THE VERNON COUNTY CENSOR.‘'OL. XLV.—NO. 16.

jrfll 2/our J’riends and 9/etybbors.—Clui> dance Friday evening.—Spring hats at Miehaelsohn’s.—Country roads are quite passable.—The very iatest in ties at Michael-

sohn’s.—Girl wanted. Inquire of Mrs. O.

G. Munson.—RongL Rider shape soft hate at

—Editor Briggs of Cashton called inthe city on Tuesday.

—House for sale or rent. Inquire ofA. J. Thomp-on, Viroqua.

—Hans Gilbertson of Sparta, is working in Owen's barber shop.

—Nels Rudiof Westby, visited severaldays in the ci'y last week.

—Mrs. O G. Munson spent the pastweek in Chicago and Madison.

—Special meeting of the Viroqua Can-ton, Friday night. Be sure and attend.

For sale, a yearling Durham bull.Inquire of John S. Dragne, Liberty Pole.

—W. M. Kingston purchased fonrregistered shorthorn cows from C. J.Smith

—Mr. Leroy M. Groves and Miss Elia•Tames, both of Jefferson, were married

Xby Rev. G. W. Nuzutn.—Chas. Haskell, odb of the leading

farmers of Wheatland, was a countyseat caller last week.

—Tnere will beGerman Lntheran ser-vices at the Synod church next Sunday,April 21, at 10:30 conducted by Rev.Parisnis.

—Mr. George M. Peck, formerly ofthis city, and Miss Nellie M. Fennell areto be married at New Richmond on the23d instant.

—We sell more hats than all compet-itors. The reason is we keep the reliablemakes and the latest styles.

Bn u. Front Store.—S. M. Honaker an l son of Liberty

Pole, took the train Monday evening,for their old home in Kent icky, wherethey will visit for s mie time.

—Mr. Fred Giesa arrived at San Fran*cisco last week, and expects to reachhome some time soon. He was returnedto the Unitv and States from the Philip-pines on sici 1.ave.

—Miss Maggie McCarthy of WaukonJunction, lowa, who found the magnifi-:ent pearl, mention of which was maden last week’s Censor, has refused>I,OOO for it.—Old acquaintences will be interested

to learn that Mies Belle A. Morton, tor-sierly of Libelty Pole, and Arthur C.Bates were married at Minot, NorthDakota, on March 23.

—The Newton graduating class con-sting of James Potter, Willie McLeee,lizzie Rood and Amy McWilliams, vis-ed Adlinyton's strnho, Friday, and hadphotograph taken in groups.

' —John Gibbs of Retreat, had businesslefore the county judge on Friday. TheCensor acknowledges a business andlocial call. Mr. Gi obs will shortly go(onth and west on a land prospectingtour.

—The body of a tramp wf_i picked upm the railroad track, last week, betweenuaCrosse and West Salem, infragments,laving been literally torn to pieces.Slot enough was found to identify thenan.

—Arrangements are being made toin a special train from this station onunday next, to La Crosse, to affordlose who wish, an opportunity to at-end the ball game between Cashtonm-i La Crosse teams.

—The Ladysmith people, who havelees visiting in Viroqua lately, return-ed Monday. M. G. Davis will resumeiperalions at his mill. JamesPotts, whovas here in attendance at the funeral oflis wife’s father. Thos. McCullough, alsoeturmd, to his home at Ladysmith.—May sth will be a gala day in La"

>osse. for it. will have the honor of en-;e’taiuing four big excursions which,vill be run there on all four divisions>f the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paulrailway leading into the city. It isestimated that 10.000 visitors will be inthe city on that date.

—Ruse Straight, aged 14 years, diedast week under very mysterious cir-mmstances, says the Sparta Herald-Ad--ertiser. The girl was taken sick about,hree in ’ he afternoon and died between•ight and nine in the evening, in a man-ler that indicated poisoning. The wholenatter is still a mystery.

—County roads have improved won-

Eerfully and a consequent revival ofusiness has been experienced in all linesf city trade. Farmers are makingictive' preparations for spring work,which lias already begun in some sec-dons. The acreage in tobacco in Ver-ion conntv will be something unparallodf plans now on foot are carried out.—Mr. Edward Muuyon, whose death

w sre >rded last Week was an old set- j;ler ot the county, having resided herefor about 45 years. He was 53 years oflge. and leaves tlyee children. Lydia,?rank and Forest., besides a number ofvther relatives. He was a citizen ofSterling character and was highlyrespected by those who knew him.

_Th internal revenue bureau hasjust is-ned a statement that all docu-mentary and proprietary revenue stampsip the hand* of purchasers on and afterfrili first, will be redeemed bv tbe gov->Tnment Such stamps should be pre-sided tor redemption by the owner;feere' f to a collector of internal revenue-rum whom they were purchased, v. howillsupply the applicant with necessaryforms and’instructions for the prepara-tion of the claim.

—The latest raven’ion in farm ma-chinery is a corn husker which yon t ikeright ont into the field with yon andhnsk a row of corn as fast as yonr teamcan walk. Ten acres a day is easilycribbed wilhit It hnsks the corn stand-ing in the row just as a man would, andis warranted to do as clean a job as themost careful hnsker. It is said to bethe greatest labor saver since the inven-tion of the self-binder, and will be agreat help to farmers who -annot gethelp, as it does the work at any seasonyou want yonr corn out and at less thanht It the cost of hand husking.

