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Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1909-12-09
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Wilson Vance's novel of a Crom-
wellian soldier in old Virginia en-
titled big John Baldeth" is to be
brought out in England by the noted
Bristol publisher who introduced Hugh
Conway, Jerome K. Jerome, Anthony
Hope and other novelists of note.
Wilson Vance is the father of Louis
Joseph Vance, author of "The Brass
Bowl"
There will be given to the world
| this autumn two books about the late
Lord Kelvin, one Of the really great
| men of science Of the nineteenth CEN
tury. One is the formal biography by
| Professor Silvanus Thompson and the
other is a volume of personal reminis-
| cences written by his sister, Mrs. King
who has lately followed her brother
into the other world.
Mrs. Velma SWANSON Howard has
| returned to New York from a visit
to the celebrated Swedish author, Miss
| Selma Lagerlof. A new edition Of
| Mrs. Towards translation of Miss
Lagerlof's Christ Legends" has just
been issued. The book IS having a
success as literature aside from Its
| religious significance. Many of the
| legends it contains are not to be found
in the Bible and have q distinct
| quaintness and charm of their own.
Harry Delacombe, the author of the
Boys Book Of Airships," has been in
the British army and became much
interested in the subject on which
he writes. He is nov a specialist in
/ it and has a personal acquaintance
with most Of the leading inventors.
He has withheld his forthcoming book
from the press as long as possible in
| order to get in the very latest informa-
tion, and it includes accounts of the
Zeppelin dirigible and the Wright,
Curtiss, Farman, Bleriot, Antoinette
and other a%eroplanes as they appeared
at the international contests at Reims.
To see ourselves as others see us
Is always an interesting occupation,
and nothing can be more interesting
to an American than to know why he
is unlike the English and thu causes
that have made him the energetic,
enterprising, active man that he Is. In
A. Maurice Lows forthcoming book,
The American People," these things
are explained and the working of the
American mind is carefully analysed.
To be- told that American character
has been influenced by the Indian or
that one reason why we are different
from Europeans is because of our
cold waves is interesting.
Cicely Hamilton, the author of Mar
rage as a Trade" frankly admits that
she speaks as a spinster. Her claim
is that woman's M trade or means
of livelihood has been to please man,
to marry him if possible, and to do the
work that he Judges too tiresome or
uninteresting to do for himself. The
result has been not only that her
profession of matrimony has been
o~vercrowded but also that the low
grade of woman's wages is due to her
lack of interest in her work and re-
gard for it on account of her belief
that her only respectable career was
the marrying Of SOIne good man, or in
case that failed in becoming the wife
of an unworthy man Miss Hamilton
is an English woman and the author
Of Diana of DobsOn'S."
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1909-12-09

I began using Doan's Kidney Pills,
and in two weeks ! was improving.
Then by leaps and bounds / got better
until we'll and back at work. After
such mortal agony this seemed won
derful."
Remember the name-Doan's. Sold
by all dealers. so cents a box. Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1909-12-09
He caught a little cold
That was all. (Puck.)

Neglect of a cough or cold often
leads to serious trouble. To break up
a cold in twenty-four hours and cure
any cough that is durable mix two
ounces of Glycerine, a half-ounce of
Virgin Oil of Pine compound pure and
eight ounce of pure Whisky. Take a
teaspoonful every four hours. You can
buy these at any good drug store and
easily mix them in a large bottle.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1909-12-09

was helpless III bed
with m u S C u | a +
rheumatism a n d
had to be fed. My
feet swelled, my
legs were rigid.
black spots fitted
before my eyes and
I was sore all over.
Doctors didn't help
me and l couldn't
raise hand or foot.
To 0leaSe nv wife
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1909-12-09
This VIII Interest Mothers.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Chill
dren, used by Mother Gray. a nurse in
Children's Home. New York. cure Consti-
patton, Feverishness, Teething Disorders.
Stomach Troubles and Destroy Worms (;
5000 testimonials of cures. All drug
gists. 25c. Sample FREE. Address Allen
S. Olmsted, LIE Roy. N. Y.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1909-12-09
Depfh OF

It's q suspicious woman who win 90
through her husbands pockets at night
10 see If he mailed the letter she gave
aim that morning.-Des Moines Reg
lister and Leader.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1909-12-09
a Record.

