Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-31
Two Runaways, One With
Serious Results.
BROKEN HARNESS CAUSE
Initial Number of the Popular Enter
tainment Course Proved a
Great Success.

The Star Concert company, the
first number in the course Of en-
tertainments for this season, rend
cred a purely musical program,
mostly of the classic kind to a
large audience in the City hall
Friday evening. The program,
which lasted about an hour and a
half, was replete with selections
of high type, and it was given with
snap and vigor, there being no
long intervals between the selec-
tons. The hearty plaudits which
followed each number and the
many encores we're an index not
only to the manifest artistic skill
and training of the troupe but also
to the high appreciation of the
audience. In every human soul
there is a rhythmic response that
accords with the harmonious
melody Of sweet music, and the
human voice surpasses all musical
instruments in consonating and
giving expression to tones. Even
the harp with it's multitude of
strings which Mrs. Farrant-Kuss'
nimble fingers picked to perfection
suffers by comparison, yet her
performance in ''Eolian Sounds"
was superb. The alto solo, en-
titled ''Holy City," by Miss Olson
and the quartettes, Shippers of
ST. Ives" ''Wake to the Hunting"
sung for our nimrod lovers and
''Star of Descending Night" were
especially good. But when the
quartette, robed in cap and gown,
sang six college songs such as rid
Jig, Jig" and ''She is SO Queer, "
the audience reached the acme of
its enthusiasm. The finest selec-
ton of the evening, however, was
the bass solo, Rocked in the Cradle
OF the Deep" by Mr.. Russ. The
whole assemblage listened with
breathless silence as his clear, deep,
powerful but resonant and melodi-
Gus voice farely made the pillows
of the mighty ocean to surge be-
fore their eyes.
E. J. Henchlin, the Rooster flour
man, while enroute from Dubuque
to Potosi via Dickeyville, had
trying experience which he will
not forget soon. When within
three miles of Potosi and while
going down a slight grade where
the road was very rough and rocky
a tug broke freeing the pole from
the neckyoke resulting in the buggy
and horses leaving the road and
crashing into a barb wire fence.
The horses became unmanageable
and commenced to rear and kick;
plunging forward they managed
to free themselves from the buggy
and dashed madly up the road.
Mr.. Henchlin was dragged from
the rig and left in the road covered
with dust but otherwise uninjured.
While this was transpiring the
Misses Rena Vondrum, Dora and
Bertha Duve of Potosi were coming
from the opposite direction on their
way to Keller, and as they were
also coming down grade they had
a good view of the approaching
calamity They we're Mortified at
the sight and commenced to scream,
Miss Vondrum fearing that, the
oncoming frenzied horses would
run into them leaped from the
vehicle and scrambled for the en-
bankment opposite the road.
Fortunately the runaway horses
steered clear of the approaching
conveyance and from Mr.. Henchlins
vision no serious damage was
apparent, but the cries and moons
from Miss Vondrum proved such
was not the case. In jumping from
their conveyance she fell in such
a manner as to break bone in her
ankle. Mr.. Henchlin assisted her
on the buggy and suggested that
they return to Potosi for medical
treatment, but they thinking the
injury was not of a serious nature
proceeded on their journey. In
the meantime the injury caused
her intense pain and in reaching
Dickeyville and being unable to
get medical treatment there, they
returned to Potosi where Doctor
McGovern upon examination pro-
nounced the ankle as being broken.
In the meantime Mr.. Henchlin
started afoot for Potosl expecting
to find his horses there and make
arrangements to bringin his buggy,
but after walking a short distance