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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-15
A FEW LITTLE BUMPERS.

That old saw, January would be a
fine month were it not for the weather,
will need to be reset if old Probs. doesn I
get busy and give us something differ.
ent soon.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-15

-"Viroqua" cigars are the best.
About twenty high school compan-
ions of Richard Fisher gave the young
man a pleasant surprise at his home
the Fisher Fairview farm-last Friday
night.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-15
Between Friends.

NanDld yoc notice how dreadfully
that piano needed tuning? Fan Why,
no, lear; thought it harmonized per-
fectly with your voice.-Cnieago Trlb-
une.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-15
MARRIED.

At the Norwegian Lutheran church in Lower
Coon Valley by Rev. Roalkvam. Mr.. Leonard Ray
of Montana and Miss Emma C. Stylen of Bergen.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-15
Lost and Found

Found-On December 10th, between
Liberty Pole and Joe Nelson's farm,
package containing wearing apparel
Inquire of VIM. Mills, Liberty Pole.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-15

There is no tyrant like custom and
no freedom where its diets are not
resisted Boyee.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-15
Wanted

WANTED-A farm to rent in the
spring about an so or 10 acre place,
with everything furnished except team.
Inquire at this office.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-15

Rock temples at Ipsampool, on the
Nile. are believed to be the worlds ok
est architectural ruins.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-15

At the residence of and by G. P. Aiken, Esq,
IN Chasehurg, January 8. Mr. Guy Pu.rer of
Stoddard and Miss Agnes Knudson IF Chaseburg.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-15

Miss Lena johnson daughter of J. t. johnson
of Readstown, wa married at AberdeeR, South
Dakota. to Mr.. Otto Zeller of that place.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-15

Al La Fargo. January s. by Court Commissioner
Drew. Mr.. Clyde McKittr!ck and Miss May d.
Hartley. both of Stark.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-15

At the residence of and by Rev. Eijkarud in
Cashton, January s. Mr.. Ebert Melgard and
Miss Wayne Zimdar. both of Cashton.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-15
Torrent

For RENT-a nine-room residence on
Main street. Inquire of Nels E. Fort
ney, Viroqua.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-15

Self-preservatiou is the first law of
nations as well as of nature.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-15

In Chicago, January 2, Mr., Albert Berkum ant
Miss Lizzie Mckee. both of Cashton.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-15

% CENsoR Want ads.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-15
Western Vernon Accidents.

On Monday afternoon, while John
Brush of this village, and Fred Hart
of Riverside, were cutting trees on the
ridge for John Robinson, Fred Hart
narrowly escaped being instantly killed
by falling tree. he in some way went
in the wrong direction and was struck
by the falling limbs. Dr. Tillmann of
this village was Immediately summoned,
and at this writing the young man is
said to be some better. -Stoddard
Times.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-15

Tom Stearns. who is staying at VIII
Haden's, met with a serious accident
last Saturday. While he and Frank
Haden together with the Misses Huldah
Shisler and Carrie Groh of Viroqua,
were coming from Mr.. Shisler's with a
load of clover stra~, the load tipped
over and Tom endea' oring to spring
from the load on the upper side, but
simultaneously the team! jumped, which
threw him upon his head and shoulders,
hurting the back of his head and caus-
ing internal injuries. DIR. Gundlach
was called at once, and Tom is now on
the gain. The rest escaped without
other injury than a few slight bruises.
Victory correspondence of De Soto
Argus.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-15

Totals ....... 2S01 5000. 547 81
Expired & cancelled 494 s21. 662 "
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-15
THIRTY-FoURTH ANNUAL STATEMENT

Risks No Amt
In force Dec. 81, 1906 2237 So, 966. 272 54
Written & renewed 'O7 564 I.1l4.275 90
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-02-29
9 A SUIT FOR
9 SPURIOUS RELICS
oaoesosssssooseoeeseeeeoss

