Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-12-26
Good bye old year.

| -6oOu oye oiu year.
Days are lengthening.
Editor Frazier was over from Violi
on Friday.
Nathan Coe has returned from Cal
ifornia
Miss Tirza Dinsdale is home from
Appleton college.
Mrs Katherine Spaith died at Ian,
caster, aged losyears.
Get your ~ck of La w year resolu
ticrs ready for next weeks use.
e. v. wernick of Hill isboro, was a
business caller in this city, on Friday.
Wash lace curtains, shirt waists,
woolens, etc. with Maple City Soap.
Ray Graves was up from Sparta to
eat Christmas turkey at his fathers
board.
Miss Almina Wise came from her
teaching duties to spend holidays at the
home fireside.
Mrs. Ella Mcintosh of GAINESVILLE, is
spending the holidays in the city with
her parents.
| Lost, axe between south Main street
and Springville. Leave at this Office
| and receive reward
Mrs. Addie Tate Hebbard came
| from her home at Washburn, for holi-
| day visit at the old home.
Prof. Kronson, the eye specialist. at
the Park Hotel in this city, Wednesday
and Thursday of this week
Alfred Cass of Sumner. Iowa. is
spending season with relatives and
younp friends in this city
Warren Silbaugh and wife of the
town of Viroqua, are proud over the
arrival of twin girls at their home.
ALI out of town teachers in the
public schools have gone to their re-
spective homes for vacation season
Edward Beranek, head miller of the
Hillsboro mills, and Miss Winnie DeHart
of West Lima, were recently married
Lon Curtis returned from LaFarge,
where he painted the interior of new
house erecte1 by Daniel Smith on his
farm.
Levi Lake arrived home from Ohio,
on Christmas morning having been EN-
ployed at his trade there for several
months.
For nearly two weeks City NJ arshal
Norris was confin ed tf, his home by sick
ness. Scott Curtiss occupied his posi-
tion AS copper.
Capt o. A. Nordrum sold his farm
in Sterling to German near Chase
burg. Mr.. Nordrum purchased from
Frank Chase the 220 acres known as the
Coe ranch.
"A correspondent attempted, through
his local writings. today, to spring the
century discussion on us. We've trouble
enough without a repetition OF that un-
satisfactory subject
Don Glenn of Montana, is spending
the holidays with his parents in this
city. Mr.. Glenn is teaching in his
western home He says school wages
are easily double what they are here
Ole O. Brudlous and Oluf Galstaf,
two of Hamburg's pushing young farm
ers were pleasant callers Saturday exc
ming. They marketed their tobacco and
were we'll pleased with the result of
their years work
The Burlington railroad has issued
orders to its employees to the effect that
the continued use of intoxicants or fre-
quenting places where intoxicants are
sold will be sufficient cause for dismissal
The use of tobacco while on duty is also
prohibited
Among the many good things to be
found on the inside pages of today's
CENSOR are two new features = the COM
mencement of thrilling and instruc
tive serial story, and one of Tallmage's
great sermons Then there is the con-
gressional news. state budget and a
whola prist of read hlps
Rural free mail delivery over the
whole country would cost but $l4, 900 600
year says Post Master General Smith.
Let's see, there are eighty millions of us,
or will be before it can be put in opera
tion and this would cost us twenty cents
apiece. Cheap enough! Here's our
twenty cents. Jefferson County Union
"A newspaper account tells of man
in Sioux City who makes practice of
hugging women. Another paper tells
of handsome and richly dressed young
woman who is terrifying the men OF
Louisville by seizing them and kissing
them violently. Wouldn't it be highly
interesting to see these two freaks tackle
each other?
-Ex-Senator JAMES c. Officer. Miss
Florence Officer, ] L Officer, sons and
daughter of the late Z c. Officer, ac-
compAnied the remains here last Friday
Also two sons of the late W. e. Officer,
of Austin, Minnesota, We're with the
party. They all remained at Spring
vile till Monday, each returning home
then
The state of Oregon has hit upon
novel scheme for keeping her citizens
sober. Every man who drinks is requir-
ed to take out license and unless arm
ed with the document he cannot be
served with liquor at any saloon or ho-
tel The license cost $5 and the names
of persons taking them out are p ublish-
ed every six months. Exchange.
George Ronken, son of Ole Ronken,
who resides two miles west of Chase
burg. met with serious accident one
evening lately which nearly cost him
his life. The young boy was doing
chores about the horse barn, when he
was kicked by colt, which rendered
him unconscious for a time. His cheek
was badly bruised. and he had couple
of teeth broken out.
The year 1900 is drawing to a close.
On the whole it has been fairly pros
porous year for the farming interest and
If there are breakers ahead" no indica-
tions are TO be seen as yet. II the prices
of live stock and dairy products in 1901
keep up to the level of 1900 there will
be little complaint of hard times heard
among the farmers IN the northern
states. As the price has not been abc~s af-
! fording "a living wage. Ia favor1te
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