—Washington correspondence to theFennimore Times has this to say of oneof our yonpg ladie; "Likewise valuableare the services of the assistant secretaryof th committee. Miss Charity Coe ofVircqna. a charming young lady possess-ed of all the tact and ability which be-longs so p culiarly to some of the re-presentatives of the gentler sex. MissCoe was stenographer for Attorney-Gen-eral Mylreaduring his term of office andlast sn-mier was employed by the Re-pnb'ican National Committee at ChicagoWhatever she and >es she does well, andbeing of a bright, winsome disposition,ghe makes many friends."

I —Trout will suffer this week.—Frogs are piping their melodies.—Dr. Kronson, Park hotel today and

j tomorrow.—Editor Graves and wife spent Sun-

; day at Bangor.—Would you like to use the best?

; Then use Maple City Soap.- The last of the series of club dances

i w ill be given next Friday night.—W. E Gore of Viola, was a business

caller at the Censor office on Saturday.—Our grocers’ display of strawberries

and garden vegetables reminds us thatspring is with us.

Frank E. Tate made a business tripto Chicago, in the interest of the "TateMercantile company.

—Mr. and Mrs. Cha< Boehmer have! returned to Cashton. after about eight! months residence in Viroqua.

—Mies Alma Oswald has gone to Chi-j cago, where she has procured a positionin Hand & McNally's establishment.

—C. E ward of Chasebui g, has been: stationed by the Plano harvester corn-| pany at Eau Claire, fo: the season.

—Mrs. Anderson has sold her propertyI in the Third ward and purchased theresidence recently owned by MaryHikok.

—The ladies of the Relief Corps willgive a carrorn social at Relief Corps halon the 38th instant, one week from thecoming Friday.

—Mr EdwardStull and wife of Omi-ha, Nebraska, are at her parents, Mr,and Mr*,. Jud Higgins nearLiberty Pole,on an extended visit.

—The Viroqua juvenile band has amembership of twelve and still growing.The organization will start with about30 boys between ages of 13 and 16.

—Ellis Reed and son of North Spring-ville, recently purchased five Shorthorncattle of parties in Indiana, paying thefancy price of $lOO apiece for them.

And now the jolly fishermanFrom his hip flask takes a ‘nip.”

Then seats himself on the river bankAnd proceeds to catch—the ‘ grip.”

—Frank E. Mutch, wife and childrendrove over from Hillsboro on Sunday.Mrs. Mutch and the children will remainfor a visit with Mr. and Mrs. D. W.Horton and other relatives.

—Onr shoe sales are the largest in onrhistory. People have learned that itpays to buy the Sharood & Crooks shoes.Many imitations but none equal.

Blue Front Store.—Judge Mahoney has been adding to

his farm possessions near Ontario by thepurchase of twenty acres from O. Wood-ard on which good buildings are located.He now has a fine stock farm and ranchof 130acres.

—On Saturday last stakes were stuckand ground broken for the new highschool building. The location is on thenorthwestern portion of the presentschool grounds. Work will be pushedwith vigor until completed.

—The Viola Intelligencer says thatM. G Ripley is in lowa with hie familyand w ill shortly return with his wifeand children to take np house keepingin the residence now occupied by L. E.Calkins and family.

■ —Mr. A. Ferguson has moved his resi-dence from the city property in Thirdward, and received $5O from the city toreimburse him for his out ay. We un-derstand that the city wJI not imme-diately open the street thus left vacant.

—Mrs. Win. Austin died last Wednes-dav morning of a stroke of paralysis, ather home near Leon. Rev. Win. Haugh-ton of this city, conducted the funeralservices on Sunday Mrs. Austin hadbeen a resident of Monroe county .since1852.—May thiol is Arbor and bird day.

The occasion wbl doubtless bo well ob-served bv cloy and eouutry schools.Sn;ri.atenden Gardner is sending outa very mu> pa.nphlet on the subject is-sued from the state department of pub-lic instruction

—The Wisconsin Farmer says: “Getthe small grain in early even if one hasto sit up at night to do so. In smallgrain it is the early bird that usuallygets the worm. Occasionally a personwill miss it, but better maice a failurenow and then by trying to do somethingthan to not beable to doanything intheright time.”

—The Viola Intelligencer says: Theoffice of superintendent has been abolish-ed by the Wisconsin Western RailroadCompany and the effects of the superin-tendent’s r ffice at that place removed toRichland Center. W. H. Thompson hasbeen tendered the agency at this stationbut we are not advised as to whether hewill accept it or retire to his farm a mi'esoutheast of Viola and devote his timeto farming and the breeding of fasthorses.

—ln a recent issue onr Newton corre-spondent, presented a fairy story insubstance that the Mons Anderson Com-pany of La Crosse, was fitting np itsbranch factory near Newton ready forbusiness There was no foundation for

| the story. For nearly fiftv years the| name of Mons Anderson has been ai household word in Vernon Bounty. His

I works are and have been located at La| Crosse during all these years Corre-spondents should not get too gay, but'•online themselves to facts.

