Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-05-04
m. Schultz was here from Cass-


business in Lancaster Saturday.
j. e. Lambert was over from
Boscobel on Monday of this week.
w. A. White and family have
moved into the John Livens residence.
The Woman's Club will meet
with Mrs. Maiben next Monday after
noon at 2 80.
An excellent class of moving
picture features are now being secured
regularly at the Orpheum.
Miss Dorothy Lisherness, who Is
teaching in Arthur graded school, ar
rived home Saturday for a visit.
John Livens arrived home from
Madison Monday evening. He was
accompanied by his daughter Myrtle.
Mrs. Ralph Muesse. of Chicago
visited at the home of her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. FL. q. Nathan last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Butler, Of West
Branch, Iowa, left Saturday after a
visit with their daughter, Mrs. Karl
Orion.
Mrs. Carrie Greer, Of Blooming
ton. returned from Chicago Monday
and was a guest of Mr.. and Mrs. D.
r.. Newman.
j. j. Friedman, of Potosi, made
his regular trips to Lancaster Satur
day, 1t is understood Mr.. Friedman
intends moving here.
The Freshman class of the high
school took to the woods last Satur
day. They determined not TO put off
that oft postponed picnic any longer,
but hired two buses and spent the
day communing with nature and fish
ing for suckers at Kings Ford On
the Journey to and from the picnic
ground they spent the time giving a
variety of choice class yells.
Upon another page of today's
Herald will be found a lengthy article
detailing the features of the exhibit
ton to be given in this city by the
great Dr. Carver Wild West show on
May 81. % and 90 There are a mum
Der of new and daring acts this year,
among them being the diving horses
with girl rider, the riding of bucking
bronchos. bucking steer and bucking
COW, rifle and horseback shooting,
ropIng of wild cattle, etc. People of
Lanca ster and the surrounding country
will on this occasion have an op-
portunity that does not often occur
for witnessing exhibitions Of this
character. Further particulars later.
Mac McCrady, son of Mrs. Libbie
McCrady of this city was recently
appointed chief chemist and bacteri
ologist of Quebec Province. Canada.
This is indeed high honor and one
that Mr.. MacCrady, by his in
defatigabIe perseverance, has shown
himself to be deserving. He is a
graduate Of the Lancaster high school,
class OF 1902 and Belolt college. class
of 1905. Since his completion Of his
collegiate course he has taught school
and taken advanced work in the Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technology,
the University of Chicago and Uni
veristy of Wisconsin.
1t is the desire Of the post Office
department that patrons of rural
delivery paint their boxes and the
posts to which they are attached, g
pure white color. This course, if
pursued, will not only result in benefit
to the patrons in serving to protect his
box and post from damage by the
weather, but will give all boxes a
uniform color and serve to fix their
identity IN all parts OF the country
as United States mail boxes, and will
give them a much neater and sightlier
appearance than they now possess.
It is also desired that patrons be in
duced to imprint their names and
box numbers on boxes in black block
letters about two inches high. Pos@s
to which boxes should be attached
shall be set in an easily accessible
position at the side of the road and
boxes securely fastened to a projecting
arm of wood, or if preferred, an
automatic extension arm may be used.
The Lancaster high school base
pail team won it's second victory Of
the 1910 season last Saturday when it
defeated Boscobel high school 8 to 6
The weather was cold and disagreeable
and but a small crowd Witnessed the
game. Those who stayed away how
ever. missed seeing nothing startling
in the way Of good baseball although
there were times when the result
looked rather doubtful for Lancaster.