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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-12-28
| IF | HAD ONLY
HALF OF 5000
10 BE VERY
NEIL SATISFIED

NEW YORK-'It is impossible for
~ a woman to live in comfort In
New York on $4,000 year." This is
the claim of Mrs. Juanite LeBar, who
has petitioned the orphans: court in
Scranton, Pa. to allow her an addi-
tional $1,000 so she can send her
eleven-year-old son to a military acad-
envy During my husbands life" her
petition cites, our income was &c.
600 a year, and the estate is now
yielding $4,000. so l don't see what
law there can be that refuses a wom-
an half of her income" Mrs. LaBar
lives in a comfortable, but modest
apartment, dresses well and lives on
the best the market will afford, but
she claims she is not extravagant for
she doesn't owe a cent.
Il can't get along on $4,000 year."
says Mrs. LaBar And l am not ex-
travagant. My apartment is modest,
but comfortable. 1t is absolutely i'm
possible for US to live at a hotel on
account Of the expense, and we have
to take an apartment. I have to keep
one servant, because, In the first place,
/ am not strong enough to do the
work, and in the second place there
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-12-28
The Brother hood Home of Cleveland

Il can give him a bed, stake him TO a
meal ticket and get him a job. too"
Fred" did want to live better and
went TO work with. will. In a week
they rented another room, and went
again to the director with the request
for the parole OF two other members
of the workhouse night school class.
They promised to give them food and
lodging, and to get them work. The.
four in turn put by something each
day for grub stakes" for other IN
fortunates and presently the club had
a membership Of nine.
Soon after that the Brotherhood. as
It had come to be known, moved to a
ten-room house on the lake front. The
parole officer went in debt for $500
worth OF furniture. At the end of the
year the club showed an earning
which nearly took it out Of debt. Ten
rooms were added, followed by ten
more a little later. II was self-sup-
porting. and had paid for $4,000 worth
OF f. 2iture The later history OF the
organization IL a record Of continued
efficient work. with finances fairly
easy when work ~ plenty, and pain
fully tight when # IS scarce. Outside
help has been necessary from time to
tine
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-12-28

We must study the individual needs
of each COW.
The hand separator is a thoroughly
practical machine
Milk in the udder of COW is form
ed entirely free from bacteria.
AS much depends on care and feed
as upon wedding out the poor cows.
The heifer calf should be given an
abundance and a variety of feeds at
all times.
The heifer that is to make large,
wellmatured COW must have some
thing on which to grow.
Milk the COW absolutely clean. II
requires a little longer each time to
do this, yet it pays in the end.
Severe attacks of ggrget may us.
ually be prevented by milking the
COW several days before calving.
Under the hand separator plan the
farmer realizes a handsome profit
from the utilization Of his skim milk.
The great value of pumpkins as fed
is in their water and green nature.
giving bulk to the ration and aiding
digestion.
The good mixer will always be
kind and gentle to his COW, striving te
make her feel at ease and win heI
confidence.
Nothing can be better than cement
for walks. gutter and hangers. but IL
is too cold a proposition for the ami
mals to lie upon.
If the COW is not MIXED very clean
each time she win gradually decrease
in milk flow and so dry much sooner
that she otherwise would
The value of a feeding stun as a
source Of protein TO the animal body
evidently depends in the first place on
the amount OF protein which it con
tains.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-12-28
Municipal Dance Tried in Milwaukee

any young ladies' have new hats or
fancy gowns at home. l hope they
won't wear EN-"
The plans of the dance did not take
eognizance of wall flowers" and
there did not seem to be any. 1t was
the duty of floor managers to see that
young persons were introduced. The
spirit of friendliness so far took pos
session of the affair that it was not
long before a fellow could ask a girl
he did not know to dance without be.
ing snubbed
But no one seemed troubled about
her own gown or that of her neigh
Dor to any great extent Each one
was intent on the good time she was
having, and the great matter of spec
ulation was who her next partner for
the dance would be, and not how
much some other dancers dressma
ker's bill had been
The official 'introducers' worked
faithfully. One of them would ap-
proach a couple of demure looking
girls who were all by themselves in
some obscure corner and ask them if
they wanted to dance. They usually
did. Then the official 'introducer"
would disappear and presently return
with two young men and introduc.
tons were made.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-12-28

