Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-06-18
Local JOttin9S.

yesterday.
Miss Emma Nehls visited at
Fennimore Thursday.
Neither dehorn your cattle
nor paint in fly time.
Mrs. j. F. Rhodes is visiting
relatives at Milwaukee.
Ben Brookens of Bloomington
was in town Wednesday.
e. L. Mccoy hustled life in
surance at WATERFOWL this week.
The show windows of wise
merchants are found in the news
papers.
Miss Flossie Bradley was
among the encampment visitors at
Madison Wednesday.
John Lambert, the we'll known
horseman, has leased the Boscobel
race track for the season.
Waste paper boxes do not go
into 1000 homes in Grant county
twice each week. The Heraldsdoes.
Mr.. Geo. Rudersdorf and
daughters drove to Dodgeville and
Mineral Point for a few days visit
this week.
"A magnificent forest is de-
spoiled each year just to make the
matches and toothpicks for the
American people.
About the only compliment a
husband pays his wife is to eat her
cooking and ask her for help when
he gets into trouble.
1t can hardly be termed a
scientific long range weather fore
cast to predict thunderstorms in
June or frosts for October.
Mrs. Jno. Blackburn and
daughter, Mrs. w. L. johnson, and
Miss Mae Mattison visited in
Sitter few days this week.
Mrs. Wilson, mother of Mrs.
Sam Joeckel, who has been
visitor here for some time, returned
to her home at Rockford, ILL.,,
wednesday.
The first half of woman's call
is devoted to hearing apologies of
her hostess for the condition of her
house and the second half to say
ing goodby.
The longing to have a day off
and go a-fshing is sort OF apostolic,
hereditary instinct and should al
ways be encouraged if possible. 1t is
only real bad men who never fish.
Mrs. Catherine Barrett, mother
of the we'll known Northwestern
conductor, A. F. Barrett, died at
her hone in Sioux Falls, South
Dakota, a few days ago. Mrs.
Barrett was IS years old.
AT last few days of genuine
sunshine have come and you can
just hear corn grow. But, then,
there is nothing for farmers in this
section to worry about as yet for
every growing crop is two weeks
ahead of Iowa.
MIR. and Mrs. G. HI. Basford and
son Harry left yesterday morning
for Chicago Mrs. Basford returns
to Milwaukee next week to attend
the Grand Temple meeting Of
Rathbone Sisters, which convenes
in that city Tuesday at 10 a. m.
We once knew a good old
neighbor who believed in moon
signs" He did, and to show you
how wise he was he sawed hole
through the floor to let the cat get
into the barn for mice. Then he
sawed smaller one for the kittens.
In driving about the country
the past few days considerable road
work is noted to be in progress.
The grader, pillow and scraper are
all good implements, but they will
never complete job. Six inches
of good gravel should top the heap
every time.
New Union phones with num-
bers are as follows; Mrs. Mary
Muench, farm, 1854; Al Hunsaker,
farm, 1872; Mrs. L. A. Rhodes, res
idence, 9S; AL Smith, residence,
81; A. G. Smith, residence, 1913;
Grand Central hotel, IS; John Gift
ford, residence, $50.
1t is currently rumored and
believed that Prof. j. w. Liv-
ingston, institute conductor of the
Stevens Point Normal, will be
reported to the board of regents by
its special committee as it's nominee
for the presidency of the P1attavi;le |