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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30
WHERE DID THE NAME ORIGINATE?

EDITOR CENSOR:-A recent commu
nication as to the origin of the word
''VirOqua, says it is Mohawk prin-
cess" A few years ago I asked the
Postmaster General for the names of
the petitioners for the Viroqua post
office, and was informed the Office was
named and established on the petition
of VIM. T. Terhune and others, Novem-
Der 81, 1852" I called on the late
Judge Terhune for information as to
the origin of the word ''Viroqua." He
informed me that he saw the word in a
translation from a Spanish romance,
written in 1851, relating to the Indians
on the Mosquito coast, a story OF the
Indians Columbus took to Spain, and on
whom was conferred the title of Verau-
qua. a title still held by the descendants
of the explorer, that q maiden, as the
story read, was called by Columbus
"Vereaugua"-true water; and his title
conferred by Ferdinand, was duke of
Veraugua, anglicised 'FViroqua."
A letter recently received from Mrs.
Flora DeFrees Weeden, says Viroqua
was named by her father, the late
Judge DeFrees, and the name found in
a written in 1851, a story ofthe
Mohawks, and meaning princess" A
letter from the Smithsonian Institute
at Washington, says: THE word is no.
where found in any Mohawk or other
glossary" Viroque - found in the lat
in dictionary. If Judge Terhune was
right, the root of the word "Veraugua'
-anglicised Viroqua-if from the Latin,
the title Viroque and for the Column
bus. f. NJ. r.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30
SAYS no LICENSE is NECESSARY.
Sportesmen Can Hunt Anything in Open Season
Without Permit. Except Deer and Aquatic Fowl.

A dispatch from Madison of August q
says Attorney General Hicks has given
the state game warden an opinion on the
new state game hunting license law. in
which he holds that residents of the state
may hunt any kind of game in the open
season, except deer and aquatic fowl,
without a license. 1t appears that two
sections of the statute in question con
hlct, and the result is that the law null
ties itself in part and leaves all residents
free to hunt anything, save deer, aquatic
fowl, provided they do not use dogs. The
use of dogs make a license necessary.
The sections of the law which conflict
are sections Is, chapter of the laws of
1899. and section Ia of the sans act.
Section u provides as follows:
Every. person who has resided in this
state for one year previous to applying
for a license to hunt game and who de-
sires to hunt the same, must first obtain
a license from the county clerk of the
county in which he resides.
This is contravened in part by section
Ia as follows: 1t shall be unlawful. and
is hereby prohibited, for any resident of
this state to hunt for, pursue, take,
catch or kill any of the aquatic fowls or
deer protected by the laws of this state,
or TO pursue, take, catch or kill any of
the other fowls OF birds protected by the
laws of this state with dog or dogs, with
out having in possession al the time of
such pursuing, taking, catching or kill
ing, a license therefore duly issued to
him under the provisions of this act"
AS the result of this partial contra
dlction in relation to dogs, Asst. Atty.
Gen. Buell., who wrote the opinion,
holds that the latter section of the stat
ute controls the former section, and
makes it possible for farmers and other
residents of the state to hunt without
dogs. The deer and aquatic fowl hunt,
ers are regulated by another statute,
and are not affected by the opinion.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30
Captain Hunt Dead.

The sturdy pioneers and war veterans
OF Vernon county learn with deep sad
ness of the demise of Captain Charles
A. Hunt, who died at his home in Mel
VIVA on Thursday evening last, after an
illness extending over two years. Capt.
Hunt was 72 years of age. He came to
Vernon county in 1865 and was num-
bered among the leading citizens of
Vernon county till his removal some
years after the close of the rebellion, in
which he actively participated. Cap
tain Hunt followed milling and farming
till the war broke out. He enlisted
from Bloomingdale in Company X, of
the famous Twenty-ffth regiment, en-
terlng the service as first lieutenant in
1862. He was promoted to captain and
was acting 'regimental quartermaster
for several months-and mustered out
April 7, 1855. Capt. Hunt soon after
moved to Melvina, where he pursued
milling and farming till compelled to
relinquish active life from increasing
infirmities. He served Monroe county
as a member of the legislature at the
sessions of 1S6S-70. Capt. Hunt was a
citizen of the highest order; a man of
courage. In death his memory will be
cherished as were his noble traits of
character emulated during his life time.
Funeral occurred at Melvina on Sunday
conducted under the auspices of the
Sparta Masonic lodge, of which the de-
ceased was an hOnored member. Re. G..
w. NuZum preached the funeral sermon.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30
What Is a Fair For9

