Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-09-06
A BIG AND CROOKED ROUTE
Circuit With Representative of You're.
Uncle Samuel

One can learn more of personal loca-
ton and neighborhood history by lend
ing himself for few hours to one of
Uncle Sans mail boys than from any
other source, and usually it is not nee
essary to use stomach pump or be a
mind-reader to draw out the informa-
ton. If one can ride about the average
rural route without having stomach
nausea from continuous turning, he
must be careful of the quantity and
quality of his morning meal. Twenty
FIVE miles Of ci-cuitous twisting to
reach all Of the humble dwellers and
spread the gratuity of generous gov
eminent Is the work Of a rural mail
carrier, Seated behind q span Of we'll
groomed steeds, the writer accompan-
led L. N, Tate on route No. three, last
lhursday-a day graced by nature for
brightness, With the beauties and hand
iwork of Providence everywhere spread
out in field products, fruits, Wild flow
ers, trickling brooks, Autumnal color
ings, changing scenery from ridge to
valley, improvements in home surroun5s
ings, and best of all happy, busy, con-
tented people. II would require some
thing akin 10 mariners compass to
follow the ms and outs on route three,
but Carrier Tate says he can go over 1t
with his eyes shut; that IL is next TO a
nightmare with him. There are about
one hundred families on this string and
nearly ninety Of the number are CEN.
SQR subscribers, so we felt perfectly
at home with Tate as a guide. 1t is
territory OF his boyhood home, much of
it, and leaves of memory were turned
10 Al t,fdfftf a nd trfaraat hty him
The route reaches out on Pleasant
Ridge to Robert Roberson's, back and
south to Brookville, thence southeast.
to the Michaelson place, thence east to
Lake neighborhood, north to Harrison
Smiths, retrace westerly to Andrew
Tollefson's, thence east on Pleasant
ridge TO Warren Fish's and Fl. Wood
cock 8, dropping over the hill to the old
Turner mills on Bishop Branch, thence
follow the main highway to Viroqua
via Cook place. There are many side
drives that tell one of the accuracy of
the government in providing every cit
izen with mail facilities. There are
about 40, 900 of these mail messengers
in the employ of the government in this
particular kind of delivery. The service
costs the government $36, 900, 900 an
nually and it is claimed that 10000, 900
people are reached on these routes.
These A., 900 carriers traverse during
year distance Of about 800, 900, 600
miles, or three times as far from the
earth to the sun, aud the boys get so
they like it. They are a faithful, OBJ
liging crowd of workers. Many think
they have too many holidays and re-
ceive too much for their service, but
just follow them, see what the exact
ions are what the cost is to them and
you viii decide with the CENSOR man
that their compensation is but a bare
living at the best.
But we have lost our cue on Route
three, and wander back by saying that
1t . a territory of changing scenes,
ith view that is ennobling and makes
one love his fellowmen and country
more to know of the possibilities
spread out for mans daily require
ments.
Number three has enjoyed its share
of good things and the splendid new
homes and farm improvements in course
of construction or completed within the
past year or two are, as we found
them: A silo at Gean Henry's, readi-
ness for new house at L. Lewison's,
on the old Stark farm; addition to L. j.
Jennings house. granary at Henry
Lakes, the same at c. A. Quale's;
granary, feed mill, gasoline pump at
Harvey Cox, mammoth barn at Louis
Anderson's, new and fac houses at
Thomas Severs0n's, Andrew Tollefson's
Fred Lakes, and Willard Getter's.
There are doubtless other substantial
betterments along the route that fail
to receive a penciling. Altogether
route No. three is above the average, a
Joy, peopled by industrious, prosperous,
peaceable citizens. And besides they
ike and believe in their mail carrier
and are every one of them at the mail
box when CENSOR day delivery rolls
weekly around.