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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23

of McCauslan9 Hoag & Turner, Chi
cago stock buyers, gave his profession
al services in the judging of horses and
cattle.
On the grounds we're noted many
visitors from neighboring towns, and
former Bloomington people, now re-
siding abroad. Right here, we say that
this is the pleasantest part of the fair
idea, day out of doors, where the
friends and relatives from far and
near meet and have a good visit all
around. 1t is the feature which keeps
up the attendance of the country fair,
and all must admit that it is a pleas
ant as we'll as profitable custom.
The Long company supplied enter
tainment at the City hall every night,
and gave general satisfaction. Their
plays we're late city successes. and only
lacked stage setting to make them me-
tropolitan in character. Over a hum
dred couples attended the dance on
Friday night.
In all respects it was a week of fun,
frolic and festivity for the people, and
they are happier and healthier for such
relaxations from the strenuous de-
mands of the business grind.
The management deserves great cred
it for bringing out goodly amount of
enthusiasm for an institution late
years reckoned as rather dead. 1t is
undoubtedly the turning point of the
society's fairs, which will hereafter be
up to the mark with the other fairs of
this part of the state. Should the So
ciety conclude to form running"
circuit with Lancaster, Boscobel and
two or three more societies, there can
be no possible doubt of the greatest
success next year.
The influence of advertising as pro-
mulgated by Sec. J. B. Ludden, who
generously gave UP much of his valu-
able time for the fair, is responsible in
great measure for the success Of the
fair.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23

In an Indianapolis Office building two
lawyers-R. c. Robinson and John H.
Jump-have Offices on opposite sides
of a corridor. Mr.. Robinson's office
boy, with lavor-saving inclination,
whitfield out signboard with wheel
at the end, and by manipulating the
wheel he saved himself numerous in
quiries as to whether his employer was
"in" or "out."
The scheme worked so well that the
rival boy across the hall made SINH
lar sign. 1t was put in while Judge
Jump was at court. When he re-
turned he laughed for five minutes,
while the boy, unconscious that the
chief was anywhere near, made his
sign read alternately Jump in" and
Jump out Chicago Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23

track met with humiliation, and
there are more trains running now
over that road than there were
then. The manifest moral is: Get
aboard the train. Don't try to head
it off. Some country merchants
note the changed conditions only to
bew all them. Others see the changes
and shape their business methods to
meet it. The latter class study the
means adopted by the department
stores and mail order houses to push
trade and adapt them to their own
business. They find that these
city establishments have simplified
the matter of shopping by describing
and pricing their goods right in the
homes of the people; shoppers who
formerly made a tour of the stores
to learn where and what to buy can
now do the most laborious part OF
this task while sitting at the tireside
in their own homes. This is made
possible by a liberal and effective
use of printers ink and newspaper
advertising. Progressive merchants
in small cities and towns meet this
competition by adopting its weapons
In doing this they have a decided
advantage. Local newspapers are
read much more generally within
their territory than city dailies and
afford a better opportunity for
communicating with the people OF
the rural districts. Therefore up to
date local merchants, as rule gladly
avail themselves of the opportunity
to keep IN touch with the people OF
their territory by judicious outlay
for advertising in the home papers.
Where the village storekeeper
years ago advertised to help the
paper along he now advertises to
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23
Their View of It.

There are some people in Lancas-
ter who would like us to run daily
paper here and something on this
style:
Monday. Mr.. Freepuff, one of
our prominent merchants, is going
to Madison tomorrow.
Tuesday Mr.. Freepuff was a
passenger to Madison today.
Wednesday. The genial Mr.. Free
puff returned from Madison this
noon.
Thursday. Mr.. Freepuff made a
flying trip to Platteville today to
purchase pig.
Friday Special to the Daily Her
aid Mr.. Freepuff, one of Lancas-
ter's substantial business men,
closed a deal in Platteville today
for blonde pig.
Saturday. Mr.. Freepuff and pig
arrived from Platteville today.
They were met at the depot by the
band and welcomed back by the
mayor. In few well-chosen words
Mr.. Freepuff responded and said he
would have it all put in the Daily
Herald; he stated further that all
who had come to greet him could
work the editor for free copy. He
incidentally expressed his regret in
closing that the paper was not en-
terprising enough to get out Sun
day edition.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23

