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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-04
MANY STORMS IN MARCH.
According to Parson Hicks Weather
Forecast.

Rev. Irl r. Hicks, the weather
prognosticator, says that the first
storm period of March is central on
the 3rd. 4th and 9Th, and will bring
change to much warmer, southerly
winds and generally threatening,
eliminating in rain, sleet and snow
storms.
Destructive sleet storms will be
characteristic of this and the storm
period Immediately following. The
usual cold wave behind winter
storms will hardly have tune to
materialize after this first storm
period, before the regular period
following gets hold of the elements.
The second storm period extends
from the 9TH to the 18th, being
central on the 9th. Unsettled an
threatening conditions will prevail
at the beginning of this period, with
increasing indications of severe and
general storms. Furious storms OF
rain, turning to sleet and later to
billiards, will pass over the country
about the 9Th to 18th rounding up
with high gales and a general cold
wave.
The third storm period is central
on the 18th, 10th and II tn bring
ing fall of the barometer, higher
temperature and more decided rain
and snow storms. An approach to
fair, cold weather will succeed this
period.
The fourth storm period covers
the 10th to oath, being central CO
incidentlv with the earth's equinox
on the 21st. General rain, with
moderate temperature, electrical
displays and tropical storms will
prevail up to about the 21st. From
this date rains will turn to sleet
and snow over all sections central
to northern. and a phenomenally
high barometer out of the north
west will precipitate violent north
westernly gales and blizzaris from
21st to oath, winding up with a
March cold wave.
The fifth and last storm period OF
the month is central on the 9th,
2Sth, and 29th. The prevailing
period will relax at this time, and
more storms of rain and snow will
appear. Rising barometer and shift
of winds to cold northwesternly
will follow these disturbances.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-04

The announcement made sew
eral weeks ago that Barnum &
Bailey and the Ringling's, the great
circus proprietors of the country,
had come to the decision hereafter
to abandon the huge bill boards and
colored lithogragh method of ad.
vertising and rely solely on the
newspapers for publicity, seems tc
be fully confirmed. It has been
found that while the great posters
we're very expensive, taking q
tremendous force to get them on
the walls, they were easily des
troyed. and at best appealed only
to the eye of the passerby. The
newspaper on the contrary, goei
directly into the household, dis
tributes sltself, contains day after
, day full particulars of the coming
entertainment, and thus educates
the mind by appealing to the I'M
agination. Under these considera
tons the circus men have concluded
that the newspapers are at once
the cheapest, most available and
best mediums.
Wednesday was st. David's day
celebrated throughout the country
principally by the Welshmen.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-04
WILL BE so In A YEAR.
Mrs. j. N. Borah Celebrated 18th
Birthday Saturday.

Mrs. j. n. Borah celebrated her
10Th birthday at her home in North
Lancaster last Saturday and the
occasion was made merry one by
a score or more Of invited guests
who assisted the aged hostess and
relatives in making the event a
memorable one.
Mrs. Borah is the Oldest settler IN
North Lancaster, and of the pioneers
living here at the time she came,
nearly so years ago, none are left.
Mrs. Borah's maiden name was
Mary Salmon and she was born
Feb. 25, 1926, at Roscoe, Ohio. She
was one of family of II children,
of which there are but two others
still living, Sam in North Dakota,
and Mrs. Ostler in Indiana. Her
youth was mostly spent in Indiana,
and when she was 90 years old she
came with her, brother, James
Salmon, to Wisconsin. The journey
was made by boat from Evansville
down the Ohio river and up the
Mississippi, landing at Galena. That
was in '46. She lived on Boice
Prairie for time. and the follow
ing year, on March Is, 1S47, was
married to James N. Borah, a
brother of Samuel L. Borah OF Mt.
Ida. The ceremony was performed
at the home of her brother William,
who lived on the place now owned
by Thomas Tomas just north OF the
Borah farm. The young couple
Lived for over quarter of a cent
Jury in the old house among the
pins trees just south Of the present
home, which they bought 80 years
ago Of VIM. Y. Decker. Mr.. Borah
died Jan. is, 1891. He was well re-
membered by all Of the old settlers
and was held in the highest esteem,
being man Of sturdy independ-
ence and great force Of character.
Mr.. and Mrs. Borah had ten child
rem, three Of whom, Rebecca, Henry
and Nettie, are dead. The living
are Lizzie MRS. VIM. J. Dyer
matron of Grant County Home,
Lancaster; Mary, at home; Esther
MRS. R. j. Jones, Mt Ida: Edward,
of Bridgeport; John, of Correction
vile, Iowa; Charles e., OF Lancas-
ter, and Cutler j., at home.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-04
Our New Telegraph Fire Alarm.

