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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-11-09
Anecdotes of General Meade.

At little village on the Susquehanna
River l met an old soldier who related
this incident of his experience with
General Meade In the late war / have
forgotten his name and the place where
1t occurred. 1t was raw night in Octo-
Der, the wind was rather strong, and
Meade had fixed q stove In his tent
The soldier was the sentry for the Gen
eral. 4 puff of wind knocked down the
improvised stovepipe, and soon the tent
filled with smoke. The General came
out and asked the sentry to help him
to rearrange 1t. The soldier replied
that he was under orders and could not
leave his post of duty.
Yes, yes" said Meade, "that is true,
but would like to have that stovepipe
fixed. You are right" And the Gener-
al went at the job himself.
II kept pacing my beat" said the sol
der, land enjoyed Meade's efforts to
get the pipe back In its place. He made
a sorry mess of 1t. Finally he turned
to ME, and said; Sentry, you will have
to help me; will be responsible for
you, and if there is any trouble about
your leaving the beat l viii explain to
the commanding officer
"In few moments we had the pipe
in position. Meade disappeared into
the tent without word of thanks, but
he soon came out with jug of apple
jack and asked me to take a drink.
Once more l reminded MIN l was on
duty. Yes, yes he answered, i know;
but you helped me to fix the stovepipe.'
"He turned on his heel and re-entered
the tent, leaving the jug outside. After
time he came out.
Ibid you drinkP he inquired. I
nodded.
"'I knew you would; but | did not
see it, "-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-11-09
Scch "a War.


The actions of men wounded in bat
tie are often misunderstood. General
Fuller, as quoted In the Chicago Inter
Ocean, cites pathetic instance of this
kind:
In the midst of battle General Fuller
was trying to check the flight Of panic
stricken men. One poor fellow came
stumbling along, not needing word
that was said to him,
Indignant and impatient, Fuller, as
he came near this man, leaned from his
horse and touching him with his sword,
said sharply, go back, sir''
The man looked up with an express
sion of anguish and despair on his face
that said as plainly as words, u am
looking for place to die" He opened
his blouse and showed big, gaping
wound In his breast. Then he dropped
to the ground.
The general instantly dismounted,
but almost as he raised the mans head
to his arm the poor fellow breathed his
last.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-11-09
Poultry Notes.

Filthy quarters produce sickness. and
sick hens will not produce eggs.
Gull out the poor layers and give the
prolific hens more room to work.
After the second year the hens value
as a winter egg-producer lessons.
Green rye is the best form for feed
ing; as grain 1t is a poor poultry food
Make the hens work. Exercise helps
digestion. Feed all they will eat NJ
clean.
Keep the fowls indoors while there is
snow on the ground or the air cold and
raw,
When the weather Is cold scald the
morning mash and feed while In q
warm state,
Corn should not be fed exclusively
It should be only night feed in very
cold weather.
Ten cents a pound is about the aver
age price for hens in market for the
whole year.
Hens and nallets may lay as well
without the attention of a male bird
as with 1t.
Boiled buckwheat fed once or twice
week to the hens makes a good alter
nate food for production.
Ten cents should feed chick. and II
should then weigh ten pounds, If highly
fed. 10 cents covering the greatest
abundance of food.
KEYS which unlock the gates to sue
cass in poultry raising are good sense
good stock. good care. good houses, and
last. but not least, good poultry papers.
The man or woman who plants rsii-
able fruit trees in or about the poultry
yard is doing something that win draw
gold out of the ground In the near fu-
fure.-Kansas Farmer
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-11-09
The Prosperous Netherlands.

