The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-03-26
Mr.. C. S. Gagen of Oconomowoc is

gerton and Madison, connecting with
the Doty & Walsh line from GAINESVILLE
to Edgerton Goods for Stoughton,
Oregon and Madison coming from south
of Edgerton by the Doty & Walsh line
will be transferred at Edgerton to the
Gagen line, and vice versa.
Mrs. George Nichols, who has
been suffering from .anaemia for some
time past, had successful blood trans
fusion at the hospital week ago. DR..
Tormey of Madison and the Drs. Shear
er administered the TRANSMISSION and
DIR. Meyers gave the blood. Other
transfusions may be necessary later,
and several parties have volunteered to
WELD assistance in order that Mrs.
Dickinson may be restored to health.
AT the auction to sell the Ed. FL
lingson house last Saturday, George
Blanchard was the highest bidder,
$500. The old Pomeroy tobacco shed
also on the Central park property
brought $3O5 and was bought by Mr..
Menhall. The city has decided to ac-
quire the Christ Hansen property. Mr..
Blanchard is going to move the house,
inducing the foundation, all except the
hole IN the ground, to new permanent
location.
The Philomathean club had it's an
nual "gentlemen's" night last Monday
evening when the ladies entertained
their husbands and gentlemen friends
at z o'clock dinner. The dinner was
served in the Carlton dining room and
catered by the Carlton kitchen. Eight
cen couples enjoyed an excellent four
course dinner, splendidly served. After
the dinner the members of the club
and their guests enjoyed games of diff
ferent kinds until about IL o'clock. 1t
was an evening we'll worth while.
Mrs. Mary j. Thomas died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. William
Mason, Wednesday, March II, after
siege of influenza. Mrs. Thomas was
at the time of her death 81 years old.
About six months ago she moved to
Edgerton from Reedsburg. She leaves
two sons and two daughters. The
funeral services were held at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Mason, last Sat-
urday, Rev. Kramer of the nj. +.
church officiating. The body was ship
ped to Reedsburg for burial.
1t happened in the Edgerton movie
house recently. A worthy lecturer was
showing pictures before house full of
school children, illustrating the devel-
opment Of the frog through the differ
ent stages, from the egg to the sure
enough living frog. The last picture
was of frog sitting on the bank near
pool of water, opening and closing its
capacious mouth. The lecturer, turn
ing to the children, said: 'tWhat do you
suppose the frog is talking about?" A
tiny voice in the back of the room
piped: "The high cost of living"
Say, boys, don't kill nor MAIN the
birds! The little songsters are coming
now pretty soon from the south to
spend the summer with us. They are
such pretty and lovely guests. What
ever you aim at with your slingshot
and airgun, don't aim at little bird.
1t is not only thoughtless to do so, but
it is cowardly; those little guests are
so defenseless. And besides, they come
here to help us keep the fields and gar
dens clean of destructive insects.
Please, please don't shoot the birds!
No, not one of them. Oh yes, and not
the squirrels either.
"A membership campaign drive is
on for the Rock County Farm Bureau.
The first steps were taken at meet
ing held in GAINESVILLE last Saturday
when J. c.. Sailor, farm bureau organ
izer from Illinois, addressed the Rock
county farmers. Only farmers can be-
long. It is not political organization
in any sense of the word. It's aim is
to promote the economic interests of
the farmers. 1t is not farmers fight
against capital, but placing the farmer
in position where he can deal with
the capitalist at the council table on
basis of equality. Production and mar
keting are important phases of the bu-
reau's activities.
"A display of aurora borealis last
Monday evening was worth coming out
to see. The radiance seemed to pour
out from zenith and flash, now in broad
bands from horizon to horizon, and now
in riblike formations, joined by the
wavy web of shifting light, taking the
form of an open parasol and shifting
from pale to an iridescent glow. The
sky was practically clear. the stars
scintilating most brilliantly, with the
planet Venus standing in the zenith of
the heavens, still and bright, and the
croccopt IF tho mOOn hanUinO in tho