Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-02-15

ly magnificent pile, fast taking shape;
and though it will cost over $500. 900, it
will be as fine as anything in ancient
Greece or Rome; and when down-east-
ers come out west as far as Madison
their eyes will stick out like tenders on
trolley car. There is no hint of money
not well applied. The only question is
whether the people wanted a place to
house books or an architectural triumph.
They have got the latter. The work.
men on the building say-I mean the
day laborers and stenecutters Qwalked
downtown with one the other day.
that every bit Of work is as fine as silk.
Christopher Columbus Was TarGy.
! The programme includes we'll known
people. among them Professor Rasmus
Anderson, the spokesman for Nor
wegian-Americans. who is sure his for
| fathers reached America some Ave CEN
turtles before Christopher Columbus
| cast off from Spain. Editor Usher will
tell~of the Puritan influence in wiseon-
sin, and be careful not to offend his
Lacrosse German friends; and Green
| Bay lady, Mrs. Neville, will tell of the
| French in the valley of the Fox. There
will be banquet in the Congregational
| church.
And that reminds me that the church
| ladies of Madison have a curious way
| of raising money. They are all in the
| catering business. 1t explains why the
| city lacks good all-round catering firms
| When a banquet is to be served, the
| committee sends round to the different
ladies societies of four or five churches
and gets estimates, say for 100
| plates at so cents Each group Of ladies
| sends in the best menu they can afford
| for the money. The Congre-
| gational coffee is famous-always made
by the same person in huge washtubs;
| while the rresbyterians put up ia
nous pumpkin pie and shine in seal
loped oysters. The Methodist women
| are the favorites with the very hungry;
but the Epsiconalians have a daintiness
| about their eatables, which together
with very thin china and napkin to
every plate. often wins the bid.
Death of Another AsssmbIymau.
Following the death of Assemblyman
Hughes, an honest old farmer of Wau-
| shara, comes the death of another,
| Woyciechowski, a young Polander of
| Milwaukee. He was single, a man of
80, a railroad section foreman. His pc
culiar name was the subject for many
| jests on the start of the session. He was
| a pleasant-spoken fellow of small stat
ure. His taking off was fearfully sud-
den. He did not have "a doctor until
Thursday night, and Friday morning at
IL O'clock he was dead Like many
Milwaukee men, he drank beer He
was thick set, and rudy and plump. A
Madison physician is quoted as saying
that when pneumonia strikes a man
whose system has become accustomed
to beer 1t never lets go. He says he has
never known one to survive. The resist
ing power is shattered.
| Free Pass and the Lobby.
OF course. the free pass is the princi-
pal theme with us. The senate commit
tee has reported favorably on a clineh-
ing law, which shuts out all officials
from these perqusites. Thus far sena-
tors have delayed action. But we
shall have some sort of law, though
there will be soTle clever work at taking
out the sting, if it don't conflict with
the constitution when the law gets on
the statute books. The recommended
lions of Governor Scof1eld to abolish the
lobby are also leading to an attempt
to lash a prohibition into shape. But
it is not so easy to shut out the profess
SIGNALS without hitting people whose
efforts for and against measures are
highly meritorious Thus a committee
of leading Milwaukee citizens, or a del
egation of farmers who come here to
head off some iniquitouS measure are
as much lobbyists as the sly employees OF
a corporation who are trying to escape
Ashland Boy Writes to Gov. ScofieId.
Many amusing letters are received by
the governor. All the cranks in this
and other states feel called upon to give
counsel, administer rebukes, and ash
| questions. Some of the letters, how
tver, are pathetic. One woman in Mil
waukee not long ago wrote Governor
Scofield that her husband had faler
into the snare of a woman of shady
character. She wanted him to inter
vene. He tactfullly sends the letter t,
Chief of Police Jansen of the big city
and he made a call on the offending
husband. The latter turns pale as pa
| per and shook like a seed in the wind
He begged to be allowed another chance
A letter that amused the office much
, came from an Ashland school boy.
Dear Governor: L have got to reaC
your thanksgiving proclamation thi!
! year at school I'm not much at read
ing aloud. Make it short"
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