Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-08-21
Bits of Local News

: Had your vacation vet?

Mrs. Ii. P. Larson visited Cashton
friends, last week
Money to loan on real estate secur-
~. Butt & Butt.
Mrs. r. H. Graves is visiting her
mother in-law, Mrs. NJ. j. Lapham, in
Sparta.
Miss Schlick of La Crosse, is visit
ing al the home of her uncle, w. I'll.
Stogdil
a little daughter was recently born
to MIR and Mrs. l. Il. Officer at Edmore,
North DaEota.
A car of bridge plank just arrived
at the Tibbit-Cameron yard. First
come, first served.
Mrs. Earl Truesdale and little
daughter are visiting the lady's moth
er, near Sugar Grove.
Miss Efiie Ady spent few days in
Sparta, last week, at the home of her
grandfather, |. H. Ady.
Miss Kirkendorfer, a teacher in
Viroqua Business college, has been
visiting the H. l.. Rayner family.
Mrs. Maude Russell Ferguson of
Duluth, Minnesota, is visiting at the
home of her father A. l.. Russell.
What's become of the old fashioned
boy who held up two fingers as sig
nal to his chums to go in swimming?
Mr.. and Mrs. Van Duzee of Cash
ton, are visiting the lady S sisters, Mrs.
H. T. Forum and Miss Lee, in this
city.
Miss Caroline Morterud of Bloom
ingdale, spent Saturday and Sunday
here at the home of Mrs. Bertha Boil
stad.
Hon. VIM. Kingston, who has been
at La Crosse hospital for treatment
several weeks, returned to our city last
Friday.
No better school anywhere than
The Brandrnp & Nettleton Business
College, Winona, MINI. Get fine cata-
log now free.
Uncle John Foster of Red Mound,
is paying a summer visit to his daugh-
ter, Cora, at Madison, who is the wife
of DIR. H. McEiwee.
To new subscribers in the county,
the CENSOR will be sent to January /,
for 25 cents. Send in your names ac-
companied by the money
C c. Brown tells the CENSOR tn.
he measured the growth of Il pumpkng
for three days and daring that period it
made better thai three feet.
Keep cool md wear suit of that
fine 'tlinen me h" underwear, comfort
able and serviocaElc; only So per suit.
Blue Front Store.
Mrs Victor Lind, nee Carrie Iuger-
soil, of Bowbells, North Dakota, is
spending two weeks here with her
grandfather, Mr.. j. j Wilsey
During August we want you to
come in and price our first class full
size dress and work shirts. We will
surprise you The Blue Front Store
MIR. and Mrs. A. c. Anderson of
Readstown. were in Viroqua on Wed
nesday Of lat week, enroute to Buffalo
county where they will visit relatives.
Bert Dyson, who is the guest of
his brother, w. d. Dyson of this city,
has been spending few days at
Blooming dale at the home of Mrs. Sina
Morterud, visiting with his boyhood
friends there
Contractor G. l.. Smith of South
Kalkauwa, arrived here, Friday morn
ing, to inspect the p4ogress of the work
on the bank building. He found every
thing satisfactory and returned to his
home, Saturday.
Miss Ruth Shilling, formerly EN-
ployed in the Leader office and of late
ia a newspaper office in Galena, Illinois,
is visiting friends and relatives in this
city. She will attend the Platteville
normal this year.
j. Henry Bennett, attorney and
counselor at law Herrick building, VII
roqua. VIII practice in all state and
federal nny1ocst.ov,c ord
veyancing. Commercial collections.
Local and long distance phones in office.
Boys Wearproof clothing means
all that the name implies, together with
the style and fit necessary to have the
boys look right. Bring the boy along
aud try on few coats. You will see
the difference between tWearproof'
and the others. The Blue Front Store.
Miss Agnes Hartnett, who was en-
gagged to teach our fourth-fifth graGt,
mas resigned the position and Miss Eli
nor Thomas of Wausaukee, has been
engaged in her place. Miss Thomas
comes highly recommended as a teach
er of experience, and she is also
graduate of musical training school.
A farmer has made discovery that
will be of vast Importance to farmers
during the dry season. He has found
that by planting onions and potato es
in the same field in alternate rows, the
onions, being o strong, bring tears to
the eyes of the potatoes in such volumes
that the roots of the vines are kept
moist and big crop is raised in spite
of the drought. Exchange.
In the Mississippi river at Lynx
vile, last Tuesday evening, Clyde
Bright, son of leading business man,
was drowned While riding in a launch
young Bright struck match to light
his pipe, which ignited the gasolene in
the boat tank Bright and two other
boys jumped overheard, the former
being a poor swimmer, found watery
grave. Mr. Bright was brother of
Mrs. J. H. Rogers of Victory.
"A Stod6ard correspondent says that
or Saturday evening the home of Mr.,
and Mrs. j. G. Johnson was the scene
of a pleasant social gathering. Over
seventy of the leading citizens of the
village took possession of their home
and presented them with a beautiful
set of dining room chairs and purse.
Mir. johnson responded with few ap-
propriate remarks. Ice cream and
cake were served.
Considerable comment has been
caused in the cities visited by "Pana-
ma, the new melodrama, by the novel
method of locomotion used by Miss