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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-11-14
4 Gentle Leader.

During the closing weeks Of the siege
of Petersburg, Gen. Robert E. Lees
headquarters were in a private house.
One morning he was standing, with
several members of his STAFF, under a
large tree, when heavy shell landed
not far distant.
Lieutenant" he said. the enemy
have evidently got our range and we
had better retire
OF course nobody would retire till the
chief set the example. The roxt mo-
ment another shell crashedashrough the
top of the tree above their heads, and
all followed his advice except himself.
He stopped-and for what do you
suppeseT' asked the old Confederate
officer who told this story in the At
lanta Constitution.
The shells had knocked down a nest
fun Of young birds. and when the re-
treating officers looked back they 81 "
General Lee pick up the nest ana place
It carefully on one OF the lower branch
es Of the tree.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-11-14
-, Going Bac { to the Farms.

While the census shows that the cities
have increased in population more rap
idly than the smaller towns between
1890 and 1900, this increase is not gem
orally so great percentage abose that
of the towns as was shown by the cen
sus of 1890 for the ten years previous
to that date. This is more particularly
true in what are known as the agricul-
tural States than in those where large
manufacturing industries have been
established in or near the cities. And
even in the latter case there seems to
be tendency for many of the employees
to seek a residence in the suburbs or
some small town near by, where they
are retired from the noise and hustle of
the city, and where they can have room
to have fruit trees, garden and poultry
.Pard to occupy leisure hours. or such
days as they are not employed. And
perhaps some credit may be given to
the character of the immigrants who
have come to US. They are more largely
from agricultural sections, and prefer
to go to the country where they will be
classed as skilled laborers, than to join
the unskilled laborers of the city en-
gagged in the hardest kinds of manual
labor
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-11-14

culation of air among the corn. The
studding should be 2x6 set three feet
on centers, with 2x4 girts notched into
the studding. The ends of this build
ing are sided with seven-eighth inch
matched drop siding put on horizontally
except the gable, which is put on YER
tically. The sides are covered with
1x3 inch strips set a half inch apart
and are put on vertically. The space
between the cribs is twelve feet wide,
pad is closed inside from the bottom of
he cribs to ground, forming an inside
bhed, which is not accessible to any
farm animals. This inner shed is
closed by rolling doors at each end.
The cribs are boarded up inside the
shed with three-inch strips placed hori-
zontally half inch apart to admit air,
and by opening the doors free circula-
ton of air can be obtained in fine
weather. The SHE'D is fIoored over above,
forming an apartment twelve feet wide
by forty feet long. %
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-11-14
Birds-N Nest Pudding.

Pour one quart of boiling water ever
one-half cup of pearl tapioca. Set II
over the fire and cook rapidly a few
minutes, stirring occasionally, then lei
1t cook over boil:ug water until the
tapioca Is transparent. Add half Ia
blespoonful o. salt. Core several thin
skinned apples, cut in halves. arrange
them with the hollow side up in a
round, earthen dish; I'LL the cavities
with sugar and lemon juice. Pour the
tapioca over them and bake in hot
oven until the apples are done. Let II
cool little before serving. Eat with
sugar and cream.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-11-14
To Make the Hens Lay.

If the hens don't lay, turn them out
and let them dig and hunt in the ground
for food, is the advice of L. f. Me
Grew, in the Country Gentleman. Bury
small grain where they will find it
when they dig. This will induce them
to hunt, and while thus employed they
will find bugs and worms that will
quicken the production of eggs. 1t is
well to follow this plan as soon as the
spade will turn the ground. for it adds
vigor and strength to the hens and N
st1es strong, healthy chicks. The lazy,
idle hen is of no use, but to sit about,
eat, and grow fat. If she will not work.
she viii not lay. If she will not lay.
her life should end, and her fat carcass
grace the table. You can always rest
assured that the indolent hen is a non
producer; soon she becomes too fat to
lay and too tough to Ne eaten.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-11-14

1t has lately been decided that State
has not constitutional right to pay a
bounty TO beet sugar growers or to the
factories for manufacturing the sugar.
Yet this is the way it is done in Euro
pean countries, either by paying poun-
ties or by taxing the use of sugar at
home, and renting the tax on that
exported, so that their own citizens can
not obtain it at home as cheaply as the
citizens of other countries. By this
policy Austria Hungary produced in the
year ending July, 1899, 1,041,700 tons of
raw sugar from beets, and in the year
ending July, 1900, 100000 tons, the
largest product they have ever known.
Germany also increased her product for
the nine months from August, 1898, tc
April, 1899, inclusive, from 1,495, S04
metric tons to !, 554, 492 metric tons for
the same months in 1899 and 1900.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-11-14
Points for the Housewife.

