The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-05
Local Happenings
C. A. R. Campfire March 2.

Mrs. G. L. Culton Feb. 9Th.
Work in the Rank of Knight at the
K. of p lodge Tuesday evening, Feb. 9.
Miss Merilla Andrews has been APP
pointed postmistress at Evansville for
the third time.
Oscar Crandall and wife passed
Friday with Mr.. and Mrs. Dayton Hib-
bard at Walworth.
And the ground hog surely saw his
shadow on Tuesday, even if no one
caught him in the act.
The Ladies Society of the East
Koshkonong church will meet at Sam
Larson's Friday afternoon, Feb. 5.
Matt Williams, porter at the Carl
ton hotel, rejoices over the arrival of a
girl babe at his home on Sunday last.
j. @. Emery of Albion has been re-
appointed state food and dairy commits
sioner for two years by Gov. Davidson.
Those fountain pens are going fast.
Better be wise and get one before they
are all gone. See ad. on another page.
Ward Wentworth was snow-bound
on the Madison-P Portage division for
three days during the storm of last
week.
"A lady's watch was lost on the
street Monday afternoon. The name
Zoe" was engraved on the fob. Finder
please leave at this office.
Nearly one hundred taxpayers have
neglected to call at the office of Treas
nrer Dickinson and he will now begin
to call on them individually.
Mrs. C. B. Boutelle and son James
have returned from months visit at
the home of Mrs. Boutelle,s daughter,
Mrs. Chas. Rundell at Rewey, Wis.
With three bargain sales Brown &
Pringle, Perry, Babcock = during the
week, purchasers have had a good OPP
portunity to supply their needs at
greatly reduced prices.
The A. S. Phillips farm in Fulton
has been sold by Mrs. Emergene Cot
trell of New York to Morris w. Hahn,
40 acres at $500. The sale was effect
ed through the agency of North and
Wentworth.
The public library will be open on
Friday afternoon and evening, through
the month of February, in addition to
the three regular days. In case we are
still without lights, this week Friday
and Saturday evenings, it is hoped that
everyone who wishes book will try to
90 to the library before $50 p. m.
The man who went out to milk and
sat down on a boulder in the middle of
the pasture and waited for the cow to
back up, was brother to the man who
kept store and wouldn't advertise be-
cause he reasoned that the purchasing
public would back up to his place of
business, when they wanted something.
Will Bardeen did not sleep after
the storm, not as long as there was an
opportunity to get pictures of the
greatest storm this section has had for
years. t'Snow Bound would be a
proper title for the pictures, and he Sc
cnred over fifty different exposes. They
are made on post cards and placed on
sale. Mr.. Bardeen also has handsome
post card of the new high school build
ing and has it copyrighted.
January 9Oth was the anniversary
of the birthday of Mrs. Herman Bulb
litz and to celebrate the event in the
proper way about thirty relatives and
friends assembled at the Bublitz home
laden with baskets of edibles fit for a
wedding spread. The hours passed
there were pleasant ones, and before
leaving the company presented Mrs.
Bublitz with some handsome presents.
The next free lecture at the public
library will be given by Mr.. George B.
Merrick of Madison, on Wednesday
evening, Feb 10th. The subject of the
lecture is "Old Times on the Upper
Mississippi River" The stereopticon
views and Mr.. Merrick's entertaining
way of talking will make the lecture
interesting and instructive to both old
and young. The lecture will begin at 8
O'Clock and it is hoped that a good
crowd viii be at the library to greet
Mr.. Merriek
Rev. j. E. Harlin was called to
Stoughton Tuesday to officiate at the
funeral of Tim Lawrence, a well-known
character in this vicinity, who died
suddenly at noon on Saturday at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Jud Muir
ply in Porter. Mr.. Lawrence was 81
years old and was native of Cork,
Ireland. Lately he had become prac-
tically blind from cataract. Surviving
him are four children-two daughters,
Mrs. Orrin Viney and Mrs. Murphy of