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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-27
he Cooperative Home
- - Insurance Company

will furnish you money to pay Oft your
mortgate or buy a home of your own
selection anywhere in the United States,
and give you twelve years time to pay
it back, at the rate Of 1919 per month
on each 81, 900 borrowed. WITHOUT A
BIG PAYMENT, WITHOUT INTEREST,
WITHOUT ADDITIONAL SECURITY AND
LESS THAN RENT. Convince yourself
in figuring how much You have paid in
rent for ten years and see If you have not
paid for house which the landlord still
owns. You can select your own lot,
build or buy house or farm anywhere
in the U. S and we will pay for it.
A postal card addressed to the agent
will bring your pamphlet explaining IN
etail our organization, showing you
ainly how you may own Your home,
N. WIGGIN TON, Agent,
BLOOMINGDALE, WIS.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-27

When lawyer expresses an opinion
it's mp to the client to nay the express
charges
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-27

Wild waves, like some men, make a
lot of noise, but they don't say anything.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-27
Diseases of Women

are needlessly sacrificed to the surgeon S
knife. | have he pleasure of assuring this
of sufferers that within five days / can
demonstrate to any woman that have
perfected plan of treatment that rill
cure her
English, French and German spoken.
Consultations are free and strictly con =
fidential
Persons who cannot call should write.
Address
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-27

A girls ideal young man is one who
doesn't hesitate to give her an oprortu-
nifty to say yes.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-27
Why not buy your monuments

at home and save the OF
per cent agent fees. We
handle all kinds of gran.
lite and marble and all
sizes large and small Of
monuments and mark
ers. We also handle all
kinds of
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-27

Many man who starts at the foot of
the ladder is down at the heel at the
finish
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-27

when other Medicines Have tatlsd
take Foley's Kindey Cure. 1t has cnled
when every thing else has disappointed
Sold by A. J Johnson. DruEgisi
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-27

A girl with a dimple will laugh at
any fool thing q man says.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-27
ABARGAIg FOR YOU

T.oRsALE, A GOOD 50-ACEE FARM WITH
Il ia three miles Of NirOqua. Good house
well and windmill and clstern, tobacco she
and other Outbuildings, 500 or $500 cash pay
rnent. balance to suit purcL ser. Inquire 81
helCENsOB Office.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-27
piles Unon Ton of Piles

Any oculist who buys a blind horse
should also consult an oculiet.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-27

Men who rush the GROWER are seldom
in hurry themselves
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-27
No Sufferer Need Despair.

Ihave cured hundreds; let me cure yol
For many years / have been a patier
student Of the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-27
Diseases of Men .

Ny special treatment insures immediate
relief and a permanent cure in cases OF
VARlCOCELE, WEAKENING LOSSES,
WASTED ORGANS. and all conditions re-
sultlng from early eXcesses or indiscretiOns
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-04-08
oRTICULTUR NOTES.

The new berry patch should be set
out early in April.
The Prize Taker and similar varie-
ties of onions will do their best only
when started in beds and tr~ansplanted
later on.
If the lettuce in your beds or hot.
house is showing signs of rust, spray
with a solution of sulphate of copper;
n ounce to twenty gallons of water
Since there is a scarcity Of cucumber
and melon seeds it should be known
that these seeds have great vitality,
and will grow ever if several years old
There is a shortage of all varieties
of wrinkled peas. Two-year-old stock
will grow, and if sound and well pre-,
served a fair percentage will grow the
third year.
Just the minute the earth softens
enough to permit you to dig a bit Of
horseradish with the iron bar, get SOM
for the table. 1t will be the first elixil
or life to you for the new year.
The tomato blight is spreading owe
the country. Old hotbeds infested witt
the spores are its breeding places. 1
possible make new beds with new lum
Der and new earth. The next hes
thing to do is to saturate the oil,
frame with q strong solution of sui
plate of copper, one ounce to the ga
Ion of water, and use new earth.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-04-08
THE STRAWBERRIES.

