Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-01-11

deed, they are all known in person. The
| society began in the romantic work OF
eCuipping prospective mothers withlay
outs. but acquaintance with the woe
In the homes soon lifted the effort to a
more general scope. Work is found
for the brothers and husbands, the ia
theirs of some Angels" being large EN-
ployers of labor, as John A. Johnson,
the agricultural implement man, while
others have political influence.
A Woman to Scrub the Capitol.
only the other day one poor woman
was aided by Uncle Hold" Taylor to
position in the capitol. Her duties
are 10 scrub corridors from half-past s
10 O'Clock in the morning-not easy
work; but she gets 81 a day for It, which
VIII Keep her little ones. AS for the
| husband, 1t is condition she shall keen
| away from him, for he's nothing TO be
proud or
Another good thing these girls have
| accomplished: they have induced the
| proprietor Of d big department store
Che is bright young Hebrew tospread
big Christmas dinner in his store.
| This year the feast was spread for the
| third time and on little ones sat down
| to eat TWEEN y-tmo turkeys. Another
society, cal the Cellar Cherubs,"
made up Q younger girls, attempted
| 10 90 similar charitable work: but I
| nave not heard from 1t lately. The char
| ity pall was Under Attic Angels eu-
| spices last fall
Selling Things Below Cost.
/ wonder II all the cities of Wisconsin
are in the throes of bargain sales" as
Madison is. There are half a dozen
sales going on. all of goods below
cost" mostly in clothing lines. If the
| advertisements are to be believed. IL is
unnecessary to pay anything like ira
| ditonal prices for your hats, your
trousers, your bonnets, your shoes.
1t suggests the conversation between
a customer and storekeeper, who had
| just fitted out his victim In a new suit
''below cost"
| HOW do you manage to do it?" asked
the customer, as he tried to pull the
coat up over the shoulder blades to
conceal his neck while the pants waved
aimlessly above his ankles How can
you afford to do it? Every time come
In your store, no matter what buy. the
| price is invariably below the cost to
| yourself
The storekeeper looked mysteriously
about to see that no one could overhear
his confidence. and led the customer to
a corner of the store.
| My friend" he said, whispering in
his ear and taking him by the button
mole, say nothing about 1t. but there
is little profit in the paper and string"
The Irishman's Revenge.
The people at the state capitol who
have leisure on their hands-and to
this at certain times there is no ex-
| ception-are accustomed to exchange
pleasantries: and many good thing
| passes from mouth to mouth as rap
idly and effectively as measles circu-
late in boarding school. The latest
story is of the Irishman who shipped
as deck hand. 1t is especially enjoy
able to those who appreciate the per-
manently strained relations between
the royal Irish and the matchless sons
of the Rhine.
| Pat was unaccustomed TO the sea but
applied for position on the docks. He
was scanned rather closely by the cap
tain, who finally told him that IL he
| could secure a recommendation he
would be accepted AS Pat went in
search of Endorsement he noted that a
German was promptly hired with moth
ing said as to his character. This mys-
titled Pat good deal, but he secured
a Character" and that afternoon the
ship sailed.
The next day the two men were busy
swabbing the deck The sea was rum
ming high, and finally one big wave
came up over the deck and swept the
poor German into the depths. Pat by
| superhuman effort manged to hang
| on to something until the peril was
past, and then reaching his way back