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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-04

( ment and created very notable in
stitutiOn for his city.
Again the present prominence OF
Boston as a center of musical educa-
ton is due almost entirely to the pub
lie spirit of it's wealthy people who
have established the New England
Com ratory of Music. Since its
founL tion by Eben Tourjee, in 1867,
and its corporation in 1870, it has
advanced through long struggles to
/ its present position with about 2,4J0
musical students and with a recogniz-
ed standing in every musical center
of the world Most of the older gem
GRAFTON of well-to-do Bostonians have
helped the conservatory in times past,
and when five years ago it was plan
ned to move into new building from
| the old structure in Franklin Square,
which mas since been converted into
a home for working girls, the hat was
| passed and about all the Bostonians
of whom the whole country has ever
heard and great many others be-
sides contributed from $500 to many
times that amount.
Above all giving will a generosity
which entities him to be ranked with
Mr.. Carnegie and Mr.. Higginson as
one of the three leading benefactors
of American music, is Eben D. jordan.
| Easton's merchant-pTince, son OF one
of the first men develop the newer
! type Of the department store, and q
81 1
One of the most promising move
| ments for popular musical education
| is in New York City where, in 1903,
with the aid of such men of wealth as
Mr.. Carnegie, Mr.. Rockefeller Z.
Francis Hyde, Clarence M. Hyde,
Grant B. Schley, James LeJb and Elk
an Naumberg, the Philharmonic So
| ciety started a series of concerts that
have brought before the metropolitan
| public such conductors as Victor Her
| bert, Colonne, Weingartner and Rich
ard Strass. Mr.. Loeb VINO although
still within the Oslerian dead-line is
a retired banker of the metropolis
has lately become one Of the few no
| table benefactors of American music
| Again, in Philadelphia, Mrs. Edward
I. Keffer and other Philadelphia ladies
have enabled the local organization to
give concerts at a merely nominal
price.
In one or two instances it has been
| found that good music can be develop
ed in an American city without the
aid of any millionaire or group Of
millionaires. Thus the Woman's club,
of Columbus, Ohio, which is said to
have the largest membership of any
organization of it's kind in the world,
has made that central city musical
factor to be reckoned with-one draw
ing to its magnificently equipped audi
forum music lovers from a vast ur-
rounding territory. In general, how
ever, it remains true that music in
this country is very dependent upon
the benefactions of wealthy.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-04
PHYSICAL pEeENERAcY.

The London Chronicle, in speaking
of physical degeneracy and its cause
says:
TN London, 100000 people live in
single rooms; 10000 live five in a
room, and 5000 seven in a room.
Overcrowding is the rule; fresh milk
and good food the exception. Babies
fed on cold cabbage and kippers, with
an occasional nip Of gin and water to
hearten them up. rarely develop into
strong men.
"a ward sister of one of our great
hospitals was recently travelling in a
third-class carriage in London, when
she saw a woman feed a child of one
and a half years. with a piece OF
saveloy and some white bread! Tx
sister told the woman that she was
destroying the child's digestion. upon
which the following conversation took
place.
And may l ask, have you any
children of your own?
None said the sister.
Then thank you kindly for your
advice, but having buried nine babies
Of M own, ought to know how to
treat EN-"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-04

eept OF putting his eggs in one bas-
ket and then watching the basket
American musical education has
particularly been dependent upon the
donations of wealthy people. No IN.
stitution needs adequate equipment
as does the music school Mark
raJptAns on one end of the log ana :.
willing student on the other may con-
stitute a college of the good old-fash-
toned type, but if Mark Hopkins were
required to teach music he would
nave u have a well equipped concert
and other paraphernalia undreamed
OF il the philosophy of "Whistling
Rufus, the One Man Band"
Wherever a music school has arisen
in this country it has almost inVari-
ably come into being as the result OF
somebody's generosity. Thus the
College of Music in Cincinnati, which
has grown so powerful in tie middle
west, was founded by two wel-to-jo
men, George Ward Nichols and Reub-
en- Springer. Mr.. Springer in par leu
lar, out of comparatively limited re-
sOurces-that is, as compared with
the group of big Wall street financiers
has given endowment after endow.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-04

