The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-04-21


that he has ordered sent to this office 90
packages of tobacco seed from the Agri-
CULTURAL Department for distribution.
Growers who first call will be accommo-
dated.
The preachers have come and gone
and the Ministerial Association at the M.
E. church was success in every way.
About twenty-four charges on the James
vile district were represented; the
papers on various subjects were helpful
and interesting; the evening services
were very largely attended and enthus-
iastic. The ministers in attendance were
delighted with the hospitality and well
come they received while in Edgerton,
and will be glad to come again, and the
church received inspiration by their
coming. Some familiar faces were
among the attending ministers, Rev.
Lugg, Rev. Sewell and Rev. Woodside,
all former pastors of the church here.
"A new law recently laid down by the
post office department rules that chill
dren going to and from school shall not
be allowed to troop in and capture the
post office three times a day. If the
parents want school children to get the
mail they must send written order.
The postmaster will enforce the ruling
at least to the extent of insisting that
only one member of the family shall ask
for mail At present it does not matter
how many children there are in the fam
lily, each one marches in and asks if there
is any mail for Smith. Parents who
want mail brought home by their chill
dren, should appoint one to get the mail
for the week and advise the others to go
about their own affairs.
The Heddles Lumber company have
purchased the Stoughton Lumber COM
pany's yard at Stoughton and taken
possession of the same. Mr.. Heddles,
secretary and treasurer of the company,
has been in the lumber business in
firm is counted as one of the ''solid'
lumber concerns in the state. The
Edgerton yard has always been kept up
to-date, carrying complete stock of
lumber and building material, and have
always enjoyed very large trade both
from the farming community and the
city. They have inside" facilities for
buying and hence are able to shade the
price usually asked by other yards.
Stoughton, Or any other town where the
Heddles Lumber company are located,
may consider themselves fortunate in
having so substantial firm to transact
business with.
Thorough preparation is now being
made by the speakers who are to take
part in the High School declamatory
contest to be held in the Methodist
church Friday evening, April 28th. The
public, as well as all educators, should
recognize these contests as they are pro-
ftable in more ways than one. The Ed
gerton school has the reputation of con-
tanning some promising speakers, and as
the coming contest is for the purpose of
selecting one to represent our school in
the joint declamatory contest between
Stoughton, Milton Junction, Brodhead
and Edgerton, and the winner in this is
to take part in the Interscholastic De-
clamatory contest at Madison, all should
show an interest by attending. Professor
Rosa is employing every effort to obtain
the best results from this contest and to
him as we'll as to the ability of the speak
ers we owe our hearty support. For the
purpose of defraying incidental expenses
small admission fee of fifteen cents
will be charged. The joint declamatory
contest will in all probability be held in
Milton Junction this year. The date will
be May 10. Principal Healy has pro-
prosposed to meet all the expensesof the
contest and furnish at least $1,000 for
prizes. 1t is probable that the other
principals will accept the proposition.
Mr.. L. M. Souders, travelling agent
for the Empire Line, has been making
Edgerton regularly for the past few years.
Like most all other freight solicitors, he
is warm member to the social func-
ton of the cities where business calls
him. Mr.. Souders always dresses in a
fashion plate manner and is particularly
fond of a stylish hat. When he came
to Edgerton this week his dome of
thought was crowned with one of the
best head gears to be had in the city
market. But Mr. Souders and that hat
soon parted. Someone at the hotel APP
propriated it for their own use and wear,
not even leaving an inferior one in its
place. Manager Carr did not like to see
Mr.. Souders going about the streets with
barred head and so he kindly loaned him
a "cady" of the vintage of eighteen hun
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