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

Think of it. II you work at the
dairy farm of Mrs. Addie F. HOWE
you must say good morning" to
her COWS. Eleven years ago Mrs.
Howie was a Milwaukee socie, Y
woman. Now she is acknowledged
authority on. jersey cattle breeding
IN this country. More than that.
She is on the staff of the Wisconsin
Agricultural college as a lecturer
and Students of dairy work and
stock breeding come from all over
the country to attend her lectures.
Eleven years ago she was afraid to
look at COW, as she puts 1T. What
new thing has this successful woman
contributed to the science of cattle
breeding? Chiefly this: She en-
ploys kindness. Now you would
scarcely suppose that the yield of a
cows milk could be doubled by
kindness? Mrs HOWE has proved
that to be true. She says every
stroke of petoing, every word of
love and every bit of appreciation
and attention bestowed on a cow
will come back to you in dollars and
cents. 'Put in affection with your
scientific feeding and | promise it
will repay you" For instance. Mrs.
How, "a cOaXod and naracSod ty0a,,
ty-two pounds and five ounces of
butter out of Sadie LePet, one of
her favorities, in seven days. She
sells calves for $500 apiece and they
are bespoken before they are born.
And her COWS take first prizes
wherever they ere shown. OF
course you muse really love your
cow if you want to double her yield
of milk by kindness. Mrs. HOWE is
in love with her pretty creatures,
isn't the woman's theory fine? And
it has it uses. You may lecture a
brutal owner of cow about being
kind to all of Gods creatures and it
will never get under his skin. But
show him that he is cheating him
self out of dollars that's another
story. And by analogy. If it pays
to be kind to a cow will it not pay
to be kind to horse or a dog-or
even human being?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16
The Mystery Solved.

After a good deal OF study and
worry we have at last figured out
why SO many country editors get
rich. A child is born in the neigh
borhood: the attending physician
gets $40: the editor gives the loud
lunged youngster and the happy
parents a sendoff, and gets SO. 1t is
christened and the minister gets
$40. 1t grows up an(. marries, the
editor publishes another long
winded, dowery article and tells
about dozen lies about the beauti-
full, accomplished bride the minister
gets so and piece of cake, and the
editor gets 500. In a course of time
it dies, and the doctor gets from SIS
to 800, perhaps the minister gets
another $40, the undertaken gets
from $50 to $3.50: the editor pub
isles an obituary, lodge and
society resolutions, lot of poetry
and cards of thanks, and gets 5000.
No wonder so many of the country
editors get rich.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16
Another Comment.

Darlington Republican Journal:
Edward Pollock, editor of the Ian
caster Teller, has been appointed
state treasury agent to succeed Eli
Peterson, removed. Pollock was
certainly entitled to something. He
was one Of the most rabld LaFol-
lette editors in the state of Wiscon-
sin last campaign. He openly sup
ported Grotophorst for congress
against Babcock. He was never
known to support the entire ticket
placed in nomination by the Repub-
lican party. He fought LaFol-
lete when he was a candidate for
congress in the old Third district
and only started TO support the gov
ernor when some of his Lancaster
enemies were fighting him. Pollock
is queer mixture. Ho is sour on
the world in general and we hope
that his new position wilt distill
some sunshine through his system
and make him a man among men.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16
Obituary Marburger.

Mildred and Hildred, daughters
of Herman and Alice hamburger,
were born May 10, 1903, and after
a little more 5nan two years Of
bright sunshiny lives, were taken
to brighten another world, Mildred
Wednesday, Aug. 9th, and Hildred
Friday, Aug. II, 1905. At noon
Saturday, after brief service at
the home where had assembled a
large gathering of friends and
neighbors, their bodies were laid to
rest side by side in one grave. Earth
has less, but Heaven more of
sunshine in their departure and yet
some rays of brightness will ever
linger because of their presence
here though brief.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16
RALPH RAY HOME.
Lancaster Boy Gould Not Become Ac,
climated at this Season.

