Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-10-20
Rev. Schleicher was in Fenni
more yesterday afternoon.


was caller here yesterday.
Andrew Vondrum, of Potosi,
was in Lancaster yesterday.
Mrs Robt. Brooker and daughter
Helen are both on the sick list.
Mrs. Frank Drinkwater, of
Sitter, was a Lancaster visitor this
week.
E. S. Jones, L. H. Bennett and
George Harness, of Platteville, were
in Lancaster Monday.
). The Ladies' Aid at the Congrega-
tional church Friday afternoon. A
large attendance is desired.
The Ladies of the Baptist church
will have a aisle of homebaking at the
city hall Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Roy rockingham and son
returned. Thursday evening from a
visit in Madison and Milwaukee.
MIR. and Mrs. Fred Mackey and
daughter Minnie start today for
Orleans, Neb, TO spend the winter
with relatives.
The following Mortfort people had
business in Lancaster last Thursday
L. Cordts, Fl. Washburn, Ed Jentz,
f. F. Wasbburn and Henry Snyder.
The new heating system is nearly
finished. 1t will certainly be great
improvement over the old furnaces.
No more pupils with cold feet and
blue noses.
Ed Stephens has installed an
alarm system at the pumping station
which is connected with the Bell
telephone central here. By this
system the engineer at the station
may hear instantly of any fire in
town.
Mrs. Fred Vessel, Mrs. Ben
Garner, Mrs August Kuester and
Mrs Nailey, all of Hickman, Neb.,
have been visiting Mr. md. Mrs.
Louis Vepesrman and other relatives
and friends in South Lancaster during
the past week.
Since the local telling of the
eagle shot on Pigeon by Mr.. Anstey
was written, the following dispatch
from keposha dated Thursday, Octo-
Der II appeared in the Free Press
AN eagle measuring seven feet five
inches from wing tip to tip and
weighing forty five pounds was shot
yesterday afternoon by Albert and
Charles Kluender of this city. The
two men were hunting ducks along
Pike creek three miles northh of there
when the huge bird swooped down
within a few feet of their blind. The
bird was sold for $50 aud taken to
Chicago where it was turned over to
taxidermist to stuff. The bird was
the largest specimen of its kind ever
shot in this vicinity. +"
An immense eagle shot by John
Anstey on his farm near Pigeon creek
was on exhibition on the street here
last Wednesday. The bird was thirty
two inches long from the beak to the
tip of it's tail and when its wings
were outspread it measured seven feet
from the end of one wing to the
other. If Mr.. Anstey had desired he
could have sold it ia Lancaster for
ten dollars but he preferred to keep it
and now a Dubuque taxidermist is
preparing it for mounting. When
mounted it will make a magnificent
trophy and we'll worth having
Eagles are. by no means, numerous in
Grant county especially in this vi
cinity and one of that size is hard to
find any place.
Wire fences are not in metallic
connection with the earth and can
not we'll receive and discharge the
stored electricity, and animals stand
ing by such fence become the means
of connecting the fence to earth,
electrically, as posts are poorer con-
ductors than animals, but if ground
wire is put on every fifth post no
animals will be killed. as the wire
is a better conductor than the animal.
To put OH this wire you can use a
wagon box rod to punch a hole two
feet deep, stapling the wire to the
post so it touches the fence wires.
This wire may stick an inch or two
above the post. You can protect a
pasture of 100 acres for seventy five
cents if you throw in one.half day Of
your time to do it.-Ex.
&C. e. Roberts, proprietor Of the
music store, has a new wagon for
delivering pianoeS, organs, sewing