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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-12-08
SALOON CHIEF LECTURES AT
HIGH SCHOOL.

Detroit News.-Friday afternoon
Detroit was treated TO the spectacle
of the head of one of the local liquor
dealers associations lecturing in the
central high school building to central
high school boys on the benefits of
alcohol. This big chief of the sa-
loon element was given the privilege
OF the floor of a public schoolroom to
tell young men that the instruction OF
their textbooks and teachers regard
ing the evil effects of alcohol on the
human system was all rot and lie
Called lies" and referred to Seth Low
and President Emeritus Eliot as ex.
amples of men who defended these
ST tements. AS to Seth Low there is
no reference at hand, but President
Eliot raid no later than this summer
tnat although he had been moder.
ate drinker all his life he had come
to see that alcohol in any measure
was physically and morally detrimen-
tal to the user, and in a speech re-
plete with sound scholarship and deep
feeling he pleaded fer the barring of
the saloon from Cambridge.
Harry Riekel-for he is the person
referred to who preached this alcohol
sermon to our high school Students
says that 80 per cent. OF the men of
the country indulge in liquor He
proves no more than ii he should say
that 90 per cent. of the inhabitants of
Arizona have consumption. When he
says that the average normal man
desires stimulant, he does not know
the meaning of normality, nor does he
distinguish between stimulants.
1t is sufficient to say however, that
Friday afternoon a leader of the liq-
uor forces of Michigan said the pru.
Dental teachings of the textbooks on
physiology we're lies" while the Set
entists and physicians are a unit IN
.donouncing the evil effects of alcohol
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-12-08

age we would he apt 20 forget that the
past can teach US something were it
not brought to our attention that 1t
could. through the efforts of the en-
thusiastic few who lend public spirit
to ieiabilitate yesterdays memories
4 Red Banks. near Green Bay, TIE
line descendent of Wisconsin's first
permanent settler. Charles de Lang
ade. a French nobleman, unveiled a
memorial tablet to Nicolet. Another
tablet was unveiled in Green Bay to
mark the sight of the old French Fort
St Frarcis, which the British rebuilt
IN 1918 as Fort Edward Augustus.
United States troops occupied this fort
from 1916 to 1852, and renamed 1t
Fort Howard. Here Major Zachary
Taylor, afterwards president Of the
United States, was con.nandant. al
though the tact has escaped general
notice. He may even have been
guest at the little cottage built in
1855. which has been preserved by the
Green Bay Historical society, and is
the oldest dwelling extant in the state.
AS Green Bay is rich In historical
relics loan exhibition of objects con-
nected with Wisconsin's earliest his
tory was brought together. Among
them was silver ostensorium given
the old French mission of st. Francis
Xavier by Nicholas Perrot; Charles
de Langades commission, signed by
Louis XIV, and also bible belonging
to the erratic Rev. Eleazar Williams,
one of Green Bays citizens, whose
claim to being the lost pauplin of
France attracted worldwide attention.
Royalty often finds itself in straits;
at least the Reverend Eleazar sold his
bible for five cents, though he might
have put it to better use. Perhaps no
western state is more careful of the
records of her past. Wisconsin's state
archives once revealed documents that
proved indisputable evidence in con-
nection with the Venezuelan contro-
versy, the discovery of which averted
war with Great Britain.
! 1t is pleasant to write Wisconsin's
history as it is to record her progress.
Could Jean Nicolet have lived among
us, a second Methuselah, he would
! have found the virgin forest land of
his discovery dotted with Industries
that have put Wisconsin's banks over
s275,0O0,O00, or more than a million
dollars apiece against the memory of
each of those 275 years gone by, when
clad in gorgeous finery, brilliantly
plumed like an oriental peacock, Jean
Nicoiet stood before village OF I'M
abashed aborigines, and, in his dis
may, listened to the disappointmetnt
in his heart, little guessing he had
come upon one of fortunes favorites.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-12-08
AUTUMN IN NINE.
JUMEL'S GARDEN
Tales of the Historic House RetOId
Over Whitening Flower
Stalks

