Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-07
Henry Baker is visiting in Cobt

-IlouIy DdhcI 10 N1ciu1IIS7 Ii OOOO'
Miss Matte Rogers is visiting
at Cassville.
Mrs. W. B. Dyer is visiting at
Prairie du Ohien.
&C. Fischer & Sons have fine
line of new heaters.
Lambert Groenier is on a bust
ness tour at MontfOrt and Livings-
ton this week.
Bounty on 4S1 rattle snakes was,
paid in Crawford county last
month or $24O.5O.
Misses Laura and Dora Wurster
returned here last week from
Savanna, ILL.,, where they enjov d
a pleasant visit.
R. G. Vernon, a we'll known
Madison politician, committed sui
eide at the home of a brother in
Kansas City Friday by taking poi
son.
Mrs. Will Carter accompanied
her mother, Mrs. r. B. Showalter,
home and will make an extended
visit here. Her husband will join
her later at Lancaster.
Mrs. O. W. Phelps of Kanawa,
Iowa, is a guest of her sister,
Mrs. Warren Hannum. Her hus-
band is a prominent physician at
at Kanawa and will join her here
Friday.
Two Grant county couples
we're married at Galena Thursday.
They were Richard Webster and
Ada Bailey of Platteville and VIM.
Pascoe, Platteville, and Miss Nora
Philips, Arthur.
There was a sensation along
the Wisconsin river last week when
the steamer Fortuna, on it's way
from Chicago to the gulf, caused a
rushing about and opening of
rusty drawbridges. The boat was
carrying party of pleasure seekers.
Weeds not only hurt the farm
which grows them, but they hurt
the sale of the property. We know
of case where this years crop of
weeds grown around a farm home
stead cost the owner not less than
$3.50 and came near spelling the sale
of his place.
The ability to make a good loaf
of bread is an accomplishment which
every woman should possess before
she gets married. A woman cannot
expect to hold mans affection very
securely if she feeds him on death
slug biscuits, soggy pie crust and
burned or half cooked meats. Men
do not live to eat, but they have to
eat in order to live, and what they
have to eat has very much to do
with their temper their piety and
their health. Every woman should
take a just pride in being expert and
accomplished in her cooking just as
the man should in being expert in
! his business or profession.
The supreme court last week
announced the appointment of
Judge Philo A. Orion of Darling
ton as commissioner to redistrict
the judicial circuits of Wisconsin
! in place of F. n. Bloomingdale,
resigned. Mr.. Orion is one of five
commissioners appointed to com
pile statistics in regard to the
volume of business in the several
judicial circuits of the state and
their duties will be to report a
bill to the next legislature re-dis-
tricting the state into such judicial
circuits as will equalize, as nearly
as possible, the labors of the judges
thereof. Judge Orion is well
qualified to act as a member of
the commission and his many friends
congratulate him upon his appoint
ment.
This year will be remembered,
among other things, for unusual
density, richness and beauty OF
foliage on the trees. Autumn will
probably contribute it's full quota
to make the year remarkable in
this respect Springs lush tenderness
and summers exuberant develop
ments of leaf are to be followed
by such glorious exhibitions OF
coloring in autumn as are only
occasionally to be enjoyed. Al
ready the sumacs are blazing with
such brilliant shades and masses
of red as they seldom wear. The
oaks are giving us pleasant vari,
ETY. of warm russets; the elms and
box elders flame in yellow. The
naples have as yet shown only a
few of there glories, but these are
~