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


was a business caller Friday.
Dewitt Parker, of Fennimore,
was here between trains, Friday.
Miss Alma Burndt went to Fen
nimore Saturday, to visit relatives.
F. E. Huntington, of Platte
Vile, was here between trains, Fri
day.
Whitney Burr went to Fenni-
more, Friday, to play with the Peer
less orchestra.
1t is said the Phillips House barn
has been sold to VIM. Welsh, of
Little Grant.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Tiller and
little son went to Fennimore, Sat-
urday, to visit friends.
Thomas Mcmahon went to Platte
vile, Friday, to visit friends and
relatives for few days.
Clyde Clanton and F H. Drumm
left for Davenport, Ia, Friday, to
attend Browns business college.
Mrs. Birkett. of Cobb, is stay
ing with her sister, Mrs. Myer, and
taking adjustments of Chiropractor
DR.. Truitt.
Gene Mcdonald of Mason City,
Ia, former proprietor of the Lam
caster house, was here to attend the
funeral of VIM. Ward, Friday.
The ladies of Lancaster will
receive clothing at the city hall on
Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 3 and
4, to send to the sufferers in Milwau-
kee. Clothing of any kind will be
gladly received.
The farm residence of Sam
Trunmire, about mile east of Blue
River, was destroyed by fire Wednes-
day afternoon of last, week to-
gether with most of the household
goods. An over heated stove pipe
was the cause of the fire, so it is
said.
| "A movement is on to organize
an orchestra among the Odd Fellows
of this city. A hasty count OF musical
talent in the membership disclosed
that there was enough to warrant an
organization, and it will not be a
long time until they are rehearsing.
Lancaster high school basket
ball team has two games scheduled
for this week, one tonight at Mont
fort, with Montfort, and one Friday
night, in the Hatch opera house,
with Fennimore. As these are the
two stiffest teams in this field the
indications are that the local boys
will have enough work to do for one
week.
Now is the time for our cor
respondents to keep busy in writing
letters about neighborhood events.
Everybody is more or less at leisure
these days and all have time for read
ing. Then, lot of our people are
in the west and south, getting away
from the fierce winter which we less
favored have had to endure. They
like to know about the activities of
their neighbors back here and read
your items with unusual interest.
Again let US urge our correspondents
to send in their news items; you
have no idea how much pleasure you
give to others.
John Joice, who lives between
this good little CITY and the good
little village OF Bloomington, was
in town last week to deliver his
latest crop of fat swine. He had
about 80 of the porkers, but for some
reason he let his foot slip on the
sale. If he had got in a little
earlier, the price would have 6een
so cents hundred better, and as he
had $3.50 pounds of pork to deliver
the difference was rather marked
about So. 65. But John is a philo-
sopher, and only smiled over the slip,
saying he will get the top Of the
market next time. When it comes
to marketing, the farmer strikes his
most serious problem, so the most
advanced tillers of the soil tell US.
Mr.. Joice's hogs were about nine
months old, and were all or mostly
all Durocs.
IT. w. Winskill, of Lancaster,
was in The Herald office one of the
cold days of last week on little
matter of business, and as he disclos-
ed a slight English accent we rugged
him a bit about the war. He does
not seem to be fighting the battl es
of Europe, having other matters to
attend to, one of them being the
much talked-of American neutrality
But he did tell US something about
the old home of the Winskills, which
was in County Durham, where Thomas
| WinskiIl father of our informant.