Though Holland no longer Is "mis-
tress Of the seas" as it was In the fif-
teenth and sixteenth centuries, when
the Netherlands constituted the wealth
lest commercial nation of Europe, 1t
would be difficult to find more con-
tented and prosperous people than the
Hollanders. Upon the 12,64S square
miles of Holland there lived at the
close Of 1896 not less than 4,92S,6 5S peo-
pie, or 406 people TO the square mile,
and not less than twenty cities had
from 25,62S inhabitants up to the popu-
lation of Amsterdam, 404, 1S9 souls. But
the colonial possessions of he Neither
lands in the East and West Indies en-
brace an area of about TS3,00D square
miles. The total population Of these
colonies according to the last returns.
was approximately 35,000,O00, or about
seven times rs large as that of the
mother country. The East Indian col
onies include such fertile islands as
Java and Madura, Sumatra, Borneo,
Celebes and the Moluccas. while the
West Indian possessions include Sur
imam and the Curacao Islands, all ia
nous for their almost inexhaustible
tropical products.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-11-09
thrilled the hearts which heard them.

thrilled the hearts which heard them.
The cry that answered was q shout of
confident victors. The battery was
won. Breathless and bloodstained the
winners were ordered to halt-and
they remembered ''Goosy.'
The colors had not advanced. They
hung low above their bearer, who
crouehed beside them.
Presently n dozen of his comrades
had scrambled back to him. His eyes
We're shut and deaths plain writing
was on his dropping face But he stir
red and struggled when they tried to
take the colors from his hand.
Let me hold them for you," his
captain said. gently. I'VE will none
of us forget that you saved Them
"Goosy's" eyes opened. A light which
was not the boys old eagerness, but
the rapture of triumph achieved, shone
In that dying gaze.
Il have done my best" he murmur-
ed. tits all right now."-New York
Observer.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-11-09
Extend Protection to ships.

We must be able to feel secure In the
control of our home markets before
there is any letting down of the pro-
tective bars. Just at present protec-
ton should be extended and the great
carving trade of this nation should be
brought under control of American in
terests. We are paying three hundred
million dollars year In this direction,
because we are not yet able to COM
pete with the cheap labor on foreign
ships. We can build the ships as
cheaply, but we cannot run them at as
low figure as can the foreign own
ers, principally on account of the star
walton wages paid to foreign seamen.
The remedy is not to even up this dis
advantage by reducing the wages of
American seamen, but by extending
the benefits of protection to American
shipping, whereby we can successfully
compete with that of any foreign ma
ton, and at the same time pay higher
wages. This has been the result of all
other American Industries fostered by
protection; there Is no reason why 1t
should not work as successfully In
building up an American merchant
marine.-Tacpma Ledger.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-11-09
As Others See It's.

Referring to the fact that the "com-
mercial reports of business in the
United States indicate that the volume
of internal trade in that country during
the past month august was larger
than that of any previous month during
the whole history of the country" the
Sydney Cape Breton) Advocate re-
marks: III
The Dingley tariff and the high protec-
ton kept up by the United States may not
be palatable to Canadians, particularly
to Canadian traders, but the results to
the trade and commerce of the United
States, viewed from United States
standpoint, appear to be more satisfactory.
Some of the Democrats contended three
or four years ago that the usefulness of
protection was gone; but the figures above
quoted show that protection to United
States industries is proving more benef-
cial than ever to the trade and commerce
Of the country.
The people of other countries are
quick to reach the obvious conclusion
thus started by Nova Scotia paper
rather quicker, 1t would seem, than are
our own countrymen. The world mar
vels at the phenomenal record Of trade
and commerce made by the United
States under the protective system, but
is not blind to the correct relation Of
cause and effect. At home we are too
apt to take our extraordinary prosper
ity as a matter of course and not bother
with asking the reason why.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-11-09
Running a Farm.
en- | was ynnGo ut nrminr

Running a Farm.
When | was yon6g at farming,
Id watch the turnip tops,
And quickly go to wishing
For good, big, rousing crops.
wished for mammoth pumpkins
All others to outweigh;
In short, l took to nothing
But wishing all the day.
A soiaee sweet and soothing
In every wish would Turk,
I'M dreaming speculation
Seemed surer than hard work.
! wished my cellar full of
Potatoes with will;
! wished the granary groaning
With corn to go to mill.
While other farmers wished for
A good supply of rain,
l thought it as sound logic
To wish for fruit and grain.
And so | went on wishing,
Contented with my lot,
In autumn no potatoes
were boiling in my pot.
l tell you I'd discovered
That wishing only breeds
Keen disappointment; wishing
Won't pull up choking weeds:
1t won't hoe corn in summer.
Or husk it in the fall;
tell you, boys, that wishing
Won't run farm at all.
That winter my potatoes
l had to 60 and buy
Right from my smiling neighbors,
Who had good supply.
They'd slyly nudge their elbows,
And taunt me with laugh,
That labor's wheat that's golden,
And speculation chaff.
/ earned this goodly lesson
And in my heart it seems
One day of honest labor
Is worth ten years of dreams.
And now in idly wishing,
My duty ne'er shirk;
But just roll up my shirt sleeves,
And like beaver work.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-11-09
Reneflts of Charcoal Feeding

