Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-06-02

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter ]. Brennan
were in Platteville the latter half of
last week, arriving home on Satur-
day evening.
Picnic breakfasts are all the
style, just now in Lancaster. The
one difficulty ia cultivating them is
that one must get up before break
fast. Otherwise it is delightful
function.
Strange, passing strange, things
will happen, or occur, once in a
while. Just by way of illustration
Of this point, allow Us to mention the
strange fact that the evening pas
| senger train came into this station on
Monday a few minutes ahead of time.
No further instances need to be cited
to proved the statement that strange
things will happen, in spite Of the
world.
John Spiegelberg, Five Points,
says that he thinks corn will come on
now, although it is very backward.
He says the Spiegelberg family
planted two weeks ago, right in the
midst OF the cold and rain, and that
they feared the worst would come to
their efforts. But the corn is now
coming on, although rather sickly in
color. John is more afraid of white
grubs, than of cold weather.
From every side come reports of
the prevalence of white grubs in the
soil, especially in sod land. Burlie
Dobson says he plowed a patch the
other day and that the grubs, about
| half grown, were about as thick as
they could be. A spadeful would
contain scores of the pests. Farmers
will confer a favor OH The Herald by
reporting on this subject. Let US
hear from a dozen farmers, right
away.
Frank E. Murphy, who was in
the employ of L. Alt & Sons for
several years, and then went to
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general store for three years, is back
in Lancaster, having disposed of his
business in Waukesha. He will be
manager of the grocery and provisions
store that Delos Edwards will put
into his north Madison street building.
1t is not yet known when this COM
mercial venture Will materialize, as
there are fixtures to buy and changes
to make in the building. These
changes are going on with all pos
sible speed, and soon the room will
be ready for the reception of the
stock of goods.
Charles Henry Cooley and
Eugene Whitmore are conducting
potato growing contest, all by them
selves. They planted early in April,
and for time their plants looked
fine, but Of late "Hank" Cooley says
his have looked black in the face, by
reason Of the cold weather. Almost
every day the contestants meet in
the G. A. r. room in the court house
to compare notes on the prospect, and
to compute the value of the coming
crop. For, be it known, they have
new variety of tubers, and expect
to realize about 81 per pound for
their surplus. And the boys in blue
at G. A. R. headquarters are taking
sides in the contest; some believe
Mr.. Cooley will win out, others are
placing faneied sums of the product
of Mr.. Whitmore's garden. The
contest is at high tension, and the
end is not yet.
Henry Mink county highway
commissioner, is about the busiest
man in this section of the country
these days. He has contracts going
all along the line, from the Wiscon-
sin river ON the north to the swamps
along the Mississippi on the southern
extremity of jamestown. And then
there are a lot of things doing on the
western fringe of Grant county. Last
week Mr.. Mink was away down south
looking after a few things of import
ance to the county, and drove in on
Friday, about noon, when the storm
was at it's best. And Henry said
there was not much mud-only
little spatter about an inch deep.
The fact is, SO much rain pelted down
on the clay OF the hills and the val
legs that it had packed the earth,
rather than loosened 1t up. If the
good work goes on, Grant county
will have good, permanent roads,
the croakers Notwithstanding.
Frank Forbes, manager of the
yards of the c.. L. Colman Lumber
Co., Lacrosse, dropped int Lancaster
the other dav. and apparently met
George Barrows clerk of court bV