Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-01-24
More Accurate Than Guide Boards.


EDITOR CENSOR While in Maine
two years ago, obtained a Bell odom-
eter, which on my return I attached to
| the rear wheel of my buggy. / will
give you the measurements of distances
between some of the places in this
vicinity. This odometer il sold Nv
Montgomery Ward aud Co, for 81 III.
the bell rings at the end of each mi.e
travelled, aud the dial registers the dis
tahoe to 900 miles. My starting point
has been the Viroqua post office, gener-
ally.
Viroqua post Office to Seneca. via val
ley road: Opposite Dr. Barney's house.
mile; foot of Hornby hill. miles. On,
posite A. J. Rogers house, 8 miles. on
posite Tolly's barn, miles five rods
south OF the Liberty Pole cemetery <
miles; the old hotel at Liberty Pole.
. miles l04 rods; corner at Mrs Gray's.
miles; D n. Honaker's wind mill. Z
miles; top OF hill north end of hogs
pack . miles; tabacco barn at torrels,
north end OF DE Soto road, m;'ga: forks
OF hlslng sun and De Soto road. miles
90 rods; woods south of Day place. 10
miles; Tom Finnegan's house. IL miles;
hlslng sun postoffice and school house.
! II miles lao rods; south end of Rising
sun cemetery, 10 miles; road on Tully's
hill leading east, Is miles 10 rods: Strick
ers house, 10 miles: Utica church, II
miles "A rods Steffey's house. IS miles.
opposite old church at Mt. Sterling. 90
miles; Hotel Bigelow in Seneca, 24a miles.
Nlroqua postoffice to River street.
DE Soto, via Purdy, 21A miles; via Bris-
tow, % miles; via west road to Liberty
Pole, West Prairie, Broadhead's and
DIR. Beans, "a miles; via last route from
West Prairie store, south to Retreat
Cooley Valley, Beavin's Hill, to foot of
Main street, De Soto, 24s miles
Viroqua postoffice to De Soto via
Purdy: One mile opposite Ananias
Smiths tenement house; miles opposite
Martin Roots house; 3 miles to top of
hill opposite Hoveland's; 4 miles to gate
20 rods east of J T. Hays barn; miles
to near Col Mays lead mine 104 miles
70 Cox's new store, Purdy: 70 miles to
Hiram Kinds house; 164 miles to corner
at Law place; 81 / miles to River street,
De Soto.
Viroqua postoffice via Bristow to De-
Soto: Five miles to Sides corner; 90
miles to Bristow bridge between mill
and store; liz miles to Purdy bridge
III miles to Law place corner; 90 miles
| to River street, De Soto
Vlroqua postoffice to La Crosse via
Springville, Esofea and Coon Valley:
B miles and 260 rods to M. E. church at
Springville: IA miles to opposite brick
church IN Coon Valley; 14Rmiles to post
office there; 26g miles to Greenfield
house Viroqua postoffice to La Crosse
postoffice via Springville, 80 miles.
Returning from La Crosse postoffice
to Chaseburg, Newton and Viroqua 154
miles to Chaseburg postoffice; 17g miles
to corner east of Sam Moore's s; 81 miles
to Newton -four mill; 24s miles to top of
Newton hill; 80 miles to J. |. Hayes
cattle barn; 80 miles to foot of HOMELAND
hill BOZ miles to corner north of J. NJ
Smiths and 33 miles to Viroqua post
Office. From the corner north of j. M.
Smiths to La Crosse postoffice is 29k
miles by the north road and 301 miles
by the west road
Viroqua to Viola covered bridge via
the Kelley cure" road is exactly 10
miles. From Guess hotel via Bishop
Branch and Cooks hollow to Queals
lumber yard is 10 miles and to our post
office 1873 miles.
Viroqua to Gays Mill: 10 miles to
John Rogers pond; 10 miles to Tower
vile creamery; Is miles to Zeke Tain
ters corner; 90 miles to Gays Mill hotel,
via J. Rogers place. The distance is
practically the same ON the other side of
the river
The ridge road from Liberty Pole to
Viroqua is IA rods further than the
valley road
The distances given are those actually
travelled by horse and will vary a little
from measurements made with two
rod chain. 1t would be an easy matter
to place distance boards along the main
| highways, and have nailed up quite a
number of rude ones which are correct
if not ornamental c. S. Slack has done
| commendable work in placing guide
boards at hundred places within a ra-
dius of twenty-five miles of this city and
many of them ere quite correct. The
old guide-board at the De Soto and Ris-
ing Sun road corner reads de Soto II
miles, while actual measurement makes
it only 144 miles. At Liberty Pole
church the board says de Soto 90
miles, but it measures only 1S4 miles
Many have believed that it is 35 miles
fro Viroqua to La Crosse, but meas
ure,.- mt shows the distance to be two
or three miles less G. V. PORTER.