For experimenting to determine tho
benefits of charcoal feeding, If any,
four turkeys were confined In pen and
fed on meal, boiled potatoes and oats,
and four Others of the same brood were
at the same time confined in another
pen and fed daily on the same article,
but with one pint Of very finely pulver-
lied charcoal mixed with their food.
These had also a plentiful supply of
broken charcoal in their pen. The eight
were killed the same day, and there
was a difference of ~ pounds each in
favor of those supplied with charcoal.
They were the latest, and the meat
was superior In point of tenderness and
fiayor,-Farm News.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-11-09
I.aoanfo-

A couple of Quakers hold the record
for brief Letters. One Of them, wishing
to learn if correspondent In a distant
town had any news to communicate,
posted to him sheet of paper on which
only note Of Interrogation was writ
ten. The reply came in the form of a
blank sheet. indicating that there was
nothing at all TO communicate.
Actors seem TO bear away the palm
for brevity in letter writing. Quin had
a misunderstanding with Rich, the
manager of Covent Garden, which re-
suited In Quin's leaviGa IN a. uncere-
monious manner. lie soon regretted
the hagty action, and wrote to che man.
ager: Il am at Barh.-Quir." Rich did
not think this a sutic!ent apology, and
accordingly replied; Stay there, and be
hanged" Everybody remembers the
letters that passed between Samuel
Foote and his mother, Dear Sam"
wrote the lady. i am In prison for
debt, Your loving mother" Foote'S
answer was even shorter. 'pear moth
er-So am l.
The nineteenth OF March, 1890, was
a notably dark day In Boston. A Ger
tain Lady was induced thereby to write
the following note to the famous DR..
Byles: Dear Doctor How do you ac-
count for this darknessY' To which the
doctor simply replied: Dear Madam
/ am as HAileh In the dark as you are"
Why don't more people follow the ad.
vice they give 10 othersi
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-11-09
off soon grow again to the size and
shape shown in the Illustration.
Fall Seeding of Corn Groupd.

Fall Seeding of Corn Ground.
A crop of corn may be succeeded the
following year with grass for pasturing
or hay If the land Is fitted right. A
light blowing, or rather cultivating so
as to pull down the corn butts, and
then following them with the roller to
press them into the surface will be all
that Is needed. Then run over the lev
eled surface with the smoothing har-
row, which will roughen 1t and SOW the
seed. If permanent pasture Is desir
ed sow some June grass seeds with the
timothy, and in the spring sow some
clover seed. All will grow, and the
first year each will help the other, as
the more grass or clover growth can be
got on the land the earlier II will dry
out when spring comes Most attempts
to seed without grain fail because not
enough seed Is sown.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-11-09
Threshiup Buckwheat.

Owing to the great amount of sap its
thick stalk contains, buckwheat cannot
well be piled up In sacks or put in
mows. We have known it to be thresh-
ed by machine, but it took so much
power to thresh the buckwheat by
threshing machine that the experiment
was not profitable. 1t is extremely easy
with little beating of the head to dis
lodge every grain Of buckwheat. But
when stalks and all are put in 1t has
to be done very slowly, else the green
buckwheat stalks would clog the cylin-
ders and stop the machine. 1t takes
much more coal to thresh buckwheat
with steam thresher than /, does to
tnresh grain whose straw Is dry
American Cultivat0r.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-11-09
A Torpedo Boat Tragedy.

