Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-30

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The successful candidates must
be elected twice this year.
Joe Wright shipped two cars of
Il le baby beef to Chicago Monday.
Reserve your seats today at
BENEFITS drugstore for the San
Francisco benefit.
"A Chicago lady recently issued
invitations for dinner. We're 90
ing to try this plan soon.
Mrs. L. c. phinney. is IN Nil
waukee and her husband, the con
ductor, joins her there today o
-Nearlys$1, 600 has alreadyg. been
pledged to see that the celebration
and street fair Will be a bumper.
Business will be generally
suspended in Lancaster today on
account of it being Memorial day.
An adv. in the county fair book
costs but little and will bring you
good returns. EApply for space now.
The Christian EndeavorI Society
will give a fifteen cent supper Fri
day, Jure 1st in the church parlors
OF the Congregational church, from
5 o'clock until ali are served. - -
Taylor Brodt is meeting with
very favorable results in working
up lodge of the American Yeomen
IN Lancaster and prospects for
hourishing homestead are bright.
Mrs. Harvey Abrams, who has
been i'll for sometime, was taken to
he hospital at Mendoza for treat
ment yesterday. Her many friends
hope for an early and complete re-
covery.
A cold spell with a frost struck
this portion Of the state this week
The freeze occurred Sunday night.
but owing to the earth being fairly
soaked with moisture, but little
if any damage resulted.
The list of teachers Of the Ian
caster public schools will be about
the same as last year. Prin. Sloth-
over has been re-engaged and there
will be but few changes. Prof.
Rasmussen will not return and his
successor as assistant principal has
not been chosen.
Owing to the fact that the bic
carnival and 4th of July celebration
come on the dates that they do the
executive committee of the county
fair at a meeting held yesterday de-
cided to hold the fair this year on
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Sept. 19-2021. The season being
late this year this is a very wise
plan and does not throw these
events so close together
There has been located in Texas
a man that doesn't want to be boy
again. He doesn't want to 90 back
to the halcyon days when the skies
were blue and the daises were knee
deep. He doesn't pine for the old
swimmin' hole and the pirates
cave, for the perfumed breezes and
the hum Of bees, for the bayou and
the game of scout. The newspaper
says the man is satisfied Wonder
what the handles Oh his coffin COST
Next to the primary teacher.
that public servant which, in our
Judgment, is most entitled to our
sympathy and our kind treatment
is the hello girl" in the local ex.
change. She sits ut is always she"
no man will take the job at the
crossroads so to speak, of all the
stew and the fret, the rush and the
worry Of the community. In the
use of the telephone as in every
thing else people go in crowds. As
if actuated by some mysterious
power of telepathy everyone wants
to use the telephone at exactly the
same ruoment. From local, rural
and long distance patrons a storm
Of yells, rings and hellos come
pouring into the ear Of central"
with the rattle and the din of hail
on tin roof and with the rush and
roar with which the water is said to
have gone oyer LAHORE. To this
label Of tongues she must always
return pleasant answer. The
Chinese puzzle of the switch board
must always be solved correctly
and everybody's demands instantly
complied with or blank is to pay.
No wonder she sometimes makes
mistakes. The marvel is that she
ever gets anything right.