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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-05-18
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Junius \. Grossly, the giant SER
geant Of the Second District police
force. says: Il saw a regiment of
Sheridan's cavalry halted once by an
old Virginian. who had no arms in his
hands and who didn't speak a word"
1t was during the retreat from Peters
burg, in April. 1865, the day before
General Lee surrendered | had been
stationed herr. as a military telegraph
operator, but just before Richmond
was evacuated | was ordered to ske-
daddle and join the army. | was sup
posed to be close to General Lees
headquarters on the retreat. put l con-
side ed myself mighty lucky to get any
place where l could keep a whole skin
and out of reach of Sheridan's cayal-
ry. that didn't give us any peace for
an hour at a time. 1t seems TO me |
was generally with the wagon train,
and there the trouble was the hottest
for the bluecoats would dash in, de
stroy portion of our wagons, and
then have to get out TO escape the fire
our cavalry and infantry would pour
into them.
I'VE were getting pretty well up the
country. marching and fighting all the
way. when one day about noon l was
going ii alone through a piece of wood
land, and came on a beautiful spring
;ust at the edge of field. / had not
had n mouthful TO eat. except corn
sometimes parched and sometimes raw
for about four days. so | followed
the path out into the open. thinking it
would lead to a house. wasn't mis-
taken. for when | got to the edge of
the woods ! saw comfortable-lookin
farmhouse not far off. | went up to
the front gate and into the yard. There
was an old gentleman on the porch,
but before l could speak his wife r"u
out ewing the Yankees We're coming.
Il told them | wasn't Yankee. but
a Confederate soldier. without Il meal
for four days, and wanted something
20 cat. | was at once invited in, but
before | had a chance to sit down
hardly. the old man came in off the
porch cxclaiming the Yankees were
coming up 10 the house. ! saw through
ihe front door that what looked like
q regiment of Yankees was coming
along tha road and up the winding
carriage road to the hsuse.
You are my son, said the old man.
and | caught on in a minute. l wasn't
any hing more than boy. so thought
could work the baby racket. ran
ont and hid under the woodDiIe my
telegraph instrument which | carried
Slung over my shoulder. and then came
back and sat down near the old man
OH the front porch. The old man
started to give me some directions
about how l was 10 conduct myself
when he saw the soldiers tearing down
the fence along the road and turning
thir horses into his wheat field The
what was eight or ten inches high,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-05-18
INTERNAL REVENUE STAMPS.
The $4,000 One of the Civil War Too
Dear for Collectors.

/ The $4,000 One of the Civil War Too
Dear for Collectors.
! The United States internal revenue
| stamp is an object that the million and
one stamp collectors in this country
and Europe have ever looked upon
with vain endeavor. The adhesive war
| revenue stamps issued during the civil
war and the Spanish war were, of
| course, sold to all corners. and the
| stamp collector loaded up on all the
| denominations that came within the
| limits of his purse. says the Philadel-
| phia Ledger.
But the large $500 stamp of the civil
war and the $1,000 ! sue of recent
years were just trifi too fancy for
the most enthusiastic [ Hector. When
the war taxes were repealed a couple
OF years ago. and some 400 tons of sur
plus stamps were to be called in and
destroyed. there was a rush upon the
bureau by phiiatellsts, who believed
they could get some of the big fellows
at bargain counter prices. but much to
their chagrin they discovered that even
the day after the stamps became obso-
.ete. the $1,000 stamp was still selling
for $1,000. and could not be bought
then except upon satisfactory proof
that it was needed to validate some
document which should have been
stamped when the law VAS IN force.
The stamp collector can of course,
get possession of cancelled adhesive
stamps and display them along with
his other treasures, but your real phil
atelist always wants a stamp that has
never felt the stab of the canceling
. machine. and hence his ceaseless pur-
suit of the ginuine article. Still, the
cancelled stamps of old ISSUES are high
ly priced by philatelists and many
pretty penny has been turned by
shrewd persons. who robbed old and
worthless documents of their revenue
stamps
The most valuable collection of obso-
iete stamps in the world hangs in the
corridor in the treasury building, near
the office Of the commissioner of in
ternal revenue These stamps were
assembled in an artistic manner for
the government exhibit at the Centen-
NAL Exposition in 1876 and comprise
all the obsolete issues then in exist
ence, ranging in value from / cent to
5000.
The collection is handsomely mount
ed and is in a gilt frame about by Q
feet. 1t was exhibited at subsequent
expositIons. but permission to take the
cfalection 20 Buffalo was refused, and
it will probably not be allowed to leave
the treasury building again. Owners
of famous collections who have viewed
this display say that at current rates
it would sell for 100000.
As to the other classes of internal
rev enue stamps-those used by manu-
facturers of tobacco and cigars, dis
tllcrs and hrewers--here again does
the law block the desire of the stamp
collector by providing that such stamps
shall be sold only to those entitled to
use them commercially.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-05-18
M a G G / e S H e a r t
CHAPrER XXI-lContinned. }

