Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16

neighborhood-we mean the feath-
cred kind. They are losing their
heads.
The lecture on Japan by Toxic
TanimOto failed to materialize Sat
urday eve on account of small at
tendance. He spoke at Sitter Mon
day eve.
The many friends of George N.
Gibbs will be pleased to learn that
he is able to be at mis- shop most of
the time again. Mr.. Gibbs has
been indisposed for several weeks.
-Messrs. Sam Hood of Madison,
G. Fl Basford and M. G. Edwards of
this city are assisting in the in
voicing of the Mankel stock of
merchandise at Beetown that Max
Brickman has purchased.
The calls of some of our young
men upon their lady friends reminds
one Of a successful newspaper. It
starts in weekly, then tri-weekly,
finally becoming a daily with a
Sunday supplement.
Many a good man has gone
wrong on account Of race horses
not because he bred them, because
he himself started on the pace that
kills. Speeds good thing SO long
as the horse has it, but not for his
: owner.
-Gollmar Bros. bill car No. l ar
rived here Sunday and plastered the
city with advertisements Of the big
show to be held on the 25th. The
circus comes from Mt. Horeb to
Dodgeville, thence to Lancaster and
from here to Platteville.
Cuba City News: Mrs. L. N.
Hounsell and daughter, accompanied
by Miss Lillian Korber, went to
Lancaster Saturday to visit with
her brother, Henry Korber. From
there they will go to Potosi, spend
about two weeks on the trip.
Sheep furnish two ''crops" a
year, are weed destroyers, furnish
meat for the farmers table at any
time, are always convertible into
cash, and their living is hardly
noticed by the land owner. No
! farmer should be without a small
flock.
The other evening some one
evidently armed with a sledge en-
tered what is known as the Dew
cemetery north of Winslow, town
, south of Monroe, and demolished
every tomb stone that stood there.
The graveyard is an old one, and it
cannot be conceived what would
prompt such vandalism.
SO far as known to the medical
profession 10 this part Of the state, a
six-months old baby at La Crosse is
the youngest person in the world to
submit to an abdominal surgical
operation. She is the daughter of
Harry G. Rogers and wife of that
city, and was operated on for ap-
pendlcitis.
"A Cuba City young man was ov-
erheard to say: Last night I held
a little hand, so dainty and so neat;
tho't my heart would burst with
| joy, SO wildly did it beat. No other
hand unto my soul could greater
solace bring, than that hand I held
last night, which was-four acres
and king.
A couple were recently married
and the bride invited an old nader
aunt to the wedding. The cards
were swell and one corner bore the
inscription: Children not expect
ed" After scanning the sentence
carefully over her specs, the ole
lady said: That's all right, but
they will have them just the same. ;
One thing few people think Of
and it should be taught to every
member of every family, is that oil
or grease in rags or cloth that is put
where it is under little pressure,
even of only it's own weight some
times, IS liable to become spontane-
ously heated and burn. The same
is true of moisture in grasses, but
the oils are more to be guarded
against.
"A few days ago rather bashful
young woman went into a store
carrying three chickens. She in
quired the price of chickens and at
the same time put them on the
counter. The clerk didn't know
the chickens feet were tied, and
asked if they would lay there. She
bit her handkerchief and said: mo
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