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VOL. XLIX.—NO. 49*

VERNON COUNTY CENSORjf/J jfbout Sour Jr/end* and Tfoiahbor*.

- December.—Cironit court convenes next Toes- |

day.—Tobacco paper and twine at Tow-

ner’s.—Storm doors and v'ndows at J. W.

Thayer’s.—lmmense line of gloves and mittens

at The Boston.—Bert Dustin and wife Bpent a few

days at Madison.—Mrs Rebecca Day of Sparta, visited

relatives in this city.—Try a sack of Pillsbnry’s best Hoar.

For sale by Severson & CosFine china and cat glass, the finest

assortment, at Towner’s.—Kratchwil's Swire milk chocolate? |

for sale by all Viroqna dealers.—The best wool nnderwear for $2 a

suit at the Bine Front Store.Mrs. G. N. Hange has been visiting

hereon Adolph at Coon Valley.—The first day of skating for Viroqna

yonngsters was Thar ksgiving.—J. M. Powell and wife are visiting

the former’s son at Grand Rapids.—Thayer will bay yonr timber of any

kind cat into wood or sled length.The Towerville roller millwill grind

bnckwheat Saturday, December 9—Attorney Jackson Silbaugh had leg-

al bnsiness at Readstown, Monday.—Fred Gohde has been doing repair

work on the Readstown telephone sys-tem- Harry Shepard returned from La-

crosse after spending the week at thatcity.

—Don’t forget that Towner’s is recog-nized as the headquarters for San'aClans.

—While catting wood save all yonrstraight butt cuts and sell them toThayer

H Riley came from Clinton, lowa,to spend several days with his family inthis city.

—Lester Waters returned to Montanaaft*r visiting relatives in this city andat Springville.

—For sale, ft tobacco shed, located inViroqna, 27x96 feet. Inquire of Mrs.B F. Ferguson.-w. E Baker returned home from a

three weeks visit to Vermont, where hisaged mother lives.

—L. A. Herrick formerly of this city,now of Sparta, hasopened a branch jew-elry store at Mt lrose.

- Mr. and Mrft. Geo. Dudley of WestSalem, were Thanksgiving guests at thehome of Capt. Nichols.

—Alderman Silas Foster is paying avisit to his relatives, the Bausman fam-ily, in northern Wisconsin.

—Miss Lydia Mnnyon goes to Lincoln,Nebraska, to take np work of preparingherself for professional nnrse.

—Misses Gena Lem ant- Mary Tand-ley spend Thanksgiving at the home ofMr. and Mrs. L. O Lewison.

—James Biddison was here the pastweek from Sparta to see his aged moth-er and renew acquaintances

—New collars, new ribbons, new silk,new skirts, just the things von want forthe holidays, at Severson & Cos s.

—Every thing in the watch line atbottom prices at J. W. Liteas,

Jeweler and Optician.—The winning list in the word con-

test, and the piano given as first prizeare on exhibition at Brown’s Musicstore.

—Comfort is the thing that we are allafter Yon can get it hy buying one ofthose Morris chairs at Steenberg’s furni-ture store.

—You can get a ladies fur lined coatfor sls. sold every where for $25, at

H. D Williams * Cos.—Little Wauneta Davis came from

Black River Falls to spend a few weeksat the home of her grandparents, Mr.and Mrs. L. Davis.

—Dr. Ammi Biddison come fromSparta to spend Thanksgiving with hisparents. Mr. and Mrs. Phil. Biddison,Honth of this city.

—The city band will soon give thepeople of Prairie da Cbien a touch ofmusical accomplishment, and the or-chestra play for a ball.

G.M Peterson, a Westby gentle-man, succeeded in slaying a bear whileon a northern hunt The carcass ofbrnir. arrived at Westby.

—1 am going to make special effort toplease yon in the way of Christmas pres-ents. J. Lucas,

Jeweler and Optician.—Thanksgiving brought the first zero

weather to this section To be exactmercury registered two below at seveno’clock last Thursday morning

—Mrs Anstin Hanson, of Asbnryridge, who was operated on at the La-crosse Lutheran hospital last week, Isreported to be recovering nicely.