The Union squadron investing
Charleston was drawing closer and
closer to the doomed place. One of
the warships that lay closest inshore
was the Housatonic, and that vessel
was selected as the torpedo boats vic
tim. The Portland Transcript tells the
tragic story:
The evening Of Feb. II, 1865. closed
in raw and foggy. At s o'clock Cap
tain Corison gave the command, and
the boat dropped down the river. AS
the clocks We're striking the half-hour
III the city the little craft pulled over
the bar. Noiselessly she glided through
the water, guided by the lights on the
Housatonic, for which she headed.
SO heavy was the fog that she es-
capped the notice of the sentries. At a
quarter to 8 she lay directly in front
of the Housatonlc, at a distance of 500
yards. She was running faster now
and little further on she began to
slbmerge. Two hundred yards more
and she disappeared.
Five minutes later there was a dull
roar, and the water around the Housa-
tonic boiled like caldron The noble
ship gave mighty upward heave and
then began to settle. Ensign Hazleton
and four sailors who were below per
ished, but fortunately for the rest of
the crew the water was shallow and
they saved themJelves by climbing into
the rigging. The vessel was a total
loss, but the submarine torpedo boat
was nowhere to be found
Two years after the war, when the
wreckage was being removed from
Charleston harbor, the Housatonic was
raised. In her hull there was a ghast.
ly wound inflicted by the torpedo, and
In that hole was the torpedo boat with
every man OF board still at his post,
where he had fie' years before.
The little boat had torn a big hole In
the cruiser, through which the water
had poured in such a volume that the
torpedo-boat was drawn into it. And
there its crew died of suffocation, in
the grasp of the enemy that they had
destroyed.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-11-09
Republication and Labor,

A formidable movement of capital
lists In Massachusetts, for repeal of
laws enacted in the interests Of labor
was turned down by the Republican
Legislature in 1897. The object of the
movement was to put the cotton manu-
featuring industry on a more equal
footing with the Southern mills. The
recent Republican State convention of
Massachusetts adopted the following
resolution:
The laws of Massachusetts passed in
the interest of wage earners, establishing
short hours of labor, compulsory educa-
ton for children, frequent payment Of
earnings, guarding as far as practicable
by law, life and limb from the risks of
machinery, and demanding the best sani-
tary conditions for the workshop and
home, have proved wise and wholesome.
If, in the industrial development of the
country, they have become adverse factors
in competition, the remedy is not in their
repeal, but through education and the eff
forts of organized labor to procure the en-
actment of similar laws in the other States
of the Union.
The charge is frequently made by
tt opposition that the Republican
action in Massachusetts gives no sup.
port to the charge.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-11-09

the bucket, making it very unhandy,
This weight remains on our well-bueket
all the time and never fails to sink 1t,
The loop is also of wire, and by its
means the bucket can be sunk and filled
without wetting the rope or the snap
which fastens rope to the bucket. This
arrangement is very handy on cold
dass.-Agricultura Epitomist.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-11-09

sink. Arranged as
here shown 1t is a
simple matter. A,
bucket; b, bail; C,
weight to sink; d,
wire holding the
weight; e, loop to
keep rope out Of
water; {, rope. Get
a large iron tap or
other piece of met
oil. Pass a small
wire through it
and fastep to bail
of bucket at han
die. This is i'm
mensely superior
to the method re-
Gently described in
an Eastern paper
wherein an extra
rope was tied to
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-11-09
Nicaracna.s National Debt.

On May 5 Consul Sorsby wrote from
San Juan Del Norte that the foreign
debt of Nicaragua amounted to ST.
100000 and that the government had
defaulted two years in interest on it.
some Of the officials have called to see
him ad interim, and he now writes that
the foreign debt Is only S1,3s2,o0O and
the 4 per cent. interest an it has been
promptly paid when due, in spite of
political troubles and other serious
drains upon the resources of the coup
try,"-Chicage Times Herald.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-11-09

These figures show that while the ex.
ports from the United States to Eng.
land have increased II per cent, the
imports from England have fallen off
30 per cent. The exports from this
country TO England during the past
year, in round numbers, were five times
as much as the imports from England,
the figures being:
Imports from England -. .S109, 13S, 1865
Exports TO England. -. $40, 500, 152
Our imports from England decreased
u per cent. and our exports to Eng
land increased 80 per cent, making a
net gain for the United States of At
per cent, almost one-half, and yet the
Democrats condemn Republicanism
and protectionl
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-11-09
Learn the Reason,

1t Is astonishing how much better q
man knows how to do thing after he
has learned the reason why he does 1t.
1t pays to get right down into the first
principles of agriculture, and to learn
how plants grow. what the soil is made
of and how the animals are built. A
man who has some knowledge of this
kind is not likely to get carried away
by hasty theories which look ridicu-
lous at once to one who has gone be-
low the surface of things. Farming is
like q great building In that 1t ought to
rest on a rock foundation Of facts that
are facts.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-11-09
rarreIinr Apples and Pears.

