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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-02-05
CBY C. II. sHULTZ.)


Many a city family man. when he
comes to pay from S. to 81 for his
Thanksgiving or Christmas turkey,
will be quite ready to affirm that per-
sonally he has no objection to the
passing of the turkey forever, even as
holiday piece de resistance.
Last year In the largest cities first
class birds brought from % to so
cents per pound. and a So bill was
hardly adequate to secure a bird that
would sufficiently serve an ordinary
sized family.
The fact is that fewer turkeys are
being raised every year. the decline IN
the industry having started six or
seven years ago. when the terrible
disease of bIackhead began to destroy
the hoeks in the New England states.
The ravages of this disease have be.
come so great that in Rhode Island,
which was once the great turkey state,
very few are now being raised. The
disease has spread to other states
throughout the east, and its ravaging
effects have been so disastrous that
thousands of farmers in Massachu-
sets, New Jersey and New Hampshire,
all formerly good turkey states. have
practically given up the business.
This disease has invaded the west
to some extent, but its rsvages have
been checked because the means of
preventing 1t are now much better
understood than ever before, owing to
hn ind f-sA s,,kl -,
vestigations started several years ago
by the Rhode Island experiment sta
ton and supplemented by the work
of the U. s. department of agricul-
ture
Blackhead Is a disease of the liver
and intestines which produces a form
of dysentery and is caused by minute
parasites, and called blackhead be.
cause the heads of the affected birds
turn black at a certain stage of the
disease.
In many cases birds die from
complications induced by the presence
of the disease rather than from it's
immediate effects.
Blackhead destroys about four-fifths
OF the young turkeys before they are
six weeks old. and of the remaining
one-flfth, according to Prof Cooper
Curtiss of the Rhode Island station.
one-tenth to one-ffth die at later
date
While there has not been great
progress made in the control of this
disease the limits of ignorance have
been clearly defined. and it is believed
that the scientists will. in a very short
time. discover effective remedies.
The advice given by experts in the
disease is to quit breeding turkeys
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-02-05
TOOL CHEST VERY
HANDY FOR FARMER
List of implements Given That
Are Quite Indispensable
Reduce Repair Bills.

Pleasure and profit meet in the
farm tool chest The good workman
takes Just pride in bright, well kept
tools. They cut down repair bills.
They avoid the delay and cost Of
sending for a carpenter. They are
especially needed at this time Of the
year in repairing buildings for the
winter.
The exact tools to be provided vary
with the nature of the work to be
done, the size of the farm and the
means and personal tastes of the far
mer. Every farmer should have at
least the following tools:
Hammer. rip saw, hand saw, jack
plane. square. ratchet. brace, expan-
size bit; bits II. 7s. Y. V and q in;
chisels y and 11a in; maIet, draw
knife. screw driver, rule. marking
guage. wood rasp, oil stone.
Buy good tools. Cheap materials
even at a little lower first cost. do
not mean economy here. Have
place for every tool and every tool in
fits place. 1t does not take long TO
lose quite bit Of money If tools are
careIessly thrown about BY children
or hired help.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-02-05
WHITE PlMPLES ON HEAD

Ransom, Ill.-"The trouble started
on our baby when he was only about
two weeks old. Started like little
white pimples, looked like an old scab
Of blood and matter. His whole head
was covered for n few months, then II
went to his ear, shoulders, and his
whole body. Il seemed to come out
thick and sticky on his head. While
on the other parts of his body ii was
more like water coming out of the
skin. He would scratch until the erup-
ton would be all covered with blood
and gradually spread. The least little
stir or rub would cause the sores to
bleed. spread and itch. Never had a
full nights sleep, restless all night.
THE sores were horrid 10 look at
1t lasted until he was about two and q
half years old Then we saw an &C.
zema advertisement in the paper to
use ---, but it did no good Then
We used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura
Ointment. We put the Cuticura 0int-
ment on thick at bed time and put a
tight hood on so he could not scratch
the sores. Then we washed it clean
with Cuticura Soap and warm water
twice a day, and he was completely
cured" (Signed) Mrs. f. F. Sulzber-
ger, Dec. 80. 1911.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world Sample of each
free, with 32-p Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept L. Boston"
Adv
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-02-05
IDEA ANNOYED OLD GOLDE
He Knew From Experience That Col
lege Education by No Means
United Boy for Work.