The CENSOR finds the following salts.
factory answe to the above in a neigh.
boring paper, and appropriates it fol
local consumption: AS the time fol
holding the annual fair approaches the
CENSOR wants to answer a question
that has always seemed to be unsettled
in the minds of some. That is, "What
is the good of a fairy' There are many
reasons why a fair is a good thing and
among them are:
First, it is the only time in the whole
year when a merchant car see what his
customers, the farmers, are raising; he
can visit with his customers and look
yer their goods as they have to look
over his all the rest of the year. The
merchant should be ,terested in what
the farmer raises ana he should take
pride il helping to make for him.a place
to show his stock, vegetables, grain, etc.
Second, a fair is a good thing for the
farmer who is at all interested in having
good stock. He al take this opportu-
nifty to look over what other farmers
have and learn from them their ways of
handling grain, feeding stock, breeding,
etc. The merits of different breeds of
stock a be discussed at the fair.
The side attractions are but a very
small part of the fair. The horse racing
is but to amuse the exhibitors.
What is wanted to make a successful
fair, and ali agricultural fair, is to have
all agrlculturalists interested, to have
them bring their products and look over
the products of others. The Vernon
County Agricultural Association has
endeavored to interest all farmers this
year and all premiums are at a point
where exhibitors can be compensated
for their trouhle.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30
Kickapoo Base Ball League.


LA FARCE, Aug. %, 1893.
EDITOR CENSOR:-Your last issue
states that we have had a base ball war
on hand and that you were unable to
umpire or decide. The season is about
completed and being manager of one
club, | write you more fully the news
which is exciting here and needs adver-
Using, for we expect to play at the Viro-
qua fair. We have a league ON the
railroad and when La Fal ge came to the
top we had to"buck' the field naturally,
and Viola SEES up a howl on the umpire,
as defeated and weak humanity often
do. These two towns and WauZeka have
good ball clubs for Richland Center and
Lone Rock stepped (six players) in twice
and met defeat. A few disputes o
one with us, both sides claiming the
game. By counting that game, We are
two ahead, and without it, their count,
we are one ahead, so take your choice,
for we are one ahead anyway and intend
to stay ahead and occupy the dignified
position of champions of the Kickapoo.
Last weeks game at Viola, La Fargo -,
Viola II; at Wauzeka, Wauzeka Z,
| Soldiers Grove and Richland Center COM
bined 6; two weeks ago, at Viola, Viola
3, Wauzeka 2. The standing counting
| four extra games is as follows:
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30
Making Harvest Hands In the West.

An exchange gets off the following
jest on account of the shortage of labor
ers in the western harvest fields: A
farmer passed through town today on a
wagon on the back seat of which nat a
man who looked like tramp but who
was made comfortable by soft pillows
tucked around him and over whose head
another farmer held an umbrella, while
a boy famed him. The recipient of all
these hOnors smoked a % cent cigar and
lazily looked at the sky with eyes half
closed, occasionally taking. a drink of
ice lemonade from another humble at
tendant in the wagon. Behind followed
a guard of twenty farmers, all armed
with shot-guns. The sight created
some wonder I'll those who did not know
the cause. The farmer driving had Sc
cured a man who had consented after
pleading and great inducements to work
for him during the harvest season at SO
a day and board, and the others were
neighbors who we're assisting in getting
the Farmland safely to the farm with
ont anyone stealing him.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30
Not To Be Compared With Vernon.
CAsTLEwoop, South Oak. Aug %

