vernon county censor (viroqua, wis.) 1905-12-06 [p ] · —kratchwil'sswire milk chocolate? |...

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Davis’Compound Syhcp Sarsa- parilla with Icdide of Potassium parities the blood; cnres scrofula, eczema, tetter, rheumatism, enlarg- ed glands, scaled head, erysipelas, i VOL. XLIX.—NO. 49* VERNON COUNTY CENSOR jf/J jfbout Sour Jr/end* and Tfoiahb or*. December. —Cironit court convenes next Toes- | day. —Tobacco paper and twine at Tow- ner’s. —Storm doors and v'ndows at J. W. Thayer’s. —lmmense line of gloves and mittens at The Boston. —Bert Dustin and wife Bpent a few days at Madison. —Mrs Rebecca Day of Sparta, visited relatives in this city. —Try a sack of Pillsbnry’s best Hoar. For sale by Severson & Cos Fine china and cat glass, the finest assortment, at Towner’s. —Kratchwil's Swire milk chocolate? | for sale by all Viroqna dealers. —The best wool nnderwear for $2 a suit at the Bine Front Store. Mrs. G. N. Hange has been visiting hereon Adolph at Coon Valley. —The first day of skating for Viroqna yonngsters was Thar ksgiving. —J. M. Powell and wife are visiting the former’s son at Grand Rapids. —Thayer will bay yonr timber of any kind cat into wood or sled length. The Towerville roller mill will grind bnckwheat Saturday, December 9 —Attorney Jackson Silbaugh had leg- al bnsiness at Readstown, Monday. —Fred Gohde has been doing repair work on the Readstown telephone sys- tem Harry Shepard returned from La- crosse after spending the week at that city. —Don’t forget that Towner’s is recog- nized as the headquarters for San'a Clans. —While catting wood save all yonr straight butt cuts and sell them to Thayer H Riley came from Clinton, lowa, to spend several days with his family in this city. —Lester Waters returned to Montana aft*r visiting relatives in this city and at Springville. —For sale, ft tobacco shed, located in Viroqna, 27x96 feet. Inquire of Mrs. B F. Ferguson. -w. E Baker returned home from a three weeks visit to Vermont, where his aged mother lives. —L. A. Herrick formerly of this city, now of Sparta, has opened a branch jew- elry store at Mt lrose. Mr. and Mr ft. Geo. Dudley of West Salem, were Thanksgiving guests at the home of Capt. Nichols. —Alderman Silas Foster is paying a visit to his relatives, the Bausman fam- ily, in northern Wisconsin. —Miss Lydia Mnnyon goes to Lincoln, Nebraska, to take np work of preparing herself for professional nnrse. —Misses Gena Lem ant- Mary Tand- ley spend Thanksgiving at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. O Lewison. —James Biddison was here the past week from Sparta to see his aged moth- er and renew acquaintances —New collars, new ribbons, new silk, new skirts, just the things von want for the holidays, at Severson & Cos s. —Every thing in the watch line at bottom prices at J. W. Lite as, Jeweler and Optician. —The winning list in the word con- test, and the piano given as first prize are on exhibition at Brown’s Music store. —Comfort is the thing that we are all after Yon can get it hy buying one of those Morris chairs at Steenberg’s furni- ture store. —You can get a ladies fur lined coat for sls. sold every where for $25, at H. D Williams * Cos. —Little Wauneta Davis came from Black River Falls to spend a few weeks at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. L. Davis. —Dr. Ammi Biddison come from Sparta to spend Thanksgiving with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Phil. Biddison, Honth of this city. —The city band will soon give the people of Prairie da Cbien a touch of musical accomplishment, and the or- chestra play for a ball. G.M Peterson, a Westby gentle- man, succeeded in slaying a bear while on a northern hunt The carcass of brnir. arrived at Westby. —1 am going to make special effort to please yon in the way of Christmas pres- ents. J. Lucas, Jeweler and Optician. —Thanksgiving brought the first zero weather to this section To be exact mercury registered two below at seven o’clock last Thursday morning —Mrs Anstin Hanson, of Asbnry ridge, who was operated on at the La- crosse Lutheran hospital last week, Is reported to be recovering nicely. When purchasing vonr table linen for Thanksgiving it will pay yon to take advantage of the special discount given by H D Williams & Cos. One week only. —The early purchases of Christmas presents has everything to gain and no- thing to lose Make yonr selections now while onr stock is unbroken O E Davis, Druggist. Thanksgiving was well observed in Viroqna All bnsiness places were closed, chnrcb service was ?e'.l attend-d and the nay was given over to family and neighborhood dinners and gather in /a. —Jnd McCullough, a LaFarge young man, will enter the regular army, having passed a satisfactory examination for that service He will soon depart for San Francisco, taking a transport from there for the Philippines —To ail new subscribers and those who pav arrearages to the Censor, we will send the paper and either the Chi- cago Inter-Ocean or the Milwankoe Free Press one year for $1 25. Take advan- tage of this unusual offer. Please bear in mind, everv article yon liny of me will be “ngraved free of charge, no matter who it is nor how much, any amount from the letter A to words or lines J. W. Lucas Jeweler and Optician. —Messrs. L J. Martin and Charles Knebler gave the members of the gen- tlemen's outing club, of which they are members, a peasant and healthy ban- quet at Nelson's restaurant on Satur- day evening It wa a most enjoyable affair for the party of a dozen or more. —Fair. —Big line of shingles at Thayer’s. —Col. C. M. Butt was at Sparta, Tues- day. —Remember, the best kind of teas and coffee always for sale at J. Omnndson’s. —Lunches served at all hours in the lunch department at Perry’s candy fac- tory. —Nordal Neprnd*was over from Coon Valley on Monday—For rent, a small residence. Apply toThos. B. Potts. —New line of fancy ru; j just received at Severson & Co’s. —For lamps of every description, go to Towner's. —For rent, a house and barn. In- quire of ffm. Webb. —Frank Rnak is troubled with blood poison in his left arm. —Fine fnrs at low prices. Most close them out. Tate’s Big Store. —Dolls of every description, the finest assortment that ever happened, at Tow- ner’s. —Walter Morrison goes to La Crosse, tomorrow, to be operated on for append- icitis. —A few white maple ldles’ sewing rockers, jnst in at Steenbv.g’s lnrnitnre store. —Desnite the bad roads J G Watson drove np from De Soto on Sunday, re- turning the next day. —Senator Munson went to Madison, Sunday night, to be present at the spec- ial legislative seesion. —Home-made mixed candy at Perry's candy factory ; 10c per pound, or three pounds for 25 cents. —Nils Nelson of Bristow, was in town on Monday. He was returning from a visit to Grant county. —The yonngßters bad a merry time at the afternoon social dancing party in the hall. Thanksgiving. —Don’t bay yonr holiday goods until yon see Towner’s immense line, which is larger than ever —H. P. Proctor, F. A, Chase, Otto Otteson and Harry Pnlver attended cir- cuit court in Sparta, Monday. —Good broom at only 20c; fancy syrup in pails, the gallon 37c Severson & Cos —Berlie Moore went to hi? town of Forest home, last week, to be present at the marriage of a brother. —Fine silk half hose, fine suspenders, tine ties one in a box, dress gloves and mittens The Blue Front Store. —Bring in yonr frame orders in sea- son, so yon will be sure to get them for the holidays. Melvin Steenherg —The deer hunting season is over; the casualties show 30 odd deaths and over fifty in jured Can the football season beat it ? —W. F. Fisher, the new dealer, stale floor, feed, oil meal, baled hay and straw. Location, Nichols block; phone No. 15 —Mrs. Brnnoe, an old and honored resident of La Fargecommnnity, died at the home of her danghter, Mrs. Kate Roberts. —Albert Hanson, member of the town board of Harmony, retnrned from West- by, where he had been taking medical treatment. —Mr. James Bnfh died at, Stoddard. Deceased was stricken with paralysis three years ago and has lit on steadily failing for several months —Philip BonftDur has pnrcbased thir- ty-nine feet off the south side of the old Moody place, inclnding dwelling honse, from Ellefson & Christoferson. —Why not examine onr line of fnrs when yon wish something in this line? We carry the mostcomplete stock in the city of Viroqna. Severson & Cos —Delicious and toothsome are those Swiss milk chocolates, manufactured by the celebrated La Crosse confectioner, Kratchwill Ask yonr dealer for them —To onr already large stock of men’s and boys’ shoes we have added a com- plete line of ladies' and children's shoes. “The Boston.” —'■cure reading matter for the new year through the Censor. We can provide yon tirst-clase weekly papers in connection with the Censor, the two at $1 25 —The Censor household returns thanks to O H. HeigesoD for a nice dinner of venison tenderloin, taken from a deer killed by Mr. Helgeson in Wood county. —L. Ktnver of La Crosse, is now in the city ready to repair rowing ma- chines, and is located at Otteson & Nel- son’s furniture store Bring in yonr order or work. —On Saturday evening, December 9, the undersigned will give a phonograph- ic entertainment at the Liberty Pole cbnrch. Low price of admission will be charged. Bowman & Cos. —Mr. Carl J. Hovde of Christiana, was in tue city on Friday, arr, aging for his two sons and a son of Matt. C. Bergh to enter the Cook bnsiness college. Th i young men commenced their conrse last Monday. —Not a moment to lose’ Don’t wait nntil Christmas has arrived. Have yonr bracelets, brooches, rings, lockets, neck- chain laid away for Christmas. Step in and see what we have when yon have a little leisure time. Jos Fuehrer, the Jeweler. —H D. Williams has been fitting np a cottage on his secluded forty of timber land near Roes, where he expects to take no little amount of pleasure and rest in the fntnre. He is preparing to uuke maple sugar and syrup there next spring having a large number of maple trees on the plantation. —All traffic on the Milwaukee <fc St. Paul road from Prairie da Chien was abandoned for several days on account of floating ice in the Mississippi river which prevented the closing of the pon- toon bridges The mails and passengers were transferred by way of La Crosse and Dnbnqne. —Hon. Herman Grimm of