Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-02-22

visited at home a portion Of last week. Drs.
GunGorson. OF La Crosse. and Schrefner. OF
atio o ps on Aevin HAGEN last sf Friaay The to-
bacco sorters and others gave Clarence Shan-
non q pleasant SURPRISE on Thursday evening.
Mr.. shannon left for his home the following
morning. Mrs. Clara Spellnm visited friends
at Cashton q portion OF last week, staying
longer than she expected on account OF miss
:ss the train The Young Peoples society
Sunday last. Notwithstanding the cold there
was very large attendance: Miss Tiilie
Jefson is home again after q visit with reia-
tives and friends at Bloom ingdale y. X.
Johnson has changed boarding places, ana Is
at present domiciled at Berndt saugstad,s.;.
large number OF teachers attended the
Forum. county treas nrer. was a caller here.
Friday. He visited our schools The young
peoples society will give sociable In the
tanned seven of the teachers at dinner. Satur-
day. There is quite a little talk among
business men to have more side tracks built
the coming spring. fhe village is certainly
in need % them. We understand that Mr..
Frederickson IL not To give possession or his
interest in the store until March L.; We
notice people from far away doing business
here. which gives us the Impression that
Westby Is pretty god place for that pur-
pose. Last Saturday we noticed several In
from near Chaseburg ......A teachers meeting
was held here February 18th, conducted by
Supt. Henry L. Gardner. The meeting was
opened at 1880 a. M. with the song Amer
DY Inc SuLlft ASSOclatlUu. NtAJ WAS u
class exercise in primary geography. on
BROOKS and Brook Basins. conducted by Mis-
Ruby DeLap, followed by discussion on tn
exercise as presen.ea IAN was uSr ysrv
ably handled. Topics considered as TO how
to be made useful In connection with Geog-
raphy. history. Constitution. etc. stress
was laid on having good newspaper and
magazine at hand. This WAS followed by a
short discussion. Then the association adj
journed for dinner until 1850 y. m. Tne af-
hu ha af
"Marching through Georgia" by the assocta-
ton. Next was the subject OF history, con-
Quoted by Mr.. J X. johnson. on Articles of
confederation Inc assoc chI,n was vas taken
leading to the Adoption ct our present con-
stitution. subjects discussed were Albany
Plan. Declaration of Rights. Congresses of
l776 and 1777. Articles of Confederation.
Weakness of Congress under the Articles.
Troubles under Articles, etc. The Annapolis
Convention, and lastly the Federal Conven-
constitution, the subject was left for discus
sion. Next was an interesting paper on
Fairy Tales, by Miss Gullard, AS to be used
in reading IN the primary and middle forms.
which was followed by u lively discussion.
Stress was laid ON using these tales TO train
the imagination and also as basis Tor Ian
guage work. The last on the program, Us
carried out, was Reading In the upper form.
Mr.. j. A. Snyder read very good paper on
this subject, laying stress on the right use
Of books, and how to OBTAIN "a a., ana re- g9 si
was also followed by q discussion. Judge
D. o. Mahoney and Dr.J. X. Schreiner were
also on the program, but were unable TO at
tend the former on account of legal business
and the latter ON account of having a surgi-
cal operation to perform. The meeting AS a
whole was a success. Many OF the teachers
were from far away and deserve commenda-
ton In their Drawing the extreme cold weather
The entire association was made up OF tJach-
ers willing to discuss and give their Views on
different topics. And we do hope that all
were benefited by their attendance. +ss