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The Harrison times., 1911-05-13
DOG BURIED ALIVE 8 DAYS

When some men we're building a
straw stack at Temple farm, Roydon
England, an eleven-year-old spaniel
which was hunting for rats and mice
got buried In the straw Eight days
later a man heard faint whining
coming from the stack. He removed
n quantity Of the straw and four feet
In the stack he found the dog On
being released It made straight for O
pond near by to quench It's thirst, and
is now none the worse for It's imprls.
onment.
The Harrison times., 1911-05-13

But Dixie Lawrence" he queried.
He was with me, and oh! what a ca
pacity that man hast' Then he
groaned and began to taste scrap-iron
in his mouth.
I recounted the events of the morn
ing and explained that by this time
Dixie was paying party call in some
New York buffet. whereupon Uncle
Peter yanked another foot out of the
grave and began to sit up and notice
the pictures on the wall.
Boys" said the old fellow, 81 want
you to promise me that after this in
terview the terrible scenes of last
night will never, never be recalled,
will you promise me?"
We both did so, without reserva-
ton, and off came a yard Of bandage
over his sky parlor. Uncle Peter was
The Harrison times., 1911-05-13

a, Elsie Eoff, who was an as
d,f Miss Blanche Stewart Tor
las rented the old photo
PElery room in the Bunch
;lding and will open at
Thessmaking shop, Miss
IN ing Ta7ne considerable plain
I,opis I~o p''' any Harrison families
dent dent Minded, by Mesdames
education 'axton and Martin,
first cabin W ,r
to meet the ex? the sick list
journ in Europe. -
TO secure his retuf.
ing expense in Io4do.
proved higher than ant
the Atlantic presented q
barrier to his return home
man was obliged to foregc
uries OF first cabin, seco
third cabin, and finally sh.
peeler Of potatoes on the Pres
Lincoln. BY crossing in first
and returning in the scullery.
Pullman doubtless established a ne
sea record Of It's kind.
The Harrison times., 1911-05-13
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,fanaard
re Grape
Iartar


court-
paS'o,se of alum, I'm
.na' ,lumbia Unto.
king
shoul
young
meet, e
that they n sulphate,
other. 40 tbinu
This tird of Health.
palace
and
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-01

Fine days. these, for hunting In
SIans. What. you never hunted In.
dians, Not when you were small
how saw 30 or 40 years ago? Why.
we always hunted them in October
and always after school in the late
afternoon. There was something
about the rustling leaves and the
bIovs1g wind and the falling twilight
mat made our neighborhood especial
" infested with redskins. We had
wooden guns. and sometimes we
fought with bows and arrows. and
NAM tribe was ambuscaded by US.
We had a camp Of our own behind
the barn, a hut constructed with old
boards and comfortably furnished on
the inside. There we cooked our
mems after the fight; potatoes sliced
and fried in lard over an oil lamp.
How many quarts Of potatoes We pur-
loined from the cellar in the course
Of a season ! wouldn't dare to ssy.
The wonder Is that we never burned
Town the barn.
The band OF scouts 10 which ! be.
onged has been scattered these many
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-01
POULTRY HOUSE IN WINTER
No Matter What Style of Structure Is
Used Plenty of Sunshine Is Quite
Essential.
cBy w. NJ. KELLEY

Whatever style of poultry house is
used, we find it highly essential that
one side be well supplied with win
dows so that plenty of light and sun
shine reach the corners Of the build
ing. With no place but open trees for
the flock and the mercury down pref;
ty low, the fountain of eggs will be
completely frozen up. At all times,
when they are kept inside. give the
birds fresh earth occasionally in order
that they may replenish their grind
ing organs with pebbles They should
also have dust TO dust themselves in
and be fed meat in some form. either
cut bone and meat scraps from some
nearby market, or purchased animal
foods. A boiled liver from a butcher.
cut up fine, Is excellent. A little
chopped cabbage or mashed vegetable
food with ground bones. crushed
oyster shell, ETC., will complete diet
that should produce excellent results.
Feed regularly every morning and
the hens win be found waiting for
their breakfast Hot buckwheat cakes
and table scraps with drink of skim
milk occasionally make one of the
beat balanced rations that can be
found for few hens. 1t is my opin.
ion that the fact that few hens pro-
duce better results than large mum
Der is due in a measure to table
scraps forming a large proportion of
their ration.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-01

