Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-06-28
ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION ACCORDED FOURTH
OF JULY BOOSTERS At DIFFERENT TOWNS
JUSTIFY LANCASTER'S CELEBRATION PLANS
Fourth of July Boosters Cover
14S Miles and Visit Fiji
teen Towns.
LARGE CROWD ASSURED.
The Spirit of $50 After What You
Want Inspired Lancaster's
Direct Invitation to County.

Not much time was wasted in pre- /
pairing for the trip of the Lancaster
boosters" who gathered at the Union
State Bank corner last Wednesday
morning and proceeded to fill the cars
donated by philanthropic and opulent
citizens Much skurrying around was
done at the start and considerable !
barley INDUCED in, but finally things |
shaped themselves and with horns
footing the machines swung north on
the Sitter road.
Sitter and Fennimore were reached
in a hurry, and without accident the
Boosters passed over that fine piece
Of plateau prairie north OF Fennl-
more and down through the long hol- |
low leading to Boscobel, which was
reached at 10 o'clock. The town was
full of old soldiers and their friends
who were attending the annual Z. A.
r. reunion, held there on Wednesday
and Thursday of last week. The band
played and Frank G. Meyer made a
speech that made plain the object OF
the long trip, and how Lancaster want
ed Grant county to be it's guests on
independence Day. Then the party
"entrained'' for FennimOre.
One ca had little trouble near the
top of Munn's hill, but FennimOre was
reached on schedule time.
Fennimore folks thought at first we
were invading their country in the
interests of the chautauqua, but the
chill wore off when Mr.. Meyer eX-
planned that Lancaster had no lnten-
ton of Quitting" in on their chau-
tauqua event to be held at the same
time as ours. After making it clear
that the Boosters were simply extend
ing an invitation to come to Lancaster
on the Fourth, and obtaining some
lunch, the party "hit the grit for Mt
Ida where the aforesaid luncheon was
consumed and the band played.
The audience at Mt. Ida consisted
principally of an old gentlemen aged
about 80 years, and the women folks
and children, as the men were attend
ing a barn raising out in the country.
The concert was good practice anyhow,
and no harm done.
i Mt. Hope and Patch Grove were
reached next with concerts in both
places.
Bloomington saw the Boosters at
o'clock, and, after a brief visit, in
Guiding concert and talk, the party
left for home.
Beetown promised to spend the
/ Fourth at Lancaster and cheered as
we left the village.
Two accidents were experienced on
the trip, and no fatalities. One man
displayed extreme agility in getting
out of a car that threatened to go
over bank west of Bloomington, and
"PinZ' Livingston, who was in the
same automobile, attempted to fol-
low suit but "renigged." For a mo-
ment though, it looked as if Grant
county would lose one of its most val
liable officials.
Only one bad piece of road was en-
countered on the trip and that was
! between FennimOre and BOscobel.
where the relocation is promised this
/ n
| ington where a new culvert is being
placed, and the road makes detOur
into the ditch, threatened to give
some trouble, but all the cars got by
safely.
The Boosters arrived home shortly
after o'clock tired and hungry, and
with enough real estate on their
countenances and clothing to make a
farm. But they all said it had been
splendid day.
Friday.
Thursdays storm prevented any
chance of trip, and Friday looked lit |
tie better. The Boosters were deter |
mined though, and a little after |
o'clock on Friday fifteen cars started /
for Rockville, British Hollow and P0- .
tosi. Concerts were given at all plac-
es, the POtosi reception being very
enthusiastic.
President S. A. Thomas of the vii
lage, made a welcoming address, adj
vising the visitors that the police force
had been discharged for the day and
that ''the town was theirs" Other
plans prevented longer stay, as
Platteville was on the schedule and
possibly Livingston, Montfort and
Sitter
Away they went, reaching Platte
vile over muddy and somewhat rough
roads. The reception was more than
cordial, Mayor R. S. Heer, extending
the keys to the city and urging the
visitors to take anything they saw and
to ask for anything they didn't see.
City Attorney Richard Goodell spoke
next and while he "iOshed" a little it