After consideration for some time
IF the fire alarm systems and a
careful comparison of both the
Baldwin and the Gamewell ap-
paratus in neighboring towns the
city council contracted with Bald
win Bros. of Wlnona, Mimi. fol-
one of their modern, latest improv-
ed outfits.
1t has been installed, carefully ex-
amined and tested, both by tie city
council, chief OF the fire department
and several practical men, and pro
nonnced by them to be all claimed
for it and entirely satisfactory.
There are many features about
the Baldwin apparatus not possess
ed by any other that makes it es
pecially desirable, both to fremer
and citizens generally, and the city
fathers at special meeting held al
the council chamber Wednesday
evening unanimously voted to &C
cept it and settled as per contract.
A modern fire alarm system is a
most desirable Improvement fol
any town as it is possible for it to
pay It's entire cost at single fire.
Beyond question, it is the best in
vestn1ent considering the money ex-
pended that any town can MAKE.
The Herald endorses the 3tlon OF
the city council in securing this i'm
provement.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-04
Obsequies.

The funeral services for Mrs. +.
w. Strong were held on Tuesday
afternoon from the residence, con-
Quoted by Rev. w. ]. G. Ralph, her
pastor, Rev. D. Sprague OF the
Baptist church offering the prayer.
A large number of acquaintance
and friends attended; the Shakes
peare club and the w. r. G. in
separate bodies.
Floral tributes of Easter lilies,
roses and carnations were placed
upon the casket by these societies,
the Boys Brigade, Ladies Aid
society of the Congregational church
and individuals.
Mrs. Strong, whose maiden name
was Catherine Brown West,
was native of New Hampshire,
having been born May 10th, 1884,
at Campton. When she was about
ten years of age, her family moved
to Cambridge, Mass, where her
father died four years later. Cath
crime was the elder Of two dargh-
tiers.
Her marriage to Capt. Strong
took place at Cambridge, in 1861.
This was the result of an engage
ment covering several years during
which time Mr.. Strong was at sea.
After one voyage of a year and
a half in which time he visited
India, China, the Philippines and
other countries, he returned to New
York in command of a vessel the
very day Sumter was fired on.
They were soon afterward united
in marriage, then came the call for
government officers and Mr.. Strong
left Boston as acting master on the
first blockade vessel that left the
navy yard, and was in active serv-
ice during the four years of war.
After his discharge they moved to
northern New York, then to Chic
ago, thence to Burlington, Wis,
where they lived for seven years,
later to Milwaukee, which was
their home for five years, finally
they came to Lancaster in the year
1879.
Mrs. Strong was the mother OF
three children: Frederick Emerson,
who was educated as a physician in
Harvard, and who died in Lancas-
ter in 1898, leaving the three chill
dren for whom Mrs. Strong has
cared for during the past six years;
Ralph West, who died in California
in 1902, and Helen, who with he1
father survive.
The pastor chose as a fitting text
for the funeral address, Proverbs
81: 20: Many maidens have done
worthilY, but thou excellest them
all.n
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-04

Only one bid has been made for
the purchase of the tin courthouse
and Ed Hyde made that. The city
council will consider the matter at
it's regular session Tuesday evening.
The Samuel Oates home in this
city will be full of JOY next Wednes-
day, the occasion being the mar
riage of their daughter Miss
Minnie to Chas. Vesperman. The
Herald extends congratulations in
advance.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-04
LICENSED TO WE'D.
Cupid's Franks as Recorded by County
Clerk Tuffiey.

