Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-28
NEARLY FIFTY YEARS AGO
SOME LEADING EVENTS IN OLD "BAD Ak
~sA COUNTY.
Proposal 10 Change Name Of County Brings Oul
Sarcastic Article e--honster Democratic Demons
tration at Coon Pralrie-Tribu,e 10 MsEument
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We CLEAN from our old files of forty
seven years ago few things tnat vii
be of interest TO readers. Local news Ii
those days appears TO have been los
art. News items wAre few, we Judge
at any rate there are issues that contain
not a single item Of personal or neigh
borhood doings,
GREAT POLITICAL DEMoNsTRA rIoN.
VIM. a. tucker, Bsrsrow candidat,
for senator, had an appointment tc
speaa at the Lutheran church on Coon
Prairie. a. the day and hour, Tucker
was there, but not human being came
to hearl The Norwegians were not tc
scaught in such trap IL is supposed
that after he had discoursed eloquently
for some two hours to the naked walls,
he gave three cheers for himself, Bar.
stow, Buchanan, Geo. p. Smith and the
school fund. and then the meeting quiet
ly adjourned.
ASHAMED OF THE NAME.
In July number Of the Times, / no
ticed proposition TO change the name
of our county. AS the subj j9ct has been
broached, allow me to "agitate" the
matter q little further. expected to
see the name of Fremont or Dayton, or
some other hero proposed for substi-
tute. II is all right and proper that
those men should receive ell the honor
their frierds would confer upon them.
IndeeS. hope Fremont win be elected
to t,ie presidential chair, and / would
vote for him myself If you men would
let me. But while / would give him
due credit for bis valor, there are hero
ines or one at least, in your village,
that which would explore the Rocky
Mountains or face cannoiis mouth. A
woman that would be the first TO settle
In the wilderness, among Eavages and
barbarians, without female compan-
ion, deserves the respect and honor that
would be acceded TO man that had
"been through the warsp As tribute
of our respect, motion that the name
of our county be changed to that Of FL
len. think 1t would be pretty name,
at the same time It would show to the
woman that we appreciated her services
in commencing settlement in this rich
and beautiful county.
The name as 1t now is, is ridiculed by
Yankees, only they think 1t should be
spelt Badacts instead Of Badax. Give
us name that we need not be ashamed
of. EsMARELDA.
MONUMENT ROCK.
A monument indeed q monument Of
Nature; How long. old rock, hast thou
stood there IL all thy stern grandeur
How long hast thou looked down on the
inhabitants of this earth, who have pass
ed thee In all thy pomp and pride, and
had been possible, would not thy stern
old features have relaxed into smile Of
contempt at their self conceitf How
long, old rock, hast thou withstood the
ecorching suns of summer and the keen
blasts of winterf Who can tell thy sge?
art thou not as old as the everlasting
hillsHl When the great Creator first
divided the sea from the dry land, thou
heard the command TO come forth, and
thou obeyed, 10 show the wonderful
wisdom and power of thy maker, and
long years before the feet of white men
pressed the prairie sod, thou vast wit
ness to the midnight revelriss of the
forest History has recorded scenes of
savage barbarity almost incredible, but
had't thou the power Of ST." sh, could'st
thou not tell 60 the awe-st u X traveller,
who has perhaps fingered 70 gaze upon
thy moss.covered sides, a tale. compared
with which the mightiest efforts Of the
pen would be fables? Stand thou there
still, old rock, till the end of the crea-
ton in which thy existence first COM
menced. Let no impious hand dare
touch thee to profane thy majestic
form. Let vain man look up to thee
and learn of their own nothingness and
fufariorftv