Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-07-31


could be heard as If secretly to his
mates:
Heaven, boys, the egg is spoiled"
Those who have been through the
ordeal say it Is fearful-the dripping
of the noisome mass through the hair
and beard, and that frlghtful odor
from which there was no escape for
the bound victim. Candidates have
been known to break out in fearful inn
precautions, and in a rage that would
mean violence If they but could have
the use of arms or legs.
1t made no difference that the egg
was the mere shell flied with pure wa
ter and the stencil arose from ehemi-
Gals in a bottle held under the vic
TINS nose. He does not know this at
the time.
Goat on the casapult Plan.
Another feature is the goat-no ordi-
nary imitation goat. but truly won
derful mechanism as big as a pony.
with, seemingly, eight different mo-
tons. The victim grabbed it about
the neck and first the motions were
to one side with all the force Of a
catapult: then up: then in another d.
rection. And the harder the neophyte
elutched the thing, the more deter
mined the jolts he received.
New Map of Wisconsin Valley.
The Wisconsin River Valley Ad-
vancement association Is something
more than a name and is pushing
plans to advertise the district, with
especial reference to the water powers.
One big factory is, of course, of great
er value than many farmers. A map
Is being autographed upon a scale of
four inches to each township, render
ing 1t In all about eight feet long by
forty' inches wide. However, in lith-
ographing each county viii be placed
upon separate stone, thereby rem
derlng 1t possible to take separate
prints of each county. The map will
show acreage. railroads Gncluding
those projected. soil, population,
etc.
Making Irvine frsm Grass.
Irvine from grass is cry that may
be heard more and more, as the few
plants up north report progress. 1t
seems that there are a million acres In
Wisconsin aud Minnesota alone ON
which grows this ''wire grass Ccarex
stricta). 1t is unlike common grass, In
that it is provided with a solid stem
without joints. 1t has no lateral
leaves, but the round blades grow
straight from TIE roots 70 an average
height of three or four feet, forming
one continuous fibre. The true grasses,
on the other hand, are hollow stems
with Joints and lateral leaves. AMI
mails viii not eat the stuff because 1t
is tough and with a minimum of nu.
triment and the land it grows on seems
to have no value. The demand for
twine is ever growing and the con-
Germs that are working not only Irvine
grass, but rugs, etc, from field prod
ucts are confident they are on profit
able lead,
supsrior's Notable Early Investors,
The plan OF Madison's 10000 club
does not seem so visionary In view
OF what Superior did between 1890
and 190O-increasing its population
from 1883 to 31.091, a gain of 159
per cent. 1t was about 1852 that far
sighted people saw that Superior's To-
cation was full of promise and proba-
bly, no community in the west had so
many notables specializing in its land,
In the list were corcoran. the WASH
ington banker, Vice President Breckin-
ridge, Robert j. Walker, secretary of
the treasury United States senators,
railroad magnates, etc. The name of
Daniel Webster is found as an owner
or Stoughton Dane county, property
ut u time u lltlle earlier imam the eN-
ploitation of Superior. 1t was the time
of the opening up of new state, and
Of government surveys, and Wlscon-
sin and other representatives in con-
gress told hopeful tales of the future
Of this new country which led their
distinguished associates to invest.
How IL Looked In 1857.
James Bardon, writing for the SUI
perior Telegram. says: When the
writer landed here from Cleveland
steamer early in July. 1857. superior
was busy, booming place. Every
bhlng was new, buildings were going
up all sides. streets being opened and
graded, the one large hotel and sever
al smaller ones were filled with guests.
fine steamers rom Cleveland and Chi
cago we're arriving and departing al
most daily, loaded with excursionists,
fortune nunters and merchandise.
1.-The panic of 1857 came like a
thunderclap to Superior. Hundreds
went away that fall and the exodus