Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-09-11
AROUND The COUNTY
POTOSI.
special Correspondence to the Herald.

cepted invitation t10m the Dubuque
Industrial Corporation to join them
in their booster excursion to Nc
Gregor, Iowa, Wednesday, Sept. 4th.
The large and beautiful excursion
steamer, O.. w. Hill, was chartered
for the occasion. About four hundred
representative business men of Du-
buque were aboard the boat when
she landed at the PCtosl landing.
TwentyPotosians each wearing a badge
labeled "Potos1," walked aboard
the boat and were received by a
reception committee at the foot OF
the stairway. Each was handed a
gaudy paper head gear and a badge
that read, "Let's get acquainted !;
Dubuque for Mine As the boat
steamed out from the landing the
Dubuque Military Band struck up
the tune of Life on the Ocean
Wave" The next stop was at Glass;
vile. where thirty.eight men from
Cassville and Beetown joined the
crowd. Gutenberg was the next
stop. Here there was a large num-
Der of people at the levee. A large
banner was displayed, bearing the
words. Welcome, Dubuque; we are
always with you, while a hundred or
more young ladies attired in white
carried CANDY Japanese parasols and
waved them to the time of the music
as the boat came to the shore. and
again as it pushed away with sixty OF
seventy of Guttenberg's business men
aboard. Our next landing was at
Glen Haven. Here about twenty
from Glen Haven. North Andover
and Bloomington joined the crowd.
At Clayton a goUd delegation from
that place and Garnaville helped to
swell the crowd. At Prairie du Chen
a large crowd of people and a brass
band made things hum as the boat
landed. Nearly one hundred men
and the band boarded the boat and
went to McGregor. There were near
~ STA AuAOACO I'll OOd1u WAOA LILO
boat landed at McGregor at four
o'clock in the afternoon. There
everybody got off the boat and, headed
by the Dubuque Military band and
the Prairie du CHEN band, paraded
the street through the sweltering
beat. Hundreds of people welcomed
the boosters to the city. but there
we're very poor accommodations for
people who delivered something to
eat. Nc M was prepared to furnish
a sandwich of any kind restaurants
we're u%nprepared bake shops were
soon cleaned out, and meat markets
had nothing bat raw meat. The
one saloon in the city was so crowd
ed that a person who was not in the
front couldn't get within ten feet
of the bar. Had it not been for
lunches and refreshments aboard the
boat there would have been a mighty
hungry set of boosters. However,
everybody was enjoying the tip. and
would rather have gone hungry than
to have missed it.. Tbs stay in Nc
Gregor was short and at five O'Clock
with all on board the boat backed out
from the levee AMI was soon steam
ing down stream for home. The
Dubuque Military band played almost
constantly during the trip and we can
t%ruthfully say that we never heard a
band that furnished so much excellent
music in one day. The people of
Dubuque can we'll feel proud of this
musical organization. The Potosi
delegation were we'll pleased with the
trip and the treatment accorded them
by the officers of the Dubuque In
dustrial corporation and the boosters
in general, and by Capt. Trombley
and other officers of the boat. Those
Who made the trip from Potosi.
were. Nick Schumacher. 7. II
Runkel, e. NJ. Wilmott, A. N.
Dickinson, H. E. Coons, l.. e..
Edwards, Doc McGovern. Fritz Kern,
Clyde Galloway, Charley Baumler,
Robt. Travis, Lou Reineke. E. T.
Webb, j. A. Seaton, Cap Schmitz,
John Campbell. John Esssr. Chris
Keehner, W. j.. Welsch and j. J..
Martin of Burton.
When attending a meeting of the
@. A. R. and w. R. c.. last Satur-
day, sMr, and Mrs. Philip Roesch
made il known to the members
present that they were married forty
seven years ago that day. The mem
bers to show their love and respect
for their comrades presented them
with a beautiful meat fork. Philip
Roesch and Helen Cardy were united
in marriage Sept. 18th, 1865. Six
children were born to them. Their
eldest son Roy was drowned while
bathing in the Mississippi river
fourteen years ago. Three years
hence if all is we'll they will observe
their golden wedding.