Mulching the beds will very likely
have to be done some time during the
month. Most Of the material for this
we already have on hand, having been
saved from the odds and ends of near
ly everything, as lawn mowings, grass
clippings, green weeds and rubbish
gathered from every quarter. 1t pays
in many ways to mulch the beds; if
left uncovered, a few war; days in
spring may give them a start, only to
be pinched by a sudden cold spell. So
1t is far safer to cover them and not
be in too much haste to take the cover
ing off until reasonable danger is past.
1t is better to hold them back a little
than to get set back by some freak Of
Jack Frost.
While out of season now for plant
ing, very likely many of our readers
will be casting about on the lookout
for plants for spring setting. In this
connection it is well to know that
strawberries are of two kinds, stamin-
ate and fistillate. Some of the very
finest sorts of themselves are fstillate
or imperfect in flower, and when plant
ed alone will produce but few berries,
and those of poor quality.
That our readers may better under
stand the difference, we give the stam-
mate or perfect flower and the fstillate
or imperfect flower. By these any one
may readily tell the perfect from the
imperfect by the stamens extending
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-04-08
IMPERFECT.
PERFECT.

out from the centre in the perfect, and
their entire absence in the imperfect.
If carefully preserved, the illustra.
tons will be very helpful for future
reference. Bubach's No. 5 is no doubt
the most popular for market variety
and culture at the present time, and
ought not to be omitted, either for
home or market purposes. 1t is of i'm
perfect flower, however, and must be
fortified by some staminate variety,
and none is better, probably than
Jessie.
The Glen Mary in season is medium
to late, and is one of the best in culti-
walton for home and near market, but
hardly firm enough for long distances.
1t is very large in size and holds well
up to the latest pickings.
Among the early sorts the Marshall
has no equal; very large, high colored
and exc~ellentsf1avor. 1t is perfect flow
ering, but must have high culture for
immense cropper, and should find a
place in every garden.
The Warield is one of the best late
or perhaps medium berries, and is
coming rapidly into favor with market
men. Its size and color make it eager
ly sought after, and as a cropper and
ready seller it has no superior. 1t is
imperfect, however, and must be
planted with some of the staminate
sorts.
From time to time during the winter
we hope to talk of fruit varieties and
endeavor to offer suggestions that will
be helpful in selecting sorts for plant
ing.-Connecticut Farmer.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-04-08
Pity the Poor Bachelor.

Laying all jokes aside, what excuse
has an old bachelor for living? Posi-.
bly, the better one is that he can't help
it. or that it is no fault of his that he
is, or that he continues to exist. These
observations are made from the old
maids point of view, which seems to
be the point from which the old bache.
lor is viewed. There are other view
points from which he appears to better
advantage, particularly at first glance
but when the halo of sentiment which
he has gathered around him has been
blown away even these points do not
offer enhancing views. The fact re.
mains. however, that he still exists and
still has natural force enough to de-.
yelop a halo of sentiment that is more
or less attractive to the opposite sex,
if not really magnetic, and strong
enough to draw attention to him, and
respectful attention, too. The bachelor
ought to know why he is as he is, and
no doubt he does, but for some reason
or other he has not been entirely sue
cessful in satisfying the public that
his reasons are good and sufficient. 1t
is up to him, therefore, to set public
opinion right concerning himself
Pittsburg Gazette.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-04-08
Almost Drained Asylum Keener.

Rodolf Siegel, son of the late Gem
eral Siegel, the Civil War commander.
who was suddenly attacked with a
murderons mania at his home. near
Egg Harbor, and almost killed Mrs.
Irish, a neighbor, some time ago, made
a desperate. and almost successful
effort to brain Keeper Tobias McCon-
nell as he entered the lunatic's room.
AS Mcconnell opened the door he was
greeted with a powerful blow delivered
by Siegel with the side of a metal bed
stead. Mcconnell leaped aside, while
an attendant rushed in and grappled
with the maniac, who fastened his
teeth in the left ear of the attendant
and chewed it almost to pulp. Siegel
was placed in irons, and an application
was made to have him committed as a
permanent inmate of the asylum.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-04-08
CITY TO OWN RAILWAYS
Chicago Takes First Step to Get
All Public Utilities.
Votes by Three to One For Municipal
Ownership of Its Transporta-
ton Facilities.