Ralph Ray al ived home from
Spain Sunday. A few days after
he arrived in Madrid he was taken
Ill with fever and was under the
care OF the court physician.
He continued Ill for some time
and the physician advised him to
return to America until the ex-
treme heated season over there was
past.
While the king himself feels
friendly toward America and
Americans Ralph states that the
common people in general are still
hostile towards Uncle Sam and all
his subjects. They are bitter against
England also.
Accordingly he sailed on the 30th
OF July. He will return to Spain
about Oct. LIST. Ralph's parents and
friends were overjoyed to greet
him, OF course, but regret the fact
that he was i'll. He is kept busy re.
counting incidents of his voyage tc
and from Spain and his experiences
at Madrid.
He is q great admirer of the
young king and was a favorite Of
the youthful ruler, every
attention being paid him by the
king and his servants during his i'll
ness. Alphonso parted with hin
reluctantly and secured his promise
to reCurn in the fall.
Twice a week there IS a bull fght
to which all the well-to-do turn out
enmasse. Many poor horses are
killed in the usual manner at the
bloody doings and finally the bul
himself is butchered. The carcass
is sold to poor people, being the
only beef they are able to purchase
The railroads in Spain are like
pigmies comp AIRED to the service
here. The coaches are small and
constructed on plan similar to the
street cars in our large cities where
the conductor walks around on the
outside and collects fares. They
are all open affairs and travel slow.
ly.
More may be said of Ralph's ad-
ventures in a future issue of the
Herald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16
The New Normal.

Plans for the State Normal at
Platteville have been accepted. The
building will be 200 feet square, of
pressed brick. 1t will consist of three
floors with no basement.
The main room will be in the
center of the building with a IL fot t
corridor outside OF which will be re-
citation and offices. The structure
will be lighted by sky lights and
two light wells 20 x 60. The last
legislature voted $115, 900 for the
building and it Will be one of the
finest of southwest Wisconsin and
one which the citizens of Platte
vile may well be proud of.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16
METHODIST HYMNsAL.
These New Books are Now Ready
for Delivery.

Lancaster Methodists are. inter
ested in the announcement that the
new Methodist hymnal is to be
ready for delivery by the LIST of
September. 1t has been in prepar
alton for several years past, the
work being pursued quite slowly in
order to have 1t performed in the
best manner possible. Is is to be
the official hymnal of the Methodist
Episcopal church and of the Metno-
dist Episcopal Church South. The
preparation of this hymnal was
authorized by the general confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal
church which met in Chicago in
1900, and by the general conference
of the Episcopal Church South
which met in Dallas in 1902. The
object was to supply the church
with hymnal smaller in aize than
the hymnal then in use and one
adopted to the uses of the public
congregation, ~5s4e prayer meeting,
the class meeting and the Sunday
school. The new hymnal contains
III hymns, besides doxolosies, oo-
casional pieces and chants, q re-
duction Of four hundred under the
old hymnal. More than this number
have heen lett out, however, and
several hundred new hymns insert
ed. Nearly all the old favorites
have been retained. In this volume
the words Of each hymn are insert
ed with the music of the tune. This
increases the size and makes the
book 100 pages larger than the tune
edition of the old hymnal. The
new hymnal contains inF addition to
the hymns and chants, the psalter,
covering eighty three pages, and the
ritual. In the ritual are given forms
for the celebration of marriage and
the burial of the dead not contained
in the old book. The 'hymnal IN use
in the church which the new one is
to supplant has been in service for
some thirty years
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16
Glad to Figure on Your Order.

One of our merchants was called
up on the telephone recently by a
lady who said, II have an order Of
goods ready to send to Montgomery
Ward & Co. Do you want to figure
on it?" The merchant replied that
he certainly did and thanked her
for the opportunity, and said, I'VE
seldom get the chance, to figure on
such an order" The list of articles
was given over the phone and in a
short time the merchant called the
lady up, giving her the price Of
$685. on the order. She promptly
told him to do the goods UP, and
when she came for them in the
afternoon she told the merchant he
had saved her just 81 and the
freight, that amount being the off
ference between what she paid
here for the goods and what they
would have cost her had she order
ed them from Montgomery Ward
& Co. In filing the order the mer-
chant said that he furnished the
best grade he carried in stock and
made good profit on the goods.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16

