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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-20
JAMES PIERCE.

Mr.. James Pierce, who was probably
the earliest pioneer in this section of the
state, having come to Wisconsin with
Joseph Goodrich and settled in Milton
in 1888, died at the home of his son,
Clark Pierce, in this city Wednesday
evening, aged 81 years. He had been in
demise was not unexpected. Funeral
services will be held from the s. D. B.
church, Milton junction, Sunday, and
interment made in the Rock River GEM
etery A fitting obituary of a man
prominent in the early history of the
county will appear later.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-20
Teacher 0f Piano

Miss Katherine Hustvedt of De-
corah, Iowa, will continue teaching mus
ic at Albion Academy and will receive
students at Edgerton on Friday and Sat
urday OF each week.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-20
Beet Growers Meet.

There will be a meeting of all those
interested in the growing of sugar beets.
at the Carlton hotel Saturday afternoon,
January 2lst, at l o'clock The object
is to form Misrepresentation to cooperate
with the organizations formed in other
towns. A large attendance is desired
FL LA PLANT
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-20
CIVIC SOCIETIES.

FULTON LODGE No. SO E. u A. M. meets
in Masonic Hall every 1st and Sd Wednes-
day OF each month.
EDGERTON CHAPTER NO. SO ORDER OF
- Eastern Star holds a regular meeting at
Masonic Hall the second and fourth Tuesday
evening of each month
POYAL NEIGHBOR LODGE No. 246O meets
~ in WoOdmen Hall the I'd and 4th Wednes-
day evenings of each month.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-20
COMMON COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
Edgerton, Wis, Jan. II, 1905.

The council met in regular session
with Mayor Laid presiding; all mem-
bers were present except Aid. Clarke.
Minutes of last meeting we're read and
approved.
The following bills, approved by the
finance committee, we're on motion Of
AID. Dallman allowed, all aldermen vot-
ing aye:
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-20
RAIL TIME CARDN.
CHICAGO. MIL WAUKEE d ST. PAUL.

AoAVU UUB6TCUH 90
90. GOING EAST.
No. a, daily except Monday. -. -. 456 a. m
No. 40 daily observation-disclosures. -. 6:58 a. m
Nos42 daily except Sunday. 1901 a. m
NOS; DAHL except Sunday 1.s------% 10 Ala. m
No. IS, daily except Sunday. ......... 4:25p. M
No A. Sunday only .............. 4:44 p. m
No 92 Freight dailv ex Sunday 12 AS a. m
No. g. Freight, Sunday only $780,. $50 "a. m
No. 1866, Freight except Sunday. .... 9:3o p. m
GOING WEST.
No. 1, Daily Sunday excepted .... :39 p. M
No. 49, Daily ....... .:..----. 9:25 p m.
No. 81, daily except Sunday .....:... ~! p. m.
No g. Daily except Sunday .... ------ LA p. m.
No 81 dailv except Sunday. 1900. IL :O5 a. m.
No AZ Sunday Onfy ........ 1910 a. m.
No 81 Freight except Sunday. ...... $3.50 p. m.
Nos. and through trains for all points west
OF Mississippiriver.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-20
GEISSE.

Mrs. Charles Geisse died of pneumonia
at her home in this city Tuesday, Jan.
II, 1905, aged 80 years. Funeral services
were held from st. Johns German Luth-
eran church Thursday afternoon and in
sterment took place at Fassett cemetery.
Four small children are left orphans, the
father having been buried last week.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-20
Growers Getting Better than 500 per
Acre for Their Crop.

The following are some of the amounts
paid tobacco growers who have recently
delivered their crops in this market.
Bring on your beet returns and compare
notes:
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-20
Salary and Expense Fund.

