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A HARVEST BARN DANCE.

Friday evening, September 4. MT and Mrs F. L. Durnell gave a harvest barn dance at their barn at their pleas ant summer home, Hillcroft, on the Ridge. The barn, both inside and out, was handsomely decorated with flags. bunting. Chinese lanterns, pumpkins. corr and other vegetables and fruits and it was fine sight. The guests were all dressed in costumes, among them many which were laughable, handsome or striking. Among the guests from out of town were Miss Ida Belle Galbreath and Theodore Hunt of St Louis, Mo. Stanley Cook, Charles Hartick and Dudley Tucker of New York City; Mrs William Barnes of Buffalo, N. Y.; Dr and Mrs Brownlee and Dr and Mrs Brown of Danbury Miss Fannie Shaw of Redbank, N. ]. ; Mir and Mrs D. s. Sanford, Rev and Mrs w. H. Jepson, Attorney and Mrs Livermore, Miss Ida Tarbell, Misses Emma and Ruth Read, Miss Annie Banks, Miss Eleanor Osborne, Sanford Osborne, Miss Helen Underwood, and Miss Helen Barnes were among those present from Bedding and Easton. Paul Zucca's orchestra of Danbury fur nished the music. A fine harvest SUD- per was served in the lower part of the barn, which was nicely fitted up for a dining room. The evening was im- menseIy enjoyed by all and was one of the social events of the season.
 The supper given at the home of MT and Mrs Albert A. Gorham at the Cen ter, last Tuesday evening, from 5 to 8 o'clock for the benefit of the Mark Twain library, was well attended and netted a goodly sum for the library fund.
 Rev Michael F. Higgins of Nauga- tuck was a guest, last week, of his brother, J. s. Higgins, at Mrs Patrick Qualey's.
 Attorney Livermore has completed a
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Easton.

THE PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS.
 Schools began, Tuesday, September 8. Miss Hazel Lockwood teaches at the Center; Miss Lucy Sanford at Ad- ans; Mrs Arthur Staples at Sport Hill; Elsie Bibbins at Wilson street, and Miss A. F. Nichols at the Academy.
 Martin Steucek is acting as janitor at the Congregational church during September.
 Mrs A. E. Tur ney and Mrs J. P. Fitch of Weston spent last week Tues- day at J. z. Mellen's.
 Theodore Beard of Shelton spent last week with his grandmother, Mrs Emily Turney.
 The Aspetuck school was not opened until September l4.
 Charles Barmore of Black Rock is visiting his aunt, Mrs Amelia Gould.
 The social at Grange hall given by the ladies of the Congregational church was we'll attended and good time en- joyed by all. The ladies are working for new cushions for the church and have already quite sum for that ob- ject.
 Louis and Isaac Goldstein were ar. rested, last week, and brought before Justice J. B. Hill for breach of the peace, and each were fined $5 and costs.
 Willan n Jennings has been shingling the academy and H. w. Osborne's house. A. B. Curtis is helping him.
 Mrs A. E. Turney and Mrs J. P. Fitch of Weston spent Tuesday at J. Z. Mellens'.
 The piece of state road between John Sohn's and Silliman's corner has been completed, with the exc cep ton of the graveling. A new bridge is being put in near the Center.
 s. B. Turney is painting w. H. Wards house.
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The NeWtoWn Bee
 Newtown. Friday September isl90s.
A MUSICAL VACATION
AT BROOKFIELD CENTER.

