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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-05-05

of Public Square run on e side Of Garden
St 81 fl 81 IT 80 feet 81 fl n side Of
Main ST. TO begin. Sec twp II vest
VILLAGE OF READSTOWN
Bert Coy Atkins Add lots 7-s blk 1.
Anna Finney Imp Cos Add lots SO blk
Jas Bowling Imp Cos Add lot blk s.
Jas Bowling Imp Cos Add lot blk s.
Jas Bowling Imp Cos Add lot 6 blk S
Jas bowling Imp Cos Add lot z blk S.
Jas Bowling Imp Cos Add lot blk 5.
Jas Draper Est PIT seA swA and also pt
neA sUA sec twp III west as recorded
in Vol So page % record Of deeds. except
property Of c. NJ. St Paul r. r Co.
l. NJ. Everson, Ewers Add: lots 7-8 blk 2
Pearl Hay Ewers Add lot / blk
Geo. Jones Original plat, side, lot blk 6
except Is II off side.
VIM Schroeder Com 36 rds Of Sc cor Of Sc
u neA, sec twp IL thence W 8 rds
thence Is degrees l715 rds thence "
60h degrees 20 2-l0 rds thence e14
81 rds thence ~ degrees e 151z rds thence
60A degrees % 2-10 rds thence II rds
to begin.
VILLAGE OF STODDARD
La Crosse Sc Ry Co. seA neA sec 20 twp
CRY OF vIRooUA '-A'
Anna Parr Goes add lot'18.
Ole Olson PIT of seH nwk sec twp IL
W. old dumping ground, as recorded In
vol 40 Of deeds, page 5ss.
AMUND BELLAND. Co. Treas
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-05-05
County of Vernon


Riley Newman A piece Of land lying at
cor Of land owned by Riley Newman of
brush Greek road. w along side Of Brush
Greek road 90 rds thence - rds thence
20 rds thence - rds TO place of begin
II Of nwl, nwA see T Ia R wv as
Riley Newman Land begin at NV cor OF nwL
neA see twp Il , thence Sc rds.
thence westerly on side Of road Ii Is rds.
thence n IS rds thence 9 > rds TO place
of begin II OF nw}l neA twp IL .
as.
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Brush Creek road, begin at the NV cor of
neA ne34 run IS ris theuce Sc rds
thence rds thence nwS2 rts to place Of
begin II OF neS neA sec twp IL range
Riley Newman piece Of land lying OF
Lincoln ST Of land owned by Chandler
Of land owned by II. sheldon and of land
owned by Newman in NV cor Of sell
nw4A sec 5 twp II r w..............a6 R
Riley Newman piece Of land lying W OF
lsineoln St OF Brush Creek road and OF
land owned by II Sheldon n Of land owned
y X Newman. II OF neA net sec 5 twp
IA range : west. Observation-Disclosures as
Aarden Land hegin in center Of Ontario
and Reckten read. Of land owned by c
Woods thence along center of read Is rds
thence NV to point Of land owned by c
woods. thence to begin. u CT seA nsA
n Abbott Land begin IS # Of Sc cor Of
lot IN blk I, thence with side Of Gar
zen st rls thence " e line between sex
% beSiu. Sec twp Il west l y lets.
Mules Clark Land begin st ne Ger Of seL Of
sec 3. run IS rds W to line in range with
side Of Div. St thence along line Of
South St 10 line thence s 20 begin. ~
Of sc ne 4 sec twp IL ? " IS.
E II Hoffman Land begin on side Of Div
st. g Of line Of road thence along W
line o. Div. s. Fds 70 ne cor Of lot owned
By J Williams, along Williams lot ras :
| : rds s rds rds 70 point # Of
| rams Of High St to place Of begin. Sec
! twp Ia range west
II c Haskell Land heSin IS feet Of NV cor
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1920-03-11

Exclusive designs in Easter cards
at Miss TONNES.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1920-03-11
SkOWHEGAN LOCAL NEWS


