Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-09-13

Miss Edith Epson, Of Platteville,
visited from Tuesday until Friday
with Miss Rachel Payne.
F T. Nourse and family of Rich
land Center, spent Friday in Lancas
ter and attended the fair.
Miss Kathryn Burr left Monday
1 afternoon for Livingston, to take up
her duties as rural teacher.
The Lancaster band pleased
everybody last week at the fair with
the excellence Of their playing
Mr.. and Mrs. JOS Biggin of near
North Andover, are the parents of
baby girl, born Monday, September 4.
DR.. Alba Edwards arrived here
Wednesday from Arcadia, Wis, to visit
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. M. G.
Edwards.
| Miss nellie Belscamper left Friday
afternoon for Jefferson, Wis, to take
up her duties as teacher for the en-
suing year.
George E. Taylor of the Hurricane
was in town Monday delivering honey
Mr.. Taylor says that sales have been
extremely gratifying.
Mr.. Frank Rowe of Platteville,
visited last week at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. w E. Webb and saw the
Grant county fair.
Miss Lena Anderson left Satur-
day afternoon for her home in
DOdgeville, after a brief visit at the
John Starrett home
J. H. Howe left Monday afternoon
for Virginia, Mimi, to attend the
stockholders meeting Of the Consoli-
dated Vermilion mine
Miss Idalia Larson arrived home
Saturday Of last week from Valley
City, n. D., after an extended visit
with relatives.
Rev. 7. A. Morgans and wife of
Medford, Wis, left for home Monday
noon after spending a week with their
son, Herbert Morgans and family.
H. E. Gross dropped the Herald a
card from Sabetha, Kansas, last
Tuesday, with the advice that things
were going good with fine time all
the way.
Misses Sabina Stockert and Ber-
tina Cairns arrived home Friday night
from Madison, where they spent the
week attending supervising teachers
convention.
Mrs A. R. Stockert of Blooming
ton, moved to Lancaster last week.
She and her daughter, Miss Sabina
Stockert, will make their home here
in the future.
Mrs. E. D. Clifton, of Platteville,
left Thursday afternoon for Montfort,
where she will visit several days be-
fore returning to her home. While
here she was a guest of Ed Clifton
Mrs. Jennie Reed Pauley and
daughter, Theresa, of Burton, Mrs.
George Slaght, William and James
Johnson and Misses nellie and Pearl
Johnson, of Mccartney, attended the
Lancaster fair, Friday.
A faculty meeting was held at
the high school last Saturday after
noon at which Principal R. w Adams
outlined the work for the coming
year, and touched upon things of i'm
portance in the teachers duties.
Charles Brick received a broken
bone in his right forearm last Sunday
evening as he fell on the cement side
walk in front of the Burton Sumner
residence. Mr. Brick was experiment.
ing with roller skates when the acct
dent happened.
W. G.. Knox drove to Potosi, Sun
day evening taking with him Miss
Elma Knox and Miss Fife Garrett.
The young ladies left for Chicago,
where Miss Knox will enter the Chi
cago Training school. Miss Garrett
remained in Chicago until Tuesday
evening going then to Cantril, Iowa.
-Burlie Dobson, wife and nephew,
Ralph Dobson, left for Milwaukee Sat
urday Mr.. Dobson shipped at the
same time twenty-eight Poland Chin
as from the Sunrise stock farm. Jum-
DO Hadley, the three times premium
! winner last year, did not go this time,
but some Of his sons did.
Mr.. and Mrs G. R. Watkins, of ST.
Louis, Mo-, arrived here Tuesday night
for two weeks visit with Mrs. Wat
kin's mother and father, Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis Vesperman. The trip was made
in their car, and no trouble of any
nature was experienced throughout
he entire trip, with the exception of
one puncture near Pigeon hill.
"A. L. Gray of Mt. Hope, was at the
fair last week with eighteen very fine
| type Chester White swine. Mr.. Gray
has a lot of prize winners, and a
Chester White sire that he paid 500
| for, at the Oleda, ILL.,, sale, and con-
siders it worth much more than he
paid for it. The Chester Whites are
considered to be among the very best