Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-12-22
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Said or Written to the Censor
p. j. LaYne, San Diego, California:
I'The article on your southern triI,
made me a bit reminiscent. My Oldest
brother, Capt Newton NJ. Layne, tf
Co. G 18th Wis. Vols, was through tie
seige of Vicksburg, and there coil
tracted the sickness which ended his
young hfe. have many letters writ
ten by him from the different points
mentioned by you, and recall vividly,
and yet painfully, the family anxiety
on his account A member of the fam
Gus Prentiss brigade that withstood the
brunt Of Beauragard's assault of the
battle of Pittsburg Landing in April
'62, and being one of the prisoners taken
at that time and spending seven months
in southern prisons, he came home and
rejoining his regiment served in the
western army until after the fall OF
Vicksburg, and little later succumbed
to the fatal malady which carried so
many to patriot 5 graves. Remembering
40 well the bitterness of the strife be-
tween the north and south in thGse
awful years, | can scarcely realize that
the sectional animosities have so nearly
disappeared, and that all now love the
MY health is far from rugged, but am
holding the office down in manner quite
satisfactory to myself and, ! am glad
to say, to public Wifes health is
very poor and she spends much of her
time at our cottage home in the noun
tain valley, Ramona. Newton, our boy,
completed hrs college course last June
and is now teaching. Weather conil-
tions here are all the heart could wish,
cool nights, fresh invigorating mcrn-
ings and bright warm days. Frost in
some places in the back country--iu
valleys near the mountains.
Hans Stegen, jefferson: eyes we
are having good times in this country,
and il would appear that the farmers
are getting the cream Of things. |
have not forgotten the hardships that
we pioneers Of Vernon county exper-
fenced forty and fifty years ago. Then
there was no market or demand for the
producte of our farms and it was des-
perate shedding for laborfrs to secure
work, and we were obliged to travel
long distances to sell what little we had
and get mighty little for it. Butter at
six to ten cents a pound, eggs three to
six cents dozen, dressed pork three to
four cents. these were he good old
days of free-t.dd. and the conditions
that free. trade d'mocrats and mug
wumps want us to return TO. do not
believe many farmers care to take
chances of change to please few
dissatisfied agitatos and theorists who
are preaching discomfort.
Chas. T.. Ward, Glendive, Montana:
II am out here on on real estate busi-
ness. Yesterday morning at day break
party of six of us started with two
teams and drove thirty-five miles al d
returned here at nine o'clock in the
evening, making a seventy miles drive
1t was seventeen degrees below zero
when we started, but | did not feel the
cold as much as in Wisconsin when it is
ten uelow. There was no snow and we
saw horses and cattle grazing on the
prairies. This country is settling up
fast and farmers are receiving very
large yields in crops of all kinds. |
saw former citizens from La Crosse and
Vernon counties in my trip yesterday.
We took dinner with Gust Schlitz, an
old friend of mine He moved his
family mere from La Crosse last spring.
They are twenty miles from Glendive,
the nearest railroad station. His neigh
Dor, homesteader sold the relinquish-
ment on his place for $500. "
DR.. Porter 'It was mighty tough
proposition delivering milk to my pa
irons during the period Of rough roads
and it took me good por 'on of every
day to make the rounds. ! am told
that the creamery product at surround
ing points fell off more than fifty per
cent while the roads were in that al
most impa ssable shape, and there was
doubtless more butter made by the
housewives at home than in like per-
iod for Yeas.
J. M. Huston, Ismay, Non tana:
"Have moved here and located on a
homestead Of one hundred and sixty
acres of land We have been having
some real winter weather at times.
On the night Of the 18th it rained most
Of the night and then turned to snow;
couple of inches fell. 1t then cleared
up with whirling wind from the north
west. like the country so far splendid,
and believe it is going to be good
farming country. Such crops as were
raised last summer did well. Almost
everything in the way of grain and
vegetables does better here than in
Wisconsin.
S. w. MeteaIf, Sisson, California: "a
happy and prosperous New Year to the
grand old CENSOR. Long may she live
to assert her power and her influence
for good"
Mrs. John Wilkinson, Readstown:
"The CENSOR has been a welcome
visitor for good many years, and we
could hardly get along without it.
Geo w. Heron, Leipzig, North Da-
kota: ''It bas been very prosperous
year with us, good crops and good prices
for all farm produce; very pleasant
weather SO far this winter; just enough
snow to cover the ground at present.
TAX NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TFfATTHR I'M
~ dersigned. treasurer Of the town Of Niroqua
Nin receive tax money commencing December Gath
a. one per cent until january 81. 1910. Will be
at Bank of Viroqua Fridays and Saturdays and at
Bank Of WsHtby on Mondays.
CARI. Nj FRofLAND Treasurer.