When purchasing vonr table linenfor Thanksgiving it will pay yon to takeadvantage of the special discount givenby H D Williams & Cos. One weekonly.

—The early purchases of Christmaspresents has everything to gain and no-thing to lose Make yonr selectionsnow while onr stock is unbroken

O E Davis, Druggist.Thanksgiving was well observed in

Viroqna All bnsiness places wereclosed, chnrcb service was ?e'.l attend-dand the nay was given over to familyand neighborhood dinners and gatherin/a.

—Jnd McCullough, a LaFarge youngman, will enter the regular army, havingpassed a satisfactory examination forthat service He will soon depart forSan Francisco, taking a transport fromthere for the Philippines

—To ail new subscribers and thosewho pav arrearages to the Censor, wewill send the paper and either the Chi-cago Inter-Ocean or the Milwankoe FreePress one year for $1 25. Take advan-tage of this unusual offer.- Please bear in mind, everv article

yon liny of me will be “ngraved free ofcharge, no matter who it is nor howmuch, any amount from the letter A towords or lines J. W. Lucas

Jeweler and Optician.—Messrs. L J. Martin and Charles

Knebler gave the members of the gen-tlemen's outing club, of which they aremembers, a peasant and healthy ban-quet at Nelson's restaurant on Satur-day evening It wa a most enjoyableaffair for the party of a dozen or more.

—Fair.—Big line of shingles at Thayer’s.—Col. C. M. Butt was at Sparta, Tues-

day.—Remember, the best kind of teas and

coffee always for sale at J. Omnndson’s.—Lunches served at all hours in the

lunch department at Perry’s candy fac-tory.

—Nordal Neprnd*was over from CoonValley on Monday-

—For rent, a small residence. ApplytoThos. B. Potts.

—New line of fancy ru; j just receivedat Severson & Co’s.

—For lamps of every description, goto Towner's.

—For rent, a house and barn. In-quireof ffm. Webb.

—Frank Rnak is troubled with bloodpoison in his left arm.

—Fine fnrs at low prices. Most closethem out. Tate’s Big Store.

—Dolls of every description, the finestassortment that ever happened, at Tow-ner’s.

—Walter Morrison goes to La Crosse,tomorrow, to be operated on for append-icitis.

—A few white maple ldles’ sewingrockers, jnst in at Steenbv.g’s lnrnitnrestore.

—Desnite the bad roads J G Watsondrove np from De Soto on Sunday, re-turning the next day.

—Senator Munson went to Madison,Sunday night, to be present at the spec-ial legislative seesion.

—Home-made mixed candy at Perry'scandy factory ; 10c per pound, or threepounds for 25 cents.

—Nils Nelson of Bristow, was in townon Monday. He was returning from avisit to Grant county.

—The yonngßters bad a merry time atthe afternoon social dancing party inthe hall. Thanksgiving.

—Don’t bay yonr holiday goods untilyon see Towner’s immense line, whichis larger than ever

—H. P. Proctor, F. A, Chase, OttoOtteson and Harry Pnlver attended cir-cuit court in Sparta, Monday.

—Good broom at only 20c; fancy syrupin pails, the gallon 37c

Severson & Cos—Berlie Moore went to hi? town of

Forest home, last week, to be present atthe marriage of a brother.

—Fine silk half hose, fine suspenders,tine ties one in a box, dress gloves andmittens The Blue Front Store.

—Bring in yonr frame orders in sea-son, so yon will be sure to get them forthe holidays. Melvin Steenherg

—The deer hunting season is over; thecasualties show 30 odd deaths and overfifty in jured Can the football seasonbeat it ?

—W. F. Fisher, the new dealer, stalefloor, feed, oil meal, baled hay andstraw. Location, Nichols block; phoneNo. 15

—Mrs. Brnnoe, an old and honoredresident of La Fargecommnnity, died atthe home of her danghter, Mrs. KateRoberts.

—Albert Hanson, memberof the townboard of Harmony, retnrned from West-by, where he had been taking medicaltreatment.

—Mr. James Bnfh died at, Stoddard.Deceased was stricken with paralysisthree years ago and has liton steadilyfailing for several months

—Philip BonftDur has pnrcbased thir-ty-nine feet off the south side of the oldMoody place, inclnding dwelling honse,from Ellefson & Christoferson.

