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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-09-05

prairie-dog towns and the passing
Indians lost their interest. At this
juncture we met a blackboard, driven
by tall, powerfui-looking fellow in a
white sombrero hat, chaps. and all the
rest of the typical frontier makeup.
He was greeted IN cordial fashion oy
both the stage driver and the Wells
Fargo Express messenger, between
whom | was permitted to sit on the
front seat.
It was Bill Souter, the first sheriff
of Meade county, recently ceded from
Lawrence county, and created into q
seif-taxing and self governing baili-
wick, with "Scooptown" as its seat
of government, in the face of bitter
contemptuous opposition from the tax
payers of Deadwood.
Bill was looking for a soldier from
Fort Meade who had secured his dis
charge, drawn his pay and skipped
without paying his bills at scoop
town"
Bill had not yet secured his man,
but he had learned his whereabouts
and We came upon him at the very
next stage station. The man was
standing in front Of the station as we
drove up. Bill laid a short slnJoth-
bore gun across my knees and asked
me to hold it while he got out and in
terviewed him. The interview was
brief and to the point Bill hipped
out his two large six-shooters, pokeo
them in the ex-soldier's face ard told
him he had come to collect a feTI
bills for some people in "ScooptC wn."
There was not a shadow of a criminal
charge against the man, and, accord
ing to eastern codes, no ground what
ever for the Intervention of sheriff
The man denturred, but Bill told him
if he didn't pay up he would shoot him
full of holes. And Bill looked as if
he meant it, The man had the money
with him and after very brief delay
he produced and paid over the re
quired amount.
Then Bill jumped into the buck
board and it was "lickety-split" for
Scoop
In the new county OF Meade there
were busy days in prospect for Sher-
lift Souter.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-09-05
An Angel Would Surely be shot.

Some one last week saw a stork ny
ing over Holland park. Before this
is il print the storli, wherever bound,
will probably have beef shot The
rare, the wilder and the more beauti.
full the sc11II aud flight the more
certainly shot, until you come to Mr.
Wells and his Clei gyman, who shot
the angel Before Mr.. Wells was
Ruskin, who has splendid passage
on a vagrant angel, driven by stress
of weather or stayed by a broken
pinion. pausing on the shores of Eng
land; sportsman or a naturalist
would obtain the specimen" But
before Ruskin was lady with whom
he was mnching. ut is an early re
collection of mine," writes a cores
pondent, land the lady was my
mother. Ruskin was whitening with
his scorn the sportsmen and natuT-
alists alike, and she said, oh, if an
angel crossed the sky they would
shoot him!' And Ruskin jumped up
and shook hands with her. Soon
after he put that angel into print"
London Chronicle.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-09-05

song lacked the force. erescendo and
diminuendo effects of a continuous
effort. 1t is surprisingly loud song,
in tone decided whistle; a wonder.
fully voluble, varied, but rather hard
performance. At times a measure or
two suggested portions OF song or
our nocturnal singer, the chant. and
again some of the more rapid calls
reminded one of certain notes of the
Carolina wren, but, as a whole, we
have no bird whose song resembles
that of the nightingale.
Two days later, at Cambridge, hear-
ing of nightingale singing in the AFT.
noon, when its voice formed merely
a part of the sprintime chorus, / was
impressed alike with the part the
birds nocturnal habits have played
in establishing its reputation as a
songster and with the characteristic
orintholOgic insight displayed in
Shakespeare's Iines:-
The nightingale, if she should sing by
day,
When every goose is cackling, would
be thought
No better musician than the wren.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-09-05
A PERSISTENT RAReAlNER.

Senator Tillman, apropos of the re-
bate evil, said:
1.-The day will come when freight
rates will be as inexorably fixed as
passenger rates. The idea of a man
trying to get a lower freight rate
than the schedule will then seem as
ludicrous and absurd as it would
now seem to us if we saw a traveller
before a ticket window trying to beat
down the price of his ticket.
when the railway was first intro
duced in New England, the canny
Yankee farmers could not understand
that the price of the tickets was
fixed and unalterable A New Eng
land man once told me that, when he
was boy, on the opening day of a
railway line through this village, he
heard an old man say to the ticket
agent:
what's the price, friend, of a
ticket to Boston,
Two ten," the agent answered.
1.-TWO ten? Never. Ye must be
crazy. III give We dollar and a
quarter
1.-Two ten is the fare, sir.
MAKE it dollar and half, and
I'll go We, friend
cant Ike reductions, sir
"But it's only matter of eighty
mile
81 can't help that Two tens the
fare.
"Ill give We one sixty
THAT won't do
Zone seEenty-fiye'
No, sir
"At this point the train departed.
The old man waited till the next
train, when he renewed his offer Of
a dollar and a half Above two dol
lars he would not 90, and when the
LIST train left he was still bargain
ing"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-09-05
A HUT UPON The BEACH.