Woodrow Wilson naturally believes
in a college education for boys and
girls alike" said a banker at the
Princeton club in New York.
MIR. Wilson. lunching with me here.
once said in his quaint way that the
old idea about a college education un.
fitting a lad for work had quite died
out.
we no longer hear" he declared.
stories like that of Gobsa Golde
When Gobsa Golde's son Scatter
good" he explained. desired to go TO
Princeton, he said to the old man:
Pater. is il true that boys who go
10 college are unfit for work after
ward?'
"Of course it amt true,' snorted
the old man Indignantly. why. I've
got a Princeton graduate runnin' my
freight elevator. two of my best coal
beavers are Harvard A. BIS and a
Yale b. S is my star truck driver"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-02-05
LIES STRUGGLE
WITH ILLNESS
Mrs. Stewart Tells How She
Suffered from 16to45 years
oId-How Finally Cured.

Euphemia, Ohio" Because of total
Ignorance of how to care for myself
when verging into womanhood, and from
taking cold when going to school, suf-
fered from a displacement, and each
month / had severe pains and naEaea
which always meant a lay-off from work
for two to four days from the time
was 16 years old.
Invent to Kansas to live with my sis
ter and while there doctor told me Of
the Pinkham remedies but did not use
them then as my faith in patent medi-
cines was limited. After my sister died
] came home to Ohio to live and that
has been my home for the last Is years.
"The Change of Life came when was
AZ years old and about this time saw
my physical condition plainly described
in one of your advertisements. Then 1
began using Lydia f. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound and I cannot tell you
or any one the relief it gave me in the
first three months. L. put me right
where | need not lay off every month
and during the last Is years ] have not
paid out two dollars to doctor, and have
been blest with excellent health forawo
woman of my age and 1 can thank Lydia
L. Pinkham 'sVegetable Compoundforit-
"Since the Change of Life is over 1
have been a maternity nurse and being
wholly self-supporting | cannot over
estimate the value of good health. 1
have now earned a comfortable little
home just by sewing and nursing since
was So years old. Ihave recommended
the Compound to many with good re-
suits, as it is excellent to take before
and after childbirth. Miss EVELYN
ADELIA STEWART, Euphemia, Ohio.
II you want special advice write to
Lydia L. Pinkham Medicine Co. (cOnfl-
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by
woman and held In strict confidence.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-02-05
EXERCISE HELPFUL
TO HOGS HEALTH
Successful Kansas SWire Breed
er Permits His Animals to
Have Full Sway.

One Of the most succe ssful hog
FEEDER in Kansas uses no pens at all.
but permits his hogs full range, and
scatters the soaked corn from a tank
wagon out upon the ground. never
feeding twice in the same place. He
believes the exercise Is very beneficial
to the hogs health. but says that IL
takes more corn and larf er feeding to
make the animal ready for market.
This feeder buys his shoats, never
keeping more than a dozen brood
sows on the place. and the hogs he
buys for fattening begin TO arrive by
late fall, when they at once are put
on alfalfa in the pasture and later
given steamed and cut alfalfa. which
is cured very green. His hogs go on
the market by the last If June or first
of July-sometimes earlier. He takes
a long time to At the boats for heav-
Ter feeding. working up TO full b.ed.
ing quite gradually
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-02-05
Buff Turkeys

