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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-29
Commission Has Hearing.

The state railway commission held
a hearing on the petition of the Man
itowoc Northern Traction company
for authority to increase its fare be-
tween Manitowoc and Two Rivers
from FIVE to ten cents. The company
had agreed to the smaller fare, but
fc md that it could not make money
and was granted authority to increase
it until the matter could be finally set
tied by the commission.
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off so adroitly that Bragg did not know
until the next morning that he had no
enemy in front of him. Thomas had saved
the army by his energy, his fautless skill
I'm placing his troops and his resourceful-
ness.
Although Thomas left the field and
moved back TO Rossyille and then 10
Chattanooga, the issue was not squareiy
settled by the struggle, for the Union
army was still as strong as that OF Bragg.
There was strange misconception on
either side of the strength OF the other,
each believing that his opponent was SUI
perlor in numbers. on September % the
first news regarding the result appeared
I'm the press In Tribune dispatch from
washington published that morning IL was
stated:
THE general summing up is that after
two days Of severe lighting. in which Cen
eral Rosecrans, with greatly inferior
forces. bore the shock of one hundred and
forty thousand rebels, comprising the
armies OF Bragg and Johnston, half of
Lees army and all If Pemberton's scat
tered troops that could be gathered to-
gether. he deemed II prudent 10 fall back
upon Chattanooga. which he did In good
order"
In fact. Bragg had approximately 1900
men, while Rosecrans had approximately
$1,000. The total loss Of the Union army
in killed, wounded and missing was 1919
while that Of the Confederates was 1904
II. y. 3,
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scape, making movements somewhat diffi-
cult. Toward the middle Of the forenoon
the Sabbath peace. emphasized by the
sound OF distant church bells, was broken
by the guns of Bishop Folks delayed at
tack OH General Thomas.
Repulsing the enemy at all points,
Thomas began TO feel the need OF reinforce
ments, and sent an aid 10 General Rose
Grams. Sheridan had already started. The
aid incidentally remarked. LAS | came
along I noticed that Brannan was out OF
line and Reynolds's right exposed
Rosecrans turned to a staff officer and
directed him TO order Wood, who was on
the right OF Brannan, Ito close up on Rey-
nolds as fast as possible and support him.
AS q matter Of fact. Reynolds and Brannan'
who formed Thomas's right. were In good
nosition and in no need of help. The mis-
take was due to the fact that Brannans
men were standing slightly in the rear
Wood when he received the order. saw no
reason for the move, particularly as an
attack on his front was expected momen-
tarily hut assuming that General Rose
Grams understood the general situation bet
ter than he, and always the obedient sol
dior he started his men to the rear OF
Rrannan for tho purpose of reaching Rey-
no,ds on the other side. Turning to Cen
eral McCook at his side, he suggested
that the gap he was making should DC
filled. This General McCook attempted 10
accomplish. -
Three bodies Of Rosecranss troops IN MS
centre we're now I'm motion, taking new
positions, and the Dry Valley Road through
his line was open. Suddenly the woods III
front were alive with Confederates' Long
streets men had seen the opening ana were
quick to take advantage OF IT, lhey
poured through in lines four deep ana tah-
ing in the situation, swerved toward the
right instead OF 10 the left as Genera
Bragg had expected them TO do. Sherluah
dashed to the rescue of Thomas's right'
for which the Confederate column was
aimed. but was put TO rout. With yell
the Confederates rushed on, bearing DOWN
all before them. General Rosecrans' seeing
all give way, as lac supposed. accompanied
by his staff left the line and rode pack
through the flying troops to Rossville.
On the way General James A. GARFIELD
his chief OF stan. begged permission 70
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to protect the rear OF the army. While on
the hayrick watching the fight between
Thomas apd Polk the two men had been
in conversation. Granger had Jumped 10 his
feet and TANNED his glass into its case.
II am going to Thomas. orders or no
orders" he exclaimed, with an oath.
And II you 60" replied his chief OF
staff, 1T may bring disaster TO the army
and you to court martial
There's nothing In our front now but
ragtag -bobtall cavalry" said he. in re-
Spouse Don't you see Bragg is pling his
whole army on Thomas? ! am going 10 his
assistance"
with this remark the two men tumbled
of the hsyrick. and two OF the three
brlgades were soon shuffllng along the road
In q heavy. sitting crowd OF dust toward
the south under General Steedman.
When the emergency arose they were at
hand ready for the fray, and they went
with the precision OF an army on drll.
The enemy was driven back. but not be-
fore nearly one-hfth of Steedman's men
had been killed and wounded.
Soon after the arrival Of General Garfield
a message was received from Rosecrans d.
recting Thomas TO assume command OF all
the forces and to take a strong position at
Rossville. while he examined the ground at
Chattanooga. General Thomas resolved to
hold his lines until he could safely with
draw after nightfall, and succeeded IN
doing So Then ne, who has been called
the Rock Of Chickamauga.' drew them
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Continued from second page.