That energetic and good old game
football will be subjected to some
changes and innovations this year
according to Spaulding's official foot
ball guide-which is just received
that will prove rather surprising
to the follower of the sport.
The campaign against the game
and certain methods of play started
last year was strong enough to
make itself felt with the rules
committee, and as a result they
have made changes designed to do
away with the heavy and crush
ing mass plays and substituting
speed for brute strength.
Many provisions have been made
for the projections Of the player.
Penalties are to be very severe for
rough play. Heavy sole leather
pads are ruled out as more danger
Gus to the opponent than protect
ing to the wearer. The heavy
unyielding head gear Of sole leather
or paper mache will no longer be
worn, and the pneumatis or soft
padded head harness will be
harmless to the other fellow.
Changes this year are the most
radical since the old flying V was
abolished. The rules committee
in endeavoring to prove OF dis
prove the merits of the new style
of play have arranged for a COM
parison on the field of play, more
telling that any amount of argu-
ment. The space within the two
opposing twenty-five yard lines
has been selected as the field
of play for the new game. Be-
tween twenty-five yard lines and
goal, teams are permitted to go
back to old style and protect or
assault goal as formerly. Within
the twenty-five yard lines, the
field will look like a giant checker
board, five yard lines being laid
out parallel as well as at right
angles to the side lines. This is
done to enable the referee to judge
readily whether the new rule per-
uniting the quarterback to run
with the ball is complied with.
The first change permits the
quarterback to carry the ball be-
tween the twenty-five yard lines,
provided he cross the line of
scrimmage twenty-five yards out
from the point where he receives
the ball. 1t is presumed any one
of the backs will be found receiv-
ing the ball direct from center and
carrying it around the ends clause
specifies that the first man who
receives the ball' can carry it,
provided he crosses the scrimmage
line five yards out.
Punters and kickers have been
often hurt by the opponents break
ing through and roughing them
after they had kicked to prevent
them from running down the field
and putting their team on side.
The kicker can no longer do this
and accordingly penalties fo1
rough play are made severe and
will be rigidly enforced.
Last years rule providing chat
teams change goals after every
touchdown has been amended to
read that the team that did not
kick off at the beginning of the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23
New Foot Boil Rules.

first half shall kick off at the beg
inning of the second half and shall
occupy the opposite goal from the
one at the first of the game. An
other change provides that the
team scored against can elect to
kick off or have the scoring team
kick off. This is designed to pre-
vent an inferior team being hope
lessly showed under.
If the center be off-side in pass
ing the ball second time in the
same scrimmage his side shall be
fined five yards, if he is off side
a third time he forfeits the ball
to his opponents.
Between the twenty-five yard
lines seven men must be on the
scrimmage line when the ball is
passed. This short rule is enough
to prohibit the mass play between
these bounds. Outside them this
rule is not enforced nor can the
quarter run with the ball.
Penalties this year are severer
than ever before. For holding
an opponent offending party loses
twenty yards. The old rule
against tackling below the knees,
which was seldom enforced, has
been abolished and a rule sub
stituted providing against tripping.
Twenty yards is the penalty for
tripping. With this new rule it
will be permitted to hit a man
very low, but if the tackler fails
to hold him and the man stumDles,
the fuke will prove rather expen-
sive.
If the defending team charges
upon it's opponents before the
ball is put in play the team charged
upon is permitted to advance the
ball five yards.
The linesman is clothed with
some authority this year, being
empowered himself to fine a side
for off-side play on the line,
tripping or unnecessary roughness.
If the umpire and the lineman
make contrary decisions, affecting
opposite teams the ball shall be
brought back to the former posi-
ton and the play resumed in the
same way as before.
The change in the rules will more
evenly balance the chances of 9
light fast team winning against
a heavy team. In the middle OF
the field where end runs and line
bucks by the backs are allowed
the fast team will have the adj
vantage and speed will count more
than weight. Defending the goa
the heavy team will have the
advantage in some slight degree.
At any rate the spectacle of a
heavy team going from one end
of the field to the other by a rapid
succession of crushing, grinding
mass plays will no .onger be seen.
just what the result will be tC
the game is not known. The
changes are not generally re-
garded very favorably throughout
the west, but it is believed the
new rules are for the best, and
the changes will go a long way
in making the game less danger
osu, cleaner and every whit az
exciting as the former mode Of
play.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23
"Doc" Harbridge Dead.

VIM. Harbridge, the well known
travelling salesman, commonly
known by the term of DOC"
Harbridge, was asphyxiated by
gas at his residence in Chicago
Friday night.
Deceased was nearly seventy
years of age and had sold footwear
in Wisconsin for term of thirty
years or more.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23
DEALS IN DIRT.
Reed & Gamers Weekly Report of
Grant County Real Estate Transfers.

