Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-09-11
BURNE'l'|''S GOSSIP.
Attack on Mckinley and Gov
ernor laFoIlette's
Illness.
RALLIES IN RELIGIOUS WORK
Notable Laymen of Congregational
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Madison, Wis, Sept. 10.-The at
tack on President Mckinley, OF
course, interested Madison most acute
ly, as h, has often been here and
many of our public officers and ex-of-
ficials knew hin wei. He is held In
great esteem and while It would be-
an exaggeration to say that he touches
the hearts of the people, as did Lin
coin, there Is feeling that personal
ly hs is admirable. Only time an
give man his final place.
The Illness of Governor LaFollette
has continued so long aud reports
were so conflicting that his physician.
DIR. Fox, wisely issued bulletins Of his
condition. He is suffering from con-
gestion OF the liver, consequent on In
festival catarrh. Dr. Fox indicates
that he is gaining but the generic
hope that he win be ut his desk In
"about a month"; makes it clear the
EObElnbT is u sim thhAA III NNNAS RN'iN7S
OF the word. There is no gossip even
Of danger in his case thus far. and so
we all wait in patience and hope his
full restoration to health. He has
had sieges of this sort before. not
outstanding his splendid constitution
He positively will not be tudicious In
the safeguarding Of his health. when
he once gets interested In something.
CongregationaIist. I'm Council.
Fairs are not the only features OF
the fall months. 1t is a favorable
season for conventions because hen
the weather is agreeable. The Con
gregationalists hold their annual con-
win convene a number of men of note.
Plymouth church entertains the con-
vention and the noted lawyer, Joshua
Stark. makes the welcoming speech.
Senator John NJ. Whitehead reports
for the committee on foreign missions,
u subject that busy man yet has time
to follow closely. The clergy of this
denomination is strong in this state.
The new president of Ripon will speak
on the work of schools for foreign
born peoples Frizzell, the Eau Claire
pastor, speaks for the sociology de-
partment; DR.. Henry Faville and Rev.
u. Ii. Chandler of Fond du Lac admin
tztar tho MI nd M al
men, as always. have a prominent part
--Leavitt on missions; Collie and
Smith on science as a factor; Profes-
sor Burr. reporting for academies;
Sleeper. prominent In the music, etc.
The Programme is divided into top
les First, the family, with a Lom-
bard Glls man to discuss divorce, and
Stevens Of Whitewater to discuss the
family as the basic fact Of civilization
The foreign-born is rightly given
place-and to this Cleveland (O.l
man. Schauffier, contributes. The
Sunday school Is given a good deal
OF time. and home missions even more.
& LC CNhEA VI w lSCOuSlu
deserve much credit for the tireless
energy with which they push the gos-
pei into all parts OF the state At
times the work seems cherries, and
the view of little handful gathering
on a Sunday morning in a remote
hamlet, while hundreds are rbsent and
I ha sol InH 10
Nevertheless the leaven Is working.
One coed man often influences a
whole community, and there are hun
dreds OF small places In Wisconsin
where one unselfish, CHEEKY woman Is
| leaving her mark on hundreds of chill
dren--the fruit Of her labors to bios
som by and by. Thus. at Milwaukee
one home missionary will speak on
| Grove Meetings the cit.
les know nothing about, but an lmpor-
tant influence In the remote corners;
another tells of "Kickapoo to the
Lake." CLARK and Adjacent Coun-
Ties Is the theme of another worker
I anu 81 ths
and religion. and other topics make
up well-rounded programme.
sunday school Experts.
! Another state convention is to be
held at Waukesha Sept. l7-19, this
devoted wholly to Sunday school work.
A famous singer from Chicago leads
the singing and experts on young peo-
pies religious training. as b. f. ia
cobs. chairman of the international
committee, and Mr.. Marion Lawrance,
general secretary. will be present.
waukesh. Pipe Line. Use.
Artificial ice is on the increase. As
a rule. the closer we cling to nature
the better; but ice from pond or riv-
err has no claims over Ice made by man
with the aid Of sulphur and other
chemicals. Artificial ice is of the
same texture throughout--no snowy
erown-and can be made of uniform