\ remarkable suit has just been
decided in British court. a Greek
civil engineer while in Constanti-
nople became acquainted with Turk
who had in his possession silver
casket, which, according 10 his story,
contained a piece of the cross on
which Christ was crucifed. and one
OF the nails that had been used in
the crucitixion. Being a Mohamme-
dan. he had no reverence for the
precious relies. and wanted to dis
pose of them to q Christian pur-
chaser. lie had some idea Of the
value that they should have in Chris
tan eyes. and wanted a high price.
An English collector of cur!osities
visited Constantinople while a pur-
chaser was being sought, and tho
Creek introduced the Turk to him.
The collector was doubtful about tho
relies, for he knew that many spur
ious articles OF the kind were In ex-
istence. But if they were genuine.
it would be easy to sell them at
profit Finally, after some negotia-
ton, he offered to take them to sub
nit to experts, and undertook. If they
proved genuine, to pay $3.50 for
them. The antiquarians at the Brit
ish Museum declared them to be
spurious, and the collector therefore
refused to purchase them. There
upon he was sued for the money.
/ Being spurious, they were worthless.
but if they had proved genuine their
value would have consisted i'll their
associa ton with an event so sacred.
that to make them a matter OF bar
gain and sale would have been shock
ing to The Christian mild. That
there are men capable of engaging in
such traffic need not, however, occa-
sion surprise. There are some men
so set upon the making of money that
nothing is too sacred for them to
use in the pursuit. Most of the de-
faulters that are brought to justice
wore the cloak of piety to divert sus-
pic.on. 1t has always been SO. Even
in apostolic days a man had the
audacity to propose bargain for
the use of the Holy Spirit.-Chris-
tan Herald.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-02-29
How the Sunshine Warns Us.

The effect of the suns rays Is de-
termined by two circumstances-the
length Of time during which they act
continuously, and their direction.
When the sun is farthest from the
earth, as is the case in summer, it is
daily above the horizon for much
longer time than it is when nearest.
as at the winter solstice. This con-
.tinuous action intensifies the heat,
and the nights being short but little
of the heat is given of during the
suns absence. In summer again, the
suns rays reach US in more vertical
direction. and the days being longer,
than the nights more heat is absorbed
than radiated. In winter, the sun as
cending to q less elevation, the rays
reach US more obliquely, and the days
become much shorter, the result Is
that more heat is radiated than ab-
sorbed. The earth is equal In mag
nitude to forty-nine such bodies as
the moon.-New York American. ~~
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-02-29

- the waters Ct life re sat together,
fJand in hand in the golden DAYS
u The beautiful early summer weather,
When skies we're purple and breath was
when the heart kept tune t. the carol Of
birds.
i And the birds kept tune to the songs
which ran
through simmer OF flowers on grassy
swards
fyAnd trees with voices Aeolian.
= the rivers Of Life we walked together.
and my darling, unafraid;
Nnd lighter than any lnEet's feather
The burdens of Being on Us weighed
nnd Loves sweet miracles Ger US threw
Nantes OF Joy outiastiny Time.
Nd ND from the rosy morroWs grew
sound that seemed like marriage
chime.
Il the gardens of Life we straved together:
And the luscious apples were ripe and
red.
and the Ianguid lilac and honeyed heather
Swoonad with the fragrance which they
shed
And under the trees the angels walked,
And ND in the air a sense of wings
f,wed us .enderly while we talked
Softly in sacred commurings.
| n the meadows Of Life we strayed to-
gether.
Watching the waving harvests grow:
EAnd under the benson OF the Father
Our hearts, like the lambs skipped TO
and fro.
And the cowsiips, hearing or low replies,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-02-29

the business of raising fancy stock
With the money obtained from them
he could buy couple of imported
animals and put up a small stable.
If they should be damaged in any
way-and the man broke the egg he
was transferring to the case as the
thought struck him-he must begin
again at the beginning. He threw
in the last dozen eggs. and hurried
to the door of the basement
Down the road, beyond a series Of
little hiiis, cloud of dust was ris-
ing. It might be floating above his
cattle, and it might be simply dust
halo above a wagon. At any rate, for
better or for worse, it was beyond
his recall. To the west some strange
orange and black clouds were peep
ing above the prairie. The farmer
stared at them for a moment, then
turned, caught up the filled egg-case,
and hurried with it into the farm
yard. Into the back of the wagon he
showed the egg-crate. He noticed
that the team was restless. but as
it had been hitched and waiting for
an hour this did not surprise him.
When he went to the stock barn for
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-02-29

