Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-09-09

We Go To Win0na.-We went
to Winona last Friday week. Bar
NUNS great oblong circus was at Wi
mona the same day. Now the how we
came to 60 was in thiswise. You see
Jack Brundage and we had been think
ing for some days of ''tripping" it
through the Trempeleau Valley to look
up the crop prospects and Mr.. Nathan
hearing of our intention, that gentle
man put on special train inasmuch
as Barnum had an appointment thith-
erWard. Of course Nathan let us take
the train. We leased the rear coach
to Higbee's brakeman Lindsey, and his
girl, and we appropriated the next for
ward coach, allowing Cal. Waters a
portion for his dry goods store, and
then we let Rose ride to see to greas-
ing up things and look out for hot
boxes. Rose is full blossomed con-
ductor of the first flower garden-a
whole boquet of himself. Then we
let the gallant Cook have full control
Of the Iron Giant for he was born with
a tender behind him and steam has
been chum with him from the nursing
bottle up. After We had all things in
order we shot out. Bro. Nathan did
think of going but about 7 o'clock he
concluded he a0ouldn't. Of course
none Of US were going to Barnum's.
Lindsey and his girl were looking for
good cranberry picking, and as we oc-
easionally took peep TO see if they
were comfortable we concluded they
had already found excellent picking.
1t was passing strange, several were
aboard but all were making business
tours. At DexterVille we let Mr..
Symmes get aboard He was going to
see mai somewhere on the road, but
somehow he didn't find him till he cot
to Winona. Well, we told Cook to
let 'er perambulate, and he didn't pin
'er back behind bit. We slid past
Scranton. past Mcmillan where We
learned that VIM. Mccormick had
gone on the day before with Charley
Pomainville-they had gone on bust.
ness too. At Whitehall we let few
get aboard who we guessed were going
to Barnum S. Away we went like a
ten cent scrip in lager restaurant.
The ''Valley" was beautiful. We had
got out OF the pines and had cot in
among the hills where they were roll
ed together like marbles out of bows
pocket, and they looked bald headed,
but 1t was only the ripened wheat glis-
tening IN the sun. Of rich green were
the garments they wore-garments Of
tasseled corn and skirts of watered
deep green grasses, only their crowns
were golden. We never saw the
Trempeleau Valley SO lovely, for we
had never before seen it at all. We
found Coats, he who coaxed Sophie tc
home in the Valley of Trempeleau,
and Dan Camp,-Did you ever see
Dan: He was born during an earth.
quake and was nursed on lava from
Vesuvius. He's as beautiful as 6
three-horned bull and has ssintileck ,:
owns jack knife and has whitfield fo1
himself quite reputation. His first
wedding engagement was a failure be.
cause his girl insisted upon his stand.
ing In the hall for hat rack when she
had company. The next time he Low.
cd, he won, making the home stretch
lively every night after 11:30. He
runs The Messenger, and if he wasn't
SO homely his typos would stick more
type-you see they can't keep eyes of
of Dan, and those who couldn't 90 tc
Barnum's got their moneys worth al
dag hanging round the Messenger Office
looking at Dan. We didn't see Dan
lei. We saw a man who had seen hin
and he had an attack of paralysis, anG
his mind wandered. Nevertheless We
60 our basement dollar on Dan. He
can't help it if he isn't pretty Area
dia was reached in good season and
here we permitted over regiment t.
pile in, and we knew they were going