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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-12-20
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IN gradients Three pounds raisins,
three pounds currants, one pound mixed
peel, one and one-half pounds bread
crumbs. one aud one.half pounds suet,
sixteen eggs, two wineglassfuls brandy,
one nutmeg. one teaspoonful salt. one
fourth pound almonds, chopped fine.
Stone and cut the raisins IN halves,
but do not chop them; wash, pick and
dry the currants. and mince the suet fine-
"; cut the candied peel into thin fine
crumbs. When all these dry ingredients
are prepared, mix them well together:
then moisten the mixture With the eggs.
which should be well beaten and the
brandy. CRATE ii the nutmeg. Stir well.
that everything may be well blended, and
thoroughly press the pudding into but-
tered mold, tie it down tightly with a
weli-fleured cloth and boil for Eve or six
hours. 1t may be boiled in cloth with
out a mould and will require the same
time allowed for cooking. Christmas
buildings should be made at least six DAYS
before they are required for the table.
When a pudding is taken ont of the pot
hang 1t up Immediately and PCT plate or
saucer underneath to catch the water
that may drain from it. The d;iy it is to
be eaten plunge it into boiling wSter and
keep it boiling for at least two hours
then turn it out of the mould and serre
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-12-20

garments, to be d rich man, but, TO prove
the truth OF my assertion. here is a bag
containing a Thousand sos sregns Take
Il Keep il. 1t is yours. present it
10 Won as a Christmas box"
a bag O soyereigns, cried the farm
Ell. Oh. sir you must be one o the
good fairies in disguise"
: Ii this happened in America" said the
stranger, you would undoubtedly call
me Santa Claus
Whoever you are" cried the farmers
wife, you must be something not nat
ural to be tantalizing poor people with
the sight of a heap o. gold like that,
Il give you my word ! am neither
ghost nor hobgoblin, but real flesh and
blood, said the stranger, throwing off
his white wig and beard and standing
erect at his full height. "Now examine
my features well and tell me if they bear
any resemblance to Redmond O'Hara,
your convict sonv'
"0h Redmond our own gra bawnt'
exclaimed his father and mother simul-
taneously. Yes, it is.' said the mother,
caressing him, The has the same auburn
hair" .'And the same proud iight In his
manly blue eyes, cried his father, grasp
ing his sons hands. "Oh. Redmond
Redmond this sndden JOY is almost more
than we can bear.
Now, spare me this hugging and kiss
ing and hand-shaking,' cried their SON
If you don't wish to k.!l me with too
much kindness. You can bot, snap your
fingers at Lord Leech tomorrow: Well
have our own home. our own land and
our own cattle as well as his lordship.
And tomorrow we'll fill the table with
turkey, geese, lamb, ham and every lux
ufy in season and out of season that
money can purchase. In short, my dear
father and mother. it won't be your own
Redmond's fault If you don't say 1t Is the
merriest Christmas day you ever enjoy
al
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-12-20
Good Form in sending Gifts.

Neve end a Christmas gift without
your caId or some means of identifica-
ton; people do not like to have their
pleasure tempered with mystery.
Engraved cards are always in better
taste than those written by hand.
Written messages on an engraved card
are permissible when sending a gift to a
relation or intimate friend.
A greeting, as Merry Christmas OF
Seasons Greetings" when used, is
written on the upper part of the face OF
the card.
interestingly a date is used, as Christ
mas, 1897 write it in the lower left
hand corner.
1t is customary for gentlemen to ac-
company their gifts with engraved cards
bearing no inscription.
Christmas gifts should always be neat
" wrapped in perfectly fresh paper, and
daintiIy tied with a nice bit Of string OF
narrow ribbon.
In sending a gift in town even to ones
next-door neighbor, employ messenger
or a servant, never a member of the
family if it can be avoided.
Always plan, as nearly as possible, to
have Christmas gift reach its destina-
ton on Christmas day. Better the after
noon or evening than the night before.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-12-20
FUNERAL OF PARTISAN FlNERY
Vienna Now the Capital of the World
Of Eashtor,

