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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-17
Local JOttingS.


-Chas. Kaap, Jr., has moved
from Little Grant to Fennimore tc
reside.
Miss Essie Edwards is assisting
in G.. H. Basford's store during the
holidays.
Miss Bessie Hunter, of Living
stOn, is a guest of her sister, Mrs.
l.. d. Eastman.
The trustees of the asylum and
county home held their regular
monthly meeting for transaction of
business Wednesday.
DO not loan your Herald to any
one. Tell them to subscribe them
selves. If they're too poor to pay
for it we'll send it to 'em a year for
nothing.
Mr.. and Mrs. James MundOn,
residing neal Livingston, celebrated
their silver wedding last Saturday.
The occasion was a merry one, and
the estimable couple we're recipients
OF many beautiful gifts and con
gratulations innumerable.
Large dance bills were issued at
this office this week announcing the
18th annual ball to be given under
the auspices of the Potosi M. w. A.
camp on Friday evening, December
Both. Music by Dubuque Harp Or
chestra. Supper served by the Roy
al Neighbors. Everyone is invited
and the Woodmen are capital fell
lows to furnish a good time when
at the helm. Dance tickets rs cents;
supper so cents.
There was 2 record breaker in
the way of a surprise party at
Dick Willis on Thursday evening
last. 1t had been planned for Fri
day night, but-talk about woman's
inability to keep a secret. Some
body's John" whispered it to Dick,
and another John" told his wife
the secret was out, SO the women,
not to be out-witted, quickly passed
the word around, and with their
husbands, descended about forty
five strong on the Willis domicile
Thursday evening. The surprise
was complete, Mrs. Willis was up
town, the blinds we're closely
drawn, and upon her return, Dick
having by this time recovered his
equilibrium, enjoyed immens ely her
bewilderment. But the good couple
with Winnie, soon were equal to the
occasion. Elegant refreshments
Q served by the surprisers, and
all parties enjoyed a delightful
evening.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-17
APPROACHES
Kindlier Impulses Ofthe Heart Opened
by This Holiday.

One week remains before Christ
mas eve, the climax of all the fond
anticipations of the occasion. Sun
day, Dec. 25th will be the delight
full realization. There dawns not
upon Christendom an occasion so
filled with significant meaning, so
conducive of awakening the kind
lier impulses of the heart than the
event whose soft radiance and
grateful incense fills the world.
This, indeed, is the one touch of
nature that makes the "whole world
kim" and about the observance we
mark with a red letter cluster the
hottest, dearest and purest emo
tiOns of which the human heart is
capable. At Christmas. centers all
that is tender and fragrant in our
natures, all that we might hope to
be throughout life if we were not
human.
E, In no community in the world
are the elements of a proper and
pleasurable celebration of Christ
mas stronger and more active, more
responsive to the true spirit and
sentiment of the time, than here in
Lancaster. A Christian city of
refined and prosperous people,
blessed with all the attributes of
the highest civilization and possess
ing all the modern accessories of
cultured life. In this city the OBJ
servance of the event will find the
most pronounced and fitting ex-
preston. The churches will re-
sound with the solemn anthems Of
praise and echo to the joyous songs
of children. Flowers, music and
all Of beauty and light will inter-
mingle with the sacred rights of
the occasion. The home circle will
glow with the genial warmth of
love expressed in appropriate gifts.
The family circle will cluster about
the household altar once more un-
broken, if p%erchance the vacant
chair does not cast the shadow of a
loved one gone upon the sunshine
of happy hearts.
One week more and then the
Christmas tree, about which will
gather the little ones, filled with
anticipation and the concentrated
hopes of a six months, will be
lighted and the fruit of love will be
distributed to ready hands and
Joyous hearts. In this way Lam
caster will give it's ready attention
and It's willing effort to the OBJ
servance of an event which marks
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-17
Subscription Laws.

