Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-07-19

! AZ. ,=Storrss was here from
Fennimore yesterday z.< IA
The thrstSapple was produced in
the garden of Eden-and so was the
first pair.
#. Hoppe Of Plattevine was
looking. after interests at'tte cotfnty
seat yesterday.
Eat and drink, less and keep
away from the thermometer if you
wish to keep cool. -, II. 80 AZ.
: Reports of serious storms were
heard yesterday as having occurred
the day previous. It did not rain
in Lancaster. : @-'.S'' :
"A copy Of the premium list Of
the Big Badger fair to be held at
Platteville Aug. 29-39-31 and Sept.
LIST is received.
The following note was received
by teacher: please, sir, Johnnie
was kept home today. I have had
twins. 1t shan't occur again. Yours
truly, Mrs. Jones.
: July 18th. and 18th we're the
hottest days last summer and the
mercury only got up to 81. This Is
the hottest weather we. have had
since July, 1901.
"A recent return to the county
asylum of subjects sent to Mendoza
hospital from this county and found
1ncurable included Marsh Riggs, A.
Bazinet and P. Machalleck.
:, "A fire occurred on the stea mer
that Ralph Ray sailed to Spain on
while at sea. Many passengers
were frightened. It was extinguish-
ed before any damages resulted,
however.
Grandpa was taking a nap, and
his little granddaughter was sent to
call him to dinner. WAS he as
leep?" asked mamma, as Flossie came
back. 'All but his nose," was the
innocent answer. ..%
!. A newly born babe was found
dead in Platteville last week, at the
rear end Of q blacksmith shop. The
babe was without clothes and it is
evident had been. Left there but d
short time. An investigation is
being made a,.,,.4 Is. 4 ~ s.4..s
= DADDY Kelly, a professional
race horse rider of Chicago. arrived
here yesterday, and will be engaged
by Delos Edwards in. getting his
running horse into training. Paddy
as rode good ones for three years.
He is implng a little now as the re-
suit of an accident a few days since.
:, A widower of wellington, Kan,
the other day was remarked just
two weeks after his first wife's
cath and when the boys came to
charivari him he went out and told
them they ought to be ashamed of
themselves for making such an up
roar around a house where tuner
al had been held so recently. :
1t is the nature of boy to be
hungry. If he is not hungry for
food he is hungry for knowledge.
Ii he is not hungry for knowledge
he is hungry for kindness. It may
be hard to believe, but there are
some boys who are as hungry for a
kind work as some other bows are
hungry for a nice orange.
Some twenty thousand Ameri-
can soldiers are to be furnished with
the new orthopedic shoe, a type of
shoe which will be tested practical
ly, with a view to it's adoption by
the military service for troops on
the march. It is a shoe which is
supposed to follow the exact out
lines of the foot, being broader at
the toe than along the sole. '
This is the season of all others
in which to be out Of doors, says an
exchange. Every mortal creature
feels the instinct Juggling at him
to stop all occupations that keep
him beneath roof and go out
under the sky, to breathe the per-
feet air, to bask in the bright sun
shine to see the annual miracle of
the world being made anew. Those
who obey the instinct profit by it
end return to their tasks with re-
newed energy and an ability for
better work.
A message was recently sent
by wire and wireless telegraph from
Washington City to Nome and a
reply received in less than five
minutes. The distance els about