Ing If September 10 dawned that his zoe
had extended his line to the left. General
McCooks corps had also been brought up
to take the place Of General Thomas's corps
on Crittenden's right
Bragg now deemed everything ripe for
the execution OF his plans. His right wing
was sent across the creek opposite General
Thomass position. Thomas, always ready
10 take the initiative, sent out detach-
lnent to bag a Confederate brigade he had
been informed was in front OF hiin' IL
was discovered that the brigade was 'he
advance guard Of a considerable force
Other Union troops followed. and the en-
envy was driven back for some distance
ana good number OF prisoners TAKEN
From these Thomas learned that heavy
force lay in front and 10 tho right. Prep
aiatons we're hastily made 10 meet mo
onslaught, and soon II came The battle OF
'hickamauga was on.
hot battle ragged on the Union left for
several hours, and the Confederates' as
FAILED on the front and flank. were nnaly
forced 10 fall back I'm confusion for NIL"
ana half. About o'clock in the after
noon General Thomas. realizing that the
contest was likely Ia DO continued the ioi-
ioTing day, and desiring 10 reorganize his
somewhat disordered line, withdrew his
troops This gave the Confederates the Inn
preston that he had been driven off the
ne'd' They learned something else about
thomas the following day.
mere had been no attack on Rosecrans' $
Hgnt as movement Of Bragg's left was
contingent upon the success Of his right,
anu II had not had the desired success
mat night Bragg rcorganlzod his army by
"Nidlng it into two wings, under the re-
'pectVe commands OF Generals Polk. on
.ne night, and Longstreet. who had just ar
i'ed' On the left General Thomas spent
we night preparing for the morrow. his
AeS ringing through the forest az he cut
pss Tor a breastwork In front Of the La
iayette Road
september 20 opened with cloudless sky.
"u' low lying fog which had risen from
we warm waters Of the Chickamauga
eieek during the night hung over the land
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How Thomas Saved Union Army at Chickamauga