L raise a hutupon the beach
OF driftwood washed within my reach.
Building the home where I would he
OF vrsckage from the hungry sea,
Each crusted spar and writhen PLANK
Faith come from haple~ barks that
sank
In weltering waves of circling foam,
Crashing the shore in sight Of home
The birds that fit above the tide
Are souls of seamen that have died;
The brackish winds that whistle by
Hath still haunting human cry.
Here close beside the thunderous deep
| sit and toll, l sup and sleep;
Aud here | note in passive hours
The process of eternal powers.
MY fuel is gathered from the shore;
My soul is fed with sifted lore.
Here in my hut beside the sea
Prophet and bard commune with me.
Vision and track | seek to find
In things of matter and of mind
And here my lowlands / resign
To hoodtde OF the stream divine.
ST 1. abiding rooted fast
On gift and influence of the past,
Learn peace and numbleness and Joy
That death itself may not destroy.
Sometime the flaming sunrise fires
A sea of linitless desires;
Sometimes a snouldering shutdown
sets
On passioned longings and regrets.
On summer ewes my soul is won
To sweet accord with wave and sun,
But when tempestuous seas arise
My thoughts beat striving to the
skies.
Arthur l. Salmon in the London
Speaker.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-09-05
EHect.Ue Costumes of
Famed Newport Bellies.
White Gauze CONNECTION with EIabor-
ate colored Trimmings-Frock
of Khaki CoIored Linen.

One of the prettiest gowns seen in
Newport during the week was of the
most delicate embroidered white
gauze looking like snowhakes or mist
and made up over the most delicate
shade of pale pinkish lavender box bay
silk, with wonderful rosettes of ribbon
of the same shade to trim the corsage
and skirt
II was made with three fiounces
forming the skirt, and each fiounce
with crisp ribbon rosettes down the
front
The corsage was tucked on the
shoulders and fastened at one side
with row of the rosettes.
The very short sleeves were small
with double founce and rosettes
caught up in front.
There was a deep girdle of the
mauve silk, with row of rosettes at
the back
With the gown was worn a wonder
full chapeau of very pale lavender Grim
as sheer as game caught up into a
sprightly little mass with masses OF
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-09-05
OF AID TO HOSTESS
SUGGESTIONS THAT MAY PROVE
A PRESENT HELP.
GIVING A COSTUME PARTY.
With Very Little Trouble or Expense
Most Enjoyable Affair May Be
Arranged--Indian Dinner Is
a Novel Entertainment.
A Costume Party.


A costume party is no more trou-
BILE than an ordinary function, and it
is infinitely more enjoyable. Given a
moonlight night, a lawn of even or
binary dimensions and a gayly cos
TUNED assembly and the chances are
that everyone will have a glorious
time. In the invitations request the
guests to come in sylvan" attire.
The result will be a glad array, among
them Maid Marian" "Friar Tuck, ="
''Will Scarlet" and many more of the
"merry men of the greenwood" Ar
cadian shepherds, maids, gypsies,
etc. A fortune teller or palmist would
add greatly, also a sTolling band of
MINISTRIES. At intervals have colored
lights thrown on the scene. especially
during the dances.
Cold meats salads, iced drinks and
frozen desserts are the viands TO
serve. 1t is customary to have the
refreshments in the diningroom. a
buffet arrangement. Walks and
charming resting places are made by
outlining with Chinese lanterns or
small electric lights wired to the
branches of the trees. There Is no
form of entertainment so pleasing to
both hostess and guests as a moon
light costume party.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-09-05
NOVELTY IN ACCIDENT.

