The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-08-09


guest of Miss Leo Thompson.
George Ogden was visiting rela-
tives in Milwaukee Monday and Tues
day.
W. H. Leedle departed Tuesday for
Canada where he will remain for sew
eral weeks.
Miss Olga Hanson and Herman
Handtke are taking vacation from
their duties in the Department store.
Arthur Puerner, wife and daughter
of Redfeld, S. D., are paying weeks
visit to his parents, L. Puerner and
wife.
Mr.. Frank Hinkley and daughter
Anna and granddaughter, Miss Eliza
beth Mcmillan, of Milwaukee, are the
guests of Walter Mabbett and wife.
ALI Anderson's family have re-
turned from a two weeks outing at
Lake Kegonsa. Mrs. Geo. Gullickson
of Lodi is guest of the family this
week.
Lowell Whittet, Russell Conn an
the Misses Hazel Conn, Agnes Peacock,
Madge Wilson and Josephine Burns
are occupying the Sherman cottage on
the Rock for week.
Mrs. Matte Haylock, who for some
time has been suffering with tubercu-
Iosis, was taken Sunday by auto to the
state sanitarium at Wales for treat
ment.
&C. E. Sweeney left Sunday after
noon by auto on an extended trip in the
west. Last night his son Charlie and
Fred Phifer left by train for the west
and intend to join Mr.. Sweeney in
South Dakota on the trip.
Jonathan Marsden, Chris Olson, E.
M. Ladd, R. C. Spike and Thos. Pierce
closed a deal Friday whereby they be-
came owners of 920 acres of Taylor
county land. The purchase was made
from the Birmingham & Hixon Lumber
Co. and the land lies near Westboro.
"A family gathering was held at the
home of DR.. and Mrs. McChesney Sat-
urday afternoon and evening at which
were present w. H. Cox, wife and
daughter, Grant Chamberlain, wife and
two daughters, Miss Della McChesney
of Troy, N. Y, Miss Flora Carrier of
Chicago.
"A fair sized company of neighbors
and friends of Clarence Bowen and wife
rendered them surprise Saturday ev-
ening when they drove to the Bowen
farm home northeast of the city. The
gathering was to celebrate Mr.. Bow
ems 32nd birthday. The evening hours
were passed in dancing and luncheon
supplied by the guests was served.
VIM .Hutson, after stay here for
the past three weeks, and who since
the death of his wife has made his
home with Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert Cove
in Beloit, has departed for Joliet, ILL.,,
to join the family there, Mr.. Cove hav-
ing accepted position as bookkeeper
with manufacturing firm there.
Fred R. Green, who for some time
has been assisting T. B. Houfe on the
farm, on Monday assumed his former
old position in the City laundry. Mr..
Green and family occupy rooms on the
second floor of the building. Irwin
Davis, who for several years has filled
a position at the laundry, has moved
with his family to Fond du Lac, having
accepted position in bakery at that
place.
While visiting at the home of her
sister, Mrs. L. w. Hutson, at Oregon,
Mrs. J. S. Miller fell down stairway
with seven months old babe in her
arms and fractured both bones of the
arm above the wrist. Fortunately the
babe escaped uninjured. Mrs. Miller
was brought by auto on Monday to the
home of her parents here, w. T. Pom
eroy and wife, and is doing as nicely as
could be expected.
AT the Hull cottage near the Ed
gerton colony on the Rock, Scott
Hatch and L. H. Towne averted fire
the latter part of the week. The cot
tage was recently built and a bundle of
rags used to oil the floors was thrown
in box. The Hull family discovered
that something was burning in the
cottage and gave an alarm. 1t took
the two Edgerton boys only a minute
or two to locate the fire and extinguish
it.
Jesse Brabazon, Delavan boy and
the husband of Miss Grace Humphrey,
we'll known here, is to become an av
iator. He has enrolled in a Chicago
aviation school and last week made his
first flight with one of the schools
pilots. He went up 300 feet and re-
manned in the air half an hour Mr..
Brabazon experienced all the sensations
of an aviator and in none of these ex-