Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-09-15
WYALUSING,

oAcde ShanSco nave tdhcH place III
the town of Wyalusing in the last five
and twenty years. The hills then COW
cred with rough, knotty, scragly oaks,
are now poisoning as the rose with
green fields which turn off splendid
crops of hay. The corn crop is all that
could be asked and the places which
were covered with little shrubs and
grubs, are now covered with splendid
groves of second growth timber. Even
the face of the country seemed changed;
the hills do not seem to be so steep, nor
the valleys so deep as they did years
ago. The younger farmers seem to do
better work than their worthy ances-
tors. In place of the rude log house,
neat cottages and stately mansions are
springing up as if by magic; tne orch
ards surround the houses and make them
look home-like. The town is more
thickly settled than one would suppose
by passing along the road. In every
shady nook wherever spring bubbles
up, there you will find snug farm
house. Brodtville is quite thickly set
tied, and fine farm houses rear their
roofs among the trees. A blacksmith
shop and post office are located here
while q. fine brick school house gives ev-
idence that the youth of Brodtville shall
be educated and taught his duty as
citizen.
Hazelton post-office is wild, roman
tic spot. The principal building is
stone school house.
The village of Wyalusing is not the
place it was twenty-five years ago; the
buildings are not so numerous and the
grass and the weeds are growing in the
streets where once the wheat wagon
rolled and the busy hum of business was
wont to be heard. There is a fine boat
landing but no boats deign to land. The
fine stone warehouse is rusting away in
idleness. A. W. Kendall sells wood to
the boats that stop at his woodward
which is about mile below the village.
Among the interesting places in the
village is the little store of d. w. Derby
where so many curiosities are kept.
Mr.. ID. is quite an archeologist and de-
lights in searching the hills and valleys
of Wyalusing for Indian relics and the
curioSities of nature. Snakes, turtles
and other reptiles make part of the col
lection. The incest thing in the collec-
ton is some Indian pottery which is so
constructed as to be perfect examples
of ''stable equilibrium. 1t is beautiful
as to color and perfect as to shape. Me-
such vessels in so perfect manner with
as few tools as those aboriginal tribes
had.
Should any one visit Wyalusing let
him be sure to visit Mr.. Derby's curios-
ity shop and amuse himself for an hour
in viewing the many strange things
therein contained.
The tall bluff back of the place, the
deep valleys leading into it, and the pic
turesque scenery around Wyalusing.
make it indeed romantic place, one
which the traveller enjoys for short
time, but
To view alone
The farest scenes Of land and deep,
With none to listen and reply
To thoughts with which my heart beats high
Were irksome for. whate'e my mood
In sooth, love not solitude.
We left Mr.. Derby standing On the
bridge, and at the same time telling him
he chose a lonely place for living but he
seemed to think that it was just the
place for him in his vocation of search
ing for natures curiosities.
The town of Wyalusing is settled by
a patriotic, intelligent people that think
their town just as good as any in the
county; and, certainly, judging from
the appearance of the crops and the
farms, they have reason for SO thinking.
Most of their roads are in excellent con-
dition and land is getting so valuable
that they are turning them out of their
old place into the valleys and onto the
side hills where the land is not fit for
cultivation. More of Wyalusing anon.
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