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EXTRAVAGANCE AND ECONOMY
Random Note* on the Coit of Living.
Eic.. by Doctor Butt.
Editor Censor:
In the struggle for space in your col
umns we must be practical, truthful
and interesting.
While reading my masterpiece, Ben
iamin Franklin’s “'The Way to Wealth,
it so impressed me with his wisdom
that I laid the book down to digest what
I had read. The story ran thus: Frank
lin stopped at a sale where the people
were talking about the badness of the
timt s, and one ot the company said to
an old man: “Pray, Father Abraham,
what think you of the times? Won’t
heavy taxes ruin the country? What
would you advise us *o do?” The old
man replied by repeating what be had
read in Franklin’s almanac for twenty
years past. Said he: “Government tax
es are heavy, but we are taxed twice
as much by our idleness, three times as
much by cur pride and four times as
much by our folly, and the commission
can’t lighten these. ‘God helps them
who help themselves,’ said the almanac
in 1873; also ‘Little strokes fell great
oaks;’‘You must think of saving as well
-* l
as getting;’ ‘For want of a nail the
shoe was lost;’ ‘Creditors have better
memories than debtors’ and ‘lf you
'would know the value of money, go try
to borrow some.” When the old man
had ended, the people approved hisdoc
' trine, but when the Bale opened prac
ticed the contrary—just as if it had
ibeen a common sermon, —which so dis
gusted Franklin that he went away re
solved to wear his old coat a little long
er. ({Franklin was a printer, and while
working on a London paper with forty
other men, they asked how a water
drinking American could carry two
frames upstairs under his arms to their
one, and they drinking strong beer at
ten cents a pint, and ‘'ain’t these Am
ericans an ignorant, deluded lot?” “Oh,
yes,” said Franklin,“only one in a hun
dred knows an elephant has no tongue.” j
Soon after, I jacked up the Censor j
and noticed a clipping which said that
“corn flakes is corn meal at sl2 per
bushel,” remirding me that stock food
is corn meal and salt st sl9 per bushel,
and Murine at 60 cents per bottle is
colored borax eye water costing one
cent per bottle. Another statement,
viz; “bacon is high living ” is erron
eous, and I wondered why a book on j
the cost of “high living” was not !
out, but as 1 know of none, excuse and
content riyself writing this. I}Filberts
contain 650 calories otenergy to 3} oz ,
ba -on 62 J, peanuts 510, cheese 411. oats
39ti, rice 847, wheat 339, beans 320, beef
.170, egg.i 155, milk 72, potatoes 66,cab-
Niarge 30, iomatoes 20, fruit 10 30. Milk
to contain 72 must test 4% protein, 6%
sugar and'l% fat. Potatoes should be
co, ked with skin on to retain food. Ba
con is 80 per cent, solid while beefsteak
JO per cent, water, potatoes 75 per
eem iaid fruits 90 per cent. Nuts are
richest while fruits are poorest—show
ing, perhaps, why natives with unan
imous opinion for these foods live heal
thiest. While our civilised folks learn
that bacon satisfies the beat, bulk for
bulk, thus sustaining the figures and
allowing a 'SitU leeway; o one might
• sat-iU a -worthsß3 watermelon,knowinir
nonsense is relished by the best
of men.”
Tn connection with taking a broader
view of economy in living, I will say
we were taught in politic! economy
that a carpenter’s time in stooping for
a nail is worth more than the nail.
Boiled down economy in living depends
on "the man (or woman) behind the
gun.” Shall we be inclined to keep our
money or fool it away? It is said that
tires, tools, gasoline, etc , soon cost
more than the original motor car, and
t\a the time spent away from one’s busi
ness is a greater loss than either, from
the economy viewpoint we could not af
ford to take an auto as a pift. And so
with economy in foods, tht-.e is a three
sided viewpoint. First: Select foods to
make energy. Second: Aid that ener
gy with exercise and fresh air. What
could a horse do in a race eating oats
without training? Third: Conserve that
energy by using horse sense. The dog
that runs fastest through the woods is
not always the best hunter. Let hust
lers consider this.
I made another triple observation ot
an asvlum report to show the prosper
ity of the institution, about as follows:
Amount of produce grown, $4,000; all
being fed to stock is worth $5,000; all
being fed to inmates, saving profit to
others, $0,000; total $15,000. As none
of the grain or stock is sold. 1 can see
only a total of $6,000. This kind of
prosperity is as bad as an Irishman’s
adversity. He bought a pig and a big
pail of bran. While eating supper, the
pig tipped the pail over and ate the
bran. Fat caught the nig, put it in the
pail, and it only half filled it. so there
was no money in pork.
