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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-07-28
West Porter

Mrs Christian is visiting with her
son, Albert Christian.
The hum of the threshing machine is
heard again in this vicinity.
Mr. Haviland of GAINESVILLE called at
c w McCarthy's on Monday.
Eunice Nelson is spending a week
with her cousin, Marion Earle.
Mr. and Mrs Charles Kelly spent Sun
day with Mrs Herman and family.
Daniel and Clarence Mccarthy deliv-
cred stock to Edgerton on Monday.
Mr. and Mrs Glenn Ludden of James,
vile were week end visitors at C w
McCarthy's.
Mrs Keegan and granddaughter, Mar
garet Madden, departed Saturday night
for visit with her son at Mason City,
Iowa.
Con Murray departed on Friday for
Milwaukee where he will spend a few
weeks at the sanitarium taking treat
mentS.
Mr. and Mrs John Sweeney and chill
dren, John Hyland, wife and family
were entertained at the home of Frank
Boss on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs Joseph Lankey and baby
of Cogswell, ND, are visiting relatives
in this vicinity. Mrs Lankey will be
better remembered as Esther Bradley.
Mr. and Mrs Frank Young, Mr. and
Mrs Owen Boyle, Mr. and Mrs Albert
Christian, Mr. and Mrs Glenn Ludden,
Misses Cora Young, Agnes Moore,
Susie Nelson. Nora, Nell, Margaret and
Jennie Mccarthy and Virginia Blakely,
and Messrs William Young, Eddie
Moore, Robt Ford, John Ford, Willie
Frusher, Claude Watson, Vincent Lud-
den, Clarence Daniel, Dennie and John
Mccarthy and Carl Nelson were among
those who enjoyed picnic dinner and
supper at Gibbs lake on Sunday.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-07-28
Albion Prairie

Mr. A Vickers is remodeling his barn.
MrsJ Tall of Edgerton is visiting
Mrs Thos Green.
Thos Green is having cement floor
laid in his cellar.
George Vickers of Edgerton spent a
few days of last week with his brother,
Arthur Vickers..
Chas Green of Edgerton spent few
days of last week with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs Thos Green.
Mrs d Wilson and daughter, Miss
Edna, of Edgerton spent portion of
last week with relatives on the Prairie.
There will be an ice cream social at
the home of Mr. Arthur Vickers on
Wednesday evening, July &c. Proceeds
for the Sun Shine club.
The annual harvest picnic will be
held August 18th in the Henry Mars
den Jr grove just north of the gravel
store. The Edgerton band will furnish
the music.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-07-28
CORRESPONDENCE
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Alnlnn
Albion

Little James Noble has been quite
sick the past week.
Rev G B Shaw of North Loup, Neb,
will occupy the S D B pulpit July 29th.
lone and Harriet Babcock of Oshkosh
came Friday for visit with relatives.
VIII Whittet and daughter of Milton
Junction attended church here Sabbath
morning.
Mrs Theresa Webster died Tuesday
morning. A more extended notice will
be given later.
Miss Isabel Greenwood of Johnsons
Greek is visiting at the home of her
aunt, Mrs M A Head.
The c. E society will hold an ice
cream social in the church basement,
Saturday evening, July 18th.
DR. L r Head of Madison was caller
at the home of his mother, Mrs c r
Head, Sunday evening.
Mrs L Green is quite seriously sick.
Her niece, Mrs John Harm of James
vile, is caring for her.
Miss Olive Green of Porter visited
her friend, Mrs d Humphrey, from
Tuesday until Saturday.
Rev A E Webster of Chicago came
Thursday night on account of the seri-
Gus illness of his mother.
Fred Babcock went Tuesday after
noon to Auburn, Wis, for an extended
visit with his brother Henry.
Florine Ogden and daughter of Mil
ton Junction are spending few days
with her friend, Mrs G L Walters.
Rev and Mrs S H Babcock and Mrs
Van Horn and children spent Monday
with L A Babcock's family at Milton.
Mr. and Mrs Chas Woolworth and
daughter of Nortonville, Kansas, are
spending some time with her father, I
B Collins.
Earl Noble, Clarence and Harry Law
ton and Wayland Green were Sunday
visitors at the Schrode Camp, Lake
Kegonsa.
Mr. Geo Huntington and wife of Min
neapolis, MINI, visited the families of
o L Coon and F E Painter from
Thursday until Saturday,
Those from here who attended church
at Milton and Milton Junction Sabbath
day were A Davis and family, D L
Babcock and wife, Nathan Kelly and
wife and NJ Babcock and wife.
Mr. and Mrs Peter Conway and Mr.
Wesley Stroup and family came out
from Chicago Saturday to visit Mrs
Conway's sister, Mrs III Davis. They
went to Oshkosh Tuesday in their auto
and Mrs Davis accompanied them.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-07-28
Cornelius Murray of Dunkirk Sent to
Mendoza.

