Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-10
Ned Ellis, of Madison, was home

Sunday, to look at spring stocks.
The L. G. Becker farm, town of
Liberty, was sold to G. F. Flesch,
last week.
The Shakespeare club will meet
on Tuesday, February 16, with Mrs.
Ira Totman.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. Croft went
to Fennimore Monday, to visit their
son, Clarence.
Mrs. Ray Lawrence fell and
broke her wrist last Friday. while on
her way up town.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Vance, of
Charles City, Ia, were in this city,
Monday, on business.
Geo. Mccarthy was in Madison
the past few days to attend the
good road convention.
-Burne Pollock left for Milwau-
kee Sunday, after a visit with his
parents, in this city.
Alex. Meyer purchased the
Thomas Miller farm, in the town of
Patch Grove, last Thursday.
Gladys Beadle and Mae Pearson,
of t'ennimore, were here to attend the
basket ball game Friday evening.
james McBrien has been con-
fined to his home the past few days
with the grip. but is able to be about
again.
Mrs. A. R. Boerner, of Port
Washington, Wis, visited her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Jordan,
last week.
The Women's Union of the
Baptist church will meet with Mrs.
Irwin Vesperman, Wednesday all day.
Every body come.
The Misses Mcdonald have pur-
chased the millinery store from Miss
Barbara Schloesser and will take pos
session at once.
Tom Mcmahon returned from
Platteville Monday, where he has
been visiting relatives and friends for
the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Belenger re-
turned to Milwaukee, Monday, after
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. James
Pigg, of this city.
Lent starts late this year be-
ginning on February II, on Ash We'd
nesday. That throws Palm Sunday
on March %, Good Friday on April
End Easter Sunday on April 4.
E01phany came on January 6.
Lambert Groenier and little son,
Humphrey, went to Chicago on last
Sunday afternoon. Mr.. Groenier had
business in the big city, and took his
young son along to show him the
sights, and that he may visit with
family relatives.
Another fine game of basket
ball was witnessed by a large com
pany at Hatch's opera house, last
Friday evening, when the local team
beat Fennimore by score of Is to
10. A large number of youny people
came over from the suburbs and did
all they might for the visitors in the
way of roofing, but there was nothing
to it, when the score was finally in.
The first half was clearly for Lancas-
ter, and in the last half the local
team did all that was asked of them.
Not only did the grounding fail
to see his shadow on Tuesday last,
his own day, but there was no sun for
his purpose until Saturday. When
it shone before that is not in our re-
collection, the record has been lost to
US. Sure it is there was no sun on
Sunday of last week, because if
there had been any the agricultural
editor would not have gone to the
country in raging storm. And if
there had been any brightness in the
Saturday before we should have re-
membered it. So it is safe to go on
record with the statement that there
was no sun for more than a week.
Last Wednesday evening Charles
H. Basford and L. A. Clark enter
tanned the members of the country
club and few invited guests in an
informal stag party, in the rooms of
the club. As many as 80 men were
present and the evening was passed
in conversation, volunteer musical
numbers, billiards and cards. Great
fun was had at the game of schmear,
as many as dozen men sitting in at
one table. A substantial and whole
some bully good lunch was served-a
real mans lunch-at 10 O'Clock and
the company departed before mid
night, each declaring the evening had
been delightfully."- and protitably spent.
On the train coming from Liv-
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