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Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-31
A Simple Compass

7OME ingenious person has discovered
popularity about a watch which
W may prove very valuable to persons
|g5TT55TS3| who are lost. The popularity is
la2GggI that all watches are compasses-
that is, they DO not point to the
magnetic pole, but, by consulting the face of
a watch at any time of day, the compass point
"south" may be located and from that all
the other points may be easily fixed.
The process is as follows Point the hour
hand to the sun, and the south will be found
exactly halfway between the hour and the
figure XII on the watch. For instance, sup
pose it is A o'clock. Point the hand indicat-
ing iii to the sun, ard ii on the watch
is exactly south. Suppose it is o'clock
point the hand indicating VIII TO the sun aud
the figure X on the watch is due south.
This Is so simple that the rule can hardly
be forgotten and its remembrance may some.
times save a life.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-31
Oldest Will on Record

HE discovery of the earliest known
will is an event which possesses an
interest for others beside lawyers;
and there seems no reason to cues
tion either the authenticity or an
tiqpity of the unioue document
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-31
Copyright by James Elverson.

HERE is the boy or girl who does
not like to go to a party? Not a
ball-that is too stilted; nor a re
ception' is too fashionable;
but plain party, where no one is
tahnned hecanse they wear everydaY
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-31

which Mr.. Flinders Petrie unearthed at Ka.
hun, Egypt, or, as the town was known forty
five hundred years ago, Ilahun.
The document is SO curiously modern in
form that it might almost be granted probate
today. But in any case it may be assumed
that it marks one of the earliest epochs of
legal history, and curiously illustrates the
continuity of legal methods.
1t is needless to estimate the value socially
legally and historically of win that dates
settlement made by one Sekh,~4en in the
year A, second month of Pert, day 19-that
is, il is estimated, the 44th of Amenemhat
iii, or 255O b. G.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-17
Bagley Notes.

Len Scott shipped hogs from here
last Wednesday.
The funeral of Reed Patch al
Patch Grove, took place last We'd
nesday. A large delegation of rela-
tives and friends attended.
Miss Addle Sutton of Blooming
ton, stopped off here from Prairie
du Chen to see her sister Cora, a
teacher in our school.
Postmaster Shrake and wife
drove to Glen Haven Sunday to
visit their daughter, Mrs. Chas.
Grimesey, and grand children.
Mrs Alice Hodge and Huldah,
spent part of two days, Saturday
and Sunday visiting relative at
Brodtville.
Our town went dry this spring.
But it will not effect the prospective
farm crops, nor will it dry up other
Legitimate channels of trade.
Geo Clark, Sr., talks of buying a
ready made home in Bagley, but
complains Of the high price of
property. Now friend Geo. look
here, do you think with lumber and
all kinds of building material away
up and out of sight in price that you
could buy decent house and lots,
out buildings and other comforts
all for song? High priced prop
erty in a town, points to prosperity.
Show me town with lot of cheap
houses to see OF rent, and I will
show you a burg more dead than
alive.
So many improvements going on
around town that our mechanics
are all kept busy.
About the first thing the new
board of supervisors bumped up
against, was a man from some
where, stranded here after a spree
with a broken head. Whether from
the injury to his head or his long
drunk, we don't know, but he has
been out of his head most of the
time.
Jack Shrake, formerly of this
place now of McGregor, Ia, was in
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-17

town one day last week looking hail
and hearty. Jack is a blacksmith
and a number one good musician.
The farmers are afeld but the
late young winter has been a tiff
one. How be it if we have a mild
March we have a cold April.
Will Remy, our barber, is about
TO move his family up to Park Falls.
Wis. Will was doing we'll enough.
But his wife wants to be near her
relatives. Who will be our next
barber.
Geo. Taylor and wife returned
from visit last Tuesday.
Ladies aid society met last Friday
with Mrs. Will Calkins, The meet
ing a pleasant social event.
Mrs. John Jackley who received
another operation at the La Crosse
hospital is reported doing well.
Miss Carney of Prairie du Chen,
teaches class in music in Bagley,
and is well liked as teacher.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-17
This Ought to Bring Her.