Barricading himself in his home in
the town of Dunkirk, Cornelius Muir
ray, insane, Friday held Under Sheriff
Quito Burmeister. and Deputy Sheriff
Henry Page at bay for two hours. He
had provided himself with six-shooter
automatic gun, 48 double-barrel shot
gun and a rifle. That Deputy Page
was not shot and killed by the crazy
man is due to the fact that for some
reason the automatic gun did not dis
charge when Murray pulled the trigger.
Murray labored under the delusiOn
that his brothers and sisters were at
tempting to get his property away from
him and some time ago he provided
himself with the guns and barricaded
the house in which he was living alone.
His neighbors did not dare to enter the
premises for fear of being shot by Muir
ray. Relatives filed a petition in the
county court praying that Murray be
examined as to his sanity. Clarence
Edwin of the county poor farm and a
brother of the insane man accompanied
the officers Friday in the Edwin auto.
When the party arrived at the Muir
ray place they found the front door
locked. AS soon as they had broken
the door Murray rushed up stairs and
locked himself in room in which he
had barricaded the doors and windows.
The officers and Murray's brother fol-
lowed him but when they reached the
door of the hallway they found it lock-
ed. They forced the door open and
then made an attempt to open the door
of the ROOM 1t had been planned that
Mr.. Page should break the door open
and that Mr.. Burmeister would rush in
and grab the crazy man. After Mr..
Page had forced the door open he was
looking into the barrel of the automatic
gun. When Murray saw his brother
he told him to leave the house or he
would shoot him. The brother took to
his heels at the advice of the officers.
Murray had his hand on the trigger but
it appeared that the ''clicker" would
not work. The gun was leveled at Mr..
Page and he would have received the
full benefit of it had it been discharg-
| ed. Mr.. Burmeister, realizing the dan
| gerous situation, succeeded in closing
the door and thereby preventing blood
shed.
''You would like to get your hands
on me, wouldn't your said Murray
| from the inside.
The officers bravely stuck to their
posts in spite of the serious situation.
Assisted by Mr.. Edwin they finally sue
ceeded in breaking open the barricaded
window on the second floor from the
outside. Murray had boarded up the
windows from the outside and piled
bedding up on the inside. AS soon as
| the officers removed the boards from
| the windows they rushed inside They
expected to find Murray under the bed.
The place was dark and the officers
used matches to search for Murray.
The insane man Garted down stairs.
Page was the first to follow him. About
half way down he stopped to pull his
gun but before he had chance to use
it Page had thrown his arms around
the insane man. The officers hand
cuffed Murray and when he saw that
escape was impossible he began to beg
] for mercy.
Murray presented Page with the au-
tomato shooter. He was brought to
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-07-28
All In.

Friend-I was just in the art gallery
admiring your Napoleon After Water
loo" The fidelity of expression on
Bonaparte's face is positively wonder
full. Where did you get it? Mr.. Dob
ber-From life. l got my wife to pose
for me the morning after she gave her
first reception.-Puck
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-07-28

Madison and after an examination by
two physicians Judge Zimmerman of
the county court committed him to the
Mendoza hospital
Murray is bachelor and is about 40
years old. State Journal.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-07-28
Contributions for the Band.

There is no town where citizens are
more liberal in contributing to the sup
port of societies than Edgerton. In
the way of helping the band and en-
couraging the Saturday night concerts,
the following contributions have been
made:
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-07-28
Greatness.

Greatness lies not in being strong.
but in the right use OF strength. and
strength Is not used rightly when II
serves only TO carry man above his
fellows for his solitary glory
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-07-28

Power when employed to relieve the
oppressed and TO punish the oppressof
becomes great blessing. Swift.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-07-28
For Sale-B Bargain.