After twenty years of harsh bat
Waller was about to return to the
simple people of his early years. Way
vile held out no allurements. He
did not want to go back. Neverthe-
less his valet was, even then, pack
ing the careful selection of clothes
that he had decided to take with him.
All this was in answer to the imperi-
GUS demand Of frank-spoken physi-
clan.
60 back the specialist had told
him. IF you care to live forget that
such place as Wall street exists.
and go back to the village"
Dan Waller was thirty-eight years
old, but his face was the hard, mex
pressive face of the professional stock
gambler. He looked older.
Save for Il pallor Dan Waller did
not have the appearance OF sick
man. His every movement was preg-
nant with vitality. and his byoad
shoulders were carried proudly thrown
back, as became the shoulders of one
VINO nad conquered In his every tilt
with the world.
II was the heart of the man that
had at last rebelled--but before this
Waller had accumulated over a mil.
lion dollars.
An orphan. brought up with a fru,
gal farmer, who had taken him out OF
an orphans home with calculating
eye on the stocky frame of the boy
Waller couldn't look back over the ex
periences of his youth In Wayville
with thrifty little quivers of Joy. Mar
tin, his master, had been a master In
every sense of the word. He had
given the lad whatever the law had
compelled him to give in the way OF
clothes and education. but he had
always striven to impress upon Dan
with each gift--if gifts they could be
called-that whatever came from him
-Martin-was charity.
All this could result IN one thing.
There came a time when the boy be
came a young man-and the young
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-01
HENS CANNOT FEED VERMIN
Best Results Cannot Be Expected IL
7uIIets Not Furnished With Com
Portable Quarters.
CBy R. q. wEATHERsToNE)

No use to expect the best results in
the matter of laying If you allow your
pullets to stay in dirty winter quar-.
tiers. Get busy with the white-wash
brush and the kerosene spray and
clean, clean, clean. Not only inside
the house. but the premises all
around 1t.
If you have so pullets for your lay.
ing bunch it will take about two
hours to dust them and time cannot
be better spent. Let one person hold
the Tullets by the legs while the other
fires Persian insect powder into the
feathers with a powder gun. Get IT
under the wings, around the head
neck and every place where the
feathers are soft and fine for there is
where the mites and lice love to cud
die and feast.
Referring to the use OF the kero
sene spray. fill the roosts and all the
cracks around the nests and roofing
with it. for 1t is there the pestiferous
mites hide. You know body ice re-
main on the fowls all the time, but
the mites seek the roosts and cracks
for moments Of seclusion.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-01

| sum of money once but he was enticed
into specializing in Wall street and
lose," Murf continued; at is one of
my particular desiahs to meet one of
them brokers and communicate my
best respects, subj" he added, bit
terly.
l sized up the wiry frame OF Murf
and shuddered as / thought of the re-
suit it would have on that human air
cushion known as Uncle Peter, but I
said nothing.
Finally l came to an amicable un-
Outstanding with Murf Higginbottom.
my friend from Kentucky, and we
decided to send the colts to a train.
ing farm not far from Ruraldene.
1 figured it out that by getting rid
OF my D. Q. & ". stock at the present
price I'd be about $4,000 70 the good.
and with this amount / saw my way
clear to making a shine start With my
Santa Claus stable
IF yo all don't happen to be big
Casino on the eastern tracks, sub, |
would advise you not to mention moth
ing dDOul IT, Uctdu5S 4 uD0 care 10
have 20 Uncle Owens opinions dis
turbed, subj" Murf quietly admon-
lshed as we parted.
Plainly l was being whipsawed by
circumstances, but I Rugged the con
soling thought that some day one of
those Kentucky rabbits might get
scared and cut around the track in q
manner calculated to give the odds
layers a nervous chill.
didn't want to keep Clara J. wait
I ing up town, so I hustled over the
Cortlaudt street ferry to keep our
dinner engagement.
The first foot stepped on in the
elevated belonged to Bunch Jefferson
You're a lucky McManus, all
right" he informed me as shared
his strap.
You haven't seen Murf and the
seven goats" I answered, sadly.
No. but saw my prophecy. pulled
or" he answered. Mean to tell me
you haven't heard about the slippery
day stairs IN the street,"
Ny heart began TO beat its way out
and could feel the cold chills moving
into furnished rooms up and down
my spine.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-01
Poultry Feeding System.