return to the field to do what he could
10 retrieve the day. General Rosecrans
finally consented, and back he went through
the tangle OF retreating troops. guns ana
wagons lie came upon a thrilling scene
IL was General Thomas's corps beating
back Longstreets host with only DOOo
men The divisions which were In motion
when the onrush OF Confederates came
had all been put to flight or forced out
of place Thomas's right was bent back
upon itself perpendicular TO the main line.
This pass had not been reached without
many valorous deeds Did the ammunition
give out the men fought with bayonets.
, repulsing the savage assaults OF the ser
ried hosts
Inspired by the indomitable spirit OF their
commander, whenever pushed from one
position they recognized in another.
Muskets became so hot that they could
scarcely be loaded Tell General Thomas
| that we will hold the position or go TO
| heaven from It," was the message WOOD =
division returned when he sent them two
cannon and the word that the position
must be held.
General Thomas was not aware at hrst
| of the rout which had taken place on his
right. Having silenced the force In his
| front he looked about him for Sheridan s
division, which had been dispatched by
] Rosecrans. 1t was then on its way toward
F, Rossville i'm flight. He sent an aid In
search OF H. Hearing heavy firing, he rode
| toward his right His aid dashed up and
reported the approach of the enemy In
Reynoids's rear. Incredible Confederates
where Sheridan should be! Yes. Long
streets men in gray were coming from
that quarter, after a severe singing In the
flank from an alert and heroic mounted
regiment armed with Spencer repeating
rifles.
In order to make certain, the national nag
was waved. A storm Of bullets followed.
There could be no mistake. The federal
right was being turned. The divisions Of
Rrannan and Wood. acting without orders
| from General Thomas, but imbued with mis-
spirit had put themselves in readiness for
Jus, such situation. Short Of ammunition,
they had formed across the valley down
which the gray tide was rolling, with hxed
bayonets. ready 10 meet the assault All the
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afternoon the battle ragged along this linei
Thomas without reserves and hoping for ala
from Rosecrans. II the fleeing divisions only
could be-turned back 10 the help OF inc de-
voted left the result could not be In doubt I!
Longstreet. beseechng Bragg for REIN
forcements and receiving none, finally re-
solved 10 put in his last regiments. lie had
found a ravne on the right flank which was
rracticable and furnished an easy access 10
Thomas's rear. The critical moment oil the
battle had arrived. Where could Thomas
find the troops to meet the fresh emergency /!
A little while before he had looked toward
Rossylle whence he hoped TO receive heIP'
In the north he saw cloud Of dust winch
spread hope i'm his breast as did the clouu
no bigger than mans hand In that OF
Elijah.
At II o'clock that morning TWO men sho
down from a hayrick near the road from
Chattanooga to RinGsold, about four miles
north Of General Thomas. They were Gen
eral Granger, Granger. great In battle
&C mmander OF the Union Reserve Corps ana
his chief Of stan. Three brigades OF this
CORPS were statiored on the Ringgold road
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-17
Why Not Drive Microbe In Headlong Flight?

would have to come out OF the purchaser!
And what do you know about the hands
OF the man who packed Il, anyway?
Keen as the scientists are on the trail
OF germ carriers, they seem TO have over
looked one good bet in completely ignor-
ing the cocktail cherry. How many times
the average cherry is used only the aver
age bartender can tell-and he dumb on
the subject.
We hear great deal about high flyers
fishing for their Maraschinos at the bot
toms Of killed drinks, but the truth is that
a big majority of the cherries go back
whence they came. What becomes OF
them after that would furnish food for an
investigation. They may be made out ot
painted rubber. for all you know
II has been published abroad again. and
yet again, that baby must not be kissed
and petted for fear Of injecting 1t with
something Yet some will still persist in
the practice. Indeed there be some so
old-fashioned as TO contend that this IL
what babies are for-who say that they
themselves were reared that way. and so
shall their babies be. But alack, alack!
That is no way to look at IT,
Just because your grandfather went 10
bed by the light OF tallow candle reared.
are you going TO forego the conventences
OF electric lights?
All right then be reasonable and bring
up your baby in one Of the late model
idloform nurseries. You may not even
rock the child-the Chicago Board or
Health has discovered and published the
fact that rocking babies is 10 blame for
good many deadly infanule ills. SO put
the antiseptic on the shelf, by the side
of the sterlized milk bottle-and be sure
not 10 get them mixed up tonight when
the baby cries for the latter. Disinfect-
ants are not TO be taken Internally.
kissing in all its multtudinous forms
is frowned on by conscientious NJ. DIS VINO
have passed the stage where they can
appreciate such things.
UNLESS the proper steps are taken 10
sterilize the lips" vail these CALAMITY
preachers, there is constant danger OF
spreading disease" Can you imagine the
sterilized kiss5
y. s. TIspAL0
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# the Gridron Shine Later the Fmmamen of Public Life
Who Have Subsequently Judiciary
the Diplomatic Furnish Marked of
of Brains and Drawn