Some records" are of the kind
that one would not wish to see Tower
ed" The little French town of
Arpagon has just had such an expert
ence Two station masters were
killed by trains on two successive
days The first sacrificed his fife to
humanity while trying to rescue two
travellers who had incautiously got
into dangerous position on the
line. His name was NJ Jacquemin.
On the news being reported, Mr..
Grainboeuf was sent to take charge
of the place, and the next day he
himself was KILLED through getting
in front of an express going at forty
five miles an hour.-London Globe
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-09-05

flames that eternally torture, but
never consume, the bodies Of the
damned. To this hell Is destined
every one who does not accept the
faith. The creed embodies doctrines
which we're regarded as essential to
happiness 100 years ago. 1t is
creed that converts by fear, and the
writer has seen a number Of young
women in various stages IL hysteria
at the conclusion OF a Holy Roller re-
vival meeting The leaders OF the
faith are Mrs. Mary Mcintyre, Miss
Emma Chase, Prof. N. L. Eastman
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-09-05
AS 1T USED TO BE IN DAKOTA.
Stirring Scenes in the Pioneer Days,
When Lynch Law Prevailed.

When Lynch Law Prevailed.
Did you ever wake up in the chill.
dawn of an October morning to ind
the hope and longings of lifetime
suddenly taking on form and sub
stance and all creation tremendously
responding to youthful heart throbs
asks a writer in the Philadelphia
Ledger.
1t was something of this sensation
that lat the age of IA, l looked from
my bedroom window in the North.
western hotel at Pierre, S. d., back
in the sos, and beheld the lifeless
form of a man suspended from the top
of fagpole.
Yes, things really happened on the
outskirts of the Sioux resnr-"tion.
Here as no longer dreary grind of
grammar and biographies, with or
ganized society, especially the severe
faced school mistress, perpetualIy
challenging and thwarting a boys
right to life, dime novels and truant
fishing excursions.
And on this very day, aye, within
two hours, | was to penetrate the
great reservation itself, striking off
across the trail in the Deadwood stage.
The lifeless form suspended from
the aagpole, as l soon learned, was
that of lawyer named Bell, who
some weeks previous had had a mis-
understanding with a fellow attorney
from Blunt
Bell finally had written to the man
from Blunt: Meet me tomorrow at
noon, halfway between Pierre and
Blunt, and we will amicably discuss
and settle our differences"
The next day after the forwarding
of this peaceful missive the lawyer
from Pierre and the lawyer from
Blunt had each set out toward the APP
pointed trysting place. Bel, it seems,
took with him an AK and spade.
This discussion was advanced on his
side with the AK, and he settled the
matter so far as he could by burying
with the spade the body of his oppon-
ent, and with it his own blood-stained
overcoat.
The overcoat, discovered with the
body after diligent search, disclosed
the horrible secret to the searchers
for Blunt. The dead lawyer was
popular favorite in his town and by
night every available blackboard and
saddle horse had been requisitioned
in the cause of summary justice.
So quietly did the Blunt delegation
do it's work that 1t was not till broad
daylight that Bells body was discov-
cred by his fellow citizens hanging
from the fiagpole in the center of the
town, where had seen 1t from the
hotel window.
From this sudden foretaste of real
| adventure, | was soon brought to
earth. Boylike, I had spent all but
rs cents of my travelling money.
had my stage ticket, but my MOTEL bill
was $3.50 and / learned that every
meal of bacon and potatoes at the
stage station would cost 81. APP
pealed to the first man met, who
happened to be the postmaster at
Custer. When told him my brother
was cashier of the bank in the Hills
and gave him MY name he said:
"Oh, that's all rigat. Ill give you the
money and draw on your brother for
it." And with that, without further
| question, he put me in funds.
The trip across the ervation was
long and tedious. Finally even the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-09-05

