Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-03-01

were re-opened the first of the week
1 and sorters are once more kept busy
after short lay.off The roads are in
bad shape for hauling, yet, this morning,
there passed through the city four loads
of tobacco from near Westby, enroute to
Readstown This crop consisted of six
/ thousand pounds The buyers inform
! us that they never saw tobacco in better
case and the quality in nearly every
| crop is Of the finest. There is still few
crops around here yet that have not
been purchased but IL is likely that they
will not reui-4n so long.
New and dressy furnishing goods at
| The Boston.
New spring goods are arriving daily
at The Boston.
Ladies long coats at one half price,
/ this week. at Lindemannn's
"A fine line Of new etchings now on
display at Steenberg's furniture store.
Best all wood ingram carpet at so
cents per yard. TATE'S BIG STORE.
La Fargo is agitating the question
Of establishing a system of water works
in that village
Il, you desire to buy the best goods
for the least amount Of money, go to
fate's Big Store.
Its pretty much matter of diges-
/ tion whether the old times were any
better than those of the present.
Complete line of the latest creations
| in spring and summer hats on exhibition
now. The BOSTON.
What's become of the old fashioned
fellow who boasts that he used to be the
champion speller in the district1
The young wife Of George Monti
died at their home in Iowa, few days
ago. George will be well remembered
See those genuine oil paintings at
Steenbergs g furniture store. Painted by
Englehardt, whose fame is well known
both in Europe and America.
Five great special sales at Tate's
Big Store: Special shoe sale, special
cloak sale, special carpet sale, special
linen sale, special petticoat sale.
Lewis T. Johnson, superintendent
of the RichlaA2 county insane asylum,
was an attendant at the farmers
school conducted at the state university
the past ten days.
AT the annual session of the order
of Eastern Star chapter held at Milwau-
kee, last week Miss Winifred Baldwin
of this city, was elected state officer,
the position of Ada
Fans Thompson Of Esofea neighbor-
hood, was caller at the CENSOR Office
on Saturday, He says his wife recently
underwent an operation for appendicitis
at one of the La Crosse hospitals and is
on the road to recovery.
Robert Angel, well-known citizen
of De Soto, was stricken with paralysis
on February 10Th, causing death two
days later. Mr.. Angel was a Kentuck-
ian by birth, born in 1874, coming to
Vernon county twenty-five years ago.
Owing to the lack of room our en-
tire carpet line must be closed out in the
next thirty days Sultana cotton car
pet IS cents per yard. Heavy cotton
carpets wo.th 35 cents, now 25 cents
wool carpets cotton warp, worth 40
cents, now 81 cents. At Fl. D. Williams
&5 Co.'S
An Ontario correspondent says that
G 0. Sand0us house about one.half mile
south of town caugh. FIRE Sunday after
noon and burned to the ground. The
furniture of the upper rooms was also
lost but that of the lower rooms was
saved.
At IL high school building, last
Saturday, twenty-one young men met
by appointment to take examination for
carriers on tire rural mail routes to be
established in the county Ontario, La
Fargo, Readsto@1, Chasebnrg, Coon
Valley, Westby and other places were
represented in the gathering
Official orders have been issued
from the headquarters of the depart
ment commander G. A. R. of Wiscon-
sin, announcing the dates of the annual
state encampment. This will be held
at La Crosse on Tuesday and Wednes.
day, June IS and IA. 1t is expected that
the commander-in-ch will visit the
Wisconsin encampment this year.
The intense cold and extreme depth
of snow is causing the death of hun
dreds of deer and other wild animals of
northern Wisconsin, according to re-
ports of woodmen. Even wolves car
cases have been found. Farmers re-
port that deer, wildcat and even wolves
appear to have lost all fear, raiding the
chicken coops, pig pens and even cattle
barns.
Burns Morrison disposed of the west
forty acres of his farm to I. K. Loverude.
The homestead si-;ty acres and build
ings he will retain, so that he may have
the old home TO return to should he be-
come dissatisfied with Oklahoma. The
place is leased to Win Ewing. The Nor
risons ship tomorrow over the new rail-
road, going south on the Burlington
from Stoddard.
Rural mail drivers have had a hard
time for the past two months wallow.
ing through deep drifts. Many days
they have ventured out on their work
when all other classes of people refrain
ed from leaving the comforts OF fireside.
One Viroqua driver told the CENSOR
that the carriers from this point have
broken the roads. usually, on most Of
the routes every storm the past weeks.
With the daily papers flooded with
accoants Of wildcat and other unreliable
Insurance schemes it is a lucky com
munity that has reliable insurance agen-
cies whose patrons can know that they
are getting real iu9urance. The John
Dawson & Co. Pioneer Insurance agency
continues 80 personally guarantee all the
policies issued from their Office When
you buy cheap insurance Of q strange
can you really expect first class article