CHAPTER ANI.-tContinued.
The Colonel and Archie leave present
Is. and the two girls say good night to
Mrs. Cholmondely; and Maud embraces
her brother once more, and Maggie's
hand finds its way into the Captain ;
once again.
They are left alone after this-mother
and son; and then he comes to her, in
that old loving boyish fashion, that IS
the delight and joy Of her life. Then
with an eager expression she has never
seen before lighting mp every feature he
says, Who is she. mother; Surely, /
know her face-haye known II for years.
He'll me all aboit her"
A startled look comes over Mrs. Chol-
mondely's features. as she gazes at her
son; and for the first time, there is a
great, dull fear aud pain at her heart
Il have nothing to tell. dear" she
replies, slowly. at last. There is moth
ing extraordinary in her history--at
least, that is-But you can never have
seen her before; faces are 50 much alike;
it is all fancy, dear, depend upon it."
Il never saw such another face. says
the Captain. dreamily. And then they
separate. and tie mother is alone.
Have | done rightE she murmurs,
in startled hushed whisper. oh,
JOcelyn, Joceiyn. who can tell where my
love for you may lead met"
And a mothers prayer and many tears
asher in the solemn Christmas morning
In this noble mansion, where GIBBS and
flows the tide Of humanity. as in the
smallest cottage Of dreariest mud hovel
In the world
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-05-18
GOOD RESULT FROM HAzING.

Boy Benefited by Franks of School
mates-Gen. Dicks Notice.
There is one Akron boy who believes
in hazing in spite of the many things
which have been said against it. The
boy i'll question is Lansing Odell, son
of w. IL. Odell, a member of the City
Council and manager of the Great
Falls Paper Company, of this city
Young Odell has reason to believe in
hazing, as through hazing experience
he has secured the appointment of
cadet at the West Point Military Acad-
envy. The appointment was made
short time ago by Senator Dick, al
though it came while the latter was
still a Representative
Last spring, v lille General Dick was
at home resting from the cares of a
strenuous political campaign, he was
startled one night by hearing sounds of
scutfle in front of his house. Run
ming TO the door, he saw Il crowd OF
high school students carrying off a lad
despite the fight he was putting up
against heavy odds. Remembering his
investigation of the uses and abuses
Of hazing at West Point, General Dick
started after the struggling students.
but before he could get to them they
had bundled their victim into a wagon
and We're driving away ut breakneck
speed General Dick pursued them on
foot for about a quarter of a mile.
when he met q man il a buggy. and
pressing the rig into service, continued
the pursuit. But the high school stu
dents eyaded him and carried their
victim to a swamp outside of the city.
blindfolded him, and turned him loose.
The boy found his way back to the
city, little the worse for his experience,
but his father was not satisfied TO let
the matter drop there. He had ideas
of his own about hazing. and brought
the matter to the attention of the po-
lice. with the result that number of
young men were hailed into court. 1t
was then that General Dick learned
that the victim of the escapade was
Lansing Odell The trial of the case
developed little. as Odell refused to tes-
tify against his classmates. and this
Idct pledSeu 'eheTdl Dich iIIlHehSei!'
The manly bearing of the iad and his
determination not to peach on his
classmates made n hit with the gem
eral, and he kept him in mind. Odell
wanted to go to the Annapolis Naval
Academy, and his father asked Cen
eral Dick to recommend him for APP
pointment. The newly elected Senator
did not secure an appointment 10 the
naval school for his protege, but found
a berth for him at West Point.
This is the reason young Odell be-
lieves in hazing, and his experience
with the hazers in the high school here
is likely to prove of benefit to him
when he reaches West Point-Akron
Special Cleveland Leader
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-05-18
Twenty Years AGO.