imitation Of TIE old oaken bucksz
yess"
I tried to tell him all about Tacka
and the ghost story. but Ae wouldL't
stand for it.
You should have been waiting for
me on the stairs" he argued. unrea-
sonably. rubbing one Of the bruises
in his choice collection. Didn't you
catch me early IN the evening being
erased from pillar to post by every
thing in the neighborhood that has
legs long enough to run? When l
tried to hide ia the corner of farm,
over there. bull dog came up on rub
Der shoes and bit his initials on some
of my personal property before
could crawl through the fence. Every
time / showed up on the pike that
human accident that breathes like a
man and talks like a rabbit chased
me eight miles there and back. The
first time tried to approach the in
fernal house I fell over a grindstone
and signed checks in the gravel with
my nose. Hereafter, when you want
burglar, pick somebody your own
size. I'm going to hunt hospital and
get sewed together again"
| put on all steam and tried to
square myself, but Bunch only shook
his head and said / was outlawed.
You can't run on my race track"
he exclaimed, as he started for the
depot; that last race was crooked
and you stood in with thu dope
mixer"
! watched him down the Hill until
he disappeared in the station, then.
sad at heart, l trudged back to the
old homestead that had caused all my
trouble.
II was now broad daylight. but no.
where within my line of vision could
get peep OF the doughty Diggs.
No doubt he was still cutting across
lots trying to head off the "maleyfac-
tor"
Copyright oy G. w Dillingham; Coz
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-12-28

easiest to keep clean, therefore the
most desirable.
No. l is a good type of sanitary
stool made of metal. The ends of
the pipes used for the legs are filed
with lead, and there are no corners
to collect dirt.
Nos. 2 and 4 are similar to No. 1,
except that caps are screwed on the
ends of the legs, making them slightly
more difficulty to keep clean.
No. 3 serves for both pail and milk
stool. The cover. hoops. bail. etc.
make 1t more difficult to keep clean
than the simpler styles.
No. 5 is devised so that one end
serves as a receptacle 10 hold the
pail while the mixer sits on the
other end. AS in the case of No. 8,
this style is more difficult to keep
in sanitary condition than the sim
pier forms.
No. 6 is constructed entirely of iron,
galvanized after being put together.
1t is simply constructed, having only
a single leg. The base. however, fur
nishes larger surface to keep clean.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-12-28
Woman Can't Live ON $4,000 a Year

is no reason why l should put in mT
time in the kitchen. / consider Q
servant one of the necessities.
Then butter, eggs, meat and every
thing else has gone up so. and l in
sist upon the best for my table, be-
cause that was what l was raised to
have, and | am unwilling to eat in
ferior stuffs or give them to my boy.
l consider money spent for good food
an insurance, out of which you get
heaps of pleasure beside.
People in Scranton ask me why 1
don't move into the country, because
| could live much cheaper there and
economic. l don't see what good
that would be-the prospect looks UNI
utterably dark to me. / would be
lonely, and / don't like the country,
anyhow. New York is necessity.
I'm regard to clothes. woman in
New York, If she is to be presentable
at all, must have decent and appro-
pirate clothes. / make and design
many of my own gowns, and some OF
them l will confess to fixing over.
nat bdNSS 6lSdL lISAu VI cApShSe3
for the budget. | don't think import
ed gowns or great number of gowns
are necessity, but they must be well
made, of good quality, and have
plenty of style about them. Then
there is small amount of entertain
ing that is obligatory, and an occa-
sional trip out of town during the
summer and doctor bills every once
in awhile"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-12-28
oethsemane as Il Appears rodax.

1t lies at the base of Mount Olivet.
over against Jerusalem. 1t is almost
square. 100 by $50 feet. It is in
closed by a high white stone wall. II
side are eight venerable olive trees,
thought by some persons to be the
same trees that were there in the time
of Christ The roots may be the same,
as the emperor Titus had all trees cut
down when he conquered Jerusalem
in A. D. 20, but yet these may have
escaped. The olive trees in Geth-
semane are hoary with age, and their
cracked trunks are reinforced with
stones. They are surrounded by
light paling fence and between them
are sweet flowers growing. They are
tended by monks, who present each
visitor with small bunch. for which
they expect to receive franc (about
20 cents). All around the inside of
the white wall are shrines in inches
with painted figures representing the
stations OF the cross. Fastened to the
wall and extending high above 1t is a
large cross. which is covered with
carved representations OF the instru.
ments connected with the crucifxion.
Christian Herald.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-12-28
FOR HEALTH AND VITALITY
DaIrymen Are Feeding Too Marrow
Rations for Good of cows-cood
Methods Are Needed.

