Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-08-18

DIR. Alex Ivey, of Estherville,
Ia, joined his wife and daughter in
this city yesterday.
Mine new subscribers have been
added to the Herald's subscription
list during the past week. which is
very gratifying in, this dull season.
We hope such condition may regu-
larly continue.
Mrs. NJ. W. Register, who has
been spending the summer with her
aunt, Mrs. Alonzo Wayne, started
Monday last for a visit with her
daughter. Mrs. Sadie Brooks. at Cam
eron, Mo. Mrs. Wayne accompanied
her as far as Fennimore.
Il. J. Laird and family are now
nicely located at their new home in
Necedah. where they like 1t very
we'll. but send word that they miss
their many good friends in Lancaster.
They will also be very much missed
here, as they were popular amongst a
wide circle of friends.
Joseph Caspers has invented and
patented tool for removing the calks
that screw into horse shoes. something
that blacksmiths throughout the coun-
! try have long felt the need Of and
expects soon to arrange for their man
ufacture. It is useful and ingen
ious tool and ought to meet with a
large and ready sale.
Two G. & N. w. officials, NJ
Reinig Supt. of bridges and build
ings. and E. E. Edwards of the en-
gineering dept, arrived in Lancaster
Monday evening with blue prints and
specifications of the new depot and
round house. They were very re-
served about giving out the compapy's
plans but 1t is said that the new depot
will be brick structure and will be
erected on or near the site of the
present round house. The round
house and turn table it is understood
will be moved some distance to the
upper end of the yards. A corps OF
surveyors arrived yesterday to do some
work preliminary to starting the
actual work of construction.
1t is perhaps we'll to sound the
conventional circus day warning.
Today Gollmar Bros. big show will
doubtless. attract large crowds to this
city. and while the management is
said to be active in it's efforts to keep
the crooks away from the circus there
are always grafters and sneak thieves
following such an attraction. They
make up an element impossible to get
rid of thoroughly. Housewives
should be careful to lock the doors
and fasten the windows securely while
watching the parade today and mer-
chants should not leave the rear
entrances to their stores unguarded.
Another thing one cannot Ee too care.
full about to-day is wasting time with
canvassers or peddlers. Try to have
the house occupied at all times dur
ing the day or else keep the doors
and windows locked tightly.
This morning the circus will ar
rive in Lancaster, The small boy,
who has been awaiting the event with
feverish expectation for weeks. was
out of led at break of day in order
not to miss seeing its arrival. The
work preliminary to the performance
is almost as interesting to most
citizens as the circus itself The
systematic operations of the gang Of
'rubes'' as. the circus lsborers are
called, in their own parlance, draws
a crowd of spect tors as quickly as
does the labor of the steamer roust-
abouts at every river landing. Every
man "Rube'' of them knows what his
work will be the next minute and
the tents. stakes. wagons, horses, etc..
are unioaded and the tops" put
up with clockwork rapidity. 1t is
because of this interesting systematic
work that the usual large crowd will
greet the entrance of Gollmar's into
Lancaster this morning and it is safe
! to say, big percentage will stay
around the station and circus grounds
until the appearance of the glitter
ing street pageant" at 10 a. N. From
an hour or so before this time the
sidewalks in the main portion of the
ely will be lined with people. The
usua al number of false alarms will be
given before the parade actually APP
pears and by the time it is due nearly
everyone in the sssemblage will be in
the frame or mind to class the fellow
who shouts ''Here she comes" when
''she'' is nowhere withiR hearing dis
tance. with the fool who rocks the