—Baseball enthusiasts will be inter-ested in the changes in the rules whichhave been adopted by the National jLeagne The pitcher must deliver thefirst hall to the batter within twentyseconds after the batter takes position.In case the battter is hit by a pitched Iball he does not take hisbase, but a ball iis called on the pitcher Every foul ball |is called a strike, unleso the batter has Ihad two strikes The catcher will notbe allowed to stand more than ten feet.behind the plate at any time when thebatter is in position. These rules will jmaterially shorten the game.

—Perhaps not all of our farmer read-ers know that the Babcock Milk Test,now in universal use in the creameriesof this country, was the invention ofProf. Stephen! M. Babcock of our stateuniversity. Sach is the case. DoctorBabcock unselfishly gave his wcnderfn 1

invention to the world at large, by re-fusing to take out a patent which un-doubtedly would have made him amillionaire. His is a noble examplethat stands out almost unique in thisgrasping and selfish age. when every-body seems intent only on acquiringriches. Asa slight token of the appre-ciation of his action, the legislature ofWisconsin presented Dr. Babcock withan appropriate medal, tendered to himat a meeting at whkn Gov. LaFollettepresided. Every dairyman and cream-eryman who ucs the milk separatorought to be duly thankful to their bene-factor.—Fennimore Times.

VIROOUA. WISCONSIN, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 17. 1901.

DELIGHTFUL FLOWERY CALIFORNIA

Former Vernon tunny People Spent the WinterSeason in the Golden State

Long Beach. Cal. March 28, loot.Dear Censor:—We leftour horn ■ in

Minnesota Januavy 4th last, for the laudof “sunshine,” and expect to returnabout May 1. Have enjoyed the wintervery much indeed. Tne weather hasbe**n delightful most of the time. Hadrainy spell latter part of January andfore part of February. California hashad some four years of drouth and rainwas needed very badly. There was aheavy rainfall in November and the. or-1ange crop was heavy.

The people seem well contented andenjoying republican prosperity. Wewere in Los Angeles five weeks, Pasa-dena two and have been at this placesince March 1. We have been to thesummit of Mt. Lowe, visited Baldwin'sRanch, Santa Catalena Island, and otherpoints of interest. This is a tine winterclimate, but thiuk we should tire ofcontinual summer. The chances formaking a little money, I think, are muchoetter in Wisconsinor Minnesota. Don'tconsider it a good place for a poor man toget a start in the world. Farming landsare from #IOO an acre up ()rnge groves#3OO to #9OO per aere and e\ *-n more.They do not pretend to raise crops with-out irrigating. Labor seemsto be quitefully employed, but hardly think thereis room for many more. Los Angeles isa smart town of 100,000 people andgrowing rapidly. Pasadena is an idealplace for home, population 10,000. LongBeach is enjoying a boom these daysand the real estate agent is as busy as' abee. The town has some 8,500 inhabit-ants and the people are intelligent andrefined, the city more than ordinarilyquiet snd well behaved. This is a greatsummer resort, the beach being one ofthe finest on the coast.

Our company comprises six persons,Mr. and Mi’s. David Stevenson and myfamily. Havnt seen any of the old Ver-nonites, but if the Censor will kindlygive us the address of P J. Lame andany other Viroquans in these parts, willmake it a point to call on them.

Respectfully. 18. L. Frazier.

St. Olaf Again.St. Olaf, Minn., April 5,1901.

Editor Censor:—Silence is not al-ways desirable. The boys of St. Olaf,have kept silent for a long while and weought to allow ourselves to be inter-viewed again. After another term ofsuccessful work our college closed April2nd. for s week's vacation We all wel-come vs.-iiiog with the greatest pleas-ure, after so many weeks of such hard‘ ‘pugging. ” Many students have g nehome on a visit, .iome remain to have agood time, while others are hard atwork Berg, S.veger and Peterson andother Jnniors went to Minneapolis today,to attend the state oratorical contest.

Tbe long wished for dormitory is nowready. It has been credibly stated thatit is the largest and best equippeddormitory in Minnesota and has thefinest location in the state. No painshave been spared to make it as completeand perfect as possible It is bn Itof redbrick, having a main building and twowings; total length 193 feet, and eachdivision is 40 feet wide. It is a five storybuilding including attic and basement,and faces southwest with campus infront. In the northwest wing the base-ment is us and for a dinning hall, where350 liny be served conveniently. In thesoutheast wing is the gymnasiumwhichis 40xSO in dimensions, the remainingpart being used for the steam plant. Thewhole wing is supported on large beamsso that no pillars obstruct gymnasticexercisi . On the first door of tbe mainbuilding are tbe manager's office androoms, and the ladies’ and gentlemen’swaiting rooms. The ladies' waitingroom has been exquisitely furnished bythe St John’s Ladies Aid society of thiscity. The Ladies Literary society ofSt Olaf. his partly furnished the gen-tlemen’s waiting room, which lias theasjiect of a minatnre palace -larlo-. Thegirls at St. Olaf are very good to theboys. Besides the rooms mentioned thereare 124 rooms fir the students. The en-tire building is heated by a steam plantand is well ventilated. Electric wireshave been put in throughout the entirebuilding The c,...,c of this structure isdtxmt $30,000 Consul Halle Steenslandof Madison Wisconsin. hnß promised todonate i.'w'ry building, which willprobably be erected next summer. Weneed a ladies' hall, too. Who will do-nate for that 1 The girls are patientlywaiting for him.