The banking firm of Grant & Ward,
composed of General U. S. Grant and
Ferdinand Ward. and the Marine Ma
tional Bank Of New York failed for
over $1,OQo,0O0.
Supporters of Chester \. Arthur in
Illinois and Wisconsin Were said to be
planning to throw their influence 20
Robert T. Iinc0lr for President
The first news was received that the
steamship State of Florida had been
sunk in collision off Bird rocks 13j
lives being lost
out of total of $40 delegates chosen
to the Republican national convention
37S were pledged to James G. Blaine
for President, I'll for Chester a. Ar
thur. and 20 for Senator Edmunds,
The House of Representatives passed
a bill appropriating s1,o00,ooo fer the
New Orleans Exposition
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-05-18
Thirty Years Ago.

The Republican House Committee on
P1s+offices was criticised for not or
deIng an investigation of alleged
Postoffice Department frauds.
The trial of Professor David Swing
for heresy was begun by the Chicago
presbytery.
A New York newspaper declared
Chicago was destined to collapse as a
commercial city because it had built
enormous stores and hotels that could
not be filled.
The House of Representatives re-
fused to appropriate $3,000,000 for the
Philadelphia Centennial Exposition.
The congressional investigation OF
boodling in District of Columbia con
tracts ended, Governor c'Boss'D Shep-
herd publicly assuming responsibility
for all act; of his subordinates.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-05-18
WHY His Life Was Saved.

The late General John b. Gordon
and Governor Chandler. of Georgia.
were together in hotel In Atlanta.
says a writer in Lippincott's, when
Governor Chandler asked the general
il he had ever known of a witty darby.
Yes said the general. zone. When
General Robert L. Lee was lighting
Grant in the last days an old darby
besieged headquarters with requests
to see the gin'ral.' He was turned
away Il dozen times. But one day he
succeeded in reaching the guard i'm
mediately in front of General Lees
tent. and almost got into the tent itself
before he was stopped. The alterca-
ton which followed was overheard by
General Lee. who called out: Let that
man come in" Then into the tent
came the fellow, a raw-boned. sham
bling. gray-headed, gnarled old darby.
who scraped the ground with his foot
and kept turning his hat around ncrv-
ously in his hand.
Well. where do You belongF de
manded General Lee.
- b'longs to y'r company gin'ral
returned the darky.
'''No. you don't declared the gen
eral. sharply. Everybody in my COM
pany has been shot. How is it that
you haven't been|
The darby scratched his head. Then
from his twisted mouth came conf
dental whisper: Well. yo' see, gln'ral.
it's this away: l amt been shot. Gaze
when days fight goin' on | always
stays with the ginrals
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-05-18

give men, 4, b, c, ID and E. meet.
each of whom owed the other s.. They
only had 81 apiece.
"A. who was a Napoleon of finance
after some thought, said he could fix it
all right. so he told each one of the
four TO give him his dollar. He put
them in with the one he had. and hand
ed the s. to b. aud took his receipt
canceling the debt. Is paid c, and took
his receipt, who then paid D, and d
paid f. who then handed the s. TO A.
taking his receipt.
Does it not appear that each man
is ST ahead in the game except \, who
has not only paid his s. debt with 81,
but has the - in cashs
who. If any one. is the loser in this
transaction T'-Henry, ILL.,, Republican
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-05-18
Tortoises Taught Tricks.

japanese and Korean showmen, in
addition to their skill as jugglers and
acrobats, display a truly marvellous
skill in teaching animals tricks. They
not only exhibit educated bears. span
ials. monkeys and goats. but also
trained birds and, what is the most as
tonishing of all. trick fish. One of the
most curious examples of patient train
ing is an exhibit by an old Korean
boatman of dozen drilled tortoises.
Directed by his songs and Il small
metal drum, they march in line. exc
cute various evolutions and conclude
by climbing upon a low table. the
larger ones forming. of their own ac-
cord, a bridge for the smaller, to which,
the feat would otherwise be impossl-l
BILE.
When they have all mounted they
dispose themselves in three or four.
piles. like so many plates.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-05-18
BONE FOOD