Thursday
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One of the social events of the pas
week was an auction party given
Thursday by Miss Leila tarbrother
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p'e'7''i'e 'ii''e iea''''e'.
The social at the Federated church
yestries given under the direction of
the Young Peoples Society was much
enjoyed Games we're played and an
orchestra led BY Rev. { H. Mckinney
lurhiShea music.
Three candidates received the de-
gree at the regular meeting of the
! Sunset Chapter o. + $. Friday night
In the absence Of the matron, Mrs. Ina
/ Hill, who has been in Boston for sew
eral days, the past matron Mrs. Ethel
! ]. Morrow. presided.
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panied by Miss Theda Holman and
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Grated chufch, heid meeting FRIDAY
afternoon in the congregational par
Tors with MIS-. Eva IL GREENWOOD pre-
siding. current events were gwen by
Miss Gertrude weston ana the subject
OF 9lam was CONSIDERED by diner
ent members with the history OF the
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dled Al her nome on lhe hlVer hoau 10
1lhckley' cast sue frlu@y Al lV''v
CLOCK. Tier age was - years 0he
was the WIDOW OF Slias Varney' VINO
died seventeen years ago She has
Deeh an lh'Ahe LOT iour ana Shs -hAii
years. Her youngest son, ernest A
Varney made ais nome "ltA hor ans
there are 1--WE etAer sons waiter u
Narney OF hails~eii ana ABBOTT %.
Varney or P1ttsneid, eoth Oh whom
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me Skowhegan hish ochool Glrls
basket ball team sunered deleat frl-
day night from the girls team from
"aterViiie Hlgh ochooI by score
OF Il to lS. Ii was last game as
well as close one. "a'erVllle leu
at the end OF the first period to D.
Skowhegan at the end OF the second
10 to IA; but by well executed at
tack in the hnal period WaterVllle
was able to nnish IN the iead. Inc
lineup: NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. H.
MacPhee II, simpson Jc' Joier Sc hod-
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28

around her to the other end. We
used to go to see her every time she
came in.
"My father died when | was
twelve years old. Two years after
ward my mother married again, and
we went down to the village to live
My stepfather was caretaker at the
City Hall. and we lived in Thirteenth
Street. | heard while we lived there
the last gallows built for public
hanging in New York City was built.
1t was built in the old Washington
Parade Ground, where the Washing
ton Arch is now in Washington
Square. A man named Johnson was
the last man to be hanged publicly
there, and I was kept awake all one
night by the carpenters building the
gal!ows and the noise of the ham
lners. | sometimes hear that pound
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
ever had so much as ' have.
always had everything / wanted.
Saw New York Grow

"Of course, I've watched New
York grow from the village, as we
used to call it, to what it is now,
and it has been ma~selous; but
when you are living in a place
while it grows and you are busy all
the time you don't notice it so much
as you do when you go away and
come back to it after the changes
have all been made.
II remember when the streetcars
came, and l knew Jake Sharp and
knew all about him. Before the
streetcars we used to walk or ride
in wagons or carriages. l walked
mostly. Jake Sharp used to work
for my uncle. That was the way
| came to know him. We never
thought much of him. He was so
poor that one time he had to stay
in bed while his wife made q pair of
pants for him out of a blanket.
"I've ridden in automobiles and
taxicabs, but I don't like them. The
last time l rode in a taxicab told
my daughter ! didn't ever want to
do it again. That taxi driver looked
just like a cutthroat to me. | was
afraid of him. | always did prefer
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
School for Card Players
POKER

Qucstion-Playing deuces wild. no
Joker. A shows 3 royal flush, completed
with the aid of deuce, against BIS
pair Of tens and three deuces, which he
calls five Of kind As both hands are
completed with the AID of deuces, which
wins and why IS. 7, l..
Answer All poker hands are rated
according to the difficulty of getting
them. and as Eve OF KIND is mucn
harder to get than royal flush, B's
hand wins.
Question-Seven men in the game C
being third man from the dealer. Pi,.-
ing up his cards one at a time until he
has five, he finds sixth has been dealt
to him, which he pushes asde. The
dealer insists that he must take the
sixth card and that his hand is foul,
Why should he, when it is the dealers
fault ?-B. G..
Answer-The laws require the player
to count his cards before lifting or look
ing 81 any Of them, because If any mart
of foul hand is lifted or looked at
there is no remedy. This is obviously
the only fair rule, because otherwise a
player who liked the cards he looked a;
would keep them, and if he did not like
then, he would throw up tho whole six
and demand new deal
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
AUCTION BRIDGE