To clean a felt hat use spirits of am
monia, which should be applied with a
hard brush.
Leather chair seats may be revived
by rubbing them with the well-beaten
white of an egg.
If oilcloth, after being washed, is rub
bed over with linseed oil. it will look
equal TO new.
Fuller's earth viii remove grease and
SCOT marks from clothes. Benzoin will
often remove spots; but care must be
taken to rub .oward the center Of the
spot and not outward, or the clean ma
terlal will be spoiled.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-11-14
Adnnt the Cron to the soil,

Alva Ager writes to the National
Stoekman that last year he regretted
not having plowed up one acre of wheai
and planted it to potatoes. The sol
was too rich for the wheat, which
lodged before heads filled, and de
stroyed the clover seeded with it. Ibis
reason for not doing so was that he dfd
want to cut off one acre for a different
crop from the rest of the field. Resuft
no returns for the labor done or seed
sown. Last fall he sowed it to rye, AND
last sprins: planted it to potatoes
adding So worth of acid phosphate, and
this fall he harvested over 200 bushels
of merchantable potatoes or $50 worth
as they sell there, besides the unmfT-
charitable ones. He thinks roczI and
rye a good combination for his s6ll
meaning the South Carolina phosphate
rock
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-11-14

can be taken off in time to sow rye
which will make growth enough tt
furnish a good fall pasture or spring
pasture for cattle or sheep, and then it
may be plowed under in season TO plant
potatoes again or some other later crop.
We do not Ike the idea of growing two
crops of potatoes on the same land for
two years in succession. but there are
many other crops which would follow
we'll after the rye was plowed in, and
nearly all crops can be taken off in time
TO sow rye after them, which will be
large enough to plow under in the
spring. But do not trust to the rye
alone as fertilizer, but use it as an
addition to the other fertilizer applied.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-11-14

drinking, talking and laughing, as IL
we We're all the best of friends. When
we had satisfied our voraeious appetites
the two parties filtd out Of the dining
room in the same manner that they en-
tered. Our party was sitting ON the
front porch discussing the situation and
the best way out of it, when the Con-
federate captain put his head out of the
door aud politely asked us if he and his
men might have their guns back again.
Upon receiving their promise not to at
tempt TO take us prisoners we let them
have their weapons, whereupon they
took their departure at once
1--WE were holding a council of war
In regard to the probability Of the rebels
attacking us as we marched back to
our army, when the same bright young
woman who had proven herself so true
a friend &c our cause came out on the
porch and told us that she had over
heard one of the Confederate telling
her father that he proposed to lay for
ups on the road. She pointed out TO us
| roundabout way by which we could
reach the main road on which our army
was travelling, and, following her direc-
tons we caught up with the army about
10 o'clock that night. Indianapolis
Journal
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-11-14
Preserving shinule Roofs.

Many dollars may be saved by max
ing your roof last five or more years
longer than is usual before reshingling.
Take some air-slacked lime and when
the shingles are damp sprinkle it on the
upper part of the roof. 1t will gradual
ly wash over the whole of it and pre-
serve it wonderfully, A bushel of lime
will be sufficient for 1,600 square feet.
IL you don't believe this, examine your
roof and notice the difference IA that
part where the lime has washed from
the chimney.-R. II. 7. Wylde.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-11-14
almost stumbled over little 6 months

almost stumbled over little 6 months
old baby. The old Fourteenth, which
had never yet quailed in battle, stopped
almost short for a minute, and an Of
fieer ordered the baby carried back to
reginlental headquarters,
THE day after the battle the baby
was brought before the Fourteenth and
was unanimously christened the Child
of the Regiment. Three or four days
later a terrified, heart-hroken mother
came searching over the battlefield for
her little lost baby. You can imagine
how she felt when she heard that it had
been found in the center of the battle
field and tenderly cared for. She car
ried it away, and that was the last 1
ever heard of our little Child of the
Regiment. Chicago Tribune.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-11-14
Peacl, Put,diup.

Make batter as for cake with
three eggs, two cups milk, two
cups sugar three tablespoons OF
butter. -four to thicken sufficiently. Use
about one-half as much baking powder
with the -four as ordinary receipts call
for Bake IN Hat pan "a dripping pan
is BEST, split and serve with canned
peaches between. This is fine served
with sugar and milk, and is very easily
made.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-11-14
Ncvt!se for watermelons.

A Georgia farmer Is said to have be-
come the pioneer in a new industry
namely. making syrup out of water
melons. He cuts the melons in halves,
scoops out the pulp, runs 1t through a
cider mill. presses out the juice and
then boils the liquid for twelve hours
over a hot fire. Out of go melons,
worth 81 or So at wholesale, he gets
thirty gallons of syrup, and markets
the product at 80 cents a gallon. The
refuse is fed to the hogs, cattle and
chickens. and the whole operation is
very nrnfitahle.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-11-14
Peach Tart.

