Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-03-12
BLOOMINGTON.

this city Thursday night after a long
period of illness. Had he lived until
the 10Th of this month he would have
been 78 years old He was born in
TunkhannOck, Pa, in 1841, came west
with his parents to Beetown in 1916
and has been a resident of this vi
cinfty since that time, a period of 73
years. For the past rs years his
home has been in Bloomington. Mr..
Hickok was a Civil war veteran He
enlisted in Co. F, 7th Reg Vol Inf. in
August, 1861, and was a member of
the famous Iron Brigade, participat-
ing in many battles such as Gettys-
burg, South Mountain and Antietam
In his three years of service he new
er spent day in hospital or was
absent from duty because of sickness
and was never wounded. He was
mustered out in September, 1864. In
1865 he was married to Miss Jose
phine Slaght Of Beetown. She with
four children survive him. They are
Frank of Little Grant, Lester of Bee
town, Harry of Belmont and Mrs. w.
l.. Miller of Dallas, S. d., all of whom
were with him in the last weeks of
his illness and were present at the
funeral. Mr.. Hickok was a man much
respected in his community and
leaves q host of friends to mourn his
passing. Funeral services were held
at the NJ E. church Saturday after
noon conducted by Rev. A. N. COnk-
lin. The l. O. o. F., of which de-
ceased had been member for many
years, also gave their ritual service.
Six recently returned soldier boys
acted as pallbearers while the mem
Il. n
of honor. Burial was at Dodge GEM
etery. Mrs. Harry Hickok and
daughter Vivian of Belmont, L. G.
Hickok of Lancaster and Carter Hick-
ok of Pine Island, Mimi, came Sat
urday to attend the funeral
Memorial services for the late Pvt.
Lincoln Abraham Jr., who died in
England last October soon after land
ing there, were held at the M. E.
church Sunday morning The church
was profusely decorated with flags,
bunting and red and white carna-
tions, while the service flags of the
church, school and town with their
four gold stars were also displayed.
Rev. A. N. COnklin gave a fine pat
riotic address paying tribute to the
boys who gave their lives for their
country Music was furnished by a
mixed quartette with piano and vi
olin accompaniment Twenty-three
soldier boys and one from the navy
attended in a body, as also did the
veterans of the Civil and Spanish
American wars. Several of the boys
from the army crossed the ocean on
the same ship with Lincoln. The
church was filled to overlooking. Out
of town relatives who were here for
the services were Mr.. and Mrs. Lin
coin Abraham Sr. and Mr. and Mrs.
James Abraham of Madison, Mr.. and
Mrs. Andrew Abraham, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ezra Abraham, Anthony Abraham,
Mrs. Walter Nichols and Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilbur Nichols of Mt Hope.
Much pleasure and profit are an
ticipated from the Farmers and Wo-
mems Institute which will be held
here Thursday and Friday, March Is
and IA. L. F. GRADER will give il
Illustrated lectures on the subjects of
soy beans mixed with corn for sill
age; how to grow the biggest crop of
corn pure-bred grains for bigger
yields and better quality; getting
started right with alfalfa; Wisconsin
at the Panama Exposition and trav-
els in the west. l.. p Martinv or Mr..
Morrison will give talks on pastures
Tor cheap pork gains; and making
the hog business profitable. County
Agent George w. Davies will speak
on treating seed grains for smut. and
other topics. G. E. Lee of the Dairy
ana Food Commission, will speak on
factors for dairy improvement. and
NJ. W. Cooper on Boys and Girls
club work. The woman's course is
me- less interesting. Miss GLADYS
SULLIVAN will present the subjects:
How to plan easy meals" and
Short cuts in household labor" Miss
Agnes Boeing will demonstrate how
to get new clothes for old" and
Home dyeing and cleaning prob !
lens" Mr.. Davies will give talk
on poultry raising, Friday afternoon. !
The meetings for the farmers will be
heId in the city hall, and those for
the women in the Congregational
church basement Hot coffee will he
provided and the women are invited
to bring their lunch baskets and en-
JOY a community dinner. Plenty of |
motion pictures will be shown |
throughout the institute, which prom
ises to he of unusual interest.
MISS Emma Hammond came home |
from her school at Preston, Thurs
day and remained until Monday.
Mrs. Roy Gates entertained a party
OF ladies Thursday afternoon at the
John Gates home
Mrs. j. b. Gilligan and daughter.
Doris, leave this week for MADEIRA.
Calf, to spend a month visiting rel
atives
Geo. Smith with his mother and
sister, moved from the farm in Little
Grant to the c. L. Knapp place in
town. His farm will be occupied by |
his brother, Will Smith, and wife
The household goods belonging to
Mr.. and Mrs. Lincoln Abraham were
sold at auction, Saturday, and every-
thing brought a good price. Mr. and
Mrs. Abraham returned to their home
at Madison, Monday.
Our high school basket ball teams
went to Bagley Friday night and
played games with the school teams
there. Result; the Bagley bows won
while the girls game was a fie
Montgomery Miller and Thomas
Hudson Of Lancaster, came over Sat.
urday to attend the funeral nc c,ias,