years at Harvard after graduation and
has been designated by Walter Camp
as IAN ideal centre"
A former football star who has en-
tered the federal judiciary is George
Woodruff, now United States District
Judge in Hawaii. He also served as AS
sistant Attorney General of the United
States and acted as Secretary of the In
terror in 1907. After earning fame as
crew man and star guard at Yale in the
class Of SO he went to the University
of Pennsylvania and became there
| famous coach.
He first became known to official life
when he was law officer Of the forestry
bureau under Pinchot, during the
Roosevelt regime. Indeed, the forestry
bureau has been governed of late by
men tried and tested upon the gridiron,
for both the former forester, Clifford
Pinchot, and the present forester,
| Henry Scion Graves, were in their time
pigskin kickers at Yale, Pinchot be-
coming along three years later, in the
class Of 90 And in the Yale class pre-
ceding that Of Pinchot and Woodruff
was a football player, George r Carter,
who later became Senator of Hawaii.
secretary of that territory and later its
Governor
Another Of our high insular officials
we'll known in the annals Of varsity
football is the present Governor General
Of the Philippines, w. Cameron Forbes.
grandson of the great Ralph Waldo
Emerson. He was coach of the great
Harvard team Of '9S. which was able to
defeat Yale to the tune of II to o.
Among state officials who wore mole
skins there are Tax Commissioner Cor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-17

Vance Mccormick, who has made fame
as reform Mayor OF Harrisburg.
Penn, was famous gridiron captain Of
Yale. Then there is William H. c"Big
Bill") Edwards. the present Street Com
missioner Of New York, who added to
his fame by telling the would be assassin
Of Mayor Gaynor. This giant was in
1890 captain OF the Princeton football
team, on which he played right guard
for three years.
The other day when I asked him
| what was the most exciting game he
ever played, Commissioner Edwards re-
Piled
THE most sensational game l ever
| played in was the final game Of the sea-
son at New Haven, November 25, 1893,
when, with only thirty-six seconds left
TO play. Arthur Poe, of Princeton, kicked
goal from the field, which changed the
score from 10 to 6 to IL TO 10. A few
minutes previous to this All Sharp had
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-17

kicked a goal from the field for Yale.
making the score 10 to 6. The rest
leave to you"
When DR. Harvey w. Wiley became
professor OF chemistry at Purdue Uni
versity there was a new gymnasium, but
40 instructor in athletics. The berculean
professor proceeded at once TO organize
the athletics Of the Institution.
About the second year after the open
ing Of Purdue" said DR.. Wiley. when
my activities in athletics and my riding
Of a bicycle had been much talked about
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Continued from second page.

chief According to an old custom, you
have left the house on Monday morning
without one Of those important little wisps
OF cloth.
Certainly, SIR" says the obliging haber-
dasher, right here" and he hands you
out a package all wrapped in tissue paper
and sealed all over with double red seals,
presenting the general appearance of some
important official document You rip off
the tissue paper-wlth some misgiyings as
10 what will happen TO you for having
broken the seals-tear open the box In
side, and after wading through seven
thlcknesses OF alternating cardboard and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-17

bin, Of Connecticut, who rowed on the
Yale crew and was captain OF a foot
ball team, and Butterworth, who after
shining resplendent as gridiron star at
Yale, entered the Connecticut State
athletic training. being now one OF the
Senate. Like McClung, he keeps up his
best polo players in New England.
There is also a considerable string Of
municipal officials who once starred
on the gridiron. Charles d. DAILY. pres
ent Fire Commissioner Of Boston, was
famous football captain at Harvard
and afterward at West Point. And
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-17