- n
believe it is time that we dairy
l2en took more rational view OF our
business and feed our cows in a man
ner that would promote their health
and vitality instead of forcing them
to their very limits, as is the prae-
tise in many sections where dairying
is the exclusive branch OF agr1culs
ture. We are feeding too narrow ra-
tons for the good of our cows.
Cows that are raised and developed
on clover hay, ensilage, wheat bran
and oats, with good luxuriart pasture
grass during the summer will make
better cows than those that are over
fed on ration III adapted to their
needs. l viii stake my reputation on
this fact. We may not make as much
milk, but we will have better pro-
ducing cows and calves, and what
milk we do make will be made cheap
er and our herd will gradually be get
ting better
do not care whether a ration is
to or l to as long as it does the
business and is beneficial to the health
Va 1AC NaAAtGs nbus again. NAAS 80
age dairyman does not employ meth
DDS best calculated to give the best
results in breeding. Some dairymen
will raise every heifer calf born on
his farm, while another dairyman
will not raise any. l wish we could
induce dairymen to make some ex-
change of calves whereby only the
best calves from high-producing COWS
would be raised.
In this way dairymen who had the
facilities for raising and developing
the heifers could go out and get the
very best calves and raise them and
sell them for a good price instead Of
growing the weedy, inferior calves
that were born on his farm.
This would do more than any one
thing to improve the quality Of our
dairy herds, and growers could realize
greatly increased profits upon the
cows that they raised.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-12-28

Digg1 to me. as he frightened his grip
on Bunch's arm; but they Amt no
call for you to assist the course of
justice. because If the dern critter
starts to run I'll pump him chuck full
of lead He's been a-tellin' me he
started on the downward path to pre-
ditlon as a child-stealer."
Il told you nothing. you old tad
POLE" shrieked Bunch. unable to con
tain himself longer.
VERY WELL" said Harmony, sooth-
ingly, they amt no call for you to
say nothin' thatn incrimigate you be-
fore the bar OF justice, Steady now,
or I'll tap you with this here camel"
Brace, good old sport; I'll get you
out OF this in jiffy." l whispered to
Bunch at the first opportunity, and he
gave ne a cold-storage look that chased
the chills all over me,
Presently we arrived at the little
brick structure which Jiggersville
proudly called It's calaboose. and afser
much fumbling of keys. Mr.. Diggs
opened the Jackpot and We all stayed.
The yap policeman was for taking
Bunch right back to the donjon cell
I'm TIE rear, but with S. bin | Sc
cured a stay OF proceedings
My forehead was damp with perspi-
raSion. so / took of my hat and laid
It on the bench In the little court
room where Bunch sat moodily with
bowed head.
Then l coaxed the rural Vidocu over
in the corner and gave him game
talk that l thought would warm his
heart, but he listened in dumbness
and couldn't see no sense in believ-
ing the maleyfactof was anythin'
moren derned cuss, nohow!"
81 have every reason to believe thai
we have made a mistake" said to
Harmony in hoarse whisper, From
an envelope dropped by this party in
my house l am led to believe that he's
a respectable gentleman who entered
my premises quite by mistake"
The chin whiskers owned and en-
gineered by Diggs bohbed up and
down as he chewsd a reflective cud.
but he couldn't see the matter In my
light at all
| had used all kinds If arguments
and was Just about to give up in de.
spair when a voice In the doorway
caused us both to turn
There stood Bunch Jefferson, the
real fellow. looking as fresh as q
daisy
What's the trouble, John ?" be
asked. smiling benignly on Diggs.
While l was talking to the repre-
sentative of the law. Mr. Slick saw
his opportunity and grabbed 1t by the
hind leg. He had quietly reached the
door, and once outside the sledding
was excellent
Bunch had his business suit on IN
der the burglar makeup. 1t didnr
take HIN two minutes 20 work Ii,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-12-28

