The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-06-26

ment and O noble man as we'll as ,l1-
telligent friend Of the farmer. any
town, no matter how small or far from
the railroad, is entitled to an institute,
provided it is located in farming
district and has a good hall in which
a meeting can be held Mr.. McKerrow
is a great wit, q good talker and a
genuine enthusiast on the subject Of
farming.
farmers May Hunt.
For some years the farmers have
complained to the legislators that it
was ridiculous that they could not kill
a rabbit on their own property without
license end at last the law is made
right for them. They may kill any
thing on their own land. Spring
shooting of ducks. geese and snipe is
also allowed between April IS and May,
1. Most Of the sportsmen are against
this spring shooting on the theory, as
one expressed it before committee: ut
is not right to kill any kind Of animals
on their wedding trip 1t is argued
chat the danger of wholesale shooting
in the spring is prevented by the pro-
vision fOrbidding the sale of game.
That may be true of deer, but there
will be much slaughter of all kinds of
ducks, though only certain kinds may
legally be shot in the spring. Rabbits
and squirrels can be sold and can be
shipped unaccompanied by the owner.
By the present law a hunter can carry
fifty aquatic fowls, or twenty-five up
land game birds or two deer, but he
cannot sell them. Hence there will be
no more venisOn on sale at butcher
shops, but it will probably be possible
to get venison of the hotels in northern
Wisconsin which the hunter has kind
ly given to the landlord. Game laws
are difficult of enforcement.
Fresh Interest In "Old Abe"
Mrs. Bradford, the wife of the man
who may be put forward as candidate
for governor by the LaFollette con-
tingent, has written a poem about "Old
Abe" WiscOnsin's famous war eagle.
Then, too, an Order of Eagles has
sprung up, something like the Elks,
strong on the social side. For these
reasons a freshened interest is taken
in eagles. The original "Old Abe"
was brought into camp just as the
Eighth Wisconsin was starting for the
front. 1t was bought of an Indian for
a bushel of corn. At that time Chip
pewa Falls and Eau Claire were little
more than lumber camps, and so the
wild bird of freedom matched the boys
of Wisconsin. He was in thirty bat
ties, and a note of alarm from him
s1gnaled the approach of the enemy.
During the battle he would hover in
the air and the sight of the bird en-
Unused the soldiers so that at the siege
of COrinth the Confederate General
Price-ordered the bird captured or
killed, and declared he would rather
capture "Old Abe" than a whole bri-
gade The bird died at the age of 20
years at Madison. He is now in the
war museum ut Washington.
Dresses of Our Women.
The Catholic church is one that
speaks with authority. 1t is not un-
usual for the priests to speak plainly
rent abuses and no one can estimate
the evil that is prevented by their
brave words. Father Miller of Wau-
kesha on q recent Sunday aimed a
blow against the wearing of net and
lace waists. He denounced what he
termed immOdest garments, and urged
the mothers Of his congregation to see
fhaiv II q fhncn
dalous" articles of dress Most people
will agree that the man of God is right
in pleading for decency in dress. The
progress of democracy has stripped the
pulpit of much of it's old time author
ity; it is refreshing to note a revival
Of the right uses of clerical power.
Old Settlers Day.
Congressman H. A. Cooper delivered
an address at the Old Settlers club
meeting at Elkhorn recently. Mr.. Coop
er is native of Spring Prairie, Wal
worth county and says he had the dis
tinction of being able to holler louder
than any boy on the prairie Mr.. Coop
of Chicago. who is a son of one of the
oldest settlers of Walworth county.
Salaries for Teachers.
Those who know say that if teachers
were paid better salaries the educa-
t.onal standard of Wisconsin would
be bettered. The eighth grade is the
step before the high school-children
pass from one to the other. In Evans
vile, place of 1000 people, the teach
err OF the eighth grade gets $45
month. That's about $40 a week for
the nine months Of school. For the
remaining grades down to and includ-
ing the chief Kindergarten, they get
$40 month. Skilled stenographers