which lies untouched until It Is for
gotten. Others move away from the
locality where they have made a de-
post and keep putting of a withdraw
al Of the sum. Funeral expenses, or
a deposit against possible sickness, is
often saved up and placed in banks to
be left untouched and unreferred TO
for the owners entire lifetime, and
often unknown even to his heirs and
relatives.
The largest sums unable to be
used by any one are those 10 chan
cery-moneys which legal disputes tie
up pending a settlement, which some
times is not arrived at until after
many years of litigation. Could all
the money in chancery in Great Bri-
tain be freed it would be a sufficient
sum to wipe out the national debt and
still leave the chancellor of the ex-
chequer a few millions sterling as sur
plus.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-04
MOUSE IN womANs CLUB.
Meeting Broken Up and Style of Ho.
siery Disclosed.

The Coshocton Woman's club had
Just been called to order in the lecture
room Of the Carnegie free library and
the two-score members were listening
intently to the story of A Little Jour-
ney Through Spain, as told by wom-
an who had never in her life been
further away from home than Column
bus. That is to say, the members
We're listening as intentIy as they
could whilst they were taking mental
notes of their fellow members buds
and hats to see Of they could tell when
the frocks had been turned and the
hats reset.
The member with the redyed bird
in her top piece. who was making the
linguistic journey through old Spain
had just left Madrid incurred on q
burro and headed for Y Spaghetti Es-
paniole, when some thing happened.
The member in the blue frock which
had been brown at the last meeting
in January let out a screech that made
goose pimples epidemic at the meet
ing. At the same time she mounted
the seat and gathered UP her skirts.
She did look scared.
The member with the last years
bonnet that had been recalked fol
lowed suit, and as she reached the
salty of the high seat she broke up
the meeting and stopped the Little
Journey Through Spain per burro ex-
press by shrieking in high soprano:
Its a mouse!"
A that the burro baked and threw
the fguratiye rider plump upon the
seat of her chair and in about three
fifths Of a second the whole club was
mounted on chairs That broke up
| the excursion entirely and all hands
turned back from Spain to Coshocton.
One of the more courageous members
shook her petticoats menacingly and
cried:
"Shoo,''
That brought the mouse to a fun
stop and he decided to give up his
little journey through the woman 9
club He retired TO the library aud
gave himself up to the study of Tbsen.
The prevailing style of hosiery in
Coshocton last winter was black with
cute little pink or blue clocks.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-04
Millionaires' Munificence
Toward American Music

Boston, June 2S-Commencement
day at the famous educational iasu-
tutions OF the country regularly
brings announcements OF big gifts.
just what the total of the benelac-
tons to Harvard, Chicago, Yale, Col
umbia, Princeton and other univers
ties will have amounted to this year
remains for the stausticians 10 figure
up and make the basis of articles
showing that the very rich men OF
the country are alive to their duties
toward the younger generation. The
total is certain to be in the millions.
Meantime, the commencement
crowds who, each June, throng this
city, always, as a part of their stay in
Boston, attend the pops, '-people's
concerts at popular prices in Boston
Symphony Hall, where the best Of
classic and modern music is rendered
by members of the celebrated Sym
phony orchestra, where one may en-
joy light refreshments with ones
friends about a comfortable little
table, may gossip between numbers
and smoke all the while, may on
college nights" witness the enthusi-
ssm of the gay young collegians Of
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-04
ALL THAT REMAINS or BUFF
FALO.

