Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-07-03
IOUR MADISON LETTER.
Various Things Are Happening
About This Great State
of Wisconsin.
CAPTAIN sALsMAN3 NEW JOB
Trouble in Filling Two Offices-Warn-
ing to Fourth OF July Victims
other Matters.

other Matters.
Madison, Wis, July 2-Many
things of public interest are happen
ing over the state, despite the hot
weather. General Boardman's Office
viii miss the face of Colonel Worthie
Patton OF Oshkosh. as second in COM
mand of national guard interests. His
successor, Captain ]. q. SALESMAN. an
insurance man, has for dozen years
been identified with the Milwaukee,
Light horse squadron and Is a popular,
handsome gentleman, who will make
friends. The place carries a salary
of 81, 400 a year General Boardman
himself cannot care what his salary
Is, as he is the pOssessor OF very
considerable fortune, earned and In
herited. Governor LaFollette showed
wisdom In retaining this officer, as 1t
pIeases many individuals and gives a
sense of 'ecurity to interests which
dread labo. and other upheayals. IL
General Boardman ever has riot to
deal with, good sense and a kindly
firmness Will characterize his proee-
dure.
Filling Two Vacancies.
There is considerable founderiBg
about In the effort to succeed Bliss OF
the GAINESVILLE and Switer of the Della
van schools, but 1t seems to be neces-
sary. 1t would be better IL the
boards declined tenders OF position
could be kept from the public; but
while the board does its best,
the news leaks out through those to
whom the positions are offered. And
1t Is unavoidable. The happy man
naturally consuhs his friends and
good news travels almost as asst as
gossip. 1t is an incident of the de-
lay in filing the posts that the ambl-
lions of number are kindled-per-
Sous of manifest unfitness. And I'M
less the board SCORES progress in the
changes there win be sharp censure.
We don't hear any more Of moving
the state prison from Waupun and
probably never win. The agitation
grew out OF casual remark of
Warden McClaughrey that he wished
the prison were at a point where rail-
road facilities were better than at
WauIsIn. And any one who has con-
traced a headache from changing
cars for Waupun" WIN agree.
warning To the July Attn Victims.
DR.. Frost, the sklllful bacteriolo-
gist of the faculty. Is back from a trip
t. Baltimore and other eastern cities.
de found the experts Of the health de-
partments hard at work over examina-
tons Tor pestilential diseases. He tells
me that politics has not invaded this
department of city life. The heat
was terrific and the sewage conditions
In those southern cities particularly
bad, yet the condition of public health
Is satisfactory So they said, yet
analyses OF some twenty diphtheretic
swabs were being made In Baltimore.
DR.. Frost tells me that antitoxins
are almost always successful where
promptly used. Ii Is delay, perhaps
to see II disease will develop, that
hn N n IF
Fourth OF July accidents, he said that
lockjaw is almost always fatal. and
yet II the antitoxh Is quickly admin
istered, especially II the wound has
been skillfully treated by surgeon,
the danger Is mInimized. This Is
worth remembering when your young
boy or girl reports catastrophe hext
Thursday. Lockjaw follows this sort
of injury and gunshot wounds. be-
cause the foreign substance and i'm
purities are forced beneath the skin,
indeed. healing may take place over
the wound
The subject OF antitoxins Is full of
curious interest. The stuff is devel-
oped In horses by means of injection
into the blood OF the animal of the vi
rus of disease of the man. Gradual
| ~ the brute becomes Immune; where
as single drop kills an untreated
horse. he is gradually able to take half
cupful into his system without in
jury. Antitoxin Is sold by the big
drug firms of the country and by
German houses In America. 1t is the
serum from the blood OF the immune
horse. A gallon OF blood for anti
toxin use may be drawn from the
Jugular vein of the immune animal
and strange TO say, the animal lives.
Parke, Davis & Co os Detroit have q
string of some 1875 horses which are
so treated as to produce these anti
fnxtns The enuaumar ,,ava "a Cor