List of the real estate transfers
recorded in the Office of the register
of deeds of Grant County, Wisconsin
from Sept. 18th to Sept. 10Th, A
D. 1908;
Mary Jane Bell to Laure A. Pfuger
2 lots in the city of Platteville.
John Conroy to Stephens Dennis
40 acres in Sec. 80, town Of Clifton.
Hiram Comstock to John. Ruka
lot in the city of Boscobel.
Geo. w. Dyer to w. G. Palmer, lot
in the city of Boscobel.
Peter Gasner to J. M. Mecum, LOT
in the village Of Bagley.
Lewis Glass to J. M. Mecum, 2 lots
in the Glass addition to Bagley.
Peter Henkel to Henry BelZ, lots
in the city of Lancaster.
w. HI. Howdle to Jane Pedelty, Il
acres in town of Clifton.
Ann Huntington to Annie Hunt
ington, lots in the city of Platteville.
Paul Jeardoe to Paul HI. Jeardoe
14O acres in Sec. %, town of Lima.
T. A. Metcalf to John Tenant
lots IN Fennimore.
G. III. Meyer to Joseph Richgels
152 acres in Sec. y, town of Marion.
Belle Oswald Ell al to Margaret
Elliott, lot in the village of Blue
River.
Philip E. Reed to John Mankel
80 acres in Sec. IL, town of Ellenboro.
William F. Schroeder to M. S
Sickle, part of lot in Platteville.
w. E. Shimmin to j. T. Bennett, lots
in the city of Lancaster.
Lucinda and Elizabeth Shepherd
to Philip Reed, 1872 town of Liberty.
The State Bank of Fennimore to
w. T. Ferguson. IS acres in Secs.
and 2, town of Liberty.
John P. Sedlmayer to J. M. Mecum
lots in the village of Bagley.
John Tenant to G.. r. Fischer, lots
in the village of Fennimore.
Emily Williams to Gerhardt Adrian
lots in the village of Cassville.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23
Rivers On a Rampage.

The heavy rains in the northern
portions of Wisconsin have swelled
all streams to the dangerous point
and both the Mississippi and Wis
consin are on rampage. Every
thing on low lands adjacent to
these streams is flooded and much
damage is reported
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23

Al. lehman is in Prairie du
Chen.
Hugh Mathews of Boscobel
was in the city yesterday.
Congressman Babcock and Serg.
at Arms Casson are greeting con-
stituelts and friends in Grant
county this week. The gentlemen
arrived in Lancaster Monday even
ing and leave for Platteville this
morning. They will be at the
Boscobel fair next week.
Continued rains and wet weather
have ruined three-fourths Of the
musk-melon crop in Wisconsin.
The melons are rottiIg on the vines
before ripening and in some sections
no yield whatever is expected. Even
should warm, dry weather
now obtain, it is feared that it will
be too late to save but few if any, of
the melons. Local dealers have
obtained some scattering small
quantities from the farmers but the
main source of supply is Southern
Illinois. Weather conditions which
have prevailed in Wisconsin have
been noted generally in all parts of
the country, having tendency to
limit the melon supply and raise
prices above the normal. In the
Lancaster retail market the fruit is
selling at from to Is cents
The country editor must and
does depend upon his friends to
help make his paper interesting.
Show some interest in your local
paper, give all the information you
can to the publisher. Marriages,
births, deaths, or any little item
may Interest someone. Such items
are often absent simply because you
don't let the editor know of them.
Did you ever think what steady
letter a newspaper isl Week after
week it goes on telling of the little
things that happen in your neigh
borhood. IF you undertook to write
half as much as the paper tells you
you would give up in despair. The
letters would grow shorter and
farther apart and finally cease.
People in a live town recognize this
and take pleasure in giving the
editor items he would otherwise
miss.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23
To Close Early.

The merchants of Lancaster
will close their places of business
at p. M, except Wednesday and
Saturday evenings of each week,
commencing Sept. 2Sth.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23

help his business along, and he
recognizes it as one of the most
important and necessary items of ex-
pense.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23
Mrs. VIM. Rose is visiting rela
tives in Milwaukee.

