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A SKETCH OF BENEDICT ARNOLD.

Benedict Arnold, n traitor to his
country. was born January II. 1871. In
Norwich. Conn. lic was in an extern
Hivc buHlncBs at New Haven when tho
war OF Independence broke out. When
no hoard OF the battle OF Lexington no
raised an army OF his own and re-
coivnd colonel appointment. Then he
commanded u small fleet on Lake
Chnmplnln.
Continually
THERESA MORRISTY.
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DRAWN ny ALVIN uATroRF.
THE COUNTRY BOY,
GIN out blanks.)

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I'm jus little '--
So wild. merry and
And roam the woods and fields,
AS happy as can be.
Il have little curly pup,
The 'hcstcst little fellow
With eyes so soft and
And hair that's long and yellow
My pony's name is Jake.
And YOU bet love him
And II you'll give him -,
He'll 90 anywhere with you.
I've got some pigs and chickens,
And ducks and 'cccscs' white,
Some rabbits. all OF which feed,
At and
The farms the 'hcstest place,
For 10 live
And If yer don't believe il.
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A STORY ABOUT MY PIGEONS.

My grandmother gave me a pair of
pigeons, and their names are Punch
and Judy. Now 1 have ten or twelve,
and L have given away two or three
pairs. Now / had another pair of little
tiny ones, so l am going to try to get
them gentle like the others
Composed by
EDITH GILLS
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t"ul cannot praise tho members
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once. ana guess this Is the reason !
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Pleased With Prize.

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,I7"1I -dIto!,-TOU dOu't Know now
FAC am TO see my story in the papers.
ti. s9thE 70 send my grandpa u COPY
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Richmond. Va
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neiore, and | am sure i, is going 10 be
the greatest one we have evSr had
wishing for it tho greatest success
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NAMES OF BOYS IN F1GUREs
NAMES OF BOYS AND GIRLS OF OUR
CLUB.

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" THERESA MORRfsY.
Barton Heights.


Dear Editor.-I am now a, RovI,np
Green. Va. Am having q Are zinc
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~ T'ehr ENltor,--I am sorcirr n n
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an also sending iu drawing for ficx,
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GLADYS Z. HEATH.
nmuEC Received.

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Puzzle Department
A CHARADE.

A CHARADE.
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NAMES OF BOYS IN FIGURES.
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Harrisonburg. VA.

Dear ditor.-l received your badge
ms rs, nl9rInlnG think It Is so pretty.
an3pefiectly delighted to know that
am n member of the T. ID. c. & |
,hihk IT was fine OF you TO let me toin
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-02-10
RESTORE DUTY ON SUGAR
Necessity for Action Apparent In View
of the Condition of the coun-
try's Finances.

The revenue from the sugar duty
was about $50,00O,0O0 a year. With
the duty removed, the income tax
was substituted for the purpose of
raising revenue for the government.
The income tax fails to produce the,
revenue required, and there is a de-
felt of $65,0l0,000 The war tax is,
added to the burdens of the people,
and still the deficit remains. 1t is now
proposed to keep the war tax on until
peace is restored in European In
definite and probably a long time.
From present prospects the war will
last until after May 1, 1916, the date.
when the United States is to cut off
Its revenue from the sugar duty. Thus.
when the government most needs
funds, it is cutting down. its revenue
from the tariff and increasing the di-
rect taxes of the people
One of the obvious things to do, If
congress wishes to relieve the people.
from taxation and at the same time to,
stimulate trade, is to repeal the law
which will place sugar on the free list
next year. Let the old duty be re-
stored. The people will pay no moro
for sugar, while the government will
get more revenue.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-02-10
JOHN D., JR., IS HIT
BY HEAD OF MINERS
Charges Rockefeller is TO Blame for
Unrest In Talk to Federal Com
mission.