Cassville. has been in the city paying a visit to his daughter. Mrs. W. P. Colburn. Mr Grimm has lone beer prominent in Grant county official affairs, and since its establishment has been a member of the board of trntee of the oonnfy asy- lum. Mr. Grimm has resided at Cass ville from the very early days, was an intimate friend and political worker with Wisconsin's first governor. Nelson Dewey, when they were neighbors; in •act. he was administrator of the estate of the ex governor. VIROQUA, WISCONSIN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1905. WILL TAKE SEAT IN U. S. SENATE! Gov- LaFollette so Announces In His Message to the Leg- islature, Yesterday Morn- ing. Madison, Wis. Dec. s—Governor La Follette will tak- ’nis seat in the United States senate. He made an nneqnivocai annonncement to that effect in hie mes- sage to the legielatnre this morning. Speculation which has been rife since the calling of the special session was pnt at rest by the plain, simple and direct statement that he would some time dur- ing the special session, or at its close< resign his office as governor and accept the high commission of United States senator which the legislature conferred upon him last winter. —Lain Love is home from La Crosse. —Wood bought and sold for cash at Thayer’s. —Jas. McCall went to La Crosse for medical examination. ---Lute Pardy is home from Rockford, Illinois, fora vacation. —The finest line of china glassware and crockery at Towner’s. —Mand Dickson spent Thanksgiving rt her home near Bloomingdale. —Men’s and boy's fur lined capsat Oe and SI.OO. The Bine Front Store. —Eastern Star lodge holds electki of officers on Tuesday, December 12 A fall attendance is requested. —Miss Alma Wilkins, who is attend- ing the state nniversity. passed Thanks- giving at home in this city. —Mrs. Walter Proctor retnrned to Hannibal. Missouri, after several weeks’ visit at La Farge and Viroqna. —Mr. and Mrs Lenke of Madison, South Dakota, v-ere guests of Mrs. Al- bert Hutchison for a short time. —A man well satisfied is not a :*tand ing ad bnt a walking and talking one. We have many each. The Boston. —Thai er wants your logs of any kind of wood for ca-’h at more than they will bring cut np into wood. —Picture framing well done requires •time. Bring in Ton-orders as soon as possible. Melvin Steenherg. —Oor price today ie 2,7 cents for eggs. If market is higher re give yon the ad- vantage. H. D williams .V Cos s. Where are yon going to pnt all those nice china dishes if yon don't get one of Steenberg’s popular selling plate racks? —Fine SI.OO and $1.25 silks in the new silk waist patterns, going at 59 cents. H. D Williams & Cos. —Pocket books, parses and money bags, the largest assortment yon ever saw. at Towner's —lf yon haveu’t a convenient place to hang yonr clothes, bay a costumer at Steenberg’s fnrnitnre store. —Ladiee’ dongola lace shoes, dull top, 2 quality, selling now for $1 45 at onr closing ont sale. Tate’s Big §tore. Col William F. Bill" and Col. D. Frank PaiWP'WEuta Beaver,” will janrney through the holy land on camels. —The annnal bazaar and chicken pie snpper of the M, E. chnrch will lie held at Proctor's hall the afternoon and even- ing of Saturday, December Its, —Now is the time to get your Christ- ines presents, (’all and see my line be- lore buying. J. Omundson, Opera Block. —Tbs Lutheran yonng people’s society of the Zion congregation will meet in the cbnrch four miles northeast of Viro- qna. Sunday, December 10, at 8 o’clock. —Dr. A P. Minshall has pnrcbased from John E. Nnzntu, the very desirable residence property on lower Main street, now occupied by L J. Martin and fam- ily. —“Nefer pnt off nntil tomorrow der ofercoat vat yon shouldt haf vorn to- day.” Take a Dntch-nan's advice and bny yonr watches of Jos. Boehrer, the Jeweler. —Rev. and Mrs Batters had as Thanksgiving season guests Misses Jessie Goodenongh and Mable Bigelow of To- mah, Messrs. Ralph Goodenongh of Mad- ison, and George Crowther of Sparta. —Here is where the boys come in par- ents wont overlook them when filling the Christmas stocking We carry a complete line of boys’ watches. Jos Boehrer, the Jeweler. —State Bank Commissioner Bergh reports that there has been an increase in Wisconsin bank deposits of tb-re million dollars within the past „cree months. —Something new V The Weekly Inter Ocein jnst annonnces an additional de- partment devoted to “Soils and Soil Cul- ture. Alow rate is made with this paper—only $1.25 for both —The Censor gives as a special pre- mium to old and new subscribers who pay their subscriptions, the weekly Mil- waukee Free Press or Chicago Inter- Ocean for the small price of 25 cents for a whole year. —JohnTewalt has under construction anew ice honse 24x40 feet in size, on his lots, and will be prepared to serve his customers next year The past season he ran short and shipped considerable quantities from Sparta. —ls yonr soil wearing ont? Then read the Weekly Inter-Ucean the only weekly newspaper that has a special de- partment devoted to “Soils and Soil Cul- ture.” Only $1.25 for the Weekly Inter Ocean and this paper, eacn one year. —Remember, I carry a complete line of plate racks, fancy mirrors, foot stools, mission magazine racks, artistic pic tnres, jardiniere stands, pedestals and fancy window seats. All popular and np to date articles. Melvin Steenherg —Will T. Smith sends n* a Dninth iaiiy paper giving audlaccont of tbe awful life and boat disasters on tbe lake near that city, last week Mr. Smith has changed his bnsiness from whole- sale commission trade to land agency, having large holdings and agency Can ada lands. —Alvin Post and wife of iVebeter town, bare gone to California The L* Fargo Enterprise says they expect to take a stop over at Denver, going from there to San Francisco, thence to Modes- ta, where they will visit C 8 Brown's family If pleased with tbe country Mr Post expect* to locates photograph- ic studio in this western state and make it their fntnre home. THE HOLIDAY SHOPPING PERIOD. Merchants are Making Ready for the Day of Purchases. The following adopted from au ex- change is appropriate to Viroqna As the holiday season approaches, nearly everyone realizes that tbe time for gift making is at hand The custom of giving presents at Christmas time has a record extending baes for ages, and at tbe present day is practiced more exten- sively than ever. Santa Clans, the Christmas tree and tbe well filled stock- ing of the little one on Christmas morn- ing have all been with ns before, and will be with na many times again Pur- chasing presents for tne occasion is a * >sk indnlged in by all. and yet is eon- >red a bard proposition because of tn*. uncertainty of securing something that will be inoet suitable to tue needs and fancy of the one for whom it was intended. Preparations on a large scale have been made by the merchants of Viroqna to meet all demands of custom- ers for gift making. Months ago they purchased large lines and have made recent additions, so that when the goods are all on the shelves the display will be grander and of greater variety than ever. The toy counters are beginning to be loaded with all the little pleasnr- ablee procurable in the city market and the contrivances along this line are near- ly all new patterns and their mechanism makes an interesting study for the older heads. Every merchant in the city has given special attention to this class of goods. In the way of farnitnu. j wel- ry, glassware, chinaware and cutlery, no place in the state can offer a better line to select from. Then tl.rre are the staples, such as dry goods, (nothing and furnishings, which cannot be excelled. Books and stationery are also displayed in great variety. In fact the line of Christmas goods seems to be about complete ana there is no reasonable ex- cuse to look farther than Viroqna in making vonr selections for the holiday gifts. To outsiders we will sa7 that yon will make no mistake by coming here and looking through the line before making yonr pnrehases. Churches and societies are preparing for the nsual Christmas services and all indications point to a happy time for the coming season. Robberies at Hillsboro. Bnrgiars got in tbeir work Tuesday night and entered two places in this vil- lage, tbe pretoflioe and depot. Entrance was gained at the postoffice by break- ing in a back window. They broke op- en the money order cash drawer bnt on- ly secured about 50 oopG for their trou- ble. At the depot, ent ranee was also made by breaking in a window. Here they broke open the cash drawer, bnt found no money, although they secured a conple of express packages, the value of which was unknown There seems to be no cine to who did tbe work, bnt it is supposed to be amatenrs This makes twice that the postoftlce has been robbed within the past few months. The previous time the safe was broken open bnt Tuesday night this was not m-Jested. Hillsboro Sentry. First <0 be Delivered. The first crop of tobacco to be deliv- ered at the Eokhardt warehouse in thie city was last Wednesday by Biyd Hall, whose ha.t-acre brought him S7O Meuy took down portions of their cropdnriug the da> ji weather last, week, and stripping has* tiurnlahed employ- ment for snch fortnnates. Tbe Kdgerton Reporter says: “A strong skirmish line is still maintained about the local tobacco markets and everything in the cured leaf line is be- ing looked over and priced, with the result that transactions have been qnlte plentifnl The country districts are not neglected either, bnt the remaining un- sold lots are so scarce that dealers scarce- ly consider it worth the while to con- tinue the search. Call at Our New Quarters. Having made additions to onr shop facilities we are now prepared to do all kinds of blacbsinitbing and repairing. Horseshoeing also done on short notice in the best possible manner. Onr ma- chineshop can turn ont almost anything in new or repair work. Mr. C. A. Chris- tianson has been added to the working force of onr shops. Shops north of P. Bonfflenr’s store Elleuson & Christo person. Rural Drivers Remembered. Many patrons of the local rural routes remembered their daily carrier, Thanks- giving day, with usefnl gifts. Below are given the names of those who so did Route I—E II Slater. Route 2-0. O. Helge son. Route :i—J I'etrleek. Route 4—John Mulobrone, Olirls Weber, Chris Henry, John Hoop, John