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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-10-07

The people never have to adver-
tise for candidates
More people than ever are learn
ing that vice doesn't pay.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-01
POOR TAlLOR'S MANY TRIALS
Supposed to Take imperfect Anato-
my and Shape Garments to Pro-
duee Perfect Figure.

Men tailors have trouble with shout
lers, Wristbands and legs, but legs are
he worst There isn't one man in ten
Who can make an affidavit that he is
1either knockkneed nor bowlegged.
Perfectly straight legs are rare. It's
m art to shape fabrics over bowlegs
30 that they will not show and no joke
hide the bends of knock-knees.
When a man begins to take on
weight II shows first at the belt line,
hen on the shoulders and upper arms.
Later It gets down TO the legs In the
meantime the tailo: has his trouble in
keeping his customer from looking top
heavy The tailor is supposed to take
m imperfect anatomy and shape gar
nents over It with such nicely as to
produce superb figure It's a trying
job
Legs that are overlong are sources of
some complaint. The waistcoat has to
be dropped an inch or two in cases
Ike this. There are knees which are
20 per cent larger than they ought to
be--great knuckles OF bone that are
hard to hide. Then there's the thigh
hree times larger at the upper end
than at the other Men created on
this model ought to be permitted to
wear full-seated knickerbockers.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-01
KIIpNIzEs


Every silo user is an enthusiast.
The silo is growing in popularity
year after year.
bitches may be dug in swamps in
the coolest weather.
A man should support his family
from his own backward garden
Agriculture is the foundation of all
prosperity and live stock is its cor
nerstone
Explain that your honey is pure
but never JOKE about it, Do not ar
que about other honey, and never run
Il down.
To rot the heavy raw sod and to
sweeten the soil. spread a thick coat
of air.slacked lime to the acre. Stone
lime is best.
Where there Is 100 tons Of manure
made yearly on a farm a manure
spreader will almost pay fol itself
the first year.
More feed can be stored away in
a silo. ii will be more convenient,
and is easier fed than any other food
used in meat production.
AS regards early" and late" Do
tatoes the experience OF recent years
leads to the decision mat it is better
to plant all potatoes early
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-01
Lady Home. srunu Her Home!.

on, Peaches! keep to de hot-foot
youse. has de bunch lookin' like dey',
nailed to de grass, Go on. little goil,
Dey's no one here but your old col
lege chum, Spuds, steady. Pe.chesi
Save your pipes for de wind W. Easy
good Peachesl They amt A sonl
watchin' youse except everybody on
EARTH Steady Peaches!"
On they flew. while now from afty
thousand Threats hoarse cries of on
enlargement were flung upon the
winds of evening to be carried ecbo
ing away on the clouds of dust which
arose lazily from the track.
BY my side old Uncle Carroll rode
an imaginary horse with all the vigor
OF youth. The frenzy Of the momen,
was In his blood, and his age-dimmed
eyes. screwed into little points of
sight. followed the every undulation
of his choice!
oh, Lordy! brung dat Wbitefoot
lady home. brung her home, On
Lordy! doan' yo' heerd what I said
brush her on, brush her on! Yo'
braek devil boss. keep out'n NAH
Whitetoot lady's way, yo hyar me,
Go on, may Whitefoot chile. 60 on,
Use tremblin TO yo' all. Use sholv
trenholm! Oh, good I.ordyi mako
dat jockey hist dat cat-tails dess once
-dess fetch her one teeney tap on
de ham bone! T'won't hut yo'. White
foot chile; no indeedy: on'y make yo
narvous: Oh. Lordyl brung dat frlen
O mine out'n dat bunch of wicked
bosses! Brush her on. Iordv. b, sh
her on! She's goin'! she's goin't an
Use still livin' to see it-oh, hallelao!
halleloo'"
With the rush of an angry wind
across a starless night the horses
roared ~ the outposts where we
stood, and through the clouds Of dust
] could see the Jockeys preparing
swiftly for the fury of the finish.
The beautiful black horse was stiu
IN the lead, but there. creeping slowly
up on him, inch by inch. was another
no, surely, II isn't
AT this moment the fifty thousand
threats united to shrek the name Of
horse that sounded like "Peache,.r'
but. no. II couldn't be possible she
hadnH sirsle chance. not che in a
what ia that Peaches" there
near the leader? l could feel the
light Of day fading. fading away while
my heart seemed TO stand stln.
Poor Uncle Carroll. his dim old
eyes strained TO the point Of bursting
from their sockets. yet seeing only
taguely confused and tossing sea OF
thoroughbreds, gave free rein TO the
hope he was riding to vim
"Oh. Lordy, how come / kaint see
my Whitefoot lady; Get out'n de
way yo' brack devil boss, amt yo
got no mannersi Is you gettin' home.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-01
SOCIAL LIFE ON THE FARM
Movement Of Farmers to City Can Be
Materially Lessened by Making
Home More Beautiful.
CBy C. r.. BARNEsJ


