Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-05-31
Local JOttingS.

soon be on the market.
The wise man sharpens his
lawn mower while it rains.
-Messrs. Joe Bendorf and j. M
Teesdale we're in Platteville Friday
The Northwestern road is open
ing up new gravel pit this side Of
Verona.
"A soldiers monument was dedi-
Gated with appriate exercises at Be-
lott yesterday.
The best way to wipe out the
dandelions is to keep the plants
from going to seed.
The East Division high school
of Milwaukee won the interscholastic
athletic meet at Madison Saturday.
Frank Holmes went to White
water Saturday, where he will be
employed by the Wisconsin Tele-
phone company.
If it were not for the weeds aud
the hoeing and the digging and
other work, gardening would be a
pleasure.
Mrs. James Blewett, ST., was
called to Jefferson, Ia, last week on
account of the serious illness of her
mother, who is 81 years of age.
The Ladies' Aid society of the
Congregational church will meet at
the social room of the church on
Friday, at p. m. A cordial IN
vitation is extended to all those in
terested.
Ed Smith of Milwaukee Is the
new barber at Geo. Gibbs. He
formerly was employed by Lou
Starr here, but resigned to accept a
position in Sch1itz hotel barber shop
at Milwaukee.
-Chas. Pearse of Dodgeville was
the fortunate y Dung student to land
first prize at the intersch elastic de-
clamatory contest held at Madison
Friday eve. His subject was 1.-THE
Boy Orator of Zepata City," There
were five other contestants.
Milwaukee is getting to be the
biggest convention city in the coun-
try and hardly a week in the year
passes but delegates from half a
dozen or more orders, societies, as
sociations, etc., meet at the Wiscon-
sin metropolis for annual, biennial
or tri-ennial meetings of some sort.
And they are well cared for there,
too.
The annual dressmakers' picnic
will be held on Will Kempers farm
in town of Liberty on Saturday,
June 18th. All dressmakers wishing
to attend are required to hand in
their names to Mrs. Mitchell or Miss
Tenant prior to Saturday, June
Bird. Those wishing to purchase
camp stools will also notify the
same parties or HI. S. Rhodes.
County judges have been mott
fled by President Gustav Kuester
mann of the state board of control
that no more prisoners can be &C.
commodated for the present at the
boys reformatory at Green Bay,
owing to the fact that the capacity
of the institution is already reached.
Judges have been notified to. make
no more commitments until further
notice. A new wing to relieve the
crowded condition of the building
may be erected. v~ e.s-
Said the groceryman to the
butcherman: 1T is really sin that
you buy your salt on the wholesale
plan and don't give me chance to
handle the tin" Then HE'D him
back to the grocery store and quick
ly an order sent for few choice
hams for the family use, and box
of fish for Lent. Said the clothing
man to the hardware man: ''You
certainly don't do right when you
get suit of an eastern house, with
my big stock in sight" But the
clothier wanted a new steel range,
and it came as his neighbors, know,
in box that he tried to hide in the
barn, and marked "Gee, Hawbuck
q Co." The business men then
called a meeting to see where the
trouble lay, and they all agreed
twas the editor man and not the
devil to pay. Why don't he roast
the department stores and the
peddling fakirs, and stand by them
who patronize him and give him
daily bread. So they drew up a
contract long and strong for the
editor to peruse, and waited on him
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