Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-01
HARMONY.

NEWTON, Feb. 25.-In spite of mud and
water, some of our teachers attended the as
ISOLATION at Chaseburg Saturday. Wallace
Bemis. formerly of this place but now far
mer OF North Dakota. came up. Saturday,
from Stoddard, and will spend few days in
renewing old acquaintances before return
ing; Some of the young people had pleas
ant time while oot ''fower-picking," Sunday.
so they say. IA young gentleman from
neighboring city was with us, Sunday. for
while. he brought one of our teachers to
her school. The Bad AK was ON a swell and
Our friend, while out upon huge cake of
ice, unluckily slipped of into ten feet OF ice
water. He was rescued and gave us an offer
of a quarter apiece il we would keep our
his home, Monday afternoon. at the age OF IS
years IL days. Funeral services were held
Wednesday, conducted by pastors Potter and
Chambers. Thus another of our old pioneer
citizens has passed away. the fourth one dur
ing the winter. Mr.. Patterson was a man of
sterling worth; neighbor and friend to be
relied on, man OF good principles, father.
brother and husband whose tenderness and
trmness were ever TO Ne relied on, Mr.. Pat
terson came TO Harmony town with parents
in 1852. and was therefore among the early
pioneers. The father of the family died in
1175, and the mother some years later. Ed
win o. Patterson had held many places of
man. His example will long live In the COM
munity. wife and four grown sons and
daughters survive him. The spring weather,
hasty disappearance Of the snow, Which
caused our quiet little river TO rise very
rapidly, The acme was reached Monday
night, when 1t overspread it's banks In many
places. The mill dam was frozen in and
could not be removed. Two bridges span
ming the main channel were torn away by
ice.... E. b: Allen has rented and is now
operating the roller mills, to the entire salts
faction of all. This is a great saving of trips
to Ohaseburg and Viroqua. - Frank Pomeroy
who has been employed at Chaseburg, will
remove to that place in the near future.
John Morrison Is canvassing this section as
an agent for "Our Country In Peace and
War;" and is meeting with good success.
Peter Okrust recently received new lot OF
800 pairs of shoes. Oscar Newton recently
received his stock Of farm machinery. which
was mainly from La Crosse -. Rood & Farr
have again started their saw mill and are do
ing fair business. Webster's saving and
planning mills will start up soon. Jesse Lull
now takes great enjoyment SINCE returning
up at Santiago. His poor health prevented
his joining the regulars. David Conklin re-
Gently had his clothing set on fire by q fire
above him, which was finally extinguished
by neighbors, thus saving the shop and &C 4
tents. Jimmie Campbell has hired to c. E.
Rodmar 4 Co, of Lewiston, Minnesota. for
has made numerous trips to this place lately.
IA series of chain letters" similar to
those circulated recently for Mr.. Christen-
son, have been started for the benefit of Ell
mer Dake.. Martin Root was recently in our
midst purchasing live stock for Viroqua mar
kets; :. Wednesday brought US snow which
lOE u6uSlJy HAS never Dbeu eQudl0Q. LII al
fords excellent sleighing. 20. f. Patterson
is confined to his bed with heart trouble. He
Is In a critical condition. Revival meetings
are being held in Romance NJ. E. church.
Eugene Rogers and wife are living in part of
Mrs. Masons residence. Miss Matte New
ton closed her school at this place, Thursday.
An appropriate exercise was well carried out,
which was an honor to the scholars and their
teacher AS Il token OF their affection they
presented Miss Newton an elegant bound
edition of ''The Works and Words of Robert
Browning" -. Thursday presented an ideal
evening, which was enjoyed by the youthful
circles of our village In a trip to Romance.
The moonlight and sleighing were simply
perfect and all proved complete success. -.
1t is understood that the creamery and cheese
factory will not be run this season, as the
stockholders and operators could come to no
agreement. Nelson, the stock buyer, of
Westby, was among our farmers Friday and
and Saturday The latest of the season
came along few days ago in the parsonage
of tramp. who claimed he fought under
Dewey at Manila, but was wounded in a fist
fight with the captain and resigned because
Bryan did, so as to prepare for the campaign |
of 1900 He also stated that he was working |
towards Chicago, where he would make APP
plication for q pension. Reference, George |
Dewey, partner" We wish him success"
GoRDEY.