Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-22
ROUND AND ABOUT THs COUNTY
Stray Pick.ups About People and Inter.
esting Things in General

WIN baskets wen nlleC ana q right
royal old-fashioned afternoon social
round in mind, forty guests, neighbors
ard friends called on Mrs. Martha Adams
Of Manning, to celebrate her seventy
fifth anniversary. After the hours had
waned the party disbursed, leaving
pleasant rememberances of the occasion
and little purse of money for the host.
The Adamses have been good samari-
tans in that section for so long that
children have grown from knicker-
bockers to grand parents.
Otto Schlicht of Hamburg town sus-
tanned the loss of a prime young mare,
one of his team.
Over 1000 farmers, women, boys, and
dairy factory operators and managers
attended the special courses at the col
lege of agriculture of the university last
week. The enrolment for the first
week showed marked increase over
any previous year.
Farmers and fruit growers are eau
toned by State Narsey Inspector Sand
ers, of the college of agriculture, not
to buy nursery stock from any dealer or
agent who cannot produce a Wisconsin
license valid from October /, 1910, to
October /, 1911. Nursery stock by I'M
licensed parties is subject to confsca-
ton by the state authorities.
If each farmer in the county will raise
and market 800 good chickens the com
ing season, the amount of money they
will bring in next fall and winter will
| be equal to more than one-half the total
,antar,f xaaasuad dt.vsrkfr tho mast aaaonr
| for the butter product of the county.
| proposition, but il is one of the most
profitable side lines farmer can en-
gage in.
While cutting down a tree three miles
south of West Salem, John +. johnson,
sustained a broken neck when the tree
fell upon him, and died u few minutes
later.
Knut Mattison of Liberty, returned
home from an extended sojourn in the
south land. He was as far south as
Galveston, Texas, at which place he
said the thermometer stood around so
in the shade all the time.
Rev. Sovde is expected to assume his
pastorate of the Coon Valley Lutheran
church OH March first, and he will
doubtless move there on or befor that
time.
| After good life and a long life, Mrs.
Nancy Spurrier died at the home of her
son j. H. Spurrier, in the town of Kicka-
poo, on the 18th. Eighty-fve years,
ten months and eleven days was the
span of life granted to this pioneer
mother, who was born in Ohio, coming
to this county in 1876, Viroqua being
their first stopping place, afterwards
removing to the section where she died.
| She was married to George Spurrier in
1845. OF the six children born to her
only the son, at whose home she died,
survives Mrs. Spurrier.
Readstown, Sugar Grove and Soldiers
Grove citizens and church goers are la
menting the retirement from their cir
cult and removal west of Rev. j. p.
Wright, who has been Christian pastor
for those congregations for two or three
years past. He preached bis farewell
sermons on Sunday last. Mr.. Wright
accepts pastorate at Spencer, South
| Dakota.
After fifty-seven years of continuous
residence in the Kickapoo valley Grand
ma Cliff celebrated with her children.
on the 18th instant at the home of her
daughter in La Fargo, her eighty-sev-
enth anniversary. The sons and daugh-
tiers who were present on that happy
occasion were Mrs. Geo. E. Tate and
Mrs. Marion Dyar of La Fargo, Mrs.
Albert Slsybaek and Mrs. T. j. Hill of
| Viola, and sons Darwin, Charles and
| Claron of Viola