Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-07-19
Ing and in blooded stock, decided SIS.

Ing and in blooded stock. decided $751;
600 to the Institution.
Beloit Is an expanding city. Last
year 129 new homes were erected. And
this year, perhaps, 100 new ones are on
the list, mainly to house the employees
OF the manufa ctories. Architect Kemp.
a Madison young man, hit upon the
town as a good opening, and he has
been busy ever since.
The main streets are paved with
vitriiied brick, and the citizens are
hearty in its praise. as are the people
of Rockford.
A paid fire department has been or
ganized and police patrols instituted,
and a patrol wagon picks up the in
ebriated and the sick in true municipal
fashion.
Depositors Own the Bank.
AS is well known, the only savings
bank in the state is hcre-that is. of
the mutual ~plan-each depositor shar-
ing in the profits. The of
conducting it are Only $1,000 a year,
the only saiaIied official being the Sec
rotary (and treasurer) who hires his
clerk. The deposits are about
ptOV5VOV ~ ittGi ~ tNCIS idillLY HIS q.
least n deposit book. The institu-
ton has ten trustees, men of d~istinc-
ton, among them ex-senator Burdge.
and 1t declares 4 per cent. profits, for
merly 5. 1t is remarkable that such
a good interest rate can be sustained.
Be.oit is the nearest approach to
New England in the states. The Puri
tanic admiXture was onca dominant
and Is still mighty. The James on the
business signs are down-east names.
The saloons pay $500 license and close
at 1870 at night. And it is hit-or-miss
whether or not the place shall vote
no-lincense. II is a church-going city.
The great Fairbanks-Morse concern
was the outgrowth of the Mission
Preacher Wheeler, up in the northern
part OF the state. He needed a wind.
mill and he built one. And then a
factory was started to make others.
Some Norwegian. Swedish and German
stock has Come in, and with the indus
trial movement the character of the
place is bound to change. The college
has wisely identified itself with the
city. Professor f. G. Smith of the
chemistry department has been mayor
for three years and Professors Burr
Whitney and others sit as aldermen.
Women's clubs abound. There are
three kindergartens in the public
school system, each with three teach
ers and every child between 4 and c
not only car find room to learn but
is rather expected to come and be bent
to the ways of progress. Beloit is nat
urally proud of its common schools.
No,ables from Beloit.
Beloit abounds in traditions of inter-
esting people. Applety, the inventor,
perfected his binder in Beloit. George
Houston devised a water wheel, the
principal of which the federal govern
ment makes use of. Horace White,
the financial editor of the New York
Evening Post. was a son of the pioneer
physician. Major Jonas Bundy, another
| great New York editor, now dead. was
his contemporary at the college. Mat
thew Carpenter put in ten years Of
youthful practice here. Governor Har-
vey came from Shopiere, six miles
away, where he operated a mill. Cham
Ingersoll, editor. postmaster since Lin
coins day and Republican leader. Is a
part of Beloit's history.
Rock county is one of the choicest in
the state. 1t is chiefly devoted tc
mixed farming, with considerable to-
bacco. When the country was new
GAINESVILLE AMI Beloit were rivals &c
lead it. GAINESVILLE got the pole. But
Beloit is gaining on it Of late years.
Glory of Perfected Manhood.
/ took supper at the hotel. The meal
was we'll advanced when an aged man
entered. His cane aided him, but there
was a command and dignity that be-
spoke the power of personality. The
Grummers grew more quiet and some
tCkened them line repairers looked
with respectful curiosity on one whom
their souls instinctiyely told them was
great.
He was Professor Joseph Emerson,
the Greek scholar, in the sunset glory
of a great career. Later he talked
quietly to those about him. The faces
took OF gentler lights. His brown
eyes are the most beautiful | ever saw
passing t:oge OF woman. He must
be over so years old. His smile was
sweet and gentle beyond words. Andthe
mystic charm of all was the strength
of the man. 1t is Il wonderful face
and we left the table convicted of sin
but myste-iously beckoned to the I'M
occupied heights of character. How
ever, | am q herO-worshiper.
Professor Emerson graduated al
Yale in 1871 and Beloit has claimed
him practically ever since.
ORLANDO BURNETT.