So much has been said regarding
the laws governing subscription &C.
counts with newspapers that we
print a synopsis of the laws for the
benefit of our readers:
l.. Subscribers who do not give ex-
press notice to the contrary are con
sidered as wishing to renew their sub.
scriptlon.
2. If subscribers order the discon.
tinuance of their periodicals, the pub
Usher may continue to send them
until %arrearages are paid.
3. If subscribers neglect or refuse
to take their periodicals from the
p~ostotfice to which they are directed
they are responsible until after they
have settled their bills snd ordered
the paper discontinued.
4. II subscribers move to other
places without informing the publish
er and the papers are sent to the
former address, subscribers are held
responsible.
5. The courts have decided that re-
fusing to take periodicals from the
office or removing and leaving them
uncalled for, is prima facie evidence
of intentional fraud.
6 If subscribers pay in advance
they are bound to give notice at the
end of the time if they do not wish to
continue taking it, otherwise the pub
Usher is authorized to send il and the
subscriber is responsible until an ex-
press notice with payment of all ar
rearages are sent to the publisher.
s. The latest postal laws are such, a
newspaper publisher can arrest any
one for fraud who takes a paper and
refuses to pay for it. Under the law
the mar who allows his subscription
to run along for some time unpaid and
then orders it discontinued, or orders
the postmaster to mark it 'refused'
and have a post card sent notifying
the publisher, leaves himself liable to
arrest and fine, the same as for theft.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-17
: Everything indicates a

Everything indicates a very
prosperous and satisfactory holiday
season. Everything that the farm
er has had to sell this fall has
been Of good price and found a
ready market. AS a result every
body seems happy and full of good
cheer, for if the farmer is happy
everyone else is. That all will
honor the old custom of giving
some remembrance to friends goes
without saying. Probably Lancas-
ter merchants never had IA better or
varied assortment to tempt pur-
chasers. The county seat has several
OF the most enterprising merchants
in the state and that they are sue
cessful is but the reward of handling
what the trade demands at the
very lowest margin.
Co. I, Goth Wis, will hold their
annual reunion with r. B. Showal-
ter of this city next year.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-17

A session of circuit court will
be held on tho 28th inst.
-Platteville's now high school
building will cost 1922, 500 when COM
pleted.
Rev. T. J. Brown, Of Darling
ton, will deliver a lecture in the
Peoples church of Milwaukee on
the Ideal Man." Dec. 20.
Between nov and January 1st
statements will be mailed to all
Herald subscribers who are IN ar
rears and we shall expect prompt
payment Of all accounts due.
Sheriff Watson will remove to
his farm at the expiration of his
term of office and will again take
up his vocation of stock buyer, with
which no one is more familiar.
Editor Henry Roethe was out
hunting the other day, but failed to
secure enough game to fill the fam
lily larder for any great length Of
time. Henry is a good shot alright,
but states that the rabbits he aimed
at we're all SO short that he shot be-
hind them.
Don't write your business let
ters on stationery furnished with a
soap or baking powder firm or some
other advertising upon it. 1t gives
the impression that you can't afford
to use stationery of your own. If it
pays a firm to give it to you, don't
you think it would pay you to ad-
vertise your own business? Think
of it. It's a small matter, but may
be Of more consequence than you
imagine.
Employees Of the Ringling Bros.
circus who are wintering at James
vile, Wisconsin, have received new
contracts calling for them to report
for work early in April in New
York where the show is to open the
season. This is the first a that
the Ringing show has opened in
New York and is taken by circus
men to mean that the fight with
Bailey is at an end and that the two
shows may combine.
An exchange says: A farmer
tells us that he can rid his farm of
rats in the following way: ION a
very large number of pieces of old
shingles l put about one-half tea
spoonful of molasses and on that I
scraped a small amount of concen-
trated I've, and then placed under
the cribs. The next morning I
found some forty dead rats and the
rest vacated the farm. I have
cleared many farms of the pests in
the same way and have never
known it to fail"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-17
Attorney Brennan is laid up