It is possible for the city bred musi. cal man and woman to spend an idea vacation in Brookfeld Center. The village of eight or nine hundred inhab. itants is beautifully situated in the sec tion where the Berkshire Hills begir to charm the eye by their ever chang ing and lovely pastel tints. Although only two hours by train from New York, Brookfeld is over 800 feet high. CT than Manhattan Island, and is from 10 to 15 degrees cooler. There are nc saloons, drug stores, trolleys, gas, electric light, mosquitoes, doctors, mil lionaires or tramps in Brookfeld Gen. ter. Should anyone become suddenly i'll, it would become necessary to sum- mon a physician from one of the neigh boring towns, and should it prove la serious malady or case of broken bones it might be necessary to tele- phone for specialist in Danbury, the metropolis" of this region, ' miles distant. Naturally. every we'll ap- pointed householu IS equipped with a medicine chest, and for the rest people trust to heaven and thelr own common sense. It is healthful community, being high and dry, and like most. ru- ral places in New England, honorable gray heads constitute the backbone of the population.
 The young folks desert, and go to the cities to seek their fortunes-or to become poorer than their wise fathers and good mothers. In the summer, however, many of the young men and women return to spend a few weeks, ahd. besides those who belong here, a goodly number are attracted by the Brookfeld Summer School of Music, of which Herbert Wilber Greene, of Car negie Hall, New York. is the director.
 For eight seasons, or summers, the "Greene School" as it is called here, has imparted an artistic atmosphere and reiuvenated the village in more ways than one. The school includes a cluster of buildings, of which "The Homestead' IS the largest and the "Opera House" the smallest. The houses on both sides of Main street are surrounded by farm, with well kept dairy. Mir Greene's official farm CT supplies every delicacy in the way of cream, eggs, butter. vegetables and fruits, and corps of competent servants help the students and mem bers of the faculty to enjoy every com fort of a first class hotel, and better than any first class hotel, inasmuch as no.one need don his dress suit for dinner, and ladies, too, lead the sim ple life when it comes to clothes. Stu dents and faculty go about the village
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| possible almost any hour of the day to hear soprano, 'contralto, baritone or tenor warble their vocalizes to the ac- compartment of the crickets. Students from many States are enrolled at the school. The faculty, as announced in the prospectus for this year, is as fol- lows:
 Vocal-Herbert Wilber Greene, as- sisted by Prof Harold G. Hutchings, of the University of Wooster, Ohio /; department of German, French and Italian repertory-Anna E. Ziegler, of New York; piano-Prof J. Adam Hugo, of the Stuttgart Conservatory (formerly of the Peabody Conserva- tory, in Baltimore), assisted by Ma rion G. Spangler, pupil of Constantin won Sternberg, now of Philadelphia {; theory-Dr George Coleman Cow, head of the music department of Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; or- gan-Cecil Wright, of Yale Univer- sity. Other instructors are engaged when required. Last, but not least, in this musical assembly is the accom- plished helpmeet of Mir Greene-bet- CT know under her professional name, Gaia Aarup Greene. A number of the young piano students are studying with Mrs Greene this summer.
 Sunday morning. August g, the choir at St Pauls P. E. Church was made up of students and faculty from the Greene school. Dudley's Bucks "Te Deum" was sung by Quartet consist ing of Olive Kline, soprano (of Schen- ectady); Sara Mesick, cont-alto (of Schenectady; Herbert Wilber Greene, tenor (ot New York;, and Cecil Wright, baritone (of Bridgeport and New Haven). During the offertory Miss Kline, who is blessed with an un- usual voice, rich, pure and of great range, sang "These Are They" from Gaul's "Holy City," During the sing ing of the "Te Deum," Florence Grif- fen, the regular organ1st of the church, played for the singers. Mir Wright played the instrument for the remain der of the service.
 Monday evening, August 10, lec- ture-recital by Dr Cow on Modern French Music," attracted an audience of over 100 to the Town Hall of Brook field Center. Dr Cow, who never sang until he took singing lessons from MT Greene, gave good account of him. self in singing songs by Massenet, Lalo Goddard, Faure, Pessard and other composers, while MT Greene played most delightful piano accompaniments.
 The natural beauties of Brookfeld Center are too many to recount in brief sketceh. Such trees! A gigan- tic ash tree overshadows the Greene homestead. The grounds surrounding Madame Ziegler's place include num- Der of noble spruce pine trees. Then one finds elms, sugar maple, and every other kind of tree that can be grown in the State of Connecticut. How much
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A SOCIAL EVENT.

MT and Mrs F. L. DunneIl gave a social and dance to their employees at Hillcroft and their friends at the San- ford school gymnasium on the Ridge, August 28. Bates and Grum- man of Bethel furnished the music. Refreshments were served on the lawn about the gymnasium. The event was greatly enjoyed by all. There were about 100 guests and all present wish to extend to MT and Mrs Dunnell a hearty vote of thanks for the very fine evening enjoyed. During the evening MT Sweezey of Long Hill and Miss May Connolly of Bedding favored the company with several solos and the whole company sang several songs. The evening will remain long in the memory of all.
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It is reported that parties from New town are to open the old Whitehead store on the Ridge in the near future.
 A fine new stone wallis being laid in front of the cemetery on the Ridge. When the work is all completed it will greatly improve the looks of the ceme- tery.
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Mrs Cornelia s. Tomlinson has, op- ened ladies' and gentlemen's quick lunch and restaurant at 876-882 Main street, Bridgeport, just below State street. Regular dinner at 25c.
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Farmers. mechanics, railroaders, la borers rely on Dr Thomas Electric Oil. Takes the sting out of cuts, burns or bruises at once. Pain cannot stay where 1t is used.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-03
Fiery Cockburn.