she fnumblco Then. "Why, that's
your ring, isn't it, Jay99'
Yes" said Jay. while the white
line about his mouth widened and tho
fear III his eyes grew more intense.
I'D rather be shot than answer it
but I've got to-"
Shakily he walked to the tele-
phone and took down the receiver.
THAT you, boss a nasal voice
| reached him. Glory b., | was
afraid you had started for town and
got caught in that tornado. I'm glad
| to hear your voice.
Jays hand shook so that he had
to press the receiver hard to his ear
to keep from dropping it. His eyes
had grown bright. and joy sounded
from his voice when he answ cred his
hired man.
| Where are you, Watson?" he de-
| handed. How did you miss the
storm: Did it kin all the cattle?"
To this three-b arreled question
Watson replied with his usual deliD-
Grafton. I'm over at mothers, and
l missed the storm by reason OF goin
half mile south Of it. The cattle
| is all right-little bit s,1ittish. but
/ guess we'll beat you into town yet.
The boy explained afterward that
! feeling sure a bad storm was com.
| ing, he had taken the road to his
mothers place, instead of keapins
| nd To
did not scold him for disobeyine
orders.-From the Youths Com.
panion.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-02-29
? WISE WORDS.

A fool and his money are soon
married.
One foot in the grave is worth two
in the same place.
On the other hand. the chess player
would rather pay rent than move.
Many a girls notion OF an ideal
man is any one who will propose.
Some women regard husband
merely as contrasting background.
A man is known by the company he
keeps and the friends he gives away.
It makes some fellows chesty to
think of all the medals coming to
them. :
know a man who is so blunt that
he even insists upon writing with 2
stub pen.
A skeptic is a man who always puts
mucilage on the back of a postage
stamp.
Genius wouldn't be so often misun-
derstood If it would only learn to use
q typewriter.
Despite the fact that she can't
throw a stone woman should have
an aim in life
The fellow who Is always on pleas
ure bent is apt sooner or later to be
on pleasure broke.
Experience teaches us that II We
want a thing cheap we must pay
pretty dearly for it.
Time and tide wait for no man.
but you can't make woman believe
it when she is putting on her hat.
About one woman in hundred is
fond of retailing gossip. l mean it.
The other ninety-nine handle it at
wholesale.
Salvation is free II it were only
marked down to ninety-eight cents
from 81 it would probably be more
popular. a.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-02-29

Rroidered fairer the emerald banks,
md glad tears shone in the daisies eyes,
And the tilnid violet glistened thanks.
Who was with US, and what was round lis,
Neither myself nor my darling guessed;
Only We knew that something crowned us
Out from the heavens with crowns Of
rest.
Only we knew that something bright
fingered lovingly where we stood,
Clothed with the incandescent light
Vi something higher than humanhood.
Q tire riches Love doth inherit,
All, the alchemy which doth change
Eross Of body and dregs OF spirit
Into sanctitias rare and strange! +,
My flesh is feeble and dry and old Il.
My darling's beautiful hair is gray; :;
BIT our elixir and precious gold ~
Laugh at the footsteps Of decay. i
Harms Of the world have come unto us,
Cups OF sorrow we yet shall drain:
Dut we have d secret which doth show us
Wonderful rainbows in the rain
And we hear the tread OF the years move
And the sun is setting behind the hills;
But my darling does not fear to die.
And am happy in what God wills.
So We sit by our household fires together,
Dreaming the dreams Of long ago;
Then it was balmy summer weather,
And now the valleys are laid in snow.
lc,cles hang from the slippery caves,
The wind blows-tis growing late
| Wei. we have garnered all our sheaves,
! | and my darling. and we wait
Richard Realf.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-02-29