Mr.. Doublebower. one OF the trustees l
rode a cartwheel while dressed up as a
monkey Il had the first bicycle ever
seen in that part of the country; third
that I did not go to morning prayers-all
Of which conduct was deemed highly
detrimental and prejudcial 20 the moral
uplift OF the institution.
II, OF course, could make no defence
against these charges. | admitted that
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paper. come ultimately to the handker-
chief itself
What's the idea?" you ask the shop
keeper as you step out Of the pile OF de-
brls made by unwrapping the bit Of linen.
"Ah, sanitation says that worthy.
You can't be too careful these days.
When you get a handkerchief all wrapped
up that way, with the seals intact. you
know that you aren't going TO pick up a
violet case OF erysipelas from some ''ratty'
factory worker the first time you toot
your nose"
Which is all very well, but II you are
much OF noticer II may occur to your
inner sense that 1t must have cost good
deal to bundle the handkerchief up like
that. and all the extra cost necessarily
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>"the athletic association made me an
honorary member, and presented ma
with a beautiful sweater on which the
letter p standing for Purdue was
worked. On receipt of this sweater L
borrowed football suit from the George
Washington University football teams
and had my picture took "
do you still keep up your interest IN
football?" I asked the doctor
II have missed only one Harvard-fale
game in many years, and that was the
only one that in several seasons Harvard
has won"
Copyright, 1911. by John Elfreth watk.ns)
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w,

as being unheard Of I'm a college pro-
fessor l was cited to appear before the
board OF trustees, and when | reached
the meeting room | was confronted by
charges preferred against me Of conduct
unbecoming a professor and a gentle
man.
THE counts were, first that dressed
up IN knee breeches and played ball with
the boys; second, that. as expressed by
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thsy we're all true, and In the presence
OF the trustees wrote my resignation as a
member OF the faculty, handed 1t In and
passed out. But the next day l got
communication from the secretary Of tho
board informing me that they had unan-
imously refused TO accept my resigna-
ton.
Later, when athletics were organized
on a large scale" continued DR.. Wiley
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-05-15

lean meat which sells for from zoe tt
soc, according to locality, and weigh
about two pounds. It is lacking IL
flavor, but is Juicy and q great favor
tie with all meat-cutters. Have thu
marketman strip off the thin skin ant
fat enclosing it, then score across thu
top; broil three minutes on each side
over clear Goals; then rub with soft
ened butter, dust with salt and pep
per. Or pour over a tomato or horse
radish sauce. 1t also makes de
licious braising piece when spread
with a seasoned bread-stuf1ng, rolled
up and skewered in place, then cooked
in tightly covered kettle in the
oven. Add some fine cut pieces o.
suet to the kettle. A rich brown
sauce should be poured over it wher
serving.
German ;tew.-Take any lean
tough meat and rub with salt, then
set in cupful of vinegar placed in a
deep baking-bowl; place the dish on
the back Of the range, where the vine
gar will just become tepid, and let II
remain two hours, turning the meat
several times, then cut it into small
pieces, Try out some suet, dip the
meat into -four and fry brown In
the hot fat; then add the vinegar
and enough boiling water to cover
the. meat, one medium-sized onion
chopped, six sprigs Of minced parsley
q pinch of summer savory, three
cloves and a very small bit of bay.
leaf. Simmer until the meat is ten
der. Thicker the liquor with flour.
and season with salt and pepper. Mil
one cupful Of mashed potato with
enough -four to enable balls being
rolled the size of hickorynuts, season
with salt, then drop these into the
boiling sailed water to cook for five
minutes, arrange them around the
meat on a hot platter and pour the
gravy over all. II eggs are cheap
and the dumplings are desired extra
nice, one beaten egg may be added
to the potato before mixing in the
flour.
RavioIi.-Mix together any cooked
meat and season highly with onion,
parsley, celery, salt, pepper and but
ter. Ham will be an addition to any
meat used. Make a pie pastry, cut
into rounds % large az the top Of a
pint bowl or into squares, then place
a level tablespoonful Of the meat on
one half Of tho pastry, brush the in
ner edges with water, fold one half
over the other and press down tight
~: pierce with q fork, brush the tops
with water and bake in q moderate
oven until the pastry is done and DELI
cately brown. Serve with hot
brown sauce or leftover gravy.