Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-10-11

q tario, where his aged parents. three brother
d and two sisters reside, A wife and one child
: was a member of the A. o. u W. and Forest
ers and carried $1,000 In each ORDER. Prof
anllus stackman, the Old time master Is con
! church. two nights in the week, and il seems
nice to have him with US again In this work
Mis- Giennie Dewitt Philip Boldon. Mr..
Emmett. w. Bold0n and several other are
taking music lessons from Prof. Stackman
q At Boldon . making some repairs on
i his. house. granary and hen-house. which
/ adds to the comfort and looks of his FARM.
several Y. BIS attended the conference at
Union Centre, Is spending a few days visit
ing friends ~ Forest. 49,. In this, our first let
ter /, ,os ne CENSOR, and succeeding ones. We
= shaii DC Tor a FAIR DEAL FOR ALL.
: JEFFERsnE
! YALLEY PARK. Oct. AIRS. Nels Erickson
y AN old and respected resident Of Jefferson,
passed away after a long Illness. to the land
y where her husband had preceded her about
ten years ago, leaving three sons to mourn
her loss. A large number of friends and ac-
1 quaintanees paid fheit respects to the de-
ceased, WHO was buried at Purdy Lutheran
lion. The child Of Mr. aad Mrs. Martin call
/. : igg ps Gro6, " tr la s : sa afssn an o OF I,ia1os
| Sun. passed through the valley ED. Lar
son, o. Bangor formerly Of Be,stow. came
4 aQ6ut ~ tUIta0 tfle IAfF......MFS. Ole ia nutSDn
has been visiting her daughter. Mrs. Jim Ste
{ phen ]. u. Cade says he thinks he took the
largest load to the Fair. numbering 10 j. Nels
Jackson Is staying with his brother, Ole :.
Bert Hendrickson and Jonah Eyerson made
a flying trip to Victory. Us. s co.
: S~PRINGvILLE. Oct. e-Mrs. John Hetland,
who resided northeast Of here, died last week
Thursday, and the funeral was held on FRI
Springville She had suffered from cancer OF
me stomach Tor a year, She was the mother
Of seven children. two OF whom were present
at the funeral e. VIM Marker has been very
low for a week. Drs. Trowbridge and Min
shall came to his relief yesterday morning
and operated upon the wound on the left side
forming within A small piece of flesh was
removed and at least a quart of pus escaped.
Good t The a ,ne pa,ree wer was wa Very ana WEAK thers 1 Is
hope OF his recovery -. Miss Maggie Wallace
was Ill for nearly a week. Mrs. Hoveland
mas peen oeadfast a few days. Mrs. Kendall
peckham has been at Brookville much OF the |
Time OF late, assisting In work on the NJ. +.
church 49,. Nathan Morris has raised his resi-
dence and adorned 1t with a new roof. -. G. !
G. Sveen mas painted his teneAent h buse and
made other changes. .Andrew Thompson's
engine broke through the bridge just south
of hehdalrs shop, last Friday evening. A
crowd OF men assisted in getting it out. e.
O. Officer has been back from Milwaukee for
u season looking after bis farm -. Miss Min
ME Williamson of La Crosse, recently stopped
with friends here. +. Miss Rose officer is Wis
Ting with her longtime friend. Mrs. col
May ...L. NJ. Thompson made a trip to La
crosse, the last of the week....Uncle Adam
Doerr takes solid comfort on his old home
farm and in spite OF his four score years can
years gone by. ROSE GERANIUM.
WHITEsTowN.
ONTARIO, October 7-Th5 reunion Monday
and Tuesday Was we'll attended. Captain
Silbaugh. l.. L.. rhayer. Wm. Blodgett and
General Harden were the speakers. Table
l pnnatttG uYnra @9E Tnn anr OF Dvxnpu all 1
was a sIccess. 81 numbers out. A quiet and
enjoyable time is reported on all sides The
story of the capture, of Jefferson Davis by
Department Commander Harnden, was a rare
treat. and like the best wine came at the last.