as far as he was concerned. He
seemed to be freezing, and the sweat
that ran down his face was cold
sweat. The cloud was advancing with
the speed of the wind-the swiftest
of winds, for that matter. for the
young man knew that he was directly
in the path Of cyclone.
The act of forming the word in
his mind seemed to release him from
the terror that had bound him help
less in his seat, and he turned to
whip up the team. A little way ahead
a lane opened from the highway and
led toward the distant house OF one
of Jays neighbors. Straight for this
lane he urged his team, shouting to
the cows behind to step up. After he
had turned into the lane he looked
back, and found that the storm had
gained SO rapidly that he still was
| in jeopardy. He could see, too, that
the cloud was broader at the base
than it had looked when farther
away, so that anything within wide
duluS w DIS Sult W NC Nausoit' A|Ai
he turned back to his team, and let
them out to a greater speed.
He was going as fast as he could
| without dragging the COWS from their
feet. and with stubborn resolution
he refused to look round or to heed
| the swift advance OF the cloud. He
could hear trees swapping in its path,
and by this sign, and by the very
heavens above, him. he could tell
something Of how near the storm was.
Certainly he did not expect to escape.
When the noise Of the tornado sound
| ed behind him, and he found that he
and his horses were still on the
ground, be was surprised rather than
relieved. He was not out of danger,
however, for as ne looked down the
road after the dragging rope of the
cyclone. a terrific crash of thunder
sounded, and he saw the mass OF
clouds before him torn open by a
ragged seam of fire.
In the quivering, rosy light of the
! flash, he had a last glimpse of the
storm-cloud sweeping past the lines
of the fence, rising occasionally and
leaving spots unframed. then droop-
ing to tear up trees, and even posts.
! with its whirling tail, and to fill
the air with mass OF rubbish.
Afterward the darkness of night COW
cred him. Crash after crash of thun-
der shook the ground over which he
was driving. and with dazed faculties
he strove to control his maddened
team.
Fortunately his neighbours barn
was directly in line with the lane
| Still more fortunately. the double
doors were open. Jay guided his
team through the dark arch Of the
doorway, and brought up against a
row of stanchions. That was all that
kept him from going through the
barn and out the back way, he after
ward declared. With the shaking
knees OF one who has been through
the valley Of death, he crawled from
his wagon and tied the team to the
stanchions.
Half-heartedly he examined the
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-02-29
NOT WHAT GIVE, WHAT SHARE
(roR TINE GIFT WITHOUT CIvER, 10 eARED
wno GIVES HIMSELF WITH ALMS--FEEDS THREE
HIMSELF, His HUNoERINC NEl0HB0R, AND ME.


two muddy cows. They were putting
and wild-eyed, but apparently unin-
jured by their run. Then he went
to the door. waited for flash Of
lightning to show him the house, and
started toward it on run. He had
stood the strain as long as he could
without human companionship, and
even at the risk of being struck by
the darting lightning, he was deter
mined to reach the house.
He did reach it, and was received
by the two old people within with
gestures of welcome, but without a
word that could be distinguished.
After half an hour the storm began
to abate, and Jay was able to tell of
his race with the tornado. and of the
misfortune that had overwhelmed
him-for in the loss of his cattle the
young man thought he had been more
stricken than he would have been by
death itself.
And the boy" he groaned. His
mother widow. and me sending him
to his destruction-when he didn't
want to go! l thought it was just
his shiftlessness He was always
making excuses for putting things
Nff''
You're not to blame. JAY" the
woman of the house comforted him.
mo one will blame you. And you've
lost all that fine stock. It's terrible. :"
"You did the best you could" the
husband agreed.
After the storm had gone, leaving
behind it the odor of wet dirt and
fragrant meadows, the three went to
the door to see what was left. Limbs
OF trees were scattered even in the
farmyard. where the cyclone had not
come. The straight wind that fol-
lowed it had suflced to tear them
from the trees and to strew them
for rods in every direction. And
across the fields the watchers could
see q straw stack burning, where the
lightning had struck it. As they
stood on the porch. the telephone bell
rang. It was a party line, and the
old wo-an kept count.
zone. two. three and a shQ1t!"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-02-29

