Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-07-12
BAGLEY.

MISSES LiZZIG anu LENA 66yel, CT
Dubuque, are coming Sunday to &C.
cept me hospitality of the E. E.
Culver home for week 3 outing.
Mrs. Bert Culver and three children
(, from PIatteville are here at the
1 parental home for a fortnight. her
husband is out west getting good
salary and this offers a good chance
for the family to make good visit
The Oldest child Ethel may put in
her vacation here with her grand
parents, which would please the old
folks ever so much.
Mrs F. NJ. Wager and Hazel
Shrake drove out to the farm Satur-
day and spent the afternoon picking
berries; called on Mrs Frank Millln
on the way home and in the evening
lad a pleasant drive home.
Earl Taylor was on our streets
with his new car Sunday evening.
! A letter from Mrs. Millin, nee Ida
| Smith. says they are suffering from
drouth pastures dried up and are
feeding hay at $l5 per ton; potatoes
So 30 per bushel They live on q
farm at Long Island. Kansas. Ida
come back to old Wisconsin,
Geo. Miller celebrated his 18th
birthday last Saturday. His daugh
tiers Mrs. Robt. Midnight and family.
of Potosi, Mrs. David Beard and
family of Bagley were on hand to
help on the merry making.
Frank Ripper has the best early
potatoes we have noticed this season.
John Brirely, an old timer here
now happily fixed in California, sent
US paper published at Lamesa,
speaks of the big preparations for a
grand old fashioned celebration there
on the 4th All, it makes me think
of We olden times in this county be-
fore the race for the almighty dollar
caused the people to almost lose sight
of the patriotic spirit of 10
Miss Emma Jackley, of Platteville
is now welcome visitor in our burg.
Chas Glass has completed a con
crete floor in his horse stable. When
he tore up the old puncheous the rats
had to git concrete affords no barber
for these rodents.
Ours was a very quiet and sane 4th
Family groups loon. dinner together {;
about 100 from ont on the Prairie as
sembled at the Plondke slough to en-
joy the day, others. took. the. train. for
Dubuque and Prairie du CHEN.
Walter Havill witnessed ,ths~s boat
racing in Dubuque on the 4th. /
Geo. Edwards and fanily,zef Glen
Haven spent the 4th in the home Of
mother Geo. Millin. Mrs. EDWARDS
went the next day to the hospital for
an operation Chloe Millin viii keep
| house for her sister, while she is re-
covering from the operation.
Nate Brown aud wife have gone To
Iowa on long visit in the homes Of
their married daughters. Will be gone
perhaps two months, if Nate don It
get home sick. If he does Mary will
have to bring him home that's all.
Bert Jacobs, v ife and child of
Waterloo, Ia, are here on a vacation
Bert works in large rubber factory
and they are not so rushed at this
season.
Our Rural Route mail men are
pleased with increase Of salary. July
21st.
i Les Boarman, mail carrier for a
number of years, went to Stockholm.
Wis, to join his wife and son, WIN
are visiting at the home OF his father.
Mr.. and Mrs. JAS Boarman. The
father has sold his Stockholm farm to
G. E. Ivens and will give possession
September first. 8n
B. J. Boarman, of Kalispel,
Montana, made this place a flying
visit Thursday. He was born and
raised up here; later went west and
struck 1T big. he is now president OF
one of the largest lumber dealers as
sociations in the famous FIathead
lumber region.
Miss Marie Conner from Elkpcrt,
Iowa, came to visit her grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. 7 B Anderson. The
little miss is but il years old but
bravely made the trip alone.
Hazel Shrake and Roxy Clark were
in Prairie du CHEN last Friday
| Ira Willard went to Lacrosse last
Friday.
Huldah Hodge went up to help il
the Tom Gulick home,
POT0ST