Come, spring, with the enhancing
glory of all thy golden stars, come
with the tinted beauty of all thy
heavenly flowers, come with the
magic dancing light of blazing,
silvery suns. Oh, mingle the odor-
Gus breath of thousand fiowery
hillsides with the silvery mist of a
thousand weeping wales. Give us
the pebbly music of ten thousand
ripping rills, from where the shady
woods hide from the heavenly blue
the laughing deeps. Come, spring,
thou sacred triad Of faith and hope
and love, enclosing all in form of
grace like to the nvmphs above.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-17
High School Notes.

The following alumni visited the
high school last week: Mile Lish-
erness, Rosie Allen, Pearl Galloway,
Lila Wendall and Telah CALVIN.
Special examin atoms for those
who have work to make up will be
held at the high school Saturday,
April 9th.
The baseball team will 60 to
Platteville Saturday to play the
Normal. A delegation of rooters
will probably accompany the team.
The Senior class program will be
given Friday evening.
The English Literature class has
been studying the lives and WORK of
Burns and Goldsmith during the
past week.
Report cards were given out Mon
day.
The Senior class has finished the
study of American History and is
now studying Civics in place of the
former.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-17

Why is it that no one wants to
live in the country anymore? Cities
are full of people who live from
''hand to mouth, and whose total
wealth is represented by the cloth
ing they have on. Years go by and
these persons never have a home.
They lose that independence that
the proud owner of farm has. If
there is one needed reform it is to
keep people on farms and away from
cities.
From every view point the
farming class of this county is in
better shape now than at any period
since the civil war. More people
own their own homes and little
farms; more are free from the yoke
of bondage inflicted by burdensome
debts; more are becoming independ-
emf each year by making comfort
able living for their families; more
are waking up to the necessity of
giving their children better educa-
tional advantages, and withal, pros
perity and contentment seem to pre-
vail throughout the country. Let
PROCESS still be our watchword.
-Thad Brindley, son of Judge
and Mrs. John Brindley of Lacrosse,
has just completed a course in a
large eastern college but neverthe-
less is spending his valuable time
milking cows at present. Within
"a hours after his graduation he
went to New Jersey, donned over
alls and took charge of 80 cattle
which belong to wealthy Chicago
man on a farm in New Jersey. He
finally brought the herd to farm
near Chicago, by travelling three
nights and three days with them in
palace" cattle cars. He has been
going to bed at p. M. daily and
arises at a. m. For this stunt he
will get the superintendency of the
Riverside diaries at Newburg, n Y.
Judge Brindley, father of this in
dustrious lad, is a former resident
of Boscobel, where he was born and
reared.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-17
Not an Abnormal Spring.

Most people who discuss the
weather-and that designation in
cludes pretty nearly everybody
will solemnlY assure their friends
that there never was another spring
season so cold, late and Indictment
as this one. They will believe it,
too, but the fact is that they have
short memories. There have been
plenty of late springs in this vicinity.
To go back no further than 1901,
for example, we shall find that there
were billiards and SHOWS far into
April and that overcoats were
necessary right up to the end of
June. There was one day late in
April when the thermometer sud
denly ran up past so degrees and as
suddenly dropped thirty degrees.
In 1902 the spring was late and
cold and it rained all summer. In
1903 the Thermometer hardly ever
got above 20 even during the sum-
mer monGhs. If we go back beyond
the period mentioned we shall find
that spring is far from mild season
in this locality and that the present
season will average up pretty well
with those of previous years.
In the present case we should not
be surprised at the disposition of
winter to linger in the lap of spring.
We have a formidable excess of
temperature to equal1ze and the
evening up process begins now we
may have more seasonable weather
later on.
The year 1906 piled up more than
1000 degrees of temperature above
the normal, and if the meteorOlgists
are to be relied upon we shall have
to offset that excess by experiencing
an equal number of degrees below
the normal. Until that balancing
process has been completed we need
not be surprised at cold weather
either in season or out of season.
In the meantime people who insist
that we are experiencing anything
unusual IN the line of Lancaster
spring weather should refresh their
memories. If they do so they will
realize that this is pretty good av-
erage spring-for Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-17
Whitewater Normal Summer School.