—Why not examine onr line of fnrswhen yon wish something in this line?We carry the mostcomplete stock in thecity of Viroqna. Severson & Cos

—Delicious and toothsome are thoseSwiss milk chocolates, manufactured bythe celebrated La Crosse confectioner,Kratchwill Ask yonr dealer for them

—To onr already large stock of men’sand boys’ shoes we have added a com-plete line of ladies' and children's shoes.

“The Boston.”—'■cure reading matter for the new

year through the Censor. We canprovide yon tirst-clase weekly papers inconnection with the Censor, the two at$1 25

—The Censor household returnsthanks to O H. HeigesoD for a nicedinner of venison tenderloin, taken froma deer killed by Mr. Helgeson in Woodcounty.

—L. Ktnver of La Crosse, is now inthe city ready to repair rowing ma-chines, and is located at Otteson & Nel-son’s furniture store Bring in yonrorder or work.

—On Saturday evening, December 9,the undersigned will give a phonograph-ic entertainment at the Liberty Polecbnrch. Low price of admission willbe charged. Bowman & Cos.

—Mr. Carl J. Hovde of Christiana,was in tue city on Friday, arr, aging forhis two sons and a son of Matt. C. Berghto enter the Cook bnsiness college. Th iyoung men commenced their conrse lastMonday.

—Not a moment to lose’ Don’t waitnntil Christmas has arrived. Have yonrbracelets, brooches, rings, lockets, neck-chain laid away for Christmas. Step inand see what we have when yon have alittle leisure time.

Jos Fuehrer, the Jeweler.—H D. Williams has been fitting np

a cottage on his secluded forty of timberland near Roes, where he expects to takeno little amount of pleasure and restin the fntnre. He is preparing to uukemaple sugar and syrup there next springhaving a large number of maple treeson the plantation.

—All traffic on the Milwaukee ect.

SALOONS AND SCHOOLS.The public authorities of Wisconsin

are finding great possibilities in tbeStont law, providing that no saloon shallbe located within 800 feet of 11 public orparochial school An assistant districtattorney at Milwaukee has given thepolice authorities an opinion that it pro-hibits tbe licensing of a saloon within300 feet of a certain kindergarten attend-ed by about forty pnpils. As this kin-dergarten is not supported by publictaxation, it is feared by tbe liquor inter-ests that saloons located within 800 feetof buhineos colleges and typewritingschools down town will have to go. Tbeqnestion tarns on the meaning of “pub-lic” and "parochial.” The liquor mensay a school is neither pnblic nor paro-chial unless maintained by pnblic taxa-tion or by a parish. The other view isthat a school open to the pnblic is a pub-lic school and that one to which admis-sion is limited as a parochial school. Ifthis is tbe correct view the saloons canbe driven oqt of Milwaukee altogetherby locating some kind of a school withinHOC feet of each of them Tne legisla-ture will probably settle the questionnext session by adopting an amendmentto the law definintng tbe terms “[ nblicschool” and “parochial school”

Result of Brawn’s Ward Canlest.The decision in the word contest of

tbe Brown Music Company resulted inthe piano being given to Miss LucyDawson of Viroqna. The tsik of judg-ing tbe list was greater th;, 1 was antici-pated. Over thirty people were employ-ed on the oommUiee and they wereabout three weeks in arriving at thethe decision. To? highest lists werecompared word for word by Webster'sinternational dictionary.

This contest was inaugurated as a:iadvertising scheme and as snch was cer-tainly a sneotsa and one of the largestever launched by a Viroqna firm.

We. tbe undersigned, to whom wasreferred the work of the committee thatexamined the lists of words, have badtbe same nnderconsideration and wouldrespectfully report that we believe ihesame to be fair, thorough and impartial.

Chas. E. Butters,John A. Stemen,H. L. Gardner,

Decembers, 1905. D. F. Mains.Property for Site.

> Good bouse and barn and abont 11acres of land adjoining -a good i.rmie.Also one other honse and lot all propertyof the estate of John J. Hammond, de-ceased Apply to Mrs Nettie Ham-mond executrix of said estate, or toBntt & Batt.

