The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-05-15


An illustrated lecture on the life Of
Christ will be given at the Norwegian
Lutheran church next Sunday evening
by Rev. r. o. Brandt of Mcfarland.
&C. F. Mabbett. j. M. Conway and
Sam Wileman attended the combination
horse sale in Chicago last week and
neither one Of them could resist the
temptation to purchase sample of the
offerings. Mr.. Mabbett bought the bay
stallion by Barenmore, with mark OF
2:2714 with only slight training. He is
very handsome horse, six years old and
is believed will develop into something
good. Mr.. Conway bought the High
wood colt Famous Brewer" half broth
er to Just the Thing" which he sold
last season for $500. He was bred by
August Nihlein of Milwaukee and is ex-
pected to show speed when developed,
but has never been tracked. Sam Vile
man selected PAGER that can show
good clip as a driver, and all were
shipped home on Friday last.
"A bit of local color is given the La
porte, Ind, tragedy, which has been the
talk of the country during the week,
from the fact that relatives of the late
Peter Guinness reside in this county.
Swanhilda Guinness, a daughter, lives
in the family of Elias Simonson on AL
bion Prairie. She was given home
with them after the death of her grand
mother According to Swanhilda she
was at the Indiana home of her step
mother for nearly year after her papa
died before her Uncle Gust came for
her. During this time she wished she
could go away. Mrs. Guinness was cruel
to here, both she and her little compan-
ions, Lucy and Myrtle, Mrs. Guinness
own two little girls, we're afraid of the
woman and so was Jennie Olson, who
was older and lived with them. Carl
Guinness, brother, has resided in Ed
gerton for some years, being employed
by Andrew Jensen & Sons. Steps are
to be taken Immediately to protect the
interests of Swanhilda Guinness in the
estate of her stepmother, the alleged In
diana murderess. Attorneys will be em-
ployed by her uncle, Carl Guinness Of
Edgerton, who will go to Laporte to aid
in solving his brothers. Swanhilda's
fathers death. The notoriety which
these members of the family have re-
ceiIed has been quite distasteful to them.
-A~
A Remarkable Gain.
The feeding of sheep and lambs for
market is business which the farmers
in the alfalfa district OF Colorado are
getting down to science. There is no
stock that comes upon the Chicago mar
ket that brings such high prices as the
Colorado fed stuff. A good many sheep
and lambs from that state have been
handled through the Shepard feeding
yards in Edgerton the past month and
at one time more than ten thousand
were held here for shearing and feeding
before being forwarded to market. There
is one Cotswold lamb brought here by
g. w. Morsman of Ft. Morgan. Colo,
which has made most astounding rec
ord of gain that is worthy of mention.
The lamb was brought with bunch
from a Wyoming range in December
last. During the months of January,
February and March the animal gained
Is pounds each month on a ration of al
falfa and corn. In April he gained Z
pounds and stood shipping to the yards
here. On May 1st he was shorn of IA
pounds of wool and then weighed 1876
pounds. May 9th he was weighed again
at $50 pounds, showing a gain of IA
pounds, the exact loss of the fleece, in
days. At the market price that day the
gain, of the week was worth SO cents.
The station feed was screenings and
cracked corn, of which the animal is es-
timated to have consumed not over 80
pounds, besides its hay, between weigh
ings.