The seventh annual session of the
Normal Summer School will begin
July 8th and continue six weeks.
The first summer session was held
in 1899, with a corps of five instruc-
tors. The attendance numbered
only 80. The school was kept up
for two years with about the same
attendance, and then was allowed
to lapse for two years. At this
time, Prof. Watson took charge of
the school and by dint of much adj
vertislng started out again, with a
larger faculty and about the same
attendance. The next year the at
tendance rose to $50, and in 1905 to
over 200 The regents had become
convinced Of the need of the summer
session. and voted it a subsidy"
not to exceed $500, which was in
creased in 1904 to $500. In 1906,
the school numbered 262, and at the
seml-annual meeting of the Board
of Regents. in February, 1907, a
resolution was passed appropriating
$500 for the summer session at
Oshkosh, $1,000 for Superior, and
$1,000 for Whitewater. Prof. Up
ham was principal last J ear, and in
the same capacity this year, will
spare no efforts to make the school
a success In quantity and quality.
Ten teachers have been engaged,
and more will be added should the
number warrant. Prof Gentle of
Platteville will have charge of the
Methods Works, the same as last
year, and Miss Potter will conduct
model classes. A speciality is made
of courses for primary teachers who
may get new certificate by attend
ing, for two weeks a school of
Primary Methods. Work in Draw
ing and Construction will be given,
and if there should be sufficient de-
mand, classes in Manual Training,
Sewing, Music, and Physical Culture
will be provided.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-17
A Statement.

For as much as | nor mine have
ever asked aid from the city or town,
and through a misconstruning of an
item in the report of council proceed
ings in the Herald those dear to me
are put to shame, l desire to make
the following statement.
When guarrantined for small pox in
Dec. 1905, I was in debt to Davis
Daley of this city for board, this debt
had means to pay and wished to pay,
but he insisted upon collecting it from
the city, as other smallpox patients
had been helped in various ways. The
city payed after an unsuccessful at
tempt to get it from the town, this is
the only help l have ever received
from the city or town. JOHN DREW.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-17
Entertainment.

For the benefit of the town clock
April 25th, s p. m. at St. Clements
church, by Mr.. Geo. Kaye Hill of
Chicago. The Renowned Oberam-
mergau Passion play will be given
in life like moving pictures with an
accompanying lecture, explaining
the presentations. Do not miss it.
You will get your moneys worth.
The play is highly interesting, in
structive and edifying to every en-
tellgent person regardless OF creed.
Proceeds for a public enterprise.
Tickets Is and % cents.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-17
Clock Contributions.
About "Texas Sweethearts. :"

From W. H. Derthick, Mgr. opera
house, Belvidere, ILL.,. "A good
clean show and you can recommend
it highly to your patrons.
From w. L. Bradley, Mgr, grand
opera house, Dubuque. They played
to very big business here Saturday,
matinee and night April 13, and
gave the very best of satisfaction.
Glad to have the attraction back
again..
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-17
Local JOttingS.

Hugh Livingston was at Liv-
ingston Monday.
Rev. Munro was in Madison the
first part of the week.
Atty. w. J. Brennan had bust
ness at Fennimore Monday.
-Jonn Schmidt was in Fenni-
more on business Monday.
Mrs. John Levins was Fen
nimore visitor Yesterday.
Landlord John Dechow is in
South Dakota on business.
w. F. Joeckel had business in
Milwaukee first of the week.
John Brogley transacted bust
ness at Dubuque part of last week.
Leo Meysembourg and family
passed Sunday with Potosi relatives.
w. j. Eberhardt and family
passed Sunday with Plattevllle rela-
tives.
Judge Goodsell held a regular
term of county court at Platteville
yesterday.
Edgar Grebe took departure
yesterday for Darlington, n. D., on
business.
The asylum trustees held a
regular monthly session Monday.
All were present.
Editor L. NJ. Dixon of the Mus
coda Democrat had business in Ian
caster Saturday.
The w. {. T. u. will meet with
Mrs. Dickinson Thursday, April.
18th at the usual time.
-Madisons mayor will get an
annual salary of 81, 900 hereafter
and the Aldermen $500 each.
&C. w. Knapp & Son have some
thing to say this week about their
line of goods. See their add.
-Messrs. Jas. Leamy and Ed Mer-
naugh of Letcher, S. D., renewed
old acquaintance in this section
this week.
You cannot miss seeing that
Boston store adj. on pages 4 and
so there is no use of calling your at
tention to it.
Rev. Sill is in attendance at the
annual session of the German Pres
byterian conference held at Reeds
burg this week.
The Texas party leaving yes
terday all took straw hats. They
will wear ear laps as far south as
Kansas City however.
The Cuba City band has been
engaged to furnish music for the
Grant birthday ceremonies at
GaleHa on the 9th inst.
w. E. Ryan of Letcher, S. D.,
was caller yesterday. He is en-
gagged in the retail lumber business
out there and Is prospecting.
-Reub French came over from
Bloomington yesterday with his
daughter, who took the train for
Oshkosh, where she is student at
the normal.
A second party of half dozen
or more left here for Texas yester-
day afternoon. Henry Russell had
two carloads of prospective pur-
chssers this trip.
Sheriff Budworth and daugh-
ter, Mrs. Elwell, went to Boscobel
Monday for the purpose of taking
Caroline Grimm of that city to the
Mondota hospital for treatment Cor
insanity.
A number of Lancaster men at
tended a meeting of the Horseshoe
Mining company, held at British
Hollow yesterday. All are highly
elated over prospects of big, pay
ng mine.
The American History club
will meet with Mrs. Walter Ziegler
one door north of Mrs. Woolsten-
hOlm's Saturday at the usual hour.
Subject: Historical Jamestown"
Bring jamestown souvenirs. Make
a special effort to be present TO do
your part of the work.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-17