Salary and Expense Fund. ..
F. w. Coon, printing: .......s... S64 Ii
F. Campbell, salary ............. 81 90
A. Ratzlaff salary ............... 40 90
L. ". POmerOy, paint So" 4 98
Geo. Rea labor on booths 90 1858 %
Street and Bridge Fund.
G Bederman, Street Com. go. So 90
Mcintyre, labor. ........... IS 10
Arthur ........... "a 80
w Clifford ............ "a 30
G Smith =" ............ 20 10
Geo Ogden n" ............ Is 60
P McCay Sc ............ IL 80
Rusch ............ Is so
E Mcintyre :. ......... IL Is
II Arthur ............ III 80
0 Clarke g. ............ 10 55
Lafave ........... 6 90
RuSch ~
III Fisher IS ............ 80
] ParSeek ............ | 81
r TrevOrrah .......... 90
L H Towne, surveying. .......... So 35
Hayes Bros. Co. sewerpipe. 60 81
I !. d Hahn Est, hardware. ...... 10 90 49,.
N + Nelson, cement work. AZ
j HI MaltpreSS hardware. ....... 30
Curran Bros repairs. .......... IS
Marsden Il Watson repairs.... 80 1856 "A
Water Works Fund
N Loan & Trust Co, hydrant
w Morrissey salaries and in
CluonGalS. .1l3 % III "a
Lighting Fund.
EdgertOn Electric Light Co. FITS 1872 so
General Fund.
J Thompson, livery ......... 3 90
Total. Observation-Disclosures. s997 80
Aid. Dallman moved that street
light be installed at the corner of Catlin
and Front streets and that the lights
east of Catlin street be moved farther
east. Motion carried.
The folio wing ordinance was presented
and on motion was passed by unani-
nous vote:
An act to repeal Chapter No. SO Of the Ordi-
nanceS Of the City of EdgertOn.
The Mayor and Common Council of the City
of Edgerton do ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter No. 63 of the Ordinances
of the City of Edgerton is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2. This act shall be in force from
and after its passage and publication
SECTTON 3. Passed by the Common Council
OF the City Of Edgerton, Wis this-47th day of
Approved January Bird, 1905.
E. M. LADD, Mayor.
Attest: HBNRY JOHNSON, City Clerk.
Aid. Babcock moved that the Clerk be
authorized and empowered to refund
dog license paid in 1904 upon presenta-
ton of the proper tag. Motion carried.
The Mayor informed the council that
the sewer bonds had been sold to the
Tobacco Exchange Bank at premium
of $17O and that the bonds had been ex-
ecuted, delivered and the proceeds cred
ted to the proper fund
On motion the council adjourned.
HENRY JOHNSON, City Clerk.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-20
Obituary.
JOHN II. CLARK.

