Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-02-25
WHAT HE THINKS or Us.

THE Lancaster Herald's reply to
our recent editorial statement about
Lancaster having for the third time
in the past few years appropriated
the regular Bloomington Fair dates
is clever to the point of impudence
and, as was TO have been expected,
unfair and entirely unmindful of the
facts in the case. The Herald speaks
OF confusion of fair dates This ex-
preston is indeed amusing only
confusion is in the minds OF the
Bloomington Fair officials who see
their regular dates fer several years,
and advertised weeks ago as the
dates for the 1920 fair, appropriated
by the Lancaster Fair without so
much as by-your-leaye or notifica-
ton of any kind. This is the third
offense of the kind on Lancaster's
part in the past ten years and there
comes time when patience ceases to
be virtue. The Herald is certainly
correct in one statement in its re
plys-it says it has not gone into
the merits of the matter Ordinarily
common courtesy should have taught
the Lancaster Fair officials to at
least make an attempt to ascertain
the wishes of Bloomington about fair
dates. 1t is this very spirit on the
part OF some of the citizens of Ian
caster, exhibited many times in the
past, that has engendered feeling
against the county seat in all sections
OF the county, and our statement that
many votes were cast against the re-
cent bond issue because lancaster
was to receive the lions share of the
hard roads is absolutely true. as The
Herald editor can easily find out il
he will drop his fresh attitude and
get out among the voters and ask
few questions Come down from yopr
lofty perch, Mr.. Herald and get your
ear to the ground, and you will soon
realize that little humility and con
sideration for the $1,000 residents of
Grant county who do not have the
good fortune to reside at the county
seat will do much to add to the pop
ularlty of Lancaster in other sections
OF the county" Bloomington Record.
Tut-tut Record tut-tutI Why so
bitter? We are no fresher than yo,1
are and so far as our being clever to
the point of impudence, whatever that
is, let us say you are long winded to
the point of being tiresome. So much
for personalities.
When. not long ago, the Record
stated its case against the fair Off
Gals here the Herald printed the item
verbatim without comment feeling
that it was proper to do so. The Her
aid was the only county paper we
know of that paid any attention to
your kick When you again complain
ed and this time included the whole
OF Lancaster we attempted to point
out the inaccuracy of condemning
community at large because of ami
mus toward certain individuals on the
fair committee the heads of which do
not live in Lancaster at all but in the
adjacent country. This is not said as
an evasion but points out your incon-
sistency
But we fear the Record has
''single-track" mind Posing as SO
broad on general matters it fails mis-
erably on test of local nature. Go
on and hate, Record. You are a start
ling success at it. Perhaps you can
find a few that will hate with Won. We
hardly believe the whole $1,000 citi-
zens outside of Lancaster are so mar
row. If SO we feel sorry for them
and you too. So endeth the first les
SON.