Chicago, Ill.-Chicago voters went ON
record in favor of ultimate municipal
ownership of the street railways. The
referendum question on this subject
was carried at the city election by a
large majority, and the vote was three
to one in the affirmative.
What is known as the Mueller law,
passed by the State Legislature, was
submitted to the voters. The enact
ment authorizes cities in Illinois to
construct, own, operate and lease street
railways and to provide the means
therefor.
The voters also balloted on the ques-
tons, "Shall the Council, upon the
adoption of the Mueller law, proceed
to acquire ownership of the street rail-
ways under the powers conferred by
the Mueller law?" and "ShaIl the Coun.
Gil instead of granting franchises liz
cense the street railway companies I'M
til municipal ownership al be secured
and compel them to give a satisfactory
Service?"
In addition TO choOsingthe Aldermen
and voting on municipal ownership of
street railways, the voters balloted to
decide whether the members of the
City Board of Education, now appoint
ed by the Mayor, are to be elected by
the people. This, too, was carried.
The municipal ownership proposition
was generally Endorsed by the press on
the expectation that its carrying would
strengthen the city in its negotiations
with the existing companies. and would
commit the city to the policy of ''ulti-
mate ownership"
Everybody in Chicago has been in
Weighing bitterly against the means of
transportation with which the city
has had to put up, and when the mat
ter of adopting the Mueller law came
up, giving the city the right to proceed
to ultimate ownership practically all
the city's organizations favored the
proposition because they believed it
would put Chicago in a position to get
favorable concessions out of the COM
panies, which have been hanging out
for several years for the so-called
Ninety-nine-Year act and other advan-
tages which the city is averse to CIV
ing.
AS for the vote on the proposition
which commits the city to the policy of
going after municipal ownership of the
street a lines at once, it is generally
agreed that Mayor Harrison is right in
saying this radical proposition was car
ried because the majority of the voters
did not know what it meant. 1t was
the uneducated vote that put through
this proposition, as an analysis of the
returns shows. The vote is so heavy
in favor of the question, however, that
it indicates a serious conviction on the
part of the city as a whole that the
idea of municipal ownership is IL good
thing as soon as it can be brought
about.
The radical proposition referred to is
that the City Council shall proceed at
once to acquire ownership of the street
railways, now that the Mueller law
has been adopted.
The adoption of this proposition
mean little, because it is absolutely
impossible for the city to put it into
execution until its debt mourning priv
ileges are enlarged by the Legislature.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-04-08
The difference.

"Show me two men with ~unlighted
cigarettes and, if l may watch them
for a minute, 1 can tell you correctly
whether the one who has the match is
from Philadelphia, Boston or New
York"
The speaker was a person of some
observation and his friend naturally
asked:
How can you tell?'
SIN this way" said the observant
Man: IF the manFis a Philadelphianhe
will strike the match, hold it for his
friend to get a light, then take a light
himself and throw the match away.
If he is a Bostonian he will light his
own cigarette first, then hold the
match for his friend, and after that
throw it away. If he is a New York
er, however, he will strike the match,
light his own cigarette and throw the
match away."-Philadelphia Press.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-04-08
NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS
Woman Held Un at Home.


Mrs. Harry Burgess was confronted
by an armed thief in her home at
compton Lake afternoon, and un.
der threats of instant death. was CON-
PEELED to give up $29 and several valua-
bic rings. The man appeared at the
Burgess home, and finding Mrs. Bur-
CESS alone with her little children,
pointed two revolvers at her head and
ordered her not to make an cutlery.
After satisfying himself that he had
everything of value that could easily
be carried away the thief again threat.
ened- to kill his victim if she made an
cutlery before he had a chance to es-
cape. Mrs. Burgess collapsed after
the man fed, and when her husband
returned from work in the evening he
found her Frustrated. Mrs. Burgess
gave a good description of the burglar.
The Borough Marshal was notified and
a posse started out in search of the
thief, but failed to get him.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-04-08
proridsntial ca,nmitis..

