Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-07-01

1t rains mighty easy InoS0 days.
Miss Mae Budd visited at Sitter
this week.
Geo. Angus had business at
Montfort yesterday.
Miss Emma Ressmeyer visited
friends at Livingston this week.
An adv. in the fair book will reap
rewards. Try page this year and
see.
Mrs. G. A. Walter of Inkster,
N. D., is visiting Grant county rela-
tives.
Geo. Rudersdorf and family
visited Mineral Point relatives a
portion of the week.
L. D. Eastman, wife and daugh-
tiers left Thursday for Waterloo for
a sojourn of a week or two.
-Potosi folks will care for every
one next Tuesday in the hospita BILE
manner for which they are noted.
It's not strange that man should
have his favorite paper; even the
flies have sheets that they get stuck
on.
The early bird catches the
worm if the small boy doesn't get
around the day before to dig him
for bait.
Mrs. Rudolph Sanders returned
to her home IN Madison Thursday
after pleasant visit with relatives
in the old home.
-Arno Alt will take in Barnunl
& Bailvy's circus at Madison July
4th and from there will take a trip
to Milwaukee and Chicago.
Congressman Brown and Oldest
son returned home to Rhinelande1
Thursday. Mrs. Brown and Master
Allen took their departure yester-
day.
Prof. Jostad, principal of the
Hazel Green high school last year,
has been engaged as principal OF
the Cuba City high school for the
ensuing year.
Every livery team in Lancaster
is already spoken for by our towns
people who intend going to some
nearby place for purpose of cele-
brating Tuesday.
County Supt Nye has all ar
rangements completed for the an
nual teachers institute for the
pedogogues of Grant county. Notices
have been mailed to every teacher
in the county and large attend
ance is assured. The institute opens
July 10th.
Chairman W. A. johnson got
into mix-up with swarm of bees
at his farm Wednesday and the
manner in which a few of the little
workers prodded him in the face
was a caution. His eyes were
swollen shut and he still shows the
effects of the unpleasant experience.
The faculty for next years
work in the Lancaster high school
is about complete. Geo. A. Rasmus-
sen of Hammond, Wis, has been
engaged as one of the assistants In
the high school, taking the place
filled by Fred Duncalf the past
year. Mr.. Rasmussen is graduate
of Appleton and comes highly re-
commended. He has had special
training in history, oratory and
mathematics and will teach these
branches.
The report of Head Clerk
Halves of the M. w. A. to the head
camp at Milwaukee last week,
brought out some surprising figures
with reference to accidents to
farmers, an occupation generally
supposed to be almost free from
danger. Last year the order had
2 991 deaths from accident and SO4
d 'aths from suicide. Of the latter
24S were farmers -30.85 per cent Of
the total number. The farmers led
in accidental deaths-S85.
Prof Slothower and family
leave Tuesday for Poynette
where they will pass a portion
of their vacation. Mr.. Sloth
over will conduct teachers in.
stitutes at Portage and Mt. Horeb.
Lancaster is fortunate in securing
his able services as principal fol
another year. He has received two
t1attering offers unsolicited since
concluding to remain here. One
came from Memominee as principal
OF the high school there, and a