The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-06-27

| IOHS COIlllIS ILLS OilC gives SsiSi~S
/ that it is going to stick for while.
Clement Cunningham and cousin,
Miss Geraldine Cunningham of Madison
spent Sunday at the formers home.
The Ladies Aid society of the M.
E. church was entertained by Mrs.
Scott Hatch at her cottage on the
Rock Wednesday.
| Farmers have commenced to har-
vest one Of the heaviest hay crops ever
grown in this locality. Glover espec-
tally has attained an enormous growth
and if it can be secured in good shape
the forage question of the year is set
| tied.
-Theo. A. Clarke has discontinued
the furniture business and the stock has
been removed to w. H. Clarke's fur
niture store. The rooms have been re-
modelled, making them pleasant and
convenient and Mr.. Clarke will devote
his whole attention to the music and
undertaking business.
Miss Clara Jensen, who has been
teaching at Fergus Falls, Mimi, the
past year, returned Friday evening to
pass the vacation months at home.
Little Dorotha and Wendell Johnson of
Minneapolis accompanied her to spend
few weeks with their grandparents,
/ M
One day recently lady of near
by city and her son of about twenty
blissful summers were driving in the
country when an auto bore down upon
them. The horse began to prance just
a little, whereupon the lady jumped out
of the buggy. The chauffeur stopped
and offered to help. Chats all right, -
said the boy, composedly, 81 can man.
age the horse; you just lead mother
past"
The inventory of the stock of L..
C. Whittet's lumber yard has been
completed and the new firm, to be
known as the Schaller- Young Lumber
Co., took possession on Monday morn
ing of this week. The help employed
| by Mr.. Whittet will nearly all be re-
tanned by the new firm and the public
will be served in the same reliable and
prompt way in the future as in the
past.
Next Saturday Uncle Isaac Howell
will leave for Gettysburg to attend the
anniversary ceremonies of the greatest
battle of the civil war, which termin-
| ated in the surrender of Vicksburg.
He is provided with the necessary rail-
way, dining and sleeping car tickets at
the expense of the state. Mr.. Howell
was all through the thickest of this
fierce fight and on July 1..2, and A
will go over the grounds where it oc-
Cured.
George Scharffenberg accompanied
his wife home from Rochester, Mimi,
last Friday Mrs Scharffenberg was
taken there in April and underwent an
operation on the 10Th of that month,
and has had long siege Of hospital
life, but she returns home with all
hopes of a complete cure. Since Mrs.
Scharffenberg was taken to the hos
pital her husband has undergone an
an operation which was successful.
The two operations cost Mr.. Scharffen-
berg about $500.
If you are looking for good time
on the 4th, the place to find it is right
here in Edgerton. We are going to
celebrate in good style from sun up I'M
til too tired to do so any longer at
night. The Driving Park will accom-
modate all free of cost and the races
will be fast and good to watch. Lots
of other sports and amusements will
be pulled off and good music will fill
the air both day and night. Come and
have good time in the day and stay to
see the fireworks in the evening differ
ent ones will send up.
As time progresses the indications
are that Henry street will become one
of the important business streets of
Edgerton. A movement is under way
for another improvement that lends
color to the prediction. The residence
on the Ira Howard property has been
sold to Ole Moen and is being moved to
a recently graded lot on Swift street
to make way for new business block
which Frank Brown is to erect on the
site. Plans are prepared for garage
5Ox1OO feet, to be operated by D. B..
Lampman, and also SO foot store
building alongside occupying the front
age.
| "A bad freight wreck, involving a
loss of $150,0OO in railroad property,
occurred at the Northwestern crossing
with the Milwaukee line just west of
Waukesha last Thursday morning. Two
east bound freight trains were carded