Another Shredder MuhtpWhile assisting in the shredding of

corn at tbe farm of John Norris, northof this city. Alex Lowrie suffered theloss of a joint on hie left thumb and h'.da finger badly lacerated. It is tbe sameold story of reaching in to remove lodg-ed stair His friends rejoice that he es-caped as luckily as he did.

IN THE EDUCATIONAL FIELDA REVIEW OF OUR VERNON COUNTY

SCHOOL AFFAIRS.

Feels, Figures, Comments and Recom-mendations From Superintendent

Gardner’s Annual Report.

In hisannual report to the connty boardof supervisors Snperintendent Gardnermakes a lengbthy and intellige it show-ing of school affairs for the connty. Hereviews the past and offers substantialrecommendations for fntnre upbaihliugof tbe "peoples colleges, " the commonschools. He says there were two newschool honses bnilt the past year, one inStark and tbe other W jbster. He saysthere has been a liberal spirit on part ofthe people pertaining to school ex(tenses;every year places of educational train-ing are made more cheerful, warm andcomfortable, better furniture, appara-tus and books, but adds “We still havedistricts where the latest improved ma-chinery is used on the farm, where thedwellings are comfortable and well fnr-nished, ont the school honse is the samecold, dingy shell, furnished with thesame uncomfortable board seats, andpeihaiw using the same kind of textbook that their grand parents used ahalf-century ago. 1 am glad to say,however, that these districts are few.The law gives the snperintendent andchairman of the town power to condemnsnch places, but snch stringent exerciseof power has not been resorted to."The report shows that there was heldthe past year, one institute attended by200 teachers, conducted by four instruct-ors, three of them paid by the state. Bythe provisions of the new law the insti-tute fund for onr connty has been cartailed 30 per cent. Applicants for cer-tificates to the number of 387 wrote dur-ing the year; 221 received certificates.Snperintendent Gardner calls atten-tion to the new law providing fjr conven-tion of school district officers, and com-mends the system, and says one or moreof snch meetings will be held later inthe season, when people are morefree from other pressing work. Also re-fers to the law directing connty treas-urer to withhold ten cents per capitafrom state school fond income for libra-ry fund. He also goes into the matterof proper ventilation of school bnildings,stating that it is very detrimental tothe health of students, insufficient ven-tilation, and gives precantionary infor-mation on this point.

The financial and statistical portion ofthe superintendent's report shows thefollowing conditions: Number of dis-tricts in the connty 154, nnmber ofschools maintained 191, teachers requir-ed 200, male teachers in the rural schoolsaverage, $37.47; salaries of male teachersin city and graded schools $32.36; wagesof lady teachers in rural schools $29.77;salaries of same class in city and gradedschooles $39.70; nnmber of gc .xil child-ren in connty Detween ages of 4 and 20years, 10,367; nnmber between 4 and 20who enrolled in school 7,309, nnmber ofchildren between 7 and 14 in connty5,186, nnmber between 7 and 14 who at-tended school 20 weeks 3,303; thenumber months school taught 1,570;nnmber high schools in conuty 3; nnm-ber of graduates from common andgraded schools 114.

There was received from all eonreesinto the several school treasuries of Ver-non connty the past year $110.357 57;paid ont for bnildings and repairs $0,277-.19. for apparatus $2,004.58 for servicesof male teachers $11,588.88; salaries offemale teachers $43,768.80; paid on oldindebtedness $4,063.34; for new furni-ture $1,303.42: salaries of district clerks$1,085.99; all other expenses for schools$16,116.50; totat amount of expenditures$36,208 95, with balances remaining un-expended and in district treasuries $24,-090.73.

In conclusion the superintendent com-ments “In a large system of nearly300 schools like we have in this conn-ty. we can not reasonably expect orhope for any radical change to occur inany one year. If we can assist in stim-ulating edncational interests so as toimprove the efficiency of onr schoolsfrom year to year, we will build np agood and permanent system. A steady,healthful growth is lietter than a radi-cal change which is liable to lead to re-action. If I may judge from the in-creased interest of the school hoards inhiring teachers, the nnmerons improve-ments in buildings, gronnds and equip-ment, l am 'justified in saying that onrschools are 10 a healthfnf, progressivecondition.”

