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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-08

ceive attentions from men like Burton
and Brant. An Introduction to Jacie
was matter of course, and the paint
Ing of her portrait followed easily.
Every day saw them and Scott Har-
ney regular callers. Scott arrived as
they left or leaving az they came.
The portrait. however. did not pro-
gress. Burton and Brant comparing
notes, decided that this augured favor
ably Conversation. not painting. evil
IDENTIFY was the routine during those
frequent visits If only Scott Harvey
could be eliminated the equation
would be quite satisfactory. Brant told
Burton.
Burton. however, refrained from ex-
pressing his views. and as the month
drew to it's close with definite results,
Rrants fear Of failure led him to ques-
ton Burton as to his opinion. based
on his intimacy with his guests. But
Burton evaded the question. Perry
and Mosgroye had not made him their
confident.
Then # was that Braht decided up
terview with Jacie. drawing from her,
without arousing her suspicion, her
preference. He himself a listener.
unsupported by both, would form his
conclusions from the conversation.
He made his plans with the great
est care The coat closet should be
his coign of vantage. He was not
comfortable and the key had been re-
moved before Perry and Mosgrove
were shown In. Their remarks while
waiting for Jacie were interesting
There was simply nothing TO
paint" Mosgroye spoke in a guarded
voice. but with the manner Of one con
tinuing a conversation. Outside of
an idiot asylum ] neyer saw such va
cancy Of expression Ny opinion is
that she's less than half-witted 1
think. Perry, that / understand Bur
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-08

C5NOTES 0

For pigs, II Is better to cook pota-
toes and mix them with corn chop,
middllngs, etc,
A hog is hog and nadly balanced
rations and foods that are indigesible
are responsible for much loss.
The possibilities Of expanding the
production Of pork are so great that
we VIII never see scarcity OF this
produS;
Any man who plans 10 feed sheep
needs a single plain shed. dry, well
ventilated. yet Tree froia cold. search
ing drafts
1t is an easy matter 10 get a bunch
Of young pigs off the main line on to
the sidetrack and difficult matter to
get them back again.
Don't put a frosty BIT into horses
mouth unless you have no objection 70
seeing the barn kicked down. And
watch for mouth sores.
A long1egged. narruw-chesteds wasp
wasted. loose-ribbed. long-coopled
horse is always TO be avoided. and Is
cheap animal on the market.
A horse that IS literally fed and
regularly exercised throughout the
winter viii stand heavy work much
better than one that has been poorly
kept and fly fed.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-08
Wearing of Proper CoIors Makes fc
Worldly Advancement, Says
New Thouahtlst.

Denver, Colo.-Success and charac-
ter are merely a matter of colors. If
you want to be successful wear bit
of emerald green. If you are nervous
and high strung, wear more blue and
calm down.
Also wear good clothes and mingie
with rich people, even if you are not
financially able to back up your fine
front" Opulence is a matter of vi
bratlons and by mingling with the
rich you win absorb their waves.
These are a few of the theories ad-
vanced by Mrs. Elizabeth Severin
new thoughtist, who announces the es-
adjustment of the Psychological soci-
ETY. Of Denver.
If man wants TO know the essen
tials of woman's character, all he
has to do is to note the colors she
wears" she said Red signifies love,
and persons fond of it are emotional
and full of life. Grange stands for
pride and ambition. Yellow signifies
wisdom Those who favor violet are
spirituelle.
Black should never be worn under
any circumstances. 1t is the negative
of all things and depresses immeas-
urably.
"A woman should not dress accord
ing to the shade of her hair, but
should wear the colors that her tenn
permanent calls for. If she wants to
change her mood let her chauga her
dress. Neurasthenics and anemics
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-08
Tn. worthwhile Person.