wherever it appears, and this is re-
sponsible in a very large degree for
the rapid curtailment of the industry
in the eastern states
The hope OF the turkey-raising In
dustry appears at present to lie in
the west, and those portions OF the
south which have so far escaped this
dreaded disease. Breeders have now
learned, at least in a preliminary way.
how to prevent the disease, and in the
west, where it has not prevailed TO
any considerable extent, farmers have
taken up turkey breeding, encouraged
by the tremendously high prices that
have prevailed during the past few
years and by the hope that they will
be able to escape the losses suffered
by the eastern breeders who did not
know how to cope with the disease.
AS farmers receive about IS per
cent of the retail price of turkeys.
there is good profit in the business.
provided the birds escape disease.
Turkey-raising is no more difficult
than the raising of any other kind of
poultry. 1t requires Just as much.
but no more trouble than should be
devoted to the raising of guinea
fowls, well-bred chickens. or squads.
In fact, where extensive range can be
secured. the rearing of turkeys is less
trouble than that of chickens.
Turkeys are great rangers, but as
they quickly become attached TO their
attendant. it is not difficult to control
them. They should be fed and cared
for b. the same person from the time
they are Matched until they are ready
for the market. In this way they will
learn to come at the call of the at
| tendant, and follow him for long dis
| tances, from the fields to the coops.
IL young turkeys are carefully
handled by the same person they can
be easily driven from one place to
another, and when storms come on
they can be quickly housed. In for
eign countries turkeys are driven TO
market in flocks, and we once saw a
flock of nearly 800 birds being driven
along the highway to the railroad
station three miles from the farm,
where they were to be cooped and
shipped to the city market.
Texas is, perhaps today the great
est turkey state in the Union. Breed
ers of this state have taken first
premiums at many of the national
shows during the past few years, and
the industry has thrived wonderfully
| in the mild climate OF the state.
Turkeys in the southern states.
where range is ample and the winters
are mild, grow to an exceptionally
large size, twenty-five to thirty-five
pounds being a common weight for
the prize birds.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-02-05
Manl.ouoo Man honor.c

c. NJ. Krumm. Manitowoc, was elect
ed past archon OF the advisory board
Of the Royal League of Wisconsin a.
its seventeenth annual meeting at the
Republican house. Milwaukee. Other
officers are: Archon, Louis HaIIbach.
Milwaukee: vice-archon. George Cay
style. Racine; orator. Charles AuIer.
Oshkosh; scribe. T. V Daily. Milwau-
kee; treasurer. Charles Pelton. Mil
waukee; finance committee, A Doser.
Milwaukee; George Cober, Kenosha;
II. Jonas. Manitowoc; representative
TO supreme council, c. NJ. Krumm.
Manitowoc; alternate. J. D. King.
GAINESVILLE
Among the guests were Supreme
Archon William E. Hyde, Chicago,
and Supreme Scribe Charles E. Piper.
Chicago The delegates present were:
T. V. Daily. c. E. Pelton. R. A. Con-
Ian, II. J. Rindt, o. Nelson. William
Schurr, A Doser. Louis Hallbach.
Mrs. William Schurr, Milwaukee; c..
NJ. Krumm. E Krug. H. Jonas, Mani
towoc; c. Auler, G. Schmidt. Oshkosh;
c. c. Ryan. George Cober. H. F. Risch,
Kenosha: George Caystyle, o. A. Bra
NOV. Racine: H. P lessen, Green
Bay; J. d. King, GAINESVILLE; j. E. Brit
tie. Beloit; c. E Mason. J. Grieble,
Beaver Dam; and H. ELLIOTT, Wauke-
sha. .
The officers were installed at a So
cial function at Castle hall, Van Blu
rem and Biddle streets. The Milwau-
kee Lyric club gave program.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-02-05
Shonninn Instinct


A rural postmaster tells this story
OF one of the patrons of his office. a
boy of thrifty. not to say penurious,
stock. When the lad comes into the
postoffice he will thrust his wizened
face up close to the window and. In
his slow, Yankee drawl, inquire most
earnestly:
'Hev ye got any postal cards?"
Yes" the postmaster replies.
'Haow much be they t'day?"
"A cent apiece"
Then the boy. screwing up his eyes
in the intensity of his thought over
the question he has to decide. always
stops for a while to weigh the con
sequences, Finally. he will reply sol
EMMY:
wal, I'll take ne."-Youth's Com.
panion.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-02-05
Would Abolish All Parties.
hardware Dealers Are to Meet.

The Wisconsin Retail Hardware as
ISOLATION will hold its seventh annual
convention February 81 in Juneau
hall, Auditorium. Exhibits by manu-
facturers and jobbers will occupy the
main hall The annual meeting of the
Hardware Dealers Mutual Fire In
surance company will also be held.
The convention headquarters will be
in the Republican house. The Hard
ware Dealers Mutual Fire Insurance
company will hold it's meeting Wednes-
day morning. February 5, at ten
o'clock in the Auditorium
President G. P. Schlaefer. Appleton
secretary P. J. Jacobs, Stevens Point,
and Treasurer II. L. Mcnamara, James
Vile, will present reports. The report
of the secretary will show the amount
Of insurance in force TO be $6.345, GAS. so.
Increase in net surplus the past year
was st7.704.11, and the increase in ar
sets 22,046.47. The losses during the
year amounted to s32,1S6.14.
The officers OF the company are:
President. G. P. Schlaefer, Appleton;
vice-president, r. c. Murdoch Beloit
treasurer. H. L. Mcnamara James
vile; secretary, P. J. Jacobs, Stevens
Point
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-02-05
Her Great Love.

