The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-07-25

Mrs. r. R. Child of Spencer, Iowa,
has been visiting relatives in this city
during the week.
Will e. Babcock is here from Chi
cago putting in brief vacation with
Edgerton relatives.
The Edgerton Telephone company
is extending its lines out by the Driving
Park to the homes of FL. FL. Dickinson
and G. G. Biederman, which will soon be
connected with the local exchange.
Mrs J. A. Henderson entertained
twenty eight ladies at an one o'clock
luncheon Wednesday. The afternoon
was pleasantly devoted to whist, Mrs.
Louis Dickinson winning the first prize,
and Mrs. Henry johnson the second.
The James Family of Swiss Bell
Ringers have been entertaining large
crowds in tent performance on lot
near the Earle storage building all this
week. The company gives program OF
musical and vaudeville specialties that
seem to please the people who crowd the
tent nightly. An exhibition of mind
reading is also given that is perplexing
all who witness it. The company will be
here the remainder of the week at 10 and
Is cents admission.
There was considerable excitement
about town for few hours Tuesday over
lost boy. Geo. Hall reported that his
10 year old son. Chan, had failed to re-
spond at bed time the night before and
inquiries at every place about town had
not brought any Information concerning
his whereabouts. Searching parties were
sent out in several directions and work
of dragging the brick yard pond COM
menced, when it was learned that the
last seen of the boy he was in company
with a fisherman who has shanty on
Lake Koshkonong. Mr.. Hall drove out
to the lake where he found the young
ster enjoying camp life unmindful that
his absence had caused any uneasiness
to his parents.
Henry Houfe, who has been con-
Quoting a milk route from the country
farm for several years, has decided to es-
tablish milk depot in town. having
rented the bakery building of DR.. Still
man for that purpose. A complete pas
teurizing plant has been put in, includ-
ing bottle washing machine, drying
racks and large refrigerator for stor-
age. The milk and cream sold by him
hereafter will be subjected to heat and
scientifically treated which will greatly
add to its keeping qualities and at the
same time destroy all germ diseases.
The refrigerating arrangement will also
enable him to keep supply of milk and
cream on hand in easy access of his city
customers. The improvement ought to
receive hearty encouragement from our
citizens.
If some of our readers should fail to
receive their papers on schedule time
the next few weeks please don't blame
this Office. We have done the best we
can to arrange our mailing lists to con:
form to the readjustment Of the free ru-
raj routes but several hundred names
have had to be shifted and possibly some
will be overlooked or have not reported
to this Office. So far the rural delivery
system has kept US jumping sideways in
making up our mailing lists to cores
pond to the changes in routes so fire.
quently made. We have in mind one
subscriber who has been shifted onto
four rural routes in the past year and he
hardly knows over night where he will
be getting his mail the next morning.
The new delivery system which is just
being put into effect in Dane county has
disarranged nearly all the old mail
methods of the farming community of
the county and it will take time to get
things running smoothly again. So a
little patience is pleaded for by your I'm
Gle Sam for time.