Ford Shepherd, Platteville. and
Della Rice, Lima.
Clyde Beckett and Maggie Kehor,
both of Platteville.
Alfred Eugene Torner, Eden,
Iowa Co., and Jennie J. Rowe,
Wingv1lle.
Cary j. Dennis, and Amy Mcleod
both of Lima.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-04
High School Notes.

ALI those COnn0CI0Q WlUn Inc High
school plays Of the last two years
will please report at Watton's stud
10 at 10 o'clock Saturday morning in
costume to have pictures taken for
the Annual.
The Annual has been divided in
to departments and from now on
the work will be taken up by de-
partments. Some of the depart
ments are now ready to print but
are waiting for the cuts.
One Freshman girl came to school
Wednesday in deep mourning.
When asked who was dead she re-
piled that she was wearing the
mourning for her dog which had
just died.
The Physics class has been doing
some very interesting work in cleo
tricity the past week, using the sew
eral electric machines in the school
labratory equipment.
Last week an omission was made
in the list of contestants in the Mills
contest. Pearl McDonald's name
should also be on the list, making
seven entries in all.
The foot ball banquet will be held
Friday night at the Northwestern
hotel. A program of six toasts has
been arranged to follow the
spread"
Tom Green and Sadie Fisher en-
tertained us Thursday morning with
rhetoricals. Tom did more thanen-
tertain us as his recitation of
|ssO'Grady's Goat" was very anus
ing.
The testing of the new fire alarm
system Wednesday was responsible
for slight commotion in some of
the classes.
The girls chorus is at work on the
music for the contest. The accom-
paniment will be played this year
by the High school orchestra and
that organization is also practicing
on the music.
The Botany class had a test in
ferns Thursday.
The collecting for the advertise
ments in the Annual is advancing
nicely. The boys expect to have
everything collected this week. Ad-
vertisers have been very obliging
and as soon as the copy is all in
the advertisements will be printed.
Rehearsals for the contest we're
started Wednesday. With other re-
hearsals and his classes Mr.. Dun
calf has hardly enough time in
school and some rehearsals will
have to be held out of school.
Winnie Willis is helping out with
the March music. If about two
more would volunteer now the
playing would be about evenly di-
vided.
There are a number of things to
be done on the Annual yet which
the Annual board would be glad to
have some of those who do not
think the work is being done right,
take hold of and get it in shape for
printing.
The photos were not sent this
week but will all be ready next
! week.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-04
with him his niece, Minnie East
lake. for visit.

lake, for visit.
Our church has struck good
way to collect the preachers salary;
they take around a subscription
paper and when enough has been
subscribed they request it to be
paid in monthly installments. In
this way the pastor gets his dues
monthly instead of compelling him
to 60 in debt and wait a year for
his money.
j. I. Clifton made run to Du-
buque last Friday.
But a few real sick people this
winter after all the talk of a sickly
winter. Mrs. Morrissey has been
suffering from rheumatism, VIM.
Patterson and Mrs. Huser have
been on the sick list but are now
much better.
Frank Urine, who has been bump
ing around a good deal of late has
purchased the old Hartford home
stead in Wyalusing and will soon
take possession and feel at home
again. Frank has been a hard work
ing man all of his life and we hope
will meet with success on his new
farm.
j. J. McLane, son-in-law Of Webb
Cook, has purchased lots in town
and will erect a shop and follow
his trade, that of a blacksmith.
Now if it is true that compete
ton is the life of trade then all is
well and good. We gladly extend
| the hand of fellowship to those who
wish to come and start a legitimate
business tnat will help build up the
town.
Mrs. Amelia Kolb, of Patch
Grove, spent a few days last week
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Thiessa. While here Mrs.
Kolb was on the sick list with a
very bad cold but is about well
again.
Louis Newman will soon COM
mence to build a fine residence in
Bagley. He made a good start last
fall by erecting a very nice barn.
All right Lou we will be waiting
for you or any other good citizen.
Our Wyalusing correspondent in
timated that the Bagley Chronicle
died with the grippe orappendicitis.
A bystander remarked that more
than likely it was nicotine poison
caused by biting off more the plug
than was necessary for chew.
Hart e Willard Will soon CONF
plete large addition to the J. T.
Clifton farm machinery shed.
Leonard S5agman will soon move
into his new house built this winter.
| Charles Calkins will put up his
barn first and live in that until his
new house is ready to occupy.
Give your orders to Anderson &
Millin for brick. They will burn a
kiln the coming summer for sure.
L. Dawson will be prepared to
handle heavy rock this season. A
great deal will be needed for the
school house and other structures.
George Ready's gasoline wood
saw is little dandy, can saw with
any saw you ever saw saw, for we
watched the saw saw.
Bert Bradley has been here on a
long visit, but left the. country
when that bill taxing old bachelors
was taken up in the legislature.
Why Bert, five dollars year
wouldn't be much, would it,
! Winslow Quick, ST.. was in town
the other day, the first time in
many months.
Dell Quick and wife were down
from Patch Grove one day last
week doing trading. IS
Mrs. John Harville gave that
little girl baby up and sent it back
| to Lacrosse last Saturday. Her
health was too poor to take care Of
it.
| Now let's get ready for field and
garden work.
| Ne 80
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-04