Heckt, Albert Peterson. Route No. 6—John O. Johnson. Elner Hoover- son. Ole T Fortney, Hans T- Fortney. Route (;—Rhlen Bumtnerllold, Andrew Qariuu. Route 7—Clarke Wheeler, Erastns Bowman, Jacob Appletnan, Harvey Allen, Tennis Olson. Sam Ssvaye’Ole Vig. Route*—Mrs J. O. Jscob- (od, Sam Ml:is. James Mills. T U Itugstad. Route Andrew Krogan.T I* Brown, Stephen Mills, WW Rudd. —Buy drop siding and ghip-lap at Thayer’s —Children’s chairs from 10 cents up at Steenberg’s fnrnitnre store —Mr and Mrs Elvin Snodgrass and children retnrned boure after an extend- ed visit with her relatives ai I’ostville, lowa. Advertised letters at the Viroqna postoffice: Anna Bertine Jensen. Mrs, Paul darken, James Chambers, Henry Kieitl. Robt. Smith. —We are still selling the handmade Weyentierg shoes. We have them in the high ent better than a boot The Blue Front Store Newest thing? in mufflers and neck- wear from New York, especially for Christinas 1905 The Blue Front Stork With ordinary use a Bissei's carpet sweeper will la*t for U 1 years They make an appropriate holiday gift. For sale at Steenberg's fnrnitnre store. —J nst received by The Brown Music Cos., a large assortment of tbe latest Ed- ison phonographs and records Come in and hear them or send for catalogue. —Never before has my assortment of holiday gifts been a? complete hil this this season. Call and look my line over. Melvin Stkenberg. A wreck on the Kickapoo railroad Sat- urday last, below Stenben, in which two or three cars were ditched, leads the LaFarge Enterprise to remark that it is tbe sixth time tbe train has been wreck- ed within a month. —With a car-load of household effects Laac Warne and family departed from this citv over the Southeastern, for White Bear. Minnesota, wb ire be has secured a position on a large dairy farm. Mr Warne has long been a resident of Vernon county and bis many friends will wish him well in bis new location. OUR SPOKANE COLONY BRIEFS. Peter Nelson's New Business Block and Personal Mention. Peter Nelson has moved his grocery store into his new building at the corner of Indiana avenne and Division street. Mr. Nelson's building is a brick 07x70 feet with fail basement. He has spared no expense to make it one of tbe bast buildings outside tbe bnsiness center. Jnst to illustrate, the cement work alone, that is, the sidewalk in front and the floor of the basement, cost SOOO. A corner room was rented to a drag store. Mr. Nelson’s room is next and is a model of neatness. The third etcre room is vacant ut present but will soon be occu- pied. Tbe second story is fitted np for offices and living rooms. The bnilding is heated with hot water and is equipped with all the modern conveniences. Mr. Nelson owns the entire corner as well as tbe one diagonally opposite, which gives him two of the most valuable corners in that part of tbe city. His income on bis real estate holdings nets him 10 per cent on a $.9,000 investment. Alex. H Woliord, mail carrier in the main postoffi ie, is ai-eut to (-ausfer to Bakersfield. Oiiroraia Mrs. E 11. Fnrtuau has oeen quite sick for a month past Will J Slater has bnilt a tine cottage at E 1113 Ermina avenue. It is a mod- ern residence, so life is more enjoyable than formerly. Frank M. Alexander has a large mer- chandise store at Waterville, Washing- ington, and Miss Kne Alexander is his book-keeper. Alexander* Farman sold their adve tising agency. It was tbe oldest bnsinesi e terpriee of that character in the far west, territory. p. ■/.. a . SHORT MEMORIES OF OLDEN DAYS. We think Brother E. >l. R is mistak- en in Father DeLap's prayer, , ‘for the taking off of Squire Henry in the win- ter.” As we heard it at the time it was this way "George Taylor was engaged in logging in the pinery on the upper Kickapoo river several winters, and Mr. Henry worked for him in the capacity of “bull driver,” as in those days all log- ging was done with oxen, and it was generally understood that no man could make them do their best without “cuss- ing” tbeir team a the most scientific manner The result was Mr. H. would make bis team haul the largest loads of any, and backslide. Tbeu in summer campmeeting he would confess his short comings. Brother DeLap would come to his rescue and he was safe nntil next winter. It was after campmeeting God was called on to save Mr. H. before the next winter. Think this may correct history of early days in grand old Bad Ax county. Charles Waters. White Salmon, Oregon, Nov. 25. Bridge Tax Litigation. The papers were served on Tuesday in two actions brought by Attorney C. W. Graves to test the action of the county board at its recent session, in levying a bridge tax of $9,200 against tbe taxable property of the connty to aid several of tbe towns in bnilding bridges. Tbe actions are brought by E. B Homstad and Lars T. Larson, chair- men of tbe towns of Christiana and Viroqna, respectively, and were brought to exempt these two towns from the harden of said bridge tax, which is de- clared to be nnlawfni and levied by the connty board upon insufficient petitions. It is claimed that all of the petitions fil- ed by the town boards asking aid for bridge.--, were not iu compliance with the law and that the apportionment of said tax against these two towns, —5497.- 75 against Christiana and $672.11 against Viroqna—is void and in theoe two ao- ns the town clerks of the two towns ura enjoined from extending said sums upon their tax rolls for 1905. Other actions of a like natnre are said to be in prosf>ect. SALOONS AND SCHOOLS. The public authorities of Wisconsin are finding great possibilities in tbe Stont law, providing that no saloon shall be located within 800 feet of 11 public or parochial school An assistant district attorney at Milwaukee has given the police authorities an opinion that it pro- hibits tbe licensing of a saloon within 300 feet of a certain kindergarten attend- ed by about forty pnpils. As this kin- dergarten is not supported by public taxation, it is feared by tbe liquor inter- ests that saloons located within 800 feet of buhineos colleges and typewriting schools down town will have to go. Tbe qnestion tarns on the meaning of “pub- lic” and "parochial.” The liquor men say a school is neither pnblic nor paro- chial unless maintained by pnblic taxa- tion or by a parish. The other view is that a school open to the pnblic is a pub- lic school and that one to which admis- sion is limited as a parochial school. If this is tbe correct view the saloons can be driven oqt of Milwaukee altogether by locating some kind of a school within HOC feet of each of them Tne legisla- ture will probably settle the question next session by adopting an amendment to the law definintng tbe terms “[ nblic school” and “parochial school” Result of Brawn’s Ward Canlest. The decision in the word contest of tbe Brown Music Company resulted in the piano being given to Miss Lucy Dawson of Viroqna. The tsik of judg- ing tbe list was greater th;, 1 was antici- pated. Over thirty people were employ- ed on the oommUiee and they were about three weeks in arriving at the the decision. To? highest lists were compared word for word by Webster's international dictionary. This contest was inaugurated as a:i advertising scheme and as snch was cer- tainly a sneotsa and one of the largest ever launched by a Viroqna firm. We. tbe undersigned, to whom was referred the work of the committee that examined the lists of words, have bad tbe same nnder consideration and would respectfully report that we believe ihe same to be fair, thorough and impartial. Chas. E. Butters, John A. Stemen, H. L. Gardner, Decembers, 1905. D. F. Mains. Property for Site. > Good bouse and barn and abont 11 acres of land adjoining -a good i.rmie. Also one other honse and lot all property of the estate of John J. Hammond, de- ceased Apply to Mrs Nettie Ham- mond executrix of said estate, or to Bntt & Batt. Another Shredder Muhtp While assisting in the shredding of corn at tbe farm of John Norris, north of this city. Alex Lowrie suffered the loss of a joint on hie left thumb and h'.d a finger badly lacerated. It is tbe same old story of reaching in to remove lodg- ed stair His friends rejoice that he es- caped as luckily as he did. IN THE EDUCATIONAL FIELD A REVIEW OF OUR VERNON COUNTY SCHOOL AFFAIRS. Feels, Figures, Comments and Recom- mendations From Superintendent Gardner’s Annual Report. In his annual report to the connty board of supervisors Snperintendent Gardner makes a lengbthy and intellige it show- ing of school affairs for the connty. He reviews the past and offers substantial recommendations for fntnre upbaihliug of tbe "peoples colleges, " the common schools. He says there were two new school honses bnilt the past year, one in Stark and tbe other W jbster. He says there has been a liberal spirit on part of the people pertaining to school ex (tenses; every year places of educational train- ing are made more cheerful, warm and comfortable, better furniture, appara- tus and books, but adds “We still have districts where the latest improved ma- chinery is used on the farm, where the dwellings are comfortable and well fnr- nished, ont the school honse is the same cold, dingy shell, furnished with the same uncomfortable board seats, and peihaiw using the same kind of text book that their grand parents used a half-century ago. 1 am glad to say, however, that these districts are few. The law gives the snperintendent and chairman of the town power to condemn snch places, but snch stringent exercise of power has not been resorted to." The report shows that there was held the past year, one institute attended by 200 teachers, conducted by four instruct- ors, three of them paid by the state. By the provisions of the new law the insti- tute fund for onr connty has been car tailed 30 per cent. Applicants for cer- tificates to the number of 387 wrote dur- ing the year; 221 received certificates. Snperintendent Gardner calls atten- tion to the new law providing fjr conven- tion of school district officers, and com- mends the system, and says one or more of snch meetings will be held later in the season, when people are more free from other pressing work. Also re- fers to the law directing connty treas- urer to withhold ten cents per capita from state school fond income for libra- ry fund. He also goes into the matter of proper ventilation of school bnildings, stating that