—W. E. Butt.
Civil Service Opportunities
The state civil service examinations
to be held in June will doubtless be
tbe largest in the history of the state
service. The examinations include pos
itions of pen copyist, general clerk,
clerk and book-keeper,cheese factory in
spector, creamery inspector, deputy
state fire marshal, fireman, family offi
cer and matron, guard, janitor for Cap
itol, university and normal schools, la
borer for capitol, laundryman, plumb
er, steamfitter. teachers for state insti
tutions, trained nurse and attendant.
Farmers. Attention!
We can insure your property against
tornadoes whether we have your fire
insurance or not. All substantial farm
buildings are insurable against damage
by windstorms. The insurance is cheap.
Call at our office and secure a policy.
John Dawson & Cos., Viroqua.
Automobile Rain Coat*
We have just received a line of auto
mobile and rain coats. Rain
guaranteed to turn water or money re
funded. Price $4.50 to $lO.
The Blue Front Store.
THREE WORTHIES SUMMONED
A PRECIOUS, SAINTED MOTHER GONE
It is said the ‘ King of Shadows loves
a shining mark,” and the poetic fine is
singularly appropriate when considering
the passing away of Mrs. Delia M.
Trowbridge, life companion of Harley
Trowbridge of this city, who died Sat
urday evening last, at the age of 83,
after an illness from pneumonia of less
than a week’s duration. For fifty : four
years she had been one of the living
examples and tower of strength for
truth, honor and motherhood, in this
community. Her sweet Christian soul
never knew discouragement however
| dark the clouds, however fierce the
i storm. Where others were despondent
‘ she was cheerful, where others frown
ed she was always sfniling, where
1 others were in despair she was finding
rays of lights and reaching down a
helping hand. This is literally true in
i church, family and neighborhood life.
Her long years were not devoid of
heavy cares and searing sorrows. Her
life was a benediction to her family
and friends. She was a noble, strength
ening companic" to niiu who is left and
must tread the scant end of life’s jour
ney without her love and helping in
fluence. During a greater portion of
the long years Mother Trowbridge r.-
sided in Viroqua her home wag a naven
of rest and a delightful intelligence for
students, professional people and
others. But she has gone and her good
and unselfish life will be retold and be
helpful to every one who made her ac
quaintance. Mr. and Mrs. Trowbridge
were the oldest living members of the
Viroqua Congregational church. She
was born in New York, October 6, 1827,
married Harley Trowbridge in 1850,
came to Wisconsin in 1857. Their only
Jiving child is Dr. Chas. H. Trowbridge
bf this city. Five have passed on in
advance.
Briqf services were conducted by her
Eastor A. E. Hartwell at the home of
ir. Trowbridge, Monday afternoon.
VETERAN AND OLD SETTLER.
Daniel Wise received a dispatch ad
vising him of the death of his brother,
Emanuel Wise, who died at his home
in La Crosse on Tuesday. Mr. Wise
was an honorable and generous citizen
of this county for many years, coming
here soon after the close of war, iater
moving to Victory, then to Newton and
La Crosse, conducting mercantile busi
ness in each of the places. He retired
from activities gome years since. He
was born in Ohio 67 years ago, served
in 104th Ohio regiment. Married a
daughter of Ira Stevens of Victory,
who with three daughters survive.
ANOTHER OF THE OLD GUARD ANSWERS.
Hezekiah Shreve, resident of Green
wood town since 1855, always a farmer
and honorable citizen, died suddenly
Sunday afternoon while in his barn,
heart failure causing death. Mr. Shreve
was born in Ohio, in 1840. He enlisted
in Company A Twenty-Fifth Wisconsin
regiment. He reared a (food family,
was long treasurer of his town and
served in other capacities of official i
usefulness. And another man good and
true has answered the last bugle call
to higher duty.
THE DE SOTO SQUAD
Fifty years ago. in June, Company I,
Sixth regiment, Wisconsin volunteers,
was organized and mustered for three
years—or during the war. The De Soto
Squad was composed of Frank and Sam
Wallar, "Shejt’ Cushing, Billie Law
rence, Dick Worham, Gabe Ruby,Andy
Miller, Abe Johnson, Pete Morkle, Gus
Allen, Tom Barrus and George McDill.