Bunch Jefferson's country house /
had borrowed for a day to present
to Clara ]. and then take back, was
hard to pry loose from wifey's loving
care. Poor Bunch in desperation had
played burglar to scare her out, but
Tacks, my scamp broth sr-in-law, had
caught him in a cellar trap, and he
was in the hands OF the village police
force, even now en- route for the can.
neIy. with me trailing along
Ahead OF me, plodding along the
pike under the moonlight, were Bunch
and HIS cadavecous captor, the former
bowed In sorrow or anger probably
both, and the latter with head erect,
naughty as a Roman conQueroI.
Bunch's makeup was troubled
dream. over a pair of hand-me-Sown
trousers. eight sizes too large for him,
he wore a three-dollar ulster. On his
head was an automobile cap, and his
face was covered with bunch OF eel
grass three feet deep. He was surely
all the money.
AS | drew near / could hear Mr..
Diggs expatiating on crime in gen
eral and HOUSEKEEPING in particular,
aud fancied could also hear Bunch
boiling and seething within.
''Mr. Burglar" Harmony Diggs, the
police force, was saying, Il don't
know just what your home trainin'
was as a child, but they's a screw
loose somewhere or you'd a never
been brought to this here harrowful
perdickyment, nohow. spose you
Jest started In naturally to be a heen-
yus maleyfactor early in life, huh?
You needn't to answer II you're
afeared it'll incrimigate you, but
s'pose you took to 1t when a boy
pickin pockets or suthin' like that
huh7"
"oh. cut It out. you old goat, and
don't bother mel" snapped Bunch
just as | joined them.
a dangerous maleyfaetor." said
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-12-28
| John Henry S
Country Cop
/ Bv GEORGE V. + OBART

shine darbies over his hands. He
then peeled of the ulster and the
tuppenny trousers, and throwing
these and the Svengalis over the
fence, he was home again from the
Bad Lands.
The Transformation scene was made
complete by the fact that Bunch was
now wearing my hat.
In answer to Bunch's question, the
redoubtsble Diggs smiled indnlgently
and said with pride-choked tones, "A
maleyfactor. sir, caught in the meshes
of the law and hauled before this here
tribune Of justice by these hands"
The eagle eye of Digg3 was now tri
urnphantly sighted along the arm and
over the bony hand to where the GRIM
inal was supposed 20 be, but when
the gaze finally rested on an empty
bench the expression OF panied sur
prise on the old man hunters map
was calculated to make hen cackie.
Diggs rushed over to the bench,
'urned it upside down, looked behind
the chairs, and then. emitting a roar
that ratified the rafters, he hustled
back to see If by any chance the pris-
oner had locked himself up in cell.
Bunch gave the old geezer the min
nehaha and yelled. Say you with the
meya-ya's "a the chin! Did some
body give you the hot-foot and make
a quick exit?"
Diggs was now in full eruption and
heavy showers Of Reub lava rose
from his vocal organs and fell all over
the place, while. he thrashed around
the calaboose In a frenzy of excite
ment.
Maybe you're sending out gen
eral alarm about human meteor that
passed me on the pike few minutes
ago?" Bunch suggested.
Dlggs turned and eyed him in open
mouthed silence.
"A mutt with pink ulster and one
of those pancakes on his head like
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-12-28

n LEVELAND, 0.-An institution
~ which is doing great good in
Cleveland. Ohio, is the Brotherhood
Home. developed from the idea of one
man. an ex-prisoner who wanted to
help someone else.
In November, 1905. James Shaw
was paroled from the Cleveland house
of correction. While there he had
been a teacher in the night school,
and had become interested in the
Bible class. He was man OF more
intelligence than the average work
house prisoner and soon after his re-
lease on parole obtained employment
with a shipbuilding company. When
he drew his first wages he went to
the director OF charities and eorrec-
tons with the proposal that he take
in another prisoner who was about
to be paroled.
II think Fred wants to behave and
i've dece7tly." Ae told the director.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-12-28

MILWAUKEE, Wis.-The city of
4vk Milwaukee will have another mu
nicipal ball. This is the declaration
of the city administration after a re-
view of the initial municipal dance at
which the mayor, city officials and
society danced in the same hall as
wOrkingmen and women.
Il think these gatherings have
something about them that will make
for the betterment of the city" says
Mayor Seidel. You know when we
read about each other in the papers
or hear each other talked about we
sometimes think that the other fell
lows are awful fellows. But when we
look into each others eyes we find
that the other fellows are not so bad
after all
For one thing, l hope to see these
dances as democratic as they can be.
Gentlemen viii leave their dress suits
at home at the next dance, hope If
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-12-28
Dry Cows.

