Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-09-06
BINGVILLE CORRESPONDENCE.

Our school started this week with
large attendance. We have new
high school teacher who will teach
languages. She is about 10 years old
and has brown eyes. Willie Ramsey
says that he is going to learn French,
German and Latin, so he can be in her
class all the time. l am going to take
some languages too, as a fellow can
never tell when he will run across a
foreigner who can't talk English and
then [ converse with him in his own
tongue. Miss Landon is her name.
Charles Ayres, who ran away last
winter, came home again last week.
His pa, old Gabriel Ayres, saw Chas
standing around in front of the gate
about breakfast time, but paid no at
tention to him. Charles hung over
the pickets for long while, but was
too ashamed to come in. Finally Cab
riel went out and told Chas. that
breakfast was getting cold and he'd
better hurry up if he wanted some.
Just like he'd been away over night.
Chas. went to Kansas, but things did
not go very well, l guess, and old
Blngvllle looks pretty good to him.
BingVille, rs; Spring Valley, Al.
Bingville lost the first game of the
season at Spring Valley. Our men
played a good game but were counted
out. Seems like we can never get a
fair umpire. When we left, a Gofftown
rOughneck who was there, threw eggs
at our carryall and some of them
were not exactly fresh. One hit Ike
Robertson in the eye, and exploded
with loud report. 1t ran all over his
face and down on his new uniform
that he just paid $500 for Wait till
that bunch comes to Bingville.
Me and pa and Ike Robertson went
fishing last Sunday out on four mile
creek. We took our team along and
stayed all day and had good time
Pa has got a newfangled pole with a
reel on it and he tried to ford four
mile leading one of the horses and
holding the pole up in the air so he
wouldn't get it wet. About half way
across he slipped on a rock and went
down in the water, but he held the
pole up in the air and for minute
all we could see was pas hand and
the pole waving around in the air.
Me and Ike hid behind the horse, we
had to laff so hard, but we didn't
want pa to ketch us at it. He ripped
out something pretty brisk when he
got up and wouldn't talk to me and
Ike for long time We LATED all day
behind pas back. We ketched lots
Of fish.
Mary MCGEE got back from the east
the other day where she spent the
summer with some friends at a coast
resort. She brought back one of those
new style bathing suits that you can
wrap up in cigar box. Mary had
the suit on to show her ma and old
Mrs. DOane was over to the house and
she said, laws me Mary where did
you get that pretty union suit?' Mary
amt agoin' to wear it here at Bing-
Vile
Obijah DOane went to the old set
tiers reunion and the republican raj
! ly, that was held over in Metropolis
last week. While there Obijah got to
cheering the speaker and he got so
excited that he didn't notice when
some miscreant picked his pocket, TAX
ing $14 and no cents, and his silver
watch with a keywind. Obijah had to
hunt around to find someone to lend
him money to get home on and he
said afterward that they all acted like
he was pickpocket hisself. He final
ly got home, but he says the next time
he takes SO much interest in politi-
cal speech you will know it.
Nicholas Purdy who lives up in Coon
Hollow, got an anonymouse letter the
other morning. 1t was pinned to his
front door, and called Nicholas lots |
Of names. 1t also said that the writer
was agoin' to poison Nicholas's dog. |
Nicholas came into town rayin'. He
says he will kill the man who poisons
his dog and if he finds out who he is
he will poison all his stock and his |
whole family. Besides, Nicholas, says
he amt got no dog anyhow.
Me and Dewey Little and Ike Rob
ertson went down in likes pas office
the other night and wrote strong let
ter to the Bingville Argus. We OBJ
jected to some of the modern ideas
| OF government and signed it, 1.-THE
Bingville Socialists" 1t was Dewey's
idea. Mr.. Fellows, the editor, was in
a stew about it and went around town
saying that there was a strong and
heretofore unlocked for Socialistic ele-
ment in Bingville. what is our lit
tie town coming to?" Mr.. Fellows
asked. Charlie Grimes heard me and
Dewey and Ike fixing up the plot and
like mean cuss, went and told Mr.
Fellows. Mr.. Fellows always liked
me, but he won't speak to me now, just
for that little joke. Wait till 1 get
even with Charles.
We all went to a party down at
Sally Baird's house the other night
We had a good time-ice cream, cake
and some nice games. We finally got