Certain qualities go to the making
of any human being whom other hui
man beings esteem. Certain ingredi-
ents are as necessary to a man as
-four and yeast to bread. or iron and
carbon to steel You cannot make
them any other way. There is a COM
bination Of steadiness of purpose.
breadth Of mind, kindness. whole
some common sense. justice. perhaps
a fash of humor, certainly capacity
for the task in hand, that produces a
worthwhile person. The combination
occurs in every rank in life. You find
II as often in the kitchen as in the
parlor; oftener, perhaps, in the field
than in the office The people who
are SO composed have spiritual length.
breadth. thickness: they are people
of three dimensions Everybody feels
alike about them.--Cornelia A. p. Co
mer, In the Atlantic.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-08
The Hog House in Position.

houses are weatherproof and safe for
narrowing sows at any season, In ex-
tremely cold spells ! have warmed
them with a small oil stove and made
them as comfortable as high-priced,
artificially heated house could be
made.
Five ten-foot boards make a floor.
which can be laid In seasons when
one is necessary, and when not in use
can be easily taken up and stored
away for another year. Any man can
easily move one of these houses with
stoneboat. and when they are to be
moved a distance, two can be put on
a hay frame. The low cost and the
ease with which they are moved should
recommend house Of this kind to
the renter. who is liable to find poor
facilities for hog raising on many
farms.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-08
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An Unsuccessful Scheme
By CLAUDINE SESSION


The affair had its inception a year
after John Burton became the COM
pany's president. It was intrusted to
his management for the identical rea-
sons which had induced Robert Brant,
owner of big blocks of stock, to choose
him for the place; that is. ability to
handle and fidelity to trust.
And Brant had come to the gist of
his request without the formality OF
preface.
Burton" he said, Il want you TO
look up young fellow. brainy, ener-
getic, honest. an all-around one, the
kind girl would be sure to fancy"
There was no answer. and Brant,
full Of his plan, went on. There isn't
young man of my acquaintance that
| feel like intrusting my business to
when the time comes to shift it, to
say nothing of my child's happiness.
And-I might as well be frank, Bur.
ton, I'm afraid Jacie rather fancies
Scott Harvey. Not that l object to
Scott as man. you understand. It's
his age"
Chary of words, Burton nodded
Now, you have better way of
meeting and knowing young men than
|. and Tm-in rather a hurry--on
Scott Harney's account. you see"
Burton dropped his head in his
hands for a minute. Il think" he
said finally. that l know two who
would fjll the bill One of them is my
sisters stepson. civil engineer. Croy
Perry The other is a classmate Of
his, Thad Mosgroye. a young fellow,
of excellent business ability. although
an artist. I'll invite then. out for IA
month. Mosgrove will--yo@ can have
him paint Jacie's portrait. and--yes,
think we can manage It,"
Robert Brant was a keen reader of
men. His original judgment. augment
ed by daily observation. was certainly
high in Buttons favor, yet he was
vaguely conscious of lack of inter
est. half-heartedness. that gave him
a twinge or two of disquiet.
But the plan worked to a nicely.
The young men arrived, pleased with
the invitation. and gratified to re.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-08
WOMEN AS CABINET MAKERS
Daughter of Well Known Medical
Man in Denmark Is siIVersmith--
Invade Other Trades.

Copenhagen There IS hardly a
Beld of employment, hardly a walk
of life, in which some members OF
what used to be known as the weaker
sex are not to be found, but hitherto
the heavier manufacturing trades
have not been invaded by them.
Now. however. the women of Den.
mark are taking up tasks In which
considerable muscular effort is de
uanded Several women Of good So
cisl position. accustomed to Hives OF
comparative ease and luxury. have
ser ed apprenticeship In cabinet ma
king and other workshops and have
qualified as masters" Of their chosen
trades.
Frohen Ellen Togh has Just quail
fed as wood C-rver and Harriet
Djorup. daughter Of a well-knowp
medical man. as silversmith. and a
trio Of women have started in Copen-
hagen as cabinet makers on 9 fairly
extensive scale.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-08
Minnesota SWampS Are Turned
Into Productive Farms.
One-Fifth of Total Area Of State OF
Minnesota Is to Be Reclaimed, Ae-
cording to Report of Drainage
Commission.