it is very detrimental to the health of students, insufficient ven- tilation, and gives precantionary infor- mation on this point. The financial and statistical portion of the superintendent's report shows the following conditions: Number of dis- tricts in the connty 154, nnmber of schools maintained 191, teachers requir- ed 200, male teachers in the rural schools average, $37.47; salaries of male teachers in city and graded schools $32.36; wages of lady teachers in rural schools $29.77; salaries of same class in city and graded schooles $39.70; nnmber of gc .xil child- ren in connty Detween ages of 4 and 20 years, 10,367; nnmber between 4 and 20 who enrolled in school 7,309, nnmber of children between 7 and 14 in connty 5,186, nnmber between 7 and 14 who at- tended school 20 weeks 3,303; the number months school taught 1,570; nnmber high schools in conuty 3; nnm- ber of graduates from common and graded schools 114. There was received from all eonrees into the several school treasuries of Ver- non connty the past year $110.357 57; paid ont for bnildings and repairs $0,277- .19. for apparatus $2,004.58 for services of male teachers $11,588.88; salaries of female teachers $43,768.80; paid on old indebtedness $4,063.34; for new furni- ture $1,303.42: salaries of district clerks $1,085.99; all other expenses for schools $16,116.50; totat amount of expenditures $36,208 95, with balances remaining un- expended and in district treasuries $24,- 090.73. In conclusion the superintendent com- ments “In a large system of nearly 300 schools like we have in this conn- ty. we can not reasonably expect or hope for any radical change to occur in any one year. If we can assist in stim- ulating edncational interests so as to improve the efficiency of onr schools from year to year, we will build np a good and permanent system. A steady, healthful growth is lietter than a radi- cal change which is liable to lead to re- action. If I may judge from the in- creased interest of the school hoards in hiring teachers, the nnmerons improve- ments in buildings, gronnds and equip- ment, l am 'justified in saying that onr schools are 10 a healthfnf, progressive condition.” Throngbont the report and comment of Snperintendent Gardner are worthy of the atea aet, earnest spirit be has man- ifested during his past terms of service. Srid or Wrillen to thr Censor. Frank Knower, Genoa "I spent six weeks pleasantly with my parents in the Williamet Valley in the state of Oregon. They are nicely located, ou a magnifi- cent farm worth $75 per acre. Fatih, r thinks it a second heaven. I shall locate there in the future if 1 seil my farm.” Nels Solverson, liveryman: “The roads are frightfclly rongh to get over with light conveyances, and still worse for farmers who have heavy products to market. Th l - plowing np of country highways every fall, jnst as the heavy teaming commences, shonid tie stopped.’ Local Farm and Stock Notes. A Grant connty man says he dehorned six hnndred bead of cattle the past fall. The Coon Valley News says that an average of two thon and bushels of bar- ley per day Is delivered in that lively town. More than thirty car-loads of sngar beets were shipped from Viroqna station to the Janesville sngar factory. Farm- ers have not received returns. Pay- ments are made tbe fifteenth of each month. The latest ben story is that a man in lowa shipped a car-load of hens to New York and they laid enongh eggs enronte to pay the freight. “The present season is tbe first time I have kept financial tab on rny sheep. From 27 bead the increase and wool bronght me $l9O This dock contained 18 ewes, that raised 25 lambs,’’said Hobe F. Swain, of Brookvllle. Mr. Swain is one ot the most thrifty yonng farmers in onr good connty. Two years ago he bnilt a basement bam 40x89 feet, in which he keeps ali his stock except sheep He has things so arranged that there la not necessity to leave the barn to do the multiplicity of choree, fodder, grain, water, etc, all center in the big barn. —Why not bny yonr felt shoes, mb bera or overshoes now while the sizes are yet unbroken f Tue Burton. NEWS CULLINGS FROM EXCHANGES. fProm the Readstown Herald.l Two car loads of pipe for the village water mains arrived Monday. Dr. Ewers bas disjiosed of hi? farm in this village to Oscar Olson. Considera- tion $8 000. Mr. Ewers and ;amil> ex- pect to locate in some western state in the near fntnre. A banquet in honor of Rev and Mrs. T. H. Goodnight was given by a large nnmber of friends Althongh the weath- er was disagreeable, the report is a very pleasant time. Mr and Mre Good- night have completed a snccessfnl two years work in this village, and their new charge is in Grant connty, bnt they will reside at Madison. The beet wi :bes of their friends go with them. (From the De Soto Argos ) Clint Bishop recently purchased the Alkens farm, near Retreat. H. L May and Alya Clark retnrned from Dickenson, N. D., where Alva took np a 160 acre homestead. O. L. Goodwin snff-red a third stroke of paralysis. While be has been afflicted in this manner before this was more se- vere tb— nsual. He ie rallying well, howevi nd it is thought will soon re- cover. Andi Gunderson, of Sonth West Prairie urned from Aberdeen, 8. D., where g tiad been working the past winter. '5 ndrew strnck it rich, receiv- ing $6. ® , day, and cleared np over $200.00 ~i wo months. Snpt. ikins, of the aeylnm for in- sane, si J ns a neat booklet which ie full of .2 reeting information abont the nianag 3 it of the aeylnm farm and gives c * ilete statistics as to all re- ceipts disbursements of that insti- tution he year. Tbeee reports show capable management and a prosperous condition in the affairs of that institu- tion. [From tbe Hlllsboio Sentry.] Mrs. F. C. Mohs und children went to Milwaukee to visit her husband who is attending bnsiness college there. Depnty Game Warden Kolb, who has been in northern Wisconsin daring the deer season, retnrned home Tuesday. The dancing school being conducted here is proving a great success, abont forty persons taking part in the lessons. The Northwestern railway company has made telephone connections be- tween their Elroy and Baraboo offices, to be used in case of emergency. Tbe Hillsboro basket ball bovs have sec ured a return game with the mili- tary team ef Portage to be ayed here December sth. Oor boys w defeated at Portage on the 13th inst i, a score of 31 to 10. The family of C. F. Rose was given a close call last Friday night from the ef- fects of coal gas. They started np their coal Htove on Friday evening for the first time. U pon arising the next morn- ing the whole family was qnlte sick from the effects of escaping gas. James Goggins. who lives north of town, had quite a time in driving sever- al bead of cattle to this village. He started from his place with the stock on Thnrsday and got them to the edge of the village when they refused to come farther. At thie piece one of them jumped from a high bank and broke one of its legs and was obliged to be killed. Mr. Goggins was unable to get tbe stock to tbe yards nntil Saturday when they were driven in with another herd of cat- tle. No Part of ihe Proceedings. On*- occurrence of the connty board mer on not on iho regular program am’ tat will probably not find a plat .n tbe official pr*A>,. 'ingß, took pla he day preced'.uf, fir at adjourn me. Two of tbe prom’.lent eastern members became “ooltinli" and pro- posed a lightning foot race for edifica- tion of board members and snch out- siders as were present or conld be easily drammed np. Tbe stakes were depoei- ted, as many side bets made ae ttiere were dollars in tbe crowd, and the dash made. It was ‘nip-and-tnek” for a hun- dred yards, bnt the supervisor, Mr. , who made the banter for a lace iod challenged his fellowß.was scooped by a neck only. It famished sport for tbeir fellow members and is a reminder that men do not grow old in mind if they sometimes do in body. Consider Well. Young Man. Better learn a trade, boys, rather than grow up unfitted to.' any sort of work. Two stalwart yonng 11. en slept in tbe calaboose the other night because they had not been tra'ued to any employ- ment, while tb ir helpless old father, himself a black? juth nnable to get a job because of hi.* age, wept over tie wife and mother left starving In anothe* city. And yet there is a st’ong and steady de- mand everywhere to- strong competent men in all lines of work. Unfair Advantage of Bruin. Anew way of captaring Brain is re- lated by Chas. Seeley. Stopping at a banters camp on bis ret mu from bant- ing north, tbe men told him they bad noticed tbe molasses cans which were thrown ont were chewed np by some bear. They conceived of a plan to catch bim by nniting molasses and whiskey. The next morning or soon after they missed tbe bait and a short search found poor Brain dead drank. Net wanting to handl* the creature too mnch they built a cage around him and secured bim as their captive.-La Farge Enterprise Quails Usef- * to Fsrmers. Bobwbltee, or „-<> common qnail of this eonntry, eat tons of weed seeds an- nually and should be protected by every farmer as bis greateet boon. An en- thusiast in the department of agricnltnre has taken great pains to study the qnail from every point of view, and the result of his investigation will soon be in bulle- tin. He has completed the amount that may be disposed of in Virginia and North Carolina. According to his fig- ures, the quail of the two states each year disposes of 1,341 tons of noxious seeds.—Ex. Readstown Furniture Store. My store bnilding i now completed and 1 will make a specialty of Christ- mas goods for children this season.. My stock of fnrnitnre is larger and more complete than ever. Chairs from the 50c bow-back to the box-seat diner; 15 styles of dlnsre; 10 styles of conches; 40 styles of rockers. six styles of kitchen cabinets. All tbe rest of the lines in comparison. A fnll line of mnsical in- struments and sewing machines. Ev- erything in undertaking from the coffin to the conch casket; from robes to full dress salts. Call and inspect. Bring yonr catalogues; let ns oonqiare prices Oscar Anderson Readstown, Nov. 28. New York Apples. Jnst in, one car-load of New York ap pies. Finest quality. W. F Ljndkmann Cos. Yon do not experiment wt **i yon nse Davis’ Cough Byrpp Ii payp; a test will convince Otto E Davis. Dinggiet ESTABLISHED 1875