Attorney Brennan is laid UP
with a severe attack of lumbago.
"A man never really appreciates
his own youth until he sees his
children develop.
Lots Of people who can man
age others need a guardian to man
age their own affairs.
During the past year Vernon
county paid out in bounties on
snakes the sum of 1905. so and on
wild ANIMALS $73.
Bills will be issued at this office
today for a large auction sale to be
held at Isaac Zimmerman's, neal
Beetown, on the goth inst.
Our advertising columns this
week are almost entirely given over
to hints to Christmas shoppers.
Read the announcements carefully
and you will doubtless be we'll re-
paid.
H. W. Brown, Leroy Ivey, and
6. q. Sykes are out on a camping
trip in the woods east of Sitter.
They have a complete winter camp
ing outfit which sets the r1gors of
the season at naught, and they ex-
pect to stay out about a week or
ten days.
All last week the Hebrews of
Lancaster together with the Jewish
race the world over, were celebrat-
ing the victory of Judeaus Mac
cabeus of old Israel over the
Syrian army of Antiochus who
sought to smother the flame OF
freedom in the Hebrew race thou
sands of years ago and who was
prevented from accomplishing his
purpose by the bravery of the old
warrior. Candles we're burned in
remembrance and his deeds of
prowess r told to the younger
generation. The glory of his great
deeds SAVIOR the memory of the old
race and his name is honored the
world over. 1t is on this story of
the old biblical times that the order
of the Knights of the Maccabees is
founded.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-17
John Pendleton is in Platteville.

John Pendleton is in Platteville.
DO not forget the due on your
paper between now and New
Years.
Many are sending the Herald
to an absent friend or relative as a
Christmas gift, and no better selec-
ton could be made. The absent
one will be reminded of you 1O4
times during the year.
F. G. Burr IS home to spend
Christmas. He has been in the en-
ploy of the Frank E. Long theatre
company for some time in the ca
pacity of advance agent, and re-
ports prosperity for the manage
ment. He is undecided whether to
take up the same work after New
Years or not.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-17
Maxims for the Home.

To be a happy wife trust the chosen
man, entertain his friends willingly
and keep yourself informed and inter-
ested in topics of the day.
For a well furnished home sacrifice
a hundred knick-knacks for one
piano, or one good chair.
To set a good table have few foods
at one meal, have enough of the few
and learn to utilize leftovers.
To be in style own but three dresses
at a time, one for the home, one for
the street and n for evening. Change
the appearance of these with collars,
ribbons and bits Of lace.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-17

WYE WISH TO ANNOUNCE thatwe will have theO Opening Day of or New Store on
w December 29h. We extend a cordial invitation to all to visit our uptodAe
place. on thsd atea and receive a Souvenir: Until this slime AL goods will be sold at
prices Will have INSTALLED a fancy bpad case and receive fmh every morning an
ample supply OF "LIHRoPs SWEET HOME BREAD" When ordering don't forget to ncudea
loaf Of this delicious Bread. Will ako have or hand at Ill times Fresh Cream whch will
received every morning
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-28
GAS FIGHT GOES ON.
Legislative and Lobby Committees at
Work.