An effort is made to have each COW
dry from six to eight weeks each year
The cows are MIXED regularly twice
a day up to a week of the time they
are TO be turned dry. They are then
MIXED once a day for three or four
DAYS. a small quantity of milk bsing
left in the udder each time. After
this they are turned out to pasture
and are not MIXED again until the
next period of lactation begins.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-12-28
FOREIGNERS FAVOR "H0T AIR"
Use Of superheated Atmosphere for
Cooking is Attracting Consider
able Attention.

Hot air" is to be turned to a good
end, according to the foreign cooks,
and at the same time a great waste
in fuel in the preparation of meals is
to be eliminated The use of super
heated air for cooking purposes Is at
tracing considerable attention from
the domestic economist. The process
is said to be quite simple-as simple
as the ''fireless cooker" in fact. The
steam from an ordinary kitchen boiler
is conveyed by pipes to the Super
heater" where, by means of a series
Of coils above a coke fire, it's tempePa-
ture is raised to 1000 degrees. Tks
pressure is not increased, which elm
mates danger of bursting the pipes.
Hollow rods surround and lie under
meath the griller, and through these
rods the superheated air is permitted
to rush, quickly making the griller as
hot as desired.
The enthusiast predicts an early de-
parture of the blazing coal, coke, or
gas fire in the kitchen. When any
special dish is to be cooked it is to be
placed on certain part OF the grfller,
fed by certain pipe from the super
heated air reservoir. A valve is turned
to let just the proper amount Of heat
under the griller, and the work is
done without fumes, without the wasta
OF any heat. and without the loss of
any good nature. The air, after be-
ing used to broil your beefsteak. can
be turned into the heating radiators
and used to keep the dining room
warm.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-12-28
Furnishes MIX for Babies.

The Morningside Presbyterian
church of New York City has CON
Quoted milk route for the benefit of
the babies of the poor for two years.
A bequest Of S30,Oa0 enabled this char
ity to be founded 1t is reported that
some of the parishioners happily a
miuor1ty-are now Directing to the
milk route on the ground that it Is
not business Of sufficient dignity for
a church TO be engaged in. Some years
ago the parishioners OF Massachu-
setts church objected to their pastor
selling milk on the ground that It was
not dignifed avocation for clergy
man.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-12-28
City Heated by Natural Hot Water

which is usually employed by the
average family, furnishes water suf-
fcient to command the general price
of s1S5 a year, increase being made
when the pipe is enlarged.
The cost of supplying a house for
all purposes with the natural hot wa
ter is somewhat heavier than with
the ordinary furnace system, but
there are advantages. There are no
furnaces in the homes using the nat
ural hot water. the danger of fire is
greatly reduced, and there is none of
the dirt and Inconvenience connected
with the handling of coal and wood
for fire purposes.
The natatorium of Boise. located
but a few hundred yards from the
wells, and which is supplied with the
natural hot water, is recognized as
one of the best bathing resorts in
the west, and the medicinal proper
ties of the water are famous.
During the hot summer the hot wa
Ter is employed by the city for sprink-
ling the streets, as it is found to
udNC UGlLGI G1ECL III TIC AQ6N
than the ordinary water taken from
the city supply.
Two of the original wells played
out last year and two more were sunk,
which now furnish as good supply
as the first wells.
In the old days there were many
tales told of the springs by the In
dians. They believed the water had
unusual healing power and the Ban
nocks and Snakes were wont to travel
far for the privilege of bathing in it..
So curative were the waters con-
sidered that they were carried by
them back to their camps, where
they were rubbed on the limbs of in
valids to heal rheumatic and kindred
complaints.
Travellers across the plains in the
early days found the water sufficient
ly hot to boil eggs.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-12-28
DryInq off Cows.

Experience has shown that the best
way of drying off COWS is for the time
to feed only dry feeds, If on feed, and
to do irregular milking; then milking
but once day and during the week
only alternate days. This will soon
turn a COW dry entirely. Some cows
require more attention than others.
and one should be careful to adjust
the intervals at milking to the condi-
ton of the udder. as it takes longer
to dry of some cows than others.