Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-01-05
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items Worth Reading about Matters and
Things Generally
VIM. ]. Getter, Viroqua: "As Mr..
Layne of California wrote about his
brother in the 18th Wisconsin, | will
tell of mine who was in the same regi-
ment. The 18th landed at Shiloh on
the night of April 5, 1862 Next mo n
( ing while my brother was sitting in his
tent combing his hair, not having had
breakfast yet, the rebels poured in
! Beauregard swore that he would walter
his horse in the Tennessee river or
drink water in h. H. The 9th, TIN and
9Th regiments fought all day. About
the middle of the afternoon of the Sth,
| the two armies were close to ten rods
apart. General Grant came galloping
along on horseback. He gave orders
to fix bayonets ard charge. They went
at the rebels double quick. The rebels
broke and ran, leaving their dead and
wounded That war the end of Shiloh
battle. There were somewhere around
one hundred thousand men on each
ide Can any of you imagine how il
looked around there at that time? My
brother was in several other hard bat
ties. Finally he was wounded, the ball
going clear through him. 1t left hole
in his back as large as turkey egg,
through which his lungs protruded. He
was taken prisoner. At last he got
away. He travelled nights and hid
days until he got back to the union ar
my. His wound was running sore un-
til he died. like to read MIR. Lanes
and Charley Waters letters that they
write back and in fact all from the new
countries.
Mrs. Ella E. Farr, Waucoma, Iowa:
cit seems like talking with old friends
of the Badger state when your welcome
paper comes. Could not do without it. !"
C. M. Sterling, Three Forks, Mon
tana: "We are O. K; mild weather
with about two inches of snow; TWEEN
ty degrees below is the coolest Three
Forks is on the Milwaukee railway, fif-
teen months old, population eight hun
dred and grows all the time. My Oldest
son is railway conductor and runs out
of here NV other son has quit rail-
reading and is in the general merchant
Use business at this place. So we all
ate Christmas dinner together We
had Montana turkey, which weighed
2lA pounds, for dinner. They charge
only 25c pound out here. Have not
time TO write but would talk you to
death if | were there. / wish you all a
happy New Year"
H. L. Summons, Claresholm, Alberta,
Canada: THE old home papers are
always good toread when you are away
from home, the CENSOR in particular.
Wishing the CENSOR, its editor and
force a prosperous new year, sincerely
yours.
Louis S. Thompson, proprietor Viro-
qua Touring mills: 1--WE are having a
very busy season. Our gristing in flour
is good, but the feed grinding makes us
hu mp to the limit. We handle on the
average, IN and out, for customers, six
to seven hundred sacks of feed per
week. Our new corn cob crusher is
meeting with favor by stockmen and
farmers. There was grown in the
country surrounding as last year, more
wheat than for long period, and we
are buying for use most of that placed
on the market. Andrew Hanson de-
livered the largest amount, 400 bushels,
at ST. TO-"
Arson Green, town Of Stark: IL have
never seen so much numbering and gen.
eral hauling in our section of country
as since the good shedding came. 1t
seems that everybody is busy who
wants to be.
Chris. Lewison, Viroqua: 1--WE farm
ers are Just now in clover because of
fine crops and high prices for all our
farms produce. We are not caring what
the politicians say, the fellows who
make so much noise to keep themselves
before the public. We are not hank
ering for the good old free trade days
of our fathers, that agitators are clam
oring for. +"
Fred Riley. town of Franklin: 81 have
Just returned from the Kickapoo, where
purchased a fine Durock stock hog
from William Small Hogs are hogs
just now recently diaposed OF eleven
spring pigs that brought me $163 spot
cash.
III. M. Henry. Bishop Branch: my ice
pond for consumption of you city folks
next summer, is making fast. On re-
cent cold days it took on CONCEALED
thickness at the rate of an inch day."
EuWdFu EIlONISOfl, ANdidDCD6. w nat
contrast from earlier days when
was boyi With my father used to
drive team to Sparta and sell dressed
pork at S270 a hundred. | remember
one ye ar we thought they would be
CHER in the spring, so we fed the
swine all winter and took e so, losing
our labor and the stacks of corn that il
required to sustain them during the
winter months. When the railroad
halted at Melvina for the winter we
hauled wheat there and received forty
cents a bushel. Does any sane man
dream that we are looking for a return
to those good old days?'
r. P. Dalton, President of the vii
lage of La Fargo: "I have lived in the
Kickapoo country all my life and have
known pretty near what has been doing
there, yet 1 have never before witness
ed such activity as is with US at the
present time. There has never been so
much logging in any one season, and
every road leading to La Fargo is lined
with teams hauling lumber and logs
The Birmingham Young Company is
especially active and their local mana
ger, August Kriigle. is the most sought
after individual in the land. The COM
pany has six different mills saving lum-
Der and dimension stuff. They will put
mill into La Fargo to work up the
logs being delivered there. Every man
who can be coaxed to labor is busy and
teams are in great demand