Vienna Now the Capital of the World
of Fashion.
Paris is conquered by the capital of
Austria and great is the jubilation in
Vienna. The ladies' tailors in Vienna
state that Viennese fashions have
obtained great VICTORIAN unhoped-
for one and the greater as the vanaulsh-
ed are the all-prevailing Partisan
fashions. Astonishing revelations were
made at the last committee meeting of
the Vienna Fashion club the other day
The court tailor, who is one of the lead.
ing toilet artists in Vienna, said that
those Vienna ladies' tailors who this
year went to Paris in the season to buy
patterns for nantes and jackets could
not find anything new, as at last there
has happened that which for years has
been striyen for and expected in Vienna
namely, that the Paris tailors follow
the lead of the Vienna ones.
Recently it has been observed that
Paris ladies' tailors come to Vienna to
buy garments as patterns after which
to have others made in Paris. 4 glover
tOuuIEleQ luis SbdIetnpuL anu SdIu LHdL
Paris agents had been to him and pIac-
ed large orders for specialties; these
gloves are then initiated in Paris and
sent to Vienna as 'Parisian."
The funeral Grafton of Paris fashions
has already been made, as in almost
all fashions Vienna now takes the lead.
Karl Fenzi reported on the conditions
of labor in Paris and remarked that
most Par.s tailors have Austrian
journeymen; that the Paris fashions
are made by Austrian male and female
workers. No doubt there is much truth
in all this. The Vienna fashions for
ladies have been distinguished by much
art, and particularly by tastefuIness.
Viennese ladies' fashions have already
conquered a considerable part of the
world, but the momentary victory
seems to have got into the heads of the
Vienna toilet artists that they really
imagine themselves masters of the
entire earth.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-12-20
WHEN DADDY LIGHTS The TREE.
IXTE have our share Of ups and downs
Wv OF cares like other folk;

~
Wv OF cares like other folk;
The pocketbook is sometimes full.
We're sometimes nigh dead broke;
But once year, at Christmas time.
Our hearth Is bright 10 see;
The baby's hand just touches heaven
When Daddy lights the tree.
For weeks and weeks the little ones
Have lotted ON this hour;
And mother, she has PINNED for II
Since the summers sun aud shower.
With here nickel, there dime,
Put by where none could see,
loving hoard against the night
When Daddy lights the tree
The tiny tapers glow like stars;
They mind US Of the fame
That rifted once the steel-blue sky
The morn the Christ-child came;
The blessed angels sang to earth
Above that far countrec-
We think they sing above our hearth
When Daddy lights the tree.
The weest kid in mothers arms
Laughs out and claps her hands,
The rest OF us on tiptoe wait;
The grown-up brother stands
Where he can reach the topmost branch.
Our Santa Claus to be,
In that sweet hour of breatbless Joy
When Daddy lights the tree.
Our grandpa says twas Just as fine
In days when he was young;
For every Christmas ages through
The happy bells have rung.
And Daddy's head Is growing gray,
But yet a boy Is he,
AS merry as the rest of us
When Daddy lights the tree
IT'S love that makes the world go round,
'Tis love that lightens toll,
TITS love that lays up treasure which
Nor moth nor rust can spoil;
And Love is IL our humble home,
In largesse full and free.
We all are very close to heaven
When Daddy lights the tree
Womans Home Companion.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-12-20

The writer considers himself fortunate
in having secured this photograph be-
fore the animal vanished in the under
brush. Some years ago Gov. Roosevelt
of New York came to Uvalde County,
Texas, for the sole purpose of hunting
these animals, they being the only
American wild animals he had not hunt
ed. He killed several. They are very
feroclous, and many hunters have been
''treed'' while hunting them.
There are many mistaken ideas about
the jayelin, which is the Spanish name
and the one most generally used in Tex
as. Some OF the ideas appear in print.
The javelin never roofs like hog, but
always scratches with its sharp and
pointed hoofs 1t is the mortal enemy
of the rattlesnake, and when the snake
colts, the jayelin jumps on it with all
four feet drawn together, cutting the
snake to pieces. Against the long bris-
ties and leathery hide of the iayelln
the rattler's fangs avail him little.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-12-20

