Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-02-07

$1,000 item. by the way, in the cost
of the building And when one re-
members that OF. eleven miles of wir-
ing there are 1000 lights under the
big roof, the delicate skill required to
bring harmony out of the mass OF
wires can be conprehended. The
lighting will be furnished by the Maai-
son company Really, the university
should have its own plant and 1t
owuld probably be an economy for this
one building to have IT'S plant. The
building will be heafed from the uni
versity plant.
The marble work is imported from
Italy. There ismuch stucco work. all of
1t modelled on the grounds The alchi-
teets design on paper what they think
would be comedy for certain place.
The modeler throws this design into
clay. Then follows gelatine into
which the white fluid stucco is
poured: and this decorative work is
much in evidence
On the top floor is series OF rooms
for the museum of the Historical soci-
ETY.. The walls of one of the rooms
will be covered with burlap as back
ground for pictures. There is lecture
room seating 200 with, stage and
electrical and pneumatic devices by
which the lecturer, by merely touch.
ing a button. can extingUish all the
lights. close the shades and get per-
feet darkness. and do other conven.
lent things. Provision is made few an
electric lantern. slides being much -
vogue in scientific and descriptive lect-
ures.
There is one room 120 feet in
length. not yet assigned. Here is a
chance for some philanthropist who
inclines TO art to contribute the casts
of the masterpieces of antiquity for
the education of all comers The long.
narrow. weil-lighted room would lend
itself well to the Parthenon freze.
OF course, there are toilet rooms for
both sexes ON each floor. There are
executive offices for the officials at
each end of the building There is a
reading room for periodicals. There
are twelve rooms for seminaries-the
new system of study and research by
groups of students
And finally in the building are hun
Greds of birds, sparrows and others
that were Inadvertently shut in when
the roof was put on. They can be seen
flying from room to hall, from corri-
dor to stairway, curious but friendly
companions of the italian and other
skilled workmen who allow them to
feed on the crumbs of their lunches.
What will be done with these birds
when some distinguished and scholar
ly Orator--perhaps Talcott Williams,
the Philadelphia journalist, comes to
deliver an address of dedication, is
what is keeping me awake nights.
The dairymen's association will hold
their annual meet Feb. 1915 in Wa
tertown. H. C. Taylor is the presi-
dent-an Orfordville man-of this or
eanization, which has been holding
conventions for twenty-eight years.
And. by the way. the dairymen or
gained their association in Water
town. The mayor will welcome the
visitors and, of course, Ex-Governor
Hoard will speak for the cow men.
Professor Vol of Madison will tell
about Danish exhibits of butter, and
the women will talk, for Wisconsin
women are taking profitable part in
the butter and cheese business. Mrs.
Addic F. HOWE of Elm Grove will
speak on Zone Way TO Develop a
Dairy Cow" James H. Bierne of
Oakfield. who has cows that make
over 300 pounds of butter in twelve
months, will tell how he feeds them
If this butter averaged 20 cents each
of these cows returned $50 to her
wise owner. 1t reminds one Of the
story, Thus did the hen-re-ward
Beecher." Henry C.. Adams, who vies
with Ex-Governor Hoard in sintimacy
with the farmers and who says he can
easily make $1,000 year in the milk
business any time he wants to return
to it, will speak; and Professor Far,
rington of Madison, an expert from the
agricultural department at Washing
ton: Major Afford. chief of dairy d.
vision. will tell of American dairying
at the Paris exposition. Professor
Henry will talk OF "Slos" and Pro
fessor Carlyle VIII Judge dairy cows
in the living flesh before the audience
There are three prizes. aggregating
$3.50, for the best producing Wiscon.
sin herds in butter and cheese for the
year 1899. where the milk or cream
has been taken TO Il creamery or
cheese factory. TO compete for these
prizes herds must have numbered not
less than twelve cows
ORLANDO RITRNETT