Poet. eSSayISt. politician and man of
the world. the friend of all oppressed
causes and of all prosecuted men, Lord
Houghton had warmed both hands be-
fore the fire of life. II am going over
to the majority" he said when he was
very i'll in the year before his death,
"and You know | have always prefer
red the minority" | have given in the
Cornhil my fathers account of the
way in which Sir Alexander Cockburn.
the lord chief justice, attempted at a
dinner party to browbeat Lord Hough-
ton. who had spoken in defense of the
notorious plaintiff at that time prose
cutting his claim to the Tichborne es-
tates. Suddenly" writes my father.
"Cockburn cut him short by saying.
I should have thought this imte.SSibIe
from any one with the very meanest
intellect Houghton paused. appar-
emily overwhelmed. and then replied.
But surely that was very rude. upon
which Cockburn. glaring fixedly at
him, merely added. I meant it to be
So" / think that it was Lord Hough-
ton who. in allusion to this incident,
said that nobody ought to invite Cock
burn to dinner without having a fire
engine at hand.-R. G. Lehman in
Chambers Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-03
FLORA.

Special Correspondence TO the Herald,
Despite the disagreeable day a
good number from here attended
Memorial services in Lancaster; we
are glad to see the sunshine once
more as if it meant to cheer and
prepare mother earth to do her
duty in bringing forth an abundance
of fruit and grain.
Eta Blackburn and Edward
Kelley of Lancaster, Alta Black
bourn and Mr.. Hickok, of Blooming
ton, visited at Tom Blackburn,
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Snyder and
family spent Sunday with their son
Lester.
BerdIe Houghton spent Saturday
and Sunday with her friend, Title
Edgington.
Mrs. Henry Hudson who has
been very i'll the past week is much
better at this writing.
George Starrett, George Petersen
and wife and George Atkinson had
business in Lancaster last Monday.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-03
KING DONALD

Certificate of Grade Stallion No. 2OsO.
King Donald is bay stallion with black
points. Stands 1872 hands high. weighs 1000
pounds Hell grand individual and a
very high acting trotter. He could show
better than a 2:15 clip as a Two year old
pacing, and last year as 8 year old paced a
nile in 2:20 over a half mile track. I have
started him at the trot and he can show
better than a 2:30 clip with only two weeks
work. He is without do-bt the fastest
young stallion of his age in Grant County.
He will make the season at Dyer's Livery
Barn and will stand at $500 to insure stand
ing colt. Parties disposing OF mares Will be
held for the service fee, which will be due
when mare is sold W. B. DYER.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-03

you want COW here is your chance
first come first served.
Don't fail to be On hand for that
ice cream social held at the home of
John Maggie Thursday evening,
June 18th. The social is under the
auspices of our Epworth League.
Len Scott, our shipper, sent off
load of hogs last week.
Rev. Hooking, our pastor invited
We local to a seat in his rig. and we
drove up to the home of Walt
Taylor We found them we'll as
usual. Waits family consists of
father, mother and sister. He like
others was having trying time to
get his corn. planted between show
er; on the way home we raced be-
for a storm and wen the race by
2 seconds The next day we visited
the pleasant country home of Mr.
John Harvill We struck these jolly
hospitible family just in time for
dinner. They have one married
daughter, Mrs. Leslie Jenkins and
one son, Frank, located on claim
in New Mexico Three children at
home, Walter, Gertrud g and Car
son, the youngest This farm is on
high ridge elevation, command
ing a good view of the Mississippi
river and many miles across the
country.
Ben Boorman, formerly of Wy
abusing, now an extensive lumber
dealer at Kalispell, Montona, recent
ly met with twenty-five thousand
dollar loss by the burning of his big
saw mill.
U & would like to know the sign
of the rain bow. If June like May
is wet, all our plans will be upset.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-03
A TALE OF THE SEA.
The Upside Down Cruise of the Cap
tain of the Erndte.

