Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-03-15
ANOTHER LETTER FROM
HERMAN BUCHNER
Tells of the Doings of Lancaster
People in California
Offers Prize of Box of Oranges to Per-
sons Guessing Identity of People
Here Described

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The following interesting Cali
fornia letter from Herman Buchner,
to John Oswald, of this city, has been
given to The Herald for publication
Los Angeles, Cal. Feb. "a, 1911.
Dear John -
I am in receipt of your long letter,
was glad to hear from you. passed
it around among our Lancaster friends.
They are always pleased to read
letter from home.
The annual picnic of the Wiscon-
sin people was set years ago, to be-
held on Abraham Lincoln's birthday,
February 18th. The day fell on a.
Sunday this year. The committee for
some reason set the picnic for Satur-
day the 18th. The Lord evidently
did not approve of the change; for the
sluices Of heaven opened. and it.
rained all the day. The picnic was
held on the 18th day of February at
Sycamore Grove about five miles from
the center of the city. It was a.
beautiful day. Benches and tables
we're scattered in the shade of the
large sycamore trees.
Printed cards indicating the several
counties were fastened here and there
on the trees, as an assembly place for
the people of such counties Registry
cards for each county were also found
on the tables which indicated that the
following named Grant County people
were present: Henry R6ch. Lancas-
ter Marg Trelour Rech, Lancaster;
Grace Trelour Brayton, Lancaster
Mark Hutchcroft, Beetown; Lucina
Mcbride. Platteville; Seth D. Curry,
Boscobel; J. S. Wright, Lancaster
Anna Baumgartner, Lancaster; D. b..
Brunson, Fennimore; Mrs. D. B.
Brunson. Fennimore Miss Carrie III.
| Lamson, Beetown A. r. Mccartney,
i Laneastes Minnie Wright. Lancas-
ter; WinIfred Showalter, Lancaster
Rollo W. Moses, Lancaster; Helen
Barlow Ian easter; G. E. Graves,
Bloomington Lillian Mcbride,
Platteville; Rachel Robinson, Platte
vile; Herman Buchner, Lancaster
Abbie F. White, Lancaster Henry c..
Dillon, Lancaster; Mrs. Florence H.
Dillon Springfield, Mass. J Mrs. j.
IP. Lewis Ian caster. Mrs Emma
Crosby Judd. Lancaster; Mrs
Stevens. Cassville; Mrs. Bonham
Stevens, Waterloo; Mrs. M Brown
Humphrey. Plattevil!e; Almira Nc
Namara, Bloomington; DIR. L. A.
F1iedrichs. Patch Grove; Mary T.
Maggie, Bloomington j. Fred Mauer.
Fennimore; Mrs. j. Fred Mauer, Fem
nimore Ed Mauer, Fennimore John
Carthew, Lancaster Mrs. Frances e.
Carthew, Lancaster: Mrs. Neva
Probst, Montfort j. L. Probst. Mont
fort; E. NJ. Thomas, Montfort E. e.
Burns, Plattevile; Mrs. w. B.
Baxter. Lancaster; E. S. Sprague,
Lancaster
Free coffee, sugar and cream were
there in abundance.
In the afternoon Lancaster took the,
lead. Ed. s. Sprague who has been
here for two mouths of counsel in the
celebrated Lucky" Baldwin will
case. made the principal address. I
was proud of him. He is a fine portly
gentleman and an orator of ability.
He has good voice and his manner
of delivery reminded me of Matt. HI.
Carpenter one of the most eloquent
orators Wisconsin ever sent forth.
Following him Judge FL. G. Dillon
gave brief but very entertaining
talk. He is a very pleasing orator
and also poet as the following pert
lines will show: -
| THE MELTING POT.
I come from old Grant County.
| From her forests and her del1S
| / come from loved Lancaster,
| From ner yeOmen and her bells.
| We all come from Wisconsin
From her prairieS and her lakes
For the gold of California
| To the graDdeSt of the states.
From New England come the Partans,
| From the south the Cavalier
| In the glory of this sunshine
God unites the people here.
Judge Dillon was elected President
for the next year and F. Fl. True
Secretary. Other noted men of Wis
consin addressed the Badgers. There
are Theodore Kanonse who ran a los
ing race as governor for the State on
the Prohibition ticket some years ago.
I wrote you in my last thls Theodore
Kanouse practiced with Dr. Hassell
in Lancaster, and that i s.H. True.
the secretary, was the True who.
figured prominently in Wisconsin,
lpolitics. But that was not the fact.
III was misinformed. Eugene w.
Chain who is the only man from Wis
consin who ever was nominated for,