Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-16

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first event of the kind this season.
Editor Rufus D. Quick of Mont
fort was in the city yesterday as
was also Editor r. l. Dugdale of
Platteville.
Dan Trainer was over from
Bloomington yesterday. He recent
ly passed through a serious attack
of appendicitis.
-Messrs. Will Kendall and John
McKevitt are touring West Grant
for the first named in interests of
that excellent cigar the Edward
Blackwell.
"A dinner party was given at DR..
G. c. Marlow's Sunday in honor
of DR.. S. A. MARROW, and a dozen
or more of invited guests partook
of the hospitality of the host and
hostess, mostly relatives. DR.. S.
A. will be able to resume his
office practice at Bloomington soon.
A move is on foot in some
states to secure special legislation
to exempt the horses and rigs of
rural mail carriers from taxation
This would be but petty relief, not
over 50 per year. The government
should raise their wages to $50 per
month, which in most cases would
be a fairly satisfactory compen-
sation.
The village fathers Of Cassville
passed two new ordinances this
week. One licenses transient
merchants and peddlers and the
other shows and circuses. In the
first named the license is fixed at
S. per day; the other places license
on stage performances at 50 per,
and ring shows, menageries, etc.,
must pay $40 FOR each days ex-
hibition.
Smart people are very apt to
have some cranky notions. A few
years ago Mrs. Rorer, the noted
cook, made raid on the strawberry
and assured us that it was not fit
for food, at which the whole
world laughed, and now she takes a
new tack and says that we eat too
many eggs, especially the women;
that this egg eating habit makes
them lazy, cross and shiftless. and
so we all laugh again, If we had to
give up strawberries and eggs life
would be hardly worth living.
Here lisa hard case A tame
deer escaped from It's inclosure. in
Iowa and went foraging around the
country. Somebody saw it and, of
course, tried to kill it, but only
severely wounded it. Later four
men found the poor animal lying
almost dead and mercifully put it
out of it's misery. AS soon as their
act was known they were all arrested
for killing deer out of season and
all were fined In this case at least
the law became a roaring farce in
the effort to maintain it's dignity.
Where there are many mouths
to provide for it is simply slavery
for woman to prepare each meal
as an Independent one. If we had
to cook for, say, eight people, we
would have one baking day in the
week, and that day would see a big
joint Of meat, milk pan full of
pork and beans, loaf of Indian
bread as big as a peck measure aud
enough pies for a week baked, as
we'll as a large meat pie. These
staple foods will all keep and are
better the third day than the first.
The old fashioned baking day Of
our forefathers had much to COM
mend it, both from an economical
and hygienic standpoint
A number of our exchanges
favor change in the time for col
lection Of taxes from the middle of
winter to the middle of summer,
because at present the taxes have
to be paid when the majority Of
people are least prepared to do it.
1t used to be considered that mid
winter was the best time for the
farmers, because that is hogkilllng
time The porkers were looked up
on as the means for liquidating this
debt to the government. Now
that the state has gone so much in
to dairying, a large portion of the
farmers income is received in the
summer. But SO far AS any par
ticular time for tax paying is con-
cerned it does not make much diff
ference to the people. Money has
to be saved for that purpose us well
as for all other purposes.