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    VOL. XLIX.—NO. 49*

    VERNON COUNTY CENSORjf/J jfbout Sour Jr/end* and Tfoiahbor*.

    - December.—Cironit court convenes next Toes- |

    day.—Tobacco paper and twine at Tow-

    ner’s.—Storm doors and v'ndows at J. W.

    Thayer’s.—lmmense line of gloves and mittens

    at The Boston.—Bert Dustin and wife Bpent a few

    days at Madison.—Mrs Rebecca Day of Sparta, visited

    relatives in this city.—Try a sack of Pillsbnry’s best Hoar.

    For sale by Severson & CosFine china and cat glass, the finest

    assortment, at Towner’s.—Kratchwil's Swire milk chocolate? |

    for sale by all Viroqna dealers.—The best wool nnderwear for $2 a

    suit at the Bine Front Store.Mrs. G. N. Hange has been visiting

    hereon Adolph at Coon Valley.—The first day of skating for Viroqna

    yonngsters was Thar ksgiving.—J. M. Powell and wife are visiting

    the former’s son at Grand Rapids.—Thayer will bay yonr timber of any

    kind cat into wood or sled length.The Towerville roller millwill grind

    bnckwheat Saturday, December 9—Attorney Jackson Silbaugh had leg-

    al bnsiness at Readstown, Monday.—Fred Gohde has been doing repair

    work on the Readstown telephone sys-tem- Harry Shepard returned from La-

    crosse after spending the week at thatcity.