JOHN II. CLARK. E
After an illness OF about three weeks
with an acute kidney trouble, death
came to relieve the -sufferings Of Mr..
John 81. Clark at $40 o'clock Wednes-
day morning. The deceased was born in
County Wexford, Ireland, in 1884. He
came to New York in 1853 and four years
later TO Edgerton, where he has since
followed the business of mason. In 1866
he was united in marriage to Mary Far
rar OF Elkhorn, Wis. and four children
were born to them, two of which survive,
William and Henry. About ten years
ago ne purchased home mile north of
this city where he has since continued to
reside. He was member Of Fulton
Lodge No. So, F. & A M. In 1857 Mr..
Clark rented box 214 in the Edgerton
postofice and has continually rented the
same box for AZ years.
Funeral services will be held from his
late home at o'clock Friday afternoon.
MRS. 81. c. SON
Mrs. Fl. G. Son died at her home in
this city Sunday afternoon, after short
illness from grip followed by heart fail
one OF the pioneer women of Edgerton,
where the greater portion of her life was
passed.
Jane M. Conklin was born in White
hall, n. Y, August %, 1882. She was
united in marriage July %, 1852, to
Harry Clark Son, who for many years
was express agent in this city. Two
children survive, Dema and Harry G.;
also sister, Mrs. DR.. Howard, of Colum-
bus.
Cho -
ents when child settling in the town of
Albion.
She joined the M. e. church in early
life and has ever since been consistent
christian member.
Funeral services were held from her
late home Tuesday afternoon, Rev. f. G.
Richardson officiating.
MRS. S. sAxBY.
Mrs. Stephen Saxby, a resident of
Rock county for the past fifty years, died
Monday evening at $40 o'clock at the
home of her son, William Saxby, 30
South Main street, GAINESVILLE. Mrs.
Saxby was born at Brighton, England,
eighty two years ago and on coming to
America settled in Rock county. The
cause of her death was heart disease
with which she had been a sufferer for
the past two months. She leaves three
sons, Chas, of Fulton, William of James,
vile, and Edwin OF Quinton, Virginia,
and one daughter, Mrs. John Pitcher
of GAINESVILLE. Funeral services will be
held from the home of her son, Will
Saxby, in GAINESVILLE, Friday morning at
9 o'clock and interment made in Fassett
cemetery in this city.
CHARLES EMERY SHALER.
Charles Emery Shaler was born ia the
state of New York, Nov 8, 1928. He came
to Wisconsin with his parents in about
1910 where he has since resided. In De-
cember, 1866, he was married to Mrs
Serena Rand. He had been very feeble
for some time and was confined to his
room for week prior to his death, which
occurred Saturday, Jan ID, 1905, OF cere.
bel hemorrhage. A widow is left but no
children; two cousins, Charles and Har-
yey Thomas. Funeral services were con-
Quoted at the house by Rev Smith of
Fulton. Mrs Hubble, Miss Mida Hub
BILE and Rev Smith sang ut is well with
my SOUL" ASLEEP in Jesus" and my
faith looks up to Thee" The text was
chosen from Psalms 9O:12. Interment
was made in Fassett cemetery at Edger-
ton.
GEISSE
The Greeley tribune., 1905-01-12
The UnfinIahed Carnice

People who pass the Rothschild man.
sion in the fashionable quarter of Lon
don often notice that the end of one
OF the cornices is unfinished. Every
one asks why. The explanation ia n
very simple yet suggestive one when 1t
is known
Lord Rothschild is an orthodox lew.
and every pious Jews house, tradition
says must have some part unfinished.
to bear testimony to the world that its
occupant Is only, like Abraham. a nil
grim and a stranger upon the earth.
The incomplete cornice upon the
mansion seems to say to all who hurry
by In the streets bent on amassiny
worldly wealth or going along with the
madding crowd in the paths of folly.
This is not Lord RothschiId's home
ne Is travelling to eternity" We, too.
should remember that we are travellers
Dean Stanley left as an inscription I'm
be placed on his tomb these words
The inn Of a traveller on his way ia
Jerusalem"
The Greeley tribune., 1905-01-12
Hard ON Art.

The storekeeper in a certain small
country town was noted for his
shrewdness and for his contempt of ev-
erything that was not strictly utilita.
rian. One of his pet aversions was a
young fellow in the town who posed as
an artist and once had taken some les
sons in painting at the nearest large
city. Finally. however, the old man
was persuaded to put an art depart
ment" in his store. not that he believ-
ed any more in art, but because he de-
cided that ii there were fools who
wanted to spend their money on pic
lures and chromos, he might as well
get 1t as any one else. The young paint
er heard of 1t and took down his latest
production, hoping to find in Uncle Jo-
mas ready market for home talent
How much will you give me for it,
Uncle JOnas?" he asked
The old man sQuinted at it for a min
ute or two. "About $1.75. reckon" he
said.
But, Uncle Jonas,' the artist pro-
tested, 1.-The canvas cost more than
that"
Il guess it did" said the old store
keeper, but you must remember, my
son. that it was clean then"
The Greeley tribune., 1905-01-12
The Evolution Of the Pen

Inc patent office ut Washington has
collection of pens that illustrates the
dlinculties with which men had to CON
tend before they found suitable in
strument with which to write. There
are the styluscs used by the ancient.
the Instruments for writing on wax
'aplets, one end sharp like an awl, the
other nat like n. paper cutter. There
are tne brushes used by the Japanese
ana Chinese and quills OF every vari-
ETY.. together with an infinite mmher
OF steel pens. But the most curIous
are some quill pens with steel points
Ihey were made in an effort to do
away w'th the constant necessity for
the mending of the pen, a process that
ie" could perform properly and that
everybody hated. The effort was very
ingenious, but unsuccessful. becnusa
inc points could not be made to stay.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-01-12
Long Life.

