Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-22


nett, Austin g. Place of this city
purchased bunch of hogs Of Har-
vey Abrams not long since at the
price OF IS IS per cwt. One of the
porkers was of the male gender
which was discovered after delivery
and a dispute arose over the pur-
chase price in consequence. Now
they are going to law over the
matter. The case was called before
Justice Burrows Monday, VI. E
Shimmin representing the stockbuy-
ersand WI Brennan the defendant.
A change of venue was taken by the
defendant to Justice Moses court,
and continuance taken until next
Monday. About SO is involved IN
the transaction, but it may equal
the celebrated Iowa calf case before
it IS terminated.
A man, noted for his near
ness" went into a meatshop and
inquired the price of certain soup
bone. The proprietor Of the shop
is a generous fellow, and in answer
to the old mans question, he said:
"Oh, I'll give you that" The
custome' put his hand to his ear.
He is hard of hearing, and had
missed the reply. Cant you take
something of of that?" he asked.
The dealer took pity on him. "Yes,"
he said, ''call it 10 cents" And the
old man went home with a COM
Portable sense Of having driven
good trade.
How dear to our hearts is the
old silver dollar, when some kind
subscriber presents it to view-the
liberty head without necktie or
collar, and all the strange things
that to us seem so new; the wide
spreading eagle, the arrows below
it, the stars and the words with the
strange things they tell. The coin
of my fathersl We're glad that we
know it, for some time or other
twill come in right well-the spread
eagle dollar, the star spangled dol
lor, the old silver dollar we all love
SO well.
-Rumor has it that the new pas
senger train is surely to be installed
on this division of the Northwest
ern June LIST. 1t will leave at 1850
a. m. and run to Milwaukee, re-
turning in the evening, and arriv
ing here at about II p. m. Nothing
official has been announced at tho
station here but Supt. O'Brien is
authority for the statement that it
is to be sure go.
Sioux Falls people are aroused
over the proposed change in the Sou
tn Dakota divorce laws. The change
would spoil the quick divorce graft
Onwhlch Sioux Falls has fautened
for years The lawyers have petit
toned for a referendum vote on the
proposed law. 1t is the first petit
ton Of the kind ever presented to
the legislature in South Dakota. 1t
contains 6135 names or 1000 more
than necessary to make it effective.
Even with the weather man the
wishes of the people seem to have
effect at times. For instance, there
has been such q storm OF protest
against the bad weather of the past
few weeks that he has finally decid-
ed to sit up and take notice. We
Judge he has been so severely
criticized that he feels obliged to
bow to the Will Of the people if he
hopes to hold his job.
Fred Burr is home for an eX-
tended stay, the Frank E Long
company with whom he was en-
ployed as advance agent having
closed the season. He has been of
fered the same place for another
year but has as yet not decided
upon singing a contract.
Don't have the nerve to send
items to this Office announcing
dolngs gotten up for profit unless
you want to pay for them. We
sell our space and papers for a
living. If advertising is worth do
ing it is worth paying for.
VIM. Barrows says if some
parties do not quit going out to
the brick yard, and helping them
selves with bAisk, without permits
sion there will be something doing
in the matter.
Geo. Blakesley will retire from
the saloon business here July LIST.
next. It is announced that his
partner, Fred Wenzel, will continue
the business at the old stand in his
own name.
When a woman ceases to want
to be weighed every time she sees