Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-10-06

Robert Draper arrived home from
Chicago Monday night.
J. Edwin Hubbard, OF Rockville,
was in Lancaster Monday.
Miss Bessie Hunter returned to
her home in Livingston yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Moses left
yesterday for Draper, S. D., for a
visit.
Miss Bird Galloway who teaches
in Montfort, visited at home over
Sunday.
Anybody wishing a good girl for
general homework will please leave
word at this Office.
| VIM. Adrian has sold his resi-
dence property. in the first ward, to
Mrs. Linda Bennett.
| Col j. @. Clark continues to
improve in health and is able to be
on the street a portion of each day.
I. A. Clark and Jay Harcleroad
left yetereday for Milwaukee to run
out new 1910 model 80 b. p. Cadil-
lac automobile for R. N. Hoskins, of
Bloomington.
Mrs. Effie Trotwine and Mrs.
Beth Bowers expect to 60 today to the
old farm where they formerly lived,
west of Potosi, for two or three days
and Mrs. Trotwine will 60 from there
to Dubuque.
"A notice just received from DR..
Brewer, of Fort Atkinson, announces
that the date of his next visit to Lam
caster has been changed form OCTOBER
16 to 10 and that he will be here at
the Wright House, upon the latter
date.
Farmers should not overlook H.
A Reeds big sale of pure bred
Poland China swine which will take
place on the fair grounds at Platte
Wednesday of next week, October 49,
See advertisement on another page of
today's Herald.
The infant son of Dr. and Mrs.
K. M. Carter, of Livingston died last
Tuesday morning, two hours after
birth. The remains were brought TO
Lancaster on Monday and inferred in
Hillside cemetery. The funeral
services were held at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. G. F. Dickinson. conducted
by Rev. Morgans.
w S. and W. E. Lathrop started
yesterday for ten days trip through
North Nakota with a view to looking
up desirable location for an ice
cream factory, run upon a large scale.
They go via. Minneapolis and will
visit Fargo, jamestown, Valley City
and Aberdeen. Incidentally they
will attend the government land
drawing in the Cheyenne and Stand
ing kock agencies, holding proxies
for a couple of vetaren soldiers of
Lancaster for whom they will make
entries.
Perhaps no prettier view can be
found in a section that is noted for its
scenic beauty. than that from the
summit of the hill on the Thos
Carmody place, in North Lancaster,
looking toward the north. 1t is
especially beautiful at this time of
the year when the foliage on the trees
is just beginning to turn color. The
road at this point makes quite q
climb for the pedestrian but on
reaching the top he is amply repaid
for his trouble; that is, if he has any
love for beautiful scenery. The view
is like an immense panoramic picture.
The PERCEPTIONS hills forming the back
ground are covered with timber and
the lowlands are either planted with
corn and other grain or used for
pssturing purposes. Here and there
are pretty farm houses that remind
one of Jewels placed by skillful
hands in an appropriate setting. The
panorama embraces miles of ideal
farming country and makes up scene
in which the wild and cultivated are
beautifully blended. If we had any
poets or artists in Grant county they
could draw inspiration for mas ter
pieces, from the top of the Carmody
hill.
The first baseball game of the
high school 1909 10 season took place
at the fair grounds Saturday and re-
suited in victory for the local team,
the final score being to 4. The
visiting team represented Blooming
ton high school in very creditable
manner and there were times when
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