r D. Walker visited Platte
vile friends last week.
Milwaukee parties contemplate
a $1,000 structure at Dodgeville
for smelling plant.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-04
BAGLEY.

Mrs. Caroline Gulick, who has
been visiting her daughter, Jennie
Putten, at Boscobel, returned last
Monday.
The League social last Saturday
night was well attended and a nice
little sum was added to the treas
ury.
Miss Taylor, a friend of Bessie
Glenn, returned to her home in
Wyalusing last Saturday.
VIM. Hart went to Bloomington
on business last Saturday.
j. T. Clifton was at Prairie du
Chen last week on business.
Mrs. j. M. Harville went to
Lacrosse Saturday to see her sister
who has been operated on for a
tumor. She found her at the hos
pital but getting along real well.
Mr.. Ivens returned from his
Platteville visit Monday bringing
New-York tribune., 1905-06-18

known to exist In the depths of the ocean from
three to SIX miles below the surface in a region of
perpetual cold where the blackness of an everlasting
night IS 1llum1ned only by the lights Of torch
bearing fishes and other phosphorescent creatures
there are innumerable monsters and chirneras
dire unknown to science Occasionally one of
them is found floating on the sea, diving or dead
and from time to time interesting and unfamiliar
specimen is captured by trawl-net lowered into
the marine abysses by a vessel sent out for pur-
poses of geological research and investigation
Unfortunately, no appliance has been invented
that is suitable for the capture of the larger creatures
that inhabit the depths of the sea. They are too
swift, too wary and too cunning to be taken bv
slow-movng nets, even if the latter could be made
big enough to entrap them. If a balloon was 10
pass over New-York city with suspended net
how many men would it catch2 The situation of
Continued Page ~
New-York tribune., 1905-06-18

that the glorious victory won by Don Andres
Lopez de Azaldigni off Cavite in I647, where
with an inferior force he defeated twelve Dutch
men-of-war and saved Manila was due to the
1ntercession OF the Virgin The people be
heved also that "Our Lady, preferring Antipolo
to Manila or Cavite, several times abandoned
those cities and @found enshrined in the
iowery branches of the "tipolo tree (hence Antpo-
lo) But the Virgin did long enjoy her peaceful
retreat. In 658 she again braved the stormy seas
in the gaeon San Jose and remained in her former
home for eighty-tive years In 746 she again was
borne to Manila, and then installed as Captain
of the flagship Nuestra Sonora del Pillar sailing for
the evergreen shores of Mexico. For the last time
the Virgin" visitor in the realm of Guada-
lupe. In I74S she returned and again was en-
shrined in the church of Antipolo, which she did
not leave in than hundred and fifty
years.
The image is a rather pretty doll-1ike figure
decked in attire of barbaric richness 1t
rises from pedestal of solid silver and is about
three feet high. The hair of the Virgin" is inter-
woven with strings of pearls and bound by a regal
crown of pure gold, studded with diamonds; above
her head circles golden halo, sparkling with pre-
cious stones. About her neck is a string of white
New-York tribune., 1905-06-18
SUNDAY MAGAZINE for JUNE 1s. 1905

