The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-06-28

Miss Lucille Cultop.
Mr.. VIM. Stevens is gaining very
slowly after serious illness
The Elgin price of butter was adj
vanced halt cent this week-to 231a
cents
tt Kyindeforening will meet in the
baseme of the church this Thursday
afternoon.
-Edgerton Chapter Order of Eastern
Star will hold picnic at Mr. Hopkins
cottage tomorrow, Friday June 9th. All
members invited
The families of Henry johnson, j.
A. Jensen and z. P. Touton will occupy
the Earle cottage at Lake Kegonsa for a
couple weeks outing on Monday next.
Ernest Arthur of South Milwaukee
visited among friends in this locality
early in the week. Mr.. Arthur and wife
are just home from a winters stay in
California.
james Conways horse, Just the
Thing" won the 2:20 trot at Kewaunee,
ILL.,, Wednesday in seven-heat race. He
came under the wire in seventh place in
the first heat and then won in the 3rd,
4th and 7th.
The band concert Saturday night
drew an immense throng. The streets
we're packed with country people who
drove in miles to listen to an excellent
program OF music.
Frank Burgy has secured the con-
tract for installing a heating plant in
w. T. Pomeroy & Co. warehouse, which
includes the piping of the entire build
ing and arrangements for curing room.
Misses May and Hattie Pyre left last
Thursday for northern Wisconsin and
will be joined this week by Misses Anna
and Inger Hoen, who will pass their va
cation at cottage in the lake region
at Scion Springs, about 30 miles from
Superior.
DIR. d. w. Sherman and wife of Burl-
ington, Iowa, have been spending the
week at the DR.. Nicholson home in this
city. Mrs. Sherman is sister of the DR..
They came overland with their auto,
making the run OF some 400 miles with
out mishap.
The annual school meeting takes
place at the high school building on
Monday evening next. The members of
the board whose terms of office expire
are G. F. Mabhett, L. E. Gettle and Mrs.
T. B. Earle. A successor to the late
Wallace S. Brown, who was treasurer,
must also be selected.
Paul G.. Lee was having meat sliced
at Peters shop last Saturday aud care
lessly placed his hand upon one of the
extension arms of the slicer. In the
backward movement his little finger was
caught in the gearing and badly crush
ed. But for the breaking of parts Of the
slicer, the bones of his finger would have
been broken. The next hand that is
laid on that slicer will be ordered off by
your uncle Edward Peters. And it won't
be in that soft, low tone of his voice,
either.
The present week has been the bus
lest one farmers have experienced in
many a year. With the corn field in
need of cultivation, the tobacco crop
urgently in need of setting and the Glow
er and alfalfa fields ready for cutting
all punched at one time and shortage
of help erywhere-there is nothing
but hustle facing the farmer at every
point if he keeps anywhere near up to
his work. Many of course have fallen
behind: it was inevitable for there is a
limit to endurance in some people.
The members of the w. r. G. assem-
bled at the home of the Misses Mary and
Ruth Watson Tuesday evening for a
pleasant social time. And they had it..
The gathering was complete surprise
on the young ladies. Luncheon was
served, the Mandolin club were present
with one of their sweet serenades and
the Misses Watson were each presented
with solid silver souvenir spoon. The
affair was in the form of farewell to
Miss Ruth, who left Wednesday for
Rockford to enter training school for
nurses. She goes on two months proba-
ton.
The remains of George Heightzman,
who died at Trinidad, Colo, of consump-
ton on the Goth inst, arrived here by
train Monday evening. Brief funeral
services were conducted at the grave in
Fassett cemetery by Rev F. c. Richard
SOD, directly from the train. Mr.. Height
man left Edgerton for Colorado in Aug
ust last in hopes that change of elm
ate would repair his health, but the
disease had too strong hold upon him.
He was 81 years of age and was married
to Ella Albright of Alton four years ago.