Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-09-08


Will serve lunch and ice cream at the
fair ground during fair.
-Culhane's Comedians stopped in
Lancaster Sunday on their way tc
Bloomington where they appear all
this week They come to Lancaster
Monday for a weeks Engagement.
The Delano Bros, and the great
Tasma troupe. who will appear at the
Grant Co. Fair next week will be
worth coming miles to see. You
simply cannot afford to miss them.
"A regular meeting of Lancaster
Lodge No. 90 F. & A. NJ. next Fri
day evening. upon which occasion
some important business matters will
come up. A good attendance is re-
quested.
Conductor Smith has been taking
the place of Conductor Geo. Kuhns
on the Madison Lancaster run for
several days, the latter being quite
i'll. His many Lancaster friends hope
to hear of his speedy recovery.
Louis Fischer and son Roy, Willis
Knox and Clement Nathan arrived
home Friday from Mccartney where
they had spent several days camping
on Spring Lake. The trip was made
in Mr.. Fischer's camping wagon.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Dobbs, of
Benz nett, Neb, arrived here last week
for visit with old friends in Ian
caster and vicinity. MIR. Dobbs is
former resident of this county and
having been gone from here for many
years is much impressed with the
changes that have taken place
! Mr.. and Mrs. p BARLEY and son
Mort and Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Wood
house passed through Lancaster a
couple of times last week going to
and coming from British Eollow
where they visited Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas Davies. They were in Mr..
Bartley's Locomobile which under
went repairs at the local garage both
going and coming.
-Chas Stratton has the construc-
tion of his green houses nearly com
pleted and already has many of his
plants placed therein. The different
plants are conveniently arranged for
display and there is no crowding for
room. The green house is almost
wholly constructed of glass and steel.
the steel uprigh4s being set securely
in concrete and everything indicates
that Mr.. Stratton intends making this
a permanent business in Lancaster.
There is no doubt that it will be sue
cessful and lucrative.
-On Sept. ID the stage 7 oute from
Lancaster to Bloomington will be
changed so as to pass through Bee
town. This will be great accom-
mediation for the Beetown patrons and
will make but slight difference
in the time of the arrival into Bloom
ington. AS the stage runs at present,
lover the hills. the Bloomington
people get their mail quicker and
have somewhat better facilities for
coming to and going from the county
seat. Everything considered how
ever, the old ''Star Route. as the
Beetown way is called, gives more
general satisfaction than the shorter
route.
Next week the Grant Co. Fair
will be held in Lancaster. Hundreds
Of visitors will be here during the
week. They will carry from this
city either good or bad impressions as
to it's appearance. An unsightly
yard or terrace might create a bad
impression, so why wouldn't it be
good move to cut down some of that
tall grass that grows along the street
near your houseG Then go after the
weeds: it's the best time of the year
to get them, for most of them haven't
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your yard look as we'll as the inside.
Do all you can toward maintaining
our reputation for being the prettiest
little city in southwest Wisconsin.
Last year Chris. Garner, who
lives near Beetown, was heavily IN
sured in the local hail insurance COM
pany and when the hailstorm came
had an assessment of more than $500
to pay, which he settled as soon as it
was called for without a murmur
He had no hail loss, either, but his
corn crop was badly damaged by
flood and he was of course a big loser
all around. That 'every cloud has
a silver lining was proven, how
ever, this year, as he has ninety acres