What was the matter with that boy
I sent you?"
He isn't honest"
you must be ~mistaken!"
mo, I'm not. He said he was truth
'ul and that he loved work, and a boy
that can lie twice with half a dozen
words is too swift for our business
Houston Post.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1909-12-09

A statesman is a man who is willing
to stand VI and let a lot of cheap pol
iticians push him into office.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1909-12-09

Rheumatism and Neuralgia never could
get along with Hamlins Wizard Oil.
Wizard Oil always drives them away
from the premises in short order.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1909-12-09

Constipation causes and seriously
aggravates many diseases. 1t Is thor
oughly cured by DR.. Pierce's Pellets.
Tiny s~ugar-coated %granules.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1909-12-09

The supply of bamboo in Japan is
gradually decreasing, the groves hav-
Ing been attacked by a disease which
causes them to decay.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1909-12-09

The firt should be punished for con.
tempt of court.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1909-12-09
A Little Cold.

He caught a little cold
That was all.
So the neighbors sadly said,
AS they gathered round his bed,
When they heard that he was dead.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1909-12-09
A, W. GLEASON.
ISEAL)

NOTARY PUBLIC
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly ON the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. Send for testimo-
malls free.
F. J.CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1909-12-09

Nothing annoys the average woman
more than to have a clerk try to hur-
ry her along when she is shopping.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1909-12-09
Homeless Cases.

Many a man is SO lacking in the es-
sentials of success that he isn't ven q
successful liar.-New York Times.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1909-12-09

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for
children teething, softens the gums, re-
duces Inflammation, allays pain, cures
wind collie. Csc a bottle.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1909-12-09
Tbere Was a Reaxou.

willie, I am glad to see you chew
ing your victuals so thoroughly" said
the frugal elderly relative with whom
he was dining.
Eyes, gran'ma," answered Willie;
I'm maxim 'em go as fur as I kin"
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1909-12-09

WE PAY 11-13C FOR cow HIDES.
Furs are also very high. We sell traps
cheap. Ship to and buy of the old reliable
N. w. Hide & Fur Co, Minneapolis, MINI.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1909-12-09

There is a great deal of crookedness
In the world, but not half as much as
is claimed.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1909-12-09
HAVE a a

People have SO many ways of beins
mean.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1909-12-09
HELPLESS WITH RHEUMATISM.

The Experiences of Many Who Do
Not Know the Kidneys Are Weak.
Jacob G. Bahr, Is Broadway, Leba-
non, Ohio, says: For three months |
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1909-12-09
TRUTHFUL ADVERTISING
The BASIS OF SUCCESS.
Since the Ingredients Entering Peruna
Are Known, Its Power as q Catarrh
Remedy and Tonic is
Understood

ouuC1oUOOU
COLUMBUS, OHlO.-The ac-
tive ingredients entering the most
popular household remedy in the
world have been made known to
the public. This means a new era
in the advertising of popular fam
lily medicines-Peruna leads.
Peruna contains among other
things, golden seal, powerful in its
effect upon the mucous mem
branes. Cedron seed, a rare
medicine and unsurpassed tonic.
Cubebs, valuable in nasal catarrh
and affections of the kidneys and
bladder. Stone root, valuable for
the nerves., mucous membranes
as well as in dropsy and indi-
gestion.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1909-12-09
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, ,

HUOAO NUONI1.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is
senior partner of the firm of f. j. Cheney s
Co., doing business in the City of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS for each and every case of Ca
taarh that cannot be cured by the use of
Halls Catarrh Cure. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December, A. D.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1909-12-09
Too Much Realism.

"Why are you crying, Johnny?'
1--WE was playing train and l was
the engine"
Eyes"
"And pa coined in and switched
me."-Judge.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1909-12-09

The woman who is old enough to
know better knows better than to be
too DID.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1909-12-09

HAVE YOU A COUGH, OR oil?
II SO take at once Aliens Lung BalSam and watch
results. Simple, safe, effective. All dealers. POpu-
Tar prices-25c. SOC and Sl.00 bottles.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1909-12-09

Much of the charity that begins
abroad never reaches home.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1909-12-09
~EYPOSuRE TO col

Charity is a cloak sometimes used to
cover an amateur concert.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1909-12-09