One of onr students had an attack ofpneumonia. When all hones were givenup. oni Prof. Tandberg treated him withoxygen and that revived him. Ten gal-lons were used in one night.

Medical Examiners All Powerful.In the circuit court at Madison the

other day Judge Siebecker held that thestate board of medical examiners hasthe right to determine whether an ap-plicant for registration is a reputableresident physician and that its decisionson this question cannot be reviewed bymandamus. Tbe decision is of thegreatest interest to the physicians of thisstate. The board has been waiting sometime to get a decision on this point be-fore beginning prosecutions against annrnber of unregistered physicians indifferent sections of the state. The casein which the decision wa rendered wasthat of Dr. W. M. Caswell of Hillsboro,against the state board, tbe plaintiffseeking to compel the board to granthim a certificate of registration.

CH'JRCH OF CHRISTSocial service followed by communion

service in the morning, com mem ing at10:30 o’clock Preaching in the eveningon the subject “Apostolic Preaching.”A cordial invitation to attend is extend-ed to all The evening service willbegin promptly at 8 o'clock

Choice Apple Trees For Sale.I have 1,000choice varieties of trees,

ready for transplanting, of best varietiesfor sale. Also strawberry and raspberryplants. Old Barney place. Reducedprices R T. BENTSON.

Horses WantedH. E. Light will be in Viroqua on

Thursday, April 18th, for the purpose ofi buying driving and draft bones, 4 to fi* years old, weight 1,100 pounds and up.

j —Elder D. N. Wetzel of Richland1 Center, will preach at the Church ofChr st on Wednesday night. April 24.Eider Wetzel is one of the ablest menin the state, and you will miss a great

i treat if you fail to hear him.—lf you buy rosin separate from soap

it may benefit >on in some wav, but itis no goo lin soap. Maple City Soapcontains no rosin.

—Wanted, a man to do general farmwork at good wages. Inquire of N, J.Slack, Liberty Pole.

- Harvey M. Allen is reported very illat his home in Webster.

—Oluf Rygh leaves Viroqua next weekfor northern Minnesota.

—Mrs. Casson has caused anew roofto be placed on her residence.

I —T C Pringle is making internamprovemeuta about his residence.

—Wm Oldenburg of Newton, trans-acted business in *\*!s city last. week.

—Mrs. Ed Curry is improving herresidence by the addition of a kitchen.

—A littleson came to thehome of Mr.and Mrs. Theodore Lokken on Saturday.

Earl and Arthur Bates of Sterling,were callers at the county seat. Friday.

—James Wauless. late of Viola hasopened a blacksmith shop at LibertyPole.

—Rev Jno H Daniel will preach at< 'hasoburg next Sunday, April 21st, at8 o'clock.

—Nels E. Fortney is fitting up niceliving rooms on the second fl>> r of hislivery barn.

—N. B. Smith of this city, has sold hisfine and valuable farm in Clinton to Hon.Geo. E. Tate of La Farge

—Thos. Watson and wife were herefror Wheatland to spend Sunday withthe family of Aaron Watson.

—Helen Trowbridge of Hayward, isvisiting her grandparents. Mr and Mrs.H. Trowbridge of this city.

—A lively p-rty of voung gents andladies made a visit to the sugar campsnear Avalanche on Sunday.

—Captain Silbaugh will deliver theannual address for the Odd Fellows atAppalonia, Chippewa county.

—Mrs. Foulks, who has been visitingher parents, Mr and Mrs. G. W. Nuzurnreturned to her home at Lodi.

—The Uncle Jim Layne brick houseand homestead on lower Main street hasteen purchased by Daniel Wise.

—Mr. and Mrs. Soiverson are enter-taining a baby girl, who came to tbeirhome this morning

—K K Loverud has disposed of his92-acre farm in town of Jefferson toChris Gvrle. Consideration $4,900.

—Among Cashton visitors to tnis citylast wf k was Patrick Brody, who, asusual, remembered the printers.

—Mrs B. F. Purdy returned fromRockford, on Saturday, where she hadbeen to look after a small grandson.

—An exchange says the twonationsafpresent most prominent in the publiceye are Carrie Nation and vaccination

—Wanted, a few more girls in ouroverall factory. Inquire of The Hanf-gara Manufacturing Cos., Chaseburg,Wis.

—While in the city last week, Mrs.Emma F. Tollefson sold her residenceproperty in the Third ward to Frank A.Chase.

—Hon. A. H. Dahl and wi.eofWestby,were in the <sity on Sunday to attend adinner party given by Mayor and Mrs.Boyle.

—The Aid society of Brookville willmeet on Thursday afternoon, April 25,at Mrs. Hobe Swain’s. Every one isinvited.

—Earl Trnesdale is putting ir. a bathroom in the rear of his barber shopJohn Hengel of Sparta, is doing theplumbing.

Hopp of Sfiuftiug! and MissPhoebe Huntington of Genoa, were mar-ried in this city, April 16, by Rev. Wm.Hanghton.

