The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-11-12

by the postoffice department at Wash
ington, that city delivery service will
not be established until at least IS per
cent of the patrons (heads of families)
have provided private receptacles at
the front door for the receipt of mail.
DO the citizens of Edgerton favor
the Saunders creek drainage project
about to be launched by property own
ers in the town of Albion? If the pro-
ject goes through, will it give us more
water to care for in flood times? Was
our water supply sufficient during the
last flood? On the 9th day of Deem
Der next at the court house in Madison
at 10 o'clock in the forenoon hearing
will be had in the matter. If we pro-
pose to object, now is the time to ar
range our objections.
The annual Past Worthy Matron' s
night of the Edgerton Chapter No. 60
o. E. S., was observed on Tuesday
evening. A six-thirty dinner was
served to which about seventy sat
down, including, in addition to the To-
cal members, number of GAINESVILLE
friends. Mrs. Arthur Clarke, Worthy
Matron in 1905 and 1906, presided and
so far as possible, the subordinate Off
GERS were the same as in those years.
The program of the evening was very
interesting one, each past matron eth
er giving number herself or securing
some one to represent her.
jack That's the name Of William
Miler's dog. From puppyhood he has
had penchant for riding on railway
trains and was always favorite with
the trainmen. A year ago last Octo-
Der Jack leaped into the cab of a Chi
cago-bound train and from there went
to ST. Paul, Minneapolis and various
cities in the west, and few months
after his departure he was located IN
Prairie du Chen. Last Saturday when
the afternoon train from the west
pulled up at this station, Jack jumped
off the pilot of the engine, found his
master and seemed pleased to get back
home. From appearances he was well
fed while on his trip.
Away back in the year 1857 the or
ganization of a cemetery association in
the village of Edgerton was perfected.
1t was on the 10th day of March of
that year that the first meeting was
held and at that time John S. Fassett
made gift deed of small plot of
ground to be used for cemetery pur-
poses. Then and there the new organ
ization voted the name Fassett Gene
terry Association in honor Of the donor
of the grounds That was fitting
tribute to man who gave portion OF
his landed possessions for the benefit
of ages yet to come. From the books
of the association we learn that Mrs.
John Fassett and son were buried on
the family lot in 1868, and in 1869 John
S. Fassett was laid to rest beside his
wife and son. Marble slabs were erect
ed to mark the resting place of the
Fassett family. For years these slabs
served well the purpose, but Times
effacing hand laid them low and their
service was ended. The years rolled
by, the little plot became insufficient to
accommodate all consigned there for a
last, long resting place. One by one
additions have been made, and today
the two thousand mounded homes and
unoccupied lots cover an area of over
thirty acres In that ground pines
have grown tall, shrubs profuse and
monument after monument of beauty
and great value have been erected. A
few months ago the present association
officers were making general survey
of the grounds and came across the
moldering and broken slabs on the F'as-
sett lot. Their pride was touched,
their purse strings loosened and the re-
suit is that a handsome monument, ap-
propriately inscribed, now attracts the
dCC0uClOll VI oil WIN VAolC OuA 0OoooiAS "a
city of the dead. But let us not forget
what is necessary to maintain the beau
teousness of this hallowed ground. OF
the competency of the officers in charge
there can be no question, and what re-
mains is for lot owners to make prompt
payment for the care of lots and the
work will be successfully done. The
officers have arranged way whereby
a deposit of $50 may be made and
perpetual care contract entered into.
Over forty have availed themselves of
this opportunity and the plan will UNI
doubtedly be adopted by many more.
ShumwayH urd
Another of Edgerton's splendid