EXPOSURE TO COLD
and wet is the first step to Pneumonia. Take Perry
Davis Palnkiller and the danger is averted. I'm
equaled for colds, sore throat, quinsy. 25c. 35c and Soc.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1909-12-09

Flattery is often as effective as it is
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1909-12-09
NEW RAILWAYS IN CENTRAL
CANADA.

cheap.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-10-06
Orig.s a1Sett1ements onKickapoo
Writ. for the CENSOR by Mrs. ]. s. Earl, (nee
0na Bennett) a former Rockton girl

across the street from the blacksmith
shop where the first threshing ma
chine was constructed, and was an in
terested observer of its development,
her recollection of Gen. La Fayette's
last visit to this country, the excite
ment following Napoleon's defeat at
Waterloo and other events we know as
history. were more interesting than
many "best seller -
Seeleyburg is nov known as North
La Fargo, its younger neighbor, Ter
minus of the Kickapoo branch cl the
Z. M. q st. P, having outstripped the
the ole time saw mill town.
At Viola, on the line between Yer
non and Richland counties, a small
colony from western New York settled
IN 1854, among them the Hull, Rogers,
Turner, Loveless, Simmons and Cliff
families, whose descendants still re-
side there. "Abe" Cushman was the
pioneer sawmill operator at Viola. and
his name is held in honored remem-
brance'through the entire length of the
valley.
Near kickapoo Center the west branch
of the Kickapoo flows into the main
stream. This branch rises in Vernon
county, northeast of Westby, and
passes the villages of Bloomingdale and
Avalanche.
Readstown was settled and plated
by David Read in 1855. 1t was the
home of the well-known Bliss family,
of which Mrs. j. o. Davidson is a
daughter. Here was located the first
Touring mill on the Kickapoo in the
earl. fifties. To this mill the grain
was brought in boats until roads were
made through the wilderness.
Soldiers Grove, in Crawford county,
was first called Pine Grove, owning to
the wealth of pine timber in it's inn
mediate vicinity. Among its leading
citizens are numbered the present Gov
ernor of Wisconsin, Hon. j. o. David
son, and well-beloved Atley Peterson,
recently deceased.
Gays Mills takes its name from Sphn
B. Gay, who established himself there
as lumberman in 184S, after several
seasons of trapping and various activi-
ties up and down the valley. Here, too,
is splendid water power owned and
operated by Assennblyman George T.
Atwood and Hon. j. A. Haggerty.
Bell Center is named for the Bell
family, whose homestead stands on an
eminence commanding a view of the
valley for miles around.
Petersburg is product of the rail
road, and being near center of Craw-
ford county, an attempt was made some
fifteen years ago to have it made the
county seat.
Barnum and Steuben are the souther-
most towns in the valley, and at Wau-
zeka the Kickapoo flows in the Wis
consin. Here Father Marquette must
have observed the mouth of the stream
when he passed down the Wisconsin in
June, 1913, in search of the Mississippi,
whose broad waters awaited him less
than twenty miles away.
A new generation is rising in the
kickapoo valley. with new interests
and .widened opportunities. Soon the
old days of numbering and running the
river" will be, forgotten and the pict-
uresque charm lost to posterity unless
their history be preserved while yet
there remain living witnesses of the
life of early years on the river.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-10-06
YOUNG PEOPLES. CONVENTION
La Crosse and Fillmore Districts Of Un-
tied Lutheran Church will Meet
to Organize League.

