Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-08-29

Free band concert Friday evenlr 8
at the tabernacle.
Harry Adams, wife and baby have
been visiting Yiroqua relatives
Miss Kate Peterson is spending the
week with her sister. Mrs. Cushman.
-yiroqua w. G. T. u. will not hold
regular meetings till the first Tuesday
in October C1
4 Miss Phoebe Lane of Cashton who
graduated from the Viroqua high school
will enter Oshkosh normal
j n Deayer and wife returned from
Kansas City Mrs. Deaver repc rts con-
siderable relief from her trouble.
-S p. Gorsline w. FL. Loggy and
others OF cur horsemen are at the Maus-
ton races this week with their animals,
Misses Helen Gott and Emma Mel
son departed on Monday, for Valley
/ Springs, North Dakota, to teach school
There will be an ice cream social at
O. E Harris residence near Bud, Satur
day, September 1. Everybody invited
Miss Queen Cass, who has been
spending the summer with her p ents
| at Sumner. Ia, has returned to resume
her school duties.
Regular services will be held in the
iethodist church on Sunday morning
at 1890; Epworth League $50, p. m. +;
preaching service 7:S0 p. M
An ice cream social will be given
Saturday night next, for the benefit of
Rev. Peckham, at the home of Charles
Latta near Brookville. All invited.
A Crawford Tea in the near future.
Everybody invited. In anticipation of
the event, if possible read Mrs, Gaskell's
Crawford. Look out for date and
further notices.
Attention is called to advertisement
in todays paper of E. Thorbus & Son,
for the Milwaukee corr ausker. o. L.
johnson is hustling this section for the
sale of these machines.
w. A. Lewis of Bloomingdale will
in future have charge of the Coon Val
ley skimming station for the Elgin
Creamery Company.
Fred Poehlan, who was arrested for
the illegalsale of liquor at Battle Island,
was fined $50 anil costs by Justice Pol
lard The matter was appealed
For burns, injuries, piles and skin
diseases use DeWitts Witch Hazel salve
1t is the original Counterfeits may be
offered Use only DeWitt's A. J.
johnson e. Co., druggists.
Isaac Roberts came over from Forest
for the purpose of attending the q.
A r. Encampment in Chicago, but their
team escaped from the pasture of E.
Stretsberry and they were obliged TO
returned home.
In last weeks races at Fond duLac,
Minshalfs Vernon got in very fast com
pany and a. large field of210 and 2:l2
horses. He received a poor start and
got no piece Of the purse, hut made a
good showing He is entered in the
Oshkosh, Wauzeka and state fair races.
Mrs. Edward Lake has kindly con-
sented to assist the Vir,qua band. in
their concert, Friday evening Mrs.
Lake has a cultivated voice of remark
able power and sweetness. The people
of Viroqua are highly favored in having
| the opportunity to hear an artist of such
merit.
! About twenty tickets were sold at
| this station for the great Grand Army
| encampment now in session at Chicago.
Among the number who went are Gen
| eral and Mrs. Rogers, Capt. ]. Henry
Tate, BENZ. Rogers, John nj. Vance
William Berlin, Isaac N. Groves, John
NJ Dawson, Aaron Revels, Juen Revels
C. J. Cherington.
| -Strayed, from the pasture of E
Stretsberry, near Viroqua, Sunday night
span of horses. one a dark bay with
white spot in forehead, right fore-knee
swollen, scar on left hind leg, shod on
front feet; the other is light bay four
year-old, dark tail and name. good life.
Finder please advise f. Stretsberry, vi
roqua, or |. w. Roberts, Valley.
Tobacco harvest is at its height.
There is the largest acreage and the
heaviest crop ever grown in the county.
A few days more and the entire crol
will be safely housed and out of danger
of storms There has never been sea-
son when the crops went through with.
out some disorder of storm or other
damaging element There is now lively
riding throughout the growing districts
and considerable buying has been done
in the fields. The highest price we have
heard of being paid is nine cents. From
that the price ranges down to two OF
three cents. One of our heaviest loca'
dealers said to the CENSOR that the
present is the heaviest crop ever grown
| in this section. He said the county
would yield 30, 600 cases, or an increase
of 10, 900 cases over last season. 1t will
require, ne said, million of dollars tc
buy, case and market the tobacco croI
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