Questlon-~Z is playing the hand with
clubs for trumps When dummy is laid
down there appears to be only one small
spade in the hand, which is soon dis.
carded, dummy trumping spades twice
shortly afterward. When the diamond
suit is opened the king Of diamonds is
found to cover the king Of spades. The
penalty for the revokcs is claimed on the
ground that dummy's cards we're not
properly displayed S. A.
Answer-Thcro is no penalty against
dummy for revokes, no matter how they
happened. 1t IS the duty of the adyer-
sarles to count dummy's cards at the
beginning Of every hand, to see that the
deal has been correctly made.
Questlon-The lead is a small club. to
partners original bid. Dummy has three
to the queen, but before dummy plays
the third hand lays down the lack.
holding ace-king jack. The dcclarcr
plays small card from his own hand
and then puts on the queen from dummy.
whereupon the third hand takes back
the Jack and plays his king. The de-
clarer insists tho trick ia his. with
dummys queen. but third hand quotes
Law 81 which says it is only when the
two cards are played "simultaneouslyv
that they are exposed, and can be
called, therefore the declarcr has no
right to call the jack to be played to
the trick.--C. ".
Answcr--Thc third hand has clearly
played out Of turn, az dummy has not
yet plnycd. When he takes back
nc jack and lays down the king, it is
the king that is tho exposed card and
must be left on the table, as liable to
be called. This is covered by tho fol-
lowing sections Of Law 81. The trick Is
the card played to tho ct,rent trick
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
Up the Hudson in a Sloop

"Traveling wasn't easy when
was girl. One time my father
went TO Philadelphia and there was
terrible lot Of work getting him
ready for the trip. He drove all
the way there and back in his own
wagon. People went up the Hudson
in sloops. When ! was married |
went to live in Cold Spring Harbor
and we went up The Hudson in "A
sloop. | came back again in a sloop
when my husband died seven years
afterward. That was the only time
lived out of New York. rcmem-
Der the first steamboat that crossed
the ocean. don't remember the
name OF H., but il was II little bit
Of thing. You could almost gtcp
acroes It. remember the Great
Eastern, too, it used to tic % at the
foot Of our street. We were living
in Thirteenth Street then. Ono day
my brother dived into tho water In
front Of her and swan all the way
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28

rush Of the Germans in 1918, SAW
a school wholly different in char
acter and construction. 1t con-
sisted of seVcral handsome caravans
formed into a square, each bearing
the legend, "Ecole Menagerc Agri-
cole de l'Etat.' The purpose of
these perambulating schools is to
take children around the country in
the summer months and instruct
them in agricultural matters and
housekeeping. From the hygienc
standpoint, also, this scheme is
highly beneficial, as the healthy,
happy faces Of the youngsters prove.
From La Clyttc followed the
road skirting tno precipitous west
ern flank of Scherpenbcrg, past
Hyde Park Corner Of tragic mem
ory, to Locre, growing again under
the shell-shattered head Of Mont
Rogue, thence to Messincs. There
were signs of progress on every
hand. Men were hard at work level
ing the torn soil and plows were
busy on the lower slopes of KENNEL
Hill. The Ypres-W -Warncton tram
line, which at present stops ut KEN
mel village, will soon be running
along the top of the Messincs-
Wytschaete Ridge, carrying food and
visitors to this once de!ectablc re
g'on, where in prewar days beets
were grown in abundance and hunts
men brought custom to all in the
season. The villagers and field
workers are not downhcarted. They
enjoy provender. such as fish, all the
more because it comes only once a
week, and if at times the young girls
md life somewhat triste (many
flowers have gone with the forests)
yet, on the whole, they arc wonder
fully happy. Dancing goes on each
night at Messines, and recently the
village was gay for a week with
merry gorounds, bowling, dart
throwing and "al the fun of the
fair
The main routes in the salient arc
already in remarkable condition. At
st. Elol, south OF Ypres, where the
road not long ago gaped with mine
craters and Shell holes, traffic is
SUI barely possible. But "A big
squad Of men is working hard, and
near by there are at least two tempt
ing little cafes (Nieuw st. Elol and
'lerberg den Tyger) where they may
rat and qucnch their thirst. Beyond
tive eighth loci. Of the empty Ypres
anal cut some fine bulrushcs from
a pool close to Bedford House. This
beautiful plant vas almost unknown
IN certain parts Of Belgium before
tho war, and children believe the
"cnts' tails" were shot out Of the
guns.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
RUSSIAN BANK

