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

The far .ous ca y washer, Maple City
Soap. wo-Ss perfec ly in hard water.
. Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. Harrington Wis
tied at their former home at Sparta
Mrs Henry Casson spent Saturday
and Sunday with her parents and friends.
john NJ fainter has been quite i'll
with la grippe and quinsy for the past
two weeks.
Col Henry B. Harshaw. state treas
urer few years since, died in Oshkosh,
on Christmas.
Arthur Demander and wife are
home for the yuletide vacation. He is
teaching in Bergen.
Miss Mildred Lake. instructor in the
schools of st. James. Minnesota, is home
for the holiday vacation.
Unclaimed letters at the Viroqua
postoffice: Frank A. King, Jonas Setnay,
Ole Mellem, Miss Ella Hurt.
-Viroqua merchants experienced a
good holiday trade Saturday and Mon
day were rousing business days
| Don Miller. student at a Chicago
medical college, is spending vacation in
the city with his mothers family,
Wanted. good girl to do general
house work at good wages. Apply at
once to Mrs. w d. Dyson.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. c. 'Tosterua of
| Cashton, spent Wednesday in the city
with o. A. Kalvestran and wife,
Mics Name Miller. who has been
afflicted with diphtheria. in Boston, has
quite recovered, and is able to pursue
her studies
| Will A. Lewis has been appointed
clerk in the town of Clinton, to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of
d. F. Mains, who was elected clerk of
the court.
The Church of Christ extends to
you cordial invitation to attend their
revival services, beginning this Wednes-
day evening, December 20.
E. r. RUSSELL, Evangelist.
Rob. Wilkins, Gayhard Fortney and
William Webb students at the state
university are at home for holiday va
cation. Miss Jennie Butt one of the
instructors in elocution, is also at home.
The home comings of young people
to enjoy the blessings of Peace on
Earth, Good Will to Men" period, are
so numerous that the CENSOR has
doubtless missed many personals of this
nature
Our old friend, Geo C. Baker, has
been appointed postmaster to fill the
recent vacancy in the Soldiers Grove
office caused by the resignation of w W.
Bennett, who was elected sheriff of
Crawford COUNT.
Sheriff Elect Minshall attended
meeting of state sheriffs in Milwaukee,
last week. He continued his trip to
Chicago. where he purchased new
programme of records for his concert
grand phonograph.
Superintendent Gardner, Miss Grace
Horton and J. K. johnson are in Mil
waukee attending the meeting of the
State Teachers association. Others
from different points OF the county are
also in attendance.
IS. Hanson was in the city from
Avalanche on Tuesday, in company with
Mr. Lawrsnce, superintendent Of the
Dixon mining company. which is doing
some prospecting in that section on the
800 acres of land it has options on.
The new nontoon, recently con-
structed at Prai edn Chen for the new
bridge of the ST. Paul Railroad Co. was
launched last Saturday The pontoon
is 40S feet long. Is feet beam, Fix feet
deep and has the weight of an ocean
liner says the Union. A force of 109
men have been at work on it for nearly
three months.
"A new swindling scheme, says an
exchange, is being worked by men who
are going around with blank forms simi
lar to the census enumerators claiming
they are after additional infor nation
for the census. They have blank line
at the bottom of the sheet which they
get the farmer to sign. It'll afterwards
filled out with ink in the form of
promissory note and sold at the nearest
bank
Many numerous answers in the tak-
ing of the last census were given to the
question length of residence" which
was designed to show how long the
party had resided in the commuuity
Some enumersto; reported on the des-
ton, 16x24. 24x30 having carried p tape
line and measured the buildings in order
to make complete returns in acco rdance
with their Interpretation of the above
question.
The rapid growth of the university
of Wisconsin is shown concretely by the
classified statistics of the attendance as
contained in the recently completed
university directory. Without count
ing in ne several hundred who will at
tend the short courses in agriculture
and dairyi lg, there is total enrolment
of 1852, which is a gain over last year
of l40. The most popular courses are
shown to be in engineering, law and
commerce.
Christmas was quiet day in the
city, family and neigbborhood gather
ings being the order Business of all
ch tracser was suspended after the morn
ing hours, and a general rest and quiet
prvvaded the town. The churches all
observed the usual festivities the even
ing previous with exercises and gift dis
tributions from well arranged and heav-
lily ladened trees. Old Santa made his
appearance in his mid winter robes and
delighted the hearts of the little folks
Christmas always brings its choicest
blt ssings to Viroqua dwsllers, and there
is rest, joy and good-fellowship
Installation of officers in Viroqua
Masonic lodge will take place tomorrow,
Thursday, night. A full attendance is
desired. The new officers are:
Worshipful Master-chas T. Dahl
Senior wardPn-S. K Pollard
Junior Wsrdep-Otto Otteson.
secretary - n f Packard
reasurer-Y F Lindeman1.
Senior Deacon J. Beat
Juni0 Deaeon-James McCaull.
stewards-Fred. wilkins, Otto G. Brown.
MARSHALL n Tate.
ChapIain-Rev. John 4. Stemen.
Tiler-C. J. Cherrlngton.
Trustee-H. ID. williams.
A fellowship banquet will be served
at the close Of exercises.
Ed Mariner has been gathering