Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-30
Local JOttingS.
&. Hickock was in Fennimore

L. q. Hickock was in Fennimore
Monday.
Operator Chas. Bennett return
ed to his duties at Madison Monday.
-Messrs. G. w. Hillary and James
Watson were over from Livingston
Monday.
&C. M. Seaman of Milwaukee was
a guest of his brother, P L., over
Sunday.
Miss Mabel Medley passed a
portion Of last week visiting friends
at Belmont.
Mrs. Noah Eastman returned to
her home in Boscobel Monday after
a pleasant visit with Lancaster rela
tives.
County Supt. Nye and Prof.
Slothower are attending the State
Teachers meetings in Milwaukee
this week.
Geo. T. Breihan, one of the
Herald's substantial farmer patrons
whose postoffice is at Ellenboro, was
a caller Monday.
The Iowa county insane asylum
near Dodgeville narrowly escaped
destruction by fire one day last
week. Prompt action saved the
structure.
Miss Dot Mccormick, who
holds a position as stenograpber in
T. L. Cleary's law Office at Platte
vile, was a guest of her father here
the past week.
The examining board for bar
bers will hold examinations in a
dozen of the larger cities of the
state during January and February
for convenience of BARRIERS who
have not already obtained license.
The nearest city to Lancaster where
examinations will be held is Madi-
son and the date, Jan. 25th.
The postoff1ce department has
decided upon designs for the St.
Louis worlds fair stamps which will
bear portraits as follows: One-cent,
Robert Livingston, minister to
France, who conducted negotiations
for the Louisiana purchase; 2-cent,
Thos. Jefferson; Scent, Jas. Mon
roe, who, with Livingston, conclud-
ed the negotiations; scent, Presi-
dent Mckinley; 10-cent, map of the
United States showing the territory
purchased from France. The de-
signs are now being made at the bu-
Feau of engraving and printing.
The, colors will be those used for like
denominations in general use. The
stamps will be about the size Of the
Chicago worlds fair stamp.
IF. P. Barnett has a Montgomery
Ward catalogue at his jewelry store
for ready reference and hardly a
day passes that it is not brought
into use. Customers look at Mr.
Barnett's goods and wares, get his
prices and then quite frequently adj
vance an argument relative to how
much cheaper they can obtain the
same article by sending to Mont
gomery Ward for it. Mr.. Barnett
then disputes their theory and gets
the catalogue. The article listed is
found to be of an inferior grade
usually. Quality being equal, Mr..
Barnett's prices are the lowest. In
this way he demonstrates the folly
of sending money away for goods
and in nearly every instance makes
the sale, saving to the purchaser
the expense of sending in the re-
mittance and the express charges,
besides making a little profit him
self. II believe it would be CAPT
tai idea," said Mr.. Barnett the other
day in speaking Of the matter, for
Lancaster merchants to join and
take page in the Herald twice a
week and quote Montgomery Wards
prices and their own alongside for
the different lines of goods they
handle. This open comparison
would educate the people along the
line of buying in manner that
could not fail to produce good re-
suits Jor the home merchant, and l
would like to see the scheme tried"