They had already celebrated the fact
that the mistletoe hung in the hail.
and now they were occupying not only
one settee, but also the entire drawing
room
Gould you love me. darling" he
murmured, as the thought of that
sprig of mistletoe came to him again
IF l possessed only one coat in the
wide, wide world?"
She looked up into his eyes as she
framed her reply
Il could" she said. 'if ! knew you
had sacrificed the others to buy me
a new Dress"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-02-05
RHEUMATIC ADVICE
Prominent Doctors Best preserip-
ton Easily Mixed at Home.

From your druggist set one ounce
OF Tors compound lin original sealed
packagel and one cuuce OF syrup OF
Sarsaparilla compound Take these
two ingredients home and put them
into half pint OF good whiskey.
spoonful before each meal and at bed
time This is said to be the quickest
aiie best remedy known 20 the medical
ache. Good results come after the first
8osc. IL your druggist does not nave
Toris compound in stock he Will get
Il for you I'm = few hours from his
wholesale house. Don't be Influenced
70 take patent medicine instead OF
this Insist on having the genuine Toris
compound in the original one-ounce. seal
ca. yellow package. Hundreds OF the
worst cases were cured here by this pre-
scription last winter. Published by the
Globe Pharmaceutical laboratories Of
Chicago.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-02-05

John n. Anderson, Madison, tool
holder: George w Benage, Juda. nose
guard for cattle; Walter Blake. APP
nleton. igniter for gas engines; Clark
7. Fry. oxford. spike puller; Clark L.
Fry oxford. railway spike; William
IN. Gaulke, Milwaukee alternating
current rheostat FOR polyphase cir
cuits william L. Miller Madison
back.facing device for lathes; VII
liam H Powell and r. B. Williamson
Milwaukee, dynamo-electrie machine
Charles I. Run. Bloomer. eultivator.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-02-05
WorIdIy-and True.

Apropos of Miss Lois Campbell's
"billion-dollar debut" in St Louis.
Claude II, Wetmore. the author. said:
The marvellous growth and prosper
ity of our city is a phenomenon that
holds the eye of all America. Before
such wealth as ours one thinks inyol
unfairly of the worldly cynicism:
There are other things in the
world besides money-and money will
buy them all"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-02-05
Eurooean MlIkman.

In many parts of Europe the water
Ing of milk is impossible because the
COWS OF goats are driven through the
streets to the door of the customer
and MIXED In hts presence. The milk
man has different measures, ranging
in size from an eighth of a pint 10
a quart, and one can buy one cents
worth Of milk II desired.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-02-05
State IncorporatIons.

Articles of incorporation were filed
In the office of the secretary of state
as follows: The Iversen Art Gal
leries, Milwaukee: to manufacture,
buy and sell pictures; capital s12,-
900: incorporators, John c. Iversen.
Harry l.. Morawetz and l.. P. Peter
son. The Schwoegler Candy company
Madison; capital, $1,000; incorpora-
tors. A. ]. Schwoegler, c. E. Marks
and c. r. Welton. The Superior Min
eral Milling company, Superior. cap
itaI. $4,000; incorporators, William
A Whitney. H. V. Gard
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-02-05
Certainly Not.

Sir, are you opposed to votes for
women"
Certainly no., but If women had
the ballot. then suffragettes would
want it, too. Illinois Siren.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-02-05

Ireland is the great est poultry grow
ing country in the world II is far
ahead of France, though we have al.
ways accepted the latter - the had
ing country in this Industry. ireland,
with a population Of not quite 5000,
600, has $4,000, 900 fowls. while France.
with a population Of seven tt.7es
greater, has only 100000.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-02-05

Hogs ought TO have all the crrn
hey can properly digest II they xre
% be pushed along and put qui:siy
tIgon the market
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-02-05
Bank Youna trees.

