Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-01-13


-Dudley's coffees at J. Omundson's 5.
DIR. Chase, dentist, office in Nat
ional Bank building Phone 80.
Will Edwards and Frank Swain
have bought Glover Leaf" spreaders
of Chas. S. Slack & Co.
Ten thousand, eight hundred and
I fitty-two persons committed suicide in
this country last year.
Mrs. Z. C. Truesdale pleasantly en-
tertained the ladies of the C. L. club
at her home, Thursday afternoon.
Eagle Harp orchestra is the best in
the business. This organization fur
nishes music for dance at Opera hall
Thursday night. Don't miss it.
ID. o. Eyer of Platteville was here
demonstrating a double valve pump to
members of the city council, in view of
ins alling one at the new pumping sta
ton
-Hillsboro had a fire New Years
day in which the Worden and Mutch
building, one of the old land marks of
the village. was damaged to consider
| able extent.
-Benjaman Kaufman, one of the
ship, died at his home after long i'll
ness and much suffering from cancer of
the kidney.
The local branch of the Society of
Equity shipped carload of hogs We'd
nesday, the first live stock of any de-
scription being shipped by the society
from this city.
Mayor Chase has appointed and the
council has confirmed the appointment
of |. S. Hamilton as supervisor of the
First ward in place of Register T. o.
Mork, who resigned the Office.
The CENSOR today renews its Gus
tom of providing readers with Madi-
son letter during legislative sessions.
The writer is Mr.. Barton, newspaper
man of experience and ability.
-Esotea branch of the Americon So
ciety of Equity will hold Il meeting next
Saturday night. A program of speeches
and music has been arranged after
which refreshments will be served.
The Whist club will be entertained
Saturday night mt Woodman hall.
Those to entertain are: Messrs. and
Mesdames c. d. Williams. A. f. Smith,
c. w. Graves, j. Henry Tate and Mrs
Austin.
According to a news item in the
! Anoka (Minnesota) Herald, G. r. Fra
zier, superintendent of the Winona
schools, has been appointed assistant
! state superintendent of schools for Min
| nesota.
Fred Rood of Genoa delivered a II
acre crop of tobacco to the American
Cigar company, Thursday. which netted
| him the sum of S243 02. The price was
Haze, making a pretty good income
for so small an acreage.
! What's become of the old fashioned
boy who frequently related as how he
walked three miles to school i'll winter
minus overshoes, warm underwear, a
frozen dinner and sich? But then, those
tales of the old days are true.
DR. McElwee will visit his patients
at the Hotel Fortney on Wednesday,
/ January 20. The Doctors visits afford
unusual opportunities for persons suf-
| fering from chronic ailments to get
expert medical advice right at home.
TIL University of Wisconsin Agri-
cultural Experiment station has issued
bulletin No. l68. treating the subject,
Spraying potatoes against blight and
potato beetle. > Farmers may get one
free by addressing the Experiment sta
tion at Madison.
This is to say that the CENSOR is
the best advertising medium in all
western Wisconsin from circulation
standpoint, and you, Mr. Businss Man,
and everybody else, are invited to avail
| yourselves of its ability to aid you IN
this important day of publicity.
| - The CENSOR offire is in receipt of
/ the fortieth annual edit.cu of the SAN
| Diego Union, the serder bting our old
! time friend and toVnsman L. j. Layne.
| The edition in question contains 6S pages
ana sets fourth in an able manner the
natural and real advantages of that
beautiful western city.
We take special pride in calling at
tention to the first of a series of foreign
letters written by Henry C. MilIard,
which appears in today's CENSOR on an
inside page. This one, like those to
follow, is intensely interesting. They
are illustrated by scenes of parks, build
ings and other objects which attracted
Mr.. Millard's critical eye.
AT the annual meeting Of the Stark
Mutual Insurance Company held at
Rockton, Tuesday, January 6. M. Gil
lin was e-elected and Ham Cowan was
elected to succeed VIM. Selbach. The
capital stock of this company has been
raised to over $500. 600 and at present
there is nice balance on hand. Dur
| ing the wear 1908 no assessment was
made. La Fargo Enterprise.
AT the annna' -~oeting of the vi
roqua Cemetery association the bylaws
were amended to increase the number
of trustees from six to nine members
| The following trustees were elected
| For three years.. II. Tate, Emma
( Wvman, H. P. Proctor: for two wears
Fred Eckhardt. F. M. MinshalI. Mary
/ +. Rusk; for / year t. O. Mork, &.
D. Williams, Fred Wilkins. Directccs
will meet Monday evening to elect Of
ficers for ensuing year.
Don't tell all your troubles to your
/ friends You may think they viii be
very deeply interested, and that they
are anxio1s to help you, but as mat
/ ter of fact your pleadings will be some
/ thing like the wild flower that bushes
unseen and wastes its fragrance on the
desert air, ana your troubles will only
bore them, and they talk to other friends
about your weeping to thela.. 1t is a
/ hard lesson to learn, but such is the
WAYS of the world as we find it, with
bnt few and rare exceptions Nohly
/ bear your own ills and troubles and
silently plod your way -Ex.
The question of farm labor for the
year 1909 promises to be problem of
no mean proportions. The Commits