The buffalo should be preserved
and renewed in the forest reserves.
The number remaining are but few.
Fortunately the little flock in captiv-
ity are widely scattered, so that no
unexpected epidemic can suddenly
complete their determination.
The Austin Corbin herd at Meriden,
n. H., now numbers one hundred and
fifty-four fine animals, onehalf of
which are males. The new herd in
the Yellowstone Park was started a
few years ago with eighteen COWS
from the Flathead herd. and three
bulls from tho Goodnight herd in
Texas. Three calves have since been
captured from the wild herd in the
mountains, and the total number now
is forty-three. They are inclosed in
large field near the Mammoth Hot
Springs, and form one of the most in
teresting spectacles in the park The
wild buffaloes in the park at the time
of it's reservation numbered about
four hundred. The poachers and
iEtL0 Pui SutQ huGlb 4EllIOA
lessly until tardily enacted laws put
an end to the nefarious traffic Con-
cealed in the most unfrequented part
Of the park. the calves exposed to
wolves and mountain lions, the num-
Der has stea lilly declined. Six were
found dead in the deep snow last
spring, ami only about twenty remain
alive.
The Flathead herd in Montana
when divided and partly sold few
years ago, had increased to nearly
three hundred. They we're the pro
geny Of about thirty-fivs calves saved
by the Indians at the time of the final
general slaughter, when the hide hun
tiers were engaged In their deadly
work II was a profitable business
venture, for the animals are now
worth two hundred ar1 1fty dollars
and upwards apiece
Hon. James Philip (best known
among his friends as "Scotty' Philip
has a herd. near FIT Pierre. S. .
which has increased from about
twenty-three to one hundred ana
eighteen. They are in a climate anu
locality admirably adapted to the bu&-
falo, among the bluffs of the upper
Missouri River. These animals are
magnificent specimens Of the pure
plains breed. The Goodnight herd
in Texas now number forty.four-
John F. Lacy, Outing Magazine.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-04
HE GOT FIXED.

The following story, illustrative Of
the red, tape that used to prevail in q
certain department of the federal gov
eminent at Washington, is told by ar
official who began his service there in
the humble capacity of clerk
Shortly after entering upon the dis
charge of my duties" said the official
Il witnessed a scene in the division to
which | had been assigned that aston
ished me to a degree. One day an ell
derby clerk whose desk was near mine
suddenly rose from his seat, dragged
his chair to a fireplace, and, selling .
poker, attacked the offending piece OF
furniture with what appeared to be
maniacal bury When he had broken
leg off the chair his passion seemed
to be exhausted. He flung the dam
aged chair into a corner of the room
and, getting another chair, calmly re-
sumed his work just as if nothing had
occurred.
when the time care to leave the
Office that afternoon, ! Nentured to ask
fellow-clerk, who had been a wit
ness of the scene, what it meant. rs
that clerk inquired, subject to at
tacks of that kind?"
THE clerk questioned smiled indul
gently. oh, he explained, there was
nothing the matter with him. Yoy
see, one of the castors had come of
his chair This department will not
replace castors,-- it repairs nothing
less serious than a broken leg. Sc
Blank broke one Of the legs and now
he win be able to get the castor put on
again. Success.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-04
RRlEE YARNS.

John Burns, e.-workingman, now
cabinet oinister, once contended pub
licly that no mans work is worth
more than $500 a year. But John
Burns has had to take good deal OF
rallying since he accepted an Office
which pays $4,000. In Battersea, dur
ing the recent election. he had to en-
dure some good-humored heckling By
his constituents on this subject He
answered that he was, at any rate, re
ceiving only the prevailing rate Of
wages in his new trade. When one
courageous won4n in his audience
rose to put the pointed inquiry, but
what do you do with the money
john" his reply was, Go ask the
missus."
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-04
LITTLE CHANCE FOR LEARNING.
Negro Rural Schools In Virainia's
Tobacco Belt.

The following observations were
made by negro school visitor EN-
ployed by the general education
board, says the Southern Workman:
''In not a single school that Wis
tied outside of Farmville did l find
more than two pupils into whose
homes magazines or newspapers went
re yularly, and there were few pupils
who reported having many books
The school, however, has little oppor
tunity to make readers. The Older
boys and girls rarely attend. The few
who do are in only at odd times after
Christmas, when they are not needed
on the tobacco farms.
"A rise in the local market price
Of tobacco takes every az ailable child
from school to help in preparing the
tobacco for market. This may come
apparently at any time. / found this
condition in January. The young PEG
pie are thus passing most Of their
time in the fields and tobacco barns
with little in their homes or schools
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-04
HQNORS PAID A
GRAND WOMAN
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE sc
YEARS OLD.
ONE OF FEW SURVIVORS
Famous Crlmean Nurse Receives
Personal Message From EnsIand's
King and oueen-Modesty Her
Principal Refused
Large Gift in Money.