The young trees should be banked
with earth. which will keep wats.
froul settling about them.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-02-05
Sod for Sewage.

Experiments in France show that
ordinary sod makes 90 efficient filter
for sewage.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-02-05
The Reason.

Men are like trees; they grow Ell
Their crooked or straight.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-02-05
Heads the Home Finding Society.

Heads the Home Finding Society.
Dr. Warren p. Hill was elected
president of the Wisconsin Home
Finding society at its annual
meeting in Milwaukee. Other officers
elected were. Vice-president, S. s.
Newton; secretary, George w, Adams,
treasurer, l. VI. Alexander; directors,
w. II. Cheever, DR. Warren B. Hill
Gen. August G. Weissert w NJ. Post,
S. S. Newton. Rev. Perry Millar, Rev.
Frederick Ingley. Kenosha, to sue.
coed Rev D. W Hubert; W. W. Per
ry, to succeed L. c. Wheeler.
Seventy-one adoption papers were
made out, according to the annual re
port. and fifty-nine children reached
majority. Since the organization OF
the society 2.724 children have been
received. January /. 1912, there were
twenty-five children on hand and 100
were received during the year Nine.
ty-seven were placed for the first
time, forty-three replaced and one
child committed to an institution.
Fifteen were returned to parents or
relatives. while fourteen died while
boarding with families with which
they had been placed, leaving twenty
seven on hand January 1, 1913
The annual report Of the Big Broth
ers and Big Sisters, department OF
the society. showed that 5s4 boys and
lat girls were helped. while employ
ment was found for 431 ard hospital
and medical aid secured for eighteen.
Permanent homes were found for
thirty-three, while two runaway boys
were returned home. Two hundred
and sixty four were helped by advice
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-02-05
FREE TO ALL SUFFERERS

II you feel ''oat Of sorts"-"run down" or got the
blues suffer from kidney bladder. nervous iseases
chronic weaknesses, ulcers skin eruptiOns sc.
write for my FREE book. IL Is the most instructive
medical book written. II tells all about these
diseases and the rkabie nected bytheNeW
French Kennedy "THERAPIDNv No. l, Eo.2 ko.3
and you decide for yourself IL the remedy for
your almenL Don't send cent. It's absolutely
FREE No "folloW. up 'ci rculars. Dr.LeCle ed.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-02-05

Spellin9 see TOR otate Fatr.
An old-fashioned spelling school
may be a feature of the next state
fair. The state board of agriculture
is considering the ACCESSIBILITY of ar
ranging for such contest at the next
big agricultural show. If such con
test is decided upon it is probable
that preliminary county spelling con-
tests will be held and the winners in
the various contests invited to partici-
uate in the state meet at Milwaukee.
Suitable prizes will be offered il the
contest is finally arranged.
A farm boys school on the fair
grounds may also be arranged for the
benefit of similar winners of county
championship honors.
Boys and girls of Wisconsin have
been given special consideration by
the state board of agriculture in the
making up of the premium list for the
next state fair. In the educational
premium list a number of new fea-
lures have been added with special
reference to the rural schools. Here
tofore the premiums for county school
children have been largely confined
to corn grown under the direction Of
teachers. This year grain and gar
den products have been added and
the classification otherwise enlarged.
A total of $1,000 in premiums in the
educational department nearly all OF
which will go to children in rural,
village or city schools. Superintend-
ents are showing interest and stimu-
lating teachers to encourage the chill
dren to enter the competition. Prizes
will be offered the school children OF
the state in a great many lines be.
sides agricultural experiments. such
as in drawings, maps, woodwork, col
lection of weeds, homework, sewing
poems, stones, designs, best sheafs
of grain, alfalfa etc.
Then there VIII be premiums on
the best paper on the best balanced
rations for COW of 1000 pounds" on
the care of milk. on silos, hog houses
seed corn, wild flowers. etc.
These contests are expected to slim
ulate great interest in both the state
fair and agriculture generally and tc
rebound ultimately to the great bene
fit of the state. Such papers win be
of educational value to the contest
ants not only in the discipline they
will require in preparation, but in
pointing out to the various contest
ants wherein others had better ideas