    —Don’t forget that Towner’s is recog-nized as the headquarters for San'aClans.

    —While catting wood save all yonrstraight butt cuts and sell them toThayer

    H Riley came from Clinton, lowa,to spend several days with his family inthis city.

    —Lester Waters returned to Montanaaft*r visiting relatives in this city andat Springville.

    —For sale, ft tobacco shed, located inViroqna, 27x96 feet. Inquire of Mrs.B F. Ferguson.-w. E Baker returned home from a

    three weeks visit to Vermont, where hisaged mother lives.

    —L. A. Herrick formerly of this city,now of Sparta, hasopened a branch jew-elry store at Mt lrose.

    - Mr. and Mrft. Geo. Dudley of WestSalem, were Thanksgiving guests at thehome of Capt. Nichols.

    —Alderman Silas Foster is paying avisit to his relatives, the Bausman fam-ily, in northern Wisconsin.

    —Miss Lydia Mnnyon goes to Lincoln,Nebraska, to take np work of preparingherself for professional nnrse.

    —Misses Gena Lem ant- Mary Tand-ley spend Thanksgiving at the home ofMr. and Mrs. L. O Lewison.

    —James Biddison was here the pastweek from Sparta to see his aged moth-er and renew acquaintances

    —New collars, new ribbons, new silk,new skirts, just the things von want forthe holidays, at Severson & Cos s.

    —Every thing in the watch line atbottom prices at J. W. Liteas,

    Jeweler and Optician.—The winning list in the word con-

    test, and the piano given as first prizeare on exhibition at Brown’s Musicstore.

    —Comfort is the thing that we are allafter Yon can get it hy buying one ofthose Morris chairs at Steenberg’s furni-ture store.

    —You can get a ladies fur lined coatfor sls. sold every where for $25, at

    H. D Williams * Cos.—Little Wauneta Davis came from

    Black River Falls to spend a few weeksat the home of her grandparents, Mr.and Mrs. L. Davis.

    —Dr. Ammi Biddison come fromSparta to spend Thanksgiving with hisparents. Mr. and Mrs. Phil. Biddison,Honth of this city.

    —The city band will soon give thepeople of Prairie da Cbien a touch ofmusical accomplishment, and the or-chestra play for a ball.

    G.M Peterson, a Westby gentle-man, succeeded in slaying a bear whileon a northern hunt The carcass ofbrnir. arrived at Westby.

    —1 am going to make special effort toplease yon in the way of Christmas pres-ents. J. Lucas,

    Jeweler and Optician.—Thanksgiving brought the first zero

    weather to this section To be exactmercury registered two below at seveno’clock last Thursday morning

    —Mrs Anstin Hanson, of Asbnryridge, who was operated on at the La-crosse Lutheran hospital last week, Isreported to be recovering nicely.

    When purchasing vonr table linenfor Thanksgiving it will pay yon to takeadvantage of the special discount givenby H D Williams & Cos. One weekonly.

    —The early purchases of Christmaspresents has everything to gain and no-thing to lose Make yonr selectionsnow while onr stock is unbroken

    O E Davis, Druggist.Thanksgiving was well observed in

    Viroqna All bnsiness places wereclosed, chnrcb service was ?e'.l attend-dand the nay was given over to familyand neighborhood dinners and gatherin/a.

    —Jnd McCullough, a LaFarge youngman, will enter the regular army, havingpassed a satisfactory examination forthat service He will soon depart forSan Francisco, taking a transport fromthere for the Philippines

    —To ail new subscribers and thosewho pav arrearages to the Censor, wewill send the paper and either the Chi-cago Inter-Ocean or the Milwankoe FreePress one year for $1 25. Take advan-tage of this unusual offer.- Please bear in mind, everv article

    yon liny of me will be “ngraved free ofcharge, no matter who it is nor howmuch, any amount from the letter A towords or lines J. W. Lucas

    Jeweler and Optician.—Messrs. L J. Martin and Charles

    Knebler gave the members of the gen-tlemen's outing club, of which they aremembers, a peasant and healthy ban-quet at Nelson's restaurant on Satur-day evening It wa a most enjoyableaffair for the party of a dozen or more.

    —Fair.—Big line of shingles at Thayer’s.—Col. C. M. Butt was at Sparta, Tues-

    day.—Remember, the best kind of teas and

    coffee always for sale at J. Omnndson’s.—Lunches served at all hours in the

    lunch department at Perry’s candy fac-tory.

    —Nordal Neprnd*was over from CoonValley on Monday-

    —For rent, a small residence. ApplytoThos. B. Potts.

    —New line of fancy ru; j just receivedat Severson & Co’s.

    —For lamps of every description, goto Towner's.

    —For rent, a house and barn. In-quireof ffm. Webb.

    —Frank Rnak is troubled with bloodpoison in his left arm.

    —Fine fnrs at low prices. Most closethem out. Tate’s Big Store.

    —Dolls of every description, the finestassortment that ever happened, at Tow-ner’s.

    —Walter Morrison goes to La Crosse,tomorrow, to be operated on for append-icitis.

    —A few white maple ldles’ sewingrockers, jnst in at Steenbv.g’s lnrnitnrestore.

    —Desnite the bad roads J G Watsondrove np from De Soto on Sunday, re-turning the next day.

    —Senator Munson went to Madison,Sunday night, to be present at the spec-ial legislative seesion.

    —Home-made mixed candy at Perry'scandy factory ; 10c per pound, or threepounds for 25 cents.

    —Nils Nelson of Bristow, was in townon Monday. He was returning from avisit to Grant county.

    —The yonngßters bad a merry time atthe afternoon social dancing party inthe hall. Thanksgiving.

    —Don’t bay yonr holiday goods untilyon see Towner’s immense line, whichis larger than ever

    —H. P. Proctor, F. A, Chase, OttoOtteson and Harry Pnlver attended cir-cuit court in Sparta, Monday.

    —Good broom at only 20c; fancy syrupin pails, the gallon 37c

    Severson & Cos—Berlie Moore went to hi? town of

    Forest home, last week, to be present atthe marriage of a brother.

    —Fine silk half hose, fine suspenders,tine ties one in a box, dress gloves andmittens The Blue Front Store.

    —Bring in yonr frame orders in sea-son, so yon will be sure to get them forthe holidays. Melvin Steenherg

    —The deer hunting season is over; thecasualties show 30 odd deaths and overfifty in jured Can the football seasonbeat it ?

    —W. F. Fisher, the new dealer, stalefloor, feed, oil meal, baled hay andstraw. Location, Nichols block; phoneNo. 15

    —Mrs. Brnnoe, an old and honoredresident of La Fargecommnnity, died atthe home of her danghter, Mrs. KateRoberts.

    —Albert Hanson, memberof the townboard of Harmony, retnrned from West-by, where he had been taking medicaltreatment.

    —Mr. James Bnfh died at, Stoddard.Deceased was stricken with paralysisthree years ago and has liton steadilyfailing for several months

    —Philip BonftDur has pnrcbased thir-ty-nine feet off the south side of the oldMoody place, inclnding dwelling honse,from Ellefson & Christoferson.

    —Why not examine onr line of fnrswhen yon wish something in this line?We carry the mostcomplete stock in thecity of Viroqna. Severson & Cos

    —Delicious and toothsome are thoseSwiss milk chocolates, manufactured bythe celebrated La Crosse confectioner,Kratchwill Ask yonr dealer for them

    —To onr already large stock of men’sand boys’ shoes we have added a com-plete line of ladies' and children's shoes.

