Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-25
Mis- Kate Edwards is visiting in

guest of young friends in this city.
Mr. and Mrs i. II Fra Zier spent q
day in Viroqua, this week
The skimming station at this place
viii be ready to begin operations Aug l.
Miss Hattie Wells was over from
Viola and paSssd q few day $ at The home
of DR.. Belt
Infermaticd from 4;eadstown is IL
the effect that john Crook, senior, il
very low.
Roy Fr,zier returned from Mime
sofa, where he has been teaching for
some months.
United Lutheran church Ladies' Aid
society, meets to-morro at ? oc lock
with Mrs. Espeseth.
Our venerable townsman T. c.
Pringle, leaves here Friday, for pro-
tracted visit in York State.
Postmaster Wig, Halvor Johnson
and FL NJ. Allen were Avalanche visitors
at the CENSOR Office during the week.
-Springville w G. T. U. will hold
their next meeting at the home of Mrs
Jerome Favor, Wednesday, Aug. 1st.
There will be services in the Nor
wegian Synod church Sunday, July %.
and not Sunday, Aug. 5th as announced.
Mrs. G. w Heavrin, who has been
visiting friends and relatives here the
past week, returns to her home at Apal-
lonia, today.
The young peoples society of The
Northwest Prairie church will meet
with Mrs. Ingrie Johnson at West Prai-
RE, Sunday evening next.
Miss Charity Coe passed few DAYS
at home. She is doing clerical work in
the headquarters of the republican CON
gressional campaign committee in Chi
cago
Mrs. Andrew Baldwin. who has been
visiting in Minnesota and Dakota FOR the
past six weeks has returned home ac-
companied by her daughter. Mrs. Boss
hard of Bangor
Mr.. r. r. Kelting, an old South
Dakota friend of Geo. w Allen, has been
renewing acquaintance with him in the
town of Jefferson. They put in little
time at fishing on the Mississippi
Register of Deeds Hutchison is ur
from Readstown for short stay Onr
readers will be pleased to learn that Mr.
and Mrs. Hutchison who have been very
poorly for months, are greatly improved
IN health.
Andrew Mellem had as his guest
one day last week, Jens johnson of Min
neapolis, land agent of the Great North
ern railway. Mr.. johnson has numer-
GUS relatives south of this city, whom
he paid brief visit
Last Friday little five-year-old son
of William Shower of this city, fell
backwards into pan of boiling water.
His hips and one leg were ver7 severely
scalded, but the little fellow is improv-
ing and there is no longer any danger
for his recovery.
One of the most regular visitors to
Viroqua is Capt. H 7. James, who re-
sides near Ferryville He comes to at
tend Masonic meetings, and his calls are
made about twice a month. Captain
James was an ocean sailor for more
than twenty years
Monroe county still maintains
prohibition political party, which has
placed county ticket in the field. Chas.
L. Wood, late of Jefferson, is nominee
for clerk of the court A. b. Saxton,
also late of this county, is chairman of
the county committee.
La Crosse Modern Woodmen CON
template visiting Sparta during the fair
and their degree team will again enter a
competition with the Foresters of Viro-
qua and Sparta, this time for consider
able purse and with an intention of win
ming In the contest. Sparta Democrat.
Ed. Larson in company with an out
of town photographer drove into high
water on the South Bad AK during re-
cont flood, and capsized losing the seat
and top of the buggy. Larson jumped
before they reached deep water but his
companion was compelled to swim sew
eral rods and lost his camera
An exchange says that the vertical
system of writing which has been
adopted in many schools throughout the
country, is now being attacked in the
east and has been abandoned in many
schools on the ground that pupils who
have been taught til system are handi.
capped in their pusers after leaving
school and entering clerical pursuits
where rapid handwrfting'is an essential.
The Viola Intelligencer reports that
Samuel ID. Ames of Liberty, had the
misfortune to fall from the roof of his
house and break his right leg near the
ankle Both bones were broken entirely
off and protruded through the flesh. He
had gone up on the house to repair the
chimney and the cleats, which had been
on the roof for some time, We're rotten
and gave way from under him precipi-
tating him to the ground with the above
result 1t is a very unfortunate affair
| and moreso coming as it does in the
midst of the harvest season.