They were young men of noble charac
ter, brave, full of zeal for the country,
and patriotic. They responded to all
calls for duty, never complained be
cause the work was hard, the msiehes
fatiguing, nights sleepless, anu the
shelter tents small.
Death took from the squad more than
its portion. Billie Lawrence, a youth,
conspicuous for gallantry, was killed at
South Mountain, Gabe Ruby at Fitz
hugh Crossing. Andy Miller at Gettys
burg; Dick Woria-n lost an arm at
Gainsville, dying soon after the close
of the war; Abe Johnson, wounded at
Gainsville, is still lingering; ShepCush
ir.t, three times wounded, died ten
years ftgo; Sam Wal’ar, wounded at
Bull Run, one of the ill-fated Brook’s
raiders, captured and taken to Ander
sonville.died soon after the war; George
McDill, wounded at Fredericksburg,
died at Osceola fifteen years ago; Pete
Morkle was kil ed at Spotsylvania; Gill
Allen, three times wounded, is still liv
ing; the coolest soldier on the firing
line, who never missed his aim, Tom
Barcus, twice wounded, died many
years ago
Frank Watlar was buried at Retreat
last Friday. Wallar was one of the
few soldiers who at no time during his
four years of service was absent from
roll call. He stood in the ranks and
fought in every battle and skirmish.
For conspicuous bravery at Gettysburg,
he was awarded a medal of honor by
Congress, having captured the colors
of the Second Mississippi regiment in
the railway cut. Many attempts were
made to take the Mississippi fiag but
failed, everyone being killed, lay in the
ditch. Wallar saw the men fall and,
seized with a determination to take the
colors, jumped into the ditch,seized the
flag and wrested it from the hands of
the bearer. One on the color guards, in
the act of bayoneting Wailar, was shot
by Har’and, standing on the bank, who
in turn was killed oy another color
guard, l.egrand Tongue then shot the
last soldier guarding the Mississippi
colors, when the commanding officer
surrendered to the colonel of the Sixth
Wisconsin. I rode to the place on the
sth of July, and there lay a pile of dead,
blue and grey alternating.
If any of the Do Soto Squad were
straggling from the columns, when
they heard the bugle call they closed to
their places in the company. It was a :
heroic squad, and they performed their
duty with gallantry. With two excep- 1
tions. they now are bivouacking with
the dead on the other shore.
Thirty-seven of Wallar’s comrades
were k.l'ed, forty-two wounded, while
; he had many bullet holes in his trousers,
! coat and hat, and his musket stock
I slivered. He saw the beginning of the
; civil war and stood at Appomattox
when the confederacy fell.
—EL M. Rogers.
WILL INTEREST YOU
YOU WANT A GOOD THING?
IF SO, YOU CAN FIND IT IN THE PROPOSE
* tion I have in offering my fine acre farm,
one-half mile north of liberty rote; creamery .n
one aide, cheese factory on the other. Good dw<4-
ling house, two barns, two tobacco sheds, well s.k!
windmill other outbuildings. No be.. .
anywhere. The very place you want tf a fine
home is your desire Call-in or adores*.
B. A. Ca.dk. Viroqua, Rt *e No. 4.
NOTICE TO HORSEMEN,
PERSONS DESIRING SERVICES -,F MY
* graded stallion “Major.' No. S6O, will find him
at Geuaire Babken's farm ever? Honda), in town
of Coon every Wednesday, at the Fortney *<vie
barn every Saturday and balance of time In m,
own barn. My Coach horee “Clipper. -V " ill be
for service at my farm every day in the week dur
ing the season, A. J. Favor.
SAD PASSING OF A YOUNG MAN
Ltkle X*ylor Purdy Diet Suddenly at
Hillsboro
It was Emerson who said. “Life is a train of
moods like a string of beads, and as we pass
through them, they prove to be colored lenses
which paint the world their own hue, and each
shows only what lies in its focus." To* beadsof
a yesterday were bright and sparkling. The
world, through them, were all brightness. The
beads of today are dark-hued. and tLe world has
taken on a saddened aspect Our present prayer
is that we may understand that the string of
beads are never broken, but that on. even into
eternity, they extend, and that the sorrow beads
of today will by and by give place U> the happy
beads of some tomorrow. Life is but!* prospective
picture, the foreground is painted in minute man
ner. the distance is vague. We understand the
foreground, the present, each thing stands oat
with clear distinctne*. but some day the back
ground will be in the foreground, and we will see
and understand what today is but a blur. To day
the foreground contains the casket and shroud,
the face of love is pale and death is very real.