saint has his own recording angels, is
there any harm in the quaint supersti-
tionl We ourselves subscribe to sillier
ideas. Could we penetrate the symbol
ism Of some childish fancies there might
often come to the light grains of wisdom
remnant from the religions of the ancient
world.
The question we are now asking, how
TO make a merry Christmas? is not to be
solved il an instant. Every family must
consider It from its own standpoinS. Hap
piness is not, even at this season, to be
put IN great sack labeled 'scandy and
toys. We should study onr children and
find ont what particular thing they are
counting upon. Especially where Christ
mas is the great gift-making epoch of the
year, and the children look to it for theii.
annual store of games and toys But
only half our duty toward them win be
done IL we have not taught them the
pleasure of making gifts to others. say
taught adyisedly. for the moral nature of
child is not conferred upon him at
birth; 1t exists then only in the germ,
and it has to be cultivated just as his
faculty for intellectual work has to be
cultivated. But the great difference be-
twaea moral and intellectual training is,
that whereas in the last one may attack
the understanding and lead or to desire,
in the first all our approaches must he
made to the heart. No restraint upon
conduct is of any account unless we sue
coed in getting the child to want to be
good. He will then try to be good I'M
der all circumstances, when he Is away
from us as well as when he is in our
sight. -Haroers Bazaar.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-12-20

with brandy sauce On Christmas day
place sprig of holly in the middle Of
the pudding mud pour about two wine
glassfuls Of brandy around it, Light this
at the moment Of serving.
This amount viii serve fourteen or six
teen p'iople. Halve recipe for smaller
number Five or six of these buildings
should be made at one time. as they will
keep Tor many weeks, and are suitable
for festive occasions until March
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-12-20
Eirst ,1elehratInn or Christmas,

Christmas was first celebrated in the
year 9S. but it was forty years later be-
fore it was officially adopted as a Chris
tan festival; nor was it until about the
Fifth century that the day of its celebra-
ton because permanently fixed on the
25th of December. Up to that time it
had been irregularly observed at various
times of the year-in December, in April
and in May, but most frequently in Jan
ary.-Iadies' HolSe journal.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-12-20
The Christmas stocking.

There is German story about the
origin Of a Christmas stocking. 1t tells
how poor woman with bleeding feet
came to the hut Of little peasant boy
and begged for aid. He took off his shoes
and gave them to her; he had no stock
ings. In the morning he found the shoes
filed with thalers tied to the door latch
Some say the little old woman was a
fairy, others OF more serious mind claim
that she was the Virgin Mary; whoever
she was. she wrote on parchment: "Du
liebes kind" and this is still Kept as a
relic in a small church in Bavaria.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-12-20
Sensihis .iinmin

Jimmie asked his mother. why are
you SO persistent about going to your
Unclc Johns f6s Christmas n
Cause he hain't got none of them
smoke consumers on his chimhless. Santa
Claus kin git inter his house..
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-12-20
Nor Distributing Gifts

Nopurse proposed to Miss Many
millions Christmas eye.
GotbiIls Shall ! congratulate you?
NopurseI don't know. She told me
she wasn't Santa Claus. and that's all
she said. Truth.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-12-20
STRANGELY seasoned.

''You have to take Sim2erton's stories
with grain Of salt"
u take EN- with an entire salt plant
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-12-20
,f,hn Christmas Girl.

The snow has drifted to her brow.
The holly bud has dyed her cheek,
Her eyes, like stars on Christmas eve,
Shine out with glanees coyly meek.
There's Christmas radiance everywhere
In wreaths of green and berries red;
But. best of all, / gladly note
There's mistletoe above her head.
Life.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-12-20
Health from an open fireplace.

