Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-05-05


Miss Olga Doeringsfeld, rura
teacher in the town of Fennimore
was in Lancaster for the contest,
last Saturday, and remained until
Sunday afternoon with her friend,
Miss Martha Jordan.
Charles S. Basford's garden is
attracting a lot of attention this
spring, not by reason of its magnitude
but rather because of its lack of wide
proportions. Speaking of vest pocket
editions-let that pass.
Miss Pearl Poland spent Sunday
with her friend, Miss Florence Heber-
lein, in Liberty. She brought back a
great quantity of wild violets, of
which flowers the supply is almost
inexhaustible this spring.
Miss Leola Abing, a teacher in
the schools of Paris town, brought
to town, last Saturday, her candi-
dates for the contest, four girls and
one boy. They wanted to get look
at a printing office, so Miss Abing
brought them to The Herald shop.
Their eyes bugged out at the opera
lions of the type-setting machine,
and they wanted to see the wheels of
the big press go round and the folder
in operation; but there was nuthlng
doing. and we could not start them
up. They had good time watching
the jobber and the Simplex.
Miss Mary Holl, teacher in one
Of the schools in the town of Bloom
ington, came to town with her
scholars who were entered in the con-
test, last Saturday. She brought
them to The Herald office for visit
of inspection. The children were in
tensely interested in 1.-The machinery,
and proved apt scholars of the art
preventative. Miss Holl is accounted
one of the best teachers in the rural
schools of Grant county. She it was
who graduated five into high school
rank, out of a school of, about 20.
1t was really noteworthy achieve
ment. Miss Holl lives at Tennyson,
a neighbor of our Potosi editor, Judge
E. P. Wilmott.
DIR. Leroy G. Armstrong, who
was in attendance on the spring meet
ing of the county board of education,
has lived in Boscobel many years.
1t has been almost, if not quite, go
years since he first had his single
made, and that faithful old single
has been in the breezes ever since,
although now DR.. Armstrong does
little more than consultation work,
at which he is accounted very fine and
safe. He was surgeon in the army
during the civil war, and has a
splendid record in civics, mainly as
a model citizen. And this he is, for
The Herald man knows him and
knows lot of things about him,
all of which are good. DR.. Arm
strong is about 80 years old, but that,
too, is to his credit. He's as frisky
as a four ear-old.
Miss Grace Farrand and Mrs.
Florence Holmes are preparing to
open a home-baking and delicatessen
store in the building recently vacated
by the Gross Music house They will
begin some time next week, and
then, says Miss Grace, there will be
no more shortage of bread. All of
which reminds US that on Monday
morning, last, there was not on sale
in the good town of Lancaster one
loaf of bread, at least that's what
we were told by one in position to
know. Toast? Nothing to it. Crack
ers were very much sought after.
The cause of this condition was the
tremendous sale of the staff of life on
Saturday. Hundreds of families were
in town, and it looked as if every
one of them logged home an auto
half full of bread.
Mayor William j. Bailie says
he is raising lemons, not for the
general market, but for those whom
he would honor. And The Herald
man is one of those, for we found
two big lemons on our desk the other
day. They are of the Ponderosa, or
Wonder, variety and the tree on which
they grew is sixyears old. Certainly
they are as big as the ponderous
name would indicate. BY the way,
his honor. the mayor, thinks the
growing of lemons a very appropriate
industry in dry town, for If one
would have a substitute for booze,
lemonade is wholesome and delicious.
If one is to go into the lemonade game
those big fellows grown by Mr.. Bailie
are an excellent variety to produce.
One of them will make several
schooners of lemonade.
john Johll, Glen Haven, brought
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