Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-06-25

james Sweeney went to Cobb
Thursday to visit his brother Alex.
p. J. Hamilton of Patch Grove
was in town on business Thursday.
Chris Samuelson, Platteville's
merchant tailor, was in town Thurs
day.
Ora Hatch and Miss Clara Tubbs
were over from Bloomington yester-
day.
Marshall Ellis and wife Of
Kenosha are guests of Lancaster
relatives.
-Nettie and Harrison Oswald
visited friends in Bridgeport and
Prairie du Chen last week.
Mrs. G. E. Muffiey and daugh-
ter of Boscobel are guests Of Mrs.
Muf1ey's sister, Mrs. H j. Schmidt.
-Chas. Klarman took run
through South Dakota last week.
He reports crops looking well out
there.
Lee Fawcett is a veritable
bunch Of smiles all owing to the
birth of a son and heir on the 21st
inst.
Roy Gates of Bloomington was
in Wednesday evening TO meet his
wife, who has been visiting for
three weeks at Deforest.
Editor and Mrs. Henry Roethe
of the Fennimore Times were guests
of w. J. Dyer and family at the
asylum over night Wednesday.
Mrs. J. S. Wright and Misses
Nell Clarity, Emma Chase and Eliza
beth Schafer visited at Chas. KEN
per's, near Sitter, Thursday.
Ray Flynn and Harry Nc arthy
are here from Galena for a few days
vacation. They have positions on
the Illinois Central railroad.
Rose Smith Lance, accompanied
by her niece Lois BETTER, of Bloom
ington, stopped here Thursday on
their way home from Boscobel.
The band boys gave an open
air concert in the band stand
Thursday evening. They played
some fine music and played it well,
too.
-Thos. L. Cleary, Platteville at
torney, was in town on business
Friday. Mr.. Cleary says that while
he is taking some interest in the
Democratic nomination for congress,
he is by no means making can
vass to secure it.
Miss Cora Pitts Of Platteville
called on friends here Thursday.
R. w. Hedemann and Miss Edna
Garthwaite came over from Bloom
ington to meet her, and together
they went to Cassville, where the
ladies of the O. E. S. were having a
picnic.
A jolly camping party, COM
posed of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Brown
and son, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Meyer, daughter and son Frank,
and Ralph Muesse departed Thurs
day p. m. for Long Lake, near
Ladysmith, Gates county, where
they expect to go into camp and
catch the largest fish of the season.
Mr.. Meyer joined them at Madison
enroute from the big convention.
Atty. Calvert Spensley and
Ernest Fielder Of Mineral Point and
Atty. E. M. Hyzer Of Milwaukee
were in town on legal business
Thursday. Mr.. Spensley and Mr..
Fielder were interested in an estate
before Judge Clementson. Also,
Mr.. Spensley is trying to secure a
crossing on the C. & N. w. one
mile east of Cobb, for the new Min
eral Point-Highland road. The
Northwestern road was represented
by Mr.. Hyzer. The case was con-
tinued.
An army Of many Thousand men
and boys are at work now on the
farms of Wisconsin. It is an army
that does good rather than evil.
1t is an army that replenishes rath-
er than destroys. It is an army
that builds up rather than tears
down. 1t adds to the happiness of
mankind and entails no misery or
distress. This is land of peace
and plenty. Peace is due to the
stability and conservatism of our
farmers and plenty is due to their
industry in tilling the soil adapted
to the production of nearly every
thing that ministers to the well