Mitchell 80 five passenger touring au-
tomobile. Overhauled, with new en-
CINE P III. HORST,
35w2 GAINESVILLE, Wis.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-07-28

Buy McGowen's gasoline and oil at
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-31
UNCHANGED--By Oney Fred Sweet

and band of ribbon, the close fitting Skirt and
the display of strange-s shaped shoes. AS the Da-
kota woman looked glaze crcpt before her
eyes until it shut out the vision. When il cleared
IT was herself she saw reflected in the mirrors.
a ND then she realized what ten years on the
praircs away from everybody had done. 1t
was because il had been too far from dentist
and money had been scarce that Il front
tooth had never been rcplaced' The dry air had
thinncd and dullcd the tresses that had once been
her pride. As for the curve in her checks and
their bloom that she had somehow thought were
still thcre-oh, how long had they been gone.
Why she the girl down in the Iowa
town that all the boys had been so anxious TO
woman, and she had Just found it out She
forced herself to look up her husband lie
Was still gazing at the couple the room
There eyes met and he dropped his own i'm
guilty confusion.
You're not eating anything" he said finally
i'll Iinuatu ra voice.
She reached for the coffee Gun with tron,l1;no
hand and set il down again without taking a
taste Somehow the meal finished and by
and OF the sickcnng elevator they found their
room her place of gilt and light From the
window could be seen at n new angle the stronge
ness of the city hat had become a mean happi-
ness-s stealing enemy. As the woman took the
pms from her hat to lay it the dresser she
husbands eyes.
I'm afraid you don't feel we'll" he faltcred
Its our honeymoon, you know. we've waited n
long time for il ana ought to be happyn
She seated herself on the cdrc of the he'd
her fingers gripping the covering.
Perhaps we've waited TOO long" she an.
severed evenly.
Perhaps he echoed
In the pause that followed he turned and,
with his back toward her, stood gazing out of
the window into the electric light pierced dark
ness. She took his attitude for the Justification
OF her worst fears, and when he came toward
her she rebclliously tried TO brush his arms away
lhcn she found herself listening:
Il never dreamed what a difference few
years out there i'll Dakota could make" he be-
gan II never thought about il until | saw that
iciiow come into the dining room there tonight
And then saw YOU looking at him. and | saw
myself III the glass. Why, do you know had
imagined somehow that | was about as dashinp
and smart and up-to-date was when took
YOU home that night from he class play Won
spoke about. Then ! what being ont there
had done TO me. | didn't blame YOU for"
But il was her that were around him
now and they mu'ictl further speech
Was II that smart aleck with his pants
rolled up that You were looking at, for rood
ness sakcs"' she interrupted Historically
Well" he gnspcd. you don't suppose il was
That girl with the false hair that bothered me
do you?"
Sieve! she exulted with choking voice.
'Well?' he interrogatcd playfullv taking
advantage of the opportunity for an exceptional
kiss.
DO YOU know. believe these late honey.
moons are the most satisfactory after all"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-31
ron DECEMBER 81, 1911.

