Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-30
"A dollar spent in advertising
is wise investment.

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oats in his ad. today.
An old-fashioned winter would
be all right if we only had the old
fashioned price of cord wood.
"A long cold spell in January
is said to mean an early spring. We
hope SO for the marrow is nearly
frozen in our bones.
Edward Patch, the venerable
postmaster of Patch Grove, cele-
brated his SOth birthday this week.
He is still hale and hearty.
Sheriff Watson will hold sale
at the Livingston stockyards next
Thursday afternoon at which time
125 choice ewes will be offered.
Frank Heidi, the popular
young jeweler at F. P. Barnett's,
will start in business for himself
at Darlington soon The Herald
wishes him success in the venture.
-Orrin Mecum committed
suicide at his home near Richlend
Center last Friday by shooting.
He was brother of DIR. Mecum of
Bagley. The unfortunate man was
suffering from consumption
A farmer who stuck up a red
flag in front Of his house on the
highway to notify the cream hauler
to stop also scared off two tramps,
a peddler of fruit trees and county
politician, who took the flag for
indication of contagious disease.
The town cow is usually much
better fed and cared for than her
coun try relative 1t costs so much
to keep COW in town that only
good ones are worth keeping and
only by liberal and proper feeding
can they be made to pay their way.
Mrs Sam Richards of this city
who was recently conveyed to the
hospital for insane at Mendoza
gave birth to a daughter at that
institution this week. Her husband
here was notified. She has about
recovered her mind and will return
home soon.
The Lancaster Lumber COM
pany recently purchased the stock
and business of the Jenkins East
man Lumber company here and
the stock is being moved. There
are now but two yards in Lancas-
ter. John Rose, resident manager
of the Jenkins Eastman yard, will
return to the employ of the com
pany at Platteville.
The Congregational church and
society with their auxiliaries closed
a successful year, having expended
of the amounts of money received
total of $1742.O9 Of which $1O19. So
was on the salary fund, $147.33 con-
tributed to missions and 1914. so
used to meet the different items of
home expenses. Most of the auxil-
iaries treasurers have balance en-
hand The membership of the
church numbers 223.
"A preacher and lawyer met OH
a train one day and of course got
in conversation. The lawyer asked
the preacher in case of mistake
in his sermon what he would do.
"Welr' said the preacher, that
depends upon how great a mistake
it is. If they are great I correct
them but if slight I let them go.
The other day I was going to tell
the audience that the devil was the
father of all liars and by mistake
said he was the father of all lawyers
but the mistake was so small I let
it 60"
February End is observed in
the Catholic world as the feast of |
the Publication of the Blessed |
The feast is known as
day, the day on which |
the candles are brought to the
and blessed by the priests
in sufficient quantities to supply |
the affairs during the following
year, and for use in the homes of |
the parishioners. The next day, |
February 3rd, is the feast of st.
Blaze. on which dav the cara1nOnv
of the Threats is carried out. These
feast days will be observed in the
usual manner in the Catholic
churches with mass every morning
at s o'clock the celebration there
of to be followed by the special
ceremonies appropriate to the day.
If the farmers of the United
States are not the best fed people
On earth it is their own fault.
With the hen. the COW. the garden