Throngbont the report and commentof Snperintendent Gardner areworthy ofthe atea ’ aet, earnest spirit be has man-ifested during his past terms of service.

Srid or Wrillen to thrCensor.Frank Knower, Genoa "I spent six

weeks pleasantly with my parents in theWilliamet Valley in the state of Oregon.They are nicely located, ou a magnifi-cent farm worth $75 per acre. Fatih, rthinks it a second heaven. I shall locatethere in the future if 1 seil my farm.”

Nels Solverson, liveryman: “Theroads are frightfclly rongh to get overwith light conveyances, and still worsefor farmers who have heavy products tomarket. Thl - plowing np of countryhighways every fall, jnst as the heavyteaming commences, shonid tie stopped.’

Local Farm and Stock Notes.A Grant connty man says he dehorned

six hnndred bead of cattle the past fall.The Coon Valley News says that an

average of two thon and bushels of bar-ley per day Is delivered in that livelytown.

More than thirty car-loads of sngarbeets were shipped from Viroqna stationto the Janesville sngar factory. Farm-ers have not received returns. Pay-ments are made tbe fifteenth of eachmonth.

The latest ben story is that a man inlowa shipped a car-load of hens to NewYork and they laid enongh eggs enronteto pay the freight.

“The present season is tbe first time Ihave kept financial tab on rny sheep.From 27 bead the increase and woolbronght me $l9O This dock contained18 ewes, that raised 25 lambs,’’said HobeF. Swain, of Brookvllle. Mr. Swain isone ot the most thrifty yonng farmersin onr good connty. Two years ago hebnilt a basement bam 40x89 feet, inwhich he keeps ali his stock exceptsheep He has things so arranged thatthere la not necessity to leave the barnto do the multiplicity of choree, fodder,grain, water, etc, all center in the bigbarn.

—Why not bny yonr felt shoes, mbbera or overshoes now while the sizesare yet unbroken f Tue Burton.

NEWS CULLINGS FROM EXCHANGES.

fProm the Readstown Herald.lTwo car loads of pipe for the village

water mains arrived Monday.Dr. Ewers bas disjiosed of hi? farm in

this village to Oscar Olson. Considera-tion $8 000. Mr. Ewers and ;amil> ex-pect to locate in some western state inthe near fntnre.

A banquet in honor of Rev and Mrs.T. H. Goodnight was given by a largennmber of friends Althongh the weath-er was disagreeable, the report is a verypleasant time. Mr and Mre Good-night have completed a snccessfnl twoyears work in this village, and theirnew charge is in Grant connty, bntthey will reside at Madison. The beetwi :bes of their friends go with them.

(From the De Soto Argos )Clint Bishop recently purchased the

Alkens farm, nearRetreat.H. L May and Alya Clark retnrned

from Dickenson, N. D., where Alva tooknp a 160 acre homestead.

O. L. Goodwin snff-red a third strokeof paralysis. While be has been afflictedin this manner before this was more se-vere tb— nsual. He ie rallying well,howevi nd it is thought will soon re-cover.

Andi Gunderson, of Sonth WestPrairie urned from Aberdeen, 8. D.,where g tiad been working the pastwinter. '5 ndrew strnck it rich, receiv-ing $6. ® , day, and cleared np over$200.00 ~i wo months.

Snpt. ikins, of the aeylnm for in-sane, si J ns a neat booklet which iefull of .2 reeting information abont thenianag 3 itof the aeylnm farm andgives c * ilete statistics as to all re-ceipts ~ disbursements of that insti-tution he year. Tbeeereports showcapable management and a prosperouscondition in the affairs of that institu-tion.

[From tbe Hlllsboio Sentry.]Mrs. F. C. Mohs und children went to

Milwaukee to visit her husband who isattending bnsiness college there.

Depnty Game Warden Kolb, who hasbeen in northern Wisconsin daring thedeer season, retnrned home Tuesday.

The dancing school being conductedhere is proving a great success, abontforty persons taking part in the lessons.

