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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-22
High Prices of Wheat.

In 1867 wheat was very scarce in the
country before the harvest of that
year, says Orleans Republican. A
farmer bought about 6S,000 bushels,
nearly all of it from July 2Sth to Octo-
Der Goth, and not a single bushel under
50 and from that up TO $40; most Of
it cost from $40 to 1925 per bushel.
They ground from 1000 TO 1900
bushels per day when everything ran
all right. They sold Belts & Bailey
sixteen barrels of the flour at
SIG per barrel for retailing and sold
some flour at their Eagle Harbor mill
for SIS per barrel. Mr. Tanner fur
Their says that he once paid the late
Ira Hanford (he cannot recall the year.
$1,000 per 100 pounds for three dressed
hogs, and he once paid the late Nor
man Bennett $500 per bushel for
beans. No wonder farmers accumulat-
ed money in those good old days.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-22
Poultry Pickings.

As a rule, old hens make the best
mothers.
Lice will gather in the nests, if any
where.
Chickens can be made to grow faster
by feeding ofteu.
Treatment of diseases should begin
with the first symptoms.
Sour milk and buttermilk are both
good to mix with soft food
Mix powdered charcoal and sulphur
occasionally with the soft feed.
Coal oil applied to the roosts in
small quantities will kill parasites.
The flesh of birds differs in quality
according to the food ON which they
they feed.
Furnish as great a variety of diet
as possible and feed as much as the
fowls viii eat.
DO not hatch bantams until late in
the summer if you would have them
beautiful and diminutive.
Little chicks have no teeth and must
have sand. crushed bone, shell and
charcoal in some form.
Lousy hens are the. cause of much
debility. sickness and death among the
young broods they hatch out.
The laying of soft ailed eggs some
times results fro't overlooking and
sometimes from L ok Of she'll material
one of the great secrets in poultry
raising is to get good laying strains
and keep them in good health and
condition.
IL chickens are allowed on the
roosts too young. their breasts often
get crooked. and their growth and sP
pearance spoiled
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-22
NJ a G G i e S H e a r t

! interest, called hither and thither every
b0ur of the day, was Of great impor-
taace and in her glory.
Thus the golden hours were numbered.
They had last walk this hot autumn
day in the old woods so dear to them
both, and sat down on the ferns by the
little Lvooklet, with its FLASHING music,
and talked of the future.
Randall" she says, somewhat nerv-
ously, 'if there was a secret in my life
if l was not what you think me, would
you love me thenT"
II should love you always, dear, and
under every circumstance i'll life"
But, Randall" she persists "suppos-
ing that | had been married before, that
you were my first love and second hus-
band, would you love me thenI"
For the answer TO this he folds her
to his heart, and says, passionately. my
darling-my love, would marry you! /
would give my life for you. and would
cornt it we'll lost! / would not care
for life itself if anything came between
us, my own darling Maggiep'
And the golden hour slips by, and she
does not tell him OF the past, only dallies
with him, and pours out her heart to
him--this naughty woman; this felon's
wife, or widow; this proud. beautiful
creature. who is rushing on to her fate
headlong
IL has caused n sensation, not in the
neighborhood alone. but in Mrs. Chol-
nondelys household. That lady has told
Ernest, and he tells her he has seen it
IN the papers, and they talk it over; and
IL poor lame Ernest does not win the
battle, he, at least, comes of creditably
after that long fight with his own heart
But he comes down next morning almost
resigned, and whispers to his mother the
next evening that he has seen Maggie,
and she had rushed IN ~ him and shook
hands with him, aud made him come
irto the shop where they were buying
trinkets for the wedding. And the poor
fellow has to Sight the battle all over
again.
But wedding wells are waiting to ring,
and two loving hearts to be Joined in
one, and 50 all must be joy, and ne-ri-
ment, and great content. Mrs. Down
ing is in her glory. choosing wedding
raiment. and Maggie is all agIow with
eager anticipation, and neither dream
that dark haired Maggie will live and
die Mrs. George Temple.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-22