—John E. Gosling departs for hiswestern home today. Mrs. Gosling andchild arrived here Friday. They willremain here for some time.

—Chairman Soren Larson of Chris'tiana. came to the city on Saturday,bringing his daughter, who will teachin the Bishop Branch district.

—A large rock rolled off the bluff atFountain City and crashed into a dwel-ling house, killing one of the inmatesand seriously injuring another.

—Take a look at onr window displayof50c shirts. They combine styie andwear, equal to 75c Bhirts.

Blue Front Store.—The Eastern Star will hold a special

meeting for the purpose of conferringdegrees on Thursday evening April. 18.All members are requested to attend.

—Fin? dress gloves, driving gloves,working gloves, canvas gloves. Thelargest and best line in the city at TheBlue Front Store.

—Treating season opened Monday.Bright and early the sportsmen mighthave been seen wending their way to thcreeks adjacent to this city.

—Yon don’t have to pay for our goodsblindfolded—if not just as representedvon don’t have to keep them.

Joseph Boehrer, Jeweler.—Silas Fos er has resumed work on

his fine brick residence'in Third ward.The foundation walls and portions ofbrick work were in when winter cameon

—Will E. Nnzum, formerly of thiscity. is a newly elected member of theMonroe county board of supervisors,representing one of thewards in the cityof Tomah.

—The Boston Clothing House has in-stalled a fashi< nable revolving hat rack,propelled by dynamo. Progress is themotto of the yonng men who conductthe Boston.

—All members of the Rebekah lodgeare requested to meet at X. O O. F. ballat 9:30 a. m Sunday, April 21st. for thepurpose of going to the Congregationalchurch in a body.

—A good tu:ng is always worth themoney This is true the world over. Itapplies to watches as well as anything.The kind we carry are guaranteed.

Joseph Boehrer, Jew der.—The new restaurant east of Towner’s

store is the bestpi ace in Viroqua to get asquare meal or lunch. Farmers especi- jally invited to make it their headquart-ers.

—W F Lindemann & Cos. issue cashtrading tickets on all purchases from5 cents up. New dishes and the famousWayne Roaster has been added to thep '•tminms.

—The James Mason Woman’s ReliefCorps of De Soto will hold a fair on the11th of May. at Roger’s hall. Tickets25 cents and each ticket wiU draw aprize Many very useful articles willbe for sale.

—Your attention is called to the ad-vertisement of the Big Store, the onlystore in the country where "a child canbuy as cheap as a man.’’ The shoe de-

; partment has something for all A shoeto fit the foot at a price to fit the purse.

—The fourth division of the Ladies a'd' society of the M. E. church will give a: *vial on Friday evening, April 19th atPh'Uip Boufflenr's residence. There willoe a musical program and refreshmentswill be served. Price 15 cents. Every

J body invited.

CHANCE FOk A FJEE EDUCATION.

Congressman B tbcock Anr ounces Competitive Ex-amination to. Cadetship.

Congressman Babe ok of the ThirdDistrict, has arranged for a competitiveexamination of the candidates for theWest Point Military Academy to take; place at 10 o’clock a. in., on Wedue day.the 15thday of May, 1901, at Lancaster,Wisconsin. The following gentlemen

i have consented to serve as a hoard of ex-aminers: Prof. L. L Clark, principalof the high school George li Clementson. attorney; end Dr, S W. Doolittle.

At this examinationone candidateandon•'alternate will be selected, th- niternate to be in line forappoiutinent in theease the candidate fails is-pass th“ re-quired examination for admission toWest Point. The age for admission isfrom 17 to 33 years. Tb candidatemust, be unmarried, not less ‘l ian fivefeet three inches n lieightor 100 poundsin weight, free from any defottuity,disease or infirmity which may renderhim unlit for military service; must, bew 11 versed in reading, writing, ortho-graphy and arithmetic, and must havea knowledge of the elements of Englishgrammar, of descriptive geography andof the history of the United States. Thesuccessful candidate will not enter theacademy until one year from this fall,as the present cadet from this districtwill not graduate until June, 1903. Thiscompetitive examination is open to allyoung men of therequired age and quali-fications who have been actual bonafideand continuous residents of the Thirdcongressional district for the past twoyears or more.

Further particulars and full regula-tions coveting the examination and ad-mission of candidates may b- had bywriting the secretary of war. Wash ng-tnn, D. C. or to J. W. Babcock, M. C.,Neeedali, Wis.

Tools and Boys.To give a boy a workingacquaintance

with tools it is not necessary to makethe machine shop an adjunct of theschool house That such a conjunctionshould ever become necessary is perhapsa misfortune. The trueshop is the home,>nd the best materials are those nearesthand. A prominent factor in a boy'ssuccessful movement toward manhoodis inclination, and inclination finds itsreadiest promptings in the needs andoccupations of home life. In the citythe child readily passes from the toyrailroad of the nnrsery -days to the elec-tric bell of his own setting up. If he isencouraged at the right moment, andduly helped, he will, even out of a slen-der puree, enmesh the house with a net-work of wires and hold telegraphic com-munication with his friend in the nextblock. If he lives in the "ount.ry . y afoaming brook, he will rig a mill-wheelin the stream, and may. with happyconcomitants, reach the extreme heightof churning the family cream into ex-cellent butter—and sing moreover atbis task. With wise concomitants, Isay; and these should include the skilfultouch now aud then of a wise father orof a handy neighbor. Merepointing the way to the best meansand a hearty approval of the butter! Ithink we all remember with most pleas-ure the once-a-month smile we get froma good judge. One need not accept badwork. Yet powers and conditions areto be considered and the smile shouldnot wait for ripe perfection -Prof. Morsein Harper’s Bazar.