The Upside Down Cruise of the Cap
tain of the Erndte.
An almost incredible instance of the
perils attending those who go to sea
was the basis of a story told in a mari
time court of Dantzic some years ago
by the captain of the sailing ship
Erndte. Nothing that Jules Verne,
Clark Russell and H. g. Wells ever
fancied in their wonderful tales sur
passed the story told by Captain En-
gellandt.
He had sailed from Mcneil with a
cargo of planks for Oldenburg. The
captain remained at the wheel during
a gale which overlook the vessel next
night and at in the morning went to
his cabin to change his wet clothes.
He had just got into dry undercloth-
ing when his vessel capsized, and he
found himself standing on the roof of
the cabin, the door of which the sea
had Theoretically closed.
By loosening the boards of what was
now the roof he got into the hold,
which contained only loose sails. For
tunately some shelves of high cup
board remained intact, and from them
he collected some cans of condensed
milk, some prunes, rice. sugar and sau-
sage. He also found hammer.
For twelve days the master of the
ship lived in his prison, eating as spar
ingly as possible and drinking sea
water, which appeared to have no i'll
effect on him. He employed his free
time in hammering on the steel bottom
Of the ship to attract the attention of
passing vessels. He knew when it was
day, for dim light penetrated the
water.
On the twelfth day the Norwegian
steamer Aurora sighted the wreck and
sent a boat to take it in tow. Engel-
landt had fallen asleep; but, hearing
footsteps over his head, he began
knocking with his hammer and shout
ing for help. The Aurora's men re-
turned to their ship for tools, with
which they bored a hole through the
bottom Of the Erndte where they had
heard the shouting. When they drew
out their drill, mans finger followed,
and they soon learned that Engellandt
had food for four days more and wish
ed to be towed to land, for it was i'm
possible to release him in the open sea.
The Aurora towed the wreck safely
to Neufahrwasser, where with consid-
cradle difficulty it was attached to
huge crane, a plate was unloosened.
and the imprisoned master was freed.
He was perfectly conscious and even
able to walk alone. The three men
who had constituted his crew were of
course drowned when the vessel cap
sized.-New York Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-03
BAGLEY.

Special Correspondence to the Herald.
Our school closed last Friday.
The commencement exercises took
place in the evening in the city hall,
although the earth was flooded
with almost cloud burst just two
hours before, yet very enthusiastic
crowd gathered that packed the
large hall from stage to door. The
hall was beautifully and tastefully
decorated, the stage was bewilder-
ing scene of fern banks and flowers.
The eight graduates, all girls, were
tastefully gowned in white and
cream, and the good looking teach
ers conducting the pleasing pro-
gram all together made a picture
that would please the eye of an
artist. Below we give program as
rendered, and names and number
of graduates. Not mentioned in
set program, Messrs. A. Calkins and
Washburn gave an instrumental
solo on mandolin and guitar, and
Miss Olive Keller piano solo.
PROGRAM.
song@Boys' Glee Club.
Glass History.
Solo-Minnie Boldt.
ReSitatiOn-Sadie Draper.
Song-Girls' Glee Club.
Class Poem-Earl D. Calkins
Glass Prophecy.
Song-Goo-Goo. eyes,
Presenting colers.
Boys Glee Club.
Valedictory.
Glass Song.
GRADUATES
Elsie Hansler Lottie Thiessa, Rosetta
Beard, Clara Plondke. Minnie Boldt, Mile
Beard, Sadie Draper, Nellie Mlllln'
That little boy baby that came to
the Chas. Urine home, May 80, will
help decorate the home.
Leslie jenkins is photo artist
that can't be beat in this corner of
the woods, call and get your picture
taken and find we tell the truth.
Bill Millin has a new carload OF
that famous American fencing wire,
all widths from &c in. to So inches
and the price is below some quota
tiOns.
Mrs. VIM. Mlllin is about over her
recent illness.
Mrs. John Harvill spent few
days last week with her daughter,
Mrs. Ed Quick, of Brodtville.
Eli Mill1n will soon have cement
walks and so will the Winters bust
ness block.
The Geo Hodge home has recent
ly been overhauled and the rooms
nicely papered.
Our school closed Friday, May
goth. Closing exercises in the after
noon by intermediate grade, COM
mencement exercises took place IN
the city hall in the evening. A
class of eight girls graduated from
the eight grade. The hall was
nicely decorated with ferns and
flowers.
The teachers the past year we're
generally we'll liked and at least
half of the pupils went to the
depot to see them off and say almost
a fearful good by.
Last Wednesday three of our
teachers accompanied by Earl Nor
rissey took supper at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Eousler.
Albert Schnee has new milch
COW he will sell as he has no 70 ON
to stable more than one cow. If
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-03