The Northwestern railway companyhas made telephone connections be-tween their Elroy and Baraboo offices,to be used in case of emergency.

Tbe Hillsboro basket ball bovs havesec ured a return game with the mili-tary team ef Portage to be ayed hereDecember sth. Oor boys w defeatedat Portage on the 13th inst i, a score of31 to 10.

The family of C. F. Rose was given aclose call last Friday night from the ef-fects of coal gas. They started np theircoal Htove on Friday evening for thefirst time. U pon arising the next morn-ing the whole family was qnlte sickfrom the effects of escaping gas.

James Goggins. who lives north oftown, had quite a time in driving sever-al bead of cattle to this village. Hestarted from his place with the stock onThnrsday and got them to the edge ofthe village when they refused to comefarther. At thie piece one of themjumped from a high bank and broke oneof its legs and was obliged to be killed.Mr. Goggins was unable to get tbe stockto tbe yards nntil Saturday when theywere driven in with another herd of cat-tle.

No Part of ihe Proceedings.On*- occurrence of the connty board

mer on not on iho regular programam’ tat will probably not find aplat .n tbe official pr*A>,. 'ingß, tookpla he day preced'.uf, fir at adjournme. Two of tbe prom’.lent easternmembers became “ooltinli" and pro-posed a lightning foot race for edifica-tion of board members and snch out-siders as were present or conld be easilydrammed np. Tbe stakes were depoei-ted, as many side bets made ae ttierewere dollars in tbe crowd, and the dashmade. It was ‘ ‘nip-and-tnek” for a hun-dred yards, bnt the supervisor, Mr. ,who made the banter for a lace iodchallenged his fellowß.was scooped by aneck only. It famished sport for tbeirfellow members and is a reminder thatmen do not grow old in mind if theysometimes do in body.

Consider Well. Young Man.Better learn a trade, boys, rather than

grow up unfitted to.' any sort of work.Two stalwart yonng 11.en slept in tbecalaboose the other night because theyhad not been tra'ued to any employ-ment, while tb ir helpless old father,himself a black? juth nnable to get a jobbecause of hi.* age, wept over tie wifeand mother left starving In anothe* city.And yet there is a st’ong and steady de-mand everywhere to- strong competentmen in all lines of work.

Unfair Advantage of Bruin.Anew way of captaring Brain is re-

lated by Chas. Seeley. Stopping at abanters camp on bis retmu from bant-ing north, tbe men told him they badnoticed tbe molasses cans which werethrown ont were chewed np by somebear. They conceived of a plan to catchbim by nniting molasses and whiskey.The next morning or soon after theymissed tbe bait and a short search foundpoor Brain dead drank. Net wantingto handl* the creature too mnch theybuilt a cage around him and secured bimas their captive.-La Farge Enterprise

Quails Usef- * to Fsrmers.Bobwbltee, or „- common qnail of

this eonntry, eat tons of weed seeds an-nually and should be protected by everyfarmer as bis greateet boon. An en-thusiast in the department of agricnltnrehas taken great pains to study the qnailfrom every point of view, and the resultof his investigation will soon be in bulle-tin. He has completed the amount thatmay be disposed of in Virginia andNorth Carolina. According to his fig-ures, the quail of the two states eachyear disposes of 1,341 tons of noxiousseeds.—Ex.

Readstown Furniture Store.My store bnilding i now completed

and 1 will make a specialty of Christ-mas goods for children this season.. Mystock of fnrnitnre is larger and morecomplete than ever. Chairs from the50c bow-back to the box-seat diner; 15styles of dlnsre; 10 styles of conches; 40styles of rockers. six styles of kitchencabinets. All tbe rest of the lines incomparison. A fnll line of mnsical in-struments and sewing machines. Ev-erything in undertaking from the coffinto the conch casket; from robes to fulldress salts. Call and inspect. Bringyonr catalogues; let ns oonqiare prices

Oscar AndersonReadstown, Nov. 28.

New York Apples.Jnst in, one car-load of New York ap

pies. Finest quality.W. F Ljndkmann Cos.

Yon do not experiment wt **i yonnse Davis’ Cough Byrpp Iipayp; a test will convince

Otto E Davis. Dinggiet

ESTABLISHED 1875