Odd Fellows at CashtonThe 83d anniversary of Odd Fellow-

ship in America will be celebrated bythe Kickapoo Valley association in Cash-ton. on Friday, April 2<i. The Recordsays: The committees have been at workfor some time and have nearly complet-ed a program for the and ly. The Cashtonand Viroqua bands hsve been securedand wi 1 furnish plenty of good nmslc.Viroqua Canton, or uniformed Patri-archs, the highest branch of the order,will lie present. The forenoon will hedevoted to a parade of the members ofthe order and bands, throngh the streetsat 10:45, followed by a program at theOpera house. After dinner an interest-ing program will lie presented. Ar-rangements will be made to care for allvisiting brothers and sisters of theorder. Barn room will be engaged forteams and every effort put forth to makeit a pleasant day for all who come Allare invited whether members of theorder or not. In the evening a dancewill be given in Cramer’s. Opera housewhere those who desire may enjoy theevening. Program will be given nextweek.

A aether Pioneer Gone.After two weeks of suffering, Stephen

Stephens, another of the old pioneers ofthis section passed away at his home inViroqua, cn Tnesday morning, at thegood old age of 77 years. Mr. Stephenswas able to walk up town and cast hisvote on election day, but had been con-fined to bis home since that time bystoma’h trouble that seemed to bafflethe best skill of physicians. He le tvesbehind him a wife and five children,Mrs. Jos. Omundson, Mrs. Sweger andMrs Larson of Viroqua, and Mrs. O.Fredrickson of Westby, and one son.Thomas Stevens. Funeral will takeplace at the home tomorrow at 12 o'clockand interrment at Coon Prairie churchin the afternoon.

Deceased was born in No.-way andcame to this country in 1849 He was aresident of Coon Prairie for 52 years andof Viroqua for eight years He was acitizen much respected for honesty andintegrity and had always been one of theleading farmer* of th’s section.

congregational dotes.Mid-week service on Thursday eve-

ning at 8 o’clock.On Sunday morning the Odd Fellow

fraternity of Viroana and vicinity willattend services and the pastor will preacha sermon appropriate to the occasion.In the evening the pastor will give thesecond of his Hnnday evening addresseeon “Being np in G’s. ”

On Sunday, April 28. Snpt. Carter ofBeloit, will present home missionarywork or Wisconsin and take np theoffering. Onr share as a church is $75.Let each do his full share.

Got Off the Track.The Kickapoo Chief says that on Hat-

urday afternoon two freight cars on theWisconsin Western K R. became derail-ed on the trestle near Barnum. Thecars derailed were abont the middle ofquite a long train and consequentlyahead of *he coaches, an I one car ofstock, all of which had to be left on thetrack until Sunday, when the train and

jsection crew succeeded in extricating| the cars from the frame work of the

jbridge.Engine and Boiler for Sale.

Ten-horse stationary engine and boil-er for sale. In good condition.

Isaac Solhero, Viroqua, Wis.

COUNTY NEWS GLEANINGSFrom Our Nilxhborine Towns and Villages, v .-

unrated by Cos respondents.

VIKtH.lt V.

Pleasant Riik:k, April 15—Astherewas no news from our ridge last weekwe will endeavor to write a few lines...We have been hs ing flue weather andfarmers expect to commence seeding ina short time.... The roads have beenquite bad of late but are drying up fast

.. .The mikman had bad luck one daylast week Lewis Henry is workingfor Harvey Cox this summer....Knuteimh reou delivered hi* crop of tobaccoWednesday.. ..Miss Mary Clements hasbeen helping Mrs. Ed. Johnson cleanhome .. .School will begin in two weeksvilli Miss Ida Bate- as teacher.... MissIda Kinnamon has be n visiting her sister. Mrs Harvey Cox ...Mieses Ermaand Jessie Welch have been visitingtheir aunt There must have beensome thieves around here about Eastertime as Albert Amler-on lost some eggs.. .Mrs. Gus Smith has been quite illbut is slowly improving... .Albert An-derson pnrehased a span of colts fromWill Green for #75. Roheiiud.

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South Creek, April 8 —Mrs. Ed.Oliver silent Saturday and Sunday atGeo Cavene's... .Mr. and Mrs. DeLapdid business in Viroqua Mrs. Thos.Watson visited at Wakefield's. Monday... Thos. Sidie is seen crossing the newiron bridge quite often.. Wedding bellsare chiming. .. .Tom Foster's pleasantcountenance was seen on the creek, lastweek... .The birthday party of CharlesWakefield was well attended. Therewas e nice crowd, good time, good sup-per and fine music. Miss Agnes Linton,organist, presided at the organ. Charlesgot some very nice presents. He treatedthe company to peanuts and candy andall went home happy Farmers havebegun to til the soil. Mr. Philips wasthe first to commence plowing MissMabel Wakefield is taking music lessons.. .Onr school will commence soon. MissJulia Halverson, teacher. o. k.

