Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-03-21
THE OLD HOME AND KINDLY FOLK
A Native VirOqua Girl Entertains Pleas
,.ts.. ant Memories and Sad Regrets.

! Tbs CENSOR takes unusual pleasure
IN presenting below, z letter written by
one OF Its CONSTANT readers lady edu-
Gated In the schools of this city and coll
1eges OF this and other states Mrs,
Flora Chapman Torranceis well remem-
bered here as le nf the bright persons
| sent out TO the educational eenters of
| the east Her kindly expressions of
love and admiration for the old home
and its people will De appreciated by
| old and young
EDITOR CENSOR: I do not believe |
ever knew or a lot of people So l0yal to
their old homes aud the home paper az
are the Vernon county people. 10 their
old homes and Ia the CENSOR, There
ls no other reading matter which comes
into my own home which possesses The
interest for me which the CENSOR does
with its letters from old friends and
neighbors now scattered over the eoun.
try-especially the west. / often read
them TO my family and friends. and ask
where they can point out another such
a set of people as those from Vernon
county. The letters of DIR. Porter con-
corning his dairy and agricultural inter
ests are read from beginning to end with
pleasure. The letters from Mr. =. J.
Layne, whose familiar figure can stiH
plainly see in my mind, are most inter
esting reading, and the little notes from
the different ones scattered about. some
OF whom do not even know, are like
personal greetings from old friends
sincerely hope this feature of the paper
will be continued and increased. The
records as given in the CENSOR of the
prosperity Of the old friends come with
especial interest TO me. | tell with such
pride Of my old friend and schoolmate,
Nellie Bliss Davidson, now being the
first lady OF the state, and she stands out
In my mind today as one of the most
hs6utiful women | ever saw. / often
tell the stories Of the rise of Governor
Rusk, of Judge WyInan. of Judge
Campbell. of Governor Davidson. of
Miles Dawson and number Of others.
am looking forward with great inter
est to the nonlinatiou of my old friend
AMI fellow worker. Judge Mahoney ~
our next representative IN congress. II
say our" for ! feel that / bslong there
as much as ever had the pleasure of
entertaining Miles Dawson at dinner q
short time ago IA he was on his way TO
give lecture in town nearby. His
life Ia given up entirely to work from
q
success there is no doubt.
Then there are notices in the CENSOR
all too fregu emily which warn me that
If do not return home before long,
there will not be many left to greet me.
/ can scarcely imagine Viroqua without
Mrs. Casson. She and her family are.
so intimately associated with all my life
there, that IL would hardly seem Viro-
qua without them. Dear Mrs. C8sson,
may she rest in peace And Hattie Sut-
tie and dear Louise Troworidge their
places can never be filed; and dear Mr.
Haughton, the kind patient, faithful
friend and teacher-his death comes to
"a as q personal loss and / shall never
forget the sorrow with which i read of
the death of Mr.. Wyman. He stands
out in my mind as one of the Hottest and
most noble characters ever knew To
how many children who went to school
In that old school house presided over by
Mr. WymRr, was ne an inspiration aud
a help, l am sure he never dreamed. To
how manF young and struggling teach
ers vas Mi. WymRn the cherished help
Ell and friend will not try TO say, bat
they were many and / was fortunate
enough TO be among them although on
ly mere child at the time.
How much earlier we assumed respon-
sibility in those days than children do
now. 1t often seems to me here that
the world is growing worse. 1t is an
unhappy way to look at it. but there
seems to be no direction in which I can
turn, but there is misery, vice, corrupt 4
ion and crime, and it seems to me that
much Of it is caused by theway in which
children are allowed to grow up. Eg-
erything Is done for them and nothing
is expected m return, They grow mp
without ambition or aim, with the sole
desire of comfortable life. How
should like to cone girl once more get
up in the morning and hurry around to
help noti7er~with the morning duties
before shp started for school. wonder
IL the girls ont there do 1t any more. or
are they just like the girls here?
Every year we have a months vaca-
tion trip and every year plan that 1t
shall be to Wisconsin,, but the Adtron-
dacks and the wilderness Of MIMI are
so much nearer that put Off the trip
for another year. Last year we tol'k q
coRoe I a wRxed tent and camping outfit
and went. through the entile chain o.
lakeE in sthe. Adirondack wilderness,
camping wherever night overlook us.
Until you have seen them. you can have
no idea OF the beauty and granduer of
the Adirondack lakes and the surround
ing Wilderness, On an other occasion
we toured Nova Scotia on bicycles and
visited the beautiful land of Evangeline
Next year If we do not go abroad we are
surely coming to Wisconsin, and hope for
at least few days camping on the
! Kickapoo. s....s
With sincere greeting TO all Vernon
county friends and hoping that may
see many of then IN the near future,
I am, Truly yon-s.
fa FLORA CHAPMAN TORRANCE.
Youkers. N Y March 15