Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-03

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Mrs. Will Lathrop went to Fen
nimore, Wednesday.
Walter Beck went to Pecatonica,
ILL.,, Monday, on business.
Miss Cecilia Sedroga went to
Milwaukee, to visit friends.
Henry j. Walker went to Madi-
son, Thursday, on business.
Miss Hilda Smith, of Fennimore,
was here between trains Wednesday.
20. A. Human, Of Preston, was
here between trains on Wednesday.
Mrs. Chas. Benoy went to Chi
cago, Thursday, to spend few days.
Walter Damn went to Madison
and Dodgeville, Friday, on business.
Mrs. Mary Bell, of Fennimore,
is here visiting at the 7. A. Thomp-
son home.
Mrs. S. Taylor and son Erskine,
of Cassville, are taking adjustments
of DIR. A. H. Truitt.
-LaVerne He'll, of Cuba City,
was here to spend Sunday with his
parents, Sheriff and Mrs. Frank He'll.
Raymond Webb, of Fl. Atkinson,
came home, Saturday, for visit
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ] I.
Webb.
A. L. Bumgartner, of Fenni-
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with Register of Deeds and Mrs. 7.
A. Thompson.
Social Aid Gen. Calls Circle
ladies of G.. A. R., will meet with
Mrs. Lucia Wiedenbeck, on Thursday
afternoon, February 4.
Miss Ruth Thayer, of Storm
Lake, Ia, who is studying music in
Chicago, arrived Tuesday to visit her
uncle, Geo. w. Barrows.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Donald of
Madison passed through here, Tues
day, from Bloomington, where they
have been visiting relatives.
Despite the blizzard, of Monday
morning, the Misses Title Hudson,
Helen Gieger Mildred Tubbs, Bessie
Seelie, Mabel Schneyer, and Anna
Mcnamara, of Bloomington, passed
through here enroute to Platteville,
where they are attending the Normal.
B. j. Potter, who has sale an
nounced in the auction bulletin on
another page, has decided that he
will quit farming for a time. His
farm lies in the hills of Waterloo
town, and the doctors have told him
he must quit working so hard. But
Mr.. Potter says he can't stick around
a farm, see things that need doing
and not attend to them; so he has
rented his place and made up an auc-
ton. All of the children of Mr.. and
Mrs. Potter have married and left
home, and they had five daughters.
They have lived on their 120-acre
farm for many years.
With the passing of the late
Mrs. Mary DiVall there was an end
"a closing of the first chapter-to
the first generation of what was at
one time quite numerous English
settlement in this community. Half
a century ago the Coolies, the Brook
ers, the DiValls, the Edwards, the
Langridges, the Rowdons, and per-
haps other families were here who
had migrated to this section, practical
ily straight from the old country. OF
these the Coolies and Brokers came
from Brighton, the famous watering
place on the south coast of the tight
little island. 1t may be that others
of the families came from the same
part, but of that we are not inform
ed. The point is that now the very
lasC one of the first generation IS
gone. and many Of the second genera
tion are not left here. OF the second
generation large number are now
in Lancaster, or nearby. George Z.
Goble, was born in. England and was
brought by his parents as babe to
Lancaster; Harry and Robert BROKER
live in the city. Many of the second
generation have gone elsewhere to
!; live.
Last week it was reported from
Boscobel that 80 mail pouches full
of Sears Roebuck catalogues had been
received at that point and were being
sent out, mostly to farmers on
: rural routes in that section. Think
of the expense of such move on the
part of the mail order house. And
then sit down and figure on the enorm-
Gus profits the Chicago mail game
operators must exact, in order to break
even with Boscobel. 1t will take
many hundreds-yes, thousands-of
dollars worth of their goods to render