Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-02

Judge Goodsell returned from
Platteville Monday evening, and
held court on Tuesday. He re-
ports Mrs. Goodsell to be improv-
ing in health.
1t soon will be time to think
about garden making. It is cheer
ing thought these days when a
fellow is kept busy most Of the
time shoveling snow.
/ "A neighbor had a sick calf and
he gave it what he supposed was
some medicine. It afterwards
proved to be baking powder. He
raised the calf. 1t is the mission OF
baking powder to raise things.
John Joice moves to the farm
this week and County Treas Sche1n-
pfug goes to the Graney residence
which he vacates. Mrs. Anna Ed
wards occupies one of the Rhodes
residences in the first ward, and E.
A. UT came in yesterday to take
the DOlan house which she vacated.
Several cases of small pox are
reported IN the Cassville and Bur-
ton districts, all Of mild form.
Reported also that Mot Quick,
residing west of Patch Grove, is
down with the disease. ALI cases
are quarantined and little fear is
entertained for the spread of the
malady.
Notice of judicial election to be
held in the various voting precincts
of Grant county on the first Tues
day in April for the purpose Of
electing a justice of the supreme
court is given officially in another
column of the Herald today over
the signature Of County Clerk Crit
ifs. One of the two additional JUS
tees provided for by the amend
ment voted on recently will be thus
chosen.
Some genius has taken the time
to figure out that all legal holidays
this year occur on Monday. The
first holiday of the year is Wash
ington's birthday. This comes
Monday, February t22nd. Then
comes Memorial Day, on Monday,
May 30th; July 4th follows next
and is on Monday; still later on
comes Labor Day, which is always
the first Monday in September and
will fall this year on September 9Th.
Of course Thanksgiving will prob
ably come on Thursday; Christmas
falls on Sunday, December 25th,
but the legal holiday will fall on
Monday, December Goth.
The quail outlook in Wisconsin
is very gloomy, due to the re-
markedly cold weather and the
deep snow. The winter preceding
was hard on the birds, but it was
not marked by such heavy snow
storms. The snow was so deep and
SO heavy this year that the quail
found it impossible to find anything
to eat and thousans starved to
death. The snow also prevented
them from hiding from their in
veterate enemies, che hawk and
owl, which kill the birds at every
opportunity. Woodsmen have
found whole coveys of dead birds
under brush piles frozen to death.
| "A man who goes to see a girl
twice a week and takes her places is
legally engaged to her according to
recent decision, whether he says
anything to her about marriage or
not, and she could recover for
breach Of promise. 1t is hoped that
girls will take advantage and force
boys to marry them. Young men
have the habit of loafng about
girls house for years and drifting
away without saying word about
marriage. While young man is
loafng around a girls house he
probably keeps away some one who
would talk business.
Have plans for the location of
different crops next season been
made to the end that the rotation
SO necessary for the best results be
not interfered with. If not, now
is the time to think out and plan
the coming campaign. Avoid raising
any crop of grain on land used for
the same crop last year. Rotation
is a great necessity in keeping the
land clean, fertile, full of humus,
free from insect pests and retaining
an adequate supply Of moisture
1t is an easy matter to keep the
farm in high state of productive
ness by means Of live stock, clover
and rotation.