We follow the same system OF feed
Ing throughout the entire year. with
but little variation. When grasY is
not available we substitute bcets or
mangels grown for the purpose, and
during the winter months a little
oats Is given. says a writer In an ex.
change. Occasionally few acres Of
small grain is sown, and when It be
gins to ripen the hens are taken out
to the fields and allowed 20 harvest
the grain at will This is very
cheap and satisfactory way to feed IN
part. The hens under these condi-
tions always have access TO the beef
scrap and bran mixture and a little
corn is given occasionally.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-01
| John Henry
y GETS SOME HORSES
\ By GEORGE V. HOBART

Murf Higginbottom, friend of my
late uncle, had written me to meet
him and seven horses which Unc had
willed me, at the station. went
thitherward.
found Murf.
Over in the yards Of the Pennsy, I
found him and his select assortment
Of equine roustabouts.
Murf was all to the good. He had
Kentucky dialect that sounded like
a pink tea on a moonshiner's lawn,
and he was made up to look like some
thing that could be but didn't seem
possible.
Murf was glad to see ms. "Yo' all
cern'ly do fav9h yo' Uncle Owen. sub /:
Mighty sudden taking of, but a
ge'man, sub, right up to tie finish of
the funeral sa' monies-yes, sub! Prov
idence had saw fit to drag yo' Uncle
away from the pleasures of the thirst,
but like a brave Kaintucky ge'man
he furnished drinkabIes for all them
that saw him planted-thoughtful
ge'man, yo' Uncle Owen, sub! In all
the history of our country. sub. they
want nevah a funeral wh'a B'u'bon
was so free and tasted so good. Know
much about bosses, subj
Then and there l tried to confess to
Murf that didn't know the difference
between fetlock and a quart of oats,
Il don't quite understand why my
late lamented Uncle Owen should
have turned this founding asylum
of FLIES over to me, Murf l never
did Unc any harm in life and l don't
see why he should come back after the
croak and haunt me in the form OF
seven spinled-legged sand-pounders.
Family pride, subj" Murf an.
swered, incisively. "Yo' late Uncle
Owen done much for the spot of kings
sub! He spent his money freely, sub,
for the glory of the steeplechase and
the one mile dash ovah the old co'se
subj"
Generous Unc," I answered, some
what bitterly.
And when yo' uncle was entered
sub, in his last race with the pale boss
whose rider is Death, sub, he called
me ovah and says, 'Murf, yo' all take
three of them thu'treds for yo'seli
and them othah seven goes to my
brothers boy in New Yo'k according
to my last will and testament-bettah
pull open fresh bottle Of that Blu
bon, Murf!' he said, sub. Just afo he
turned his face to the wall"
Murf paused while memory stepped
up to the bar and refreshed itself.
What made Uncle Owen think
that l would Shrek with Joy over the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-01
servlan kIna,a AthletIc DAVIS.

The king of Servia has occupied his
throne now rather more than seven
years, and no one will need TO be re-
minded that he came to be king
through the assassination of his
predecessor. When his majesty was
one of the kings of exile in Paris he
lived in a fat on the third floor in
the Rue Jouhroy, for which he paid
the very modest rent Of $3.50 per an
mum. He was in those days a great
athlete and boxer. as two footpads
discovered when they waylaid him on
his way home and demanded his
money or his life They got neither.
But one of them got the royal boot
in the pit of his stomach. and. Ieav.
ing his assailants In the gutter. King
Peter resumed his interrupted prog.
ress.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-01
Gloves and the Man.

There is not a more desolate thing
on earth. one would imagine, than the
masculine right-hand glove, II mani
mate objects could but think and suf.
fer. Every man will put on the left
hand glove but keep his right hand
free TO grapple with coins and UNI
brellas and the intricacies OF life.
Away goes the right-hand glove into
the pocket or the drawer. And while
thousands of left-hand gloves are
worn and loved. equal thousands Of
right-hand gloves are cast into outer
darkness. What becomes Of them ?
What man wants the right-hand glove
And-bless mei-why should pay for
a pair Of gloves when l want only one.
In mercy to me and the glove they
should sell them in single tons.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-01