1t was one of those old-fashioned
days. From your seat on the ancient
green bench near the syringia bush
you could see the dooryard garden
where the last monkshood spires still
nodded and the sweet alyssum and
pot marigolds kept things so bright
that you hardly noted the poor frost
bitten dahlias. The first cold snap
withered them and bent their stems
like saplings in a storm-swept forest,
the petals mingling with the garden
mould, the damp brown and yellow
leaves of the locust trees and syca.
mores.
They say that, after breakfast, with
the orchestra playing on the balcony
over the door, Madame Jumel would
emerge and walk about her flower
beds, shipping here, pruning there.
You could see her yesterday, almost.
Fancy might have offered a complete
picture, had it not been for the old
Irishman at your side, whose claims to
Z ompanioaship--not inconsiderable--
were that the blue incense of his
pipe filtered with yours up through the
warm gold sunshine, and that when
he spoke--which was infrequently--
he showed he ha1 followed your
thoughts. Madame Jlmel of Jumel
mansion, in upper New 1ork-the old
man was youth ther eabouts in the
sixties. when the mistress of the place
still lived. He had no illusions con-
corning her.
But the old man was no iconolast.
Far from that He could see all the
poetry the romance. the b.gness oil
madames youth and prime: all The
wit and all the beauty lie corld see.
OF the easlier days there was
pretty little story to tell. It began
back by the kitchen, where path
used 10 wind up the hill from the
Harlem river, path lined with trees.
Joseph BoEaparte, who had been king
OF Spain. came to the house to pay
his respects and to accept the nospl-
tality of the mansion But Nine.
Jumel was out driving. The front
door was locked. he shutters were
closed. The dethoned monarch
walked around to the side of the house
and certain savory orders led him up
the path. under the expresses. to the
kitchen 6oor.
Here a servant was cooking-w'hat:
How unetuously the old rscontem
brought this QUIZ what. indeed,
hut pork and cabbage. The cook did
not know the visitor. but gave him
rlaee at the servants table; and here
the two. the cook and the quondam
king partook Of the pork aud cabbage.
When Madame Jumel returned. she
entertained her guest in a manner be-
citing king. and even had the nai
row dining-room door wideBed thai
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-12-08
DISCOVERY OF
WISCONSIN
Gepdner TecH in New York EUening Post.

1t may not be out OF place to call
attention to the 276th anniversary of
the discovery Of Wisconsin, which
this year marks. and many significant
celebrations Of historic events. The
celebration of this one recently took
place at Green Bay, without parade or
pageant, but with a sincerity In en-
thusiasm that made up for sky full
of fireworks. The young Wisconsin
ians who listened on that occasion to
the speeches and addresses of the
eminent men, DR.. Reuben GOLD
Tbwaites among them, could not help
being inspired by the recital of the
exploits of the early voyagers and pio-
neers who made possible the wonder
fully prosperous condition Of their ma
tive heath today.
Two hundred and seventy-five years
ago Jean Nicolet accompanied an ex-
petition of Jesuit missionaries leaving
Quebec and bound for Three Rivers.
the farthest western outpost of New
France. OF all this little company
who padded away in birchbark canoes
Jean Nicolet was best fitted. by pre-
vious experience. to endure the great
privations they had to undergo. By
ingratiating themselves with the HUI
ron Indians they managed, with the
help of these, to reach Allumette is
land. There. having tarried awhile,
Jean Nicolet left them and pushed on
UP the Ottawa. Then he assembled the
Mattawan, crossed Lake Nipissing,
and followed French river down into
Georgian Bay, whittier ChampIain had
voyaged nineteen years before.
We of today can scarcely realize
all the hardships of that time; and 1t
took plucky spirit to follow even
Champlain's path. Nieolet did far more
Threading Georgian Bays countless
island channels (the uttermost limit
it would seem, of French discovery
before he penetrated the Great I'm.
known, Nicolet, with seven Huron
Indians, brought the canoe past the
Grand Manitoulin, into the archipela,
go of North channel, by the st. 10
seph Islands, finally entering the dir.
ficult River st. Mary's, the outlet tc
Lake Superior.
Fifteen miles below he shot the rap
ids of Sault Ste. Marie, and was the
first known white man to set foot on
the soil of what afterwards became
the Northwest territory. Thence Nico
let skirted the north shore of Lake
Huron as far as the Straits of Mack
nae and found his frail craft upon the
waters of Lake Michigan, which never
before had white man beheld. When he
proceeded, he kept to its north shore,
then turning southwest, to Point De
tour, he came into Green bay, despite
whose treacherous waters he found
portage by the village stronghold o.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-12-08
To be continued.
Patent System in Industrial DeveI-
opment.