CHKIBTUNA.Coon Prairie. April 15—Since onr

lastcommunication, thefields have driedconsiderably and spring work is at hand....Mr. and Mrs. N. Jackson visited atCashton. Sunday Miss Alma Hansonwho has been ill with typhoid fever, isrecovering.... Mrs J. Ottnm and MissRagna Gnllold are doctoring for catarrhof the throat... .Albert Juve and CarlMelgard returned to North Dakota witha car-load of hones and farm implementsto work on theirclaims.... Herman Totn-tingen is visiting frequently on i/ovaasRidge... Mr. and Mrs. A. Langaard arethe happy parents of twins CarlJaeger made a trip to the county seatone day last week ... Thorval Unsethhas purchased some land from L. Fag-ne*s ... The Snrensonsare going to erecta $2,000 dwelling house this summer....Our school will close May B,...HenrvJ nve returned, Thursday, from a trip toNorth Dakota Mr. and Mrs. A. Heggeand Mr. and Mrs. H. Hoilen are eachentertaining bouncing baby boys at theirhomes Continuants met at CoonPrairie chnrch Saturday last BerthaThomson is working at Hoilien’s MissSpring has taken Lena Strxnes place atA. Hegge's Martin Gullord, whomoved to N. Beige’s this winter, hashired ont to him for six months... .T. A.Jnve was at Madison last week....Theroads have been quite rough, but onrmail driver has made his trip regularlyevery daT. * victoria.

tobacco Matters Active AgainPassable country roads have hail a re-

viving effect on the tobacco bnsiness andfarmers are now rushing their crops tothe market places before spring workopens. Long stri.-gs of teams come totown daily and tbe local houses are beingfillet! again with the weed and largequantities are being shipped to outsidepacking points. The local houses againhave full crews of workers and the sea-son of sorting will probably lie closedwith this month Present indicationsare that there will be no curtailment ofthis season’s acreage on account of theunfavorable conditions and disappoint-ments in receiving contract price. Thegeneral cutting in revenues has notserved to discourage growers and theywill endeavor to make good their lossessustained in the present deliveries. TheKdgerton Tobacco Re]>ortr discussesmatters as follows:

The present indications are that witha favorable planting seaeon, that theacreage in tobacco in this state will bequite materially increased again thisyear. The fields will be quite consider-ably extended in some new growing sec-tions, while it can hardly be expectedthat any of the older growing sectionswill reduce their acreage. Farmersseem to look npon the damage fromcuring the crops sustain. and last seasononly as an accident connected with thebnsiness. While itwas the most seriousthat, ever occurred to Wisconsin tobacco,the chances are that it may not happenagain in a long series of years So longas remunerative prices are paid for to-bacco, we may look for a long steadyincrease in tbe production. The writerlong since gave np the idea of trying toinrtnenee theproduction by use of sta-tistics showing the danger of over pro-duction Nothing but low prices orpoor crop will bringabont a curtailmentof acreage, which is sure to come sooneror laier. Tobacco (an be prodneed socheaply in this state by the use of lalxirsaving machinery that prices must fallto a very low figure before this gradualextension of acreage will meet its inevit-able set back.

Buyers are picking away at the rem-nants of last years crop in many of thegrowing sections with a prospect that itwill be closely gathered np before manywe ks have expired. A largeproportionof what is now left is of the cheapergrades and is being lifted at exportprices. Dealers are in possession of agood many export orders and when thegrowers are willing to let go of the goodsat prices within reach, trailing is quitebrisk. The American Tobacco Cos. iiayealso been extensive buyers of late of thisclass of goods. An occasional lot of tbsbetter grades also finds a purchaser butthe main trailing is confined to salesmade at from 3 to 9 cents.

NoticeW. B. Gilman has purchased a full

blood Percheron stallion of F. G. Zitzner, the H. M. Honaker horse, whichwill make his stands this season, Mon-days, at Mons Larsons, Tuesdays atPnrdy; Wednesdays at West Prairiestore; Thursdays at 8, M HonakerV.Liberty Pole; rest of the week at J. WGilman's.

Now Is Yonr Chance.K. H. Manyon ha* made improvements

in the old north Bnckley bnilding onMain street, and is ready to give yonfirst class work in photography at rea-sonable prices. If yon have not calledon hiin do so now. Everybody welcome

ESTABLISHED 1855

NEW RAILROAD PLAN FOR HILLSBORO.

TheWisconsin Western May be Extended from LaFarge to Hillsboro

There seems to bo good prospects thatthe village of Hillsboro will he suppliedwith railroad facilities, if plans now un-der consideration are carried ont Ofthese plans theSentry says:

N. L. James, general manager of theWisconsin Western railroad was hereWednesday and Thursday of this weeklooking over the ground and conferringwith the people of Hillsboro concerninga plan to ex*end that railroad from La-Farge to this place The proposed linewill continue from La Farge to this placeby way of Rook ton and Valley, comingover the ridge at the Che, Moore farm.