A beautiful home is a magnet which
needs only the additional centripetal
force of a richer social life to bind to
the farm the young life which row
flows in a steady current to the cities
To the multiplication of such homes
and the development of such richer
social life, then, the efforts of all gov
ernmental and educational agencies
may well be directed. An additional
incentive to such efforts is found in
the fact that in rural society alone is
real American democracy now to be
found. Our cities have become ex-
amples of social stratihcation-a
plutocTacy on top, the laborer on the
bottom; between them. strata distin-
guished by the possession of a larger
or smaller incomes. Among the farm
ers remains the old-fashioned equality
born of individual independence
There is not the wide difference in
pecuniary circumstances that is seen
in the city; and the superior wealth
of the large land owner is often more
than matched. so far as social influ-
ence is concerned, by the superior edu-
cation or intelligence of his poorer
neighbor All meet in the Farmers
club, as in church or school, on a
plane of perfect equality. This Is a
condition to be especially appreciated
by women. who are invariably more
sensitive to social distinctions than
men.
The movement of farmers-now
"well-to-do" in the country accepta-
ton of the ternl-to the cities would
be materially lessened If they and
their wives fully realized the extent
ana hatefulness of the social stratifica-
ton there to be met The average in
come of ST. CHI a farmer is not greater
than that of the well-paid city wage
Garner, be the latter mechanic or
clerk. Coming to the city. then, he
and his wife are at once "stratified'
along with the city's hired men" and
their families. From the homes of the
alleged upper classes" they are smil-
lngly and Informally. but effectively,
excluded To a couple accustomed to
go with the best" in the country, this
reversion from democracy to class dis
tinctions is not a little CALLING Really.
had they chosen to cultivate more
freely the social instinct in their coun-
try homes. they would have found en-
joyments which they seek in vain In
the city.
The gospel Of the large, full life as
tetter than the long. full purse; of a
broadened intellectual vision as better
than acres broadened beyond need OF
social contacts and culture as among
the primary necessities of human ma
ture; and of womaD's mission as
primarily one OF ministry to these
needs. quite as much as to the physi.
cal wants of her family-this gospel
It is. the preaching of which is to up
lift the country life OF America. make
the farm attractive to those whom it
now repels. and preserve in our ma
ion the ideals of Amel ican democracy,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-01

Police Judge Simon Hahn. while ad-
dressing a political meeting, related
the following incident in reference to
cling the same tale over and over
again:
You all know" said the judge,
that the speeches made at political
meetings are all very near alike. but
TO get something different is the prop
or thing nowadays
1T puts me in mind of a case of
woman who appeared before a certain
magistrate, and when asked her age
she said 30 years old. Tho Judge
looked at her and said: Look here.
madam. weren't you here before me
five years ago. and did you not tell me
then that you were 80 years old? The
woman said that was so. and the judge
asked her what she meant by coming
before him and telling an untruth.
The woman replied: We'll, you see.
your honor. I'm one of those kind Of
women who do not believe in saying
one thing once and another thing an
other time Newark Suar
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-01
Crows in Winter Quarters.


Much attention has been attracted
within the last few days by an appar'
ent migration of an unusually large
number of crows eastward and over
this city. 1t is believed that by stand.
ing in one spot one might count as
many as a thousand crows passing
over the city within the space Of a
single hour.
When questioned on this subject the
other day, Robert o. Morris, ornithol'
ogist, said that of late great mum.
bers of crows have taken to wintering
in the suburbs of Springfield, and that
this year these birds are more numer.
Gus than ever before. The eastward
migration Mr.. Morris declared to be
only apparent. as the crows are just
as likely to fly in any other direction
and are not at present migrating al
all The birds roost in the branches
of trees during the night and during
the daytime fly here and there in quest
Of food. They have come from sec.
tons further north, and year by year
exhibit a growing preference for the
vicinity Of Springfield as a winter re-
sort,-Springfield Union
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-01