and then began to talk pipe-talk.
and dream out loud. You know. Murf,
whenever hit the hose the first thing
do is to turn on the electric fan and
get the hot air busy. Your friend
Hank. probably got caught in the
windstorm."
Murf listened In silence till had
finished; then he said, slowly:
'Yo' Uncle Owen left this world.
sub, believing 20 to be a fuss class
hossman. It's up TO yo' all not to
make yo' Uncle Owen out no liah,
subj"
Murf the implacahle; Murf the IN
believer; Murf with power of attor-
ney from fate. What would Clara
]. say when she discovered that had
jumped into the stormy sea of horse
speculation and was far from the life
raft? Visions of happy home rent
asunder tortured my sight and | could
hear busy old Uncle Peter driving me
forth with Wild anathemas.
Presently Murf broke in upon my
meditations: Hadn't yo' all bettah
look the bosses ovah, subj"
took peep at the ponies. and see
ing but seven of 'em l asked Murf
where his three we're.
1T became Necessary for me to part
with my three, sub, in order to cay
out yo' Uncle Owens request and de.
liver the goods to yo' ALL" he an
swered. quietly.
1,ff Of lr,v,,r,
in my throat. you're aces up with
me from this moment. This cloud
burst of horses came ON so suddenly
that forgot my manners-shake!"
We shook hands and l asked:
Didn't Uncle owen leave any money
when he took the long canter?"
After the estate was settled up,
sub, they want nothing left but them
thar bosses and yo' Uncle Owens last
will and testament" Murf replied.
Il was yo Uncle Owens trainer for
eighteen years, sub, and when | heard
| the facts in the case l says, 'Murf,
yo' all are going east to train them
thar colts for yo' friend Owens
nephew seeing as how Hank Peters
says the young man is big Casino on
the eastern tracks had to sell my
colts to do It, but l got here and l
wait yo' orders, subj"
l couldn't possibly do a soft shell
solo and leave that kind of a man fiat
without the price of dish of beans in
his rowdydows. so | quickly made up
my mind to see Murf through If had
to put him and the ponies in the
spare room at Ruraldene.
! "Yo' Uncle Owen had a pow'ful
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-01
y,.xp.nsiy. Finish.

The Italian tfuit-vender was most
grateful to the customer who had
bought grapes GA the day he sci up
his STALL and had never failed to buy
something from that day on. When
he married young and accomplished
girl, he saw his WY clear to show his
gratitude more thoroughly than by an
occasional extra banana or bunch of
grapes.
MY wife, Lora, she havva de fine
talents he said confidt ntially to his
old customer. "She learna de mani
cure. and she learna de pedicure per
fectissiIuo, and she havva de little
shop right by close. Ana day you
havva de time, you bringa your hands
and your feet to my wife. Lora, and
she flemish them all for you. and
charga nottings-notta one GENITAL"
Youths Companion.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-01

All authorities are agreed that
wheat OF wheat screenings, supple
mented with other things, is the best
food for egg production, and we may
therefore write down wheat as the
standard hen food, says writer in an
exchange, Corn is objected to by
some on the ground that II is too heat
ing in the summer and too fattening
at all seasons. have not found It so
in my experience. do not feed 1t ex-
clusively, but. fed with other grains,
II is all right. / am now feeding
wheat bran and corn meal mixed with
water. and no hens ever laid better.
When milk is plentiful. feed wheat,
beans. corn. oats and buckwheat
ground together, mixed with skinned
milk. and It makes a splendid egg pro-
ducing food.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-01
IPUJIN Il. AIl,r[R23Y
l1lHJOdREfI ES0
The sly young pullets like secluded

The sly young pullets like secluded
nests.
Eggs should be kept dry at all
times.
An expensive hen house will not al
ways insure profits,
II the hens and chicks are confined
to a yard. green food must be fur.
nished them.
The demand for dressed chickens
and fresh eggs is stih keen and al
ways viii be.
More money can be lost with chick
ems, relatively speaking than with
sheep or pigs.
The profits from the poultry often
come from feed that would otherwise
be thrown away,
In no business more than in poul-
try keeping are the little details OF
such importance.
Better visit the chicken house at
night and listen for wheeling or rat
Ting in the throat.
More people are now putting In a
good part OF their tire producing
poultry than ever before and prices
we're never so good
Don't fail 10 free your setting hena
from lice. When the chicks are oui
see that they are free from lice Il you
would have them thrive.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-01