New York. Feb. L. Coming almost
straight from the office OF John d.
Rockefeller. jr., where he had a
friendly chat" with him over condi-
ticas In the mines Of Colorado, John
r. Lawson, a member of the execu-
tive board OF the Unite Mine Workers
for the district including Colorado,
read before the federal commission on
industrial relations on Friday a scath-
ing indictment of Mr.. Rockefeller and
the attitude he had displayed before
the commission.
The policies and purposes Of the
$780, 100000 Rockefeller foundation
and the recent utterances Of young Mr..
Rockefeller on the witness stand were
assailed by Mr. Lawson.
In assailing the Rockefeller founda-
tion he asserted that one Of the causes
Of Industrial discomfort was that very
philanthropy and the feeling that the
millions spread over the world in
SNOWY generosity" we're derived from
the money withheld from the wages
Of the American working class"
Mr.. lawson criticized young Rookie
Teller for his lack of knowledge Of con.
ditlons among employees OF the Colo
RADIO Fuel company, and said he was
equally as ignorant and Indifferent
as his trusted executives"
Your body can well afford to let the
testimony OF John D. Rockefeller, Jr.,
bring your investigation to an end.
Mr.. Lawson told the commission.
"out of his mouth came a reason
for every discomfort that agitates the
laboring class In tho United States
today. and IL remedies are provided
for the injustlces that he disclosed a
long step viii be taken away from in
dustrial disturbance"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-02-10

s-Sarage of Thomas Lincoln Nancy
Abraam Lincoln February inOw Rue) county Ken.
sf6-Famiy county, India
fes-Death Of Abrahams Nancy Hanks Lincoln.
s-Thomas Lincoln Elizabeth
Kentucky.
sSo-Lincoln family
1s3Abaham Lincoln sanqamon county
1924 Hawk war;.
1S33-Apponed alem.
1894 First election Is he legislature.
1a35-Love with
1e36-second election legislature.
1sszLIcensed
1s3s-Thrd election
aa-
lure.
1S42Marred November Mary
1843BIrth Of 1.
1e46Elected
f84SDeegate Philadelphia
f850-5lrth Of William Wallace Lincoln, December 2
Of Thomas incoin ri
par
Presidency.
President, March A.
emancipation proclamation IS.
Presidency. fF
Wilkes April a. Died rs.
at Springfield III, May
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-02-10
IS NOT ON RECORD
Where Is Proof of President VIII
sons POPULARITY
His Admirers Are FondIy Claiming
1t as Fact, but Election Fig
ures Fail TO Prove Their
Case.

Admirers Of the president who are
asked for evidence that the people
share their views are apt to cite the
returns of the presidential election OF
1912. They say that there has been
no real test of Mr.. Wilson's popularity
since then and that the run he made
that year is proof OF his remarkable
hold upon his countrymen.
1t is not in the records. The Dem
ocratic vote for president was $780,
s25 in 1896. In 1900 it was 6,35S,13
In 1908. with Bryan running for the
third time. the Democratic vote was
6,4O9.104. In 1912 the total vote for
Woodrow Wilson was 6.293,019.
In the sixteen years from 1896 to.
1912 the population of the country had
increased at least 22.0OO.OOO. The num-
Der of states had grown greater Many
more women had the right to vote.
The actual number of votes cast for all
parties was 15,036,542 in 1912 against
1S,923.102 in 1896. Yet Wilson's vote
was less by 209,s06 than the vote
which Bryan polled the FIRST time he
ran.
Where is the evidence of great per-
sonal popularity? What proof is there.
OF the eountry's liking for Mr.. Will
son? And what reason is there in the
latest tests of public sentiment for
thinking that he is stronger with the
people now that he was two years age.
last November?
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-02-10
GREAT MANS DEATH
Country He Served So Well Re-
members LincUIn's Work
With Gratitude.