Independence, Kas., Nov. 2S.-Be-
fore his departure for home Judge A.
H. Skidmore, of Columbia, chairman
of the legislative committee of the
Kansas Gas Protective association,
asked the other members to help de-
wise some scheme to keep Kansas gas
out of Missouri. He will call a meet
ing of the committee soon to compare
notes and agree upon some bills on
the subject to be pushed in the leg
isiature. These bills will be submitted
to the general gas meeting at Coffey-
Vile on December Is. At that time
lobby will be chosen to push the
measures at Topeka. 1t is probable
that the lobby will consist of the
members of the legislative committee.
know how to do things. The ways and
means committee will make levy on
all kansas gas for Kansas adVo-.
Gates to maintain the lobby at Topeka
and give it some working capital, if
necessary.
At present the gas men are cropping
in the dark. All sorts of proposed leg
islation has been suggested, but OBJ
jections or flaws are found to each
plan. The most effective scheme
would be to repeal the law of 1901,
giving gas companies the right of en-
inent domain. But that sword would
cut both ways. 1t would stop piping
to Missouri all right. But it would
also stop piping from one county to
another in Kansas. 1t would give the
gas counties a monopoly of their own
gas. Montgomery gas for Montgom-
cry would then be a reality. This
would be a good thing for the gas
counties, but would be hard on the
other Kansas counties which are clam
Oring for gas and, inaSmuch as the lat
ter outnumber the former by about
ten to one, the present eminent do
main law will not be repealed.
Another scheme is to regulate the
size of the pipe and make it so small
that the company could not get pres
sure enough to supply Kansas City and
Joplin. But this would cut both ways
A pressure insufficient to supply these
towns would also be insufficient to
supply Kansas City, KaS., Leaven-
worth, Atchison, Topeka, Wichita, and
other big Kansas towns. The same
objection is made to the plan for
stringent police regulations.
Fred Perkins, of OSwego, has made
a suggestion that might bar Joplin
1t is to pass a law designating certain
highways as pipe line routes and then
cut off all highways in the immediate
vicinity of Joplin If the legislature
has power over streets and alleys in
cities, this scheme might catch Kan
sas City. Mo-, too. But this is ques-
tionable. If Kansas City, Kas, gets
gas, it would be hard to keep gas out
of Kansas City, Mo.
A c. Stitch, president of the Citizens
National bank, of Independence, repre-
senting a capital stock of 81, 000,OO
said: 81 would give $1,000 out of my
own pocket to keep our gas at home
but it is all foolishness to think we can
The courts of Pennsylvania and Ohio
and the supreme court of the United
States, have decided that question long
aga"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-28
WITH THE CONVICTS.
Warden of the Federal Prison Makes
Interesting Report.

- Leavenworth, Kan. Nov. 2s.-The
annual report cf the warden and Off
GERS of the United States penitentiary
for the year ending June 80 has just
been published. The report is made
to. the attorney general of the United
States. Major R. w. McClaughry, the
warden, in his report says that the
average yearly cost of clothing a con-
Wet was $12.O1, and the cost of sub
sistence for a convict was 1921. The
appropriations for the year amounted
to $170, 400 and the expenditures to
Sf69, 70S-10, leaving a balance of
s696.90.
= The number of convicts is steadily
increasing. year ago there were
1033 prisoners and now there are
LILO, a gain of nearly 100 The num-
Der of days prisoners spent in "soli-
tary for the year just closed was 43S
against S43 the year before. There
were no successful escapes, and the
warden says the discipline has steadily
improved. The officers and guards
have, with few exceptions, proved
Vigilant and faithful. The mortality
among the prisoners was much greater
than last year. There were forty
nine deaths, an increase of nineteen
over a year ago. OF these eighteen
died of epidemic pneumonia, and eigh-
teen from pulmonary consumption,
total of thirty-Six from lung diseases
Thirty-four of these deaths occurred
in December, January, February and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-28

March, while only thirteen in the re-
naming eight months. Three prison.
ers died suddenly of heart disease,
while convaleScent from pneumonia or
measles. One was killed by accident.
and there was only one death in the
year from typhoid fever, which is con-
Sidered remarkable
DR.. Thomas. the physician. says
about four-fifths of all the cases OF
pneumonia originated at the new peni-
Tertiary, where more than 500 prison.
ers were confined in the laundry build
ing. The crowded condition of this
building, in the opinion of the physi
of influenza and pneumonia. In clos
ing his annual report. the physician
says: ST would again call attention to
the danger of overcrowding prisoners
in sleeping quarters, which, in my
opinion, was the cause of the severe
epidemic and largely responsible for
the high mortality rate of last year..
The Rev. F. L. Leavitt, the chaplain,
says in his report that he made
careful examination to ascertain the
early training, education and conjugal
relations of each one of the prisoners.
He found, according to their stories,
that $40 had been brought up in
Christian homes. and of this number
255 professed religion. He also found
IDENTIFY did not care for it There are
336 who claim to be of temperate
habits while 107 admitted they were
Incorporate and 100 moderate in use
of intoxicants. Two received univer-
sity educations, nine collegiate, eleven
academic, twenty attended high school
and 374 common school. OF the total
read nor write, while seventy-one could
read but not write.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-28
JUMPED THE TRACK.
Street Car Wrecked-One Person
Killed; IA Injured.