Soft and crooked bones mean
bad feeding. Call the disease
ricketts, if you want to. The
growing child must eat the
right food for growth. Bones
must have bone food, blood
must have blood food and so
on through the list.
SCOTS Emulsion is the right
treatment for soft bones in
children. Littledoses everyday
give the stiffness and shape
that healthy bones should have.
Bow legs become straighter,
loose joints grow stronger and
frmness comes to the soft
heads.
Wrong food caused the
trouble. Rightfood will cure it.
In thousands of cases SCOTS
Emulsion has proven to be the
right food for soft bones in
childhood.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT g. BOVINE. Chemists,
4oo-4l5 Pearl Street. New York.
soc. and $500; all druggists.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-05-18
One Hundred Years 400.

Discomfort prevailed in Egypt at the
ascendency of the English in that
country, and in Alexandria, much anx-
iety was felt lest the English should
send a garrison to that city.
The acquisition of Louisiana by the
United States was celebrated in all of
the thirteen States.
Thomas Young. claimed to be the
first decipherer of the Rosetta stone,
died
The population of Washington, d. c.,
was Jess than 5000 persons.
The Dutch surrendered the Island
of Surinam to the British.
The Boston Board of Health issued
new regulations for farmers who kept
live stock in the town limits.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-05-18

There is ore Catarrh IN this section Of the
country tbTn all other diseases put together. and
until the last few years was supposed TO be IN
curable For a great many years doctors pro-
remedies. and BY constantly falling "a IRE with
local treatment. pronounced 1t incuTable science
has proven catarrh to be CONSTITUTIONAL us
ease and therefore requires constitutional treat
ment Halls CataTrh Cure. manufactured by
j. Cheney & CO.. Toledo. Ohio. is the only con-
stltutional cure on the market. 1t Is taken IN
ternally in dcses from 10 drops 10 teaspoOnttl.
II acts directly on the blood and mucous sur,
faces of the system. They offer one hundred
dollars for any case . fails TO cure send Tor
circulars and testimonials. Address,
f. J. CHENEY 4 co, Toledo o.
Sold by DFusgic.s &c.
Halls Family fills are the best.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-05-18
Seventy-fiye Years AGO.

The market of Philadelphia was said
to be the finest in either Europe or
America, being fully mile long and
we'll supplied.
Venice became free port
The Turks We're preparing for an
attack on Sizehc!i, the Russian strong
hold. on the Danube.
\ law for the expulsion of Span
iards from Mexico was promulgated AZ
Tampico, and thirty days was allowed
them to embark.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-05-18
Fifty Years Ago.

Garibaldi arrived at Genoa in conf
mand of an English coal vessel from
Newcastle.
A German professor fell into he
crater at Vesuvius.
News reached New York of the avac.
uation of lower California by Colonel
Walker.
The New York and London Gable
Company was organized to lay cable
from New York to Liverpool.
The Bank of England raised its dis.
count rate and the Bank of France re-
duced it's rate, as a result of the
Crimean war
A severe earthquake shock was felt
at Acapulco.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-05-18
The Grand Army Button.

The Grand Army Button.
How dear to my heart are the comrades
/ cherish.
Who stood by my side in the battles
dark hour;
Who offered their lives that the land
should not perish,
The nation our fathers had left us for
dover;
Who stayed not to question the right to
defend her,
The mother who bore them, when enc
mics pressed,
But. foremost in battle, scorned coward
surrender,
And earned there the signet that shines
on their breast
The little bronze button, the veterans
button,
The Grand Army button that shines on
their breast.
IT'S the token of deeds Of true patriot
daring;
It's the pledge of high courage in bat
ties affray;
There earned they the right to the honor
of wearing
The symbol whose glory grows brighter
No jeweled insignia, with diamonds en-
twining.
No cross of the legion, by princes pos
sessed.
Can enncble the bosom on which it is
shining
Like the little bronze button they wear
on their breast
The eloquent button. tie deed-telling
button,
The Grand Army button that shines on
their breast
Wherever 1 see one. mid plainness OF
splendor,
In the garments OK wealth or of poverty
dressed,
1 know that the heart of a soldier is
under
II the little bronze button but shines on
the breast.
So in life will l cherish, all honors ex-
ceeding,
And when. the march past, they shall lay
me TO rest,
Like soldier I'll slumber, earth's tumult
unheeding.
And the little bronze button shall sleep
on my breast
The Grand Army button. the heart cher
ished button.
The battle won button shall sleep on my
breast.
R. w. Kelley, in Des Moines News.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-05-18
Ten Years Ago