The background has in it the promise of God,
“Because I live ye shall live also." One is as real
us the other, but our finite eye* have not fully
pierced that future The death of this young
nv.xn. ore of Viroqurn’s boys, of the clean life, and
beautiful character, has made the bead of today a
a *jA /i*e indeed. The foreground is bathed in the
r+t'"., not only of family but of the boyhood and
young manhood companions and friends.
Lute Taylor Purdy was born in Viroqua. Feb
ruary 9. 1883. Here he was watched over by lov
ing parents during all that period of frailty and
innocence; here he went u. .’chool, moving along
year by year until he was fur along in the high
school. After school days he left the parental
roof for the actiye work of life and was employed
for some five yearn in various piano factories in
Rockford. Illinois. He then went west and settled
on a homestead in North Dakota, living there but
a short time, proving up his land and in January
1908, he came back to this state ami in one year’s
time mastered the jewelry profession. He went
in to business for himself at Hillsboro, where he
endeared himself to the whole community. While
employed in Rockford he became acquainted with
Miss Margaret Bemtson. to whom on November 12,
last, he mas married. Mr. Purdy has always been
physical sufferer. A year ago his life was despaired
of. he rallied but for weeks the frail body was the
subject of care by various physicans. Death came
to free the spirit from the frailness of fleah on
Friday. May 12. The wife, mother, father, one
brother Donald, and one sister, Mrs. E K. Barnes
of Rockford. Illinois, constitute the immediate be*
reaved family.
Mr. Purdy wan a mem Tier of the Viroqua lodge,
Knights of Phythias, and of the Phythias Sisters
of Hillsboro, also a member of the Beaver lodge at
the Utter place, and was in the process of being
made a Mason, having taken the first degree. His
life waa characterized by cleanness of act and
speech, by thoughtfulness for others, and by a
gentleness and quietness of disposition that made
him beloved and respected by a!!.
The death occurred at Hillsboro,and on Saturday
evening the mortal remains were met at the depot
of thiß city by his boyhood companions and the
local lodge Knights of Phythiaa. They were ac
companied here by delegation of four gentlemen
and two lady friends and associate 9* Hillsbvrq.
The funeral was conducted at the home on Tues
day afternoon. Rev. Chas. E. Butters officiating.
Beneath a bed of flowers the mortal frame was
laid to rest in Viroqua cemetery. Local Knights
attended the ceremony in a body. c. K. B.
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SPEAKER INGRAM.
of the Wisconsin Assembly, regarded
ass presining officer who can easily
give poor Old Jo. Cannon lessona in
despotism
HOW TO LIVE.
So live (hat when thy summons
comes to join
The Innumerable caravan which
moves
To that mysterious realm where
each shall take
His chamber in the silent halls
of death
Thou go not, like the quarry
slave at night.
Scourged to his dungeon, but,
sustained nml soothed
By an unfaltering trust, ap
proach thy grave
Like one that wraps the drapery
of Ids couch
About him and lies dawn to
pleasant dreams
—William Cullen Bryant.
■NOISE.
Because butf a dozen grass
hoppers tinder a fern make the
field ring with their importunate
chink, while thousands of great
cattle, reposed beneath the shad
ow of tlie British oak, chew the
cud and are siieut. pray do not
Imagine that those who make
the noise are the only iuhab
Hants of the field; that of
course, they are many in num
ber. or that, after all, thev are
other than the little shriveled,
meager, hopping, though loud
and troublesome insects of the
hour.—Edmund Burke.
LAW.
There Is too much partisanship
and uot enough patriotism in
America There ts much wrong
done owing to disrespect for the
law. The laws may be sufficient,
but they mo not efficient. The
greatest thing !u our own coun
try Is law. and It ts the greatest
thing In the universe. I-aw hss
been and ever will l>e. In our
country the law ts made for the
benefit of the people—to protect
the poor, to enable the work
man to collect his wages and to
malutalu him In the enjoyment
of Uls rights under the constitu
tion. Disrespect for the law by
public servants aud corporation*
drags the respect of the law In
the dust.—John A. Johnson.
CENSURE.