Patent System in Industrial DeveI-
opment.
No statistics are available on the
point, but it Is my own impression
that there is no valid foundation for
the suggestion that inventors are not
adequately compensated. 1t is I'M
doubtedly the case tina. in individ-
ual instances, meritorious inventors
all to secure all to which it might
be said that they were fairly enti-
tied as a reward for their work. 1t
is equally true sh"t other things than
merit determine t. a large extent the
reward of the professional man, the
artist. the archiec and the engl
neer 1t probably would not require
very close analysis to show hat i'll
very many cases the material reward
of the business man and the capital
ist is not at all proportionate to hIr
individual merit Accident, oppor
tunity and particularly the fl ness Of
the particular man for the special
environment in which he happens to
find himself, have much TO do with
all forms OF reward that come TO
mel, whether in the goods of the
world or in reputation. This is as
true of the inventor as of other men;
hut taking inventors as whole,
do not believe that they have cause
to complain. Frederick P. Fish in
Forum.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-12-08

| she and Bonaparte might enter, mol
one preceding the other, but side by
side.
Mr.. Shelton, the curator, was quite
willing to vouch for the truth of these
incidents. At least, he says, they
seemed well founded among the ira,
ditions of the old house, and there
was no reason to believe them untrue.
He added that the old mansion, which
was built in colonial times, rad un
dergone few changes and retained
generally its original aspect.
OF course, the sweep of urban prog
ress has reduced the ground which
formerly surrounded the house, bur
there is still decent expanse OF turf
and garden ara trees and bushes
where mothers come with their child
rev and old men with their pipes. the
h~'iic does not seem yet to have in
Guided the mansion as one of the
places to visit, perhaps because it
has been open to visitors only two
years But this will change, because
up the steps and enter the old fan
light doorway through which Wash
ington and knyphausen and Governor
Clinton and Lafayette, in fact almost
every one who was prominent in the
affairs of the nation in its early days,
entered. and tread the same floors
which echoed with their footsteps
Mr.. shelton he's collected pictures
OF most of those who visited there,
hose of the revolution in the black
frames of the period: those of ia
dame Jumel's time. beginning in 1870
n gray frames. The four chapters
of the Daughters or the Revolution
each have fitted up a room. Tha in
in which Madame Jumel died. in which
Washington slept when he establishes
headquarters here in 1776. is now fit
ted up as a colonial bedroom, all FUR
niture. andirons. and the like havins
come down from. those times. Another
room is devoted to the collection OF
relics of the battle of Harlem Heieh-a
al unearthed in recent years. There
are the buttons of every British reGi
ment serving under lord Howe. am
there are swords. muskets, human
skulls. bullets. cannon balls. AMI
what not?
Some of the bullets have nails
driven through them. which recalls
the fac. that. after the fEhti4g on
Harlem Heights, lord Howe corn.
planned to washington that the Cr-.
necticut troops were fshtins ", ,
bullets through whirh nails had hes;l
driven. General Washir gtou denied
the charge, but the evidence mrea
up hv many laborer's shade on tn
heights warrants the belief that th'.
British general was not ALTOGETHER
wrong.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-12-08