and Elder James Wordsworth Of
Syracuse. N. Y. Regeneration is ef-
fected in several ways, the course OF
treatment including prayer bathing,
robing and baptism by immersion.
When these remedies prove futile in
cleansing the soul of the sinner, the
penitent is obliged TO perform what
the believers call the "hoIy roll" The
unregenerate lies on the floor at one
end of the building and rolls over and
over like a log until every one present
Is satisfied that the devil has been
rolled out. Sometimes the ceremony
lasts quarter of an hour, but if the
convert has been an unusually tough
customer, he may be compelled to
roll for four or five hours--a most
heroic method of securing salvation.
AS the subject rolls by the kneeling
audience, every person has the priv.
lege to ask such questions as each
sees fit, and the convert must make
satisfactory answers before he is al
lowed to rise. The sins of a lifetime
must be confessed in detail and the in
nermost secrets of the soul made pub
lie.
The Holy Rollers have operated ex-
tensively in central and western New
York, and certain small communities
are in a condition of religious excite
ment not unlike that which marked
the beginning of Mormonism Per
haps the strongest feature of this
frenzy is the establishment of the
strangest of all sects, the adherents
of which call themselves Knee
BenG0rs. The Knee Benders are a
small community and live along the
eastern shore of Seneca lake. This
sect originated about FIVE years ago.
At that time a Swedish farmer named
BursOn, man of some education. be.
gan to act in a strange manner. He
claimed that he had visions and re-
fused to assist in work on the farm.
and spent most of his time ON a knoll
near the lake. He remained on his
said that the great Jehovah had com.
manded him to remain the rest of his
life in that uncomfortable position
Shortly after receiving this interest
ing but ineonvenient revelation, he be
gan TO preach, his themes being on
socialistic lines. Gradually his rela-
tiyes became imbued with the sinceri-
ty of his preachings and espoused thu
strange religion. The enthusiasts
now number about 200 The Kner
Benders deny the existence of punish.
ment in the next world declaring
that hell will come on earth in the
shape of some great sorrow to the
wrOngdoer. Prayers are not made to
the Supreme Being. but to Nature,
which is held accountable for all
changes in the elements and all acct
dents caused by fire, wind and water
Communism is the primary principle
of this queer religion; the farms OF
the enthusiasts are worked in com
mon and it is claimed that the weed
ing, planting and hoeing are done on
all tours by the Knee Blenders. They
hold knee-bending services five times
day on the knoll where Burson was
inspired" and in the worship their
faces are always toward the sun.
Each week a revival meeting is held,
| and, ridiculous as the thing is, the
Knee Blenders keep adding converts.
Such a story as this belongs TO a 100
years ago. but as an illustration Of
religious frenzy dominating the human
mind. 1t is an interesting psychologist
cal study of the present day.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-09-05
HOLY ROLLERS AND KNEE
BENders.

The New York Tribune.--The latest
curious sect to take root in western
New York are the Holy Rollers and
the Knee Benders. The Holy Rollers
were organized about six years ago on
the shores Of Canandaigua lake, and
the story Of the rise OF this strange
religious sect is absurdly out OF place
in the goth century He'll is the chief
tenet Of the Holy Rollers belIef-a
hell Of suffering birthstone AID
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-09-05
Not Afraid.

Guardian-"If you don't change
your way of living, my boy, poverty
will overtake you"
Derelict-~It can't catch up with
me, Pm going too fast"-Detroit Free
Press.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-09-05

Victor Morley has been engaged to
appear with Richard earle in The
Spring Chicken.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-09-05
ENGLISH skYLARK AND CUCKOO
How the Songs Of the Two Birds Inn
press the Bird Lover.

In spite Of the effort not to use pre-
conceived ideals as a standard for
the actual thing. | could not conceal
from myself a disappointment in the
song of the skylark While one can.
not but be impressed with the passion.
ate energy which carries the bird
hundreds of feet into the air, there to
sing, without a moments pause. for.
sometimes, 10 to II minutes, felt
that the bird would sing better If he
did not sing so much. He sings both
when exhaling and inhaling. and seems
often to be out Of breath. The result
is a marvellous vocal feat surely, but
the birds brilliant twitterings and
long-drawn reelings Il could think OF
no better word with which to describe
a marked character Of its song) did
not appeal to me.
But one can only imagine that the
song of this exceedingly abundant
and widely distributed bird might be-
come
Better than all measures
OF delightful sound,
Better than all treasures
That in books are found.
and before leaving England l found
myself listening to it with increasing
pleasure.
The singular charm OF the cuckoo's
simple, double-noted call, however,
at once acknowledged. Even when
one hears 1t for the first time it seems
to voice the deeper joys OF life out of
doors.
Each thing to its own depth was
stirred
Leaf, flower, and heavens moving
cloud.
There Is a certain quality II TIE
birds call which appeals to the ear
much as the peacefulness Of pastoral
scenery affects the eye. The two-syll-
abled Of our owl bob-white, though
quite unlike. and ia cheerier than that
OF 10 cuckoo, has this same power OF
expressing the purity and joyous aeren-
ity OF life near to Nature.
The cuckoo. although It calls when
flying, is far more often heard than
seen, and l found, as a rule, that
English birds were much shyer and
more difficult to observe than ours,
thought am wholly at loss to ac-
count for this apparent indifference.
The song thrush and redbreast were,
however, exceptions.
The nightengale's song was, OF
course, unlike my preconceived idea
Of It. / had expected a rushing out.
porting of music, but | found a more
deliberate song Of disconnected phrase
Of three to five seconds length each.
followed by pauses Of almost equal
duration.
The nigl.5engale, in transport, seemed
to fling
His warlle out. and then sit listening.
Occasl 'nally a more prolonged
strain wac given, but, as whole, the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-09-05