Censure and criticism never
hurt anybody. If true they show
a man his weak points and fore
warn him against failure and
trouble; If false they cannot
hurt him unless be is wanting
in character.—Gladstone.
Humor and
Philosophy
9r ®V/fCAA N. SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
TF a man were born blind to annoy-!
aneea and alive to opportunities
what an Irresistible chap he would be
Nothing is more tiring than to dis
cover that the other fellow has trou
bles too.
If you don’t know just what your
deserts are your neighbor can tell you.
( —"V Some people
seem very much
AJ afraid that they
I y * J will add to the
stock of vanity of
■dr I ', stheir friends If a
'vIT/T , commending word
‘Gy / s * >olien '
L J \ The automobile
AAj . that makes the
//” \ most noLse isn’t
/; j I r the one that ran
l / the farthest or
/ cost the most.
The smile that won’t come off ll
sometimes the one that Is drawing a
salary,
Most men are kind to their families
when there’s company.
If everybody were contented what
would the |)ollticlaus do for an issue.
Adversity has Its uses, but we aren’t
alive to them when we are trying to
cover 1910 expenses with a salary of
the vintage of 1898.
—i
It really never seems to occur to'
some people to make their best better, j
What will be fashionable at Palm i
Beach this winter isu’t especially In
teresting to the man who hasn’t paid
for last winter's coai.
A friend warns us to beware of grass.
widows, but then she is a maiden lady.
Many people who stand around wait
ing for an opportunity to work Im
mediately get busy when they see It
coming—and dodge.
|
Mauy a good fellow has started some
thing only to be Invited by the officer
ou the heat to see it through.
Their Favorite Fodder.
“How did it happen you weren’t
elected?”
“Too many voting cattle."
“They pastured on the long green, I
suppose?” I
“Yes; I couldn’t have-kept the pace
had I been disposed.”
“Now. If chickens could have voted?" (
“How would that help?"
“You could have passed around the
chicken feed." |
Just Tolerated.
This Is a woeful world, but still—
No one the fact disputes—
Well have to stick to it until
We find tt world that suns.
Disastrous.
“How did he happeu to go to the
wall?”
“By reason of his wife's economies.”
“Economies! How is that?'’
“She was always using $5 worth of'
new material to fix over a dollar's
worth of old stuff' and then treating
nerself to some wild extravagance be
cause she had been so economical."
Shocking.
“Don’t ask your husband so many
questions. Jane."
“Why not. mamma?"
“It isn't wise.”
“But he tells such funny little
squibs.”
“Yes, but he may tire of it and teU
you the truth one of these times."
Ingenious.
“I hate lilni.”
“Why?"
“He lies so about me."
“Who cares for lies, anyway?”
“But he Is so clever about It. Ev
ery one he tells might be true.”
The Difference.
“What is an optimist?"
“The fellow who expects what he
most desires.”
“And a pessimist?”
“Expects what he most fears.”
Companionable.
The odor* of the smoking car
Have not the scent of atter
That spreads its perfume sweet afar,
Put. pray, what does that matter?
In It good fellowship indeed
Is found for one another.
The wealthy and the man in need
Mix here as man and brother.
Here men are neither bad nor good.
It’s just a common meeting.
■Whore friendliness is understood
Without a formal greeting.
Here ancient enmities may sink.
Forgotten be. snd often
The fallow with a grouchy kink
May find his manner softer.
The match to light a pip* of clay
That ancient ts and dingy
Comes from a shark across the way
That otherwhere* is stingy.
And tf tobacco shouki be short
Most any one Is willing
To come across *■ i be a sport
Just so a pH*! needs filling
His paper gladly he divides
And to a neighbor passes.
You know a man can't read both sides
With Just one pair of glasses.
The high and low -heir wits unsheaths
To mingle in the oktng.
For every one is u- dertieath
The fellowship of smoking.
Violin Teacher
Any one desiring to take lessons on
violin can arrange for same by calling
on the undersigned at Running's hall or
Brown’s Opera house on the next two
or three Sundays. Can take a few
more pupils. Petek Peterson.
325 Ferry St. L* Crosse. Wis.
FOR SALE OR TRADE
A farm of 164' acres, 70 improved,
good lo:*tion; 85$ acres, 120 improved;
206 J acieu. 80 improves. WHI sell or
: trade any or all of these farms for a
. low cash price. Will take stock of
merchandise or lit e stock. Write me.
