Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-10-12
ROUND ABOUT THE COUNTY
NOTES OF INTEREST ABOUT OLD
VERNON'S PEOPLE
Important Happenings Chronicled in
the Papers of Our County
During the Last Week
VIOLA NEWsLETS


who is not getting along as well a;
hoped for. If Mrs. Gerlach is able Il
be moved they will take her to a hos
pltal IN Lacrosse so as to have 1hel
closer home.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Smith received
word Tuesday that their daughter
Mrs. Verne Wanless of Excelsior, hac
that day been taken to the Boscobe
hospital TO submit to an operation fol-
appendicitis.
Norval Evans, a resident of La,
Fargo, died at that place Tuesday Of
this week.
Guy Hopkins of EauClaire has beer
spending the past week here looking
after business matters and visiting
friends and relatives.
c. NJ. Marcus and family drove tC
Madison Sunday where they spent the
day with their daughter, Bessie, at the
| u. of W., and also visited his mother
Mrs. H. Marcus.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Buck and Mr.
and Mrs. Geo. POWELL drove to Blue
River Wednesday forenoon where Mr.
| Fowell will join his brother, Charley
and assist in overseeing the road work
which Charley is doing near there.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Long, Mrs
Sever Veland and Mrs. Albert Huff
man of Stoughton and Mrs. Lee Sand
mire of Bloom, spent Monday at the
home of the latter's daughter, Mrs
X. NJ Booth, in Mound Park.
Ross Bender traded 140 acres of his
farm on Hopewell ridge to Sovde &
Lillesvangstu of Readstown for their
stock of general merchandise An in
voice of the stock will be taken at once
and possession given as soon as pos
sible. Ross will probably close out
the stock of goods there.
Benjamin Rastall was very agree
ably SURPRISED last Monday when his
cousin, John e. Rastall, IF Marineste,
called or him and spent the day. This
is the first time they have seen each
other since 1877 and the past forty
four years had made such changes in
them that neither would have known
the other had they met on the street.
Scott Burns, resident of the town.
ship of Akan, met with a peculiar ac-
cident the fore part of last week which
cost him a part of one foot He was
employed in filling silo, when the
machine became clogged. He STEP
ped upon shaft to reach the trouble
and slipped, his foot going through an
open place in the casing of the filler.
Snip came the knives and his foot was
severed back of the toes. He will be
more or less crippled for the remand
er of his life.-Democrat.
B. E. Moore and family moved into
the Mrs. Darwin Cliff house last week
Mrs. Richard Williams visited her
sons, Eber and Ben, and families at
Tunnelville this week.
Mrs Cena Dewitt of Liberty Pole
spent Sunday at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Bury Matthes in Mound Park.
Mrs. Cena Cliff spent a few days
of last week with her granddaughter,
Mrs. Clarke Rockwell, at Tunnelville.
Mrs. Mary Gillette of Tomah ar
rived here last Thursday to visit her
sister, Mrs. John Dewitt, and also a
brother, Will Shell, for few days.
Mrs. John Dewitt returned home
last Thursday from Richland Center,
where she has been Aslping her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Raymond Sheath, get settled
in her new home.
Clark Brown and family spent from
Thursday until Saturday of last week
at Granton visiting the family of Hen
ry Dairy. He found conditions there
of the very best. The good soil had
produced large crop of all kinds of
produce and the late frost enabled
everything to ripen. They were given
a treat of strawberries to eat which
were picked fresh from the vines while
they were there. Corn ripened nicely
and husking is all done, as well as fall
blowing and the residents of that To-
cality are in the best of spirits.
Messrs. Perry Vance and Dan Lloyd
and their families spent Sunday at the
home of Fred Vance at Liberty Pole
Margaret Click, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. M. ]. Click of Sylvan, had
the misfortune to fall from a horse
Monday and break her arm.
Rollin +. Myers and Mr.. and Mrs.
Dan Lloyd were Richland Center Wis
itors Saturday, the men folks to I'M
load an engine and Mrs. Lloyd spent
the day with Mrs. Clint Benn.
Theodore Schafer went to Richland
Center last week where he purchased
the Quality Meat Market of c. F.
Krummenaur and took immediate pos
session of the same. His family will
move there sometime next week. We
regret to lose this family from our
midst but wish them unbounded sue
Mr.. and Mrs. L. ]. Brindley went
to Boscobel last week to attend the
funeral of his cousin, DIR. Roy Brind-
ley. They were accompanied home by
another cousin, Ralph Brindley of Ia
coma, Washington, who spent a few
days visiting here.
The Masonic fraternity enjoyed a
pleasant evening at Richland Center
last Friday when the Madison Lodge
No. visited the Richland lodge and
conferred the Master Mason degree.
Refreshments were served and large
attendance was reported.
viii Stoll and wife and Elery Down
er and wife of Cornell spent from Fri
day until Wednesday with relatives
and friends here. Mrs. C. H. Downer
accompanied them home
Wednesday of this week was the
18th anniversary of the birth of Omar
Allison of Dillingham; and as usual a
large number of people gathered at
his home to celebrate the occasion.
Mrs. Oscar Shepherd is under the
doctors care now, the result of an ac-
cident at Kickapoo. She and her hus-
h9nd were driving along the road at
kickapoo when they noticed the train
coming close by so he Speeded up his
car in order 20 beat the train over the
crossing. 1t is a rough crossing and
the jolt threw Mrs. Shepherd into the
top of the car with the result that
her lip was cut quite badly and the
doctor was required to take seven
stitches in order m rloSa the wound