Miss Florence Nightingale, the IA
nous Crimean war nurse, who shares
with the philanthropic Baroness Bur
dett- Coutts the honor of being one of
England's "Grand Old Women" was
eighty-six years old the other day.
Miss Nightingale lives in quiet retire
ment in a house in the outskirts of
London which she has occupied for
many years. Here she received a
number of personal friends who called
TO congratulate her on her birthday.
Others who remembered the anniver-
sary. among them King Edward and
Queen Alexandra, sent her personal
messages of felicitation Though she
has been an invalid for many years
Miss Nightingale continues to take
an active interest in all that concerns
the profession which she made
famous.
Miss Nightingale was born at Flor
ence and named after the city of
Florence. Originally her patronymic
was Shore, and it was only on her
father inheriting the estate of his
uncle, Peter Nightingale, that he as
sumed the name of the testator.
After being presented at court Flor
ence figured for several years in Lon
don society and then withdrew to de-
vote herself to sick nursing 1t was
only natural that with her experience
| in nursing and her talent for organi
cation, she should be placed at the
head of a band of volunteer nurses
composed wholly of women of good
family, who started out for Crimea
in response for the public appeal for
nurses made by Sir Robert Peel and
Sir William Russell, the correspond
/ ent of the London Times at the seat
of war, who. like Miss Nightin
gale, still survives.
Modesty has always been Miss
Night:ngale's principal Characteristic
She refused all public ovations on hei
return from Crimea and when the
nation and the army presented hel
with testimonial of $250,O0O in rec
ognition of her services she declined
to receive it.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-04
THE SONG OF THE uNsATlsFIEI

THE SONG OF THE DISSATISFIED,
In winters time I'm wishing for the
summers burnin' heat;
In summer time the winter seems the
season hard to beat;
Never, never, never is my happiness
complete,
Growlin' through the worl' we're
still a-goin'!
One minute I'm a prayin' for the rat
tie o. the rain,
The next I want the sunshine for to
patch up all the plain;
An when I'm seekin pleasure I'm
anticipatin' pain
Growlin' through tie world we're
still a-goin'!
An when | land up yonder in the
mansions o. the sky,
Where never is a shadow, or the
echo of sigh,
I'll want the best of ever thing-a
cushioned seat an high
Growlin' through the world we're
still a-goin'l
Atlanta Constitution.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-04
FIRST CLOCK OF CLEVELAND.
1t Is Still in Existence and Keeps
Good Time.

The first clock brought to Cleveland
is still in existence, and is keeping
the best of time. 1t is now in the
home of one of the "oldest settlers" at
Chagrin Falls. says the Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Many conjectures have been made
as to where and when this clock
was made. The mechanism, consist
ing of eight wheels, is entirely of
brass and shows the workmanship of
a skilled artisan. Two large weights
of fifteen pounds each supply the pow
er, which will run the clock for eight
dHys. The wood used in the frame
work is partly chestnut and partly
foreign, each piece being split out OF
straight grained material, and in no
place is there the marks of a saw.
Everything about the clock, except
the bell, was placed there by the
makers. The original bell was crack.
ed and did not give forth a clear tone
SO about 1855 new bell, seven in
ches in diameter, was substituted.
Before it became a part of the clock
it had been used by a school-teacher
The hammer which strikes this bell
is unique and is thought TO be the
only one of its kind in existence,
1t is shaped like a riveting hammer
and weights about half pound. The
pendulum is made of iron and is ex.
actly one meter in length, and this
fact has suggested that the clock was
made in France.
The clock is a little over seven feet
in height and stands upon a rec
tangular base. 10 by Is inches
The face of the timekeeper is four
teen inches in diameter ard is entire
ly inclosed by a glass hood. which
also covers tie works. On every
side of the face there are quaint little
drawings and at the top there is an
exact representation of an old Dutch
homestead surrounded by green fields
and pasture land.
Originally the clock was eight feet
high, but when Mai Lorenzo Car.
ter brought it to Cleveland in 1796,
he had to cut off the legs and a por-
ton of the top In order to permit IT
to stand upright in his log cabin.
The top, which was cut off, had an
other Holland scene painted upon its
surface and this fact, together with
that mentioned above, probably places
the clock as being made in Hollar d
about 1880 or earlier
Mai. Carter when he came to
Clevel and in 1896, built what the fol-
lowing settlers called a mansion -
This mansion was a two-story log
cabin and stood near the corner Of
Water and Superior streets. An old
tradition which has remained by the
clock is that the Indians. who fire.
Quented the western reserve at that
time, used to stand before the clock,
and when Maj Carter would trip the
hammer and make it strike, the In
dams would fall uon their faces and
invoke Carter whom they considered
to he a medicine man." to silence
the i'll or~eGs and appease the Great
Spirit W1en Maj. Carter died he
distributed his property among his
children. bis daughter Polly coming
into possession of the clock.
A brief history Of the clock is given
on a little slab pasted inside the an
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-04
Paste Jewels.

