Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-08-06

such good boys but hope he will do
we'll.
Mr.. Carl, the Brodtville creamery
man. was an. early caller in Bagley
Thursday. He says he is getting a
larger amount Of cream this year than
he did last year,
Fred Ruckdaschel is going to start
his threshing outfit this week on the
Forehand place. His engine has
come that he went away and bought
to run it with
Geo. Harris shipped car load of
hogs of his own Friday and took home
load Of corn to feed more hogs to
ship.
The hum Of. the thresher is heard
here. Johnny Remy started to thresh
Friday with the company machine,
but the hum of the thresher isn't like
it used to be when they ran it by
horse power, when man had to stand
MP and face the music and sweat and
eat dust, but now it is less hum and
more threshing.
DR.. Mecum and Guy Culver started
out to pick berries the other morning
before breakfast to get ahead Of the
birds and mosquitoes, but the mes
quitoes beat them there. They said
the whole family and all their rela
tions must have been present from the
way they jumped on to them. The
black berry crop is big this year and
SO is the mosquito and sand chigger
crop in the berry patches.
Joe Greer of Bloomington, was a
caller in Bagley Friday.
Johnny Harris and Melvin Wager
had quite mixup Saturday night in
town. They we're going in opposite
directions and in turning a corner
they ran together. They were both
driving pretty fast; it turned Johnny's
buggy over and broke the tongue and
the horses got loose and ran away !;
they ran through town and down to
the Forehand place where they were
stopped. They phoned down to the
Forehand place ahead of the horses.
Luckily they did not get very badly
hurt nor the buggies were not badly
broken. Yager's horse did not get
away from him.
Mrs. John Harvill went home with
Mrs. Geo. Harvill, Wednesday and
came back home Friday.
Roda Willard is hauling rock and
sand to build another new house to
sell or sell the one he lives in now.
The railroad company has put a big
steam shovel in the sand pit below
town and is hauling sand and grad
ing above town for the double track.
T. A. Grimesy from Prairie du
CHEN was in Bagley shopping Satur-
day.
The Ladies' Aid gave dinner at
Mrs. Eli Millin's Thursday; proceeds
So. 10. The Ladies Aid will give an
ice cream supper on DIR. Rutten burg's
lawn Thursday evening, Aug. IA;
all are cordially invited.
Carrie Oswald and Birdie Havill
went to Bridgeport Saturday on
visit; expect to go to Prairie du CHEN
before they get back. They will be
gone week.
Nettie and Berniece Lake, Mrs.
Will Remey' S sisters returned home
Friday on the O. clock train. They
have been visiting the Remey family.
May and Bessie Stagman, of
Charme. are visiting their aunt, Mrs.
Gusta Miller.
Dorothy Mckinney, of Dodgeville.
is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Phil Glass.
Her mother is expected to arrive here
Sunday.
E. E. Culver did some carpenter
work at the hotel for Jim Boorman,
Monday
Rev. F. w. Harris and family, Of
Chippewa Falls, are visiting relatives
here.
Mrs. Marshall Brodt, from Livings-
ton. called on relatives between trains
Friday.
Mrs. White from Stodart, came
Saturday to visit her friend Mrs John
Harvill.
Mr.. BeIison, Mr.. Sprague and Ly-
man Holford are camping and fishing
down on the Forehsnd lake.
The Bagley ball team crossed bats
with the Brodtville team Sunday !;
score : to in favor of BagIey.
Mr. Hickok, of Bloomington, lost
valuable COW in the yards here from
heat last week. She was one of
load he had driven here for shipment.
Ashton Morl, constable Of WyaIus-
ing, was here Tuesday Of last week.
Not after any criminal but shopping