Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-02-05
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 5, 1896.
TOWN WITHOUT WOMEN
VISIT TO THE FAMOUS NEW
VILLAGE Or ALlCETON.
RUDOLPH HOEF, 20 YEARS OLD,
rs THE PRIZE BACHELOR.

lie Is Wealthy and Lives in Quiet
Contentment in the Midst of His
Household Duties and His Apiary-
Recol1ections of Pioneer Days OF
DIR. and Mrs. Justus X. Porter.
milwaukee Sentinel, February 81
affection, Wis, February 1.-The
newspaper romancer who first herald
ed to the world the existence of this
hamlet as ''the town without a
woman" might have truthfully stated
at the same time that it is a town
almost without men. The half-dozen
residents near the cross-road postoffice
who were discoverable to the eye of a
Sentinel correspondent, are, it is true,
without the permanent companionship
of the gen6ler sex and the accompany
ing infuen ce of refinement, but this de-
ficiency is likely to be soon made up.
The wide publicity of Affection as an
Eveless Eden causes the bachelors to
fear that their peaceful village may
be taken by storm by regiment of
spinsters, and it is said that their
doors are double-bolted and barred at
night in anticipation of the expected
visitation.
Ghe name of the peaceful village of
Affection is suggestive of the poetry of
Goldsmith, a1-1 ore can readily pic
ture in his mind the pastoral quiet OF
a vale unvisited by women. in which
there are no sewing societies or
Women's clubs, ard in which life runs
as smoothly as flows the nearby cur
rent of Rock river. 1t is said that
one can start from Affection and go to
any city in the world, but it is not SO
easy to get there from the metropolis
of the state. The navigable waters of
Rock river might be utilized by be-
lsieging force in floating feet Of
would be required to reach the town
from the nearest railway station. Won
Moltke used to Say that war was a
good thing for any nation, and per-
haps Affection would find herself the
gamer by such a war as might be
waged by American Amazons. After
adding femininity unto her possessions
the town may thrive so sto eventual
Iy tempt one of those Eastern or
Southern railways which have SO far
looked at milwaukee through the
wrong end OF a spy glass to extend its
lines, but d journey to the classic
shades of that noted town IS at the
present day fIaught with many diff
.cultieS.
The Sentinel correspondent reached
SNatertown Junction with the assist
ance of the fast mail train at 6:15 on
a Sunday morning. The overcast sky
gave little hope of a pleasant day, yet
the anticipation of varying the monot
ony OF d city life full of politics,
nypnotism, suicides and trials Of ex-
bankers with the enjoyment OF {. story
cut of the freshly printed book of
Nature was strong enough TO cause
kaim to actually enjoy foot journey
of mile along the railroad track to
the city of Watertown.
The proverb of the prophet not
without honor save in his own coun-
try never found truer exemplification
than on this Sunday morning. So
quickly has Affection sprung into
prominence that probably not one OF
the hundreds of devout WatertoWnites
on eaeir way to early mass had ever
he; Of the unique village, notwith-
sta ing its situation within the dis
tance of an hours drive from the mag
nifcent shrine at which they were
about to pay homage to their Creator.
After a fruitless questioning Of sever
al of these early morning worshipers
an inquiry as to the whereabouts OF
Affection was directed TO a gentleman
of color discovered in the act of pol
ishing a respondent sign at saloon
door. This was his reply:
s'Clal. to goodness, ah nevah heard
tell of no such place as that an ali
been heah in dis place ten yeahs.
Say you boss, calling to d man in
side, you evan heard Of Aliceton?'
The proprietor was d trifie hard of
hearing and directed ''huh?n at the
questioner.
'.Ah said, you evan heard tell of
Aliceton?"
Inc man lace assumed Adll-pdSl
six smile, as he said:
80, yes; that's the town the papers
are a-tellin' about where there amt
no women folks an just bachelors
lives out there. o, yes, it's out west
of here, somewhere-don't know just
where; but you go over to the post
Office yonder, and the boys will tell
you"
a sleepy individual at the postofice
answered the query as to the location
of the town He said he didn't
know for sure but he guessed it was
4swest of here" When informed that
she town was supposed to havea daily
snail service from the WatertOwn post
Office the sleepy individual awoke suf-
Gciently to say:
20, yes; it's a cheese factory OF
something"
For the benefit of an interested con
stituency it may be proper to state
right here that Affection is located in
the southeastern corner of WATERFOWL
+oupCbiD in Jefferson county is