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

John J. Blaine, of Boscobel, wa
in Lancaster Friday.
flames Hake was over from Cliff
ton on business Friday.
Alex. Howell, of Fennimore,
was in this city Monday.
R. Never Jr. visited the B. M.
& B. mine near Harger yesterday.
Fred Lambert and Fl. Grebe, of
Mt. Hope, we're in Lancaster Satur
day.
-Prin. h. W. Kircher, of Dodge
Vile high school, attended the debate
here Friday evening.
MIR. and Mrs. J. S. Wright are
moving into the David Eastman resi-
dence in the west portion of the city.
John Schreiner and G. q. Baxter
left Monday morning for Galveston,
Texas, to look after real estate in
terests.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Peck and
little son are visiting friends and
relatives in Highland and also in
Blue River.
Mrs. John Tomshaska. of Blue
River, who has been visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Lester Peck, returned
to home yesterday morning.
To-day, February 2. is ground hog
day. If the animal with the prophetic
instinct sees his shadow it means a
long winter; if he doesn't an early
spring is expected.
The Skovgard Concert Company
the next number on the Star Lecture
Course will appear at Reeds opera
house Monday, February z. The COM
pany consists of Skovgard, the Danish
violin virtuoso; Miss Harriet M.
Hertz, soprano and Miss Alice Nc
Chung, pianist.
-Dode Fiske, the we'll known
Baraboo Snowman according to reports
died last week of heart failure while
filling vaudeville engagement in a
small town IN South Dakota. Dode
Fiske has been in Lancaster a number
of times. Several years ago he was
leader of an orchestra giving high class
concerts throughout the middle west.
Later he appeared here as proprietor
of what he termed a society circus"
and still later with a dog and pony
show. Last season the latter had
grown from a small wagon show into
a very creditable organization travel
ing by rail. Dode babe fair to climb
high in the circus world but death
overlook him before he had fairly
started. During the winter months
he travelled about with his trained
dogs playing vaudeville engagements.
He was a shrewd Snowman and will
be sorely missed by his professional
friends.
"A tale has been current in Lam
caster during the past week or SO of
several local sportsmen, who firing of
the usual manner of rabbit hunting
bethought themelves OF a method they
had heard of often enough but the
efficacy of which they had never
tested. As told by one of the party
the story goes that they sought out the
rabbits, armed with several feet of
garden hose and clarionet mouth
piece Before long, as was expected
they came onto number of the cotton
tails who Immediately disappeared
into the ground. The hunters then
discovered two holes which were close
together and on opposite sides Of
small hummock. They Immediately
prepared to try their new style of
hunting. The clarionet mouthpiece
was inserted in one end of the hose,
which end was taken charge Of by the
only musician in the party-one who
loved music with a veritable passion.
The rest of the hose was run into the
hole and the musician started to play.
The martial strains of "Die Wacht
Am Rhein'' failed to bring the rabbits
from their retreat and various other
selections were played. The musician
at first noticed with what astonishing
clearness he could hear the sounds
which as he thought were emanating
from the end of the hose several feet
In the ground. However, entranced
by his own genius, he forgot rabbits;
in fact everything and played on and
on. Half an hour later his melodic
trance was broken by loud laughter
He came to and discovered that one
end of the hose protruded from the
hole on the other side of the hummock
and had been held by a companion