Physicians are discovering that the
old-time open fire had much to do with
the health of our grandmothers and
that steam heat and furnace heat are
responsible for many ailments. Steam
increasing so that anyone who is used
TO a steam-heated room becomes an
easy victim to colds and all the long
string of ailments to which a cold is the
introduction. An open fire is a sort of
inspiration in itself, and since it draws
in the out-of-door oxygen through all
the cracks and crannies it helps to purl-
fy the air in the room while 1t heats It.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-12-20

! A p Il e r s in
Maine say that
while the Creator
no doubt meant all
right when He
made a FIR tree,
they can find no
use for one. 1t has
too many limbs to
make 1t profitable
for aordwood, and
when cut the grain
is so coarse that il
burns without Civ
ing out enough heat
to keep a room
warm or boil the
tea kettle. All the
trees which are
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-12-20
Easily Pleased.

s.Well, little Jim, what do you want
for ChristmasT
"I'I take anything | kin get pa. but
you better not gimme anything | dom
lika y
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-12-20

"Eph, want to give you nice fat tur-
key for Christmas, said Col. Hawker.
"Dat's berry kin. cunnel, but I'd fer a
50 bill ef's all de same TO you. Kris Krin-
gle allus pears to leah a turkey at my
house de night afoh Christmas"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-12-20
Little
Pirnples Turn
to Cancer.

Cancer often results from an inn
purity in the blood, inherited from
generations back Few people are en-
tirely free from some faint in the blood,
and it is impossible to tell when it will
break out in the form of dreaded Can
Ger. What has appeared to pe a mere
pimple or scratch has developed into
the most malignant Cancer.
~ had a severe Cancer which was ct first
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-12-20
The JAvELlN OF TEXAS.
Snapshot Picture of the Famous Wild
HOc of Asuerfea

lux VI <tibeEicst-
The peccary, wild hog, iavelin, Or
whatever you want to call him, is a
native of Western Texas alone These
animals were once very numerous, but
Of late years have become almost ex-
tinct. Accompanying picture is from
snapshot of the javelin, as he appeared
in his native home among the cactus
and thorny brush Of Western Texas.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-12-20
Thourhts OF Christmas,

We want good things fer Christmas hes
all at we kin get
Drums, an's dolls, an trnmpets, an toy
china set;
An jumpin jacks, an packs an packs of
firecrackers. too,
An elephants, an lions that never growl
at you.
We want good things fer Christmas-thes
all the house kin hold!
An we hopes it will he sRowin' an the
weather freezin cold
tSnows mighty fine at Christmas time
an so Is everything;
So we're waitin-thes a-waitin' fer the
Christmas bells to ringD
Atlanta Constitution.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-12-20
The Christmas Guest
,%~~~~H~>~~~~~~eAe<%~~eee

I is Christmas eve
the night is cold
and clear. T h e
moonbeams dance
Enthusiastically upon
the frozen snow
near the foot of the
hill adjacent to the
town of Macroom,
in the county Cork,
stands an old fash
Toned cottage to-
ward which an
~ sN1- l. :, Il
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-12-20

OaAN~e-t "a
cures made by DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-R Root,
the great kidney, liver
and bladder remedy.
1t is the great medi-
cal triumph of the nine
teenth century; dis
covered after years Of
scientific research by
DR.. Kilmer, the emf
nent kidney and blad-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-12-20
iNsLuENcE OF SANTA CLAUS.
The Good Which the Holiday Myth
Does hiIdYen

III Is not well to alto
gether overthrow the
Santa Claus myth,
for an immense NOR
al influence dwells in
1t. The belief, which
is very & General
among children, that
his favor depends up
on their good beha-
vior, has an unequal
ed soothing power
over rebellious dispo-
sitions. If they be-
liaxa TINT tho ;.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-12-20

III building d new house, don't pro-
vide too many spare bedrooms; they
attract kin.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-12-20


soon pass away | was
treated by several able
physicians, but in spite
of their efforts the Can
Ger spread until my con-
dition demonstrating.
After many months OF
treatment and growing
steadily worse. / q e.
eli ded to try S. s. s.
which was so strongly
recommended. The first
bottle produced an inn
proyement. I continued
the medicine. an d in
four months the last lit,
tie sea b dropped OF
Ten wears have Alapse
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-12-20
HERE'S TO THE MIsTLEToE.