Editor Pollock came home fr m
Madison to spend Sunday.
Miss Daisy Burris, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. M. V. Burris, became
the bride of Mr.. Chris Roberts at
the home of her parents last even
ing, Rev. Evs ms performing the
happy ceremony in the presence of
relatives and a few friends only.
The couple will reside in Davenport,
where the groom holds good posi-
ton. They have the congratula
tions of everyone and are deserving
of the best there is.
Hazel Green Gazette: Sheriff
Glenn came down from Lancaster
Friday and engaged in a new avoca-
ton. He's a fine looking bartender
but don't care particularly to please
his customers He abruptly broke
M a little social game of seven-up,
pocketed the slot machine, ques-
toned the right of man drint 'ng
pop in such a place, set a new pace
for others in the businees 70 follow
by closing at p. m. land lnstigated
MANY othur model reforms which
gave people in that sphere to be-
lieve he was beside himself or
had joined Funst MS father IN a
new campaign to do up" the deal-
ers in libatiOn.
Among the speakers at the
Christian Endeavor convention to
to be held in Lancaster today and
tomorrow who are of more than
local interest are w. 0. Carrier of
Waukesha, state president of the
society; Rev. T. j. Brown of DaI-
lington; Rev. S. r. Chubb of Pla, to-
vile; Rev. Fl. r. Hogan of Spring
Green; Rev. Albert r. Rice of Chi
cago and r. B. Shoop of Madison.
Sessions will be held in the Con
gregational church, opening at $50
p. m. today.
Many farmer has an hour or
two during the dewy or otherwise
wet morning in harvest time that
can be applied greatly to the ap-
pearance of his farm by running
his mower along the roadside and
cut down the harmful and unsightly
weeds that grow to such huge
dimensions, disfguring the view
and scattering the seeds later to
the positive damage of the whole
country.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16

A very pretty wedding took
place at the home of Lee Veddtr
in North Chicago, H., last Satur-
day eve, Aug. 18th, when the mar
rage vows of Miss Nellie ainson, of
Ellenboro, Wis, and George Il.
Mason, of ST. Adams, Vermont,
were solemnized, Rev. Boyce of
Evanston, H., officiating. The
house was tastefully decorated with
go!den-rod, the napkins and service
upon which the refreshments were
served were also designed in sprays
of goldenrod. The bride was dressed
in cream silk and the groom in the
customary black Miss Hinson is
we'll known here having lived most
of her life in Grant county and has
many friends hers who offer con-
oratulaiions. Jrst the immediate
relatives we're present at the cerc-
mony, the only guest from abro; d
being Miss STEELE Druen, of Rock
Vile. Mr.. and Mrs. Mason after
visiting in Shelby, Indiana, will go
to housekeeping in North Chicago,
Ill.
We know a girl Of Is or there
abouts living in this city who gets
up in the morning, eats her break
fast which her mother prepared,
goes up stairs and takes care of her
room, and then goes down town,
sometimes taking two hours to buy
a spool of thread. She eats dinner
which her mother has prepared,
wears clothes which her mother has
made, spends the afternoon reading
story books or gadding with her girl
friends; eats supper her mother has
prepared, and spends the evening
with her girl friends. She has done
nothing wicked all day, and her
mother thinks she is bringing her
up right. But is she9
Among the new interpretations
reported at the secretary of states
office the past week was that OF the
Hartford Home Heater company,
village of Cassville, Grant county;
capital, SIS, 900; incorporators, 0 F.
Tate, w. P. Hartford, and c. E.
Hartford.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16
The County Fair.

Grant county people in general
more and more each year look upon
the Lancaster fair as their own
show and why shouldn't they?
That's what it was planned OH in
the start and county seat folks de-
sire that every resident IN the
county take personal interest in the
event. We want you all to attend
this year sure, for its the 50th an
niversary of the society and you'll
all be paid in gold.
We're going to meet you with
bands galore and guarantee you the
best fair and the best time. AZ
fractions that you never saw, fast
races and every thing IN the categorie
of fun and frolic.
Remember the dates Sept. SO 7.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16

Bear in mind the home talent
theatrical at Reeds opera house
next Monday eve. The program will
open with a comedy in two acts
entitled, mot a Man in the House.
Following this is a pantomine,
Nearer My God to Thee" and
other specialties. Then follows
THE Minister'S Wife," a pleasing
comedy. Seats on sale at Benefits
drug store. Proceeds go to the
fountain fund.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16
Baptist Notes.

