Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-12-12
Bits of Local News
eseeo . sse . . . ; . . Q Z
Court this week

%. E. Davis says perfumes are al
ways acceptable as a gift.
Sec Johnson's display of China,
next Tuesday, December Is.
For sale, good heating stove. In
quire of Rev. l.. G. jacobson, City.
The Mississippi river is now frozen
over at Genoa and other up-river points.
Civil service examination will be
held at the court house next Saturday.
&C. w. Reagan of Bristow communi-
ty, has purchased farm near Liberty
Pole.
Miss Mable Aiken of Readstown, is
clerking at Towner's during the holiday
rush.
The train dispatcher is moving those
toy trans out at o. Z. Davis drug
store.
KratchwiPs maple Bitter Sweet
are the very acme of excellence. All
leading confectioners sell them.
What's become of tne good, old
fashioned man who coul0n rest as long
as he was in arrears on subscription?
l. ne IDOSLEldSbGT Al lOld ICSSlfCN
notice that the new train will carry
mail and directing through pouch mail.
Don't criticize every man for part
ing his hair in the middle. There are
some bald-headed men that can't help
it.
Judging by the lamps we saw at
Johnsen's, yesterday, there will be
some very flight" presents made this
Christmas.
1t is said a good way to stop a
chimney fire is to take large wet cloth
and wind it around the stove pipe just
above the stove.
E-Attorney 0. R. Skaar of La Crosse,
was an attendant at the present session
of circuit, yesterday. The CENSOR ack-
nowledges pleasant call.
-Chas. Kellogg and family and Bert
Ambrose and family took ship from
Viola for Mitchell, Nebraska, where
they will try their fortunes.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
December 13, IA and Is, Towner will
have a great Japanese sale of japanese
art goods. Don't fail to attend.
Mrs. Elizabeth Downing, one of
the most aged women in that part of
the county, fell suddenly dead in the
towr of Forest. Mrs. Downing was
eighty-four years old.
Come in and look at those toilet
sets, solid silver manicure sets, solid
silver military sets, shaving sets, glove
and handkerchief sets, ETC., at 0. E.
Davis drug store.
--Nels Rrandstad, an unmarried man
Of Westby, was adjudged insane and
taken to Mendoza asylum, last Satur-
day, by Sheriff Ward and brother of
the unfortunate man.
We never knew there were SO many
different kinds OF pocketbooks made
until we visited Johnsons, yesterday.
We venture to say many a Christmas
gift this year will smell like morocco.
%. w. Sherman and his father-in-
law, Isaac Mitchell, returned from
Rochester, Minnesota, Monday night,
where Mr.. Mitchell submitted to cor :
plicated operation for cancer of tie
face. He is now rapidly mending. -
Reedsburg Times.
Never have | seen it's equal," F"
say the astonished farmer "Say, Bill,
have you had your optics on that fami-
ly sleigh, the Northwestern, at Chas.
S. Slack & Co.'S? | will have one for
my family for Christmas and don't you
forget it" Come and see.
Retreat Woodmen at their annual
election made choice of the following
officers: V. c., Ed. Wright; w. A,
VIM. Schied; Banker, Clarence Green;
Clerk, james Jarlan; Guard F. Gross;
Sentry, E. Marks; C. T., Albert Broad
head; Camp Physician, DIR. Evert.
There is nothing ever designed for
holiday gift that can quite equal
toilet set Each article in it, has a
mission of usefulness. They hold the
giver in remembrance for years, for
good one lasts that length of time.
Johnson's pharmacy offers some beau
ties.
The Viola Intelligencer says another
train wreck occurred on the Kickapoo
road Monday afternoon and four load
ed cars were derailed, two of stock and
two of excelsior. The wreck occurred
about a mile north of Gays Mills and
was caused by culvert giving way.
Traffic was delayed several hours.
The Sunday preceding anniversary
of the Pilgrims landing being ordinarily
observed by Congregationalists, the
sermons at the Congregational church
next Sunday, will be in celebration of
"Forefathers' day." Sermons morn
ing and evening will be based on prin-
ciples and history of Congregationllism.
"A Retreat writer says that tho old
gravel school house situated there, i8 no
more and with its passing one more g
the few remaining landmarks Of ear
days have gone. This brings to MIND
poem written by our old friend al
neighbor, Rev VIM Haughton, on Il
subject OF the old building, write
when he resided at Retreat.
Every business firm in Viroqua
should oCcupy a reasonable amount Or
advertising space in the CENSOR.
ought to be borne in mind that few pa
pers have the circulation and are as val
liable to advertisers Every inch of
space can be sold to la Crosse and 9TH
er foreign dealers, but we prefer to
handle the business of home people.
Word from Chicago is to the effect
that Andrew Lungard is rapidly re-
covering from the injuries he received
by being bit by dog. AS yet no sign
Of rabies have appeared among dogs of
the village and people in this neck Of
the woods are beginning to feel easier.