looking as II he would spring upon her;
and when he steps a little farther on,
to watch Maggie get into the carriage
again, he laughs little awRwardly, and
hangs his head, and. as the ponies start,
( rans little way after them; and Black
Jem calls after him mockingiy. as the
legged fellow sneaks round a by-lane,
and jumping over a gate, lies down un-
der the hedge, shaking with convulsive
sobbing
He would not be bad-looking man
this, only that he is so terribly thin and
gaunt and has such look of broken
heart in his wan face.
Why, that was a mailman" May had
said, with a shudder .'What can he be
doing here. and from what asylum has
he escaped, | wonder?''
81 don't think / saw him very plainly,
dear; but ought nor such people TO be
kept from roaming aboutT"
''Oh. yes, dear; If he were IN an asy-
lum, he would never be allowed out
again. We had a poor fellow IN the
village here. who really at times seemed
as sane and collected as You and /, and
at other times would tell the strangest
and most ridiculous stories, claiming a
queen for his wife"
ITO be sure" said Maggie that is so.
Of course. And what became of him,
this man who claimed another mans
wife? Where is he nowT'
"Oh, they got him taken to the county
asylum, and there he is now"
Mr.. Royston comes home, tired, clad
to see his park and woods again. Mag
gle is so like daughter now that the
old man kisses her and pets her. and tells
May, whose heart is sinking terribly as
she watches his proud caresses, mot to
be jealous"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-22
Uses of Japanese Bamboo.

In China and Japan bamboo is used
for many purposes, in the Z nted
States for few \ limited quantity is
consumed in the manufacture of fur
niture and bric-a-brac. but most peo-
pie see it only in the form of fishing
rods. Among the orientals, who are
the most practical agriculturists in the
world it is as Indispensable as the
white pine to the American farmer.
They are not only dependent upon it
for much of their building material,
but make their ropes, mats, kitchen
utensils and innumerable other arti-
cles out of it.
There are many varieties of the
bamboo plant. from the species which
is woven into mats 10 the tai bam-
boo tree which the Chinaman uses for
the mast of his large boat. One va
riety is cultivated as vegetable. and
the young Shoot eaten like asparagus.
or they may lie sailed. picked or pre-
served
The raPidity of growth of the bam-
boo is perhaps its most wonderful
chalaC teristic There are actual rec
ords Of a bamboo growing three feet
in > single day, or at the rate of ore
and aft inches an hour.
Varieties of bamboo are found
everywhere in Japan, even where
there are heavy falls of snow in win
ter. 1t is a popular misconception that
bamboOs grow only in the tropics.
Japan is n land of bamboos, and yet
where these plants grow it is not so
warm as it is in California. Some of
these varieties could be grown COM
mercially in the United States.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-22
How to Build a Land Roller.


A roller is almost indispensable for
some kinds of farm work. and a good
one may be made by covering mower
wheels with , by As, as shown in the
Illustration. The roller can be made
any desired length, but seven feet is a
very good size. Cut the projections
from the surface Of the wheels with a
heavy hammer and cold chisel This is
not as great ask as one would
think. Have your blacksmith drill the
holes If you have no drill, one every
four inches on alternate edges of the
wheel. The holes and bolts should be
half an inch in diameter.
1t is best to have boxes bolted under
the frame for the journal and set
screws in the hubs. Make the frame
% by inch stuff. Cut lemons in the
end pieces TO fit the mortise in front
and back and cut mOrtises in the end
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-22
How Peace Came Between Ball Game
and Flower Garden.