arrival of seven sunburned colts into
the bosom of my family?" I finally
asked in despair.
Just a few weeks previous TO yo'
uncle's demise, sub, Kaintucky
hossman came home from the east,
sub, and info'med yo' uncle that yo'
all was big Casino on the eastern
tracks, subj"
"a Kentucky horseman told Uncle
owen that?" / repeated. Naughty
horseman. What's his manner"
Hank Peters. sub. from ovah
Bowling Green way. Kim and Kee
Barclay. the old colt tanner from
Princeton, Kaintucky, spent sev'al
weeks in the east this spring. Hank
told yo' Uncle Owen, sub. that he
chummed up with yo' all at Graves
end
Hank chummed up with me at
Gravesendl" I echoed, vainlv trying
to get wise. "f wonder If tn was
the day I fell of the water wagon!"
Hank was all swelled up ovah
meeting yo', sub. Yo' all told Hank
that when It came to knowing the race
track game yo' had Riley Grannon
put to bed without saying his pray
ersi"
81 told Hank that, did -"
'Yo' all did. sub; and yo' told him
that when 1t came 70 show down on
boss knowledge 20 had James R.
Keene up in a sycamo' tree a'hollerin'
for help, subj"
could feel my ears getting red
THAT was the day yo' all won
$4,000 on the 10th race, subj"
The day l VOL $42,0Oo-who
dared to wake me?'
Hank says yo' all told him that II
was the smallest win you had made
at the meet, subj"
There's no doubt about It, Murf,"
Z said. thoughtfully. That was the
day fell OF the water wagon. and
u7vsc have landed on Hank good and
hard. 1 remember the afternoon, but
I can't place Hank. wonder what
round OF drinks he blew in with!
That was the evening l win IS and
the shock drove me up against the
bar. It was my first take-down in
six weeks and it made me SO nervous
! was afraid to keep the cash Before
dark had traded my roll tor bun,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-01

man was conspicuously absent from
the Martin house one morning when
the misery farmer attempted to call
his chattel from his attic room.
Dan Waller, his belongings on his
back aud In a cotton handkerchief,
had responded to the beckoning fin
gers Of the city.
And now he wondered how Way
vile would receive him. He won.
dered what Martin. his old taskmas-
ter. would say Responsive to a sud
den vaRary, he went across TO the
massive writing desk in the corner Of
this luxuriant library, and sprawled
one line across a sheet of the heavy
linen paper bearing his monogram
"Am coming back. Meet me at af.
ternoon train tomorrow. | want to
talk with you"
The bell brought the valet. Here
came from the man at the desk, mail
this, and, by the way, you are not to
go with me to Wayville. You will re-
main here. subject TO my orders"
AS the Honorable Waller wishes. !"
came IN stilted English from the Jap
anese He bowed low aud silently
left the room.
The only afternoon train from the
east came TO an impatient stop at
WayyilIe Just long enough to allow its
passenger for this point TO alight.
Wallur, dressed In unassdming black,
pushed back the broad hat from his
brow, and stared about him for the
well remembered figure Of Martin. A
trim. daintily clad girl tripped toward
him.
you don't know me- came in a
soft voice.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-01
Details Of Home-Made Brooder.

layer Of cotton batting between them
and stitch them together, and you
have hover blanket Tack this to
the hoop and push II down in the
cheese box until the blanket touches
their backs. Make another blanket
to throw in loose on top of the other.
cold nights and cold or stormy
weather.
Cut a long strip of pasteboard for a
door that can be showed down inside
the brooder between the hoop and the
inside wall. passing over the exit and
close II for the first two weeks at
night and other times when the chlcks
seem cold.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-01
Lelpzlo a PuhlIshlnn center.

Leipzig IS the largest publication
center in the world More BOOKS and
periodicals are printed there tEen
anywhere else. and more people are
engaged in making and using printers
supplies than in Lordon. New York,
Berlin or Paris. Out OF a total of
30,71S books that were published in
the German empire last year, 11.219
were printed and Issued in Leipzig,
and 1878 music books and pieces of
sheet music. Many of the orders
come from England, France, Austria,
and other countries, because the me-
chanical work can be done in Leipzig
much cheaper than elsewhere. More
than half of the transactions in books
take place at the Leipzig book fair,
which occurs every year at the jubl-
late. the first week In Easter, when
booksellers and publishers from all
parts of Germany assemble to COM
pare and balance accounts and to
make contracts for the uext year.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-01
SIMPLE POULTRY YARD GALE
One May Cure Himself Of Hen-chaa
ing and Hen-cussine Habit by
Use of Useful Device.

Barrels of perspiration and sulphur
may be saved by the poultry gate
shown herewith Whoever has unin-
tentionally acquired the hen-chasing,
hen-cussing habit may cure himself
with this little device. In the fence,
preferably at a point near where the
fowls are fed. light little door about
10x12 inches is hung on the inside of
the yard so as always to swing shut
without springs. says the Orange Judd
Farmer. 1t is stopped from swinging
outward by the peg shown at the
right. Mrs Hen. returning repentant
from the garden. will poke her head
into every mesh of the fence in her
efforts to reioin her happy compan-
ions. The gate will thus allow her
to enter without excitement or com
ment from the lord OF the harem or
from the irate owner.
But another advantage may be
gained by using the gate in connec.