H. w. Brown withdrew from
board of directors Of Lancaster
Mining company at the annual
meeting of the organization held
Friday evening last at the council
chamber, and Henry Henkel was
chosen to fill the vacancy. w. E.
Shimmin was named for general
manager. The mill will be placed
on the Eberle mine at once.
John Huntimer of Madison,
S. D., is in Grant county renewing
acquaintance after an absence of
25 years. He was one of the
youngest Wisconsin soldiers to en-
list in the Civil war, being but IA
years of age. He was not small
of stature however, weighing
nearly $50 pounds. Mr.. Huntimer
notes numerous changes here
abOuts.
The offer of free tuition made
by the Wisconsin Business Univel
sity has been extended to Sept.
3Oth, owing to an error in other
advertising matter. If you desire
practical BUSINESS education and
position, if you excel, send for
beautiful catalogue containing full
information and nearly 1000 por-
traits of graduates whom we have
assisted in securing positions
Address Wisconsin Business Univer-
sity, La Crosse, Wis.
Jos. T. Bennett is undecided
as to when he will construct new
building on his recently acquired
property, the Jones block, which
he now occupies. 1t is quite pro-
bable however that operations
will be opened next season. DR..
j. III. Reed will raze his corner
building at the same time and a
joint structure of modern design
will be erected by these two en-
terprising men. Mr.. Bennett Sc
cured 40 #. 6 in. of frontage by
the purchase, for which he paid
$3.50 per #. The plat was sup
posed to have contained more than
this and an outcome of the survey
made shows that the store build
ing of Ivey & Webb encroaches Il
feet upon ground not owned by this
firm, and that instead they possess
this amount of real-estate in the
alley to the east of them.
We dislike to see, as we did
a few days since, an invitation in
local paper for the people OF the
community to turn out on a GER
tain day and make a bee to cut
the big weeds in the cemetery.
Of course it is better to pay this
much respect to our dead than to
let the weeds remain standing
through the winter, but it is a
sorry state of affairs where the
people of a civilized community
do not provide some better way
of caring for a spot which should
command their highest respect
and generation. If your cemetery
is in this fix get a few good women
interested and have them organize
a women's cemetery association,
and we will absolutely guarantee
that they will get enough plunks
out of the pockets of the indiffer-
ent men of the community so that
the cemetery will be kept present
able and attractive all the time,
and no bee will oe needed to NOV
weeds in September.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23

Nearly all departments were we'll
filed with fine exhibits. In the live
stock department the exhibition of
horses was extremely fine, and the
fancy work in the art hall was worth
noting. The proverbial pumpkin was
there in more than it's original grand
eur, and the general display of vege-
tables was very fair. In fact, the ex-
hibits were so much better than last
year that the management feels very
much encouraged over the renewed in
terest in this part of the fair. 1t aug
urs we'll for next years exhibition.
midway" was not as we'll represent
ed as usual. The wild man and savage
woman were not very drawing attrac-
tions.
Stand men reported light business.
Geo. Watermelon Sellick, one and in
separable with every fair, dispensed
his Juicy fruit from the tail end of the
lumber wagon, and Gen. Saml Draper
did land-office business in rosettes OF
the three colors of the rainbow, throw
ing in cheerful smile, and also full
measure of wink in the case OF pretty
girls.
The music was of high order and
was furnished by the best talent from
several neighboring cities. In the
evening the band played number OF
splendid pieces on the street.
II M. Taylor of the we'll known firm
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23
BLOOMINGTON FAIR.
Weather Man Unkind, but Exhibition
Success Nevertheless.

The thirty seventh fair of the Blake's
Prairie Agricultural society last
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday was
a success in every way. The weather
on Wednesday and Thursday was very
unpromising, and recent rains made
the roads quite bad. The weather on
Thursday was cloudy and cold with oc-
casional sprinkles of rain, and few
flakes of snow were seen On the
grounds. Consequently the attend
ance was rather light on that day.
Friday, however, was nice bright day
and the attendance was good-about
200 more than last year. The attend
ance on Thursday was only about 500,
while Fridays tickets accounted for
about $500 people.
The features of Thursdays program
we're fine game of ball between
Bloomington and Little Grant, and
the two races. The ball game was one
Of the best seen in this county this
season and resulted in a score Of 6 to 4
in favor of Little Grant.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23

Friday mornings program opened
with an Evolutionary contest, which
was very interesting. Julia Zakezeski
won first prize, SIS; Jesse Ruble, Sec
ond, $40; and A. J. Smith, third, Sc.
The judging of exhibits occurred
during the forenoon. The entries
numbered 735 as against 572 last year,
gain of 40 per cent.
The afternoon program was excel
lent, trimming over with races and
athletic contests. They came on SO
fast and furious that the people did
not have time to get a bit tired, as is
the case at some fairs, and the almost
unanimous opinion of the large crowd
was very fiattering to the management.
We heard it frequently stated that
such fine program was deserving of a
much larger patronage. Following
are the results of races and sports:
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-06-13
Sport in Portugal.

Prominent among the king Of Por-
tugal's varied tastes, saysthe London
Chronicle, is an English passion for
sport of all kinds, and it is known
that once even, when duke Of Bra
ganza, he entered the ring to face a
bull with points undated" that is to
say, not padded, as is generally the
case in Portugal as distinguished
from Spain. One Of the ladies Of the
court had dared the duke to face a
bull with its horns unguarded, and
so he entered the arena in the Span
ish manner-incognito, though ev-
eryone knew who the bold banderillo
was. Unfortunately the duke slipped
and fell, but starting up, before the
bull could charge again, he ran for
the barricade, and cleared it at &
bound just a moment or two before
the Infatuated animal splintered the
woodwork with its horns.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-06-13
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