The spring tonic that the average
book agent needs is not nerve tonic.
A whole book may be conveyed by
speaking eyes in one look.
The flowers of fame usually reach
us in the shape of floral harps ana
crosses and anchors.
Maybe the mill canno, grind with
the water that is past, but it is re-
markable the wind power man can
waste on the same old stories.
The most convincing proof you can
give to your fellow men, young man
of the worlds honesty is your own
honesty.
The rose of yesterday has at least
the memories of yesterday with which
to freshen her heart.
OF course, your house will be g
place of shadow if you deliberately
plant weeping willows in your from
yard.-New Orleans Picayune.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-04

tiQue door. 1t reads as fo'4ows: This
clock was made In Holla d. and was
brought to Cleveland, T.. in 1885,
by Maj. Lorenzo Carter. His daughter
Polly married Yankee Poets, who
brought the clock to Orange township
about 1870 and sold II TO Judd Monroe,
and he in turn sold it TO Jacob Van
Auken, from whom my father bought
It in 1S54.--George March" The only
signs Of old age about the stately
timepiece is the slight cracking of
the paint on the clock dial. The time
the clock keeps is almost perfect, and
many people who have seen it can.
not believe that 1t is a time
honored relic over a century old.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-04
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

The self-made martyr is jaw for
ever.
ANY one can live on love alone-for
a few minutes
Many harelipped man is unable to
raise a mustache
Money you bet on the mare doesn't
always make her go.
The things that usually happen are
those that seem impossible.
Adversely lifts up MANY man
whom prosperity had knocked down.
While passing saloon the man on
the water wagon has to hold on tight
A girl likes to be caught getting
kissed just as much as she pretends
not TO.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-04

10 enlighten and uplift them. Too
often the teachers were wanting In
knowledge Of Inc subject-matter, TO
say nothing of skill in presenting it.
Many of these teachers have not
been able to obtain certificates as a
result of their examinations. But in
the face of the fact that Economy
rather than effective service is too
often the first consideration Of local
school boards. a superintendent, how.
ever excellent, is practically help
less. Weak, ineffective schools are
the natural result"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-04
one en- Each.

CUMBERLAND II the eartn was
square?"
G'ger--"Ah, then there would be
fou. corn ers?'
Gunner-"And who would be on the
four corrers?"
Why, the beef trust, the oil
trust, the coal trust and the sugar
trust"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-04
Encore.

YES, stole from behind the palm
and gave her two kisses.
Were they SWEET"
81 should say so. smacked my
lips"
And them"
why, l smacked hers.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-04
Lauahable.

Gunner-"Did you ever hear Mark
Twain tell a story?"
Guyer-T did on one occasion"
Gunner-"And was it so funny II
snapped your ribs?'
Guyer-"My ribs? Why, it was SO
funny it snapped the ribs of the UNI
brella 7 was carrying"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-04

Did you ever hear Of a doctor telling
a rich man that there was no hope for
him?
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-10-11
JAMES w. MURPHY FOR
CONGRESS-.

j. w. Murphy, Democratic candi-
da,e for representative In congress,
and his friend II. M. Dyer, also of
Plattoville, made Mineral Point " Wis
IT last Friday and we're we'll received.
Mr., Murphy remained until Saturday
evening and was met by very many
representative citizens who heartily
support his candidacy. He stands an
excellent chance OF election, II his
friends will only hopefully work to-
gother Ia his interest. He viii have
the loyal support OF the Democrats,
and thousands OF Republicans and In
dependents recognize him as being far
more representative OF their patriotic
sentiments than Is his opponent,