G. E. Convention as announced
last week will hold the devotional
meetings in the Baptist church.
Sunrise prayer meeting and quiet
hour on Thursday morning.
Services in the morning nextSun~
day at the usual hour.
Covenant meeting Saturday at
$50.
Baptist association meets next
week in Dodgeville.
Preaching at Dyer school house
Sunday afternoon.
DANIEL SPRAGUE, Pastor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16
Stamps Are Valuable.

There are A. P. AS ard A. P.
As. Some belong to the Anne rican
Philatellc association now holding
an annual session in Minneapolis.
They are simply stamp collectors,
and in the ranks are all kinds Of
people. Some single stamps are
worth a fortune to those who de-
sire them. America is the home of
many large collectors. President
beats, who is a New Jersey mil
lionaire, holds his to be worth about
$50, his collection Of Confeder-
ate local stamps issued before the
Confederation government took
charge of the postage service being
valued at $4,000 alone. George Il.
Worthington's stamps are valued
at $150,OOO, and one secretary de-
votes his entire time to its care.
This sounds like big money, but
when $7,25O is paid for single
stamp, as the Prince of Wales did
for a specimen of the first issue OF
Mauritius, it does not take long for
a collection to become costly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16
r. D. Blanchard Promoted.

Lieut.. r. D. Blanchard, formerly
the well known BoscobeL attorney
who enlisted in Uncle Sans service
at the breaking out of the Spanish
American war, and has been max
ing an excellent record since, has
received another deserved promo
ton.
He has been made assistant at
torney general of the Philippine
Islands with headquarters at Manila.
For some time past he has been
stationed at Bantanzas, P
The Herald is pleased to note bis
progress.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16
FIRE AT Mt. HOPE.

w %. MIL g LEU IlcbuQY > IOSlu0uC0
properly IN Mt. Hope, occupied by
the Quincy Ferrand family, was
destroyed by fire Thursday night,
together with mott Of Mr.. Felrand's
household goods. One load of goods
bad been taken out for removal to
Pltttey "le.
OTHER NOTES.
The program of our fair races
and field spol is appears in another
column.
The marriage of Archie Ryan and
Miss Barta Holford is announced to
occur on Aug. %.
Andy Roberts is cutting new
channel for the creek on Tucer
Hammond's pasture, to preserve the
permanent road along Rocky Bluff
from destruction. The present
channe. will be damned.
JOS. Brookens is building nice
l. ew brick house on his farm three
miles southeast. Walt Schneyer has
the carpenter contract, Chas. Pierce
building the wall and Mr.. Barnes
of Classy lie laying the brick.
P. w. Hedemann's new brick
! ous9 is growing, blick-layers now
working on the second story. II
will be a beauty.
The sneak thief who is stealing
garden truck, chickens, etc, is
known, but people decline to prose
cute anyone SO ontemptible He
could have all that he steals for the
asking, anyway.
The hum of the thresher ar
nounces the approach of the close
of another season. one of the most
fruitful and pleasant on record.
Some range horses were offered
for sale here Saturday by couple
of strangers. About a dozen were
sold.
Our brass band boys went to
Guttenburg Sunday, and had a wet
(rainy) time. They enjoyed the
trip, however.
Henry Bonn is laid up with a
sprained ankle.
Miss Grace Ballantine enter Gained
some friends Sunday.
Miss GerCle Fox invited in a party
of friends Tuesday evening.
That was regular reception held
by VIM. Lewis and Theo. Calvin on
the street Saturday, when they met
many of their old friends and neigh
bors. They appsa ed to enjoy it,
too.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16
LICENSED TO WE'D.
Cupid's Franks as Recorded by County
Clerk Tuffley.

Chris Roberts, Rock Island and
Daisy Buns, Lancaster.
Marion Florence Vaughan, Platte
vile and August R. Reinking,
Baraboo.
Elgie j. Ryan Tulare, Cal, and
Barta Holford, Bloomington.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16

A man is never so bad that he
couldn't be worse or q woman SO
good she couldn't be better.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-16

We had several school ma'ams
with us this week
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-24
BUYS A NEW GRAY.
Police Department Makes City Pres
ent Of New Horse.

