Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-08-13

Mr. Loverud came in contact with
protruding spike which entered the flesl
of his chin tearing cash to his nose
He lighted upon corn cultivator, thu
blade of which laeerated his lowel
limbs Altogether Mr.. Loverud wa:
badly injured, yet he came to town tc
have his wounds dressed and manages
to be about, and considers his escape in
deed fortunate MANNED, bruised and
sore as he is.
One month till the big Vernon
county fair.
Mrs. L v. Hill of Dell, is visiting a
sister in Chicago.
Fred Mohs has purchased the Lind
stock of clothing at BillsDoro.
Mrs J. A. Porter of Wood county,
has been at the Tilton parentallhome.
Great land excursion 10 South Da-
kota next Monday. See announcement
Mrs. J. w. Groves and son Asa are
in the city visiting friends and old
neighbors.
-LaFarge Free Methndists have pur-
chased site and will erect a church
and parsonage.
Mr.. o. L. Johnson made trip
through South Dakota with party of
land excursionists.
-Hurrah for South Dakotal Next
Monday special excursion See par
tlculars in this issue.
"A state convention of the Wisconsin
Woman Suffrage Association will be
held at Madison Sept. 10, II, and IL.
Edward Tilton has returned from a
two months sojourn with his brothers
and sister in Clark and Wood counties
Mrs. VIM. Burli.l OF Tomah, is visit
ing in the city with her brother, Jos.
Pulver, and Mrs. J. M. White, her
sister.
john DeLacy, Katie Goodell, Ger
mart Fortney and others who attended
the university summer school at Madi-
son, have returned home.
The Viroqua postoffice building will
be enlarg d to nearly double it's present
size by an extension on the rear, also a
full basement. Work will commence
at once.
Asa e. Groves has relinquished his
hotel and othsr interests in Texas and
returned to Madison and Joined his
brother, Mayor J. W. Groves. in the
musical merchandise trade.
Mrs. M. G. Bergh and son Reed
passed a portion of last week in the city
with friends. returning to Madison ON
Saturday. They had been at De Soto
for some days with Mrs. Berghs sisters,
j. P and Joseph King of Iowa, Wis
tied Ir. and Mrs E. Tilton and Mrs. A.
W. Green last week. The latter was
carel Tor when a child after the death
of his mother, by Mrs. Tilton, his aunt.
They have not met for twenty EIGHT
years.
Julius Anderson returned home
from Kenosha on Monday, where he
went with George Wettie, who will
take treatment at the sanitarium Mr..
Anderson says A. E. Espeseth will re-
turn home from that institution in q
few days.
Mrs. Ed. Mirshall, who is visiting
at her old heme in Minnesota, writes
that her mother, Mrs. Bell, was serious
ly if not fatally injured by being tram
pied on by horse, last Thursday. She
was at once taken to hospital, but
little hope is given for her recovery.
Mrs. Bell is a sister of II. p. Proctor
and Mrs. JOS. Pulver of this city.
The new train service places Viro-
qua in touch with the rest of Western
Wisconsin. La Crosse Chronicle. On
ly partially, Mr.. Chronicle Little benefit
is derived by Viroqua from business
or accoI !ation standpoint. 1t does
not even up the morning delay occasion
ed by lateness of delivery of stage and
rural route mail.
Regular services of the M. e. Sun
day school will be held next Sunday at
the camr grounds at IL o'clock. Teach
ers and scholars please be on hand
promptly. Teachers will have charge
of their own classes. Services will be
brief as possible so as not to intsrfere
with dinner hour. Visitors cordially
invited s. S. BOARD.
The simple fact that DR.. Brewer
has made his visits regularly for years,
and at every visit has an increase of
practice, affords pretty strong evidence
of his popularity Those afflicted with
chronic ailments should give him call.
II any can help, DR.. Brewer can de it..
He makes his next visit to the Viroqua
! Hotel in this city on Wednesday, August
Goth Consultation free.
An observing farmer says; There
are some curious things about corn and
one is where do The red and speckled
ears come from when you plant nothing
| but white corn2 Another is, why dot +
we Gnd an ear with an odd number OF
rows on it2 You can find a four leaf
| clover but you never found an odd row
| on an ear of corn yet. 1t is always four
| teen, sixteen, or twenty or some even
number and we would like to know
about it's mathematics, and what objec,
tions nature has in these instances to odd
numbers.
Mrs. Jos. Pulver went to the town
of Harmony on Saturday to be with hei
mother, Mre Henry Proctor, on hel
eighty eighth anniversary. The event
was celebrated at the old farm home by
company of relatives and neighbors
who took appropriate tokens Of remem
brance The aged mother, Mrs Pulvel
says, enjoys good health and is in ful
possession of her faculties. The father
Henry Proctor, viii be SO years old If h
/ lives till next October. He is also quit
strong. Their daughter and son-in-law
Mr.. and Mrs Luther Allen, care for th'
| aged couple. Mr.. and Mrs. Proctor hav'
resided in Harmony for forty years
Last week o. L. johnson, one of tn
managers of the Vernon County LAM
| Company, took trip into South Dakoti
accompanying party Of land seekers
All returned highly pleased with tbei
} ! trip and enthusiastic over the opportun
! tiles for profitable investment in tina
country. among those who iuveste
| ,-o4a Juwa T.anoa and IT W WilkIui