AT TWENTY minutes past ten
"A o'clock Friday evening, April Ia,
1865, Abraham Lincoln was shot by
John Wilkes Booth in the back of tue
head behind the left ear and MORALLY
injured At % minutes past seven
o'clock the next morning, Saturday.
April 10. 1865, he died.
There have been many and vast
changes since that fateful day. and the
prayer which Lincoln prayed that the
country might be one again has been
answered in a way that would have re-
joiced his great heart. Not an ami
versary of his birth and death has
passed since his cruel taking off on
which some tribute has not been paid
to his memory. and so 1t will be to the
end of time among generous Ameri-
cans. wherever their residence or in
herited sentiments; for. however he
may have been misiudged in the con-
fusion and stress of antagonistic opin-
ion. there is none now who does not
praise him for his courage and his
faithfulness to his honest convictions,
He was born in Kentucky February
10. 1909, and died in Washington April
Is, 1865, in his fifty-seventh year at
the very zenith of his powers. The
books are full OF the story of his life
and work, but there are still many in
teresting facts connected with him
that have not yet been noted, notwith-
standing the industry o. to who
have collected great masses of every
thing they could find in any way Goa
nected with his life and death
Mr.. Lincoln, as everyone knows,
was shot by Booth while he was at
tending theatrical performance at
Fotds theater in Washington Our
American Cousin" held the boards that
night and Laura Keene was playing
the part of Florence Trenchard for
the last time. She had already per
formed the same part for a thousand
nights. Five years before she had
played the role at Mcvieker's theater
in Chicago the night of the day on
which Mr.. Lincoln was nominated for
president by the Republican eonven-
ton. in May. 1850. and all unconscious
OF the terrible tragedy. she played with
uncommon cleverness, and while yet
the theater was ringing with laughter
and applause, came the crack OF the
pistol shot from the presidents box
that plunged the country into mourn
ing
After Mr.. Lincoln had been shot he
was removed across the street from
the theater to the residence Of VIII
liam Petersen, highly respected mer.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-02-10
Sure to Turn to Republicans.

The Democratic faults are growing,
graver every day. The leaders have
desperately tried every resource to.
save their party from being over
whelmed. But even the announced.
tour of the president to explain away
the apparent desperation of the Demo-
Gratis could not possibly alter the pull
of political gravity that is working
with increasing force to bring the
Democrats to destruction. Hence the
Republicans of the country are as.
sured that under conditions at all nor
NAL they will have the responsibility
, of the government returned to them.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-02-10

chant tailor, who lived directly oppo-
site the playhouse, at SIG Tenth street
This house is still standing, as is also
the old Ford theater, and both are now
owned by the government. There have
been few changes in the Petersen
house. 1t is today very much what
1t was the morning Mr.. Lincoln died
in it, and it has been converted into a
museum for the collection of articles
in any way related to the president.
For 40 years Osborn H. Oldroyd
has been devoting himself to the as
sembling together of an invaluable
collection, in which are included more
than three thousand relics. which con-
stitute, as Elizabeth Porter Gould has
said, zone of the most interesting and
valuable ever collected in behalf of
a human being" The collection con-
tains $50 funeral sermons, about sew
enty pieces of music, a thousand vol
umes relating to Lincoln, 800 portraits.
busts and medals, photographs of
Booth, pictures of the assassin, the
family cradle in which the Lincoln
children were rocked. an original black
locust rail split by the young man.
then never dreaming Of the place he
was to fill in the history of the world:
the family Bible from which Lincoln's
mother read to him when he was a
boy, and literally thousands of other
things in some sort associated with
the murdered president
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-02-10
When Prosperity VIII Return.

Another tariff commission more or
less is not matter of importance. As
the Democrats said when they came,
into power, there is plenty of informa-
ton about the tariff already at hand.
The country knows what happens I'M
der tariff for revenue only and what
happens under protection. When the
protectionists return to power, which
will be in 1916, they viii restore pro-
lection. and they won't need tariff
commission to transact the business.
with thoroughness and dispatch.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-02-10
LOSS OF LwE IN STORM.
Entire Northwest Swept by Blizzard
Ohio and Indiana Face Flood.

Entire Northwest Swept by Blizzard
Ohio and Indiana Face Flood.
Chicago, Feb. 4.-The stormdelayed
sections of the Northern Pacinc's
North Coast limited reached Chicago
Tuesday. hours late, and their passen-
gers told thrilling story of the
fight against blizzard and numbing
cold throughout Minnesota and Wis
consin. The entire northwest was in
the grip of blizzard again Tuesday
that tore down telegraph wires and
blocked many trains
The loss OF life has been considera-
BILE, according to the meager reports
coming in over the crippled wires,
Ohio and Indiana faced floods.
Scores of men we're put to work at
Dayton, o.. dynamIting ice Jams TO
prevent a repetition of the flood dis
aster OF 1918. Near Quincy. H.. the
South Bear Creek leyee went out.
flooding the lowlands.
With the Ohio past the 30-foot mark,
the flood stage of SO feet is expected
at Evansville, Ind. Farmers IN the
bottoms are moving out their stock
and grain.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-02-10