ST. Louis. Nov 2S.-One man was
killed outright and IA other passen-
gers were injured, some of them seri-
ously in a Bellfontaine street car that
jumped the track and overturned to-
DAY.
The Dead
CHARLES ]. WARNER, Office man,
was thrown off the platform and
struck head foremost on a pile of
street car rails.
The Injured.
Lena Hiltman, bruised and cut
Louis Hirt, bruised and cut
Orrin Olney, bruised and cut.
Emma Scoelkopf, cut on face and
body and internally injured.
Annie Thiemeyer, cut on face and
head and internally injured.
Bernard F. Kramer, painter, LAGER
ated hand, shoulder and chin.
Louis Knepping, bundle boy; LAGER
ated arm and hand.
Charles Chever, laborer, badly in
jured shoulder.
Clemens Schoenig, machinist. badly
injared shoulder.
Otto Altenkirck, cut about face,
spine injured.
Walter Schmidt, cut about face and
hands by flying glass; right leg hurt;
bruised about body.
John Slevin, cut about face and
head; left arm wrenched.
Major H. Spinsby, back sprained;
face cut.
F. NJ. Cotterell, cut by glass and
badly bruised about body.
The accident occurred at a curve
while the street car was running at
full speed. Leaving the track, the car
dashed across the street, hitting the
curb and overturning, and strewing
the street with injured. When the ac-
cident occurred the car was crowded
with men, women and children on
their way to work.
4aI
Motorman Charles H. Smith and Con-
ductor L. P. Morganier. Neither is in
jured. Smith told the police that the
accident was caused by the failure of
his air brake to work while the car
was on the down grade leading to the
curve.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-28

Pie Plates, SC
We haven't very many of these so
we are going to limit the quantity
each customer can buy to six-that's
a set. Probably what we have will
last till noon. These pie plates are
neatly decorated; they're worth
at least 10c, but we're going to DO
sell them tomor- @AU
row at
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-28

we are aDIe TO save you money OF
money when we sell at such remarka
the quantities we buy-and the cash
that other stores don't get. Aside fror
to this store and find the bargains we
proof enough that this store is able to
for Tuesdays sale:
WOMEN'S HOSE = Fast black
seamless cotton. These are the 10c
kind, but we are going to sell them
tomorrow at nearly half price, Gn
pair W
WOMEN'S HOSE+with heavy rib
bed top, fast black These hose are
such as most stores sell at 19c; we
are going to have them on special
sale tomorrow at, two pairs HEn|
for GVO
BOYS HOSE+Heavy ribbed, double
heel and toe; just the kind for a
school boy, because they will stand
unusually rough wear. This is line
of broken sizes. Regular Csc hose,
we are going to sell quick to- 10G
CHILDREN'S RIBBED HOSE
Broken lot to sell quick; of several
lines we have punched together. 15c
is what these hose are actually worth;
we're going to have them on sale 0n
tomorrow at, pair ~
BOYS UNDERWEAR-Wi heavy
soft cotton fleece; blue gray color; we
haven't all sizes; if you find the ones
YOU want you can get soc garments
tomorrow at half price; that means
YOU can get two garments for what
one would have cost; per gar HEn
ment GJO
WOMEN'S VESTS AND PANTS
Made of scarlet wool; sanitary, non
shrinking, we'll finished-going to sell
these garments tomorrow 0OA
at OOO