Police Department Makes City a Pres
ent Of New Horse.
City Marshal Nicholson, of the police
department, has purchased a new gray
horse, which he has presented to the
city, to be used on the new patrol wa
gon that the department purchased
with funds realized from the fair the
department conducted a few weeks
ago. Mr.. Nicholson paid great deal
of attention to the purchase, and he is
a good judge Of horses. The animal
matches the gray already in service,
the mate Of the other gray which has
been temporarily incapacitated from
service owing to an injury caused by
overreaching while running. The new
horse weighs little over 1,40o pounds,
and cost the department $3.50. Train
ing has already begun, and SO intelli-
gent was the animal that upon the
second trial he walked out of his stall
to a point almost directly under the
harness. City Marshal Nicholson has
left from the fair fund the sum Of SIS
or $40, which he will use in purchas-
ing a rubber mat for the floor of the
patrol wagon. Members of other pol
ice departments, who have seen the
new wagon purchased by the depart
ment here. declare it to be as fine as
ANYTHING in the state, and much finer
than the wagons in use in most OF the
Cities
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-24
Edward A. Gregg, of Soldiers
Home, Answers Final Muster
Without Warming
DIES WHILE ON a VISIT
Left the City at 10 O'clock, to Go to
Quarry, and Is Dead at 1o:3o,
Of Heart Standardization After
Walk of Quarter of a Mile From De-
pot Probable Cause.

Edward A. Gregg, a veteran of the
Soldiers Home, died suddenly at about
10: 30 o'clock this forenoon at the home
of Mrs. Mary England, at Quarry,
where he had gone to spend the day.
Gregg left the union station, in this
city, at 10 o'clock, and dropped dead
upon his arrival at the England home,
after walk of a quarter of mile,
from the Quarry station to the home
of his friends. The headquarters
building at the Home was notified of
the death by telephone at about II
o'clock, and the body will be brought
here this evening for burial.
Mr. Gregg was one of the trusted
members of the Home, and was in
charge, as captain, of the old mems
building. He was in the headquarters
building for his half fare transporta-
ton order before leaving for the sta
ton, and remarked that he was feel
ing better than usual. He had been
bothered for some time with heart
trouble, and the exertion of walking
IN the cola WlnQ was 100 muCH LOT MIN.
Upon arriving at the England home,
after his walk from the Quarry sta
ton, he seemed out of breath, and
complained of pain in his breast.
Mrs. England secured for him chair,
and gave him another on which to
place his feet. He had no more than
sat down before he fell to the floor
dead.
Mr.. Gregg was 70 years of age, and
entered the Home from West Liberty
July 26, 1899. He served during the
civil war as a sergeant Of Company I,
Thirty-sixth Indiana infantry. His
enlistment was at Richmond. Ind.
Sept. 16, 1851, and he was discharged
Sept. 81, 1864, at Indianapolis. Mr..
Gregg is survived by a widow. Mrs.
Elanora Gregg, living at Mason City.
He also leaves several children, but
their addresses are not known. Mrs.
England, the woman at whose home
he went to visit, formerly worked at
the Soldiers Home, and now lives at
Quarry with her widowed daughter.
Mrs Annie Gabrielson.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-24
SNOW DELAYS TRAINS

High Wind During the Night Drifts
Snow in the Cuts and Intense Cold
Causes Trains to Be Late This Morn.
ing.
The high wind during Monday night,
which drifte,d the snow in the cuts
along the lines Of the different rail-
roads. togather with the intense cold,
had its effect on railroad traffic this
morning. and caused all of the trains
to be late. Snow is reported to have
heaped from a foot to several feet IN
depth in the cuts. and all OF the
passenger trains were from a half
hour to several hours behind time.
On this division of the Great West
ern the sncw is reported to have drift
ed badly. Passenger train No. l, due
from the north at 4:45 o'clock this
morning, did not arrive until about 8
o'clock, with it's engine covered with
snow and ice. 1t was held here until
a freight engine could be summoned
from Reinbeck to double mead with 1t
to Des MONIES. The train from the
south was reported almost on time,
but the morning passenger from the
north was said to be four hours late.
Cuts along the line Of the Iowa
Central had drifts from a foot to two
feet in them, and the south bound
passenger, No. 4, was stalled for a
short time near Geneva. 1t arrived
about two hours late, and the north
bound train was also late. Prepare
tons were being made this morning
to equip an engine with a snow pillow
and get ii on the line as soon as poss-
ible.
The Northwestern's trains were also
behind time, and both the east and
west bound passengers were delayed by
the snow, wind and cold, altho the
snow was not reported to have drifted
very badly.