Rub two tabiespoonfuls OF butter In
10 one pint of -four; add one-half tea.
spoonful of milk, and one levl tea.
spoonful OF baking powder. Roll out
on a Toured dish until half an inch
thick. Fill baking dish with sliced
peaches, allow to each peach one ia.
blespoonful Of sugar. and one table
spoonful of water, Lay the crust over
this; make an opening In the center
Brush the top with melted butter and
bake in a moderate oven half an hour
Serve hot with cream.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-11-14

This polish improves shabby leather
chairs wonderfully. Boil half a pint
Of llnseed oil. Let 1t stand until nearly
cold, and then stir in half pint OF
vinegar Stir until thoroughly mixed.
and bottle for use. says the New York
Telegram When needed. shake the
bottle well. pour very little on a soft
flannel rub thoroughly into the leather
turning the flannel as it gets dirty, and
rub with soft busters until the polish
of the leather is restored
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-11-14

To rid the poultry house of lice. first
tear down the roosting poles and hold
them over a fire made from straw or
trash from the wood pile, then place
poles back and smoke the house with
Dulphur. Be sure and close doors tight
~ while smoking Saturate roosts with
kerosene oil; clean hen house every day
and sprinkle with lime as ashes. If
these rules are followed you viii never
be troubled with lice among the poul-
TRIMS. y. I. BaiIiff.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-11-14
Peach NIarmaIade.

Peel, stone and weigh the peaches
and allow three-quarters Of pound OF
sugar for every pound of fruit. Put
the fruit into a preserving kettle and
bring gradually to boil. Stew until
tender and broken; add the sugar and
boil for ten minutes longer. Just be-
fore taking from the fire stir in one
tablespoonful of lemon juice for every
pound ofepeaeiies used. Remove lat
once from the IRE, can and seal.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-11-14
rut,inrs Of Bush Fruits. E+c.

Cuttings may be made of currants,
gooseberries, ounces, etc. Tie them in
bundles of fifty and bury in foreground
in a welI-drained spot or in sand i'd the
cellar. If preferred, they can also be
planted out in rows two or three, feet
apart and two inches apart in the rows.
Grape cuttings would better be tied in
bundles and buried until spring,r4F'arm
Ionrnal ~
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-11-14
/. Pineapple Pic.

Gut the pulp In fine slices and
sweeten ftwith graduated sugar Heat
for a few moments. Line a 10-inch
pie plate with a rich pastry. fill 1t with
the prepared pineapple and cover with
puff paste. Brush it over with the
white of an egg and bake about so
minutes in qlick oyenS When baked
dredge with sugar and set In the
oven until the sugar melts and forms
a glaze.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-11-14
Tread puddiup.

Two cups Of bread minced fine, three
eggs. one cup Of milk, one cup sugar
Bake slowly. II you have any jam or
Jelly left over las the last 70 the can ls
nearly always thrown away 1t is an
excellent favor for the pudding Other
wise. flavor with lemon.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-11-14
Raked Peaches.

Peel ripe peaches and lay them close
together In baking pan. Strew thick
BY with sugar and bake, covered. until
tender ali through. Remove the peach
es carefully and put into a deep dish.
Add the juice Of lemon TO the strip
ia the pan. boil hard fifteen minutes
and pour this over the peaches. Set
aside until very cold.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-11-14

A physician who has been iRYesti-
eating the matter says that from the
weeds growing In a pool OF ,stagnant
water in a pasture he has besAs, able TO
develop and cultivate the gsRfBRe IT,
BercElosis germ, and cited the fast as a
strong argument In favor oftfEE-ndshing
the cow with supply Of pure SITTER.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-11-14
rotnto Salad.

Make of equal proportions of cold
boiled potato cut into dice, blanched
English walnuts and stone olives. The
mixture Is marinated with French
dressing an hour before serving and
chilled In the refrigerator during that
time; a stiff mayonnaise being added
1t is sent TO the table. With this were
handed round sandwiches OF thin slices
OF brown bread spread with pate de
fole gras.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-11-14
BAKED sweet Potato Slices.

Peel and slice raw sweet potatoes
enough to sill II quart pudding dish
three.q quarters full. Pour on them one
emp Of boiling water, one-hAf cup OF
sugar. small lump Of butter and a little
grated lemon peel. Bake I'm covered
dish for thirty minutes, then take off
cover and let them brown. Serve with
small squares Of buttered toast.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-11-14
Raconians ONT OF Court.