| dlshyer way Dat Whitefoot lady
gwiner go to de post at 100 to 1 to
win"
"A hundred to one to win." / gasp
I'd: for, to be frank, didn't trust my
self any too well and took no chances
by mixing with the push in the bet
ting ring
"Yath." he grinned, and done bet
foah bones on data Whltefoot lady
TO win-cernly did. If nah dream
doaon' tu'n out to be a liar won't
cook no mo- 70 a year!"
Peaches a rank outsider-100 to l
to win--post odds, 1t was not yet too
late-no; get thee behind me, Safe!
Not dollar up. and then no matter
what might happen l could go home
to Clara j. with a more or less quiet
conscience.
They were long dropping the flag
for the great race, and began TO
sprout a fine crop of freckles under
that broiling sky
Then suddenly the shout, They're
on"
Out Of the chute in to the straight
away course they foamed, that heay-
ing, seething mass of horseEesh. The
sunlight seemed to rush after them,
eager to dance on their glossy backs
while all the world stood still. listen
ing, listening TO the N isical thunder
of the hoofbeats.
A hundred thousand eyes were fix
ed intently on the living river of
racers--an army Of eyes watching
eagerly for the horse which would
first give token that It was being
piloted by the god Success.
But where was Peaches! There,
there in the center of the storm
tossed mass, her pretty head straight
out toward the goal, her eyes dartine
forth the fire of a hundred famous
ancestors, she seemed a sea-bird dip
ping to the wave and rising all foam
bedecked to meet the next.
Leaning far over her arched necI
was Spuds, whispering kindly Chez
into ears that hearkened well: g
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-01
II PaId to EertlIlze ProperIu.

In a certain country in the middle
west rather Intensive methods of rails
ing potatoes are followed in a three
year rotation-one year OF grain, one
year of grass and one year of potatoes.
AS much of the land as possible is
MANFRED at the rate of twelve loads
per acre. and frequently commercial
fertilizers are used at the rate of 500
pounds to the acre. Under these con-
ditions a yield of 1862 bushels per acre
has been known on field OF 237 acres.
The cost per acre. including seed.
spraying, insecticides, planting, har-
vesting, etc. was but S3T.72.
On an adjoining farm of 233 acres,
where the land was unfertilized, the
cost of planting was $26.36 per acre.
The yield was 127 bushels. The moral
Is evident.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-01
Feedinq Draft Colts.

Feed the draft colts strong for all
the growth and development possible
in the early maturity to get into the
big gelding market as soon as pos
sible. where prices are high, but do
not feed corn and oil meal to fatten
the colts and young horses as you
would to a fat steer. Horses want
bone and muscle along with their
large size. With the run of the pas
ture every day for vigorous exercise,
and as soon as old enough give them
careful work; then you can increase
the feed and get them in good show
condition, and with work enough to
keep them in the best condition the
buyers will pay you s25 to $50 more
than for the thin horse.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-01
CARRIER TO HANDLE MANURE
Farmers VIII Find Them of Great
Convenience In Many Ways-Not
Hard to Construct.
(By Anton Warner.)

tBy anton Wagner)
Farmers win find a manure and lit
ter carrier a great convenience. 1t
consists of small wire rope elevat-
ed to any distance desired. and of
any length, the outer end being plac-
ed over pole and then firmly staked
to the ground.
The supporting pole ought to be
braced on three sides to prevent ii
from swaying. The box may be as
large as desired, but the average
size will hold about six bushels.
The end Of the track in the barn
should be about foot higher than at
the outside end. SO that when the car
Is loaded it may be pushed out and
run down the incline by its own
weight.
A manure spreader may be station
ed under the wire rope. and If the
box is fastened to the carrier by bolts
through its sides 1t can be dumped
In 1iffy. and a vigorous push will
send 1t back to the barn.
This carrier may be utilized in
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-01

personal warmth, and in summer the
thick sitting smoke from burnt hoofs
floats through those said doors down
the village, together with that which
is drawn from small clay pipes into
the toothiess mouths which hold them.
Weird and ghostly look the figures OF
the company, who. cheered up by tea,
have "cumm'd aegean" to await the
closing of the shop and the adjourn
ment to the village inn. The bellows
creak and groan, the little fire (which
ever seems willing to burst into flames
and rudy redness at any moment Of
the day. snorts out in response, and
one then sees the figures of those one
expected to find. stick in hand and
pipe in mouth Each of them is a
character, each a study, each in his
way, to US who know it, sort of fix
ture at the smiths, a part and parcel
Of the ringing anvil. the making of
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-01

