Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-29
Corn is booming.

= Carl Orion was a passenger TO
Baraboo Saturday morning.
Lemons are 81 a box higher
than they were month ago.
Many dogs are still untagged
and the city needs the money.
Live so that your children will
follow your example as well as
your precepts.
Viola and Grace Day and Elva
Browning visited near Platteville
over Sunday.
-Messrs. Walter and Chas.
Drinkwater were over from Livings-
ton Saturday.
Lancaster lawns never before
appeared as fresh and green at this
season of the year.
Harvest is on in full blast and
the steam thresher has already
opened the fall campaign.
Mrs. Henry Eenkel and daugh-
ter Esther and Mrs. Geo. Garner
were visitors at Animation Sunday.
A willing witness is a good deal
like a decaying tooth. Unless
stopped in time, he is apt to go too
far.
During the storm yesterday at
ternoon lightning struck Gus
Posey's barn situated in the third
ward, killing one of his horses.
The only time some newspapers
contain anything worth while is
when they are used as wrapping
paper by the vendor Of ham sand
wiches.
Mrs. w. P. Rowden is at Lin
den assisting in care of the Edwards
family She was accompanied by
her father, James Gilbert, and her
daughter.
-Chas. Edwards and family are
undergoing a seige of whooping
cough at their home at Linden.
Mr.. Edwards and his four children
are all in the throes of the malady.
Jos. Nathan was taken to
Prairie du Chen sanitarium yester-
day by Mrs. Nathan and his daugh-
ter, Mrs Clements. 1t is hoped
that treatment there will prove
beneficial.
The Ladies' Aid society Ct the
Congregational church will meet
with Mrs. Clifton Friday afternoon,
July 31st. Buses will be at the
church at 2 p. m. All desiring to
go please be prompt.
Born: At Animation, Wednes-
day, July 22nd, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Dan. Smith, a pair of twin boys.
The youngsters are healthy and
happy and the parents are kept
busy attending to their wants.
Conductor. J. f. Whitney and
wife are enjoying an outing at
Quite DIES Mortes, a summer resort
near Oshkosh. A party of friends
from Milwaukee joined them there,
and they expect to be absent two
weeks.
The first moment of real, I'M
utterable, unfathomable despair a
young man experiences is when he
finds his wife's glorious tresses I'M
dergoing a thorough brushing the
while they are fastened to the back
of chair.
Deaths are still occurring all
over the country as a result Of 4th
of July accidents, which leads us
to remark that this is the only ma
ton on earth which utilities dy-
Mantle AID gaint powder as play
things for children.
-Supt. R. G. Cowan of Baraboo,
H. P. Morrill, of Madison, super
intendent of depots and bridges,
and Roadmasser Snyder of Mont
fort all Northwestern officials,
were in the city looking after rail
road interests Monday.
This is the quiet time of the
year with the merchant. Few
farmers can spare the time to come
to town to do trading, being busy
in the fields with their crops. Yet
everything considered the merchants
of Lancaster are doing fairly good
business.
Patrick Larkin, a well known
resident of Hazel Green township,
Grant county, passed away Wednes-
day morning at his home two miles
east of Louisburg. Mr.. Larkin was
a prominent citizen in the affairs of
his township and only recently re-
signed the Office of town chairman.