Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-12-25
Poor sleighing for Santa Claus

tion at Decatur, Michigan
William Baldwin of Sparta trans
acted business in our city.
Miss Margaret Morse is home from
Racine, where she is teaching.
Father O'Reilly was a Christmas
shopper at Viroqua on Monday.
-Thorwald Mullen of West Prairie
was business visitor last Friday.
Clarence Bolstad spent a few days
at his fathers farm on West Prairie.
Miss Ella Nyman spends her holi-
day vacation with her mother at Hills
boro.
The Viroqua post office was very
busy yesterday with Christmas pack
ages.
Mrs. G. N. Hauge went to Coon
Valley to visit her son Adoph for few
days.
Miss Hazel Cass is home for
vacation from teaching duties near
Westby.
Miss Francis D;sh is home for the
holidays from Lawrence University at
Appleton.
Miss Gladys Sharfenstien is spend
ing holiday vacation with her parents
at CasSville.
Miss May McKittrick of Lsh9eming,
Michigan, is spending Christmas vaca-
tion at home.
Miss Cain will spend Christmas va
cation at Elroy, taking with her as her
guest Miss Thomas.
Edwin Broadhend of West Prairie
passed through Viroqua on his way to
La Crosse for a visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Dudley of
West Salem are spending few days
with Viroqua relatives.
"A New Years dance will be given
in the Ross hall on New Years Eve.
All are invited to attend.
Roy Bean, who has been attending
the university at Madison, is home for
the Christmas vacation.
Miss Isa Joyce was in La Crosse
visiting her friend Sadie Smith, return
ing with her brother Hugh.
Il. P. JUL is back for visit. He
has spent the last two years on his claim
near Leipzig, North Dakota.
Miss Roman is assisting as clerk at
the Felix store on account of the alb
sence of Miss Anna Swiggum.
Will Roberts, of the firm Rice &
Roberts of Sparta, was attending to
business in Viroqua last Friday.
Miss Ethel Nuzum, who is at Alb
bottsford, and Clinton Nuzum are spend
ing vacation at the parental home.
Harry Gaines, who is attending
college at Beloit, is visiting Viroqua
and La Fargo relatives and friends.
Misses Clara Emilson, Cora Lillis
and Allie Richards are extra clerks at
Towner's for the holiday shopping.
Miss Esther Butt is one of the vi
roqua holiday visitors, coming from
Ishpeming, Michigan, where she teaches.
Mrs. Nichols left with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Anna Rendle, for Rawlings,
Montana, where she. viii spend the
winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hans Erickson of
Springville returned from months
visit with relatives at Tacoma, Wash
ington.
Miss Susie Henson and Miss Caro-
line johnson closed their dressmaking
rooms today and will spend a week at
their homes.
Mrs. Bessie Smith-Fuller arrived
Friday for the holidays, and will be
guest in the Lyle Tate and Ananias
Smith families.
Edwin and George Broadhead re-
Gently shipped four carloads of stock
from De Soto, and Albert made a ship
ment last week.
"A. C. Radtke, district deputy for
the Fraternal Rerserve association of
Oshkosh, is in the city looking after the
interests of that order.
Word received from New York in
forms us that the two little Tate girls
are getting along nicely, scarlet fever
being IN rather light form.
Allen Fish, Uncle Sans mail man
between this city and Viola, has bought
one of j. E. Nuzum's tenement houses
in the southeast part of town.
Mr.. ard Mrs. O. P. Hill left on
Monday for Brookings, South Dakota,
where they expect to remain for sew
eral weeks as guests of their son, M.
0. Hill.
Prof, Martin Nelson arrived last
Saturday TO spend holiday vacation with
his parents near Liberty Pole. He has
position as instructor at the univer-
sity at Lincoln, Nebraska,
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Snl0use, who
have been visiting in Viroqua, left for
Gettysburg, South Dakota, where they
will visit the gentleman s mother en-
route TO their Canadian home.
"A special meeting of Viroqua East
ern Star Chapter will be held at Ma
scaic hall, Friday night, for the pur-
pose of conferring degrees on DIR. w.
NJ. Trowbridge and Miss Lois Suttle.
j. E. Nuzum and c. j. Smith have
disposed of their tenement bouse on
South Main street, occupied by Bert
Dustin, to Mrs. j. P Lowrie Of JEFF
ferson. who will move to the city to re-
side, Mrs. Lowrie sold her fine farm
to Paul Hanson, who has long been
leading citizen of Harmony town.
We have been told the following
story Of one of Viroqua's S older citizens:
A year ago the gentleman visited sis
ter 10 the west and brought home var
ious remembrances and little gifts. In
the spring, wh'll working in his gar
den, he remembered that she had given
him a little package of nice brown seed
that he thought were extra fine sweet
peas, go he dug deep trench, prepared
the dirt until it was in just the proper
degree of mellowness, placed the seed
in carefully at proper distances and
waited for them to grow in the due
season. He told his neighbars of the
I fine sweet peas he would have, but he