Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-03-28
MI T6out 9our friends ana Teigh6ors.

MISS mary NICHOLS is nome IRON
Beloit College on vacation.
Lon Curtiss is doing painting ant
papering for Readstown parties
"A. NJ. Anderson has gone to NORTH
Dakota TO work for the coming season
IF. w. Alexander is confined to his
home with severe attack of rheuma
tism.
Joseph Pennell has disposed of hi,
residence property on North Main street
to L. G. Davis.
Next Saturday is caucus day for the
nomination of officers in most of the
towns.
Chairman Sherman McVey OF
Whitestown, was city business caller
on Monday.
Francis Baird and family have re-
turned from Lindsey to reside on their
farm in Webster
w. ]. Waggoner, one of Viola's
prominent business men, was a city
business visitor on Friday.
George w. Allen has been appoint
Cd 80 fill the vacancy caused in the town
craftsmanship in Jefferson.
w. c. T. u. will meet with Mrs.
Scott Curtiss at 3 o'clock. Tuesday,
April 3rd A FIVE cent lunch will be
served.
Mrs. William Tewalt, who has been
taking treatment at Mendoza hospital,
returned home Monday evening in good
health and spirits.
Come, gentle spring, ethereal mild
ness come, and don't hang back for fear
you may not be thoroughly welcome
when you arrive.
Miss Grace Ballentine, of Blooming
ton, is visiting Marjorie Chambers.
Miss Ballentlne was teacher in our
schools -aw years since.
Sugar making has begun in some of
the few camps of this section. 1t is no
ticeable, however, that there is a scar
city of sugar bushes of late years.
Prof. and Mrs. Pearson entertained
the assistant and grade teachers, four
teen in all, of the public schools, to tea
at their horne, Saturday evening.
Sunday was bowling winter day.
1t stormed throughout and was blustery.
Rays of the sun made it disagreeable
under foot to this time from melting
snow.
Our farmer friends probably have
noticed that beans have brought high
price for some time past and are worth
OF late - 90 and over per bushel at
wholesale.
Have your town and village election
tickets printed at the CENSOR office,
where you can get them while you
wait. Orders by mail or telephone
filled promptly.
Fruit is being killed bv the cold in
Tennessee and Georgia. Now that they
have winters down there as web as else
where what is the use of hvinss in the
South anyway
Frank Van Vlack. who moved from
this community to Oregon, adozen years
ago, is making his first visit to the old
home, and is greeted by numerous rela-
tives and friends.
Venerable Levi Noble, who has been
ill at the home of his daughter Mrs
Gauper. of this city. is slowly recover
ing His son Ed has been here waiting
upon the old veteran.
The following have purchased pianos
from the Groves-Barnes Music Co. during
the past two weeks: E. FL. Briggs W.
d. Dyson, J. Thompson, Robt. A. John
son, 7. o. Mork, w f. Stricken
= Bergen lost one of its leading cti-
zens in the death of William Wehling.
who passed away from pneumonia on
the 10th instant. Mr.. Wehling was
seventy-sevec years old and was an old
time settler.
-Tha tunnel is to be ca sed. and a man
is now here from Seattle, Washington,
to superintend the work, which will
mean an OUTLAY of $4,000. 5000 of
which will be paid out for labor, fur
nlshing twenty-five or thirty men en-
plovment To- three months or more
LaFarge Enterprise.
Many thousand of fish fry from the
state hatcheries have been received and
placed in Vernon county streams of
late. The CENSOR has a few blank ap-
plications which will be used for others
who may desire to secure young fish to
stock streams in their localities.
"A party of Viroqua Odd Fellows
consisting of DR.. Suttle John Beatty.
Philip Bouffieur,' w. f. Fisher. Samuel
Gorsline. A. D. Helgeson, F. NJ Min
shall, William Smith and Ed. Wiganow-
sky went to La Crosse last Friday, to
assist in the organization of an en-
report an excellent fraternal visit.
The Norwegian Lutheran college at
Stoughton was destroyed by fire on Fri
day. There were liz students enrolled,
many of them hailing from Iowa, Min
nesota, Illinois and Dakotas. The loss
is $4,000 with s., 900 insurance. The
academy was erected in 1889 by subscrip-
ton, n my in this section contributing
to construction and maintenance.
Will A. Lake and two children ar
rived from Chicago and remained over
the Sabbath with relatives. Mr. Lake
confirms the newspaper reports of per
plexities existing in that city between
the trade unions and contractors. The
city. he says, will suffer greatly from
the hostility. Men'by the thousands are
idle while there is plenty of work for
every man at the higtoJt scale ever paid.
1t Is simply question of whether pro-
prietoIs and contractors shall conduct
their own affairs or permit walking
bosses to do it for them. Mr. Lake is
interested in new project of automobile
buses that promises big scheme.
This will be the first year in the his
tory of Wisconsin game laws that spring
shooting of ducks viii not be allowed
In years gone by the hunters have gone
to the lakes, rivers. ponds ard marshes
in the sDri1g and slaughtered d1cks Il
their hearts content, but it will be differ
ent this year The law passed at the last
session of the legislature prohibits tbs
killing # ducks in the spring. They ar