Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-06-14
COUNTRY AND rowN BIG TIME
Picnic and Celebration at the Fair
Grounds on the Fourth

The business men have decided to have an old
Fashioned farmers and business mems picnic
on me Fourth OF July. as a benefit to the county
fair association and invite all The people hoth "a
and near to be present. We will have something
IKE We had last year. only We expect our bail
team TO clean up the farmers to a uueen's tasta
Last year you viii remember that our big men
had ball team that was supposed to tu~. tbe
trick. but they say they were sold out aad YOU
know mat It Is one OF the failings Of humanity to
blame some one if everything does not 20 as they
want II TO. They say that Albert Soverson who
was manager and was selling Studebaker cars
arg wanted 70 stand IN with the farmers, so ne
aid down and let them beat. so as TO make them
feel good and help him in selling them ears Now
anyone who knows Albert would not enrartain
any sucn thought Tor minute. he is a man that
you can depend upon and in many ways ike
George Washington. that is in some ways or al
least in one way. and that is he never told fier'
so h's wife said before they married but |
nave never heard that she said any thing about il
since; As said before there must be goat ano
they bad TO find ore in this case to blame II IN
and Albert was the man. have often thought
Ok poor Jonah as a poor little fellow and when
that squali came up they thought that all would
drown and TO apease the gods. They figured thar
It would only shorten his life about fifteen min
utes any way SO they took him and dumped him
o"erhoard and you know the rest The storm
abated and they went back to shore thin tire that
they had only beat him out Of fifteen II mules Of
time any way as he could not have lived longer il
they had left him in the boat: he was simply the
goat. OF course they could not dump Albert over
board but they ditehed him. as they use the term
10 TINS nigh country, or in the more modern Ian.
guage slSldooed him Ia Aibert's place they have
put John Stoii. Perhaps word of introduction
would be IN order. John is a long. lean fellow
arc Il - said when he q BOY that he was very
pashful ard that his life had 10 do most Of the
eourting You would know him most anywhere
as you can hear him talk four blocks. 1t is said
that when John was a boy he passed the early
years Of his life in the valley and they say that
they thought nothing Of talking across the valley
to each other. visiting hours at a time, We have
a number Of living examples of men raised in the
valley IN our town, Q. j. Smith. George Groves
and many others. Speaking about courting they
say that the world do move and / must say il
this counting game Nv father end mother did
their counting riding behind an OK team: we did
ours behind a twenty five dollar horse and a fit
teen dollar buggy and thought We were going
some and cur children are doing theirs in 1utos
and think their children will do their counting
in ti3ing machines. ard that viii be sure seine
high cost OF counting; but am Distressing. as the
preachers say when they get off their text.
Now to get back to the ball game will say that
think that the farmers have had their day and
that they VIII get cleaned up in good shape this
time Stoli IS hustler and his men feel that
they want to wipe out the dis grace that was
handed them last year by the farmers. 1t viii do
you good to come and see the game whether the
business men turn the trick or not as it will be p
game for blood this time We will have all kin is
Of games--foot races. both for boys and girls and
Will try and give some OF our older boys and girls
chance to show their feet fOotedness
This picnic celebration will be given in the in
terest of our fair. and what ever we make will go
to pay Oft the debt we owe the grounds. /
to help the fair association as it is of vital in
terest that we keep it up. both to the farmer and
the business man as agriculture is the one thing
We have to depend on and we want to all pul to-
gether and make il the best fair in the state.
The admission will be free and we will serve
coffee free to all and there will be stands to care
for all who wish to buy the good things that go to
make up good celebration, and what ever we
make will go TO our fair. so come in and spe nd
some with US end help out your own society. We
have the best town in the state and lot of good
fair minded business men and if we would all pull
together as well as they do in California our farm
lands would be worth double and property in our
city would be worth three times what il is. Every
man in the west is a booster for his town and
community and we must be for ours and especial
ly for our county We have the best in the state
We want to have the day Of our lives. come out
and meet your old friends and make this the best
day of the year. We all work too much and get
so little out Of life. and day like this will do you
more gooc, make you more dollars than though
you stay at home and work every minute.
ONE WHO Is ON THE INSIDE.