Viroqua will have the honor of enter
tanning the first young peoples conven-
ton of the La Crosse and Fillmore dis
tricts of the United Norwegian Luther
an church of America. The convention
will open on Friday, October Is, with a
reception to the visiting delegates and
ministers, given under the auspices of
the local congregation and its young peo-
pies society.
On Saturday, the 10th, sessions will
be held forenoon, afternoon and possi-
bly, also in the evening. Necessary busi-
ness will be transacted and papers on
timely young peoples topics will be
read and discussed. Because of the
remodeIing o. our own churcn, these
meetings will be held at the Christian
church. Should that prove too small
then we will use the tabernacle.
On Sunday, the 18th, the convention
will close with three large meetings at
the tabernacle. In the forenoon SER
vices will be conducted in Norwegian
by Rev. R. Anderson of La Crosse. In
the afternoon mixed program will be
rendered. And in the evening Rev. H.
P. Grimsby will preach in English. A
large joint choir from Cashton. Westby
and Viroqua is expected to sing at these
meetings. Those who Intend to attend
the meetings on Sunday are requested
to come early in the forenoon and bring
lunch baskets. Coffee can secured on
the grounds free of charge
The object of this convention is to
organize joint young peoples league
of the La Crosse and Fillmore districts.
This league will then hereafter hold an
nual conventions in different places and
superintend the organization and activ-
ity of young peoples societies in these
two districts. These districts have in
all twenty ministers and sixty-three
congregations, the majority of which
are large and fiourishing parishes. The
pastor and several delegates from each
young peoples society are expected to
come, and the congregations nearby
will no doubt turn out in large numbers.
So we are looking for a big convention
and an auspicious beginning of the
young peoples league which will here
be organized. The meetings, Saturday
and Sunday, the 10th and 18th, are open
to the general public and you are all
welcome, young and old alike.
c. E. SYBILRUD, Pastor.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-10-06
Editorial OUerfioW
AND ANOTHER wILLrN, BARKIs

And now comes young millionaire
manufacturer from the city of Racine
with the announcement that he is will
ing to assume the duties of governor
of Wisconsin. Mr. William Mitchell
Lewis is the gentleman, and he tells
the three million people of the state
mot twenty-five of whom outside of the
city of Racine know or ever heard of
him. that he believes he is the proper
person to save the state to progress
sivism." 1t occurs to US that the lustv
yells of few of the down trodden"
in the last legislature are still fresh in
the ears of Wisconsin people in acclaim
against rich men in state politics. But
it is barely possible that young Mr..
Lewis money in politics would not have
that poisonous sting because it has
been mainly accumulated in the manu-
facture and sale of those highly nee
essary vehicles, the modern automobile.
But let's give the young men a chance
to show their good will for things pro
gressive," for is not the auto progress
sive and necessity?
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-10-06
A NICE LUMP FROM THE STATE
Vernon County Insane Asylum Earnings
are About as Usual for the Year

The state board of control has COM
pleted its allowances TO county asylums
for caring for the unfortunates in these
institutions. Vernon is fortunate. as
usual, in earning capacity, and is ac-
credited with $15, 761.79. The state
pays to these local asylums $1.50 per
week as its contribution for our pa
tients cared for at home, while for all
patients from other counties the allow
ance is $500. There are thirty-three
county asylums in the state. 'One-third
of these had higher earnings than our
institutions, while two-thirds of them
earned less.
On the last day Of August, there were
cared for in the state and county hos
pitals for the insane 6,448 patients, Of
whom 4,528 were in county asylums and
1920 in state asylums. The sexes were
divided, males, 1868, females, 2,785--
878 more males than females. The ra
ito of insane in our state is to 375;
that is, out Of every 375 of Wisconsin 8
population, one is cared for by the
state or county in one of the institu-
tions for the insane.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-10-06
CHURCH NOTES

Franklin young peoples society viii
meet with Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas T.
Fortney next Sunday afternoon. Every
body welcome.
The Brookville ladies' aid society
will meet at the home of Mrs. Frank
Edwards, October II, for dinner. All
are cordially invited.
Services on Springville circuit, Sun
day, October 10, are as follows: Lib
arty Pole, ii 100 a. m. Brookville, 300
p. m. Springville, 1880 p. m.
The United Lutheran young peoples
society Of Zion congregation will meet
on October 10, at The home Of Ole G.
Hanson, 81 miles northeast of town.
Ladies aid society of the Christian
church will be entertained at home of
Mrs. K. II. Drake on Friday afternoon,
October s.
Congregational ladies' aid society
will be entertained by Mrs. Hamilton
and Mrs. Kuehn at the church parlors,
Wednesday, October IL.
On Thursday evening, October Ia, at
Bishop Branch Methodist church at 800
O'Clock, a service of worship and praise
will be conducted at the above named
church by Rev. T. E. Henderson. After
the service business meeting will be
held. All persons interested are re-
quested to be present.
Rev. T. l.. Stevens Of Sparta preach
es at the Advent Christian church in
Springville next Sunday, both morning
and evening.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-10-06

