The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-08-19
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. R. L. Page,

August 10th, a daughter.
Henry Onsgard returned from
Chenille, Mimi, Tuesday.
Miss Alice Payne of Madison spent
Sunday with Miss Stella Ogden.
Ball game at the New Park next
Sunday between Madison and Edgerton.
Miss wilma Soverhill of GAINESVILLE
was an over Sunday guest of Miss
Aileen Mcintosh.
The score of last Sundays ball
game between Edgerton and Beloit was
to in favor of Beloit.
Services next Sunday morning at
the M. E. church. Union services at
the Congregational church in the even
ing.
The w. R. C. will give an ice
cream and sherbet social on Mrs. Rob-
ert Attlesey's lawn on Tuesday evening
next.
Mrs. F. p. Grove and daughter
Flavia have returned to their home in
Boulder, Colo, after visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. R. L. Page.
-Lost-A package containing two
small aprons was lost between Perry's
store and Peters meat market. Finder
please leave at Perry's store.
Darcy Biggar of Fulton has fine
button pearl which he secured while
clam fishing on the Rock recently that
he thinks ought to bring him better
than a hundred dollars.
Allan Skinner and family are pass
ing the week at the Meyers cottage on
the Rock. The Misses Blanche and
Hazel Nichols of Viroqua are down to
spend the week with them.
Justice North's court will be closed
for ten days vacation while he is
making a trip to Montana with party
of landseekers. Willis Scofeld and
Winnie Smart accompanied him on the
Tuesday evening train.
John Butler of Glencoe, Mimi,
who has been guest at the home of
John Maltpress, Sr. for few days,
left Wednesday for Clinton to visit his
sister. Mr.. Butler was member of
the 18th Wis. Vol. Inf and stopped off
at GAINESVILLE to attend the reunion.
Mr.. Charles Krippenberg of Du
luth his sister, Mrs. Billig, of Sioux
Falls, S. D., and Mr.. Drummond and
wife Of Janesville were entertained by
Scott Hatch and wife and Miss Child
at the Hatch cottage on the Rock last
Sunday.
THE new pipe organ at the M. E.
church was dedicated Monday evening
with a recital given by DR.. Daland of
Milton college, who has the reputation
of being very adept at playing such in
struments. The DR.. presented an en-
pertaining program and fine audience
was present to listen to it. A free
will offering amounting to over SIT was
taken at the entertainment.
"A gathering of old friends took
place at Lakeside cottage on Kosnko-
nong last Friday. H. H. Dickinson
and family were hosts and the guests
were John Copley and wife, z. Bowen
and wife, 7. A. Perry and wife, 0.
Crandall and wife, c. H. Dickinson,
T. l.. StiIlman, Ferd Drake, A. Alder
and Geo. Wesendonk, Sr. A fish din
ner was served and day full of pleas
ure passed.
The first case of the Johnes cattle
disease in Rock county appeared on
cow in Milton and State Veterinarian
E. B. Clark was called there Monday.
There is no known cure for the disease
and the cow was killed. The malady
was discovered in the United States in
1908 and is contagious, it is claimed.
1t causes thickening of the walls of
the small intestine and rapidly ENACT
ates afflicted cattle.
Al last III Ids dlllCO. DollIS q
two hours heavy downpour Monday
afternoon nearly an inch of water fell
more moisture than the past eight
weeks have provided. 1t is long years
since the country was so parched or the
fields so brown and sere. Everyone
will rejoice now for the great benefit
that will follow the breaking of the
drouth. Pastures will soon revive,
while corn, tobacco and potatoes will
begin new impulse and may yet re-
turn more of a harvest than farmers
expected.
The Stoughton school board seems
to be having some trouble to hold some
of their teachers to their contract for
the coming year, which prompts cor
respondent to 'analyze the situation
thus: ''The school ma am contract to
teach seems to work only one way, or
to hold only one party to the agree