R. P. Dalton. La Farge, Wis.
Come and Look
AT
These Special Bargains
AT
OSTREM & DAVIDSON’S
THIS WEEK
A FEW OF THEM ARE LISTED BELOW:
Dry Goods
14c Red Seal Ginghams, yd.. 12%c
One lot of thin Wash Goods ...
at Special Prices
One lot of Muslin Underwear
(slightly soiled).. .Going Cheap
One lot white *Lace Curtains,
per pair 59c
One lot ecru Lace Curtains,
per pair 89c
Ladies’ blk. and grey Hose, pair. 9c
One lot Ladies white Waists,
$1.50 and $1.25 values, at.. .89c
One lot Men’s fine Shoes, $3.50 and
ullUEju $3 values, at $2.65. One lot Men’s
Work Shoes, $2.25 value, at $1.79. One lot Ladies’
Oxfords at Closing out Prices. One lot Misses’ and
Children’s Oxfords at Great Bargains.
How’s This?
We offer One Hundred Dollar* Reward for any
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall * Ca
tarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. O.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney
for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly
honorable in all busineas transaction, and finan
cially able to carry out any obligation* made by his
firm. Waldinc. Rinnan * Marvin.
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. O.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure j* taken internally, actm*
directly apon the blood and mucous surface of the
system. Testimonials sent free. Price; 75c. per
bottle. Sold by all Druxxis a.
Take Hall's Family Pills for conetipatk
A Burglar’s Awful Deed
may not paralyze a home so completely
as a mother’3 long illness. But Dr.
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female trouble,” wrote Mrs. M. C. Dun
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No matter how little one knows, he
or she never lacks something to talk
about.
•’ Startled the World
when th astounding claims were first
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fo: ,y vears of wonderful cures have
proved them true, and everywhere it is
now know as the best salve on earth
for Burns, Boils, Scalds, Sores, Cuts
Bruises, Sprains, Swellings, Eczema,
Chapped hands, Fever Sores and Piles,
Only 25c at A. J. Johnson’s.
In the Wake of the Measles
The little son of Mrs. O. B. Palmer,
Little Rock, Ark., had the measles.
The result was a severe cough which
grew worse and he could not sleep.
She says: “One bottle of Foley’s Honey
and Tar Compound completely curer*
him and he has never been bothered
since.” Croup, whooping cough, meas
les cough all yield to Foley’s Honey and
Tar Compound. The genuine is in the
yellow package always. Refuse sub
stitute. A. J. Johnson.
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VIOLIN REPAIRS
Violinists whose instru
ments are out of order in
any way. requiring repairs
or a!’-.’Ament. are respect
ful!/ requested to write to
me to, an estimate of the
cost before placing their
order. • ■
I make a special study of
the improvement of TONE.
Write for my circular.
CHARLES B. STEVENS
Violin Maßer
211 McMillian Building
LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN
TOUT’S KIDNEY PILLS
I for backache, rheumatism, kidney or bladder trouble, and urinary irregulantiea.
L Foley * Kidney Pills purify the blood, restore lost vitality and vigor. Refuse substitute*
For sale by A. I. Johnson, Viroqua, Wis.
Locals
—Watch it grow.
—lf you want a safty razor see j
Towner.
—Curtain Doles and sash rods at |
Towner’s.
Moores nor.-leakable fountain j>ens
at O. E. Davis’.
—Wall paper of all prices at. O. E. j
Davis’ drug store.
Sporting good at Towner’s—base
ball, tennis and croquet.
—Thayer’s Boss feed is the besten:
the market for the price.
Marvel flour is best to use. For
sale at Surenson’s grocery.
—Attorney H. P. Proctor is at Sha
wano conducting a case in court.
—Certainly, tbi9 country never ex-;
peri*need better growing weather.
Frank P. Mclntoah and family have
taken possession of their new residence.
Mrs. Addie Ady went to Prairie du
Chien. She was accompanied by her
daughter, Mra. A. J. Johnson.
Skewers covering three or four
days and nights have put mother earth
in the best possible condition for crops.
—Henry Lindemann is off on a trip to i
the Bitter Root Valley L Montana,
with an excursion party of Madison
capitalists.
Mrs. William Haughton and daugh
ter Eliza, who spent the winter months ;
at Madison are at home again, and
v.eicome, too.
Landlord Fortney, C. J. Kuebler,
A. J. Johnson, and R. W. Rogerson
have been at Prairie du Chien attending
the annual railroad sale.