How Peace Came Between Ball Game
and Flower Garden.
A four-foot board fence il a certain
suburban town divides a garden, where
a lady of quiet tastes cultivates flow.
ers. from vacant lot. where boys
from the side streets play ball--wran-
Cling. riotous, tumultuous and whoOp.
ing ball
"At first" she says, II thought
must either give up my garden or get
the police TO turn them out, The rack
ct alone seemed uncomfortable. and the
ball was always flying over the fence,
with half a dozen boys in mad pur
suit OF it, among my pansies and peo-
MES, wreaking havoc at every step.
Yet TO expel them seemed mean.
There are few places where they can
play. They were rough boys, most
of them, not bad ones. The more
thought the meaner and weaker it ap-
peared to run to the police with com.
plants of my neIghbors' children. Be
sides, although now they were reck.
less OF my rights, they meant no harm;
but once let me call in the cop against
them. and all the resentful tmpishness
of the half-wild human boy would be
reused. So l decided to manage things
myself. and | have succeeded.
THAT Is. I call it success. l haven't
reformed them-those of them who
needed reforming-and i haven't made
them ali cousiderate and gentle and po-
lite and polished. How should -? But
/ have civilized their dealings with me
and mine with them, and that is some
thing.
''If l am in the garden. / toss back
the ball myself when 1t comes over,
and I hurry about If too; the game
must not be delayed. | invite them
TO come for it when I'm absent, or fail
70 see where it has gone, but only one
or two at time, and to phase be
careful not to step on the aowe beds:
my flowers are my fun. as their game
is theirs.
Il have told them that I know rat
sometimes to reach 1t a bed must e
stepped on. VIII they do it as DELI
cateiy as possible, not to crush the
plants? have promised them that
when the ball itself does damage
will not complain because that is a
matter of chance and nobody's fault.
Sometimes / stop to watch their
game over the wall. and applaud "A
good hit Once they accepted my tes-
timony in regard TO disputed foul.
They always speak to me politely. or,
II not. with no impolite intent, and al
though sometimes in their eagerness
they spoil things still It is not often.
When l overheard a newcomer the 9TH
er day refer with rude contemp: to
the woman next door he was cor.
rected immediately-with no tone of
angry championship. but merely as
stating an accepted fact.
She amt woman; she's Miss
Brown. She's all right
The nolse-yes of course, they're
as noisy as ever; but it means healthy
lungs and exuberance and good times.
and-well-gardenlng has steadied my
nerves 10 much, I've somehow grown
not to mind it"--Youth's Companion.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-22
Laying Tile in Muck Lands.

Muck lands when thoroughly drain,
ed frequently make veritsble garden
spots. But unless the tile lines are
laid with sufficient fall, preferably in
to the clay subsoil, and carefully cov-
cred the soft muck is liable TO soon
clog them. We have found that a
little ira care in attending to these
points will pay exceedingly well and
prolong the period of usefulness of the
drains for years. The life of Il drain
carelessly laid in muck is very short,
IL is often advisable to put boards
both under and on top of the tiles. re-
marks Mr. Greiner IN Farm and Fire
side
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-22
Provide Against Drouebt.

With possibility of short pasture
staring him in the face each year,
the farmer with much or little stock
who does not provide against the
drought so far as he can, makes a
st rus mistake. Probably the better
way to do this is in combination with
the plan which provides for early for
age plants. This can be done another
year by sowing rye in the late sum
mer, sowing SUGGESTIONS, which give
one green forage for early summer
carrying one, with the pasture. nearly
or quite TO the time when the FORA e
corn may be fed.
Most of the experiment stations who
have tried it agree with farmers that
Thoroughbred White Flint corn is one
of the best if not the. best variety
FOR this purpose, especially if it is
pat in as early as possible. If sow
ING is delayed until late, then we be-
lieve that sweet Germ, sown broadcast.
will give a crop for early fall feeding
better than any other. Among the
various suggestions given here. one or
more are suited to almost every farm.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-22

pieces eight inches from the shoulder
of the tenon for the second front and
back pieces. These second pieces make
the frame rigid if properly put to-
gether, Notch the tongue one inch
where it crosses the frames and brace
it with heavy iron straps. A seat can
be made by boiling on two light wagon
wheel rims as shown and boiling an
old mower seat on a board on top.
This roller properl- made and cared
for will last a lifetime.-American
Agriculturist.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-22

TIE readers of this paper win be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all its
stages, and that Is Catarrh Halls Catarrh Cure
Is the only positive cure now known to the med
ical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional
disease. requires a constitutional treatment
Halls CataTrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system, thereby destroying the foundation OF
the disease, and giving the patient strength by
building up The constitution and assisting nature
I'D doing its work, The prOprietOrs have SO
much faith in its curative powers that they offer
One Hundred Dollars for any case that ii fails to
cure. Send for list of Testimonials
Address, T.. CHENEY &. co. Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-22
MARKS ON MEXICAN MONEY,
chinese Bankers Put on Their Seals
to Guarantee Its Genuineness.

