Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-20

The American History club
meets with Mrs. Thos. orion Tues
day at the usual hour.
-Delos Edwards has a female
hound that gave birth to Ii pups
the other day. No dog suicide about
that.
The Lancaster Literary club
held a lost interesting meeting
az Henry Ntuman's Tuesday even
ing and a large attendance is re-.
ported.
Monday will be quite shopping
day for the Lancaster ladies as that
is the opening day of Baxter &
Diapers muslin underwear and
linen sale.
Conductor Langhlln's train on
the Northwestern was stalled in
feet of water for Is hours Monday
night near Galena, with nothing fer
passengers to eat.
The Bloomington Record re-
ports II cases of smallpox here.
S )mething wrong. There have
never been more than z and at
present there are none.
The Lyceum Stars at the opera
house Thursday night, we're very
fine and their program pleased
everyone. Each number was greeted
with applause and repeated encores.
The window trims of muslin
underwear, linens, white goods and
embrorderies that are being dis
played by Baxter & Draper are
creating more than a little favorable
comment among the ladies.
Every day word comes of the
Improvement in condition of Mrs.
Robt. BROKER and the many friends
Of the family hope for continuan, Q
of this good news. The lady has
be- at Madison san1tarium for
so ne time and last week submitted
to an operation.
Marshal and Mrs. Al Budworth
received word Thursday of the
S 'rious illness of a grandchild,
d lughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph
Lee of Oelwein, Ia. Mrs. Budworth
took departure for that point at
once but later a message conveying
the good news of the child's con-
valescence arrived and Mrs. Bud
worth was intercepted on her
Journey at Montfort, retu1 ming
b )me.
"A young Methodist supply" in
a western town II ade a bad "break"
at his first funeral. He knew
that it was custo nary for the
to announce that those
who wished should step up to view
tue remains, 50 he said: 1.-The con
may now pass around the
bier" The hushed silence was
broken by the subiued snorts of
the singers who always laugh.
"A farmer down below Dubuque
has new scheme for avoiding hog
cholera. He has a medicine which
he feeds his sows a short time be-
fore narrowing and every pig is
thereby rendered immune from
cholera even though exposed to it
daily. Whether the medicine acts
directly upon the pigs or is trans
mitted through the milk is not
known. He says the medicine Will
not cure cholera in an old hog but
invariably renders the pigs i'm
mune. aoro4 ii
"A new explanation of the origin
of appendicitis it that it may be due
to the widespread use of boracic
acid as a food preventative. It is
said boracic acid has an irritating
effect on the al1mentary tract when
it is swallowed. The infamed
mucous membrane offers favorable
soil for the growth of the peculiar
pus-forming germs and enables
them to multiply and enter into
the depths Of and destroy the under
lying tissues.
The temperature throughout
the north this winter has ranged
above the average for thirty years.
This condition has it's advantages
and its disadvantages. 1t means
economy IN fuel, but it means also
lessened demand for the heavy
goods some of the merchants calcu-
late on selling at this time Of year
The farmers in the winter wheat
country would feel better if the
earth were covered by blanket of
snow. The ice dealers are some
what anxious about the ice crop.
although experience warrants the