Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-01

last week that, 1.-The world owes me
a living" tits hoped for that young
mans good that he'll get the notion
out of his head. It's a mistake,
grave mistake. He never enter
tanned more foolish idea nor one
which will bring him a smaller
measure of respect. The world
owes the young man nothing; but
instead he owes the world and
society an active, noble manhood,
steady, honest energy which will
enable him to associate with decent
men and women in true manliness
of character that Will make his pres
ence and companionship desired.
The truly intelligent activity, and
this young man should contribute
to society,s happiness and welfare
the grace which comes through
study, toll and honest thought.
The beautiful should exist in
the school life Of the child. The
school building and grounds should
portray the artistic and beautiful.
Those things which adorn the tasty
home should embellish the school
property, the law, terraces, walks,
trees and flowers. within should
be neatness and refinement. A neg
lected school house is a terrible de-
morallzer. Place child at a mutt
lated desk, put in his hands torn
and soiled books and we find an
almost irresistible temptation to
continue the destruction with knife
and pencil. Place the same child in
a neat, clean room with suitable
and beautiful furniture and we
Immediately remove the temptation
for destruction.
Here is minister who appre-
ciates the editor. At recent edi-
torial convention he offered the fol-
lowing toast: ITO save an editor
from starvation, take his paper and
pay for 1t promptly. To save him
from bankruptcy, advertise in his
paper literally. To save him from
despair, send him every item of
news of which you can get hold.
To save him from profanity write
your correspondence plainly on one
side of the sheet and send it in as
early as possible. To save him
from mistakes, bury him. Dead
people are the only ones who never
make mistakes"
Carl Orion, the photographer is
to be married at West Branch, Ia,
today. The bride is Miss Letha
Butler. sister of Mrs. Frank Horton
of this city, and young lady pos
sessing numerous qualifications that
make home happy. Grandpa
Michaelis was in attendance to see
that the knot was tied properly.
The ceremony took place at the
home Of the brides parents there.
The happy young couple will come
soon to Lancaster to reside and the
Herald wishes to join in the con-
CALCULATIONS they will receive.
The advertising merchant is
the one who does the business in
these days of push and enterprise.
There are more newspaper readers
today than ever before in the his
tory OF the world. The newspaper
places your business under the eyes
of the buyer. He sees what he
wants, and, knowing where to find
it, looks up the wideawake mer-
chant who asked him to come ami
see him. Success in these days Of
sharp competition calls for eternal
vigilance. You can't keep a hust-
Ter down.
A number Of Lancaster base
ball enthusiasts formed a base ball
team last Sunday morning and
drove to Potosi to play with the
regular team Of that village. After
the first three innings the game was
called off on account of the rain.
The Potosl boys scored two runs
while the Lancaster boys got but
Ole.
Eek Garner is dead at Beetown
and the funeral was held yesterday
there. He was a brother OF Jerry
Garner and is the last of old Maj.
Carriers sons to succumb to the
final summons. A wife and one
daughter survive Messrs. r. B.
Showalter and Matt Edwards of
Lancaster attended the funeral.
Marshal Dersch relinquishes
his star and brass buttons and
comes down to common toll today;
Northumberland Sitter will re-
move to Platteville to reside. The
new officers assume control.