Seeming calamities turn out often to be
our greatest blessings. Loss of health
has frequently compelled the overambi-
tious worker to cease work and enabled
them to acquire strength that they other
wise would not have enjoyed. Loss OF
position and business have often COM
PEELED people to move to new localities
and begin the struggle of life anew under
conditions chat proved to be better for
themselves commercially, intellectually
and spiritually. Such experiences are Of
ten providential. They are like the story
that is told that, during the seige of Sc
bastopol, a Russian shell buried itself in
the side of a hill without the city, and
opened a spring. A little fountain bub-
bled forth where the cannon shot had fall
len, and during the remainder of the
siege afforded to the thirsty troops, who
were stationed in that vicinity, an album
dant supply of pure cold water. Thus the
missile Of death from an enemy, under the
direction of an overruling providence,
proved an almoner of mercy to the parched
and weary soldiery of the allies. Do not
be disheartened if calamity comes. That
may be Gods opportunity to do with you
greater things than you had ever believed
possible.-N. w. Christian advocate
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-04-08
MYSTER Y IN PAGE MURDER
Stranger Seen at Girls Home on
Night of Crime.
Right Hand Injured and Conductor of
an Auburndaie Car Declares 1t
Was Covered With Blood.

Boston, Mass. = Persistent efforts
were made by the State detectives in
charge of the investigation of the MUIR
der of Miss Mabel Page in Weston to
find a suggestion of a motive. Again
and again they questioned Miss Pages
aged father and her younger brother
Harold. & nA )
Four men agree in describing a
strange man, who was seen going to-
ward the Page house prior to the MUIR
der, and coming from the direction Of
the house subsequent to the hour when
it is agreed that the crime was COM
mitted.
This man, who is described as about
forty-ive years of age. took a trolley
car from Auburndale and rode into
Boston. His right hand, the witnesses
agree, was injured in some way, and
II of the four, the conductor of the
car, is positive that it had been cut
and was bloody.
All efforts are now bent to trace this
man. That the murderer was either
an acquaintance of the family or a
lunatic has been assured from the
first, as has been the fact that his mo-
tive was either blood or revenge The
family insist that a motive of revenge
is out of the question.
The servant, Amy Roberts. has been
made to talk freely about all the per-
sons with whom the Pages have been
on any terms of intimacy. She has
been asked, with a significant insist
ance, especially about the women who
have been most ~infrequent callers at
the house. She has been led to tell
everything about her own movements
on theSday of the murder.
A person well known to Mabel Page
gained admission to the mouse on the
pretext that her brother was lying dan
gerously injured in a Boston hospital
and sat in the living room while Mabel
dressed. When this person entered the
oom where Mabel stood before the
mirror about to put on her skirt the
spinster of past forty made no move
ment to indicate that she was startled.
And then the murder was done.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-04-08
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The same pruning and culture de-
sired for apples or pears would not be
suitable for peach trees. The peach
orchard should be planted by itself.
Peach trees should not be mingled
with apple trees or other fruit trees.
Do not plant the trees too closely to-
gether, unless you expect to cut out
every other tree when they get larger.
Select an elevated site for the orchard;
the hilltops are far better than level
ground or the level; the soil may be
sandy, gravelly or a friable clay loan.
After planting keep the soil well cult
waited through all the growing season.
Half of each seasons growth should
be removed by pruning each spring.
This rule of pruning does not apply to
any other tree but the peach, which
has a tendency to spread too far. By
cutting off half the wood you thin out
a portion of the fruit buds and this is
desirable, since peaches almost invari-
ably overbear.-Green's Fruit Grower.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-04-08
KILLED IN A HEAD-oN WRECK.
Passenger and Freight in a Collision
on the PENNSYLVANIA at PottsyiIle.

Passenger and Freight in a Collision
on the Pennsylvania at Pottsville.
Pottsville, Pa.-By a head-on COLI
sion on the Schuylkill division Of the
Pennsylvania Railway two men were
killed and a dozen injured. The Phila-
delphia express No. 40S crashed into
extra freight No. 401 at the upper pass
ing siding. telescoping a passenger
coach and piling freight ears to a
height of twenty feet.
The dead are: Andrew Fagley, engi-
neer of the express, of Pottsville, and
Sigmund Hursch, a travelling sales
man, of Baltimore. One of the injured
is Mrs. John Farley, New York City.
Harry L. Kerst, of Reading, was badly
injured internally. Harry J. Mexiell,
cashier of the Neversink Bank of Read
ing, had a leg injured.
The badly injured were hurried to
the Pottstown Hospital. Workmen
from neighboring iron mills assisted in
getting the wounded out of the coach
which had been t~elescoped. The body
Of Engineer Fagley was recovered
crushed beyond recognition by the cab.
which had toppled over on him.
Hursch, who was an agent for a Balti-
more liquor house, was caught in one
of the forward seats and crushed
where he sat.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-04-08
Hundred in Man Chase.