School vlsitor-Now. then, boy,
Number One. who wrote 'Macbeth?"
Boy Number One trembling violent
Please, sir, didn't.
School visitor-I know you didn't,
but who did?
Boy Number One with a spasm of
virtue)-- Please, sir. didn't wanter be
a tell.tale. but II was Rob Buster. over
In the corner seat. see him a-doin' of
it.-London Tlt-Bits.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-11-14

A steady diet Of sulphur and mo-
Iasses is said 20 De q perfect protection
against mosquito bites. The insect Is
declared to be antagonistic 10 the a.
mosphere that surrounds a person who
INDUCES in that method OF driving the
impurities of bis blood to the surface.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-11-14
A HOUSE OF BEADS.
Wonderful Work of Woman Whose
Early Love Was BIighted.


One of the most wonderful houses in
the world, which is called The Castle
of Liberty" has been built entirely of
beads by Miss Matilda Hemming Of
Cheltenham, England. 1t stands two
feet high and its first floor measures
about ten inches square. The second
floor has all around 1t the queerest lit
tie balconies, inclosed with fences. A
mansard roof, through which curious
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-11-14
Pntatoes and Rre

Potatoes do exeellently well upon
land where crop Of green rye has
been plowed in being usually very free
from scsb, fair and smooth. says the
American CultiTatoE Early potatoes
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-11-14
az ANcnoREp tNp POST.

through. the hole u the cable from the
buried stone is passed. The brace (c)
is 2x6 board securely spiked in place.
When the posts and the stone are being
Put in position the soil should be
tamped until it is very firm. Secured
in this way, an end post will remain
immoyable for many years.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-11-14

Millions mind rose 10 its highest ca
pacity when the blind poet was be-
tween 81 and 80 It was at this pea
Rod OF his existence when he offered
TO the world Paradise Lost"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-11-14

Youngest Person on battlefield.
Il see there's some argument about
who was the youngest soldier in the re-
belllon," said q comrade from Ohio. Il
am sure / know the youngest person
who was ever on one of the big battle
fields of the war, and after you hear
my story there Will be no one to dis
pute me.
at was at the battle Of Hatchie-a
hot fight, as a good many of the boys
remember. The field was already
strewn with wounded. and the Four
teenth had just been ordered into ac-
ton. We were charging when a man
in the front rank stopped short In
ditch In the center of the field he had
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-11-14

The illustration shows an effective
way of securely anchoring the end post
of wire fence. The post (a) should be
set at leastthree feet in the ground and
four is much better. The cross pieces
tii) are 2xS inch boards. "a inches long.
The stone (e) is firmly buried and
should just about fit the hole. The post
fb) is about six feet from (a), and
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-11-14

He that places himself neither higher
nor lower than he ought to do exer
cises the truest humility.--Cohon.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-11-14

GAVE HER LIFE TO THIS WORK.
little dormer windows peep, covers the
third floor. 1t Is madesentirely of beads.
Pure white beads form its windows,
beads of chalk form Its sides, the roof
is of opal tinted glass. A woman work
ed fifty years upon 1t, weaving into 1t
the story of her life. Like her life. the
house is Incomplete.
The Gaker was an eccentric woman.
When she was Is her heart fell into the
keeping Of young man OF goodly APP
pearance, but who her father thought
was not Of goodly ways. In fact, al
though Miss Matilda had but one heart
to give his stock apparently was mex.
haustible. They did their counting In
the old oxford churchyard, parental ap-
prevail being denied the swain. DESPITE
this everything went merrily until Papa
Hemming discovered the trysting place
and put stop to the meetings. 1t was
then that Miss Matilda began her Gas
tie of Liberty" as she called the little
bead house" And into 1t with every
bead she put some longing and hope for
her lost love. Some vain hope that time
might change. as 1t is supposed TO do.
all things, and she would alive happily
ever after"
Fifteen years passed, and the struc-
ture Of the Castle of Liberty" grew.
First the sides were made on perforated
cardboard with chalk beads no larger
than a pinhead--still the lover stayed
away. Ten years later the windows Of
the first floor and the foundation of the
second were finished. Miss Matilda
was growing old, her hair. once dark
and glossy, was almost white. The
love of her youth had married another.
and she had learned that life does not
pass according to plan. but that broken
and marred the years have to be taken
up md the mosaic be made as perfect
as possible from the shattered pieces.
The house became a pa. or her life.
With t went all her thoughts. She
spoke to no one. LIVED N one room and
prayed that she could live long enough
to SEE her worK completed.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-11-14

The rougher a girls hair looks. the
longer it took her to comb it that way.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-11-14

People have as hard time lodging
death as IL he rode a bicycle instead
of an old white horse
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-11-14

Those who have no particular ances-
try to boast about, are always partieu-
larly boastful of their dogs pedigree.
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