"Sse bahkers nut on Their Seals
to Guarantee Its Genuineness
AS everybody knows, Mexican dol
iars circulate in large quantities in
me FAR East, especially in China and
the Philippines. where banks send
large quantities of Mexican silver dol
lars every year.
A year ago a reporter saw one Of
the Mexican pesos that had been in
regulation in China for some time, ana
VS. surprised to find it covered with
small Chinese characters, like as many
seals. This dollar was shown vester.
day to LANG Hsun. Chinese minister
who explained the presence of the
marks as follows:
The bankers OF whom there are
hundreds in China. yho receive Mexi-
can dollars, atfiX to them their seals
to guarantee their legitimacy. and IA,
pesos circulate and 90 from one bank
to another, they are being marked by
all the BANKS that receive them In
case the peso proves to be illegal. the
banker who sealed it last has to change
it for good money ard withdraw it
from circulation.
When the pesos aIN completely COW
cred with seals, they are sent back to
Mexico to be recoined. the expense be-
ing paid by all the bankers whose seals
are seen on the coin. 1t is in accord
ance with recent agreement But
it often happens that dollars. although
marked all over their two faces, con
tlnue in circulation and are highly es-
teemed, as the seals as so many guar
antees that they are genuine. The de-
cislon to seal pesos was taken because
Illegal coins began to circulate in Chi
na."-MeXican Herald.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-22
rnrir Eic1si Corn.

OF nineteen early varieties Of Flint
and Dent corn grown at the Ontario
station. the following in the order
given led in proGuctiveness; Dakota
Gold Dollar, Longfellow, Farmers
Friend. Baily Mahogany and Canada
Yellow. The best average Yields Tor
three years were as follows: King
PhilHp. CO.: Genesee Valley, d2.7;
North Star Yellow Dent. ell; Pride OF
Canada. 500. and Longfellow, oS.9
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-22

Subbubs-Who's the fellow Rscklotg
brought out with him tbs evening:
Naybor-That's man he's trying 10
sell his place to.
Subbubs- That : ehunp he Is, Hor
on earth does he expert to sell Tia.
place to the fellow Il - lets him saa
il beforehand:-Philaddphia Press
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-22
A oNE-MAN SAW.

man. When one person tries to operate
cross-cut saw the blade is inclined
to wabble. Procure a young, slim sap
ling and bend it as shown in the illus
tration. fastening it to both ends of
the saw, when the saw is ready for
buSlness.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-22

The hardy catalpa on rich soil will
produce more fenceposts per acre in
a shorter time than Gny other species.
Some catalpa plantations in Kansas
have paid per cent compound inter-
est on the land and labor invested and
$40 an acre net profit per annum for a
period of twenty years. This is a much
greater income than the average re-
turns from agriculture.-G. l.. Clothier.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-22
~~0~~~N~~o~-

For several months, Prof. Wiley.
chemist of the Agricultural Depart.
ment has been condu .ting experiments
to determine what effect preservstiyes
used in foods and beverages have upon
the human system. All of the twelve
young men composing the drug squad
ro'4 show Ill effects from eating the
Gfugs used as preservatives. One or
two of the men are on the verge of a
breakdown, but the identity of mem
bers Of the poison squad" is conceal
ed. The results of the experiments
show some Of the preservatives are
deadly, causing Inflammation of the di-
gestive organs. This experiment tends
to explain away the poison mysteries
following the eating of canned goods.
Results of these experiments will be
made public in a short time, but pend
ing the publication of the report by
Secretary Wilson Prof Wiley will not
discuss the subject. All the food was
prepared in the most appetizing and
hygienic fashion. At first poison was
put into the food without the squad
knowing Which dish was doctored. The
effect upon the mind of the squad
whose stomaChs finally began to rebel
at the best of food, even that unpois-
oned, caused a change in the method
and the poison was administered in
capsules.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-22

closely near one end with balIng wire
about three or four inches. BY turn
ing the spoke around several times the
wire will become frightened, when the
end is made fast by another piece of
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-22
To Tighten Barb Wire.

send you sketch to tighten barb
wire fence, take a piece of broom stick
or old buggy or wagon spoke, place
on the wire 10 be frightened and wrap
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-22
One-Man Saw.

