Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-26
Now for the resolutions.

james Hayden was up from
Platteville Christmas.
Rev. and Mrs. Evans rejoice
over the advent of a daughter.
DIR. and Mrs. Chas. Nye of
Viola are guests at the Nye resi-
dence here.
Miss Gertrude Fahy and broth
er Mark returned here from Fond
du Lac Thursday.
Mrs. Henry Elwell and Mrs.
Adolph Lee are home to spend
Christmas with their parents.
Mrs. T. f. Baldwin and Miss
Stella Smith are passing the holi
days with the family of Will Smith
at Petersburg.
Will Mccormick of Chicago is
making his relatives visit in Lam
caster. The young man holds a
responsible position with the North
western railway company in that
city.
From the current issue of the
Wahpeton IN. D. Globe we note
the death of Mrs. Mary Gudger at
at her home in that city, aged rs
years. Deceased was married to
David Gudger near Waukesha,
Wisconsin, in 1847, and later they
moved to Lancaster where five
children were born to them. When
the rebellion broke out Mr.. Gud-
ger enlisted in a Wisconsin regi-
ment, and lost his life in the battle
of Gettysburg. Mrs. Gudger was
left with five young children with
no means of support except her
own labor, and a small pension
which the government allowed her
and the young children. Mrs.
Gudger moved to North Dakota
with her family in 1877, where she
resided to time of her death.
The Chicago papers, especially
the Tribune, have a good deal of
fun at the expense of the country
newspapers. What's the matter
of 'em? Are they jealous because
we live out here where we can get
fresh air and fresh eggs and enjoy
life as it was meant to be- These
poor, warped artistes (note the 9 in
that world fiddle around like a lot
of schoolgirls and hit upon some
of the funniest things you ever
heard of. Why, every now and
then somebody laughs at them.
The writers laugh and think it's a
good joke when some Of the
country newspapers say, "Hiram
H1gbee has sold his Holstein. COW
to Ez Mawield," but of course it
is. the thing when they say, "Algie
van Poochenstein has just returned
from the Epsom-Squirtem kennels. y
Oh, that's great. That bull pup
would bring about 20 cents in the
dog pound and II. Higbee's COW
would sell for at least $40 in the
dark. Because ''Ozzie Benton was
over to Union Center Thursday to
see his best girl" they throw a
shoe. But if Harold Worsting-
hauser Pook, the society leader
was in Milwaukee last Sunday to
visit Miss Gertie Crabst," they
drool all over their 80 cent ''dickey''
and have three pictures of Gertie
and Harold on the front page. It's
all right for them to set the standard,
but it's time they got out of their
rut and changed the subject.
A country editor tells of the
joys of meeting the trains that pass
through the village. The custom
is quite honored in the rural dis
tricts, where old settlers take a
pride in the record that they have
not missed a train, or failed to make
a mental note of all arrivals and
departures, for nigh onto forty
year." They have refereed all
goodby kisses, tempered all parting
hugs and frowned down each f1irta-
ton between the town girls and
the travelling men for a period of
many, many years. No sooner is
the foot Of the oncoming train
heard in the distance than they
climb down from their barrels and
three-legged stools of the country
grocery and make a Decline for
the depot (accent on the ''pot.")
Soon ''she" swings around the
curve under full head of steam,
dashes into the station and stops
with snort! The old timer is
there, like the steady beau on Sun
day eve, fully prepared to accept
every opportunity. If new en-
L. L j. L. Ia