st. Paul, Minn-Reports of the state
drainage commission on work done In
Minnesota from August /, 1898. to Aug
ust l. 1910. have been placed in the
hands of the legislature.
The commission estimates that Min
nesota had originally 100000 acres
of swamp lands, too wet in their nat
ural condition for agricultural pur-
poses. This vast area, comprising
about one-ffth Of the land of the state,
is fast being transformed from swamp
lands to productive farms. Conserva-
tive estimates place the total area re-
claimed during 1909 and 1910 at 1,500,-
900 acres.
bitches are constructed by the state
and by the various counties. These
are made by the drainage commission
only where such bitches will benefit
state lands. Incidentally private lands
are also benefited and in such cases
the cost is betrayed in part by assess
ing private lands according to the
benefits. Lands owned by railroad
companies are assessed like private
lands
During 1909 and 1910 the commits
sion has constructed or has had under
construction Is state bitches, having
an aggregate length of 460 miles, re-
Quiring an excavation of 6,828, 1878 cubic
yards, costing $605, 873.30, or an aver
age of S.S cents per cubic yard. These
bitches will drain and reclaim 141 j a.
SO acres of state land and 403,640.S1
acres of private lands at an average
cost of S1.25 per acre.
The policy of the commission has
been to drain only such lands as i'm
mediately will become available for ag-
ricultural uses and lands requiring lit
tie clearing or other expense to bring
under cultivation. The work to large
extent has been confined to localities
in the proximity of railroads and trade
centers and open meadows and marsh
lands, the commission avoiding as far
as practicable the drainage of lands
would be endangered.
In the construction of bitches, public
highways were constructed along the
side of the ditch from the earth exca-
waited from the ditch. wherever such
construction was practicable. When
drainage work contracted for IN the
years 1908. and 1910 is completed, there
will be 400 miles of graded roads along
the several bitches, constructed at a
small additional cost, the average cost
being not more than one-half a cen,
per cubic yard, or SIS per mile of road.
The commission, with the co-opera'
ton of the United States geological.
survey, has made typographical sur
vey of large area in Ottertail, Doug
las, Grant, Traverse, Stevens. Pope,
Swift and Big Stone counties. The
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-08
SALARIED MEN BORROW MORE

Our experience has been that the
laborer who asks for loans from the
agency is the man who has been visit
ed by a sudden calamity. The 800
man desires to borrow money to con-
tinue to live beyond his income. He
fancies, apparently. that in some way
he will be able to pay s110 with a
dollar. That's what a loan would
mean in his case. He is shown that
he can pay his debts more easily than
pay his debts and interests, too. II Is
possible the agency has given several
men a new insight into better uses Of
money and a new view OF what their
living expenses should be-"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-08
Spirit and Ability One Of the Bright
est Pages in the Country's
Records.

The five academies forming the
French Institute are for respecting
traditions and rules that exclude
women. In other words. they are for
Ronpartism there. Bonaparte exclud-
Cd women for the Academy Of Fine
Arts. where toward the end Of the
eighteenth century they began to take
a highly honorable place. His despo-
tism tended to reduce then to the low
level Of trivial toys in his court and
camp. and on the other hand to throw
urcp them the colossal task Of repair
,ee not in their homes merely but in
the field. factory and commercial
houses the ruins that his WIS en-
tailed
The French woman had from the
earliest times been used to put her
shoulder to the wheel when It got i'm
bedded in deep. miry ruts. She new
or did so with more spirit and ability
than In the last hundred years. 1t
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-08
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BUILDING A SIS HOG HOUSE
Low Cost and Ease With Which They
Can Be Moved Should Recon-
mend Them to Breeders.

The hog house shown in the &C
companying Illustration is ten feet
long by five feet wide. the shed seven
feet, and the open pen in front three
feet. The pen is three feet high. the
shed four feet at front sloping to
three at the back. our corner posts.
2 by 4. three feet long and two up
right at front of roof. by 4, four
feet long; six boards one foot wide and
16 feet long make the sides and ends;
boards one foot wide and seven feet
long, cut from corner to corner. will
give necessary slope to the roof. The
roof may be OF board. iron, or any
roofing. If iron is used, it should be
laid over building paper TO prevent
sweating, writes Stanley Wells in the
American Agriculturist
If made of pine these houses cost
about SIS each. but when made Of ma.
tive lumber they cost less When lid
is put over thu opening in front the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-08
FISH THAT LOVE DYNAMITE
Wlnsted Comm Variety That Feed
on High Explosive Are Not
Wanted by Women.

