Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-05-06

| Monday.
If you haven't raked up the
yard, do it now.
Mrs. c. w. Hampton returned
Friday from a brief visit in Fenni-
more.
Mrs. w. E. Lathrop went Fri
day to Fennimore for a visit with
relatives.
Miss Maude Finney went to
Madison Friday for visit with Mrs.
Albert Berthin.
Ben Wenzel, of Sitter, trans
acted business at the county seat the
latter part of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Beetham, of
Fennimore, visited in Lancaster last
week, returning home Friday.
Mrs. Pauline Pickard returned
to her home in Fennimore Saturday,
after visit with relatives in this
city.
Miss Julia Trainor of Boscobel,
spent Sunday at the home of her
father James Trainor, and sister
Mildred.
The ladies of the M. E. church
will serve their monthly tea, Wednes-
day, May 13, from 5 o'clock until all
are served.
Mrs. Harry Lathrop of Bridge
port, is the guest of her daughter,
Miss Annie Lathrop, teacher in the
local schools.
Misses Kumhera, Kate Shemak
and Florence Bremmer, of Muscoda,
were Lancaster visitors the latter
part of the week.
-Claud P. Smith, linotype operator
at the Teller, drove bunch of girls
to Platteville, last Sunday, in his
Ford auto. They got home just as
the storm broke.
Miss Sophia Carlson, who has
been acting in the capacity of
operator here for the Western Union
Tel. Co., departed Saturday for Hud-
son, Wis, where she will take like
position.
R. I. Dugdale, east of Platte
vile, died suddenly, Monday last, of
heart failure. Deceased had lived
many years in this section, was rs
years old, and had the respect of all
who knew him. He was member
of the G. A. R. of Platteville.
Leo Mccormick invited COM
pany of friends to take ride to Potosi,
last Sunday afteroon. Miss Elizabeth
Vogelsberg and Everett Comeford
were in the party. They had supper
in the brewery village, returning in
the evening. They said it rained
some, but the big Velie machine
came through just the same.
Wallace L. Selleck, father of
George Selleck, of this city, died at
the hospital at Mendoza, last Friday
where he had been taken but week
previous. Deceased was a resident
of Platteville and was 76 years of
age at the time of his death. The
remains were brought here Saturday
and funeral took place Sunday, with
interment at the Nagle cemetery at
Patch Grove. 8
Sunday May 10, the M. E. Sun
day school will observe Mothers day.
A special program has been arranged
to take the place of the regular Bible
study class at 9 80. There will be
special music. Miss Leila Bennett
and Margaret Dickie will sing. Mr..
Kenneth Burgess will make short
address. Also other special numbers.
Members of the Sunday School are
requested to wear a white carnation
or some other white flower.
The ladies of the G. A. r. will
give their annual patriotic contest at
the M. E. church on Friday evening,
May Is. 1t is to be participated in
by scholars of the 9Th and 9th grades
of the city schools. A prize of SIS
will be given to the boy and girl
making the best score. Two prizes of
SIS each. Those entered for the con-
test are: Florence Bailie, Thelma
Pennock, Marie Turner, Frank Ran
shaw and Ciota Rigdon. Program in
this paper next week.
| Tommy" Dunn, the fish-man,
has begun his occasional visits to this
city to dispose of his wares. Last
Friday he was on the corner with his
wagon we'll loaded with river pro-
ducts. He had sheepshead, redhorse,
sturgeon, and carp. Of the latter
breed he had a mighty variety
leatherbacks, graybacks, mossbacks,
lamebacks and scratching backs. He
declares that if it were not for the
fool laws he would bring US bass,
blue cats, speckled trout and wall