"A LrIIOUGIl he had promised his wife that
IA there should be attempt at economy
n ON this, their honeymoon trip Steve Bur
son fought his way with impaicncc pas,
the coaNng line of hack and taxcab drivers
that almost blocked the progress of himself
and wife they uShcrcd into Tie city
through the entrance of the big union depot
His smhll-iown attitude about walking. up from
the station caused him 10 decide unconsciousIy
against the conveyance owners. and he merely
cluichcd his wife and their baggage more
tightly. Once the gauntlet of drivers had been
run, the wstness and confusion Of the North
metropolis impressed itself and into the
tanned face Of Steve liurson there came a min
gcd expression of won,!crncnt and fear. Feel
ing his wife securely his arms ne did not
turn toward her until they We're well into one
of the streets.
II wonder where some good hotel is he
puzzled. "Wc don't want TO gc, into any bum
place YOU know--not this time"
III mustn't much either" cautioned
the little woman. the tremendous value Of small
amounts Of money having in The years just
gone. ground lis impression into her very soul.
Its our honeymoon. amt H." he reminded
gaily 81 guess there ain't amy place can be
swell for that. We've waited ten years for this
trip until we could afford il. You must r,.lncin-
Der lands worth something now /, amt
Just homestead. Come ven find something.
| guess you're pretty tired after tina, long ride"
CLITTERING electric signs. the ca,cr of the
" pa,cmcnts, the stream of 50 many diifcren,
sorts OF people, and the bcwdering thought of
how the great system Of the city operated itself
caused the steps of the pair be faltcring. When
n tiny ucwsbny interrupted their progress com
plccly With his shrl pleading voice. the
gave further sympathetic touch to her
tall companions arm.
Hes no bigger than our Joe She whispered.
Il wonder how does getting along" lindo' wish
he with us
You can't very well take an cgh, vcarold
your honeymoon" ciidcd Steve. ''You
know wc thrcShcd all that out before started.
You've got forget. YOU know, that you've
been "a Dakota farmers wife for ten years
You're just out OF high school down at Iowa
Falls and I'm just back from The STansh-Amcr-
lean warnnd we're just married YES, and ]
guess this is the hotel We'll take
Again the man wardcd oil attempt
have his baggage taken from him. and sort Of
feeling their way across the luxurious lobby. the
couple found themselves ut last before he desk
rs the woman waited Il distance for her hus-
band TO deal with the oiciouS clerk. her being
almost shrank from the gliicrin" surroundings
They had stayed close to their claim shack so
long. She recalled how wonderful il had seemed
ans for The window HAT looked out upon
nothing but prairie and Sky.
Come on her husband interrupted Were
going into supper"
When negro bowed them past the ca fe
entrance. the love Of the gay and beautiful in
he woman's soul caused her being 10 thrill
Somewhere hidden behind palms orchestra
playing, The linen and silver the tables
Sh"nc under Tie cIcc,rics with almost unreal
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-31

purity, and everything was reflected many times
with peculiar clcarncss by mirrors the sides
of the room.
How do you like it?' asked Steve after he
had finished with the ordeal of ordering from
the biliof-farc. He kept his hand at his face
through embarrassment and his glance about the
shccpiSh.
Il listening 10 the music" answered the
woman, drawing herself together with i jerk.
ITS been so long since I've heard any of it.
That march they just played sounded something
like the one we drilled by when class gave
play that last year in school Do you remcn,-
Der, you took me home from it? And il made
me think, too of the morning the band played
down at the depot when you South with
the militia company"
CTEVE smiled dreamily as the memories we're
recalled. That's so, we amt heard much music
out in Dakota have we,' he agreed UNLESS you
might call the wind music. We've had plenty of
that these ten years Gee, that think back
don't see how you had the TO 90 out and
stick it out with me as you have-thc years
when nothing crowcd the lack of everything TO
do with, and no close neighbours
That first night" she answered. studying
the monogram in the table linen. "whcn we rode
ont ON the lumber wagon from Pierre and there
came TO be nolhin" mile after mile but the bare
black prairics-it was hard OF course missed
IN" crowd down home. and the folks, and church
on Sundays, and the holidays coming along with
out ii being a bit different there. But and
her glance lowered there was YOU. and then
there WAS Joe, and the thought always that the
land would some day bc worth something. And
there were always our plans. too. YOU know that
we were sometime going take this very trim"
] he nervous waiter was lingering the silver
ware in place. The mcal-the first that the wo-
man had partaken Of in ten years tina, had not
been of her own cooking-was placed on the
table. The orchestra had struck up Il ragime
now--somc catchy strain OF the latest period
Then the woman noticed that her husband had
dropped his fork and was staring blanlily across
the room.
y young woman and young man had Just
entered and We're being seated opposite them
They striking couple, at perfect ease
fresh-faccd and faulcssly groomcd The farm
cr's wife found herself Immediately studying
each new trick that fashion had decrecd-the re-
markahle couture with its abundance of curls
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His habits are beyond relief.
lie sleeps but When ii suits his whim,
And hollers like Indian Chief
When you refuse TO play with him
tie hasn't got the least respect
For regulations or for rules
Long prcachmcntS have no more effect
Than if they had been spoke by fools.
He bosses every one about,
And has no reverence for years
He answers critics with a pout.
And now and then with simple ieers
sit and watch him day by day.
And marvel that that atom small
Can ever reach in any way
TO stature intellectual.
1t fills my soul with mystery
TO think that it may be his fate
In some far distant day 10 be
y PRESIDENTIAL GRANDFATHER
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-31
AS TO THE NEW BABY--By John Kendrick BANGS

