Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-10-25


and grain well stacked his house sur.
roundings neat Jos. II. MclIse keeps
his farm work well in hand; q. culti-
vation, splendid results; buildings good,
new Fl. m house heated with furnace;
stock well cared for, small grove of
trees makes a good wind break. 1t is
strange more people have not planted
such trees, as McLees has The high
way leading west from DeWitt's farm,
two anS one. e.half miles south, passes
through one of the best general group
of farms; an original German settle
ment, located hfty.three years ago.
The farms are well cultivated, homes
good. everything indicating excellent
husbandry; stock numerous ard sheds
filed with tobacco. ! note one instance
OF many. Thirty.eight years ago, VIM.
Getter, with young wife, COW, yoke
Of oxen, ax and grub hoe, started in"
on the bluff among the grubs. He has
won ont, paid for the home farm years
ago, AMI aided FIVE of his children to
start on farms with good payments. |
note 3 substantial school house has been
erected in Van Waggoner district to re-
p.ace the one built nearly half century
ago The location is cold and bleak, not
a tree or shrub on the ground, not even
pansy blossoml Generally, school
houses comfortable, but without trees
to shelter; outhouses, in some instances,
not good called at one school taught
by an intelligent young latv teacher,
with four small children in attendance.
Induiring the cause, was informed de-
mand for help at home; the child for
the season of rush, had to supply.
Mr. S. B. Gates has good house on
the mound east of town, slightly place
having a view west, ten miles; Red
Monnd, eighteen miles southwest; Goes
Mounds, sixteen miles south; view of
the Towerville bluffs and sweep of the
Kickapoo hills from Soldiers Grove to
La Fargo The Iovliest scenic spot, the
finest panorama of hills, mounds, val
leys, farms and woodlands, houses,
barns sheds and wind mills in all the
vicinity. Fl. Huschka, adjoining Gates
east, has a good modern house heated
by furnace. His land is under good
state of cultivation, No. 1 field of to-
bacco and the first crop in shed The
asylum farm is well cultivated, the barn
aud stock department supplied with all
modern utilities for greater convenience.
The herd of Jersey cows, sleek, well
groomed and fet, is fine exhibition of
good m K producing animals. Quite a
few half acre and acre lots OF sugar
bsets being cultivated for the first time.
It is said beets, If properly titled. will
yield minimum of fifteen tons to the
acre, at 81 % per ton equals s64 per
acre. The government report places
Wisconsin oats at 80 bushels per acre
at % cents the bushel, 80 rs the acre.
The cost of labor to produce beets, how
ever, is much larger. There are others
worthy of mention. The grounds at the
Milwaukee station are well worth the
brush Of an artist Mr. Spellum Is ar
tistic and has kept the lara in good
condition, little mounds of brigh How
ers, trees trimmed and shapely, which
makes the Viroqua station the lovliest
of the st. Paul system. The west end
of the high school grounds are neat
we'll kept in order and beautiful with
mounds covered with 2 ants, flowers and
foliage, which make the west end q
pleasing sight. TIE Viroqua cemetery,
under the presidency of J. II. Tate.
stand prominently the most beautiful
spot in all the country. The walks and
driveways arc bordered with flowers of
many colors; fresh flowers by living
hands are kept on the little mounds
where memory never ceases to retro
srect. A writer has said: ''The ceme-
t5ry, its care and neatness, flowers and
monuments denote the civilization of
the age and signify the character of the
people
/ journey towards Liberty Pole, via
the ridge road Two miles and half
south halt To the east and west q
sweep of the vision for many miles,
shows copse of trees, stacks of grain,
good homes and barns, herds of regis
tered cattle and swine, roofing in fields
OF peas, cattle grazing in pastures with
abundant feed and windmills supplying
pure water. Landscape is pleasing and
impressed on my mind, lasting picture
Of the glory of autumn, with the leaves
on the trees, not yet frosted, yet tinted
with shades, nature in the process of OK
idation. / glance towards Brookville
and call to mind days of yore. l see
where Styles, Swain and Layne lived.
STYLES and Swain moved to Kansas and
are buried there. Jimmy" Layne serv
ed one term in the legislature, changed
his residence to Viroqus and now sleeps
in the Brookville cemetery, by the side
of his wife and son, Captain Newton
Layne. Samuel and Pierce are in Cali
fornia Jonathan Swain, the only sur
vivor of the "40s," still lives near the
old home where he has labored for fifty
eight years-a good citizen.
60 south to slightly place. | retro
spect and ask, where are the people Of
long agoY" They who were the pio-
ne rs, who blaZsd ne way, who built
10y cabins and whose latch strings al
ways hung ont whose wives dipped tire
candles, with hand cards prepared the
woof and web, who prepared the meals
when there WAS but scanty supply. /
turn the dial backbone half century: At
the foot of the hill George Taylor lived,
recently died in Minnesota. Close by
was Ransom Lambs home and close be-
sides him Andrew johnson, both in the
Liberty Pole cemetery. Then ! note the
Southwick place, some in the Liberty
Pole cemetery, others on the Pacific
coast. Still farther down the highway
Andrew Briggs, twice member of the
assembly, '52 and Sc He died near
ReedstoNn and was buried there. An
drew Briggs was member of the legis-
latare in evil times end was not strong
enough TO stand aloof. Across the prai-
rie at the edge of the timber, was Peter
Slater, Of eccentric habits. and who
knows his burial place In the valley
just back from Skaters, the home of 10.
Adams, who located there in 1S4g, cross
ed the plsins TO California in 81 and re-
turned in 1855 to his former home in
Bad AK. He surrendered after long
struggle to the inevitable law, two years
ago, and now rests In the Liberty Pole
burial grounds Down TO my right, not
far aEaaN u the late Cantain Cada,a