Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-05-26
BLOOMINGTON.

Monday to see the "1O1" ranch
were Geo. Hick, wife and daughter,
Mrs. Foster Porter and little Dick,
with Larry as chauffeur. They re-
ported the big white champion
auxiliary a farce.
DIR. Baldwin took Mrs. Frank
Critchlow to the Doolittle hospital
last Monday to be treated for APP
pendicitis. At last report she was
considered out of danger. Mrs. Geo.
Tornoswki is reported doing we'll at
the same place.
Mrs. Anna Hillary, of Beetown,
accompanied by her daughter, Blanch
and Miss Gerevieve Taylor, was here
Wednesday on business trips and
took dinner with Mr.. and Mrs. jim
Hayden.
Will Mcmahon, of Lancaster, auto
ed from Bagley through here on his
way home Wednesday, and reporte
that he had contracted to build 3 or
4 steel bridges on his tour.
w. A. Johnson, of Lancaster made
short call upon his friends in Bloom
ington, Wednesday, but looks some
what older than on that fatal day,
! (for some of us) when Tom Watson
made that famous speech at the
county convention, which transformed
him from sorghum molasses vender,
to clerk of the circuit court, other
wise as Maud Muller said, cit might
have BEEN"
Chas. Hick and bride, returned
home Thursday from their short honey
moon trip at Dubuque, and will at
once settle down to farming as their
chosen occupation. They have good
wishes of their many friends.
Sylvia Garthwaite returned home
Thursday from Mullan, Mont, where
she has been employed in teaching
music, and will spend her summer
vacation with her mother, Mrs. Celia
Garthwaite.
David Taylor and wife, of North
Andover, made business trip to
Bloomington, Friday.
Claud Hickok returned home from
Seattle, WASH, last Friday.
E. c. Brick, county superintendent
of schools, held teachers examina-
ton in Bloomington, Friday and Sat
urday. where about 80 subjects APP
piled for license to WELD the rod
or spoil the kids, in teaching the
young ideas how to shoot. May God
bless and guide them in their chosen
vocation, that they may all succeed,
for with over Is years of experience
we know how to sympathize with
them.
/ C. A. Guernsey, proprietor of
our bakery and sweet shop, has
installed new Edison photograph in
| his ice cream parlor for the enter
tainment of his many customers
| just think for moment, sweet bread,
sweet candy, sweet pop, sweet
peanuts, sweet cream and sweet
music, and when you settle, that
sweet smile of his will haunt you
still. O, my, how sweet.
While in Bloomington, call on Jim
| Hayden at the red Iron front, op-
posite the hotel Hickok and he Will
give you a good cigar, a sack of
peanuts or bottle of pop, with his
autograph and the Grant County Her
aid for one year. All free for 81 so.
When convenient, call at o. j.
Prideaux, and see his apiary-at
| the top of the brick wall of his
house, there is hole through the
wall, where 2 or 3 swarms of bees
have taken up their abode for over
two years, and by placing your ear
at the bottom of the wall inside the
room, you can hear the bees humm-
ing very plainly. Bill Cooley, an
expert mechanic agrees to take the
honey out in the fall and keep all
over 1880" pounds for his trouble
after closing up the hole as good as
new.
Geo. Bonham and Will Liks and
his wife of Beetown, were shopping
in Bloomington, Saturday.
The ladies of the Baptist church
on Saturday, held home baking bazaar
at the Lance music store and every
thing seemed to go off like hot cakes.
Now if you don't think the ladies of
Bloomington, know how to cook, just
buy some next time.
The great drama est. Elmo" was
played before very meager crowd
last Friday evening.
Amy Roberts was down to see the
children last week.
The annual meeting of the Union