Weber sums the main points 10 oe
observed by those desirous ot a long
life AS follows: First, moderation III
eating. drinking and physical indul-
cence. SECOND. pure air out the house
and within. third, the keeping of every
organ of the body. 50 far Ms possible IN
CONSTANT working order. fourth. regu-
lar sAarcIse ..ery day in all weItheIs
supported in many eases by breathing
movements aud by walking ana elm '-
Ing tours: fifth. going 10 bed early ana
Using early and restricting the hours
of sleep TO six or seven hours, sixth,
daily baths or ablutions. according 10
individual conditions cold or warm or
warm followed by cold; seventh. reSu-
lar work and mental occupation:
eighth. cultivation of placility. cheer
fulness and hopefulueSs of mind; ninth.
employment OF the great power OF the
mind in controlling passions and nerv-
ous fear: tenth strengthening the VIII
in carrying out whatever is useful ana
IN checking the craving for >timulantS,
anodynes and other injurious agencies.
british Medical Journal
The Greeley tribune., 1905-01-12
Male shopper. Preferred.

"Saleswomen would rather wait upon
ten men customers than one woman -
said floor manager of experience.
There Is no question but men make
the best and most agreeable shoppers,
They know what they want, are easily
suited and are not fussy. They have a
genial way that makes them easier to
satisfy than women are Their man.
ners are not so stiff.
NO man ever crushes salesgirl with
naughty stare. Men seldom haggle
over prices. They may easily be per
suaded to buy higher priced article
II they have the money and you can
convince them they are getting their
moneys worth. Men show good taste
and Judgment in buying articles they
know little about. Their fondness for
large sizes borders ON the ridiculous
sometimes. Shoes. gloves, shirts-they
want them all with ample room.
1T is pity most men seem to feel
uncomfortable and out of place in n
store. Persons who sell goods would
like to see them oftener."-New York
Press.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-01-12
Tea Hoses In Japan.

In japan nourishment Is 10 oe oO
tained by the traveller chieny al tne
picturesque and omnipresent tea houses
scatterei all over Japan. When tour
isis stop at one of these places Tue
"run,ers," who carry the Jinrikisiias
hattie their own feet and WASH their
mouths with cold water, AFTER which
they are served with their meals on
the benches outside the Tea houses
Their meal. which they eht WIN aNia''
~ consists of salt tish, rice, pickles
and n soup made of almost everything
odious. After they have eaten the!
will smoke tiny pipes, with only 'hfee
whifrs for each filling. Next comes 'he
delicious nectar, world famed ana oi
this "cup which cheers, but not ihepri-
ates," foreigners also are always gnu
10 partake. Ii is tea lclal ana When
brewed by tine Japanese is periec'ioh'
A pretty Tea house girl'presents II on II
lacquer tray. bringing with it china
or bamboo charcoal holder and ash POT.
What To Eat.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-01-12
Berlin "a Fairy city.

Berlin is ut its best at night IL
has discovered the secret of electric
lighting. and when people step out
from their offices and shops at and D
o'clock ut night it is into an enchanted
city The solid palaces. the monstrous
statues, the enormous houses and wide
spaces of the long and stately streets
are then sof, and gracious with fairy
radiance. 1t is city not only OF pros
perity. but OF pure delight. The heav-
mess OF the buildings and the rigidity
of their lines are blurred and softened.
In this clear northern air the million
lamps blazing from the walls OF houses.
shining across the interminable streets
and glowing in straight line down
the whispering avenues. have some
thing of the magic gentleness and SEN
suous inspiration Of an Arabian story.
You begin to think Berlin is the great
est city in the world.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-01-12
Mixed Types.

