The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-09-19

Mrs Nj. 4. Collins returned SUNDAY
from a months visit with relatives in
Iowa.
E. W. Call of Chicago is paying
short visit to his sister, Mrs James f.
Stewart
Miss Roxie Bates of the town of
Porter entered the high school in this
city on Monday
The Ladies Aid society of the M. E.
church will meet next Wednesday after
noon at the church.
The kvindeforening will meet at the
home of Mrs. Ole Hoague on Thursday
afternoon, Sept. 25th.
"A second hand top buggy for sale or
will trade for wood. Can be bought
cheap. Apply at this office.
DIR and Mrs. E. III. Cook of Boulder,
Colorado, have been guests at the home
of DR.. McManus this week. DR.. Cook is
an uncle of DR.. McManus.
Regular services in the M. E. church
next Sunday. Morning subject, "The
Christians Strength" Evening subject:
"The Mirror that Transforms"
The Culture Club programs for the
ensuing year are finished and each mem
Der can receive hers by calling on the
secretary, Mrs. J. A. Henderson.
j. M. Conway is attending race
meeting at Monticello, Iowa, with his
string of horses this week. Pearl G. won
the race at Oregon, ILL.,, last week.
M. L. Richardson of La Crosse, for
merly with the Wisconsin Telephone Co.
at GAINESVILLE, passed Monday with rela-
tives of Mrs. Richardson in this city.
According to the schedule made out
for the campaign tour Of Mayor Rose,
the democratic candidate for governor,
he will be in Edgerton with his special
train at $50 o'clock on Wednesday morn
ing, October Sth.
MIR. Will Whittet went to Madison
Thursday where he has been employed
to supervise the construction of the Bat
tie Creek sanitarium. The building
when completed will be one of the prom
inent ones of the capitol city, and the Sc
! lection of Mr.. Whittet as overseer of it's
| construction is wise one by the man
| ayers of the institution
The nimrod of the Fort Atkinson
Union, who knows whereof he speaks,
says: A few mallard teal and wood
ducks fly around Lake Koshkonong oc-
casionally, put all the hunters on the qui
| vive and then drop into some little water
hole surrounded by high wall OF wild
rice and an impossible bog where they
are secure from everything but swapping
| turtles.
John Lyke arrived home early in
| the week from Melrose, Jackson county,
| where he has raised 8 acre crop of to-
bacco this season. He has completed
the harvest of very fine crop and is ar
ranging to move his family to that place.
He says that about 200 acres were raised
in that locality this season and if results
are satisfactory the area will be largely
increased next year.
Mrs. Jens Peterson died Monday at
the county asylum, aged GA years. She
has been an inmate of that institution
for many years, before that living on
farm near MELVILLE. The remains were
brought here for interment by Under
taker Clarke Tuesday afternoon. The
| funeral services were held from the home
of Mr.. Charles Brown at MELVILLE Thurs
Lutheran church at IL o'clock, Rev. Lin
nevold officiating. The deceased was a
sister of julie Torgerson, one of the early
settlers in Edgerton. She was born in
| the parish of Flesbug, Nummedahl Nor
way, and came to this country when
| quite young girl
| The crop of accidents from ensilage
cutters and shredders has commenced to
come in. On Thursday last Albert Saw
age, an employe of the Emery farm in
Albion, while at work about an ensilage
cutter caught his glove upon set screw
of a pulley and an instant later his arm
was drawn about rapidly revolving
shaft. The feeder saw the accident and
instantly threw the machine out Of gear,
but the young mans arm was badly
broken and the bones splintered. DR..
McChesney was called and two days
later was able to set the fracture and he
thinks the young man will have good
use of his arm after season. However,
he had a narrow escape of having his
arm torn off entirely. On Saturday
| hired man on the Stone farm in Fulton,
a Mr.. Hepburn, had his hand caught in
the knives of an ensilage cutter and suf-
fered the loss of one of his fingers
F. Peters & Son have lately COM
| pleted a number of improvements at