Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-11
Local JOttingS.
"A Struggle for Gold. "

CanuIudIeS are Dusy these days. /
Miss Lila Wendell is visiting at
Spencer, Wis.
Jos. Reid went to Neillsviile
on business yesterday
Premium lists Of the county
fair may now be obtained.
-Mesdames Geo. Angus and
John Decker are visiting relatives
at Mather.
Miss BERTHE Hudson took de-
parture Thursday for Withee, Wis,
for a visit.
Grant county cannot complain
Of lack Of rain-the fact is we're
getting too much.
Spare the rod and buy your
fish, but take an outing whenever
you can spare the time.
F. c. Muffey, of Boscobel,
candidate for register Of deeds, was
in Lancaster Thursday night.
H. I. Penniman, the upholster-
er, has closed his establishment
here and gone to Prairie du Chen.
-Sauk county's new courthouse
at Barahoo will be dedicated next
Saturday with suspicious cere-
monies.
-Messrs. J. S. Wright and Geo.
E Budd attended the funeral serv-
ices Of Frank B. Sarles at Boscobel
Thursday.
-Richland county has four tickets
in the field for the prinaries-Re-
publican, Democratic, Prohibition
and SOcial-DemOcratic.
Miss Maude Carthew gave a
luncheon Tuesday eve in honor of
Misses Jean Krueger of Chicago aid
Laura Norman of Hamburg, Ark.
If that interesting item about
yourself, your family or your guest
did not appear in the Herald it was
probably because our mind reading
expert was out on vacation. 10
prevent it happening again, tell,
write or phone us.
John Drinkwater, Of this city,
has bought the Robert Draper farm
of 143 acres adjoining the village
of Sitter Mr.. Drlnkwater takes
possession Dec. 1st. Sale was made
10y ohm Day, of this city.
DR.. Frank Billings Of Chicago.
has filed a claim of $25, 900 against
the Marshall Field estate for seven
days services as p physician III the
last sickness of the Chicago mer- |
chant millionaire, over So, 500 per
day. DR. Billings is an old Mont
fort boy and learned his first rudi-
ments Of medicine with DR. Van
Dusen of this city
You can tell q successful farmer
10y looking at his horse; you can tell
a slovenly woman by looking at her
hair; you can tell the dry goods box
statesman by looking at The patches
on the bosom of his pantaIoons; you
can tell the poisonous reptile by the
bluntness of his tail; but the easiest
thing of all, you can tell the enter
prising merchant by a glance at the
local papers. This is not divine
revelation, but it is a business and
gospel truth.
Astronomers and others ir-
terested in meteorology will soon
be on the look out for showers of
meteors which are scheduled to ap-
pear early in August. Probably
from August 10th to 18th large
numbers of these fiery bodies will
appear in the heavens. Although
on almost any clear night meteors
may be seen, still the early parts { f
the months of August and November
bring forth the large groups, known
IS showers"
1t should be with great rejoic- !
ings that too exit avagant world |
welcomes back the sunbOnnet, !
which is said to be coming in sty lie !
again. That fetching head gear Of
q simpler time coming to us how
seems to argue the revival of mar
ners and customs that are dear to !
the old generations and that We're a |
credit to the race. The sun bonnet
correlates walks in the sun and
neighborly visits through back |
yards on sultry afternoons. It means
less of formality and more friendli-
ness, also less expense to the head
Of houses. The revival of the sun
bonnet bespeaks a return on the
part of our sisters to proper ideas Of |