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

/ -Ge0rge BarrOWS mas not yet IOunO
his watch, although he made strong
Iappeal for it in The Herald.
Irving, Charles and John Vesper-
man went to Madison on last Friday.
They brought in five cars that even
ing.
j. A. Mccoy & Son delivered a
fine bunch of steers to Nick Adams
on last Monday. There were % of
them, and they were in prime condi-
ton. They go to market very soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Holland Gibson,
and baby, were down from Montfort
for the day, last Saturday, driving
through with their auto. Mrs. Glib
son is sister of M ISIS Ruby Bunker,
of the north school.
Captain H. Nordem, not man
captain, of the Salvation army, was
Lancaster over Thursday night.
iShe came here to raise funds for the
various departments of charitable
ndeavor handled by the army.
j. F. Morse, chairman of the
town Cf Mt. Hope, has sold a farm
that he owned and operated, but
which lay half mile from his home
farm, to H. C. Siemers, Platteville,
for good price, which is not given
out for publication. There was a
little trade in the transaction. Mr..
Siemers will occupy the farm after
March, 1916. William E. Lathrop
negotiated the deal.
M. w. Metcalf, chairman of
Glen Haven, was over to the county
seat last week Wednesday, and called
on The Herald force to saw 'Howdy. !"
He drove across the country with his
car, bringing in his brother, Thomas,
who is under the weather with ague.
On their way over they had the mis-
fortune, or good fortune, to run
over pig. Mr.. Porker was not
seriously hurt, and therein lay the
good fortune of the incident. Mr..
Metcalf reported crops as looking
finely although at that time they had
not g en- drop of rain this spring.
And Mr.. Metcalf says he hears great
stories of big fish catches on the
bottoms of the Mississippi river, but
ne had not then been to the river to
try his luck.
! Harry c. Orion, Harvey Orion,
IL. A Clark, John Calls, Ellis
Schmidt, F. P. Barnett, E. L. Nc
Coy, F. c.. Burr, T. J. Haley, Ed.
Austin, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H.
Basford, L. D. Eastman, j. D.
Hatch, Charles Knapp, Yves Thompson,
Theo. Wenzel, Delos Edwards, V. L.
Showalter, Leo Mccormick, Frank
Burrows, Miss Elizabeth Vogelsberg
and Miss Mary Belken, went to Du-
buque, last Thursday, to take in the
minstrel show put on by the members
of the B. P. o. E., at the Majestic
theatre. Some of them went early
enough to take in the base ball game,
which they say was very slow. A
part of them returned in the evening,
after the show; others remained over
night, and came in Friday morning.
The singing of the minstrels was said
to be fine, but their jokes were said to
have been taken out of cold storage
too long before serving, as many of
them were q bit rancid.
Thomas Metcalf, one of the solid
farmers of Glen Haven, was in Lam
caster, last Wednesday, attending to
matters of business, and was for half
an hour in The Herald office. He is
looking mighty thin for him, and
when we asked what allied him he
answered league, old-fashioned ague. ;"
i We are bound to believe any state
ment that Tom Metcalf makes, but
it has been years since we heard
grand father tell about ague. This
disorder took Mr.. Metcalf by sur
| prise about six weeks ago, and he
has been wrestling with it ever since.
He has had as many as five chills in
one day; then the shakes would let-up
i
would return to make him miserable.
He felt himself especially honored,
until he found out that other of his
nelghors are similarly afflicted. He
says that many persons in his vicinity
are having old-time chills and fever,
just the same kind to all appearances
as shook up the pioneers Of so years
ago.
Grant Wood, one of those farm
ers over in Glen Haven township who
is so unfortunate that he rides in a
auto, was in town, last Saturday, and
made business call at The Herald
office. He brought in his family,
as his daughter, Miss Ethel, was
contestant in the county event. Mr..
Wood said he was glad to come to