Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-01


Hal Stephens has sold his stall
lion Mt. Louthain to Dodgeville
parties.
-Platteville gets its new Sunday
train over the Milwaukee road to-
morrow.
The bible says, thou shalt not
swear" but there were no dull lawn
mowers in those days.
May 3Oth of 1862 was nothing
like the one this year. Some fell
lows remember it was quite hot
where they were.
--Messrs. D. Schreiner and Geo.
A. Dyer go to Superior next week
to attend the annual meeting Of the
grand lodge of Odd Fellows.
The lumber companies in the
northern woods are having troubles
with strikers. They have become
weary shoveling snow all summer
and have quit work.
Frank Mcmahon took the
freight run out Thursday and his
family came here also from Madison
for a visit with Mrs. McMahon's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Johnson.
Grandma Shrake of Wyalusing
recently celebrated her Gath birth
day. She has SIX children, 80
grandchildren, 100 great grandchil-
dren and ~ great great erandchil-
dren.
The hand organ man with the
monkey and the italian with the
dancing bear have either gone out
of business or have scratched Ian
caster off their lists. So much the
better for Lancaster.
1t is amusing to hear the old
citizens tell about other springs that
were as cold as the present. Not
only amusing but also comforting
to think we are not the only age
and generation that do not enjoy
such days and nights.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Rockingham
rejoice over the arrival of a baby
daughter, born Thursday afternoon.
The little miss will probably OBJ
serve Memorial day long after all
the old vets are gone, providing her
life is spared, which we trust will be.
Miss Alice Clark, daughter of
Will H. Clark of Oklahoma City,
and Joseph McBrien, were married
at Lancaster, Friday forenoon.
After refreshments and lunch with
her grand parents, Col. and Mrs.
John @. Clark, the happy couple
were driven to Potosi, where they
took the afternoon, Burlington
train for Minneapolis. Joe has a
good position there, and there they
will make their future home. They
left in the midst of shower of rice
and the best wishes of their many
friends.
The latest in classic English
heard in the select circle of this burg
is: You are a carp"-that is, when
these manipulators of the Queens
best call you carp they mean
that you belong to the tinny tribe,
that you wallow in the BOTTOM of
the Platte, that you are a rooter by
lntrospectlon, that you change your
brand and color quite as often, as
carp not infrequently pass as sal
mon; and that you prey upon your
species. These are some of the
delightfully."- nice things they say
about you when they call you a
carp" There is nothing SO charm
ingly attractive as to hear this ranc-
orous appellation falling from lips
of classic mould and cultured minds
You are right up in the diction of
nice society if YOU use it on every
occasion.
III L1O
of Canada thistIes and mustard by
spraying these weeds with a solu-
ton of iron sulphate are being
carried on in several parts of the
staJe by the department of agro-
nomy of the University of Wiscon-
sin college of agriculture under the
direction of Prof. r. A. Moore.
Within the next few weeks de-
monstratiUns will begin on Canada
thistles in Kewanee county near Ke-
vance, and in Milwaukee county
near North Greenfield; and on wild
mustard in Waukesha county. The
way in which the weeds are killed
is comparatively simple one, con-
slsting as 1t does of the spraying OF
the fields with iron sulphate. The
cost per acre is from fifty tC sixty
cents. Two men, one to mix the
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