Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-11-14
RECALLS OTHER EARLY DAY DoINGS
General Rogers Still Travelling Down Ell
Canine del Erin.

Looking toward the southwest for the
homes of David Austin and Oliver Hell
geson, father of Alderman o. a. Helge-
son, we see the old home farms, but they
who in the early fifties labored hard,
early and late, to build homes, have
rounded up the three score and ten
years and gone to their last resting
place. Still in view two farm houses,
well protected with trees, fifty years
ago the homes of John Cherry, the shoe
maker, and Cy Allen farmer. They
changed their location to Iowa and q
few years age the angel of peace came
and they were called to the eternal rest.
Not far away, by the mound. Is the
home of David Bundy, who has for fifty
six years, been toiler in farm making.
Mr.. Bundy, with feeling of patriot.
ism that was unquenchable, enlisted
! with Capt. Nichols in the 18th Wiscon-
sin volunteers In one of the regiment s
noted charges, it is redorted, the regi.
| ment was wavering. just at the mo.
ment when the action of leader is
wanted, Private Bundy seized the flag
and followed by his comrades, Gosling
and Morley, pressed forward, to the
amazsment of the confederates and won
victory.
West and on side track the late
home of Mr.. Schunenburg, an emigrant
from Germany in the early fifties. Mr..
Schunenberg and wife were people need
ed to help the would along. They lived
to ripe age, beyond the time allotted
to man and then folded their arms Ia
the peaceful repose of an agnostic sleep
Closely lived Bringe Of the early days,
ond of God'e noblemep, in faith Luther
an. He made good home, improved a
farm and in the last days, far down
toward the century, blind, reason de-
throned, few days ago death came and
he sleeps on forever Close by once the
home of Nat Cox, now living near Re-
treat, quite four score years young. Nat
enlisted sixty years ago, in an Indiana
regiment and went to Mexico with Tay.
lor's army. His regiment was ordered
to join Scott's army at Vera Cruze. Was
with Scott in the great pageant of the
march to the capital of Mexico, and
fought in the battles of Contreoras, Mo-
line del-Ray, and with scaling ladders
carried Chs pultepec; and was with the
squad that hoisted the American flag
over the ca pital of Mexico, when that
city surrendered to the northern invad-
ers.
hb DfOuH1b To W6SG ET&rl6 NlOIlu
and was in demand for dances. the fa-
vorite amusement of that early date, be-
fore bridge whist. His favorite tunes
were The Buffalo Girls" and "Arkan-
sas Traveller. Perry Curtis erected the
first barn on the prairie and was to open
the season with harvest dance in the
barn where the NOW was filled with
new mown hay. The people, old and
young, attended the first dance of the
season. The light-hearted youth and
! pretty girls came in plain dress, red
cheeks and smiling The old time Ian.
terms with q thousand holes, were hung
around on the girders Martin Finley
came in to help Cox in the greatest
event of the season, a society dance. All
we're set. The fiddlers were long time
getting their instruments in time That
was before the polite age of ''honor to
your partners. They just went to
dancing with the ''circle to the left, y
when Finley's E string collapsed and
left Cox to push ahesd on the second
part of Arkansas Traveller When
Finley got in tune Ccx's string broke,
but Ii made no difference with the mer-
ry go-rounds. They alamand left and
swung their partners on the corners till
the candles were low in the lanterns In
the early dawn they had the binder
and that ended the great dance that
opened the season of 1856 6 M. r