My string was getting In shape.
IT consisted of seven horses willed to
me by my uncle owen of Kentucky,
and brought to me by his old trainer,
Murf Higginbottom. No one Of my
family knew anything Of the whole
sad affair, and was kept busy dodg-
ing the trouble my secret caused.
I'm about TO weeks this here
Peaches FLY will show US how Kahn
tucky boss can get real busy, subj"
Murf chuckled one morning when I
dropped In TO see him.
81 catch your words, Murf, but the
meaning is away to the fritz" ] an
swered; what's doing?"
81 have entered this here Peaches
FLY for the elimination Stakes, to be
run ovah the Futurity co'se, subj"
Nurf replied.
Are you handing me a line Of bo-
gus conversation? l asked in sur
Prise
'Yo' all left these here matters in
my hands. subj" Murf went on. calm
ly, land / certainly have 10 prove that
yo' Uncle owen knew something
about hossfesh only ask you, sub,
to stand by and prepare to see the
dust move-that's all, subj"
Count me in. Murf; I'll follow the
band wagon till the bass drum springs
a Leak" Clipped in.
only two of these have worked out
10 my liking. sur. and I'm for selling
the othah FIVE. II It suits yo' all"
DO so, Murf," l said, "and use the
money just as though IT we're handed
10 you by Uncle Owen Which colt
shall you keep besides Peaches?
THE one yo all fastened to that
there fool name Shoemaker, subj" he
answered so earnestly that ] laughed
for ten minutes
The days rolling by found me con
stantly with Turf apl the two colts.
Wall STREET lnew me no more, despite
the long dissertation was handed
daily by voluble Uncle Peter. Every
blessed tip he had given me on the
market proved to be the real goods,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-01
.oh Lordyl erune pa, WhItefoot

Oh Lordyi brunO Dat Whitefooi
and simply by following his schedule
] should have been many thousands
10 the good
Instead. however. / was down TO
the little bundle OF small bills other
wise known as my income, sufficient
in Itself to keep the wolf from eating
the knob off the door. and no more.
In the morning of the day on which
the elimination" was to be run.
Clara ]. said. John, Aunt Martha and
l are going to town today. We're go
ing tc meet Alice Gray and some of
my girl friends and wen all take
luncheon at the Waldorf Please. do
Join us there, won't your
Impossible, little woman" said;
81 simply must attend very import
ant stockholders meeting--rolling
stock. you know"
I'm beginning to hate that old
Wall Street" she pouted; you've
been so quiet and so preoccupied of
late, Really John, YOU should take
day otf!'
Soon" l answered; but not too
soon" and we parted good friends.
AT the track l found Murf, anxious
but not excited.
That there little Peaches fllly may
give scue OF these Eastern boss own
abs bad dreams tonight, subj" Murf
said slowly. as he went back to the
stables.
couldn't dig up nerve enough to
dope Peaches To win Even II she
looked an oil-painted cinch ! wouldn't
have bet a dollar Clara j. had my
promise not to spend another case.
note on horse. and wouldn't break
my promise to the best girl of ALI
no, not even for her namesake
| roamed around like an uneasy
spirit. Just to show how popular
was with myself, l determined not TO
fash my presence near the grand
stand-the far field for mine
Just before the great event | edged
up close 10 the fence with every nerve
In my system bobbing around and
carrying weight for age.
In the person of the rail-blrd next
to me I discovered a friend. Old Uncle
Harry Carroll, late OF Carroll County,
Maryland; highly coIored, but one Of
the best cooks that ever peeled ter
rapin.
Old Uncle Carroll worked for a
neighbor OF ours near Ruraldene. and
he managed to get down TO our train
Ing quarters often enough TO become
interested in the colts
Il done dreamed dat Whitefoot
lady cernly gwine'r get busy dishyer
day" he informed me.
oh! you mean Peachesl" / an
swered
"Yath. dat Whitefoot lady" he went
On, repulsing the suggestion Of a more
formal title "Cernly do find some
foolish pussons handlin' money down
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-01
Should Keep Busy.

cutting few bushes along the fence
while the horses are taking their
short rest?" James returned the min
ister's serious gaze, and in the same
gentle. yet reproachful voice. he an
swered: Look here. sir. wouldn't 1t
be good plan for you to have a tub
of potatoes in the pulpit and while
they're singing the hymns to peel 'em
for the pot?"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-01
Has Hickory Teeth.

