Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-08-02
with friends in POtosi, last Wednes-
SITTER.

Especial Correspondence to Herald)
George Denzler was home last Sun
day.
Ed Lind shipped two cars OF stock
last Monday.
RUDE Orr from Bull ranch farm,
was here last Saturday.
Some of the grain is light, caused
by the hot weather.
c. H. Schuppener went to Galena,
Ill, last week, on business.
Miss Clara Bart from Livingston,
spent Sunday at her home.
Charles Julious is out with his oil
tractor and doing nice work.
Miss velma Finnegan, was visiting
relatives at Cobb last week.
James Reed has a fine new Case en-
CINE so h. p. and a good separator. A
good outfit all through.
John Plattener lost a valuable 2
year-old horse last week from the heat
while out in the pasture.
A big baby girl was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Hahn last week and Ted
Whaler is grandpa again.
Fred Mier and VIM. Lind left for
the West last Tuesday to help with
the big harvest.
Oscar Gerdhardt and family were
in Millville last week in their auto,
visiting at Eugene Bosserts.
marine. He is the champion swimmer
of this city. He can stay under wa
ter the Ion gest.
! Miss Helen Plattener was in Hall
fax, last week, visiting her sister Mrs.
Fred Wagner. Miss Edith Plattener
took her place as clerk in Eisele's res
taurant
Sitter was we'll represented at
Lancaster the evening the show was
on at the Hatch opera house. Seven
car loads went from here. They re-
ported the show good all through.
The hot dry weather is still on. 1t
is sure some heat. When it run up to
10S in the shade several horses fell
over with the effect the past week and
| if it don't let up soon and the weather
man send us a cool wave for a while,
we will all have to pull for the shade
and stay their for relief. Corn and po-
tatoes are now suffering for rain. If it
don't rain soon it will be hard on po-
tatoes. Harvesting is done around
here, and some are threshing.
A gathering at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harvey Julious last Sunday noon
Rev. Wentdlandt baptized their daugh-
ter, Miss Leona JuliOus and Miss
Nora Blackburne, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jess Blackburne. Those who at
| tended were, Mrs. John Blackburne,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Burgess and
| family, Miss Helen Herrick from Ian
caster, Mr.. and Mrs. Al Riddiough and
/ family, Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Kasper,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jess Blackburne, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Julious, all from Slit
ger. After the sermon they all took
part in big spread prepared by Mrs.
Julious. That all done their duty to
1t was too hot to wear big vest, but
Bob Burgess wore an diversified shirt
to make a clean job Of it, for he eat
from noon until p. M. Jake Kasper
says Bob can beat him at big feed.
This is the week for Fennimore's big
days. They are on full blast. This
year they have more and better at
fractions than ever before. One great
feature is the auto polo, a great draw
/ ing card. Good ball games by the
fastest teams in the land Teams that
will not sell out to each other. But
they will get right down and play for
blood, just like Sitter and Livingston
play when the cross bats. They play
to have their own honor of winning.
They will have good attractions all
| through. Something doing all the
time. Sitter will be we'll represented
But we cannot go for we must ride
over the same old stony roads with
/ Uncle Sans mail. The BoscObel fair
is right on next and we will sure have
some rain soon. We wish them the
best of success in the great under
taking for it takes time and money
to pull off what they have on their
program.