Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-19
LOCal JOttingS.
Herald wants wood.

Many of the young folks are ex-
pected home for the holidays.
Miss Telah Calvin entertained
number of friends Saturday even
ing.
The W. G. I. Z. will meet at the
NJ. z. chapel Thursday, Dec. goth,
at the usual hour.
Tomorrow Is the shortest day
in the year, the'isun rising at 1:15
and setting at AL. @ =
DIR. W. Alice orders1the adj
dress of his paper changed from
BelIvue, Ia, to Sheridan, Mich. Il
John Cover is seriously i'll at
Galena and G. w. Knapp was called
there yesterday to care for him.
The public library will be closed
Thursday, Dec. 9th, as it will be
moving day to the new location.
Henry c. Judd received notice
Yesterday of the death OF his
brother, Harvey. at Detroit, Mimi.
Levi Eastman went to Cobb
Sunday to manage the lumber yard
there during the absence of his
brother, Hi.
-Engineman Owen Flynn is TAX
ing a lay-off from duty and will
leave Friday for visit with his
go Dor Of WatorIOO. Ia
The dance at Knapp's rink Fri
dav night was a complete success
financially and otherwise aud a
large attendance enjoyed the Oc-
casi0n immensely.
Last week the Modern Wood
men camp at Sparta initiated class
of ISL. making total membership
of 372. This makes the Sparta
camp the banner camp in western
Wisconsin
The services at Emmanuel
church, Lancaster, at Christmastide
will he as follows: Christmas eve a
midnight celebration at IL o'clock;
Christmas day, celebrations at z, 8
and 10 a. m.
Pursuant to the order of the
county board made at its last ses-
sion, the hitching rail west of the
county jail installed last spring was
removed by Marshal Dersch this
week.
In Justice Moses court Monday
W. B. aopson paid his board bill
owing to John Dechow of the
Philips house, amounting to $I2.
Landlord Dechow has brought suit
against HOpson for the amount he
CLAIMS is due him for storage of the
latter's property.
-Register-of-D Deeds elect I. s.
Metcalf will occupy the John
Stevens residence In the fourth
ward. and is moving here from
Glen Haven. Frank lockwood has
been occupying this property, but
now moves to the home of his
father, Thos. lockwood. The latter
goes to the new home he recently
erected IN the first ward. Chas.
Metcalf, son of the register elect,
Will attend to his fathers farm in
Glen Haven. Register Metcalf will
be assisted in his office here by his
daughter, Miss Ethel.
The Christmas spirit is in the
air and it IS doubtful if there is
city in the state that has made
more elaborate preparation for the
holidays than our own. The mer-
chants have responded to the feel
ing of buoyancy that the season
creates and they have loaded the
shelves and tables and even the
floor space of their stores with
everything that the season demands.
They have bought heavily of holi-
day goods and everyone of the es-
adjustments is veritable exposition
of things that are beautiful and
sensible. Buy your holidays goods
in Lancaster.
Of the three hundred and sixty
five days III each year, in no one of
them is SO much happiness concen-
trated as Ia that of Christmas. Par
ents and guardians are made happy
10y the expenditure of labor and
money to please the young, and the
refining influence of these acts on
their own natures is of more value
to them than thrice the amount of
gold and silver they have expended
in procuring them. Who is the man
or woman of fifty or sixty who can
not look back over these vanished
years and recall with pleasing as
sociations some token IN his or her
youth from some kind friend on
Christmas? So will it be now, and
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