QuestionA insists that when the
tableaux are first laid out every possible
move in them must be made before a
card is turned from the stock. Inter in
the game these moves arc not insisted
on. Why the difference W. ". NJ.
Answer-Therc is no such rule. 1t is
only the play on tho foundations that
is Imperative; but most players make
as many moves as possible in tho ia
bieaux at the start to get spaces
They can always put the cards back,
after turning.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
No Private Cemetery

when | was d young girl there
weren't any cemeteries. People were
buried in the churchyards and under
the churches, but most people had
their private burying grounds in
their backyards We didn't have any
burying ground because we moved
so often, and we weren't important
people, anyway. My father was only
a truck gardener But there were
lots of private burying grounds near
us. Every farm had one. When they
built the Ninth Avenue T. the line
ran right through the Harsen bury
ing ground, and they wouldn't sell
and wouldn't give right Of way,
so they built the Il anyway, they
had to do it, and for long time
there was white marble grave
( stone between the pillars Of the Il
about Forty-ninth Street.
Zone of the things we children
did when | was a little girl was to
/ pull down the Charlotte Temple
house. Charlotte Temple was born
in Paris. Her father and mother
died, and she was brought up by q
governess and sold to some rich man
for his mistress. don't know just
how it was, but anyway, it was
something like that, and there used
to be lot Of scandal and talk about
her. There We're books written about
her. Her house was two-story
brick house, that stood in a big field
east Of us. One day the children
went over there and one of the boys
pulled a couple Of bricks out Of the
wall, and then the children tore the
whole house down.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
w atching New York Grow for One Hundred Years-l92
Bonn on Farm at Thmty-eighth
Street, She t Jas Witnessed =
Miracle Of City Building

to walk, anyway. l didn't even like
to ride in the days when Husbands
used to take their wives out for .
drive on Sunday. I've been in the
subway, too. l was through the old
subway when it was first completed
up TO Ninety-sixth Street. was
through it before the official inspec.
ton party went through. Steve
OBrien, who used to be police in.
spector. took NE down to the CITY
Hall and took me through the sub.
way clear up to Ninety-sixth Street
He took my arm and led me down
into the subway, and l told him |
hadn't ever expected to be led down
underground by a policeman"
Mrs. Kiley does net move around
much now Most of her time is
spent in her bedroom. on the second
floor Of her son-in-law's house in
West 157th Street. All her thre
children are living, and she ha
seven grandchildren and five grea
grandchildren. She gets up at II
o'clock in the morning and break
fasts at noon. Dinner is taken up
to her at T o'clock and she goes to
bed at 10.
but ] don't sleep much" she
said. Il just close my eyes and lie
%toCo -
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
n Battlefield Transformed

~ NE Of the most famous and
Z bloodest Of the Belgian bat
tehelds, Mcssines Ridge has
been transformed by the coming of
peace into place Of work and idyl-
lie pleasure.
Midway between Ypres and Ar
anentieres, writes a special CORE
spondcnt in The Morning Post,
stretches ridge famous in the his
tory of the war. Messines, on its
southern spur, dominates a wide
reach of the valley of the Lys, and
about two miles to the northwest
Wytschaetc, set on the highest part
OF the ridge, looks down on the
ruins of old Ypres and the bright
roofs Of the new. Westward the
bluc-gray hills Of Flanders, with
KENNEL and Scherpenberg in front,
rise high above Wytschaete, and to
the northeast are seen Hill 60 (the
Cote des Amants) and the heights
Of "Clapham Junction" and Pas
schendaelc. passed from Yprcs
through the Lille gate and took the
long road to Messines by Shrapnel
Corner, Dickebusch, La Clytte, Locrc
and KENNEL Hill AT the Cafe
Beige crossroads, as J read on a
board, CAN waste lengthens the
war; | heard terrific explosion
that made me jump and the dogs
bark. 1t was only the bursting of
an old shell heap, an operation com
mon in the KENNEL area. A few
yards from this spot most artistic
cottage with green shutters and out
houses came in sight. The frame
work was made Of old beams filled
In with time~stained bricks and tim
ber. But the main charm Of the
buildings lay in their outlines, which
rose and fell like sad. gay notes in
quaint folksong
From the banks Of Dickebusch
Lake looked across the reed SCARED
water to KENNEL Hill, western
l'ujiyama, silvcr-capped with sun
shine. On the right the village
sprawled gayly in red, blue and
green, acccntuatcd here and there bv
the drab and buff tones Of wooden
cottages. One woman told me how
much the inhabitants loved tho Enc-
lish soldiers, WHO were so long sta
toned in the rciphborhood, and tho
old dame Of the Au Risquons-Tout
Tavern, while adm tting that il was
very snug, said, rucfully: But il
cost 5000 francs" A girl (pcrhnps
Il teaclcr) said "Bon jour" rs she
painted the windows Of The trim
schoolhouse; and at La Clyttc. whore
our armies helped to stop the last Il
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
Was Against Civil War