Chicago's conlmonweal army" wSs
stopped at Laporte, Ind. on its march
TO Washington. and Commander Ran
dali thrown into jail.
Richard Croker resigned as leader Of
Tammany Hall, John MeQuade being
elected to succeed him.
The Wichita kan State National
Bank. with $4,000 deposits, an
uounced its suspension.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-05-18

and. of course, several hundred horses
with good appetites would ruin the
whole patch in mighty little while.
My God! / can't stand that the
cid fellow said. and he jumped up and
started down the steps. He trotted
down to the gate and climbed up and
sat on top of one of the posts. He
didn't speak word, but he did some
thing worth more TO him then than all
the speeches ever made He didn't
have anything to shoot with, but he
had something that beat a cannon all
hollow ! didn't know then what he
did, but / know that he made the dis
tress signal of a Master Mason. You
could have knocked ne down with a
feather when / saw those men begin
climbing into their saddles and saw
them ride out into the road and fix up
the old mans fene"
Then several officers came gallop-
ing up the drive and stopped at the
gate. The old man clambered down
from his perch on the post and then
there was most fraternal handshake
all around.
THE old fellow invited all of them
into the house, and / tell you 1 felt
mighty squeamish when they came IN
on the porch where l was One OF
Them said something about my being
lucky enough not to have been born
in time to have share in all the trou-
hle, and then they all went into the
house. When they came out the colo
mel told his entertainer that a guard
would be placed at the gate down the
road and that his property should not
be disturbed. They galloped away
and | went in and packed away under
my belt as much corn bread and fat
meat as l could hold. I then struck
out and caught up with our atmy The
next day we surrendered at Appomat-
tox
The really remarkable fact about
this, ii seems to me now, is that
I, IN l took the masters degree in
Masonry and learned VIVA. it was that
the old man did to hold Sheridan's
troops in check. he himself helped to
confer the degree Richmond Dis
patch
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-05-18
CHAPTER XVII.

L was a grand sight, aud SPOKE elo-
equenily of what wealth and taste could
do TO help Iuxuriant enjoyment. Mrs
Cholmondely's mansion by the sea this
winter night.
From the awning stretched from the
portico over the pavement 10 the dainty
retiring rooms. improvised for I'd o.,1
sion. everything was perfect
i, was to be simple family party.
with no conventionality or stiffness. the
guests knowing each other Intimately.
and being well matched, and where all
restraint was to be thrown of. that the
welcome might be hearty for the soldier
son of the hostess.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-05-18
4 Dilemma.

Il happened to get into poker game
at the club last night With my best
girls father"
Did you 0-iN ~ lose?''
Both, I'm afraid. | won from him,
but I'm afraid that'n lose me the girl"
Philadelphia Press.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-05-18

Bind together your spare hours by
the cord OF some definite purpose, and
You know not how much N y be ac-
ugmplished.-W NJ. Taylor
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-05-18

If the best mans faults were written
on his forehead he would draw his
hat over his eyes.--Gray.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-05-18

Il suppose" said the matinee girl.
you have made MI your plans for
next year
"Oh. bless you. no.. replied the pom
ular actress. ITO be sure, my nus
oand. Mr. Rigstar, and l have ar.
ranged to be divorced so that he NAV
marry Mrs. Footlites. while marry
Mr.. Footlites; but whom we shall mar
ry next we haven't decided as YET
Philadelphia Ledger.
When a woman owns carriage, she
delights in lording it over women who
have not But man feels uneasy in
a carriage. and shrinks when he meets
an acquaintance.