Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-04-21

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society will meet on Friday after
noon with Miss Abbie Phelps.
Making garden is now the gener-
al topic of conversation and the object
of human activities in Lancaster.
Rev. w. A. Weyhrauch has graded
the lawn at the Baptist parsonage and
greatly improved its appearance
thereby.
Last Tuesday evening the ladies
of the Episcopal church gave fine
supper at G. A. r. hall. 1t was
literally patronized, as 1T we'll de-
served to be.
"A bundle of old papers, or two
bundles. will make good stuffing"
under the carpet, if you should have
occasion to pull up the old carpet.
We have a few bundles to sell, at
The Herald office.
Writing from Garnavillo, Iowa,
John Druen says that the log house
occupied by The Herald, away back
yonder, stood on the site, or near the
site, of the old Madison house. And
Mr.. Druen has been a reader of The
Herald a good many years. He is
70 years old, being of the same age
as this paper.
-"Grandma" Munson, as Mrs.
Melinda Ballard Munson was called
by her friends, died last week Thurs
day and buried on Saturday, the Rev.
w A. Weyhrauch officiating. Inter
ment was made in Union cemetery.
Mrs. Munson was born in Ohio. May
13, 1926, and consequently was more
than SO years of age.
If the farmers would only drag
the roads a bit they would help the
situation. Sure the farmers are
busy; so are we busy, but there is
always time to do the things we want
to have done. The weather man has
been good to the roads, and it seems
as if we ought to meet him half
way. "A little of that dragging we
talk about and read about would help
nightly.
Saturday was pretty good day
for business in Lancaster, although it
was too good day on the farm for
large crowd of farmers in town.
Not many horses were seen on the
streets; those who came to town
drove in with the auto. As rule
merchants said business was good. A
considerable number was to be seen
on north Madison street, down around
the garages and implement houses.
But this week should be good one
for farmers trade. Oats ought TO be
we'll in, so that there will be little
let-up in the strenuousness of the
farmers work.
Emil Pagenkopf, living in the
town Of North Lancaster, found the
domestic animal population of his
barnyard augmented by big black
porker week ago. He did not care
to take that kind of boarders, so he
told his troubles to The Herald man,
who is something of a father con-
fessor. Our remedy for all ills, COM
mercial and porcine, is advertising.
So we prescribed for Emil. And he
took the treatment. The very next
day after that little adv. appeared
the owner of the big black swinus
came to Emil and claimed the goods,
paid charges and drove him home in
triumph. Go thou and do likewise.
if in trouble about getting rid of
anything.
Mrs Reuben Ward, of Lancas-
| ter, is another sub 1criber who is en-
titled to consideration as an old-t time
reader of The Herald. With her hus-
band, then bride and groom. they
came from the state of their nativity,
Vermont, so years ago and settled at
what afterward became Shutdown,
finally Flora, and there set up house
keeping. Their crop was washed down
stream by flood in Grant river and
a serious state of affairs confronted
them. But Mrs. Ward had the in
genuity incident to her Yankee breed
ing, and she took the school to teach.
Besides the energy to undertake the
WORK, she had the educational qualifica-
tions, of course. And in that school
she taught the sons and daughters of
the pioneers, until she had earned
more than 500, which was quite a
lot of money those days. Mrs. Ward
says her family has never been with
out The Herald since they landed in
Grant county. And that was more
than 80 years ago.
There's ar alley back of The
Herald shop, of course, but it is not
quite an ''of course" alley. Ii
might be different, only the "Sally
of Our Alley" is a hustler. He is