AolLEWoO south OAK, Aug. 30.
EDITOR CENSOR:-The land Of wide
prairies, large grain fields, winds and
oizzards. jackrabbits and lizards
Such Is South Dakota. They claim to
have their banner crop here this wear
The acreage is great and the Weld
greater, although to one accustomed to
old Vernon's yield it does not appear
great. Ten to twelve bushels to the acre
Is considered an excellent yield here. bnt
when you consider the fact that the
farmers average to raise two or three
hundred acres of wheat you see where
the profits come in.
One Is surprised at the slack way in
which farms are run here. More il
wasted on n of the large farms than
many Vernon farmer raises, and wasted
In such a seemingly useless anner
Careless and thin planting, careless
shocking and threshing must cut down
prohts. Here it is the amount of land
worked and not the manner of working
that is considered. Everything is run
ON the same slack plan. We came into
Watertown on a branch of the Great
Northern, and although we had only a
mixed train of thirteen cars, the grass
was SO high on the track that with a
side wind blowing on the rails two cars
had TO be left at Stockholm before we
could get up a grade which would not be
called a grade on the Viroqua branch.
Two hours were consumed in irving be-
fore they would switch them off. The
trip from Benson to W~atertown, a dis
lance of ninety-three miles, took us eight
hours, and that on a prairie where one.
half the work required to keep up a
road in old Wisconsin would keep a
road iii tip top shape.
WATERFOWL is a place of between
three End four thousand, but does not
cone up to Viroqua in buildings OF
public improvements. This is of course
a dull time, but l do not think it does
the business that Viroqua does. 1t is
essentially a boom town and spread all
over the prairies. They have good wa.
ter works from artesian wells and the
water better than most Dakota water.
Their electric lights are confined &c
buildings, there being no street lamps
and side walks to the business part OF
the town.
There is plenty OF work at So per day
and hands scarce. We arrived last
Tuesday and it has rained every day
since. If it dries up, threshing will com
mence in earnest this week.
A VERNON Boy.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30
Camp Meeting at An End,

Annual district campmeeting closed
it's sessions Sunday evening. Through.
out there was a good interest, and fine
weather made the pleasure of camping
delightful. Sundays attendance was
up to the standard, about 5000 people
The weather was torrid. Rev. Wright
preached in the morning and evening
and Forter in the afternoon. A mum
Der of conversions are reported from
the meetings.
The annual election of officers was
held Saturday afternoon, when the fol
lowing persons were chosen:
President-Philip Boufleur.
Vice President-New Presiding Elder whi
Is to be selected for this district.
Secretary-G. W. Nuzum.
Treasurer-Mrs. M. D. Chase.
D~irectors-J. E. Nuzum, J. Fl. Swain, E.. J
Harris. Nj. G. Davis. Elias Harris, p. Bouffi
eur. Mrs. Ii. D.. Williams. NJ. d. Chase, f,
Tilton.
The board of auditors will meet al
Davis & Wise store, Saturday, Septem.
Der 2nd., at 1 o'clock p. m., and at2 p
m. The directors will meet to close NJ
the business of the past year.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30
Back From Norway.

Attorney o. R Skaar arrived yester,
day morning from his old home in
Norway, where he spent several months.
Mrs. Skaar and the children remained
behind for an indefinite stay. The old
est daughter, Mr. Skaar said, was not in
the best of health when the time set fol
their departure arrived, and consequent.
ly they.thought it best for Mrs. 'Skaar
and the children to remain for a time.
They spent several months in and abont
Christiana, the former home of both
Mr.. and Mrs. Skaar, which the former
had not seen for twenty years. Mr..
akaar returned aboard the steamer Lu'
oania, ON board of which among the
Others was Senator Spooner, Mr.. Skaars
health was greatly benefited by his trip
abroad, and he returned considerably
heavier and several shades darker than
when he left. La Crosse Chronicle.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30
WITH THE
CONGREGATIONAL CALENDAR.

O&l&Gf EFyG "A Ao2N a
We take up all u regular church
services for the year with this week
and as we have had a vacation, let us be
ready for a strong years work.
The mid-week service ON THURSDAY
evening to be led by the pastor,
Sunday morning the pastor viii
nreach and the communion service viii
follow the morning sermon
Sunday school at IL O'Clock and LEI
us all be in our places. teachers and
scholars, old and new. -
The Christian Endeavor meeting vii
be held at 7 O'Clock Subject; How
can we help our pastorT
The opening Sunday evening servlot
will be of especial interest 10 us all. ant
let us be present the first evening 81
that we may catch the spirit of enthu
siasm for the year,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30
A Very DelicA.e Operation.

