The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-08-07

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are now complete and everybody is anx-
ious for the coming of the day. The T.
A. q b. society has always been favored
with fair weather and if that favor is
granted them this year the banner pic
mic IN the history of the society will be
given. No reason why it should not, for
the program from beginning to end is
better and more varied; the purses and
prizes are larger and will be paid in
cash; theatrical performance and
dance are arranged for the conclusion of
the days pastimes; members of the society
are organized into committees for the
purpose of looking we'll to the pleasure
and comfort of those who patronize
them; the society has given twenty-one
picnics and never yet have they failed to
please the crowd and carry out the pro-
gram as advertised. What more do you
want? Nothing, quoth he who has been
regular attendant. Well and good,
just come to Edgerton next Wednesday
with the entire family hired help and
all. Come early and you will find enough
of interest and sport to keep you late.
1t costs only 25 cents to gain admission
to the Driving Park, which is small
sum for the large affair you'll be per-
mitted to enjoy.
There is at least one lad in Edger.
ton who will in the future heed the ad-
monition OF his parent to keep away
from the depot. The boy was playing
4 around a moving freight train last Mon
day evening when his father came upon
him unawares. The boys 1.-the form
was placed in horizontal position across
the fond parents knee and quick sue
cession of slab applications were admin
istered to that part of his anatomy COW
cred blythe seating portion of his little
jeans. From fear and fright and the
4 Jingle of the quick descending slab, the
boy yelled like an Apache Indian dressed
in his other suit of war paint AS soon
as released he made bee line for home
and his pace was fast enough to. give
Nicholas J. the flag had he been along
side. And that is what we call lasting
lesson. There are any number of boys
who loiter around the depot and slip"
trains who deserve similar prescription
from their guardian angel. ~ great
many people seem to think that it is the
duty of the marshal to keep boys away
from the depot. So it is, providing he is
requested to by his parents, and right
here let US remark that Marshal Rea
stands willing to abate this nuisance if
parents would only give him the tip.
But If the Monday night example would
! be generally adopted there would be no
need of calling on an officer of the law
Ito keep the boys away from trains and
cheat the wheels from amputating leg
Or an arm occasionally. Column after
column has been written upon this sub
ject and yet there isn't town in the
I state but what has its army Of small
boys to meet every freight train that
rolls in.
Did anybody ever stop to think how
many gallons of water it takes to keep
the city of Edgerton in good cease" con-
dition during heated month? Nobody
knows, for the wheezy old pump is going
at all hours of the day and night and no
tab is kept on the pumpage. But of the
betty water used correct account can be
given. During the month of June just
passed the big pump at the water works
lstation was kept in motion one hundred
and forty six hours. In that time 1858
$50 gallons of water was forced up into
the stand pipe on the brow of Quigley
hill. This was 515, $50 gallons more than
was pumped during the month of June
last year. The highest number of gal
Ions pumped in any one day in the
month of June was 157, 760 and to do
this it took only 1915 strokes of the
pump. The lowest number of gallons in
a single day was 1862; this was on a
Sunday and it ought to be conclusive
day than any of the other six. That can
easily be accounted for without an ex-
PLANTATION hereto attached. There were
29,20O pounds of coal used during the
month of June and every pound of it
was wheeled onto the scales and weighed
before it was shoveled into the fire box.
A booking of each days work is made
and when night comes anyone can tell
to dot what has been done at the
power station during the day. This sea-
son thus far as we'll as last, has been ex-
ceptionally favorable toward the city
water works. Frequent showers have
furnished water for the lawns and streets
thereby saving the use Of city water.
This is an advantage because most of
the takers are on fat rates, or in other
words they pay by the season. In