FOR RENT OR FOR SALE The
dwelling home and large garden on the
Mccoy farm just outside city limits,
One big cheap farm mare; one
Frazier road cart nearly as good as
new; one new 4 horse Deere disc
seeder-just seeded 80 acres; Grand
Monarque" jet black Percherson and
Clyde stallion 3 yrs. old June Doth
next, actual weight 1900 pc unds make
a ton horse, sound and has good bone
and all the draft horse quality of an
imported horse, will sell him right.
JOE Mccoy or
e. e. Mccoy,
31w2 Lancaster, Wis.
Local or Long distance phone in house.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-17
Excursion Rates.

Grants birthday, Galena, ILL.,, A priF
26th and 9th return limit April 10Th.
Senator Albert J.Beveridge of Indiana.
orator of che day; laying of the cor
ner stone of the Carnegie Library;
Grant Memorial Home now open, ad-
mission free; good band music. For
particulars, apply to agents Chicago &
Northwestern R'y. 31t4
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-17

WANTED: A good driller; good
wages, steady work; first class machine
operated with gasoline engine. APP
ply to VIM. STARK, JR.,
3ltf Beetown, Wis
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-17

SEED POTATOES for sale; Suffers
Earlier, Suffers Late, Old's Early
Ohio from Red River Valley and Odds
Winter potato; price soc per bu.
31w4 @. S. JOHNSON.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-17
Notice to Settle.

All accounts due the firm of Reed
& Carter must be settled at once
with DR.. J. II. Reed.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1907-09-18
NUMBER AZ.
SUPREME CASTLE,
K. 6. e., Elects Officers Noun
tain Castle, OF Ldvalette. this
County, Won FIftu Dollars.

The Supreme Castle, Knights OF
the Golden Eagle, at Huntington
last week elected the following
officers for the ensuing year.
Supreme Chief, Eli Manchester,
New Haven, Conn.
Supreme Vice Chief, G. d. Krin.
Columbus, Ohio.
Supreme High Priest, Richard
Woods, Huntington, W. Va.
Supreme Keeper Of Exohequer,
William Culbertson, Philadelphia.
Pa.
Supreme Master Of Records, Al.
bert 9. Lyttle, Philadelphia, Pa.
Supreme Sir Herald, DIR. f. b,
Lake, Denver, Colo.
Supreme First Guardsmsn, Gar
rett ). Smith, Wilmington, Del.
Supreme Second Guardsman,
John M. Shappell, Philadelphia.
Pa.
Lieutenant General of the Mill
tary Branch. Harry Z. Reineoke,
Philadelphia, Pa.
There were spirited contests over
three of the officers.
Washington was selected by a
large majority as the place of the
next annual session. A few votes
were also cast for Cincinnati, Bos-
ton and Niagara Falls.
Logan Commandery No. 8, from
Springfield, Ohio, was awarded the
first prize, one hundred dollars in
gold, for presenting the finest sp-
pearance, and having the largest
of men in line OF any COM
mandery represented. White Rose
Commandery, No. 2, from Beckley,
West Virginia, received the second
prize, fifty dollars in gold.
Mountain Castle No. 10, from
w. Va, received the
fifty dollars in gold which was
awarded to the castle having the
largest number of men in line.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1907-09-18
.EDo, WAYNE CO, W. VA WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 49, 1907
They were travelling In an au,omo.