    “The Boston.”—'■cure reading matter for the new

    year through the Censor. We canprovide yon tirst-clase weekly papers inconnection with the Censor, the two at$1 25

    —The Censor household returnsthanks to O H. HeigesoD for a nicedinner of venison tenderloin, taken froma deer killed by Mr. Helgeson in Woodcounty.

    —L. Ktnver of La Crosse, is now inthe city ready to repair rowing ma-chines, and is located at Otteson & Nel-son’s furniture store Bring in yonrorder or work.

    —On Saturday evening, December 9,the undersigned will give a phonograph-ic entertainment at the Liberty Polecbnrch. Low price of admission willbe charged. Bowman & Cos.

    —Mr. Carl J. Hovde of Christiana,was in tue city on Friday, arr, aging forhis two sons and a son of Matt. C. Berghto enter the Cook bnsiness college. Th iyoung men commenced their conrse lastMonday.

    —Not a moment to lose’ Don’t waitnntil Christmas has arrived. Have yonrbracelets, brooches, rings, lockets, neck-chain laid away for Christmas. Step inand see what we have when yon have alittle leisure time.

    Jos Fuehrer, the Jeweler.—H D. Williams has been fitting np

    a cottage on his secluded forty of timberland near Roes, where he expects to takeno little amount of pleasure and restin the fntnre. He is preparing to uukemaple sugar and syrup there next springhaving a large number of maple treeson the plantation.

    —All traffic on the Milwaukee ect.

    SALOONS AND SCHOOLS.The public authorities of Wisconsin

    are finding great possibilities in tbeStont law, providing that no saloon shallbe located within 800 feet of 11 public orparochial school An assistant districtattorney at Milwaukee has given thepolice authorities an opinion that it pro-hibits tbe licensing of a saloon within300 feet of a certain kindergarten attend-ed by about forty pnpils. As this kin-dergarten is not supported by publictaxation, it is feared by tbe liquor inter-ests that saloons located within 800 feetof buhineos colleges and typewritingschools down town will have to go. Tbeqnestion tarns on the meaning of “pub-lic” and "parochial.” The liquor mensay a school is neither pnblic nor paro-chial unless maintained by pnblic taxa-tion or by a parish. The other view isthat a school open to the pnblic is a pub-lic school and that one to which admis-sion is limited as a parochial school. Ifthis is tbe correct view the saloons canbe driven oqt of Milwaukee altogetherby locating some kind of a school withinHOC feet of each of them Tne legisla-ture will probably settle the questionnext session by adopting an amendmentto the law definintng tbe terms “[ nblicschool” and “parochial school”

    Result of Brawn’s Ward Canlest.The decision in the word contest of

    tbe Brown Music Company resulted inthe piano being given to Miss LucyDawson of Viroqna. The tsik of judg-ing tbe list was greater th;, 1 was antici-pated. Over thirty people were employ-ed on the oommUiee and they wereabout three weeks in arriving at thethe decision. To? highest lists werecompared word for word by Webster'sinternational dictionary.

    This contest was inaugurated as a:iadvertising scheme and as snch was cer-tainly a sneotsa and one of the largestever launched by a Viroqna firm.

    We. tbe undersigned, to whom wasreferred the work of the committee thatexamined the lists of words, have badtbe same nnderconsideration and wouldrespectfully report that we believe ihesame to be fair, thorough and impartial.

    Chas. E. Butters,John A. Stemen,H. L. Gardner,

    Decembers, 1905. D. F. Mains.Property for Site.

    > Good bouse and barn and abont 11acres of land adjoining -a good i.rmie.Also one other honse and lot all propertyof the estate of John J. Hammond, de-ceased Apply to Mrs Nettie Ham-mond executrix of said estate, or toBntt & Batt.

    Another Shredder MuhtpWhile assisting in the shredding of

    corn at tbe farm of John Norris, northof this city. Alex Lowrie suffered theloss of a joint on hie left thumb and h'.da finger badly lacerated. It is tbe sameold story of reaching in to remove lodg-ed stair His friends rejoice that he es-caped as luckily as he did.

    IN THE EDUCATIONAL FIELDA REVIEW OF OUR VERNON COUNTY

    SCHOOL AFFAIRS.

    Feels, Figures, Comments and Recom-mendations From Superintendent

    Gardner’s Annual Report.

    In hisannual report to the connty boardof supervisors Snperintendent Gardnermakes a lengbthy and intellige it show-ing of school affairs for the connty. Hereviews the past and offers substantialrecommendations for fntnre upbaihliugof tbe "peoples colleges, " the commonschools. He says there were two newschool honses bnilt the past year, one inStark and tbe other W jbster. He saysthere has been a liberal spirit on part ofthe people pertaining to school ex(tenses;every year places of educational train-ing are made more cheerful, warm andcomfortable, better furniture, appara-tus and books, but adds “We still havedistricts where the latest improved ma-chinery is used on the farm, where thedwellings are comfortable and well fnr-nished, ont the school honse is the samecold, dingy shell, furnished with thesame uncomfortable board seats, andpeihaiw using the same kind of textbook that their grand parents used ahalf-century ago. 1 am glad to say,however, that these districts are few.The law gives the snperintendent andchairman of the town power to condemnsnch places, but snch stringent exerciseof power has not been resorted to."The report shows that there was heldthe past year, one institute attended by200 teachers, conducted by four instruct-ors, three of them paid by the state. Bythe provisions of the new law the insti-tute fund for onr connty has been cartailed 30 per cent. Applicants for cer-tificates to the number of 387 wrote dur-ing the year; 221 received certificates.Snperintendent Gardner calls atten-tion to the new law providing fjr conven-tion of school district officers, and com-mends the system, and says one or moreof snch meetings will be held later inthe season, when people are morefree from other pressing work. Also re-fers to the law directing connty treas-urer to withhold ten cents per capitafrom state school fond income for libra-ry fund. He also goes into the matterof proper ventilation of school bnildings,stating that it is very detrimental tothe health of students, insufficient ven-tilation, and gives precantionary infor-mation on this point.

    The financial and statistical portion ofthe superintendent's report shows thefollowing conditions: Number of dis-tricts in the connty 154, nnmber ofschools maintained 191, teachers requir-ed 200, male teachers in the rural schoolsaverage, $37.47; salaries of male teachersin city and graded schools $32.36; wagesof lady teachers in rural schools $29.77;salaries of same class in city and gradedschooles $39.70; nnmber of gc .xil child-ren in connty Detween ages of 4 and 20years, 10,367; nnmber between 4 and 20who enrolled in school 7,309, nnmber ofchildren between 7 and 14 in connty5,186, nnmber between 7 and 14 who at-tended school 20 weeks 3,303; thenumber months school taught 1,570;nnmber high schools in conuty 3; nnm-ber of graduates from common andgraded schools 114.

    There was received from all eonreesinto the several school treasuries of Ver-non connty the past year $110.357 57;paid ont for bnildings and repairs $0,277-.19. for apparatus $2,004.58 for servicesof male teachers $11,588.88; salaries offemale teachers $43,768.80; paid on oldindebtedness $4,063.34; for new furni-ture $1,303.42: salaries of district clerks$1,085.99; all other expenses for schools$16,116.50; totat amount of expenditures$36,208 95, with balances remaining un-expended and in district treasuries $24,-090.73.

    In conclusion the superintendent com-ments “In a large system of nearly300 schools like we have in this conn-ty. we can not reasonably expect orhope for any radical change to occur inany one year. If we can assist in stim-ulating edncational interests so as toimprove the efficiency of onr schoolsfrom year to year, we will build np agood and permanent system. A steady,healthful growth is lietter than a radi-cal change which is liable to lead to re-action. If I may judge from the in-creased interest of the school hoards inhiring teachers, the nnmerons improve-ments in buildings, gronnds and equip-ment, l am 'justified in saying that onrschools are 10 a healthfnf, progressivecondition.”

    Throngbont the report and commentof Snperintendent Gardner areworthy ofthe atea ’ aet, earnest spirit be has man-ifested during his past terms of service.