Some years ago the editor of u down
east newspaper undertook to cOmpli-
ment an eminent citizen as "a noble
old burgher, proudly loving his native
state" but the neatly turned compli-
ment came from the compositor's hands
"a nobby old burglar. prowling round
in naked state" This was as per-
verse and shocking as the blunder in
the message Ernest Renan had Occa-
sion to telegraph across the English
channel on the subject OF proposed
lecture by him In Westminster abbey.
The subject as written by him was
The influence of Rome on the FOrma-
ton of Christianity" 1t was announc-
ed in England as THE Influence of
Rum on the Digestion Of Humanity!"-
Saturday Evening Post.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-01-12
The OnptuOus Owl,

It's an odd thing, but there are a
number of people who have a distinct
antipathy to the screech owl and can
not listen to Il single burst OF its
hilarity without shuddering. The
screech owl is supposed by the negroes
on southern plantations to be in direct
communication with all the ghosts
and giants of the forests. He plays
great part in the more weird folklore
stories of the darkies. A funny super
stition in regard to the screech owl Is
that II you will take your shoe or slip
per off your left foot the first time you
hear an owl laugh and turn the shoe
sole upward on the floor and place your
''stOckin' foot on the bottom of the
shoes sole the owl will stop laughing
and fly for ten miles without rest
The Greeley tribune., 1905-01-12
American Assurance

Americans are not tile most impu.
dent persons on the face of the earth
Nevertheless on occasion they can
give points to those of some other ma.
tions. \ traveller i'm Korea was dis
covered taking snapshots of Russian
soldiers and promptly arrested.
Have YOU been photographing my
soldiers inquired the officer.
Eyes, and l should like to take yours
Permit me-
Snap. and the thing was done. The
Russian laughed. and the two men fell
into conversation. whereupon the Amer.
lean said that he had recently been in
Port Arthur.
Port Arthur exclaimed the Rus
sian. ''Impossiblew
"Oh, no; not impossible. Your com
patriots escorted me in And, pulling
some photographs from his pocket, he
added, Il took these snapshots of YOU,
torpedo destroyers as they scoopefl
down upon the little boat was in
The Russian looked from the rI:.l I.
the pictures with undisguiscd amaze
ment. Those are certainly our boats. .
he admitted
Perhaps you know their names and
will oblige me by writing them on the
backs of the pictures.''
Like the queen of Sheba before Solo
mon, there was no longer any spirit III
the Russian. Meekly he took the prof
fered American pencil and upon the
Americans prints wrote the names OF
the Russian torpedo destroyers.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-01-12
Read Ing.

Reading is not a lost art to the same
degree that conversation is. but it has
in most cases an arrested development
through so much reading that makes
no demand upon aesthetic sensibility,
30 that one is apt to bring to fine
story full of delicate shades of thought
and feeling the same mind which he
yields to newspaper, putting a blunt
Interrogation as to its meaning as con-
veyed in the terms of rational prop
osition, and the writer's charm Is Who'll
" lost upon him.-Harper's.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-01-12
THE REDEMPTlONERS.
u,..r,es of Those VIII" Got Int" pe"'
In Olden Times.

