Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-08-03

Mrs. Bell and daughter are spend
ing a week at the home Of her daugh.
| ter Mrs. Frank Smith at Fairview.
-Griff. Hickok, of Bloomington
passed through here Monday, on his
way home from Belmont, where he
visited his son.
WIN. Lewis Sr returned home
last week after spending a week at
the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Donnelly, at Bloomington.
Mrs. Chas. Kuckenbecker and
little son Carl left for Fennimore
Tuesday morning. They have been
visiting at the G. F. Dickinson home.
Mrs. Chas. Mayne will start for
her home at Griswold, Ia, Thursday
afternoon, after a month S visit at the
home of her patents LII. and Mrs. J.
Fl. Reed.
A new concrete walk has been
laid along the east front Of the
Episcopal rectory property on Madison
street, occupied by the publisher of
The Herald.
The occasional showers we are
getting seem to help some but are so
light that they cannot accomplish a
great deal of good. What we need is
good old soaker lasting day or two.
The last issue of the Ladies' Home
Journal contains an article entitled
How I Taught Flies to d. Tricks. -
If the author had only told US how
flies could be coralled in one spot and
taught to commit suicide we feel that
a great good would have been accom-
plished. AS it is the article can be-
Of no great interest.
Mrs. R. B. Showalter gave a
party on Tuesday afternoon of last
week in honor of Mrs. Bradbury, of
South Dakota. who is here on visit to
her sisters. Mrs. Petty and Mrs.
Webb. On Thursday afternoon Mrs.
Henry Thomas also gave party for a
few old friends, in honor of Mrs.
Bradbury.
The West Side Reading Circle
was entertained last Wednesday by
Mrs w. j. Brennan, upon which &C.
casion many of the ladies in the
neighborhood we're invited in honor Of
Mrs. 7 M. Young, of Burlington,
Iowa. who is now here on an extended
visit and who was for many years a
resident Of this city and neighbor of
Mrs. Brennan. Refreshments were
served and some very excellent music
was feature of the occasion.
Farmers are busy now all over the
county. threshing. and the machines
are numerous wherever you go. Small
grain seems to have been a fine crop
this year and many large yields are
reported from sixty to seventy bushels
of oats being nothing unusual. J. E.
Humphrey. of Patch Grove, threshed
no bushels from ten acres. There is
a great deal of corn that cannot pos
sibly make full crop now, but there
is a great deal that with rain IN
sufficient quantity now would turn out
splendidly,
The sanitarium which was opened
last fall bv w. j. Schads, is evident :
ly d success in every way. Mr..
Schade has spared no effort in perfect
ing it, and as it now stands it is a
masterpiece of space arrangement and
tasty decoration. On entering the
place one finds a pleasant reception
corner to the lett and the othce at the
right. There are eight rooms, beside
space at the front, which are used for
dressing rooms, massage room, and
those containing the various kinds of
thermo therapy apparatus, and con-
venient bath room with all the
modern appliances, and rest room.
The curtains are OF heavy, dark green
material which harmonize with the
window curtains wallpaper, etc.
The sanitarium is located in the south
west corner of the Grand Hotel build
ing, and the large windows afford
plenty of sun light and pleasant
outlook. Mr. Schade has accomplished
a great deal since he started the
anitarium and has still found time
to greatly improve the gymnasium
which is so popular in the cooler
months. He says he intends to organize
new clsses and open the latter place
the first week in September.
DIR. Cunningham was called to
Animation on Thursday to attend the
12-year- son of G. Waring The
chi Id had gone on horseback for the
COWS, attended, as he always was, by
faithful shepherd dog. The time
for his return grew late when the
father saw the dog coming, acting
very strange. He feared something