Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-01-05

Mrs. Robert borrower left Thurs
day to visit with her son, William.
Edwin Knobel, of Cleveland, o.,
arrived here Sunday noon to visit at
the ID. c. Johnson home.
Miss Ferne Petty returned to
Chisholm, Mimi, Monday afternoon,
where she teaches school.
Register of Deeds T. A Thompson
has been confined to his home the
past few days with lagrippe.
Rachael Payne, Cora Anderson and
Clara Wieland left Monday for Platt-
vile. where they are attending school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Croft, returned
Sunday to their home in Madison, af
ter a visit here with relatives and
friends.
Mrs. P. L. Stevens of Montfort, re-
turned home Sunday after brief visit
at the L. H. Stevens and F. j. Clan
vile homes.
M. A. Ruegger returned to Flint,
Michigan, Sunday afternoon, after an
extended visit here with his wife and
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles BO-
rah. r
Mrs. Victor Kamm and little
daughter, who have been visiting at the
William Webb home, returned to their
home in Platteville, Saturday after
noon.
George Schuster left Sunday for
Kibbing, Mimi, where he teaches
school. He has been spending his
holiday vacation with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Anton Schuster.
Mrs. Frank Muesse and sister,
Miss Mildred Thompson, returned to
Minneapolis last week after a pleas
ant visit here with their parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Thompson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Prien, of Mad
ison, were guests at the John Divall
Louis Fischer and Mrs. George Dyer
homes the past few days. They re-
turned home Sunday afternoon.
Miss Leila Goble, who teaches in
the Fennimore high school, left Sun
day afternoon to resume her duties,
after spending a two weeks vacation
at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George P. Goble.
L. G. Hickok went to Waterloo,
Iowa, last week and drove home a fine
new one-ton Dart" truck which he
delivered to Guy Horsfall, proprietor
of the Lancaster Bottling Works. Mr..
Hickok is agent for Dart" trucks.
"A. Gulke & Son, merchant tail
ors, removed their business Monday
from the old location in the postoffice
building to the new location on the
east side of the square. Mr.. Gulke
and son, Otto, were in Milwaukee last
week buying goods, and Mr.. Gulke in
tends to greatly enlarge the business
in the near future.
The Ladies' Aid of the German
Evangelical church held covered
dish party at the parsonage New
Years afternoon. Taking the dis
agreeable weather into consideration
the meeting was well attended. The
early part of the afternoon was taken
with business meeting, and new officers
were then elected. About o'clock
the men, who were holding a business
meeting in the church, went to the
parsonage to join the women in the
bOunteous lunch which had been pre-
pared All joined in spending a very
pleasant afternoon.
p. R. Stoffel, prominent farmer of
this vicinity and director of the new
Farmers and Citizens bank, chatted
with the Herald man a few days ago
about early times in Lancaster Mr..
Stoffel is not old by any means, but
he can remember the days when Fen
nimore, where his folks first settled,
was a prairie Mr.. Stoffel says that
primitive Grant county was a beauti-
full place in the early days and that
one could drive right over the prairies
to any destination - there were no
roads then to amount to anything. Mr..
StOffel recalls ]. G. Cover, the pioneer
editor, and says that he was a very
fine type of man. One time at the fair
grounds when Mr. Stoffel was boy,
he saw a one-legged man give an ex-
hibition on the race track and Mr..
Cover dropped a SO bill in the fell
lows hat.
e. j. Morse and family have
moved into their new home on East
Birch street recently completed for
them by Samuel Pennock, the build
er. This house, which by the way, is
perhaps the most modern in Lancas-
ter, will make Mr. Morse and family
a beautiful and comfortable home
when it is entirely completed. The
house contains seven rooms, but the
modern idea of architecture seems to
do away with the bunch of rooms
effect" achieved in the older style
buildings. Inside on the main floor is
a large room extending clear across
the front of the house. This room
has a beamed ceiling, oak floors and
trim, brick fireplace with built in
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