Frank Forhis is the oldest mail ca.
rier in the county. aud perhaps the
oldest in this part Of the state. He
is ninety years old and has lost three
teeth. and has worn false teeth made
out OF seasoned hickory cut SO they
fit around the other teeth. They last
for several years. and when they
wear out he cuts out some more, and
he claims they beat the teeth the
dentists make We think the old
.uan ought to have a pension, as he
has worked most Of the time for
al wages. Horse Cave tKy) Ga.
zette.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-01

shoes and the placing of them on the
feet of such horses as demand their
being altered the least They watch
all this with approving eyes and seem
almost essential to it. 1t will thus be
seen that our smithy is quite gu I'm
portant institution and one in which
Dickens would have revealed
Very different is the German smith
depicted in the second Illustration.
The photographer says: He tolls very
early but not so late nor so siren
uously-your Teuton is always more
leisurely-but unlike Longfellow's
hero he has a couple of hours siesta
in the heat of the day. during which
period was fortunate enough to catch
him smoking his long pipe filled with
coarse, dry tobacco which looked like
broken cigars.
j. FAIRFAX eLAKE8oRoUeH.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-01

honey2 Yes, yo' is yes, yo' isl Go
on, Whitefoot lady; it amt fur now.
an dey's de bestest bucket of oats 20
all evan tasted waitin' TO yo', honey!
oh, LOrdy. brush her on, brush her
on"
Peaches, Peachesi" how / yelled
and cheered her. Inch by inch she
crept up on the black Now her head
is at his flank; at his girth--but the
wire is so near, so very neari Go on,
good Peaches, Her nose is at his
shoulder-can she fight him to the
finish? Can she-look! look! they
are neck and neck, and the multitude
is mad with watchingi
In that instant Spuds brought the
cruel whip down wickedly, and stung
with the surprise and shame of it
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-01
PLoWMAN SHOULD KEEP BUSY
Secretary Wilson Tells characterIs
tic Story of Economical Minis
ter Running Farm.

i used to know a clergyman"
said Secretary Wilson. of the depart
ment OF agriculture. recently, who
owned fine farm and ran it on very
economical lines, so that it paid splen-
oidly. Taking his usual daily stroll
over his RIGA. broad acres, he saw
plowman, while the horses rested. sit
ting on the handle Of his pillow. II
occurred to the minister that he paid
this man ten cents an hour besides
board, and he stopped and said gent
~ but reproachfully: James. wouldn't
II be a good plan for you to have
pair OF pruning shears here and be
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-01
A KINGS Costume.

y ~ a proof of the fact that ideas
are stronger in mems minds than they
used to be that King George can wear
n bowler hat and loud suit with.
out being dethroned; he would only
embarrass us were he 10 appear in
the regal garments OF the kings OF
an earlier age. And what in the name
OF wonder should We think o. him IL
he wore a waistcoat formed Of an
embroidered royal standard? Yet
such things were once as natural as
a Norfolk jacket-London Truth.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-01

Peaches leaped forward-yes, she
wins
There is a bedlam Of huzzas in the
stands, and when the sobbing Spuds
was dragged from his saddle to be
seated in triumph in the floral horse
shoe, a shout went up such as must
have startled the nervous clouds.
Peaches won
/ crawled away into a corner. weak
rom the excitement, and if there were
ears in my eyes, it's nobody's bust.
aesst
Copyright by c. w Dillingham; Coz
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-01

many ways. such as carrying ensi.
lage from the silo to the dairy barn,
or litter from one place to another.
These carriers are manufactured at
a moderate price, but an ingenious
man can construct one at small cost.
He will require a double pulley. as
many feet of rope wire as ne needs
"a threeinch round wire may an
swer the purpose), and the necessary
iron rods and bolts for the carrier.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-01
Unused to Rapid Transit.

Carlo Buongioyanni, young ital
ian peasant. and his bride. Maddalena,
Of Mondovi, entered train for the
first time in their lives in order to
spend their honeymoon in Turin But
they were so terrified by the trains
motion that they jumped out. The
bridegroom received serious injuries,
the bride being unhrrt