The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-08-22
ITASCA.
. Itascan" Visits Superior's Grave Yard
Not Afraid OF Ghosts or COLLINS
He Throws cur Il Few
SUGGESTIONS.


| breezes temper the suns torrid rays
| when the weather man has put on his
| best behayIour-it is pleasure, at least
| to those who are Of romantic turn oil
| mind, to stroll along the lake shore
| by the rivers side, up hill and down
| dale. amid the trees and the wild flowers
| Having a weakness of that nature your
| correspondent found himself strolling
on Sunday afternoon last, along
! the Robinson avenue side of the Ne
madii river, picking odd berries that
still chung to the bushes and drinking in
the atmosphere fragrant with the scent
of flowers. From the river tloated up
the voices of the youthful bathers who
made merry IN It's waters, much
to their own delight if also to the dis
gust of some over sensitive people who
boomers on, something most little boys
strongly object to. Following the wind
ing path | passed under the c., St P
4 Q. bridge, and, to the right, unex-
served the silent home of the dead.
Some people grow a little nervous when
they see tombstone-are taken with 4
sudden fear of ghosts or COLLINS, and |
confess there was a time when the
writer was not proofaga such myth
cal mvths-when | would 20 a mile
around to escape sight of a tombstone.
Not SO now. On the contrary, rather
like to visit the resting places of those
who have gone before us, and read the
INSCRIPTIONS loving friends have had
chizzled upon their tOmbstones in the
effort to keep the charm of their lives
ever fresh and green. 1t was, there
fore, as | have indicated, with no
feeling of dread entered the last dwell
ling place of many of SuperiOr's citizens,
and walked from monument to monu-
ment, from tombstone to tombstone,
from unmarked grave to unmarked
grave Here flowers bloomed above
the grave of one, as if rejecting the
beauty of q departed life; there waved
the Stars and Stripes, teaching lesson
of loyalty and heroism. Here rested
babes whose spirits had flown ere they
began to feel the weight of lIfe's cares
while set in the wooden slab were the
slept youths and maidens who had been
snatched from life in the midst Of its
guileless charms. There, again, rested
those who had borne the burden of life
for mans allotted span and grown old in
years, laid down to rest. All was silent,
all was peace. The living with gentle
tired moved from place to place; the
dead murmured not. 1t is true as |
Here was a space set apart for the dead
of one faith, there for those of another,
but who shall say those who believe will
not find common heaven-that they
shall not all meet again in Sweet By
and Bye"
One fact was painfully evident as
progrcssed:-Tha the cemetery is sadly
neglected, particularly the southern
/
ing, 10 my mind, reflects so favorRbly
upon a community as well-kept GENE.
! terry, and it seems to me that the people
of Superior should be possessed O.
| spirit enough to contribute the means
to bcautify the cemetery and keep it a:
such place should be kept.
No, there is nothing about grave
! yard to disturb my mental equilibrium
Unless it be weeds crawling over grave.
/ and tOmbstones and monuments totter
/ ing like some rc,ic Of medieval times.
| ITAsCAN.
! The second wen is failure and the
/ pump in the good well is broken. |
| seems as if there Is no one to look after
! the wants of the people. 1t is true VT
are supposed to have two representa-
! tives in the Common council, but they
| are so ratified over free silver lust nov
that they have no time for anythin:
else In the meantime we have thu
privilege of drinking dirty water an(
paving taxes. How would it do to pu
the good pump IN the good well ant
plug up the bad we'll With couple Q
useless aldermen.
William l. Nolan, comedian from
Minneapolis, who was visiting friend
at the head of the lakes, was induced t
give an entertainment here last Satur
dav night, in the NJ f.. church. The
building was crowded and the audience
greatly delighted. Mr.. Nolan is with
out doubt genuine humorist and vii
come to the front in his profession.
A petition is in circulation prayin
that the Common Council will cause
sidewalk to be laid on the west side o
Hennepin avenue from DR.. O'Brien'
office to Hotel Itasca.
st. Anthony avenue is to be turnpike,
from the c. St. p. NJ. & o. to the North
ern Pacific. II. Rasmussen & Co. ar
the contractors and the price $9t.lO,
Telephone connection with the Yves
End, Superior and Cass avenue is as
sured. The office will be in Hote
Itasca.
Dr. c. G. Remington, of Eau Claire
Is visiting with Asst. Master MaChani
J. A, Turner.
Mrs. Aldrich is visiting with her sis
tiers, the Misses Boyle Of Hotel ItasCa.
Miss Lulu Hillman, who has been i
with typhoid fever, is recovering.
The cooler i. finished and ope
for the reception of visitors.
Mr.. Kennedy has tired of boardin
and gone to housekeeping.
CaSS Avenue.
The fourth attempt to secure GOO
water at Holey Corners has failed.
pump has been put in, however, an