Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-29


Lynass, wife and sister, Herman,
Gerald and Albert Lynass, DanI
Trainor, Henry Pink. Flavian Cherri-
er and family, Paul and Will Smith,
Jay Abraham and wife, John Zenz
and others. A good time, excellent
supper and we'll rendered program
are reported by all. After the
festivities were concluded dancing
was INDUCED in till a late hour.
At the annual meeting of the
Bloomington Farmers Mutual Hail
and Cyclone Insurance Co., last
Thursday Arthur Hamer was elect
ed as one of the directors.
A good many of our citizens at
tended the meeting of the Peoples
Telephone Co at Mt. Hope Wed
nesday, Jan. %. Pres. T. D. Maggie
presided at the meeting. Several
questions were brought up, among
those being the subject of switch
fees 1t seems that the present
system is unsatisfactory to a major
portion of the stockholders and they
desired to return to the original
system, that is, of having fee paid
for each individual switch, and not
an assessment at large. The de-
sires OF the farmer stockholders
were overruled however, and the
present system, that is of each pay
ing an assessment fee of $500, was
retained. The writer would like to
criticize the place of holding the
meeting in a little town like Mt.
Hope, possessing as it does made
quate accommodations to any meet
ing body whatsoever. The inevitable
result is that those persons possess
ing the best situations, So far as
seating is concerned, control the
whole meeting. If the farmers
want to have their say, they want
to get three things viz: More room.
more speakers and more nerve.
the farmers institute at Lancas-
ter occurred yesterday and today.
An excellent meeting has long been
anticipated and we believe many
farmers from this locality have been
and will be in attendance.
Among those noticed in Bloom
ington Saturday were Jacob Henry
and son Lewis, Patrick O'Connor,
j. G. Welsh, wife and son Earl,
John Gull and wife, Fred Brande
meuhl and wife, Lillian Devlin,
VIM Hope, Harry and VIM. Kaap.
Chas. Wetmore and son Harley,
Frank Hore. Gus Reynolds and
family, Flavian Cherrier and John
Champion.
VIM. Garthwaite and wife visited
Wednesday and Thursday at the
home of his uncle Fred, at Mt.
Hope.
Mrs. Ernest Garthwaite and
daughter visited at Bloomington
last Saturday.
An epidemic of whooping cough
has been raging in the vicinity OF
the Welsh school, but is reported as
being under control.
Anna Henry, student of the Mt.
Hope high school, spent Saturday
and Sunday at home.
While in Texas recently, Harry
Kaap visited his brother Louis, who
is engaged in the carpentry bust
ness at Barton. Harry also reports
a pleasant visit at the home of John
Adams and wife formerly of Gran
county.
Services were held at the Union
church Sunday, under the auspice:
of Rev. Wooley. Apropos of Rev.
Wooley we have a few remarks tC
make. Little Grant now has one
of the best ministers filling the
pulpit at the Union church that il
has had in many day. We advise
every person who likes a good
scholarly sermon, to attend Rev
WOoley's services.
Thos. Hore was In Mt. Hope
Wednesday.
Will Garthwaite, of east Little
Grant, was in Lancaster one day
last week also E H. Grifis.
Chas Kaap'sgasoline engine sawed
at John CULTS, Carl Kaap's, Will
Kaap's and L. COoley's lately.
John HoIlandberger Jr, IS feed
ing eighty-two steers on his large
farm this winter; this farm is well
known for its fertility and the ex-
cellence for which it has been Guilt
waited. Every body is familiar with
the "Pine Grove" situated upon
the place, and the writer thinks
that the 'Pine Tree Farm" would
be an excellent name for this famous
country seat. The only surprising
thing is that some prepossesslng