The United Brethren conference. this week.
was a fine gathering of ministers and. wise
men. Bishop Castle and President Brook
water are the great lights OF this denomi-
nation. The two districts OF Wisconsin were
elected on the first ballot as Presiding Elder I
for the state of Wisconsin. Ira Hutchins
and wife of Walton, are visiting relatives In
lot of calves to Cashton, last Wednesday. -.
The Heath "Wild Cat engine and thresher
passed through onr burg going down the {
kickapoo river. Elmer Latamore took the !
job of repairing the foundation to the G. A. !
Il. hall. His bic was ten dollars...-..Our {
owatonna four GA hand. john Stokes
and wife Of .Westoy. were visiting relatives
q sn c,r friends : 3 IL eur burg YESTERDAY; ;.;of ,r the
emit at the conference roll call. There are {
four lady ministers in the Wisconsin confer
ence Presiding Elder took OF the Minnesota
conference was certainly one OF their best
ministers In attendance. ONTARIO LAD.
CHRIsrIANA. |,
WEsTBy. Oct 9-The Westby Missionary
Society met with Mrs Theo Thorson last FRI
day afternoon. A large crowd was present.
The next meeting VIII be held at Mrs. Rudd's
into their newly purchased house. 1t Is one
of the finest residences In town :. Mrs. Regi-
pa sa% n Albert n spei pSGapies MISS sse c fapep NeI.
son. an experienced trimmer of Chicago, is
|; employed in Miss Ballsrud's millinery store
3. The finishing touches to A.. IL. Dahl's ele-
| CANT house were given last week There
was a very large crowd at the temperance
meeting last Friday night. The program as
has been adorned by a new coat of paint. -.
| Andrew Lee drove TO La Crosse last week.,
and from there he went to DEBORAH, Iowa,
| BallsEud is confined with sickness, and is
improving very slowly. Pipes, are being
| rison have the contract for trench work
| Miss Mary Helgeson, of Viroqua, visited Miss
saugstad and other friends over Sunday -.
Saturday, There was a very. large crowd in
| town -. Oscar Johnson and family now oc-
cupy NJ. a.. Bekkedal's former house :. A
large crowd from here attended the annive r
sary at Coon Valley. Sunday. Nels Halvor-
son leaves for Minneapolis today. where he
/ resumes his studies at the theological SEM
mary. He finishes the course this year. 81
I Saugstad was pleasantly surprised last
Sunday evening by a number OF his friends.
Westby church is being pushed with vigor.
| The work is expected to be finished in three
weeks, when confirmation is to take place:
STERLING.
BRIsTow. Oct. 7.-Indian summe r arrived
on the morning train. !. Messers A Richard
son, John o Farum, Skildum and Martin
Forum. of We = Prairie, Perry Curtis, A Pc
and A. Larmoe, Of Purdy all met at one time
at the mill the other day. which we must
give credit as the iol Iie crowd we have y. seen
house completed, and it is the incest place
on the Badax..; Christ Hage and G. E: Hum
are putting on finishing touches on Thomas
is at Purdy building the Nj: W. A. hall, which
when completed will be a beautiful building
change in stage drivers every full moon.
Each of them seems to do a thriving business
=. G. w. Reagan and wife lost their nine
in the Liberty Pole cemetery on Wednesday
last. The Bristow mills are running night
and day since their new mill-dam was put in.
The miller says the mill is just half large en-
ough =. Nearly all tobacco raised In thu val
ley has been sold at good prices, from Ito 9
Ramsett's farm to Ole Knutson's. and Olga
/ Peterson has rented Ramsetts farm....Mr.
Kelly, Thompson Bros, Forum Bros. and
GOOD goods at low prices must be the cause
=. Knute Munson takes a hand in farming
| since the creamery only keens him busy two
| days out of the week. John f. Knutson Is
now a retired farmer....J. w. Cade passed
thror gh here for a visit with, his brother on
the Badax. b. r. IsTOw
HAMBURG.
| CHAsEBURG, Oct, 1.-The semi centennial
| celebration at Coon Valley was largely at
| tended by people from our burg. Sunday -.
The solid FIJI recently constructed over the
wash-out OF last June Is now ready for the
travelling public. j. ID Moe hasjust returned
from Chicago where he spent last week In at
tending the Mississippi Valley Medical Con-
gress, and visiting Chicago hospitals. Hell