Il shall ask him nothingl" say
Jeanne, stamping her foot, her fac
afame, her eyes passionately cleaning
with mingled love and fear.
What is it to me if he be an arts
or marquis-what is it to me if-wha
is his past to met love him as Yer
non yane, and I viii marry him al
Vernon vane! Yes, Lady Stanford,
love him." repeats Jeanne, with /;
child's courage added to a woman'i
passion. mo word Of mine, prompted
by you who lost him u"
Lady Lucille rises majestically
but crimson.
who lost him." repeats Jeanne
setting her teeth, shall separate US
That is what you would do" she goes
on. rapidly, hurriedly, like mountain
stream impetuous to gain its end and
there have done. Il am not of your
world do not know it; but 4 know
that you would separate us If you
could, and that you knew such ques-
ticas would do it. No. he has good
lessons for keeping these things from
me. If they are true-and / viii not
ask him"
Lady Lucille smiles sweetly as ever
CAS- you please. / don't blame you
for refusing to risk coronet; 1ot al
alI-you are wiser than l thought you
i never knew woman yet-in your
class-so simple as to be blind to her
own interest"
Jeanne looks as che is, half mad
with rage.
mo, was wrong, l see. But for
give me! / did it for the best.
"Ah, so / see!" says her ladyshlp
would have thanked the woman--o,
the man who had warned me against
one who had systematically concealed
his past, his position, his very name
But you"--she shrugged her shoulders
and drew her wrap about her--"my
poor child, think you are wiser"
Jeanne pants. This is a thrust thai
strikes home. because it is true.
"At any rate, give me the credit Of
trying to be your friend, will you not
We shall meet some day-unless the
marquis chooses to carry on the mas
querade-and you win see that an
right He will love you for an hour
and cease to do so the minute yoJ
balk some within or fancy. Just nov
it is his within to wed simple mait
who shall love him for himself alone
How long do you think such love viii
last?"
Jeanne does not answer-the crue
words so sweeetly spoken cut into he
like knives.
Il can hear the carr age" says Lad.
Lucille. "Good-by-wll you not kiss
me?"
No; Jeanne will not even hold on
her hand, and, with little sigh and ;
shrug, the fashionable beauty float'
out, leaving delicate perfume be
hind to keep Jeanne mad with re
membrance.
To be continued.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-12-08
CHAPTER XII.

Jeanne stops abruptly in the at
tempt to arrest her mistake about
the pictures. and stares instead at
the suddenly.whitened face and the
startled eyes. staring, in a question
ing. bewildeyed fashion at sketch
in her hand.
Are you nl?" asked Jeanne, think
ing with dsmay that her ladyship is
going to faint. Can l get anything
can l."
Her ladyship looks up with an abb
stracted, questioning air. and puts
her delicate fingers to heg lips.
No she says; 1T is the heat, !
think, and the dust"
Let me open the other window!
saws Jeanne. and hurriedly threw
back a easement
Thanks, dear-thanks!" says Lady
Ijueelle. that is better. III don't
think Rextoa Regis air would agree
with me, do you know
Drink little wine, pray dol" says
Jeanne, all gentle anxiety, Let me
get you little spirit--a glass OF
water"
MY dear" says her ladyship, smil-
ing sweetly. and regarding Jeanne
with quite new expression in her
blue eyes. Il am quite well now
Don't think any more of it. am
used to these little attacks. And you
are an artist"
"But am not" says Jeanne. 81
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-12-08

After lying at the bottom OF the
sea undisturbei for 1la centuries,
one Of the gems Ct his m7Fee.s@s
ship Families, which was wrecked
near Bolt Tail. on he south coast
of Devon has been recovered. one
side Of the weapon has been worr
away with the action of the peb6ies
and single washed over it bv the
tide to such an extent. says the Lon
don Chronicle. that at the muzzle the
of iron is very little. end
for its whole length the metal has
the appearance Of being gradually
filed away. Even the trunnions,
which originally took its weight CO
thn gun carriage, have been worn to
spikes.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-12-08
Afs nELIcAcY.