u, nsneI lie Foes time debtors were
frequently compelled III seeking H'''''''
to extricate themselves from tHef ehi-
IN rra assments 10 consent L" an! 'h'"l'
IL they thereby could aVoiu ''-' H'''"''
of the debtors prison. III hi"N' e"S',
they took advantage OF n custom '.''''
in one form or another had 81 s'''i't'o''
of ontiuuity. and being Seiirra!.y auc
hodiel men they placed theuiiesNe' III
the hands of some merchant or aNe''''
who, having effected an arf''h@e.Ae''. |.
with the creditors. took poSStSN-"i ..
the unfortunate debtors and. huffR ~ :
them to the nearest seaport. shi.'p'u
them abroad. generally to Nirs.h-a or
Norvlnn,l as so much merchandise
Sometimes the dealer accompanied LIS
cargo in Order if possible, to Obtain {"
hetrer price at the end of the voyage.
Arrived at their destination. the cap
tiyes-to give them their real name
were sold TO any planter whose oicE
would rccoup the agent for tie SIM he
had expended in purchase and tFHNss'
and also allow him IL handsome proii'.
Ey the terms of this sale the captive
was bound to serve his new master for
several wears. his liberty being noml-
nally secured at the end of that pc
riod. and from the hope of redemption
and deIiverunce thus held out to him
the term 'redemptioner' came to be
applied to these unfortunates.
But any hopes that the redemptloner
might cherish of his ultimate liberia
tion soon proved fallacious. and he
found himself plunged into fresh EN-
barrassments long before his period of
servitude had expired.
Charges were made upon him for
clothing. for tobacco. even for the nee
essarics OF life-charses which he had
no means OF meeting. however good
his inclination-and too late he found
that he had in fact become n slave.
without money, without rights and
without hope. Such friends as he had
We're in England and probably had for
gotten him altogether Perhaps if even
they remembered him they We're with
out the means of assisting him. and
the chance of money reaching the in-
dividual for whom it was intended was
in those days very small Pacific rail-
ways and ocean greyhOunds" We're
unknown in the good old times" and
communication was slow and insecure.
Some OF these re,lenptioners were
Of course more fortunate than others
and had friends and connections more
powerful and more kindly disposed.
and such often ultimately attained
their freedom. But these were the ex-
ceptions. and, generally speaking. the
unhappy victim labored on from year
to year. his redemption" recetiing fur
ther and further into the distance till
at last death put an end to his suffer
Chambers Journal.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-01-12
Col. c. P. Ksmmerer.
Champion Farm Stock Auctioneer.

Saturday. January IA In Eaton, at
the Ross and Shelf livery stable.
Three good ,esms weighing from $500 to
300 One 81, Mitchell wagon. one 3s.
Studebaker wagon. } sells of new har
uess, machiner,. etc. Sale to begin at
1870 p. IN. p. b. Scott.
Monday, January l6 = 3is miles east
of Windsor, y mile north of the old
Storm ranch, 40 head Of cattle, COWS.
hefers and steers. Forty head OF hogs.
farming implements, etc. Marshal
Dixon, Owner.
Wednesday. January 1S -Administra.
tor sale OF G. Bracewell estate. 1877
head OF cattle. COWS, heisers, steers and
calves; will sell to suit the buyers. One
span OF fins bay horses weighing 300.
other goods too numerous to mention.
Sale to begin at 10 "a. III. Terms cash.
Administrators, l. w. Bennett, W. l..
Nahood.
Thursday. January l9-ClosiDg out
sale. 240 acre farm. This farm is well
improved, with good house that is worth
81. 800; soft water pipei to the house.
with windmill and big tank; good po-
tao cellar; stables, granary. chicken
house and corrals; also tine young
orchard ol about $50 tre.s bearing, all
kinds OF berries; 40 head of horses and
cattle; implements on farm. Terms
eaey Six miles north and miles east
OF Windsor. Thomas Doherty.
Monday. January % Que and q half
miles west Of Ault; horses and imple.
menis som- good teams weighing 2400
to $500: all good farming implements;
alec 80 bushels Of good oats and 100
sacks Of Rural seed potatoes, one year
from Wisconsin, Hugh O'Hara and n.
s. Cazer, Owners.
Tuesday. January 3l-Oue milo west
and l, south OF Eaton. First class
horses and machinery; reason for selling,
going to Quit farming. Excellent hor-
-es and machinery good as new. Chris
Nelson.
Tuesday. February 7-l6O acre choice
farm. lying 2ls miles east and 5 miles
north OF Windsor. This farm 10 well
improved with plenty Of water and lots
of fruit OF all kinds Sixty head of fine
young horses and implements Reason
for selling, going to quit farming. John
A. Conrey, Owner.
Parties wishing sales this fall and
winter please hand in your dates early
and receive the free advertisement in
the auction bulletin. Address
COL c. p. KEMMERER. Greeley. Colo.
Office. 72l Main Street.