OF the very earliest inhabitants of
the picturesque region traversed by the
beautiful Valley of the Kickapoo moth
ing definite is known. Here and there
on hill tops commanding distant views,
or on undulating bench lands, half way
between the river and the heights, are
found the earth works which give them
the name of Mound Builders. That
here they lived and toiled and passed
away we know, but nothing else of
their story.
After them came the Indians-Win-
nebagoes, Pottawatomies, Foxes and
Sacs. wandering north in summer, south
in winter, fishing, hunting and trapping,
possessing the country without estab-
fishing permanent abiding places.
The first white men known to have
visited the Kickapoo were the u. S.
troops under Gen. Atkinson, who crossed
the valley somewhere near the site of
Soldiers Grove in June, 1882, in pursuit
of Chief Black Hawk and his war party,
However, on low bluff everhanging
the river in the upper valley were found
some years ago a number of English
coins bearing dates in the reign of
George III. Whether these coins were
relics of some very early explorers ante
dating the Atkinson expedition, or
whether they were dropped there in
later years, is not known.
Traders and trappers visited the val
ley for some years before permanent
settlement began, which was about
1850. Early locations were almost all
chosen with view to the possibilities
of developing the water power, and
with the passing of the old water power
sawmills many of the original sites were
abandoned.
Those who travelled the Kickapoo
valley twenty years or more ago will
remember the old Waite mill and home
stead in Monroe county, the dam being
the one nearest to the head waters of
the stream. Like all other water power
sawmills it is now practically a thing
of the past and the mill has fallen in
decay.
At Ontario, on the line between Mon
roe and Vernon counties, Giles White
settled in 1856, nd the town of Whites
town was named Tor him. The next
settlement down the stream was the
0strander mill at 0den, six miles south
of Ontario, mill, postoffice and hamlet
having now all passed way. At Rock
ton, on the town line between Whites
town and Stark, is one of the finest
water powers on the Kickapoo, the dam
being built on the solid rock bottom of
the stream. The village is the only one
in the entire valley built wholly on the
bench land out of reach of high water.
The water power at Rockton was de-
veloped by Van S. Bennett, one of the
earliest and most extensive operators
in the Kickapoo lumber trade. 1t is
now owned by A. +. Widmer.
Seelyburg, in the town of Stark. was
named for Dempster Seeley, mill owner
and Methodist clergyman, an eccentric
and widely known character. His wild
ow, Aunt Mariett,' a woman of bril-
liancy and energy unsurpassed, died q
few years ago at the ripe age Of ninety
three, leaving rich heritage of tender
memories and humorous anecdotes to
the scores who had enjoyed her friend
ship and hospitality in former years.
Her "reminiscences of her early girl
hood in New England, where she lived
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-10-06

One Chas. II. Schweizer, free trade
democrat of La Crosse, announces that
he will join the republican party for the
purpose of assisting to make the party
of Lincoln, Grant, Garfield, Mckinley
and Taft free-trade party. That's
exactly what his announcement means
when Mr.. Schweizer say without waiy-
ing any fundamental objections which
| may hold against the principle of a
protective tariff. " And there are other
democratic free-trade newspapers and
politicians who just now appear to
think they are, or soon will be, the re-
publican party. No, Mr.. Schweizer, you
had better continue your legal profes-
sion of squeezing poor, indefensible
clients and working the corporation
telephone monopoly you have so long
been engaged in. The republican party
has not been free-trade organization
in the past and will not be in the fu-
ture. The people of Wisconsin and
the United States are prosperous and
the farmers do not want tc return to
ten-cent corn and oats and three-cent
hogs, or the working classes to soup
houses, just for the pleasure of accom-
modating few free trade democrats.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-10-06
Real Estate Transfers

Stoll & Chase report the following
sales through their real estate agency.
Jacob M. Whites 80-acre farm in
town of Viroqua to Ike Silbaugh.
The George Allen 280-acre farm in
town of Jefferson to Fl. E. Anderson of
Nottingham Ridge. Consideration, SIT,
$50.
George Schroeder's farm, stock and
tools, near Viola, to Percy Vance. Con-
sideration, $1,000.
The John Scriven farm of 1872 acres,
located in the town of Liberty, to jacob
M. White of Viroqua town.
They also disposed of the Baker
eighty west of town for w. N. Francis
of Portland, Oregon.