"No," she said, Il didn't believe
in slavery. but didn't see any use
in fighting over it. ! thought we
ought to have bought the slaves and
made them free. We could have
done it and it wouldn't have cost
as much as thc var But liked
Lincoln and admired him. When
the news came that he was dead I
didn't have any money, and so l
cut up the skirt of an old blacl. lace
dress had and draped it over my
front door, and | made myself a
new black dress to wear for mourn
ing.
II just lived in Greenwich Village
after that and did dressmalIing, and
when ] got too old to work any more
my daughters took care Of me. I've
always had some one to take care
Of me. don't think any one has
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28

lady sticks to the old Dutch name
for the Bowery), and my, didn't |
think it was grand place.
thought it must be the biggest build.
ing in the world | liked the sing
ing very much, but when the dancing
girls came on turned away my
eyes. A little later, though, wher
saw The Black Crook, | didn't see
anything very bad about it.
give years ago at Rockawas
Beach | shocked my daughters. ",
were walking on the beach and :
man who was in swimming lost hi.
trunks. He was' terribly ombar
raised and ashamed. al my daugh
tcrs turned their heads away ane
walked on, but ] wanted to sec what
was going on. Everybody was max
ing such a fuss, and they were try
ing to help him get ont of The water
They brought q coat for him. but
It was too short, and at last they
wrapped him up in a blanket anc
got him away. | told him he ough,
to have had barrel.
but don't like the way the girl.
dress now. | don't believe in short
skirts and silk stockings, and I don't
think they ought to paint their face.
and their lips. Girls didn't do that
when l was young. like long
skirts and ] believe in modesty."
Are you for woman suffragc?'
asked.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
By r. F. Foster,
author OF Foster on auction, Auction
Made Easy, Fosters Complete
Hoyic, etc

Hoylc, etc.
a MONG the further excep-
IA tions 10 the conventional
methods of leading from high
card combinations there are two
which every bridge player should be
familiar with. not only as the
r,ayer who leads from them, but
as the partner of any player who
makes these exceptional leads. One
Of them is used only against no.
trumpers, the other exclusively
against the trump contracts.
The first Of these, against a no.
trumper, is to lead the ace from any
suit of seven or more cards headed
by two or three honors, even from
ace king. or ace king jack or ten.
The object is 70 ask the partner to
be sure Of getting out of the way
of such a long suit by giving up the
highest card he holds on the first
trick, when the ace is led
Holding ace king and five small,
for instance, the lead of the ace asks
the partner to give up the queen If
ne holds it, no matter how many
small he has Leading ace from ace
queen and five small, the ace lead
induces the partner to give up the
Sing on the iirst trick, even if he
holds three cards. The object is not
SO much to unlock, because the suit
cannot be blocked if dummy follows
suit and has not tho jack twice
guarded, but it is to encourage the
leader to keep right ON. The OPP
portunity for this lead does not arise
very often, but it is important when
it does
The other exceptional opening is
against a trump contract, when
holding ace king alone. The usual
lead from ace and king is the king
followed by the ace to deny .the
queen; but with only The two tops
the conventional lead is the ace, fol
lowed by the king, to deny any
smaller cards and show the ability tc
ruff the third round, if partner has
not the queen.
Note that this ace lead does not
ask the partner to give up the best
he has of the suit on the first trick
because that play is used only
against no-trumpers.
Now we come to some interesting
openings against trump declara
ton that has secured the contract
after the leaders partner has namec
suit. 1t is the rule that in such
cases the best card you hold OF
your partners suit should be led
but there are two exceptions. one
OF which is that if you have an ace
king suit Of your own, you should
lead the king Of that suit first, show
ing that you still hold the ace. SC
that your partner may know just
how TO get into the lead again should
!. be necessary.
Sometimes the opportunity arises
to make a very pretty double play
by combining these two conventions
the Irregular lead from ace king
and the top Of the partners suit
In the following deal, only three
pairs out of nine saved the game
one of them setting the contract
The difference is entirely due to the
opening lead.