Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-12-30


ston Thursday on business.
-Nels j. Laugesen, of Burton,
was a Lancaster visitor Thursday.
Mrs. A. P. Anderson and son
Paul went to Livingston Tuesday for
a visit with her sister, Mrs. R. M.
Carter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis McBrien
and baby are visiting over the holt
day season at the VIM. Galloway and
Jas. McBrien homes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Tiedemann
and baby arrived Thursday for visit
with Mrs. Tedemann's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. Galloway.
Mr.. and Mrs. George E. Beck
went to Dodgeville on Thursday for
a holiday visit with friends and
relatives. They returned Tuesday.
Mrs. Nick Meysembourg, Free
port, H., arrived in the city Satur
day evening, brought here to attend
to her uncle and aunt, MIR. and Mrs.
Peter Goetzinger, who are in feeble
health.
Superintendent E. c. Brick
spent part of last week with his
little daughter, at Manitowoc Since
the death of Mrs. Brick, the child
makes her home with her grand
mother, the mother of Superintendent
Brick.
Union services at the NJ. E.
church last Friday morning were
fairly we'll attended. The Rev. w.
A. Weyhrauch preached, a choir
composed of singers from the several
protestant congregations sang, and
the service was accounted very fine.
As a rule Lancaster merchants
report that holiday trade is about
even with last year. Some say it is
much better; others that it is not so
good, and so it goes. All agree that
for the few days Immediately before
Christmas the volume of business has
been very large, and that the season
is making good finish.
Strange as it may seem clean
majority of 8 voted dry in the
lower house of congress the other day.
And at that it was a wet vote, as
two thirds are needed in order to SUBJ
nit a constitutional am endment to the
various states. The drys say the
fight has just begun, and of course
the vets are always on the firing
line, so there will be no cessation
the booze battle.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. D. Budworth
and little son Edward, of Portland,
Oregon, arrived on Tuesday of last
week for a visit with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Al Budworth. They
had visited briefly with his brothers
at Prescott and Cassvi!le, Wis, be-
fore coming here. When they left
Portland the roses were still in
bloom and the lawns were green.
Mr.. Budworth is printer and was.
for a number of years employed in.
this office before going west. He
went to the coast nine years ago and
married there. This is the first trip
East his wife has ever made. Mr..
Budworth does not intend returning
to the West, as he says business con-.
ditions are very bad there and men
who hold positions are hanging tight
ly to them.
Grant county is still harboring
some of its original wild inhabitants.
This is proved every year when the
disbursements of the county are audit
ed. During the year County Treas
urer Livingston paid out in wild
animal bounties the sum of $485, the
most of which was for the killing of
foxes. One wildcat bounty was
paid, and a few wolves brought profit
to their captors because of the price
placed on their poor scalps. These
bounties are pretty we'll distributed
over the county, although the bluff
country near the great river furnishes
the best harbor for these furtive
dwellers. There are a plenty of per-
sons who are opposed to this bounty
system, although they admit that if
the varmints are not eradicated this
county will in time become a warm
place for sheep and pigs to while
away their young lives.
The days of vicarious atonement
are not past. Witness the recent ex-
perience of the assistant editor of The
Herald. When he landed in Lancas-
ter for his last turn here at newspa
per making, there was a mighty
slippery condition on the walks, and
as he was coming down in front of
the Jail he entertained the populace
with new stunt in gymnastics. His
feet shot up, high and threateningly,