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-10
Ar Old Soldiers Experience.

Dennard Ark, Sept. 7tb.-Mr. u. j..
Hicks, merchant of this place, has
written for publication an account or
a personal experience, which is very
interesting.
81 am an old Federal soldier"
writes Mr.. Hicks, land shortly after
the close of the war was taken sick.
| had aches and pains all over me,
futtering of the heart and stomach
trouble l just simply was never a
moment without pain. | could not
sleep at night, and | was always tired
and fearfully weak.
81 took medicine all the time, but
for long time was more dead than
alive. Altogether / suffered for over
twenty years, and l believe | would
have been suffering yet, or in my
grave, if | had not read of Dodd's Kid
ney Pills.
81 got an almanac which told me OF
this remedy, and | bought some OF 1t.
| started with three pills a day, but
increased the does to six pills day. |
had not used many till my pains be-
gan to disappear. / kept on and now
can sleep and eat as well as ever
could, and | feel like a new man, with
no pains or aches left.
81 will always recommend Dodd's
Kidney Pills, for they are wonderful
remedy"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-10
her. No one was In sight. Except the
wafchers all had retired


her. No one was In sight. Except the
watchers, all had retired.
Up the stairs she glided, until she
reached long and seemingly deserted
hall. In door at its furthest end
she inserted small key. 1t noise
lessly turned in the lock and the door
few open. She carefully fastened it
behind her before proceeding on her
way.
A smaller hall divided the entrance
from tiny reception room, luxurious
ly fitted up. 1t was empty. The piano
was closed. Every book was in its
place. The misery that dwelt here
could not forget itself in music or lit
erature. The room beyond was a
sleeping chamber. She entered, shad-
ing the candle with her hand.
On the bed, fallen asleep in an atti-
tude which showed the abandon of
grief with which she had flung herself
upon her pillow, lay Avice.
The thick lashes were still fringed
with their weight of tears; the lovely
lips quivered; a sob rose in her throat
and echoed through the room, even in
her dreams. But no pity was in the
glance Of the woman watching her
though a physiogamist would have
said there was a strange likeness be.
tween the two beautiful faces, though
one was distorted with passion and TIE
other refined by suffering.
1T would be so easy!" muttered she
who watched ut would be so easy!
Who could know? who could suspect?
Why SHOULD hesitate?"
Harkl what was that? Something
sounded through the room. Again that
childs wall Was she, too, going mad?
Her hand trembled-the same dead
ly sense of suffocation stole about her
heart. In that moment Avice's eyes
slowly opened and rested upon her
ashen face.
Quick! water!" she gasped, sink
ing beside the bed; while Avice for
got her own misery in fighting off the
deadly faintness that had overcome
Barbara.
At last it passed away and Barbara
rose to go
sleep WE'LL my child she said gen.
thy. Remember you are in my care,
and try not to be unhappy"
But my brother-why does he rot
come for me?"
you forget he is not your brother.
Have l not told you before? They
have all given you up to me, When
you are satisfied and content, ! will
give you your freedom. Until then. l
cannot"
'Then I shall die prisoner" the
girl answered, YEARLY, listening drear-
lily as the key turned once more in its
lock. alone again-alone!" she sob.
bed. "Oh, God, why can l not die?"
Because you shall live and because
/ shall save you'll" answered a voice
She turned. A woman she did not
recognize stood beside her.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-10
SHAKESPEARE IN SCOTCH.
How the Master Would Sound in tn
kailyard Dialect,

How the Master Would Sound in the
kailyard Dialect.
In the August Reader, Bert Lesion
Taylor makes suggestion for a YER
sion OF Shakespeare in Scots, and
gives up portions Of Hamlet Just to
show how delightful it would sound
in this lifting language"
ACT I.--SCENE v.
Mar.-Laird Hamlet! Is
Hor.-Heeven be wi him!
Ham.-Aweel.
Mar.-Hoots, toots, ma laird!
Ham.-Hoots, tools, Gallant, COON
hurdle, COON.
Hor.--Whit news, ma laird?
Ham.-Och, uncos.
Hor.-Gude, ma laird, tell't.
Ham.-Nae, ye'll let bug, il ali telpt.
Hor.-Ah'll nae let bug, ma laird.
Mar.-Ah'm doom, ma laird.
Ham.-Cros syer bert?
Mar.-Ay, cross ma bert, ma laird.
Ham.-Aweel, aweel Wisht! There's
There's nae nae veelain in a. Den.
mark but he's a leean knave. Dive
ken that?
Hor.-Ay Ito Marcellus)-He's daft
ah'm thinkin'.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-10
Came Down Crab Fashion.

f. Norton Goddard, the conqueror
of New York's policy evil, told at the
recent dinner given in his honor at
the Savoy hotel an odd story of maid
servant.
"This maid" he said had just
come over from the old country, and
she was very green. Everything she
did proclaimed her greenness. One
of her habits was always to come
down stairs backward.
81 assure you it was funny sight
to see her descending staircase
slowly in that way. Her hand grasped
the balustrade for safety and every
little while she looked around to see
how much further she had to go.
"'Why do you come down stairs
backward, Kathleen? some one asked
her.
Sure, sir she answered, that's
the way we always came down stairs
in the ship comm over. Isn't it tho
fashion in American Boston Post.