In barreling apples it is quite safe to
pile the apples as much as two inches
above where the head will fit In the
chine. If pressed down evenly there Is
elasticity enough In the apple skin to
allow such compression without bruis-
ing 1t. IL the apples ere not thus press
ed down they Will shrink so as to be
loose in the barrel, and viii thus bruise
In handling the barrels worse than
they would II pressed down, Pears
cannot be thus pressed down. They are
best packed with paper around each
which will keep it from touching its
neighbor.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-11-09
Fall Plow.ns TO Kill Ir.ects.

one of the benefits Of fall piowing
that more than compensates its disad-
vantage is wasting the surface soil by
blowing and washing, is that 1t de-
stroys millions of destructive insects.
In orchards especially. many of the
larvae that are injurious are hidden IN
der leaves or stones, where they will be
partly protected from wet, and win
there endure any amount Of dry freez-
ing without injury. But turning the
soil over to the depth OF five or six
inches disturbs these insect arrange
ments. Moisture means that the iarva
must begin to prepare for emerging
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-11-09
City of Yiroaua-Original
Township IL, II. Z West.
WIN. BRANDON, County Clerk.
Rusklen.s Arnica salys.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores. letter, chapped hands, cbilblains.
rorns, and all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required.
1t is guaranteed to give perfect salts
faction or money refunded. Price %
cents per box. For sale by e. II. Craig
A Go.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-11-09
Cntting Corn.

Corn fodder. IL secured when 1t Is In
It's best condition, is almost as good as
nay for cattle and sheep; and for mich
cows there Is no other feed that | have
ever tested equal to 1t. Just as soon as
the corn is well in the dough it is ripe
enough to cut. Some farmers let their
corn stand till the stalks get dead ripe
before cutting. Corn thus cared for
may be little heavier after it is husk-
ca tat least 1t is so claimed by some),
but the waste in fodder more than con
sunaes the extra grain In we ght of Co n.
Ire average day laborer will, il cut
ing by the shock. cut seventy shocks
containing sixtyfour hills In each
shock, per day. An expert worker will,
IN medium corn, cut from 100 to lbs
SHOCKS In the same length of time, and
OF equal size. Twisted rye straw or
marsh nay is good to use, although the
pest thing that is being used is No. o
wire, cut about 3h feet long, with n
look bent on each end. so that they
can be quickly fastened or unfastened.
These wire bands can be saved and
used year after year.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-11-09
Wasp. Injnring Fruits.

Most of The puncturing Of ripe fruits
on which bees are often found gather
ing the juices is done by wasps, though
many kinds of grapes have tender
skins. which are cracked either by
bursting of he sap from inside or by ac-
cidental injuries. Honey bees not only
do not but cannot puncture them. On
the contrary, what they do For the in
iured fruit is to take away some of the
exuding juices and thus help to pre-
vent ii from decaying SO fast as it
would otherwise do.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-11-09

presented between the rounds, owing
to the round form of the baskets top.
The round form also keeps the basket
from being stable, as it Is constantly
swinging about on the one hook sup
porting it. A fruit-gathering box Is
shown in the cut which obviates both
these defects. Its handle Is made from
a fiat hoop soaked in water and bent
into the proper shape. This handle can
be supported by two hooks, keeping the
box very firm. With box the full
opening from one side to the other IL
afforded for putting ia fruit. II the
box is carefully lined with a double
thickness OF burlap there VIII be less
likelihood of bruising the fruit, In the
smallest degree.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-11-09

The japanese address their letters In
just the opposite way to other people.
They write the country first, then the
city, the street and the number. and
the name last of all.