Winsted, Conn.-Highlaw lake fish
are at a discount owing to the dis
covery that they dine on dynamite
and like it.
Workmen who are blasting in the
neighborhood made the discovery by
accident. Since then they have
amused themselves by breaking little
bits from dynamite cartridges and
throwing these crumbs" overheard to
see the perch grab for them. House
keepers regard the experiment with
disapproval. They fear the dynamite
fed fish would fry too noisily, and in
stead of reposlng quietly on plat
ter might suddenly decide to serve
themselves on the ceiling.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-08
FEEDING RACK FOR SHEEP
illustration Showing One That Is
Very Convenient and Prevents
Accidents In Stats,

The accompanying Illustrations
show the construction Of a sheep
rack that is very convenient and safe.
writes NJ. A. Jones of COLORADO in the
Farm and Home. Il often happens
that in a carelessly constructed sheep
rack the sheep get their neoks caught
in the stats and are strangled. This
rack prevents anything OF that sort.
The stats. b, are made OF inch
boards rounded at the top and about
eight inches high. C is a movable side
which may be dropped down to pre-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-08
Arrangement, Of Gutter.

same one-half inch holes are bored
through the boards for the moisture
to pass through These holes should
not be bored in regular rows as the
wood is more apt tc break out easier
if tho grain is thus broken but by
arranging So that no two holes are in
a direct line along the horizontal
length of board the planking viii last
far longer. The stall floor should have
slight slant to this point, and the
gutter must have slope enough TO
drain all moisture outside TO the COM
post heap.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-08
coIleglans Down and Out.

Oakland, Calm an address be-
fore the students of the University of
California on College Men I Have
Met in the Slums and Prisons of New
York, C. NJ. Mercer, special secretary
of the Association for Colleges of
North America, said:
There are 10000 college-bred men
in New York alone who are down and
out through liquor and fast living
There has been marked decrease Of
the proportion of graduates who fall
since the prevalence of college ath.
letics amounting. / estimate, to 50
per cent"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-08
Kansas City Loan Agency Shows Few
Daily Wage Farmers Live
Beyond Their Means.

Kansas City-A wrong standard OF
living prevails among men who, with
care, shcula be in comfortable cir
cumstanSes. That is the opinion Of
William VolRar, president of the board
of public wsifare and originator Of
the Welfare Loan Agency. 1t is found
ed on observation and the study OF
the personal History given the agency
nv persons who desire to borroS
money.
1T isn't tie man making $3.50 =
day who Is tie persistent borrower OF
continuously Is verging on poverty,
Mr. yolker add 1T is the man who
makes % . month. The laborer
working for kDw wages has adjusted
his standard o. living to his income.
The 500 mAz usually is the man who
lives entirely beyond his means. H.
feels himself piached by the absence
Of thi~gs N no sense necessities.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-08

We must vindicate the right OF each
MAJ to do what he likes, and to say
WIN be thinks. to an extent much
greater than is usually supposed to be
either safe or decent This we must
do for the sake of society quite as
much as for our own sake. That so
clety would be benefited by a greater
freedom of action has already been
hown. and the same thing may be
proved concerning freedom OF speech.
md writing Thomas Henry Buckle.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-08

lands. All of this will become avail
able Immediately for agricultural pur
poses.
The state drainage commission con
sists of Cover nor Eberhart, State Audi
tor Iverson and Secretary of State
schmahl. George A. Ralph is state
drainage engineer.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-08
Sheen Are Profitable.

Sheep require less attention than
any other farm animal They do not
have to be curried or brushed or
washed; neither do they have to be
tied with halters or confined with
stanchions. All they need is good
feed. clean water and absolutely dry
shelter and for this care they will re.
turn better profit considering the
investment than any other animal Cd
the farm.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-08
FRENCH WOMAN IN HISTORY

would be too bad if the fell shade Of
Bonapartism were to chill at the in
stitute the hereditary qualities of the
chiyalrous. just-thinking and luminous
French mind. Bonaparte sold the fin
est region of North America--that oN
the Mississippi from New Orleans to
the Great Lakes--for 100000 francs.
to be able to set up his trivial wife
and vulgar minded sisters, not to men
ton Mile. Georges. with jewelry
worthy Of his imperial favor and pa
tronage.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-08

