Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-08
IIerchants are invoicing.


son Friday.
&C. P. Him of Fennimore was
in the city Monday.
-Thos. Tormey of Fennimore
called on friends here Saturday.
Mrs. Sam Joeckel left Monday
for visit with friends at Rockford,
I'll.
Mote the call for annual meet
ing of the Farmers Telephone COM
pany.
-Messrs. Fred Duncalf and Mac
McCrady returned to Belolt college
Monday
On a slippery morning, do you
like to see people fall? It's a BAD
sign, if you do.
Avoid authorizations in writing
otherwise you will get into the habit
of breaking your word.
Mrs. Sam Stephens was called
to New Hampton, Ia., Friday on &C
count of the illness of a sister.
When a man carries a picture
in the inside of his watch there is
generally a woman in the case.
A snob is a person who is afraid
somebody else will get where they
are both trying to get before he does.
Perhaps the worst thing about
rheumatism is the apparent necessity
of listening to everybody's cure for
it.
Even woman living under the
equator would feel cool without furs
if she heard some other women had
them.
A ten cent per pound revenue
on tea was removed January 1st
and this commodity is now on the
free list.
Death struggles are something
sad, but they are nothing in compari-
sonwith the struggles of some peo-
pie to live.
When two men get together
each talks about himself; when wo-
man meet they both talk about some
other woman.
Tom Cox Post, No. 1872 and w.
R. c., No. AZ, will hold public joint
installation Jan. 10th, in the even
ing at the G.. A. r. hall.
The Burton Home circle will
, hold grab bag' social on the 14th
for the benefit of the pastor, tC
which all are cordially invited.
DIR. and Mrs. Barber of Wauke.
sha visited relatives here last week.
On Saturday they took their de-
parture for Biloxi, Miss, where they
expect to pass the winter.
JAS. Edwards of Hazel Green,
accompanied by bright, manly ap-
pearing youngster, bearing the
name of James Edwards, Jr., was in
the city Monday and Tuesday.
-Secy. David Schreiner's financial
report of the condition of the Farm
ers' Telephone company published
elsewhere in this issue denotes effic-
lent service and careful manage.
ment.
Misses Ella and Nell Hicks Of
Rockford, ILL.,, who have been guests
of S. I'll. Joeckel and family, re
turned to their home Monday. Mrs
Joeckel and children accompanied
them and will be absent several
weeks.
John Schneider brought in the
slickest bunch of shoats Monday
than we have seen for many day
Nine Of them brought $259.25. L.
Alt & Son purchased them, and q
goodly portion of their anatomy
will be devoted to lard.
Mrs. Geo. E. Budd went to Ar.
gyle Tuesday to install the officers
of the O. E. S. at that place. This
is one of the lodges of the order
Mrs. Budd installed while she was
grand matron and friendship formed
at that time induced her to perform
this pleasant task. She has been
invited to install the officers al
Dodgeville Thursday night.
The life of the dealer in HARD
coal just at the present time is not
one fowery bed of ease or path
way strewn with roses. Strange te
relate, the dealer in the elusive
black diamonds bowls with rage, al
most, when he hears that he is tc
receive "a part of his shipment.
And the reason is simple. Every
dealer in the city has probably sew
eral hundred orders stacked uI