Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-08

entered upon It's 53 year.
-Lancaster merchants are busily
engaged III taking invoice these
days.
August Doeringield of Bosco-
bel vISIJed friends ar the county
seat Ehis week
!. A 3 wear old son of Robert
! StOffel, of North Lancaster, broke
tbs right arm quite badly yesterday
morning.
-Sinr.e ths pew hour law went
into effect the local telegraph sta
zion the Northwestern depot is
open until 4 p. m. only, no messages
being taken Or received after that
hour.
Judging from the way stock is
being marketed this month, the new
year is. likely to show a greater
amount of shipments from this sta
ton than any of the receding
years.
Superintendent Brockert has
been busy this week preparing
school census and teachers report
blanks to be sent to the diff rent
district clerks throughout the
county.
The Grant County Fair Associa-
ton is already taking steps toward
arranging for next September's
meeting. II is their intention to
make this years fair the greatest
one in its history.
T. M. Young will move his in
surance agency Feb. LIST from the
room he now occupies in the First
National bank building to the rooms
over Heberlein's shoe store which
DR.. Critchlow recently vacated.
This sort of winter weather is
C rtainlv very delightful, but not
conducive to the public health. A
great amount of sickness, largely
la grippe, prevails throughout the
city and surrounding country.
The big. attractive auction bills
issued at the Herald Office do the
business and draw the crowds. We
would advise you to try them for
that auction sale of yours and
watch results. 1t pays to use the
best.
When the poor lagrippe. victims
get through wrestling with. that
disease, perhaps the next thing that
they will meet with will ne, ''get
vaccinated if you don't want the
smallpox. But cheer up. 1t isn't
here yet.
Will LANCE who has been visit
ing with his parents, MIR. and Mrs.
Carl LANCE in the second ward, re-
turned on Monday to Waterloo,
Iowa. He will go shortly to Texas,
where he will represent a store
company of Waterloo.
Preparations are being made to
get out the advertising matter for
the state farmers institute to be
held in this city January % and 90.
Keep your eve on these dates; the
institute, with It's cooking school on
the side, will be q hummer.
We are creditably informed
that DR.. Willard, the optician, who
has been making weekly visits to
Lancaster for a number of months
past, has skipped by the light of
the moon" to parts unknown, leav-
ing numerous creditors In the lurch
with unpaid bills.
Sam Hood, who is we'll known
through this section as salesman
for Franklin McVeagh & Company,
met with quite an accident last
week while rabbit hunting near
Madison. In some accidental manner
the gun was discharged and shot its
contents into his foot, ipfiicting a
painful wound.
Consider what the hen does
when she is working, Low that her
season is on and she clamors for ra-
tions The market value of "biddy"
is about fifty cents and the value of
her daily produce is two cents or
one twenty fifth part of her own
worth. True, her career is short
but long enough for her to earn her
value many times over, and that
cannot be said of some in this world
who have great pretentions to USE
fullness.
Rev. w. f. Bristow and Mrs.
Brlstow, have just closed weeks
services at the Pleasant Ridge
United Brethren church. They
conducted services on the deeper
life every afternoon and Gospel
services at night, inter est was deep.
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