The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-09-22
Big fair at Jefferson next week.

evenings of each month.
Big fair at Jefferson next week.
jay Wescott is visiting in Michigan.
-Twenty-one cents is the Elgin price
of butter.
Mrs. James Hutson of Stoughton
visited friends here early in the week.
Milford Pelton was down from Mad
ison Wednesday calling upon Edgerton
friends.
-Chas. Birkenmeyer has been in Chi
cago a few days this week purchasing
goods for the department store.
State Bank Examiner Bergh was in
town Monday evening on business con-
nected with his office.
Hunters about Lake Koshkonong
report that no game of any consequence
has appeared so far this season.
Mrs. T. A. Perry and son, Roger,
reached home last week from trip to
Colorado during the hay fever season.
Mrs. E. L. Getting of Chicago Wis,
tied at the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. T. A. Perry, few days this week.
John Sherman's steam tireshing
outfit broke through a culvert in the
town of Milton Monday, disabling the
engine.
Jos. Langdon of Madison, the rep
resentative of the STANDARD Oil Co., Wis
tied Edgerton Tuesday for the purpose
of taking stock for the company.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Squire of Los
Angeles, Cal, have been visiting Mrs.
Squirrels father and brother, Edwin Hub
bell, Sr. and Jr., here during the week.
The exhibits in the various depart
ments at the Jeffrson County fair, es
pecally in machinery and stock, promise
to be the best ever seen at county fair
in the state.
Frank Smart, who was called from
his Iowa home by the serious illness of
his mother, Mrs. Robt. Smart, at Milton
called upon his former Edgerton friends
here during the week.
VIM. Hart and wife of Saginaw,
Mich, were guests at the nome of Mrs.
Ell. w. Perrigo over Sunday Mr.. Hart
is employed as a route agent for the
American Express running out of Sagi-
nav.
Frost has held off remarkably we'll
this season. Here it is the last week in
September and no frost has yet appear
ed to mark vegetation. Corn and all
other crops have reached stage where
no injury could now be done.
Mrs. Will Mcintosh was taken quite
seriously i'll on the state fair grounds
last Thursday with an acute attack of
gastritis. She was brought home the
next day and has since been under the
care of physician, but is improving.
-Edgerton Chapter No. 63 O. E. S.
will hold regular meeting Tuesday
evening, Sept. 26. Ms. Martha Yerkes,
Worthy Grand Matron and Grand Dep
uty for this district, will be with u.s.
Supper will be served at half past six
o'clock All members try and be pres
ent.
"A young man named Stockton living
at Stoughton went to Madison Monday
evening to seek employment at the Dane
county fair. He was under the impress
sion that the train would stop at the fair
grounds and when he found that it did
not slow up he decided to Jump, with
the result that he took header that he
will not soon forget A doctor was
called to patch up his face that could
not take prize at beauty show, and
he considers himself lucky that no bones
were broken.
The petition of the Jefferson county
farmers for permission to bring suit in
the name of the state to have the Indian
Ford dam removed or lowered has been
granted by Atty. Gen. Sturdevant This
means lawsuit for Mr.. Norcross who
owns the property, who must now go in
to court and defend his rights in the
matter. The Indian Ford dam has been
a fruitful source for litigation that has
been hanging in the courts for many
years during which time the supreme
court has laid down decisions that will
be of use in determining this latest
phase of the matter.