EIsie's Mother cautiously, as Elsie
cones upstairs Ut 1910 p. m HAS
Nj. Longmore said anything, Elsie?"
E's.e-"Not yet, mamma"
E.sie's mother Ca little inpatient.
What can he the matter with
the man? DO you think he is afraid
TO proposeg"
oh. no. mamma, he isn't
afraid; hut cur house is SO small
that | think he feels little eelicate
abou. asking to come here to liver
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-12-08

w ..ss.s.4 1, $780,. ~ NY
SursN..~. .,.,.....~ .>.4. .. rne New
York Gus ,om house, - not nov being
considered BY President Tart tor the
Office OF surveyor of the port, to be
vacated Ly James 5. ~larkson on
January l. The appointment OF Mr..
Clarkson's successor was the subject
oi al cuss on by the president, Collect
or Loco and members OF the cabinet,
bu; no select on was made.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-12-08
Rrpvsrb Amended.

4 rolling stone gathers no moss.
sut Il gets s. smooth that nobody
Gas anything on it.-Puck
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-12-08

wife-'Tn battle OF tongues a
woman can hold her own
Husband-"M 'yes. p'r'aps she can;
but she never does. '--Tit-Blts.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-12-08

A woman's ability to pity others
gives her lot OF pleasure.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-12-08

NY dear, says Lady LUCILLE. do
YOU mean to tell me that you--you
who are going to be married to the
man, do not know who and what he
is?"
NO" says Jeanne, boldly, and with
a touch of the beaetting pride and
temper in her eyes. Il have not said
so Lady Stanford"
Her ladyship holds W her white
hand plaintively.
Don't call me that, or / shall have
to call you Miss Bertram. and can't
do that to one who is my foe--I mean
my friend. And so. Jeanne. you take
part in the little comedy Of mystery,
and what is the plot, and why is all
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-12-08

thinks it must be charming idea to
start in the world afresh in a new
name and new characterize pose, In
fact, as struggling artist, open to
any amount of sympathy and admira'
ton. And he has succeeded. Ny
dear Jeanne. he is as rich as Croesus!
He has estates in four counties in
England. a palace ON the Arno, a
house in Paris. servants and horsemen
without number. Vernon vane. the
struggling artist" and she laughs.
Did you ever hear of the Marquis o..
Ferndale?"
Jeanne shakes her head. staring
straight before her.
No? Impossible. My dear, you
are the only person in the world thai
hasn't. The Marquis OF Ferndale is
famoas-for his wealth, for his genius.
for his changeability. for his ecccntr C.
ity. tor everything that can distin-
guish a young man born next to the
blood royal
And what--what is he to me?"
says Jeanne.
Child says her ladyship. YOU
soi-devant artist. Vernon Vane. is the
Marquis OF Ferndale!"
Jeanne stdres open-eyed, and pale OF
countenance. Then she laughs
strange laugh.
We'll" she says, what II he isg
It is not what Lady Lucille quite
expected.
Il see" she says. with a smile,
you still doubt Well. then, put him
to the test. Ask him tonight II be
knows Lucille stanford ask him II
he is the Marquis Of Ferndale or not;
ask b NJ"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-17
New interpretations

Four new companies filed their arll
clcs of incorporation in the Office OF
the county clerk Saturday. as follows:
The Standard Consolidated Mining
company. Salt Lake City; capital stock
$250,0OO. divided into shares of the par
value of % cents each; j. w. William
son. president: f. ID. CLARK. vlco presi-
dent; G. u, Schultz. secretary and
treasurer; ID NJ. Clark and j. Il. Rick
ard are additional directors. The com
pauy owns. seventeen claims. located in
the Pinto IRON district. iron county.
The Shamrock Gold Mining and Mil
ing company. Salt Lake City: capital
stock $4,000, divided into shares of
the par yaIc Of , cents each; George
+. Dalton, president, Daniel Wolstcn-
holmc, vice president; w. j, Wolstcn.
holme, secretary and treasurer. These,
with \. J. Weber and Lilly Wolstcn-
holmc. compose the board Of directors.
The company owns the Shamrock and
Shamrock Extension claims, located in
tho Ohio district. Pluto county.
German Publishing company. Salt
Lake City; capitalized AT $500. Iii
vidcd into shares OF tho par value OF
81 each r. Kletting, president: John
Wnnegar, vice president; !. A. Peters,
treasurer; A. i. Weber. secretary.
These, with Charles Pfau, compose the
board of directors. The company will
publish Il German paper in this city.