Mrs. James Bane, of Sylvan, Rich
land county. accompanied by her hus-
band, came to this city a week since and
on Wednesday submitted to a delicate
surgical operation-the removal of an
ovarian tuner which weighed thirty
three and one-half pounds, and meas
ured in circumference 49, inches. 1t
was little more than a years growth,
The lady. with the spirit of a heroine,
submitted to the use of the surgeons
knife, and rallied well from the operation,
Mrs. Bane is at the residence of H. L.
Rayner, where she is having careful
nursing from Mrs Jordan. The opera
ton was performed by Drs. Suttle q
Trowbridge, Minshal!, Brown of Sold
iers Grove, and Randall of Sugar Grove.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30
For Farmers By Farmers.

1t should be highly gratifying to ii
people in this state to see the Wisconsin
state fair developing rapidly into a gen,
uine exhibit of farm productions ant
appliances as its chief feature. This Il
an agricultural state, and the state fail
management has acted wisely in max
ing the fair speak for the state. 1t Ii
now a farmers fair, managed by farm
ers for the farmers of the tate. Sept
II M IL this wear
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30
Chicks For The Multitude.

Five hundred large, eight-day oak
clocks, hour and half-hour strike, with
alarms, Fair week Sept. 18th to 10th,
81. IS, worth 81 90; warranted two years;
Not over two sold to a customer, and
none sold after fair week at this price;
Lrvine's Je~elry Store, La Crosse. Mail
| orders filed.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30
He Had Close Call.

While driving home from De Soto on
a load of lumber, last Wednesday night,
stephen Keir, who resides near monu-
ment rock, was dangerously shocked by
lightning and fell from his load. For
"a hours he was Unconscious, but rallied
He sustained serious bruises and is not
vet quite clear in mind. 1t is believed
he will fully recover.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30
Engine a-d Boiler for Sale.

The city of Viroqua has for sale, cheap,
a t~welve-horse power engine and boiler.
For particulars and terms address or
call ON Fl. E Packard, city clerk.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30
lard of Thanks,

To all the kind friends who assisted
during the long sickness, death AND
burial of our beloved husband and Ia
Their, we wish to extend our most heart
felt thanks MRS. c. A ROBERTS,
CuAS. A ROBERTS,
Mr.. AND MRS. j. Il SII.BAUGH.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30

The Alliance and other stores in West
by will pay IS CENTS per hundred for
mixed rags, 4 cents for old rubber, y cts
for copper, mixed scrap iron % CENTS per
hundred. ). HERSH, Buyer.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30
FOR SALE.

The Haughtor property In Viroqua, one lot
east of Rusk aveuoe. I'D In the Third ward.
Property consists u Is residence, a stable and
other out buildings. all in good condition.
Contains two lots with shade and fruit trees.
A good cistern and hydrant at the door of
residence. Apply for terms on the premises.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30

La Farge-Viola series. La Fargo 3,
Viola 1.
The La Fargo rife team, to which
belong, also leads, having won five out
of six matches. Either team is ready to
arrange a match with any team in this
part of the state by addressing me,
w. E, BUTT,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30
Wagons at a Bargain.

Parties desiring TO purchase light or
heavy wagons at sacrifice prices can do
80 at the Pulver machine shop. Call
soon
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30
Our Public Schools In Session.

The public schools of Viroqua opened
Monday, with an attendance approach
ing 400. The buildings have been i'm
proved and frightened up with paint
and paper, new apparatus and books adj
ded. The Institutional force has been
materially changed since last year, and
come with good credentials. Now let
teachers, parents. pupils and board
unite In n common effort to strengthen
and crowd our educational interests to
the fore rank. Following is the corps
of instructors and enrolment of stu
dents:
High school-Prof. Pierson, principal;
Misses Kathryn Goodell, Jennie Butt,
Andrews and Rowan, assistants. This
department opens with 1876 students.
First grade, Blanche Dunlap teacher;
50 enrolled.
Second grade, Ella Ellefson, 40.
Third grade. Mabel Treseder, 80.
Fourth grade, May Edwards, Al.
Fifth grade, Queen Cass. 35.
Sixth grade, Grace Horton, %.
Seventh grade. Alice Baldwin, 80.
Eighth grade. Ella F. Wilson, 81.
Foreign students in, the high school
number AZ and come from all sections of
the county. They are: Ragna Halver-
son, James Davis, Christina Yttri, Nellie
Reed, Joseph Reed, Mile Davis, Harry
Dahl, Anna Halverson, Cora POWELL,
Anna Neprud, Martha Neprud, Ellen
Hanson, Amanda Natwick, Emma Kro-
gan, Stella Bowman, Chrissy Miller,
Elida Bjelland, Rue Alexander, Enola
Carmichael, Mary Hayes, Elva Parsons,
Myrtle Silbaugh, John Kendall, Jessie
Waters, Edna Rumsey, Roy Aikens,
Hattie Smith, Chattie Gorsline, Mamie
Lemen, Louise Bowe, Clara Olson, Fora
Hockney, Julia Helgerson, Laura Ellef-
son, Cora Aikens, Nina Wallace, Malena
Hanson, Nettie Lyons, Sybil Arnold,
Carrie Brudos, Carrie McClurg. Rose
McClurg.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30
They Combine l8S Years.