the two cows, he found that they,
too, were nervous and irritable.
Guess they're feeling the heat, ;"
he mumbled. Its time was on the
move. l made the boy start out in
the teeth of this storm, SO I guess
I ought to risk it myself"
He tied Daisy and Lass to the back
of the wagon, and drove slowly into
the road. It was terribly hot, this
July weather. The dust rose SO thick
ly about him that at times he could
hardly see the fields he was passing.
He had to drive slowly because of the
COWS. and this poking gait irritated
the team. so that they jerked at the
lines and SHE'D nervously every time
a weed stirred beside the fence CT
a stone turned under their heels. A
light breeze was blowing down the
road, going in the same direction as
the wagon, and bringing fog OF dust
along with it. Suddenly Jay mo-
ticed that even this breeze had died
out; and as he turned his head to
catch any sign of wind in the dis
lance, the sound of q continuous,
humming roar came to him. He
whirled in his seat and stared back
up the road.
The highway upon which the Haz-
Teton farm lay was the old State
road, running straight as plumb
line for nearly two hundred and fifty
miles. Between the farm and the
town lay a few Insignificant hills, but
for several miles on the other side
there was neither rise nor depression.
For this reason, when Jay turned In
his seat he could see nearly to the
old creamery, two miles away-not
quite SO far. because coming down
the middle Of the road and hiding all
that lay behind, dragged what ap-
peared to be the frayed end OF a
great black rope. into the air tow
cred this strand, bullying a. it as
cended, until it had reached its sum-
NIT. two hundred feet above the
prairie. and had widened into q fun
mel several hundred yards across.
Al Jay sat clamped to his seat. the
sultriness Of the day had disappeared.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-02-29

According to Electrician, Wen
ia firm has recently placed on the
market brushes made Of glass, which
are to replace emery cloth for clean
ing and polishing the commutators OF
dynamos and motors. These brushes
are said to clean the commutators
without scoring the metal, and their
use avoids the Inconvenience and
dangers of emery cloth.
An inexpensive instrument called
the "snakebite lancet" has been in
PRODUCED in India with splendid re-
suits 1t is being distributed by the
government in an effort to reduce the
fearful loss of life, which amounts to
5000 persons each year. A report
is to the effect that one person saved
the lives of twenty persons bitten by
cobras and kariats within the last
year by the use OF one lancet.
M. Maggiora, who purposes to abOl-
ish fog and has submitted his explo-
sive scheme to the London County
Council, seems to have no doubt of
the efficacy of his method-the shoot
ing of strong and searching currents
of air out of huge cannon or pro-
jectors. Eight or ten Of these
! weapons would, he says, be needed as
a permanent anti-fog apparatus for
London. Twenty explosives. costing
n
| twenty minutes" he says.
The automatic signalling lead of
Sjostrand, Swedish engineer, is a
so-called water kite" that is kept at
depth regulated by the line given to
it and that is uncoupled regis
! tering a signal on the vessels deck
when its forward end touches bottom.
The roof-like planes-pointiIg for
ward and downward-cause the kite
to "hy' directly downward as it is
pulled through the water. On becOm-
| ing uncoupled, the apparatus rises.
| when it is pulled in, and after slight
| adjustment is ready to be thrown
| again. Without Stacking speed, dan
! gerous shoals can be guarded against
in foggy weather or in unfamiliar
waters. or depth observations can be
made for any purpose.
One of the features of the recen.
| submarine tests at Newport was an
apparatus for the escape Of occupants
of a disabled craft under water. 1t
| is like a diving piece in appearance.
with head-piece and jacket. In the
jacket is a copper flask filled with
| oxylite, which generates oxygen. Be-
fore closing the glass face visor the
wearer places tube in his mouth
| connected with the flask, and the
! moisture from his breathing acts on
the oxylite so as to produce fresh air
to sustain life Oxylite was discovered
| by a Frenchman, but its application
to this purpose was made by the
| makers of the Octopus. The test was
made in hogshead of water, but was
| not entirely successful.