Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-07
Local JOttingS.

-Barnum & Bailey's monster
shows will exhibit at Madison on
July 4th.
H. Govier, of Mt. Ida, was a
business visitor in Lancaster on
Saturday.
Frank Pink and Robert Draper
enjoyed fishing trip at Mccartney
a few days this week.
Allen Schreiner and Goldie Ad-
kins, of Bloomington, visited friends
in this city on Monday.
Horace Hampton took his de-
parture yesterday morning for Mer
rillan on business trip.
Alvin Briggs advises us to
change the address of his Herald
from Platteville to Nora, MINI.
"A. w. Curtis and Miss Alta
Curtis, of Patch Grove, were in
Lancaster few hours on Saturday
last.
B. Hamer, of Bloomington,
was in the city Monday on business
and while here made the Herald
office pleasant call.
"A band of horse traders passed
through this city Sunday. They
had we'll equipped wagons and
seemed to be prosperous lot.
Mrs. R. B. Showalte1, president
of the Ladies of the G.. A. r., of
this city has been invited to deliver
an address at the soldiers reunion at
Platteville this week.
Mrs. T. S. Metcalf, of Glen
Haven, was in the city day or two
this week visiting with her son
Charles, who is member of the
graduating class.
Charles F. Kaap and Jos. Wer-
lev, of Fennimore, were in the city
Monday on business trip. Mr..
Kaap will close out his business at
Fennimore and engage in the well
drilling business after July LIST.
"A young lady living not far
from here sent so cents to a Chic
ago advertiser for a receipt to
whiten and keep the hands soft.
She received the following reply:
"Soak them three times day in
dish water and let your mother rest. :"
"A New Jersey judge does not
deem the fact that man who has
read of a case in a newspaper as evil
dence of disqualification as a juror
in that case. He says: IF man
is intelligent, it is presumed that he
has read the papers. We are look
ing for intelligent jurors, hence this
is no disqualification"
In order to eliminate dogs in
Waterloo, Iowa, an ordinance will
soon be passed by the city council
providing a tax of IS on male and
$40 on female dogs per year. The
ordinance has passed it's first read
ing. We wish similar methods
would be adopted in this city. There
are more worthless dogs in this
place than there is any necessity of.
"A Minnesota paper tells of a
teacher who, to prevent hardness,
offered to kiss the first arrival at
school each morning. The next
morning at 5 o'clock a number of
young men were seen roosting on
the fence, and at $50 all the small
boys and two directors had put in
their appearance. The teacher is
Is and beautiful-as all Of them are.
Who wouldn't roost on the school
house fence all night?
Print the best sermon that ever
fell from inspired lips and not &c
per cent. even of the professedly
pious will read it; print a detailed
account of some female bunco game
or a sensational divorce case in high
life and 90 per cent. of the very
elect will make dive for the paper
before breakfast, swoop down on il
like hungry niger on bowl OF
crab soup, devour every word, then
roll their eyes heavenward like a
calf with the collie and wonder what
this wicked world is coming to.
Just think of it? Wool is worth
thirty cents pound, butter is bring
ing twenty-five cents, cheese is SELL
ing readily at eleven cents and eggs
are thirteen cents. Hogs are selling
at five cents, calves bring about
four cents a pound and horses are
as good price as they were ever
known to be. The ground is well
soaked with moisture and pastur-
age is abundant and the spring
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