When ! grew in oak groves in the ages past,
The Druds In robes of white
With knife OF gold. in the fair moonlight.
Cut me down from the bough where chung
SO fast.
To aid in their mystic rite.
They have passed away those days Of old.
But their ghosts still linger where
At Christmas-tide the maidens fair
Invite while | hang DER their locks * gold
The kiss which a lover mar dare.
oh, merry and brave Is the mistleroa bough
When winter storm winds blow,
End the clouds hang heavy with snow,
Like glittering pearls are my berries now,
Their dark green leaves below.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-12-20
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK !?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure : know of the wonderful
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-12-20
GOOD FOR SOMETHING.

How the Maine Fir Forests Are Turned
Tufa Gafd
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-12-20
Consumption.

Its prevention and cure speciality 81
dowELL's MEDICAL AND SURGICAL IssTl
gUTz. La Crosse. Wis.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-12-20


wonderfully successful in promptly curing
lame back. kidney. bladder. uric acid reu-
bles and Bright's Disease, which is the worst
form OF kidney trouble.
Or. Kilmer's Swamp.ROot is not rec
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ney, liver or bladder trouble 1t will be found
just the remedy you need. lthas been tested
in so many ways, in hospital work, in private
practice, among the helpless too poor to pur-
chase relief and has proved so successful in
every case that a special arrangement has
been made by which all readers of this paper
who have not already tried it, may have a
sample bottle sent free by mail, also book
telling more about Swamp-Root and how to
find out if You have kidney or bladder trouble.
When writing mention reading this generous
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DR.. Kilmer & Co, Bing ~
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regular fifty cent and Home of swamp-Root.
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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-12-20

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S.S.S.F4 IF s. Blood

(Swift's Speciie) is the only blood
remedy guaranteed Purely Vegetable.
All others contain potash and mer-
curry, the most dangerous of minerals.
Books on Cancer and blood diseases
mailed free by Swift Specific Company,
Atlanta, Georgia.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-12-20

aud not sign Of The disease has returned"
X. #. WILLIAMS,
Gillsburg. Miss.
1t is dangerous to experiment with
Cancer. The disease is beyond the skin
of physicians. s. S. s. is the only cure,
because it is the only remedy which
goes deep enough to reach Cancer.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-12-20
Hefner's DIctionaryOfS yHonyms6Antonyms
NyiboIeuy and Familiar Phrases.

A book that should bein the vesi
pocket Of every person, because il
tells you the right word TO use
No Two Words In the English
Language Have Exactly the
Same significance. To express
the precise neaning that one In
tends 20 convey q dictionary Of
Synonyms ID needed to avoid repe-
titicge Ifge strongest figure o.
speech ia antithesis. In this die
tlOnary the appended Antonyrns
will. therefore be found extremely
valuable. Contains many other
features such sc Mythology,
Familiar Alfugs<ns and For-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-12-20

l had a severe Cancer which was ct firsi
:. Z. o.. hl....I.oc tl,at tl,s,,.-i,t ,.-o,,lc
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-12-16
The way to 60 to California


is in a tourist sleeper, personally con-
Quoted, via the Burlington Route. You
don't change cars. You make fast time
You see the finest scenery on the globe
Your car is not so expensively furnish
ed as palace sleeper, but it is just as
clean, just as comfortable. just as good
to ride in-and nearly $1,000 cheaper
1t has wide vestibules; Pintsch gas high
back seats; a uniform Pullman porter
clean bedding; spacious toilet rooms
tables and heating range. Being
strongly and heavily built, it rides
smoothly; Is warm in winter and COO
in summer. In charge of each excur
sion party is an experienced excursion
conductor who accompanies it right
through to Los Angeles.
Cars leave Omaha, st. Joseph, Lincoln
and Hastings every Thursday, arriving
San Francisco following Sunday, Los
Angeles Monday. Only three days from
the Missouri River to the Pacific Coast
including a stop.Over Of ID hours al
Denver and q hours at Salt Lake City
two of the most interesting cities on the
continent. For folder giving full infor
nation, call at any Burlington Route
ticket Office or write to
]. FRANCIS.
Genl Passenger Agent, Omaha, Neb