    Srid or Wrillen to thrCensor.Frank Knower, Genoa "I spent six

    weeks pleasantly with my parents in theWilliamet Valley in the state of Oregon.They are nicely located, ou a magnifi-cent farm worth $75 per acre. Fatih, rthinks it a second heaven. I shall locatethere in the future if 1 seil my farm.”

    Nels Solverson, liveryman: “Theroads are frightfclly rongh to get overwith light conveyances, and still worsefor farmers who have heavy products tomarket. Thl - plowing np of countryhighways every fall, jnst as the heavyteaming commences, shonid tie stopped.’

    Local Farm and Stock Notes.A Grant connty man says he dehorned

    six hnndred bead of cattle the past fall.The Coon Valley News says that an

    average of two thon and bushels of bar-ley per day Is delivered in that livelytown.

    More than thirty car-loads of sngarbeets were shipped from Viroqna stationto the Janesville sngar factory. Farm-ers have not received returns. Pay-ments are made tbe fifteenth of eachmonth.

    The latest ben story is that a man inlowa shipped a car-load of hens to NewYork and they laid enongh eggs enronteto pay the freight.

    “The present season is tbe first time Ihave kept financial tab on rny sheep.From 27 bead the increase and woolbronght me $l9O This dock contained18 ewes, that raised 25 lambs,’’said HobeF. Swain, of Brookvllle. Mr. Swain isone ot the most thrifty yonng farmersin onr good connty. Two years ago hebnilt a basement bam 40x89 feet, inwhich he keeps ali his stock exceptsheep He has things so arranged thatthere la not necessity to leave the barnto do the multiplicity of choree, fodder,grain, water, etc, all center in the bigbarn.

    —Why not bny yonr felt shoes, mbbera or overshoes now while the sizesare yet unbroken f Tue Burton.

    NEWS CULLINGS FROM EXCHANGES.

    fProm the Readstown Herald.lTwo car loads of pipe for the village

    water mains arrived Monday.Dr. Ewers bas disjiosed of hi? farm in

    this village to Oscar Olson. Considera-tion $8 000. Mr. Ewers and ;amil> ex-pect to locate in some western state inthe near fntnre.

    A banquet in honor of Rev and Mrs.T. H. Goodnight was given by a largennmber of friends Althongh the weath-er was disagreeable, the report is a verypleasant time. Mr and Mre Good-night have completed a snccessfnl twoyears work in this village, and theirnew charge is in Grant connty, bntthey will reside at Madison. The beetwi :bes of their friends go with them.

    (From the De Soto Argos )Clint Bishop recently purchased the

    Alkens farm, nearRetreat.H. L May and Alya Clark retnrned

    from Dickenson, N. D., where Alva tooknp a 160 acre homestead.

    O. L. Goodwin snff-red a third strokeof paralysis. While be has been afflictedin this manner before this was more se-vere tb— nsual. He ie rallying well,howevi nd it is thought will soon re-cover.

    Andi Gunderson, of Sonth WestPrairie urned from Aberdeen, 8. D.,where g tiad been working the pastwinter. '5 ndrew strnck it rich, receiv-ing $6. ® , day, and cleared np over$200.00 ~i wo months.

    Snpt. ikins, of the aeylnm for in-sane, si J ns a neat booklet which iefull of .2 reeting information abont thenianag 3 itof the aeylnm farm andgives c * ilete statistics as to all re-ceipts ~ disbursements of that insti-tution he year. Tbeeereports showcapable management and a prosperouscondition in the affairs of that institu-tion.

    [From tbe Hlllsboio Sentry.]Mrs. F. C. Mohs und children went to

    Milwaukee to visit her husband who isattending bnsiness college there.

    Depnty Game Warden Kolb, who hasbeen in northern Wisconsin daring thedeer season, retnrned home Tuesday.

    The dancing school being conductedhere is proving a great success, abontforty persons taking part in the lessons.

    The Northwestern railway companyhas made telephone connections be-tween their Elroy and Baraboo offices,to be used in case of emergency.

    Tbe Hillsboro basket ball bovs havesec ured a return game with the mili-tary team ef Portage to be ayed hereDecember sth. Oor boys w defeatedat Portage on the 13th inst i, a score of31 to 10.

    The family of C. F. Rose was given aclose call last Friday night from the ef-fects of coal gas. They started np theircoal Htove on Friday evening for thefirst time. U pon arising the next morn-ing the whole family was qnlte sickfrom the effects of escaping gas.

    James Goggins. who lives north oftown, had quite a time in driving sever-al bead of cattle to this village. Hestarted from his place with the stock onThnrsday and got them to the edge ofthe village when they refused to comefarther. At thie piece one of themjumped from a high bank and broke oneof its legs and was obliged to be killed.Mr. Goggins was unable to get tbe stockto tbe yards nntil Saturday when theywere driven in with another herd of cat-tle.

    No Part of ihe Proceedings.On*- occurrence of the connty board

    mer on not on iho regular programam’ tat will probably not find aplat .n tbe official pr*A>,. 'ingß, tookpla he day preced'.uf, fir at adjournme. Two of tbe prom’.lent easternmembers became “ooltinli" and pro-posed a lightning foot race for edifica-tion of board members and snch out-siders as were present or conld be easilydrammed np. Tbe stakes were depoei-ted, as many side bets made ae ttierewere dollars in tbe crowd, and the dashmade. It was ‘ ‘nip-and-tnek” for a hun-dred yards, bnt the supervisor, Mr. ,who made the banter for a lace iodchallenged his fellowß.was scooped by aneck only. It famished sport for tbeirfellow members and is a reminder thatmen do not grow old in mind if theysometimes do in body.

    Consider Well. Young Man.Better learn a trade, boys, rather than

    grow up unfitted to.' any sort of work.Two stalwart yonng 11.en slept in tbecalaboose the other night because theyhad not been tra'ued to any employ-ment, while tb ir helpless old father,himself a black? juth nnable to get a jobbecause of hi.* age, wept over tie wifeand mother left starving In anothe* city.And yet there is a st’ong and steady de-mand everywhere to- strong competentmen in all lines of work.

    Unfair Advantage of Bruin.Anew way of captaring Brain is re-

    lated by Chas. Seeley. Stopping at abanters camp on bis retmu from bant-ing north, tbe men told him they badnoticed tbe molasses cans which werethrown ont were chewed np by somebear. They conceived of a plan to catchbim by nniting molasses and whiskey.The next morning or soon after theymissed tbe bait and a short search foundpoor Brain dead drank. Net wantingto handl* the creature too mnch theybuilt a cage around him and secured bimas their captive.-La Farge Enterprise

    Quails Usef- * to Fsrmers.Bobwbltee, or „- common qnail of

    this eonntry, eat tons of weed seeds an-nually and should be protected by everyfarmer as bis greateet boon. An en-thusiast in the department of agricnltnrehas taken great pains to study the qnailfrom every point of view, and the resultof his investigation will soon be in bulle-tin. He has completed the amount thatmay be disposed of in Virginia andNorth Carolina. According to his fig-ures, the quail of the two states eachyear disposes of 1,341 tons of noxiousseeds.—Ex.

    Readstown Furniture Store.My store bnilding i now completed

    and 1 will make a specialty of Christ-mas goods for children this season.. Mystock of fnrnitnre is larger and morecomplete than ever. Chairs from the50c bow-back to the box-seat diner; 15styles of dlnsre; 10 styles of conches; 40styles of rockers. six styles of kitchencabinets. All tbe rest of the lines incomparison. A fnll line of mnsical in-struments and sewing machines. Ev-erything in undertaking from the coffinto the conch casket; from robes to fulldress salts. Call and inspect. Bringyonr catalogues; let ns oonqiare prices

    Oscar AndersonReadstown, Nov. 28.

    New York Apples.Jnst in, one car-load of New York ap

    pies. Finest quality.W. F Ljndkmann Cos.

    Yon do not experiment wt **i yonnse Davis’ Cough Byrpp Iipayp; a test will convince

    Otto E Davis. Dinggiet

    ESTABLISHED 1875