Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-08
Local lettings.

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On business yesterday.
-Sherm Gingrigh was here from
North Andover Saturday.
The out and IN curves are
puzzling the small boys now.
The baseball season II Larcas-
ter should open soon if it's going to.
Its about time to start the ice
wagon, but the weather feels more
like hard coal.
-Winslow Quick moved to
Bridgeport yesterday, where he has
z rural mail route.
Mrs. Maggie Zimmerman of
Milwaukee Is visiting relatives and
friends in this vicinity.
-Taylor's greenhouse advertise
all kinds of plants such as tomato.
cabbage, caulihower, etc.
"A. C. Smith started out this
season with a fine new medicine
wagon, made by Henry Belz of this
city.
Up to date neither Montgomery
Ward or Sears Roebuck have con-
tributed a penny towards the town
clock fund here.
Fred Burr went to Iron Noun
tain, Mich. Monday TO join the Frank
2 Long troupe once mere after a
brief but enjoyable vacation.
The graduating class of the
Dodgeville high school this year will
be smaller than usual. The girls of
the class number 10 and the boys z.
IT cost Justice Marshall 81, 089
20 be reelected TO the supreme
bench. His main opponent, q. Z.
Scudder of Marinette, spent 81, 927.-
76 in his campaign.
Conductor Butterfeld is IN
charge of the freight run to Madl-
son, taking Conductor Ravens
place. The latter is recuperating
at West Baden for a month.
Three fine young Jersey s:res
we're received here last week to
mead the herds Of DR.. DOoittle
Peter Hoffman and Henry Zenz.
They came from a fancy herd near
LaValIe and are beauties.
Fred Orion was up from Bagley
over Sunday for brief business
call. His daughter Grace accom-
panied him. Fred states that out
OF Ia ewes he has % lambs-that's
pretty good for green farmer,
don't you think?
Halle Lord OF Ontario won first
p lace in the district high school
uratorical contest held at Piatteville
2 riday night, there being eight
schools in the contest. Jessie De-
witt of Montfort took second place,
and Mary Cassidy of Darlington,
third.
The frogs have begun to sing.
What more welcome sound to the
heart and soul than the tuneful
melody OF the little nocturnal,
aquatic webfoot troubadour? The
meadow lark for the fields and the
robin for the back yard. but for
emerge tic. whole souled crescendO,
Tor care ispelllng, debt-forgetting
rest give US the frog.
Albert Sprague Of Beetown has
sold his promising young stallion
sired by Ivica to NJ. NJ. Parkinson of
Madison. The youngster is well
bred, being one of the best produced
By that grand old sire. Price paid
Is reported at $3.50. The colt was a
winner as a 2yr- old and his admirers
look for some good speed from him
this season. W. B. Dyer negotiated
the sale.
w regret to see a disposition
on the part of few of our young
people to quit school. Stay at
school another year or two, and
don't be ashamed OF what ought to
be your glory, that you want TO
learn more. Step from the district
school to the high school, from the
high school to college, if you can.
Get a business education by all
means-you will never learn too
much. IF you desire to become a
mechanic instead OF an engineer or
farmer, an education will not unfit
you to become either. 1t will always
b capital bearing a large income of
interest. when home and lands
are gone and spent, then learning
is most excellent"
Why not commence now to
make arrangements for a grand
celebration in our town on the ap-
preaching Fourth of july Why
wait until the last day in the after