Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-25
THE THINGS THAT SPRING BRING SURE.

@. C. Smith. Formerly viroqua Editor. Discourses
on Gentle Spring and the Effect IT has on candi-
dates for 0fEice-He Speaks Through the Dodge
vile chron Gle.
AS the warm spring rains reinvigorate I
the earth from the torpidity of a
long and uneYentful winter the candi- !
date, being recognized by all botanical |
scientists as the earliest shrub to sprout. /
the iuciest while it is growing, and
the most insipid when it decays, already
is putting forth its peduncles for the
early blossom. At present, the entire
political garden remains as when the
SHOWS of 1898 covered it. but as the mer
curry rises it seems to draw up the can
didate with it, and not infrequently
when the thermometer registers rs plus,
the candidate is fully up to 10 and ris-
| ing. The candidates for sheriff are de-
voting their talents TO the study of the
technicalities of the law of service and
returns, as well as to a critical exami-
nation of the bolts, locks and bars of the
Jail premeditating the possibilities of
reimbursements from the county board
in case of an unexpected Jail delivery.
The treasurer is weighing his vouchers,
nickels and pennies in the scale with his
ledger to ascertain their relative weight,
and testin- the texture of his conscience
as to the eject upon it during the strain
of the pasC Germ.
The clerk is also engaged in review
of his past official acts in regard to the
issue of license for hunting coons. and
catching Cupids, and relies principally
for his claim for reelection upon the
fact that he has let no opportunity es-
fap
sons to join their fortunes in matrimon-
ial unity whether they really wanted to
or not.
The clerk of the court devotes the
greater portion of his time TO discharg-
ing the obligations of his bond which
require him to tax costs and insert them
in the Judgment, and when this is done
he has nothing to fear except that the
attorney for the judgment creditor will
forget to call for an execution.
The register of deeds is the acme of
placidity in the entire regime of court
house habitues, and has no fear of com
uniting errors in his work, as his bond
only requires him to make a correct
transcript of all the mistakes made by
others, and he, too, has nothing to fear
except that when he has spread his labor
! and ink over several large pages of the
record, that the party who owes him for
the service will forget TO bring his peck
ct book with him
The district attorney is always calm
and collected in the midst of his busiest
hours as he can always defer any portion
Of his duties at any time long enough to
draw his salary, and his clients are more
numerous than any crh9r attorney of
the court, as they embrace III the people
OF the State of Wisconsin and the county
pays the retaining fee whether it be
, for the vindication of broken law in
caglng the culprit away from doing
further harm. or handing him over in a
charger to the tender mercies of some
charitable society for graduation in the
degrees of moral ethics.
The superintendent of schools, of
course, has charge Of all those things
! which other people don't know, and in
eases where a few stumble onto the
same things that the superintendent has
fallen down on then mutual adnlira-
ton society is at once organized, and
literature at once becomes common
property and the assets are auctioned
off to the county for whatever the coun-
ty board think the inventory is worth.
All these officers and agents of the
people are absolutely necessary for the
conduct of public business, the people
J are not worrying about the future, and
: IN the meantime the candidates are
smiling in anticipation, and the outlook
for the coming struggle is full of pro-
mise even if it fail in fruition.