tember II, 1916, was voyaging through the Malacca
Straits, when her commander and the surgeon of
the vessel, James Anderson, an object which
had been pointed out by the third officer a shoal
The weather fine and the smooth. 1t was
found further inspection, that the supposed
shoal was in motion, keeping the same speed as the
ship. 1t had somewhat the shape of gigantic
frog. The head, pale yelowish in color was twenty
feet long, and directly connected, without
visible neck, with the body, which forty
fifty feet in length. Behind discernible an
immensely long tail cylindrical in shape and slightly
taperng. Apparently the creature possessed no
fins paddles. This, allowing for some exaggera-
ton in point of size, may have been cala1nary
swimming with its tail elevated above the surface
of the water
AS suggested by Goode and Bean however in
trying to identify the real sea-serpent one is not
restricted to the consideration of animals already
New-York tribune., 1905-06-18

snake-lke eellike body, dorsal fin close to the
head and snaky tail
Recently remarkable sharks of eel-like form
have been discovered by science-dwellers in the
depths of the sea- which for that have re-
manned unknown hitherto Such fish, of extremely
large size, swimming at the surface of the ocean,
easily might be mistaken for a gigantic serpent.
Some animal there must surely be that is account
able for those desert ptons of the monster which,
when sfted out of the mass of mariners yarns and
newspaper fairy-tales, bear the marks of truth.
Goode and Bean in their authoritative work on
marine ichthyoogy, say. 1t cannot be doubted
that somewhere in the depths of the seas are living
certain animals, unknown to science and of great
Size which come occasionally to the surface, and
give foundation to such stories those of the
sea-serpent
One more anecdote may relate, of the steamship
Nestor, Castain John X. Webster, which, Sep
New-York tribune., 1905-06-18
B y l. u i S c. ID u N G q N

with the Virgin" duly
installedas herAdmira1,
and returned laden
with troops, merchan-
disc and treasure. In
1851 the royal galleon
San Francisco Xavier
carried the celestial
sonora on her fourth
voyage to Acapulco,
where she remained
until 1858. Having
guided the vessel safely
back to Manila, the
" Virgin" set out to
take up her former
abode in the noun
tains of Antipolo. She
was received with such
acclamations and JOY
wherever she passed
that twelve days were
occupied in making the
journey of fifteen miles.
There is a tradition
New-York tribune., 1905-06-18

utcd to her sister of Lour1es | doubt if many
natives would make the necessary exertion to take
their ailing relatives and friends to her altar.
1t IS related that in the Chinese uprising in 1880
the image received a lauce-1.ound in the cheek
Although many attempts have been made to I'LL
the with putty. to cover IL with paint thew
always have failed and it Is believed that the Virgin
wears it proudly honorable wound When
the American forces captured AntipoIO. II Is said
that the fleeing insurgents had buried sixty thousand
pesos beneath the altar. The American commander
gave orders that the church be not disturbed. The
money escaped capture, and the Fi1ipno5 believed
that its safety due entirely to the watchfu
of the Virgin
And so, with such long and sacred history be
hind it. the presence of this relic has made Antpolo
a sort of Mecca to the sentimental Filpinos and
when it moved to Manila last winter it gave an
inpressiveness to the celebration of the ffteth
anniversary of the dogmatic Interpretation of the
mystery of the immaculate conception that prob
ably would not have been achieved there otherwise
The image was escorted to the capital by numerous
church and state dignitaries and through long
lines of inhabitants lining the shores of the
Pasig River.
The day December 81 had been made legal
holiday by the Philippine Commission and as the
following proclamation had been issued nearly all
the inhabitants turned out to take part in the affair
The VIRGIN OF Axr1roLo INVITES THE Furrr>o- To- rua
MIssfoN-All Fiipinos. you my sons Your mother
Thanks many thanks, beloved for your tulhuents
OF duties sincere popular. and for Your splendid
devotlons Oh! who shall state that you do not love me
All the sinners and the pure invited to the Mission with
the ultimate call of My Filipino Sons the Mission
pasSageway had been erected behind the shrine
in the cathedral where the image was installed.
and seemingly endless stream of humanity
crowded along this to kiss the Virgins garments.
Many of these people ignorant and poor.
large number were partially blind diseased, and
of the adults bore the marks of smallpox
all hoping that their ailments would be cured