Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-09-07
COMPILING 1tary observations Of News
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Mr. GEO. w. Metcalf, of tie ..4neing
Mirror, who recently passed = W days
in this city, writes in the lt>t ISSUE of
his paper concerning VHoqua nd com
munity:
With tie idea uprermost o. sizing
relatives ard friends, whom % bad
not seen for years, ard of e,.:uring q
few days rest and recreation, f." editor
and wife start, d on the Is = uIG for o
short eoiourn at Vir' qua, y going
va LsCrosse and Sparta IA : may
strike tbs reader rs a round ii, III way,
4s Wa travelled 100 miles to e ch a dis
tarce of but 25 from Lans =. How
eve', one is by ST. ga route, = bile tie
other is made in day b. rrl with
stops at LsCrcsse aud Spa..a If few
hours each way.
Vir' qua is surrounded by ri h farm
ing country, well settled The town has
gro N rapidly and is now clcs-e as one
of tho best towns in the STATE l. is the
terminus of the Viroqna branch of tie
G NJ & st. Paul railway. 81 q to be the
best paying piece of properly perated
by that great system. Tie town is
situated on one of the high st points Of
land in the state In looking ,ver the
place many new and elegant h mes at
tract the eye, flee churches, chooI build
iugs, good electric light plan, water
works, large brick bu ,inesk blocks, an
expensive court house with ample
grounds surrounding are tbI, gs which
contribute in no small degree to the
material prosperity of the town Prop
erty is high, and farms extending up to
the city limits are being converted into
town lots at good figures.
Tobacco raising appears to BE- crop
in which farmers are largelf engaged
Great felds of tobacco may lie seen on
every hand, and no farmer is without
his patch of the weed. At the time OF
our visit many were engage cutting
their crop preparatory to 8 orir g it in
the sheds built for that purpose. OF
course in the curing of tobacco lies the
principal point of its value The cut.
ting must be done ere the frcsts come,
as it is tender plant and cannot stand
frost. Tobacco raising is profitable -
in fact the most profitable crop on GER
tain ground We wish that cur ALA
makee farmers might Investigate and
engage in the raising of tobacco, as our
soil is suitable we are told. One gentle
man told us that he made $500 off Il
acres few years ago Ill Rock county,
the price then being 16 cents per pound.
A most important religious gathering
takes place yearly in the city of Viro,
qua, and that is the dietrict camp meet
ing Of the M E. churches Of La Crosse
district. A tabernacle built to seat sew
eral thousand visitors has been erected
on the fifteen acres Of beautiful grounds
owned by the society near tie court
house grounds. These grounds on the
occasion of our visit, on the 21st, were
dotted with the white tents Of perhaps
hundred families who were there en-
joying the meetings and an outing
season. Ministers of prominence in the
district were present and discoursed
eloquently, while Mrs. EdhoIm, of ma
tional prominence in connection with
the work of saving fallen women, held
her audience spell bound by her impas
stoned appeals in behalf of her erring
sisters
Aside from our relatives. the Achison,
Dewitt and Gorsuch famil 'es, in Viro-
qua, we renewed acquaintance with Mr.
and Mrs. VIM Banks, Mr.. md Mrs J.
NJ b nnett, Ralph Russell ard wife,
John D-ylip and family. Mrs. J Buckley. |
Herman Leier, Mess s Furgeson, Pardy, |
Groves, snd others, of course
not forgetting our brothers of the press,
Senator Munson, of the Csnso., Graves,
of the leader. and Briggs of the Repub
lican.