Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-07-17

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personal hostility and the fear OF Mil
waukee's fiscal interest that the La
Foilerte reign threatens their pocket
books that may make trouble. l have
given nay readers the political situation
as it Is today.
More fmbeciies Accommodated.
The board Of control has been the
object Of considerable comment In re-
lation to changes in the state insti-
tutlons-one of the penalties OF the
appointiye power. Nevertheless, they
go about their work and there Is inn
portant work on hand. The most i'm
portant new constructions are at
Chippewa Falls the feeble-mlnded in
eiitution.-where -four new buildings
Will be put up. 1t is bracing thought
that the number of imbeciles caret. eecc-
there can be increased from 400 to
700, for in many counties there are
detectives of this class who would be
much better off at Chippewa Falls.
Not only for themselves. but for their
brothers and sisters, for children
should associate with their mental
equals or supei.iors. Besides the pfess
enee OF mental defective is apt to
generate an atmosphere of oppression
in a home. superintendent Wilmarth
OF the Chippewa Falls institution. Is
kindly paI. and parents whose
children or relations are made his care
may know that all possible is done
r>f them. The Improvements at Green
Bay VIII cost 100000 and those at
Chippewa Fails about $l5o,0OO.
The Stevens Point and Oshkosh
normal schools are also in process OF
extensions.
lacking Names to Legacies.
When a man leaves money it is
great temptation to associate his name
with II, for men who have brains
enough to make money or who are
lucky enough to inherit 1t lay a good
deal of stress on the family name.
1t is laudable, and there is no question
that The prestige of a library or a
hospital to which is backed a family
name confers prestige for number of
generations, II Is this that led Ten
nysoQ, the poet. TO accept a peerage.
He was ii democrat himself, and
wrote many such lines as
kind hearts are more than coronets
And simple faith than Norman blood"
The poet himself did not care for
the frills and feathers of rank but he
wanted his children to enjoy the adj
Vantages thai go with an earldom
under the British system, SO he &C.
cepted the honor and pePquisites.
Many an American win spend many
thousands of dollars on family tomb,
or shaft OF marble which scarce
any one sees in a cemetery that pos
the name Of some father of whom he
Is proud, or other whom he loved
forgetful that some other form Of
memorial may be much more lasting
You give your name IL a library or
school or park-how 1t runs down
through the decades after you are gone
and benefits in those indescribable
social ways all who follow you, and
who bear your name. Why, up In
Maine, l know family that has put
memorial family windows in Utmost
every church In town.
A Milwaukee Lawyers Ambition.
The stockholders of the Milwaukee
Law Library Association have de-
cided not to accept the $4,000 legacy
1T the association in the will of Am
mi r. r. Butler, of that city, on the
condition that the name should be
changer to the Butler Law Library AS
ISOLATION, 1t was thought that the
change desired would be unfair to the
late B. X. Miller, who made hand
some gift 10 the association few
years ago. Mr. Butler was most
worthy man, a pioneer in Milwaukee,
and In the history of It's bar, and it
was not an unworthy ambition. But
1t requires a philosopher and a most
unselflsh man to leave money with
nothing to show for it except the I'M
heralded annals of virtues. Some OF
our colleges have been nearly swamped
by gifts of buildings to bear the
{ - name-splendid acquisitions to
a pus, but adding to the expense
of an institution, rather than reliev-
ing 1t. Collegse need money gifts to