ella. Her imagination had been touched
and her family would have been sur
prised had they known how large a
part of her thoughts was occupied by
the unknown sender of her valentine.
In these girlish dreams to which all
maidens are prone handsome young
gentleman now figured. He had dark,
soulful eyes, a graceful, manly form
and patrician features. His name was
Arthur Eustace Henderson.
The Hutchinson company did little
night work; the girls were seldom re-
CURED to work overtime, Occasion
ally few girls were asked to remain
and help rush through an accumula-
ton of business matters On one of
these occasions some of the workers
Of Mr.. MilleT's division were asked to
stay, and Pamela was among them. 1t
was few minutes pa nine when
she passed through the )rm doors to
join her brother who sne knew was
outside waiting for her. There was
no real reason for Don to come down
to walk home with her when she
worked late, for several of the girls
went her way. and Billiken, the office
boy, always went in that direction.
Pamela was quite attached to the lit
tie fellow who so willingly filed her
ink bottle and kept her supplied with
scratch tablets
"Billiken," she said pleasantly, as
the boy would have fallen to the rear
at sight Of her handsome escort, this
is my brother Don, who knows you
quite well already, for l have often
told him how kind you are to me-"
Young man." said Don, with cor
dial grip of his hand. Il am glad to
make your acquaintance, and to thank
you for your courtesies to my sister"
Billiken's face opened into a tire
mendous grin.
"Ah." he said. twisting with embar-
rassment, that amt nothin' Any
body would be nice to her."
Yes" said Don, with a smile, Il
think anybody with good judgment
would"
They walked down the street to-
gether. Donald holding fast to his sis
ter's arm to prevent her slipping on
the icy pavement. Your young
friends cognomen." said Don, present
ly, is highly descriptive but rather
confusing. What is your patronymic.
young fellow?" he said, turning to Bill.
liken.
SIR" said Billiken confusedly.
Your name" said Don pleasantly.
your real name"
oh" said Billiken, his face bright
ening. my name? Arthur Eustace
Henderson. That's my name"
For a second Don stopped stock still
in amazement, but he recovered him.
self Immediately
"A very nice name." he said agree
bly,.
"Yessir." said Billiken.
Donald stole a look at his sisters
face. She was crimson with confu-
sion, Her lids were downcast and he
could see nothing of the expression
of her eyes.
| They walked a few blocks farther
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-02-10
BRIDGE DYNAMITED
ON CANADA BORDER
Man Who Says He Is a German
Is Arrested.
DAMAGE is NOT SERIOUS
Prisoner Taken Near Vaneeboro by
Maine Game Warden, Says Can
ada Is Part Of the Enc
my's Country.

Vanceboro. Ne, Feb. 4.-The Inter
national railway bridge over the st.
Croix river was damaged by dyna-
mite explosion early Tuesday morn
ing, and soon afterward Werner Horn,
who says he is a German officer. was
arrested on the American side. The
explosion was intended to hamper the
transportation of war supplies from
Canada to England.
The eastern one of the three stone
piers which support the bridge was
destroyed by some high explosive
with a defamation which rocked the
house, in Vanceboro. SCATTERING the
windows of the railroad station and
alarming the residents on the Cana
dian side of the river.
Governor Wood Of New Brunswick
said: Il shall at once take the neces-
sary steps to secure an investigation
Of the destruction of this bridge"
The bridge was a steel structure,
built In 1910. It was 100 feet long
A man named Horn, who says he is
a German army officer, has been ar
rested in connection with the blowing
up of the railway bridge over the St.
Croix river at Vanceboro, and Of
ticials OF the Maine Cent al railroad
declare he has practically admitted
his guilt
Horn was arrested on United States
soil near Vanceboro by Sheriff George
w. Ross He was taken to Vance.
boro. where he was examined by Off
cials of Washington county.
horn was asked why he had dyna-
mited the bridge. and made answer,
according to the police, that his coun-
try was at war with Great Britain,
and Canada was a part OF the enemy's
country. Apparently he fell in the
river. for his clothing had been soaked
through and frozen on him
Railway officials said that the bridge
could be repaired for regular trafic
within two or three days.