TVE hasn't got spear of hair
ri Upon his funny little head
y patch of fuXZ lies here and there,
y SORT of soft and fluffy red.
His nose more like Il button seems
Than anything that's like IL nose,
And with mad delight he screams
Whenever he cspics his toes.
OF manners he has not trace.
He whacks his nurse square in the eyes
lie bangs his Daddy in the face.
And with his toes to kick him tries
lie interrupts when people speak
In most rude. uncivil, way.
His language might well be Greek
For all he ever seems to say.
His appetite he never c,,rbs.
And wells until he gets his food.
lie doesn't care whom he disturbs.
Or on villa, scenes he doth intrudc.
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LrllOUGI he had promised his wife that
IA there should be no attempt at economy
4 n on this their honeymoon trip. Steve Bur
ELlII i,LLII.L ii..I...
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-08-10
Committee

and | gave them, verbally, to the President.
At my own expense, and at Mr.. Roosevelt's
invitation [ went to Washington and con-
ferred with him on the subject I cited him
to the Acts of Congress, passed during the
Civil War period, which authorized him to
Immediately issue greenbacks to the amount
of $1O4,OOO,OOO. Most earnestly I assured
him that the bare threat to issue treasury
notes, would compel the Wall Street bankers
to let loose their boarded millions.
But j. 2. Morgan went to the White House
also; and what was one little Georgia editor
in comparison with the mighty Morgan? In
stead Of listening to me, President Roosevelt
obeyed the Money King. To the extent of
$25O,OO0,000 the government loaned its money
to Wall Street, charging no interest. An is
sue of bonds, mis-caled treasury notes, was
handed over to Wall Street, with the express
understanding that only small per- cent, of
their face value should be paid for them.
But worst of all, the Steel Trust, which
was cunning for it's big and formidable rival
the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company-got
Presidential permission to gobble up said
rival, IN vaOIati0n Of l0aO.
Not one dollar of cash changed hands. The
Steel Trust exchanged it's second mortgage
bonds, to the amount of $29000,0OO, for the
stock of the Tennessee concern, and thus be-
came the owner of vast property whose
value is estimated at $200,000,O00, by some
experts, and at $50O,O0O,O0O by others.
The shame of it is, that ex-President Roose-
welt appears before the Congressional Com
mittee, auntily-almost boastfully-and as
sumes the entire responsibility for this VIOLA
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-08-10

and in few days the whole country was ring
ing with it,
The Democrats were in ecstacies. 'Best
speech on the Tariff that has been heard in
Congress in thirty years." That's what they
said.
During the period the subject had been dis
cussed in Congress by Geo. Vest, Zeb Vance,
Roger Mills, John G. Carlisle, Henry L. Will
son, John t. Morgan, Joseph B. Wheeler,
James B. Beck, Jno. B. Daniel, William H.
FELTON,, and a score of others, whose speeches
may be studied to great advantage 10y the
best equipped tarif-talkers of today.
But Bryan was youthful, captivating,
plausible, entertaining; he did not tax the
hearers brain, nor weary him with dry sta
tistics; and SO, he carried all hearts by storm.
In day or so, he was mentioning that some
of his correspondents wanted him to run for
President.
That was long time ago. Tibet Bryan
ceased to exist, many years since. The Bryan
of today has no quick, good humored repair
tee; his face is fat and heavy; and there are
CONCLUDED ON PAGE FIyE\ ..,,~,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-08-10

copies to the correspondents of the metropol-
itan papers; and then awaited the first fav-
orable opportunity to take the floor.
It came one afternoon after the Holidays
of 1892-3-and the audience was large, sym
pathetic and responsive. Never had l known
so much applause to be given to such a sophie
morical performance-such laughter greet
such stale anecdotes. In his repartee, however,
Bryan was superb. The neat and ready way
in which he carved the Republicans who
butted in, was indispensable. Rainey, of New
York, and Perkins, of South Dakota were
literally put out of the combat
Next morning all the papers had the speech !;