Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-23

Mrs. John Dripkwater visited
Boscobel relatives the past week
Baptist Aid society will meet at
the church Friday, May 25th, at 2
p. m. Come early and prepared to
quilt.
Mrs. W. A. Johnson from
Victoria, ILL.,, is visiting with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Black
bourn ST., of West Lancaster.
Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Barrows
were in Cassville over Sunday with
his mother and a sister, Mrs. B.
Totman, from Storm Lake, Iowa.
Memorial day sermon will Ee
preached by Rev. Morgans at the
Congregational services next Sur
day at 1920.
Work on the fountain in the
c tyard is in rapid progress undt +
supervision of Aid. Robt. BROKER
& Son and its dedication will be one
of the principal features of Memo
rial day.
The English sparrow is insec-
tivorous for few days just as it's
young are Matching and only then.
1t is because of this simple fact and
the further fact that the sparrow is
an enemy of other birds that it is
not included in the protective laws
Of the different states.
Silver and lead are generally
found together, and some scientists
think that lead disintegrates into
silver. Gold and copper are also
often found together. In New
South Wales the Great Cobar mine
furnishes copper containing four
ounces of gold to the ton.
Miss Mary Wilhelm returns to
BELLEVUE, Ia, today. On June End,
in company with DR.. and Mrs.
Walter Lee Of that city, she departs
for Boston and other eastern cities
for a pleasure trip. The doctor
goes there to attend the annual
meeting of the American Med. as
sociation.
Carefully conducted experl-
ments in the spray ing of potatoes
show that while the cost Of thorough
spraying during the season is but
from 81 to SIS an acre it has resulted
in an average gain of about $23 per
acre during period of three years
over corresponding fields that were
left unsprayed.
Some people go to church to
weep, while others go to sleep; some
60 to tell their woes, while others
go to show their clothes, some 60 to
hear the preacher, others like the
solo sereecher. Boys go to recon
hotter, girls because they orter;
many go for good reflections, pre-
cious few to help collections.
The 10th anniversary of the
adoption of the stars and stripes as
the flag of the United States will be
observed all oyer the country Thurs
day, June IA. During recent years
flag day has come to be recognized
more and more as a national an
niversary, and every year this day
is celebrated in all the schools of the
country.
"A fashioned dowager advises
women never to marry until they
have seen the mans upper lip. If
long and thick, she says, there is
coarseness in the mans character.
IF the lip is thin, there is cruelty.
If short and Cupid bowed, there is
delicacy. If straight and we'll
drawn against the teeth, there is
determination. What about the
hair-lip?
The marriage of Miss Edith
Brandemuhl and Adolph Wenzel
takes place at the home of the
brides parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert
LII I'LL ClU LOU d. LII. GOudN III
Little Grant, Rev. Napholz oficiat-
ing. The industrious young couple
have the best wishes of everyone.
They will reside on the Will Nc
COrmick farm with whom the groom
is employed.
Clint Budworth, the Herald's
handy man, is visiting a married sis
ter at Oelweln, Iowa. He left last
Saturday morning and will remain
all OF this week. His trustv camera
accompanies him and he will no
doubt be showing some fine views"
on his return home. Clint is a bow
who knows how to appreciate and
enjoy vacation and if he does not
enjoy this trip it is because his
liver is out of order.
Sunday was the first real ideal