Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-13

e. H. Basford was a Milwaukee
visitor over Sunday.
Miss Minnie Macke is visiting
relatives at Platteville.
The asylum trustees hold their
monthly meeting today.
Atty. A. r Bushnell went to
Madison on business yesterday.
Lyman Armfield was here from
Fennimore on business yesterday.
The milling machinery at the
o. P. David mine at Montfort is
working full blast and local stock
holders are elated over the turnout
John ". Jerrett and F. L. r.
win Of North Lancaster brought in
two fine specimens of red fox yes
terdaY receiving the customary
bounty paid by the county.
DIR. J. H. Reed writes us that
he will be home ready for business
once more by April 9Th. DR.. R. II.
Kinney is authorized to make APP
pointments for him at any time.
Sheriff Budworth took Mrs.
Andrew Ortschied to Waupun Sat-
urday for her years sentence at the
state penitentiary for adultery,
Her companion in crime, Pearl
Woods, will be taken to Green Bay
today for two years sentence.
The Scanlan family arranged
final settlement of their parents
affairs in probate court on Monday.
Five of the six sons, the surviving
heirs, were present: c. M. of Mil
waukee, F. M. of Mt. Hope; j. j.
of Fennimore; P. L. of Prairie du
Chen; and Thos. of Highland; P.
w. of South Dakota was unable to
be here. The estate was amicably
settled.
One of the most enjoyable trips
ever offered is that jaunt to Texas
next Tuesday for prospective bar
gain hunters in the finest belt of
land in Dixie. The round trip fare
is but $27. so. Among those who in
tend going are Messrs. c. H. Baxter,
J. s. Wright, Robt. Glenn, Jas.
Scullon, d. B. Brunson and many
others. See c. F. Hille at the
Wright house for further details.
1t is notorious that the female
human animal is tougher than the
male. Consider the way women
dress. If you put a man into an
Openwork blouse on a cold day he
would catch a chill and be dead in
three days. If you sent a man out
TO dance on a winter evening with
nothing on his neck and shoulders
and no sleeves TO his arms he would
probably die on the spOt-of shock.
Fay Barstow, rurel mail carrier,
had a bad runaway Monday and he
can be thankful that he got out of
it with a few bruises. The accident
happened near John Taylor's farm,
the team becoming frightened at
dog. The tongue broke and dropped
and in the mixup Fay took a flying
leap, falling on the rough, frozen
grourd. The horses were not
captured in their wild run until
they reached Shutdown. Mr.. Bar
stow was incapacitated for duty
yesterday and his substitute, Walter
Ziegler, made the trip.
The farmer, if he only knew it,
is a little nearer the kingdom of
heaven than anyone on earth. He
is certain of three square meals a
day and IS the only man who can
fence himself in and live in spite Of
the rest of mankind. A few cattle
and sheep and fowl provide him
with food aud clothing, while his
fields yield him flour and a source
Of revenue. So generous are these
provisions and so common. that
hardly one farmer in ten makes anv
account of them, although the ordi-
nary business man thinks he has
done well when he reaches the end
of the year and finds that he has
little more than made ends meet.
Two ladies were talking the
other day and in some way the
telephone subject came under dis
cussion. They both had party
line" telephones. One of the ladies
was telling about how mean some.
body in her neighborhood is. To
use her own language, the some
body will talk to some other fool
for half an hour, and never say any
thing either, and here l will be
nearly wild wanting to order things
for dinner or tell Tom what l want
him to fetch home. Are you