There was a lively man hunt in
Belleville II morning recently, in
which 100 men and boys aided Consta-
bic GOrham in an effort to capture a
supposed thief who was seen trying to
enter the home of Arson Cooper. As
the constable approached the house
the man started on a run, jumping
over fences and scurrying through
barn yards. AS the pursuit continued
the crowd increased, but the fleeing
thief easily outfooted his pursuers,
finally reaching Bloomfield territory,
where the chase was abandoned. Con-
stable Gorham, in the hope of event
ually capturing the thief, telephoned
to the Bloomfield police, but the man
managed to steer clear of the officers
of the law.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-04-08
Cat Attacks q Boy


The six-year-old son of John Hynes,
OF Millburn, was nearly killed by a
~ferocious cat, which attacked the child
III the rear of his fathers shop. People
in the neighborhood were attracted
by the screams Of the child and found
the youngster lying on the ground with
the cat scratching and clawing at his
throat. Several men drove the beast
away. but it returned to the attack and
finally had to be shot. A physician
was summoned and spent a long time
in patching up a number of cuts and
decorations in the boys face and throat.
The lad was playing in a field at the
rear of the shop when the cat, with a
snarl, jumped on him. It's head has
been sent to a specialist for examina-
ton to determine whether the cat was
affected with hydrophobia.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-04-08
Trolley Held Up at Bridge.

The Peoples Traction Company, now
building a trolley road from Burling-
ton to and through Mount Holly, has
been held up at the Washington street
bridge there, by a restraining order
from Vice-Chancellor Grey, upon the
application of Nelson Burr Gaskill,
who represents adjacent property
owners. The trolley company had
planned to strengthen the structure for
its cars by installing immense iron
Orders. When the Orders arrived the
complaining property owners decided
that they would close up part of the
channel, which is the outlet for all the
water from above Mount Holly, be-
sides obstructlng navigation to small
craft.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-04-08
POSSE KILLED TWO BROTHERS.
Dead Men Resisted Arrest Engineered
to Stop Texas Feud.

Dallas, Texas.-James and Walter
Herring, sons of B. H. Herring, and
connected with the most prominent
families of Henderson County, were
killed at their home, near Athens, while
resisting arrest. Their father commit
ted suicide in the Athens Jail in 1897,
and sensational feudist conditions have
existed since.
The Kennedys were particularly dis
liked by the Herrings, and one of the
Kennedy women was talked to abusive
ly by the Herring brothers. Neighbors
sent notice to the officers at Athens
to come to the locality of the trouble
before the Genendy men should start
out for vengeance.
City Marshal Wofford and a posse
hurried to the Herring homestead.
James Herring surrendered his pistol
at the doorway and then knocked the
Marshal insensible with a blow on
the temple. Springing inside the house
he seized a rifle and a fight began.
Sixteen shots were fired. .
Walter Herring was killed instantly
and James Herring lived only two
hours. He had $500 in his pocket,
which he presented to his ~six-year-old
daughter a few minutes before he died.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-04-08
Sporting Brevities.

Manager Selee, Of the Chicago Ma.
t%ionals. says Pittsburg is not the team
to be afraid of this year. He says
Cincinnati and New York are the teams
to watch.
Gus Rubin and Jack Monroe have
been signed TO fight six rounds before
one Of the Philadelphia clubs two
weeks after the Butte miner meets
Jim Jeffries.
Manager McGraw, of the New York
National League team, thinks young
Mccormick, who led the Eastern
League in hitting and run getting, Is
good enough tor any league.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-04-08
The Important Thing.

Whether a man can go from place to
place is a less important question than
of affection to another. In other words,
a mans legs are less important to him
than his head or his heart. As the Attic
Philosopher" expresses it concerning the
WORKOUT body while the inner man is Wig
orous and active, The fortress is a little
damaged, but the garrison is quite hearty"
We have reason to be grateful to God
when the spirit truly is willing the flesh
is weak7Sunday-School Times.