The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-04-26

-Wanted-Two good girls at Carlton
Hotel. Best wages paid.
Mrs. Feese of Fort Atkinson was a
guest of James Reynolds and family on
Sunday last
One share of Badger State Long
Distance telephone stock for sale. In
quire at this Office.
Frank Pease of Fulton sold a span
of black Shetland ponies to A. J. Roach,
of Waterloo, this week.
"A game of base ball will be played
on the campus at Albion on Friday, May
3, between the district school boys and
the Albion Prairie club.
Mrs. Dora Mathison of Canal Dow
er, Ohio, arrived in this city on Tuesday
for visit of several weeks with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Fuller.
The lectrue to be given April Both
on Robert Browning" under the aus
pices of the Monday Club for the bene
st Eof the public library will be post
poned on the account of Mr. Moore's
illness.
Owing to the closing of Carpenters
"Quo Vadis'' in Green Bay on May 4th
it will be impossible for them to play
here this season. Mr.. Carr, however,
has the assurance of Mr.. Carpenter that
he will be here next season.
On "Wednesday afternoon between
five and six o'clock blaze started in a
closet in the upper story of August
Dummans residence. The alarm was
given and the fire company was quick to
respond, but the house was so great
distance from the hydrants that the hose
would not reach. The building was
saved from destruction by means of the
bucket brigade. It was insured in
Henry Johnson's agency and before noon
the next day the loss was adjusted and
settled for
The forecasts for May according to
the Rev. Irl r. Hicks are substantially
as follows The first regular storm
period will occur from the 9Th to 10th,
followed by rapid rise of the barometer
with cool winds and frosts to the north
ward. On and next to the 18th will
occur another storm period accompanied
l. Il a. no
BILE violence, but deep dark clouds will
admonish watchful people long before
the arrival of danger. Friday the 18th
to Monday the Goth will witness heavy
storms of wind and rain and a reac-
tionary storm period runs from the 23d
to the 25th and local waterspouts and
cloud-bursts are probable in any section.
Hired help on the farm is problem
which is of considerable Importance to
the farmer this season. Not only is the
help scarce but the rate Of wages asked
is exceedingly high. Each year shows a
decrease in the number of young men
who are willing to work on the farm.
Even with the prevailing good prices of
farm produce, it is quite evident that
the hired man makes more clear money
with no capital invested but his labor
than his employer does, with high priced
land, taxes poor crops, etc. AS one tiller
of the soil put it when speaking of his
milk account at the creamery II get the
statement and the hired man gets the
check" -e..- -. -ro -
Elk Mayor Andrew Jensen occasion
ally does a little wood splitting before
breakfast, not because it is necessary
that the wood should be split to pre-
pare the morning meal with, but for the
benefits derived from the exercise. Last
Monday morning while splitting wood
in the back yard Mr.. Jensen met with
quite a serious accident. A knotty
chunk of wood was standing on end be-
fore him and he raised the ak high in
the air, intending to drive it clear
through the oak knot, but there was a
miscalculation. The ak caught onto a
clothes line and when it came down it
struck Mr.. Jensen square on the head.
For several days he carried a very ugly
looking and painful bump, which ne
cessitated some little explanation when
he met his friends upon the street. He
was fortunate in escaping with the blow
he received, as it might have been a
great deal worse.
Anyone interested in the more i'm
portant industries for which Rock county
is famous, might pass day to great ad-
vantage upon the farm of r. Lilburn just
east of Emerald Grove in the town of
Bradford. Mr.. Lilburn owns several
hundred acres of Rock county's richest
land and conducts a stock farm on a
large scale. He has the distinction of
being the most extensive breeder of
Shetland ponies in the United States,
having on his farm at the present time
something like three hundred of these