Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-23
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In time it is likely Prairie du Chen
VIII complete the process of making
the blanks, into buttons, though this
neeessitaJes quite an expensive plant.
Big Catholic institution.
The city has a strong Catholic ele-
ment, and, as usual, lays stress on edu-
cation.
The public schools are headed by
peflndent J. w. Pratt, a university
graduate, of Stoughton. who has been
here Tor some years and is in much es-
TEEN. The high school is a handsome
$4,000 structure. Among its gradu-
ates are City Attorney C. II. Sweitzer
of Lacrosse and c. II. keyes of James
vile.
The colleges / 1der the Jesuit broth
ers is an extensi e plant. ST. Johns"
n to this and TO the convent. also
an elaborate institution, John Lawyer.
VINO was an ardent Catholic. contrib
utes literally. The main building of
the college was an ambitious $4,000
MOTEL, built when the railroad cayne in.
and for which later there was little use.
as the terminal was moved TO the up
per town In 1859. 1t vs. used as a hos
pital for both Confederate and Union
SNAAtASlS VII lIS tllE war aDtl WnGn
PlatteVille captured the new normal
school, there was a bitter struggle to
induce the state to accept this hrilding.
It had avaried history as an education
al experiment under various auspices
until soon after 1876 Mr.. Lawler
bought il and gave il to the Jesuit or
der. For many years it was devoted to
the education OF priests. Extensive ad-
Gifjnnc haIva kcap ,aaln n.o5 - g. -
devoted, in addition, TO the training
of Catholic youth. There is an extern
sive farm operated IN connection with
it.
Ruins That should he Preserved.
Early pictures indicate what extern
sive constructions Fort Crawford in the
thirty years before the war must have
been. The land is now in private
hands and the buildings have been
largely torn down to secure the mate
rial-stone. Nothing remains in the
original form except a few ruins rising
a few feet from the ground-stone and
what timber the relic hunters have
left. Kindly vegetation has grown up
over the historic remnants. which look
silently disconsolate over the wide
sweep of drill ground to the river be-
low. Near by is the officers cemetery
"a pathetic spot showing the work
of decay, but with here and there a
faded wreath or a rain-beaten wooden
cross-the mementoes of Memorial
Day, when parochial and public school
children have a pretty practice of for
getting their differences CT faith and af-
f~ectionately, Loyalty, paying tribute to
heroes whose names and fame the hur-
rying years are obliterating. 1t does
seem as if the commonwealth of Wis
consin should step into this spot and
claim it for her own, protecting it as
IN historic, sacred shrine for patriots
of all future years.
Water to Drink and Cure.
Prairie du Chen is very proud of its
water supply, which is from artesian
wells. In the hotel You notice water
running constantly-water with a med
icated but not displeasing taste. You
see fountains playing in public places
and even streams babbling refreshing
ly in the cutters of the streets. There
are frequent hydrants from which man
and beast Stake their thirst. The wa
ter is from artesian wells There are
some ten of these wells. The first was
sunk in 1886, a six-inch tube. to a
depth of 900 feet. Then mineral water
came up at the rate of twenty barrels
a minute and piled up in the air for
seventy feet. Two wells of this sort
even furnish power to operate a -four
ing mill-certainly a novel and perhaps
unprecedented source of power.
But the water is not alone to drink.
A visit to the sanitarium disclosed a
dozen people taking Turkish and other
baths-Yisitors to the city from long
distances, submitting to massage and
other treatment for the cure of rheu-
matism and other affections. One OF
the features is the application of dry
hot air at a temperature of $50 to 500
degrees. Many wonderful stories of
cure are related by citizens-invalids
coming to town on stretchers and go.
ing away unaided on their feet.
One of Editor Hurlbut's hobbies .s
road building; and he has demon.
strated the efficacy of oil as an applica-
ton. The street for a block in front OF
his residence received a coating IN
May last. The moment a carriage
strikes it one notes the hard surface
in marked contrast to the adjoining
stretches. Mr.. Hurlbut applied two
barrels of crude oil Costing So a bar
rel1. The effect seems to be to form
a hard compound, and it is believed to
be permanent.
ORLANDO BURNETT.
Consumption.
It's prevention and cure a speciality ct
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