Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-12-11

One of the most delightful things
about December is the absence Of the
straw vote.
DO your Christmas shopping
early. There are only two wee ks
left in which to do it.
Mrs Geo. Thompson and chill
dren, OF Stratton Colo. is visiting
here with her sister, Mrs John
Craemer.
Mrs. ]. P. Croot who spent
Thanksgiving at the hons of her
sister, Mrs Keyes. in Milwaukee,
returned Friday evening.
All members Of the Gen. Calls
Circle are requested to be present at
the next meeting on Thursday, Dec.
IL, for their annual election.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Reed and
Mr.. and Mis-. Harvey Foster and
baby visited at Boscobel with Mrs.
Reeds sister. Mrs. h. J. johnson, one
/ day last week.
"A. G Knapp left Monday morn
ing on business trip to Flint and
Kalamazoo Mich. end South Bend,
Ind, expecting to return home the
last of this week.
Roy Chat6eld, manager of the
Brittingham and Hixon Lumber Co ;,
at Mazomanie. came Friday for short
visit his mother, Mrs. Phebe Chatfield,
returning on Sunday.
Guy Horsfall and Frank Burrows
made business trip to Madison Fri
day to see about getting an Interna-
tional Harvester gasoline truck for
delivering purposes, They returned
Saturday.
Mrs. M. w. Register returned to
her home in Fennimore Wednesday
afternoon, having visited for a week
at the home of her niece Mrs. A.
Wayne, of this city, and nephew JOS
Keene, at Beetown.
-Arno Stippich has gone to Fenni.
more where he will be employed as
blacksmith in the shop of J. &.
Pelikan. Arno is an industrious and
straight forward young man who will
make good wherever he goes.
Judge E. B. Goodsell issued a
special permit Wednesday afternoon,
Dec. 4. to Louis F. Bonikowski and
Harriet A. Mailman, both of Ellen
boro, who were married at the court
house by Justice =. W. Burrows the
same afternoon.
"A Prairie du Chen man dream
ed. for two nights that be was about
to marry a certain girl Believing
the superstition that if the same
dream occurred three nights it will
come true, he sat up all night the
third night and STAYED it off,
Mrs. Martin Hill died at Z 80
o'clock Sunday evening at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Thos.
Hartmann, west of the Hurricane,
after an illness lasting several months.
Besides her parents, brothers and
sisters Mrs. Hill is survived by her
husband and three small children.
-Chas. R. Tiedemann, who last
week sold his interest in the firm of
Hoffman & Tiedemann, to his part,
ner, Clement Hoffman, has been en-
gagged by H. j. Schmidt to take
charge of the baking department at
his restaurant and bakery. Mr..
Tiedemann is an excellent baker and
his friends will be glad to know that
he is to remain in Lancaster.
The third annual banquet of the
Top and Bottom Club at which an
abundance of venison was one of the
features of the menu, was held at
the Columbia hotel in Platteville a
few evenings ago to commemorate the
reopening of that popular hostelry
since the remUdeling Of the building.
About 200 people, mostly business and
professional men, participated in the
spread.
On Thanksgiving day at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs Oliver Keene occurred
a very happy surprise. About ten
O'Clock their children, grand children
and friends began to arrive and by
noon the house was nearly full. Some
of thoss present were their son Joe,
his wife and three children. Frank his
wife and three children, Bert his
wife and six children. Daughters
were. Mrs. A Cardey and three chill
dren, Mrs. L. Wayne, also a sister
of Mrs Keene, and a few others not
related. 1t was the 57th Thanksgiv
ing the aged couple have spent to-
gether. All had very good time.
The ordinary reader as he opens
his weekly journal is content with a
Vaoue failing that it somehow edits