Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-08

tlveS the past week.
Will Garnerl came down from
Madison for visit over Sunday
with relatives in this section.
Elmer Garner assisted Beetown
parties in Strengthening two coons
last week. 1t required three days
to accomplish the task.
Miss Fannie Pritchett had the
misfortune to fall ON the sidewalk
near Thos. McDonald's residence
Friday evening and broke her ankle.
Wisconsin University won from
the Minnesota University in Satur-
days football game by a score of
Is to IL. The Badgers also will
receive about $13 900 as a share of
the gate receipts.
-Muskrats are building unusually
high houses this season. Now then,
what's the ''old settlers" explanation
of it? ''Indian Join" used to say it
indicated cheap snow in winter,
rain in spring and big floods. Musk
rat build house with top story, to
keep out of water"
j. A. Mccoy shipped a fine
bunch of horses to Milwaukee yes
terday. Among them was draft
team purchased from Geo. Hoehn
for $400 that were good enough for
anybody. They are yrs. old, coal
blacks and weighed $3.50. A good
PAGER, sired by Westwood, pur-
chased of Joe Walz of Glen Haven
and a grey horse bought of Matt
Zenz were other good ones.
One of the rural schools in Kan
sas has pretty girl as it's teacher,
but she was much troubled at first
because many Of her pupils were
late every morning. At last she
made the announcement that she
would kiss the first pupil to arrive
at the school house the next morn
ing. At sunrise the three largest
boys Of her school were sitting on
the doorstep of the school house,
and by o'clock every boy in the
school and four of the directors were
waiting for her to arrive.
Fall cleaning of lawns and pre-
pairing for winter is the progress
throughout the city. All over the
city the smell Of burning leaves per-
vades the air, fall trimming of trees
is in progress and generally Lam
caster is taking on a winter lining
against cold weather. No one has
yet come forth with the fact it will
be cold winter because the muskrat
houses are built high or that a wild
goose bone shows it, but DR.. Hicks
pr omises interesting weather for all.
When Governor La Toilette
goes to Washington two weeks
hence to take his seat in the United
States senate, he will vacate the ex-
ecutive mansion and the family will
occupy the La Toilette residence on
West Wilson street. This Is at pres
ent occupied by DR.. c. A. Harper,
secretary of the state board of health
who will remove to another resi-
dence which he purchased for time.
Mrs. La Toilette is visiting the fam
lily residence almost daily, planning
some changes and improvements
that will be made during the coming
month. The decision of the COVER
nor not to take his family to Wash
ington is due to the disinclination of
Mrs. La Toilette for Washington
social life and also to the desire not
to interfere with the education of
the three small children who are at
tending the Madison city schools.
School authorities in some parts
Of this state are experiencing trouble
on account of swindlers from Chica-
go who have been selling practically
worthless agricultural charts to the
boards of the rural schools at $47. sc
each. The swindlers represent them
selves as authorized authorities of
the state school supt. in some cases
and in others as representatives of 8
Chicago school supply and publish
ing house. They show a sample
chart, exhibit what purports to be the
official seal of the state superinten.
dent and get a contract for the
chart. If the board member is 7e.
luctant the agent refers to the law
passed by the last legislature for
the teaching of agriculture in the
graded schools and irquires wheth-
er or not the member proposes to
obey the law. This usually fetch
es" him an order on the treasurer of
the district for the amount of $47. so.