Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-02-16
BLOOMINGTON

The Farmers Institute TO be held
here Tuesday and Wednesday of next
week, Feb. 22nd and 23rd, promises
to be the best institute ever held in
this vicinity. The village people have
taken the matter in hand and will
co operate with the farmers in max
ing the meeting a success. During
the day sessions the usual farming
topics Will be discussed, interspersed
with music and other entertainment.
On Tuesday evening there will be
literary and muiscal entertainment of
much merit Let every body interest
ed in farming be sure to attend these
meetings and set the full benefit.
Get ready for the next number of
the lecture course.
Business in this city has been very
good during the past week. The
merchants were quite busy.
A party of friends surprised the
Frank Hickok family at their elegant
new home two miles east of town last
Tuesday evening. All present had a
fine time.
The spring poet usually is ahead
of the northumberland he stays out.
Chas. Garthwaite took a load of
ladies out to attend the meeting of
the aid society at the Chas. Wetmore
home in Little Grant. There were
81 people present, some of whom were
from Lancaster.
We hear that Andrew Foster has
rented his farm south of town to A.
n. Crabtree and that Mr.. Foster and
wife are, going to Aberdeen, N. d. /,
to pass the summer with thier son
George.
Miss Florence Hope has a new
piano, also there is new one in the
Ben Brookens's home.
Bert, Mabel, Allie and Harry
Pritchett and Budd Bates attended a
party at the Chas. Day home, near
Lancaster, Friday evening.
Levy Bros. of Chicago. assisted by
Joe Greer, and A. Z. Lewis and Walt
Ziegler of Lancaster bought some
horses here Friday.
The whist club ladies were enter.
tanned In a swell manner by their
gentlemen relatives in the bank hall
Tuesday evening. A banquet, music
by the orchestra. etc., constituted q
portion of the program.
Mryon Davis will sell his house.
hold goods, etc., on Saturday, and in
a few days will remove with his
family to Auburn, Iowa. where he has
a good position in brick and tile
factory.
Invitations are out for the marriage
of Miss Elva Knapp to iClyde Battle
at the home of the bride on Wednes-
day of this week. The bride-to-be is
a daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar
Knapp, and she is a lady of high
education and fine character. Mr..
Bailie, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Thos.
Bailie, is a successful yourg farmsr.
They will live on farm near Lam
caster.
David Baldwin has bought the 16O
acre farm of his father, Matthew
Baldwin.
Louis and Miss Essa Myers are
visiting an uncle at Apple River. Ill.
Sandlebach is hauling the ma
chineIy for his creamery, to be ready
in the spring.
Toay and Chris Garner and wives
of Beetown visited at the r. N.
Hoskins home Sunday.
Israel Roberts, who has been poor
", is once more about town.
Rumor has it that VIM. Heiner has
Iowa gentleman and will remove TO
Clark county.
Thos Smith, who has been i'll, is
once more about.
f. L. Greer, who has been indis-
posed is taking treatment at the sani-
tarium in Prairie du CHEN.
Mrs. Cecilia Garthwaite and daugh-
ter Mrs Sylvia Stevens are in Mil
waukee for few days.
Miss Birdie Hickok is clerking in
the cooperative store.
P. BARLEY attended court in Lam
caster Tuesday.