—Washing dispatches announce that
Mrs. Margaret J. Bolen, widow of the
late Daniel Bolen, has been granted a
pension of sl2 per mouth.
—Helge Larson was a business caller
in the city from Coon town today.
Everybody is always pleased to meet
Helge and swap a word of law, philo
sophy or religion.
In the Harness Again
I have purchased the blacksmith shop
I and tools of W H. Stogdill, one door
! south of Knudson Brothers machinery
| headquarters, and solicit a share of
J public patronage, believing that I can
I serve customers well and promptly.
Arthur E. Perkins.
s LOVE.
A mighty pain to love It is.
And ’tis a pain that pain to miss.
But of all pains the greatest
pain
It is to love, but love in vain.
—Cowley.
He that hath wife and chil
dren hath given hostages to
fortune, for they are impedi
ments to g-eat enterprises, either
of virtue or mischief —Bacon.
A mortal woman needs mortal
love, and she will seek it in one
form or another, if she Is at
liberty, as surely as a homing
pigeon seeks her dovecot or a
pertshing deer seeks the water.
—Mrs. Frank Leslie.
Groceries
Golden Loaf Flour $1.40
5 pounds Coffee 95
Good whole Rice, 10 pounds. .59
Ohio Matches, 7 boxes for... .25
Ohio Matches, 12 boxes for.. .40
Karo Syrup, pei pail 45
3 cans good Peas 25
Best bulk Oatmeal,B pounds. .25
Crackers per pound,by box.. .07
Swift’s Pride Soap,B bars ... .25
Pearl WTiite Soap,B bars 25
Toilet Soap, per dozen 15
Argo Starch, per package... 3Jgc
WANI AD. COLUMN
Insertions Under this Head 5 Cte
per Line. No Ad. Taken for Lese
Than 25 Cents.
For Sale
For Sale—Two deputy sheriff and
one constable badges; also Cuban War
rioi Pit Game cocks and eggs. Elias
Fox, Hillsboro, Wis.
For Sale, A Bargain—One Wilton
ru£, size 10x12 feet, practically new.
Will be sold cheap if taken soon. Jno.
M White.
For Sale or Exchange-Two or five
head of cows, for yearling steers or
colts one or two years old. Call on
Rasmus Johnson, 1& miles north of
Towerville. 20-2.
For Sale—At my farm adjoining
Dr.Christianson’s place onWest Prairie,
3,ooobushels of oats at 35centsa bushel.
Must be taken soon at this price. Henry
Fortner. 20-2.
For Rent
For Rent —A seven-room house. In
quire of Larson Brothers.
For Rent—A good dwelling, con
veniently located. Inquire of D. O.
Mahoney.
For Rent—Desirable Third ward re
sidence known as the Roberts place.
Inquire of Robert Arnold. 15-tf.
For Rent on Shares—Eighty acre
farm, with pigs, chickens, etc., fur
nished; must grow four acres of to
bacco. Renter must have team. For
particulars consult Chas. S. Slack. Vi
roqua.
For Rent—The Strawn house, in
Third ward, nine rooms, good cellar.
Inquire of Mrs. Strawn. 19-2.
For Rent- Furnished or unfurnished
rooms. Inquire of Mrs. George H.
Clarke.
For Rent—A medium sized barn in
central portion of the city. For parti
culars telephone No. 283.
H anted
Wanted—2,ooo pounds of chickens
by April 15th at 11c per pound at Dev
lin’s Meat Market.
Wanted—A girl to do general house
work. Inquire of Mrs. 0. G. Mun9on.
Lost and Found
Taken Up—By the undersigned, a
red and white spotted heifer about one
year old. Owner please come and
claim the same. Sam Erickson, Route
4, Viroqua. 20-2.
MARRIED
At the Synod church in Viroqua, May 10th at 5
o'clock P. M.. Mr. Robert C. Olsen of Crawford
county and Miss Rachel Kjoa of Viroqua, Rev. H.
C. Smeby officiating. After the ceremony, which
was witne .by a large number of friends, a
wedding d* was served at the home of the
bride, on Be. a Ridge. The groom has purchas
ed a farm in ~..wford county, where they will
make their future home. The bride is well and
favorably known to a large circle of friends in this
vicinity, all of whom join in wishing both young
people happiness in their future home.
At the De Soto Congregational parsonage, by
Pastor D. G. Luke. May K. Mr. George Long and
Miss Ella Owen, both of De Soto.