The at the left
the bottom with three ues
the corsage
Srodey
S D the vole
rhe irt the
finished
collar, or BERTHA of the lace
Soft liberty ribbon forms the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-09-05

Linen sheets and pillow cases are
supposed to be a luxury. which aauy
women fancy they cannot afford. But
linen wears better than cotton and
lasts longer, and adds to the delights
of sleep with its cool and satin
smoothness. BY watching for oppor-
tunities at certain seasons of the
year the prudent matron may pur.
chase linen sheets at comparatively
small outlay, which will be congratu-
lated during the dog days
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-09-05

compact roses in pink. mauve and an
intense blue--a purely Partisan COM
bination OF striking beauty.
There was mauve gauze foliage
about the roses and tremendous
mauve aigrette shooting off hayward
iy to one side after the manner of fash
ionable aigrettes now adays.
Our illustration shows an effective
little frock of khaki colored linen with
9ipings of black and a black ornament
embroidered In front
The hat is one Of the strange new
shapes that is becoming unusually
popular and@wbich. it would SEEM
must have been copied after a Chinese
rice straw helmet, for it is OF the anne
bowl-like shape with the saving grace
of a cluster of ribbon bows on top of it.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-09-05
Cuts No Ice,

The ice trust cuts no ice"--it manu-
features 1t.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-28
COR THINGS EvENED UP.
Convict Suffered Inconvenience 20
Have Laugh on Law.

The late Capt. "Joe" Nicholson
used to tell Of a longtime prisoner
who had been in the house of correc-
ton while the captain ran that insti-
tuition
Just before his term expired the
convict cabled the captain that jus
tice was now done and that an hon
est man would start afresh in the
world.
But you have told me several times
that you were innocent of the
charge on which you were sent here"
so I was, Capt joe and l can
prove It. Here are the names Of
three witnesses. Get their state
ments and see whether I am lying"
Just as a matter of curiosity the
captain complied and found convinc-
ing evidence of the mans innocence.
The convict was called in and in
dignantly asked why he had not used
his evidence in getting a new trial.
TIL tell you, captain. In my time
was acquitted three or four times
when | was guilty, so when l was con.
victed OF something I never did,
just thought I'd even things up by TAX
ing my medicine without kicking. Be
sides that, it sort Of tickled me Il
/ find that justice had missed me al
every shot. Detroit News.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-28
Twenty-Eight Lives Lost on a
Ship That Foundered in
Last Weeks Storm.
SIXTEEN OF THEM PASSENGERS
Vessels Fate Discovered by Wreckage
Found by Indians.
Not a Soul on Board Seems to Have
Been Saved, but a Search
Is Being Made.

Detroit, Nov. ga Free Press spe-
cial from Wharton, Ont, says: The
coasting steamer ]. II. Jones. owned
by the Crawford Tug company, a local
concern, foundered off Cape Cocker,
last Thursday afternoon, and all hands
were lost The crew consisted of
twelve, all from Wharton, and the
number OF passengers is estimated at
sixteen. The Jones, which piled be-
tween Owen sound, Wharton and
Manitoulin island ports, was one Of
the staunchest steamers on the Georgi-
an bay and was commanded by Cap
tain Crawford, a fresh water naviga-
tor Of large experience.
Wreckage That Has Been Found.
Part Of the cabin a lifeboat, and two
unidentified bodies have been found by
Indians on thenorth shore of the Chris
tan islands. Boats are now out from
here, Owen Sound, Penetanguishene
and Parry Sound, looking for surviv-
ors and wreckage. Coasting boats car
nv no booking lists but the passengers
on the Jones probably include the fol
4 lowing:
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-28
Want to Buy a College !?

New York. Nov. Is Borough Col
lector George T. Bardon, of Madison,
\. J., has advertised the sale Of the
Drew Theological seminary for $500
back taxes The claim made by the
borough Attorney that only five acres
Of ground to each building are free
from taxes under the law exempting
institutions Of this kind, and that, as
there are ten buildings, fifty acres Of
ground only are exempt. The property
was bequeathed for educational pur-
poses by Daniel Drew in 1867 1t cost
Drew S270,00o. More than 100000 has
been spent for buildings.