Details Of sac sheep Feeder.

vent the sheep from eating out of the
rack This side is regulated by a
piece of strap iron, d. which fits into
the slot in the side piece of the rack.
a. e is box,like projection in the
center of the rack which keeps the
fodder from being fed out so rapidly
that 1t will be wasted. The ends OF
this rack are hinged in such a way
that they may be readily opened for
cleaning.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-08
KEEPING LIVE STOCK CLEAN
Arrangement of Stable Gutter is Illus
trated Showing How Al, Moisture
viii Run Of.

The illustration shows a method OF
arranging the stable gutter so that ali
the moisture in the stall will run into
the stable gutter at once. thus leaving
the bedding clean and dry at all times,
and saving labor in grooming the ami
mails. The gutter is arranged to run
along the lower end of the stalls. just
back Of the animals, and is best made
in sub-fioor of concrete. TO insure
permanency. says the Homestead The
p!anking that forms the stall floor is
then laid across the gutter. and above
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-08
Plna With Manae.

For pigs with mango sprinkle lit
tie coal oil down the spine, around the
head and ears and under the legs. The
next day scrub the entire pig with
warm water and rosin soaop. Mix a
little hickory wood ashes in the wa.
ter, rub dry, then grease with crude
petroleum. which is the same as coal
oil before It is refined. Clean out the
pens. dust with air-slacked lime. then
give bed OF dry leaves Mango comes
from sleeping In hot manure or wet
straw
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-08
en- Nom Her Moth.r.. sIster

Dorchester. Mass.--Little Barbara
Louise Young. who was adopted by
her grandparents. Dir. and Mrs
James VIII, is now technically sis
ter Of her own mother. Her parents
were separated by q divorce and the
little girl. having no home, Is now in
the legal custody Of her grandparents.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-08
Handle Ewes Carefully.

Ewes that are heavy with lamb
should be handled very carefully and
all openings where they pass through
should be wide enough to prevent
crowding. Many dead lambs are born
when the ewes are compelled to pass
through small openings and kept In Q
crowded place.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-08
WIN SUCCESS BY RIGHT HUES

household furnishings in red. 1t
should supply the color lacking in
their makeup. Color of course is a
mere question of vibration, and sue
cess is, too. If a woman wishes to
succeed let her put on her rustling
silk skirt and her ostrich plume and
Dingle With those who have already
found success. The success vibra-
lions are bound to ,adiate her way
1t is so simple"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-08

Every farmer should grow hogs. II
only enough for home use. Of course.
We would not advise the farmer to
grow more hogs than he can properly
feed and handle. The farmer must
grow some class Of 1.-Two stock for
meat. and the hog is aboIt the easiest
and cheapest to handle.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-08
Feeding Young Pigs

Most Of the farmers do not feed
their young pigs often enough, but
VIII give them too much a. one tine.
They should get their feeo eight or
nine times q day. and only httle at
time If good and quick growth t.
obtained.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-08
lnu.stinats Market Needs.

The wise producer will Invariably
look to the needs Of the market be-
fore fully determining on his policy In
supplying any commodity This bust
ness like precaution will hold as good
In the poultry business as anywhere
else.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-08
$4,000 for MosIem University.

Calcutta.-The Aga Khan, the head
of the Ismaili Mohommedans. urges
the commemoration of the kings visit
to India year hence by the founda-
ton of Moslem university at All.
garh, comparable to those of Berlin.
Paris and Oxford" He offers a con.
tribution of $4,000
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-08
oeep breathing insomnia cure.

Deep breathing. which draws the
blood from the brain to the lungs. is
one of the most effective cures for
insomnia.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-08
HE MAY BE FUTURE STATESMAN UF OKLAHOMA

w ASFIINGToN.-Never there proueer father
w Thomas Pryor Gore, the from Oklahoma and
according to him. there bright baby
recently born TO Mrs Gore their residence
place He is handsome youngster. though pahecay
enough the blind statesman the mother
ard from his friends called to see the
ceid that day started by
his father and become statesman whom young
will delight honor