The sketch, by Max Mack. illus
trates very simple and good plan for
a eross-cut saw when operated by one
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-22

bushels per acre. The percentage Of
cob to ear in the different varieties
showed wide variations.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-22

Employees in the White House for
long time have been in the habit Of
soliciting subscriptions from and Of
fering tickets for sale TO persons who
call It the executive mansion. The
custom had become so general as TO
be a nuisance and an order has been
issued putting a stop to the abuse
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-22

Senator Joseph Benson Foraker, of
Ohio, in speech on the pension order
fixing 81 years as the age when a SOL
der may he considered disabled, said
that ii was a right ruling, and that
men who reached that age were dis
abled. OF course, he meant were dis
abled for manual labor, as a number
of Senators called attention to the
fact that If the idea was followed it
would leave the Senate almost with
out a quorum. The following Sena-
tors have passed the ed milestone
Morgan. 50; Pettus, 81; Berry, 81; Per-
kins, Ga; Bard, 60; Teller, rs; Patter-
son, 63; Platt Comm. 20; Hawley, II;
Bacon, "a; Cullom, "A; Allison. "a;
Blackburn, IS; McCreary, 60; Mem
cry, sc; Hale, 81; Frye, -; German
60; Hoar, n; Burrows, 81; Alger, 6S;
Money, "a; Cockrell, 80; Clark (Mont.),
Gibson, rs; Willard. e.; Stewart, rs;
Gal!inger. 81; Dryden. GA; Platt On.
~, IL; Depew. IL Mitchell. IS; Quay,
40; Aldrich, 60; Bate, 81; Proctor, 70;
Foster (Wash). 67; EI.ins, 81.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-22

Government ownership of all wire
less telegraph stations at points where
over-the-sea communication Is posi-
BILE has been decreed by the cabinet
and the Navy Department is putting
the order into effect. One result will
be that Marconi will be forced to move
his stations to Canadian soil. In place
of the Marconi station on the Nan
tucket lightship the department will
establish its own plant, using a modl-
fication of the Slaby-Arco system in it's
eight stations. The government will
make no charge ON messages to and
from ships at sea.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-22

Senator Deliver, of Iowa. tells this
story on himself; Il reached a certain
small town during a campaign" said
he, and found that the proprietor of
the hotel where usually stopped was
In Jail. He had gone there of his
own accord rather than pay a tudg-
ment which he considered unjust. He
asked the sheriff TO let him out for
two hours to hear his old friend Dolli-
yer speak. The sheriff agreed, and
sent an order for the release of the
prisoner for two hours for that pur-
pose. Then he considerably added at
the end of the order, The rest of your
punishment is RENTED
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-22

In Il recent report an Agricultural
Department officer expresses regret
that the statistics of milk production
are reported in gallons, since milk is
sold more generally in quarts or in
pounds. according TO the use TO which
ii is put. The gallon he regards as
an unnatural unit One argument for
the metric system is that it would pro-
vide absolute units. Now we often
know that a quantity is six or eight
hundred something. but do not remem-
Der whether ii is feet or yards, miles
Or leagues. gallons or quarts.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-22

In a letter defending the estimates
of population recently issued by the
census bureau, Director North incl
dentally gives an estimate of the popu-
lation CT the United States under the
census IL be taken in 1910. placing the
figure at S9.041 ,436. The director say
that this indicates a percentage of in
crease of 17.2, as compared with POT
in the edecade 1890-190G, but he adj
mits that events are possible in the
future development of the country
which will put this estimate awry.
Speaking of the estimate recently pub
lished Mr.. North says that it has been
of very great benefit to the country
He says, however that the estimates
are in no sense a census nor do they
represent local conditions.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-22

A warning has been sent out from
Washington to prospective home-seek-
ers who may be interested in the irri-
CATION plans of the government. An
organized gang of swindlers is at
work in the West, and less actively in
the East. In cunningly wOrded ad-
vertisements they assert that they
have inside information as to the plans
of the government engineers, and
promise to place settlers on the best
of the lands which the government
purposes to rrigate. tor sums ranging
from fifty to two hundred dollars. The
fact is that they have no information
that will not be given by the Interior
Department to any inquirer. When
the proper time comes for throwing
the lands open to homestead entries
the Secretary of the Interior will an
nounce the fact through the press.