Several Milwaukee capitalists arestock holders in the Wisconsin Westernroad, which is entirely independent ofany other line. The company's reasonsfor wishing to extend the road areplain.The road asflt now is from Wauzeka toLa Farge is practically only a spur orbranch and the work of auditin -andcomplying wh h the requirements theinsurance commissioner is just a reatas it would be for a road a t sandmiles long. The road, if exte 1. ,1 willprobably be connected with *. ? "North-western line, which would fjs ns con-nection with two differen' Jn lines.It is apparent that if we $ to have arailroad it must mine frot’ *7 extensionof the Kickapoo road. tr

A LITTLE SEF

THE COURAGE OP JURANCE.

The question with ns is not so muchwhat our conditions are. as how wemeet those conditions. If they are notsuch as we would wish complJntwill not alter them. Repinings breedmelancholy and despair. The more wethink how bard ard undesirable onrconditions are, the worse they will ap-pear to ns, the less strength of mind weshall have to combat these untowardconditions. The darkness of it willloom up so large and near to the mentalvision that any ray of hope, any mitigation that might be seen is shnt out ofsight. There is scarcely a bad but mightbe worse. Let us then face our condi-tions with a brave spirit, with cheerful-ness and with hope. Cheerfulness addsstrength to both mental and physicalpower Hope is an inspiration. Keepthe mind open to improvements anaways will occur by which we may les-sen our hardships, and, if we cannotchange them, we may endure themmore easily.

It is well for ns that life should not.t>e all plain sailing with smooth sea,favoring winds and snnny skies. It isin meeting storms and bearing up incloudy weather, that we gain onrstrength. It is experience that gives nswisdom. Each temptation resisted is astep np to a h'gher plane of Ufa In thatbeautiful pcstn, Bitter-Sweet, we aretaught that the highest virtue isnot thatwhich has never been tempted, but thatwhich has overcome temptation. Wereonr way all roses we should cease tomake effort to rise higher. We shouldbecome narrow and selfish. We shouldlack in sympathy and understanding ofothers. Onr characters would beoomeweakened, just as unnsed muscles of thedervish who will .-ot move his arm arepalsied We need mental -and spiritualaction as well as physical. Ifonr troub-les seem great tons. we should rememberthere are others bearing as great, orgreater than ours. We should not im-agine ourselves the very exceptional caseThenkeep courage and cheerfulness andwork, Do with hearty effort what yonsee to do, and better will develop—Mil-waukee Journal.

Westby Times Clippings.Otto Thostrud is confined to his bed

with scarlet fever.Miss Charlotte Jackson visited friends

and relatives at ViroquaThe village board hiied C. M. Jefson

to do all village work needed at #4OO peryear ....

The bnilding season has opened andindications all point to a very bnay sea-son here. There will not be many bnsi-ness blocks erected, but a good manyresidences aie to be pnt np.

The base ball boys expect to have anine this year to sweep the county. Asubscription was taken which nettedtbe boys a good y sum of money.

Ole Fredrickson and family have beenat Viroqua this week, -.(.-tending Mr*.Fredrickson’s father, Mr. 8. Stevens,who is very sick.

Jens Davidson and Andrew Lee madea bnsiness trip to Viroqua, Tuesday, inthe interest of the Badger Girl mine inWashington, in which they are heavystockholders.

Lonis Hanson, whe lives near Newry.ha“ taken charge of the Hans Hansonestate. It will be remembered by ourreaders that Mr. Hans Hanson metdeath while engaged in hauling hay lastsummer, by falling from his wagon.

Cash ton Records.Mrs. Frank Steele and Mrs. N. Hazen,

came up from Portage, Saturday, foravisit with their parents, Mr. and Mrs.John .Tennttss, and other friends

H. P. Larson was up from Viroqua,Tuesday, to attend thefuneral of MartinMoen.

< 'has. Boehmer Kao family have mov-ed back to Cash ton from Viroqua, andwill occupy Even Jensen's place onBroadway. He will start a harnew, re-pair shop.

W. N. Cofliand, of Viroqua, was in thovillage Tuesday, on business. Likemany others who have stopped to lookat Cushion he thinks we have a verynice town.

Blaine, Fred and George Wheeler ofViroqua, were guests of J. H. Sherrickand family, Sunday.

E Gndsos ran a special train to New-ry, Wednesday evening. He wanted totransfer a qnantity of goods to his newstore and so loaded them on to a dumpycar and wheeled them down by hand.

Time to Clean Up.The following from an exchange ap-

plies so well here that we adopt it;Spring is here and though we cannotcomplain of the condition of our streets,alleys and back yards generally, it mightlie well to mention the fact that daringthe winter months much dirt, refuse andother mater accumulates, which if allow-ed to stand, is dangerous to the healthof the community. It would be well toexpend a little labor in this direction,where it is needed, and by so doing savepaying doctor bills. Many dangerousdiseases are caused from filth ana dirt,and all through neglect. Nothing beau-tifies a city more than clean streets.' Cleanliness is next to Godliness. ”

Notice to Horsemen.Jerome Favor will be at the oldKeir

farm near Liberty Pole, on Saturday,April 20, from 12 to 5 o’clock p m., forcastrating horses.