They were travelling In an automo.
bile.
Prosecuting Attorney VIM. Fry
was here from Wayne Monday.
X. T. Partlow made a business
trip to Deepwater Wednesday.
Mrs. K. d. Kelley called on
friends in Ironton Wednesday.
Attorney Harry Duncan. of
Huntington, transacted business in
henova the other day.
Misses Mary Freeman and Pearl
Fisher. of Ironton, are guests of
Mrs. James Roudebush.
Mr.. aud Mrs j. B. Aiken have
returned from a sojourn at the
jamestown Exposition.
Mrs. w. II. Jones aud daughter.
Eva. leave tomorrow tor a visit
with Mr.. Jones at Thacker.
Henry Mays, the shipping clerk
at the freight depot, transacted
business at Williamson Monday.
f.. +. Smith, the general agent,
is taking his annual vacation. He
left this week for Washington
Jamestown and other points Of
interest.
Capt. Geo. Grimsley, who has
been the guest of his daughter, Mrs.
w. II. Jones, at this place for the
past few months, left Wednesday
for Waverly, Ohio.
Lee Miller, of Wilmington, Del.
ls here on visit to his parents.
Hon. and Mrs. Jos. $. Miller. He
holdsa lucrative government posi-.
tion In the revenue service.
Mr.. Kimball, purser on the Str.
Virginia, has purchased lots on
Beech street and will erect a resi-
dence on same. The contract for
building the structure has been let
to Huntington parties and the work
will be rushed to completion. Mr..
klmball has been travelling up and
down the Ohio for a number of
years and has been looking for
town IN which to permanently locate
his family. After general observa-
tion and careful inspection he came
to the conclusion that ,Kenova IL
the ideal place, and accordingly
purchased property here. The lots
are situate between the residences of
Strother Mays and Il. Ney Will
liams.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1907-09-18
NISMhRREuYCn11
&GSElA GSe

When Spenser wrote, "Open the
temple gates unto my love-" he did
not think that this sentence would
be used iD after years by young
gentlemen in pleading their cause
at the feet OF their sweet hearts.
Nevertheless, it is an undisputed
fact, and we defy anyone to SUCCESS
fully contradict it. For we have
the proof and know whereof we
speak.
We can prove it by Mr.. J. f..
Diltz, aud are going to do so. Now,
this young gentleman had been
courtIng and wooing Miss Lizzie
Thompson for some time, and re-
membering having read some of
Sponsors works, he mustered up
courage time and again and with
the voice of a commanding general
he shouted, "Open the temple gates
unto my love-" Miss Thompson,
like the goddess of love, relented
and gave him her heart ana hand
Aud then it oUly required the ser.
vices of marriage license clerk and
a minister Of the gospel to sign the
compact. After securing the prom
ise of his sweetheart Mr.. DiItz bied
himself unto Catlettsburg, Ky. He
procured a marriage license and
then marched down the halls of the
Boyd Co. court house like a plumed
night, waving the precious docu.
ment IN the faces of all bis rivals.
He returned to Kenova and made
arrangements for bis betrothed TO
accompany him to Catlettsburg
Arrangements having been com
pletej a number Of friends accom-
panied the happy couple to the
Gate City, one day last week, where
a minister united them in marriage.
Mr.. Diltz il a popular N d w.
brakeman and has numerous friends
here, while the bride Is one of Ken.
ova's most charming and beautiful
young ladies.
AS they travel together down life's
mountain railway we trust that they
may never have any derallments or
collisions.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1907-09-18
"NOthinQ In the Pdper."

Frequently you pick up local
paper, and after glaucing At the
head lines, YEARLY thrust IT aside,
remarking, "NotbiDg In the paper
today" Did you ever stop to think
what that pbrase-"notbing IN the
paper" means? 1t means that in the
day or week past no great misfor-
tune has befallen any one in our
town; that no fire has wiped out a
neigbbor's worldly goods; that the
grim angel of death has crossed no
threshold OF friend; that no man
driven by liquor, hatred or fear has
taken the life of a fellow human;
that no poor devil, haunted by the
past or some misdeeds of some
others bss crossed the divide by bis
own hand that many things that
ought not to happen have not hap
pened. --Ex.