Albert Krohn and children, Reuben
Hore, Herman and Gerald Lynass
and perhaps others.
L S. Pendleton was Mt Hope
visitor last Saturday.
John Gull was engaged in haul
ing lumber for his new residence
Friday
T. E Pendleton and John Krohn
we're Bloomington visitors Thurs
day
Nellie Wilkinson visited at the
home of T. S PendIeton last week.
Liant Baker was a Bloomington
visitor last week; also Aft. Adams.
VIM. Mack, of Bloomington, the
meat market man, was in Little
Grant last week.
Little Grant was well represented
at the Bloomington commencement
exercises last Thursday evening.
Among those noticed were Frank
Morrow, Grace Morrow, Sofa Welsh,
Arthur Hamer, Jas. Abraham and
wife, Frank Hickok, Luke Webb,
Smiths, Earl Welsh, Ora and James
Garthwaite.
We would like to comment uDon
the almost unprecented wave OF
prohibition that has been sweeping
over the country of recent years.
The southern states find that they
can handle the negro sober, much
better that the negro drunk, and
have all of them voted prohibition;
one of the last states to ''go" pro-
hibition was North Carolina which
went dry" last week. We believe
that the young men of the country
are instrumental il the prohibition
uprising.
John, Bessie and Annie Henry
were Bloomington visitors Satur-
day.
The Wisconsin senator, Rob't. M.
delivered an excellent
speech last Friday and Saturday
against the currency bill that some
of the big politicians IN the Senate
have been trying to force on the
country. Senator LaFollette should |
be our next president,
Another candidate for sheriff has
on the horizon in J. M.
of Platteville. The |
aforemention gentleman was in this |
part of the country recently solicit |
ing votes.
Earl Welsh was assisting his
brother Fred at Bloomington last |
week in the manifold farm duties.
Claude Burr was business visi-
tor in Bloomington Saturday.
Rev. Wooley conducted M. E.
services in the Union church Sun
day.
Herman Lynass expects to raise |
his large and commodlous barn this |
week providing the cohorts of Jubi-
ter Pluyius are willing. Mr.. Thomp- |
son Of Lancaster is the managing |
LIE Wis Cooley accompanied by his |
wife and and son Fred, were Bloom
ington visitors Saturday.
DR.. Kennedy, the veterinary |
surgeon from Bloomington, made |
several professional calls in Little !
Grant last week.
Sup'r. Albert Brandemuehl was a
business caller in Bloomington Sat-
urday.
VIM. Trollope has returned to his
duties as valet to Mayor Patrick |
Smith.
Prominently positive OF poly |
syllable pythogorean, pugnocious,
pussiant, phantasm agorical, pas
quinades, to be geographically |
portrayed, next week we pointedly, |
pedantically peremptorily, phil
precipitously, perfect
our perspicacous philippe. VIM"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-03
PLATTEVILLE.

Special Correspondence TO the Herald.
Mr.. Arthur Huebsch and Miss
Helen Moore were married last
Tuesday.
Decoration day services were
fittingly observed Saturday at the
city hall. The following program
was rendered:
Song by the Normal quartet ............
Jack Lund, Geo. Mortified Homer
smith, and Charles Wertenhiller
Recitation ...................Bv Louis Savage
DrilI-"The Red, White and Blue. $500.
by little boys from the public school
Song-''Tenting on the Old Camp Ground"
by little girls from the public school
Vocal Solo-''Barbara Fretchie" -:
....-'.''.--'... ..'''''' = n
This was followed by the regular G. A. K.
memorial services.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-03
PLATTEvILLE NORMAL NOTES.

Profs. Gentle and Shuster have
been absent few days this week
Prof. 10y has resigned his poslti on
in the Platteville Normal.
The regents have come and gone.
They arrived Thursday and the ex-
aminations began at lao. Examl-
nations were discontinued at 4 P. M.
Friday. The examining committee
consisted of the following p ersons;
DR.. McGregor, Mr.. Kilt lie, Mrs.
Youmans, Mr.. Harrington. Every
one ''passed" the examinations.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-03

One never sees a boisterously drunk
person in a Swiss town except in the
tourist season, and then the offender
invariably proves to be foreigner.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-03
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Sa@eeeeeeoee@eeooeeoee OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

The following program was rend
cred at the chapel Friday, beginning
at $50
Yells for the G. A. r. led by Homer Smith.
Overture -. ............. Normal Orchestra
Vocal SOlO-"Barbara Fretchie" -.
Observation-Disclosures. Frank Pitts
Music. Training School Band
Quartet-'Tenting in the Sunshine
Bessie Churchill, Florence Oettiker
John Lund, Homer Smith
Overture. ....,.. ............... Normal Band
Star Spangled Banner..... .......
...................B BY the Normal Students
Yells -. .............. For the Boys in Blue"
Song. ........... -. -. 49,. America
Mr. Mccormick, a Normal stu
dent, enlisted at the time of the
Spanish American war.