Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-06-15

waukee first of the week.
Jacob Ludschka took in the
carnival at Prairie du Chen last
week.
-Chas. Edwards and family were
here from Linden on a visit over
Sunday.
If you wish an ad. in the fair
book get your page picked out at
at once.
w. F. Okey and wife were up
from Cassville for brief visit the
latter part of last week.
-Messrs. Bert Schreiner, John
Orton and Julius Beebe took de-
parture Sunday for St. Louis to
take in the big fair.
Jos. Needham of Dubuque re-
newed Lancaster acquaintance the
past week. He is engaged in
hustling life insurance.
Miss Clare T.. Wagner is at
home for vacation. She has just
closed a successful years school
work in the Budworth district.
Winnie Willis and Pearl Cal
loway are visiting at Platteville
this week and will attend the
Normal school commencement while
there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. Edge of
Platteville were in the city Satur-
day. Mr.. Edge is a good Repub-
lican and wants no populistic
theories mixed with his.
If your bees go out on the
public highway and sting a team
you are liable for all damages;
also should your dog brighten a
team or bite a person using the
highway you are responsible for
all damage.
Evans Nye was, home from
Chicago for a brief visit with his
parents Saturday. He holds a
responsible position with the j. w.
Butler Paper company, a well
known wholesale firm, and is now
to be transferred to the charge of
one of the company's big stores at
Memphis, Tenn. We are pleased
to note his advancement.
1t is now proposed to authorize
postmasters and deputies to open
letters on which no postage stamps
have been placed to learn the name
of the writer and avoid sending it
to the dead letter office. If all who
write would have their name and
address printed on the envelopes
they use, as the postifice depart
ment requests, no such troubles
would arise.
Ralph Ray received the highest
individual marking in his final
examinations in the Lancaster high
school and is thus entitled to the
Beloit college scholarship along
with other honors. The scholar
ship is given by the college to the
graduate of the Lancaster high
school each year who receives the
highest average in all studies We
congratulate Ralph on his excellent
work.
VIM. N. Coffey of Eau Claire,
northwestern representative of the
Central Howard association, was
in Lancaster first of the week soil
citing funds for carrying on the
work of the organization, the pri-
mary object of which is to secure
good employment for discharged pri-
soners from penitentiaries and re-
formatories. He occupied the
pulpit of the Congregational church
Sunday evening and explained his
work.
Grant that the hog pays the
mortgage, buys the other forty and
keeps the boy at college, it is still
no reason why his squeal and grunt
should disturb his owners daugh-
ter as she sits in the hammock in
the front yard with her beau OF
that his odor of sanctity should
faint the summer evening air on
the front porch. Being hog and
always one, he should be kept in a
hogs place-out of sight, hearing
and smell.
Mineral Points library com.
mittee has received a communica.
ton from Carnegie's secretary to
the effect that if sufficient support
can be obtained, the gift of the
money for library building there
can be had. The question of q
library has not as yet been formally
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