On the camp grounds last Sur'tay,
were two women of remarkable ages.
Mother Dempster Seeley, who came from
her home at Seeleyburg, twenty miles
distant, to be at the meeting and visit
Virooua friends, is eighty-seven years
of age. There appears to be no limit to
her c~apacity for work, and there are
few people as thoroughly in touch with
the affairs of the times as she. Grand
ma Hammond is the other person she
will have reached her ninety-ninth
milestone next May. She lives with
her son, John ]. Hammond, in this city.
She too, is hearty and lively, and there
seems every probability that she viii
live to celebrate her centennial anniver=
sary in May, 1901.
Mr.. ]. NJ, Powell exhibited in the
| CENSOR Office a Porto Rican bean stock
the seed of which was brought home
by Frank Frazier.
Monday was a red-letter day. In
! Viroqua for this quiet season. We had
/ two italian organ grinders with mon
kew attachments and an Uncle Tom
tent show. The latter carried the nm
est cornet band that has been on Yiro-
qua streets for many a day.
A business change occurs in this
city tomorrow. Frank FL. Burlin dis
poses of his interest in the drug business
70 G. p. Favor. Wyman Arnold, who
remains in the firm, viii have full man
agement of the business. We are not
advised as to Mr.. Burlin's future lnten-
lions.
A large assortment of neokweal
inst received at Miohaelsohn's. The
newest and latest patterns in Tecks
four-in,hands, string, Windsor and bow
ties.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30

ley III lSUU.
Mrs. Broadhead, of Retreat, who in
| the latter DAYS of May, left for a visit tC
| Norway, has returned. The trip from
Norway TO Retreat was made in just ter
days. This is a revelation as compared
with some of the early emigrants from
| that country to America, many of whom
were that many weeks on the water,
-Messrs. Chris Ellefson, Lie. schoen,
berger, Chas. Mitchell, j. FL. McLees
! o. A. Larson, S. NJ. Aker, directors and
officers of the Utica insurance company,
wre in the city last Saturday and held a
meeting for the transaction of impor-
tant business. An assessment of one
fourth of one per cent was levied on the
policy holders of the company to liqui
date losses. The amount of the levy
will be about s., 600. No assessment
has been made before for two years.
-Viroqua sent a delegation of one
hundred to the Sparta fair, last Friday.
1t was a fine day and all enjoyed ths
excursion. The managers were unfor
tunate in two days of bad weather fol
their fair, but it was extended into Sat
urday and they came out with flying
colors. The exhibits were good in near
ly all departments and the races wer,
well contested. Frank MipshalTs horse:
took fourth money in the a:a5 and AZ
races, Will Gorsline's fine young mar
won second money in the 2:19 pace.
That was a ooisterous and infame,
pow-wow which the master of ceremo
MES in the weather department of tn,
electrical regions sent us last Wednes
day evening. Rain fell in torrents
lightning flashed more wildly and peal
of thunder We're more dreadful thai
anything of the kind we have expert
enced this season. The telephone ex
change suffered quite heavily in damage
|. fully a hundred phone connections hein
{ burned out. The electric light plan
also experienced some difficulty an
, damage. There were some cases c
electricity being conveyed into resider
ces and business places without injur
to individuals o. damage to property.
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