Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-10-14
A Short Account Of Some Of the Most
Important Events in Its Life, and
n Brief Mention of Some of Its Lead.
ing business Men. Both Past
and Present. by
Rev. Father Goepfert.
Continued from last week.

The mighty spider of commerce, in
an incredibly brief space of time; has
spun, indeed, it's artistically manufac-
tured and scientifically finished stee
web, through and around Villas, Onei-
da, Forest and other counties, of which
three strong strings, the North-wes-
tern to Rhinelander, Woodruff, Arbor
Vitae, Minocqua, and Ashland; The
Northwestern from Monico, through
Three Lakes, Eagle River, Waters
meet, Ashland or Florence: the 500
Line from Rhinelander through North
Crandon, all, North, South, East and
West, bringing our Eagle River City
in constant communication with the
other states and Canada. Though
prisoners within an iron circle and
apparently lost and forgotten in i'm
penetrable forests, we can easily be in
daily relations with the outside world,
out Of our own rich and vast circumfer-
ence, which in all truth, constitutes a
real terrestrial paradise, in many res
poets: in fertile SOIL pure water, une-
qualed cline. sound health and happi-
ness. Many a reader will smile at such
bold and bOastful an utterance, and
specifically predict that our city is to
be at q stand-still, or must diminish:
and that it's broad acres are destined,
for long periods, to lay barren and I'M
broken, as they were since creations
dawn. Such is not our opinion: and
the near future will Justify our predic-
tions: for ''ere long, the bright sun
will shine gloriously over a populous,
prosperous city and, in its vicinity,
many happy homesteads, surrounded
by vast, neutrality-suspicious. gar
dens, rich-fowing, gold-ripening corn
fields, well stocked with cattle, as we'll
as the best parts of Southern Wiscon-
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We shall make itsour bounden duty
to call on such old, Intelligent settlers
as Messrs Perry, Finn Lawler, Al.
Bradford, Frank rambling. and 9TH
ers. Mr.. Perry, venerable in age, Ea-
gle Rivers first pioneer, is "a living
witness, in our midst, and will come
forward to explain, either in our own
vernacular English, or, if needed, in
the Indian dialect, with which he is
thoroughly conversant and familiar,
what are the ancient traditions, Gus
toms and appropriations of the abort,
genes, regarding the blessings of our
land. His testimony, given with pats
riarchal authority. will be received
with respect, and will teach our youths
full generation what to think of ouls
glorious district. Finn Lawler, too,s
who, at an early date, has mingled
among the coppered people and fluent
.ly masters the tongue OF the Chippe4
was, ETC., will next favor us with his
"reminiscences of the past. Last, NOT
least, Mr.. rambling, the William Tell
of our lakes, and Mr.. Bradford, olIM
ubiquitous Sheriff, who, young i
years, is old in experience, well versM
in Indian uses and vocabularies, wiM
give their valuable aid to enable us Ia;
thoroughly investigate our subjectsss
and deeply to search into the mystef-s33
les, rites, manners of living, religionT
funeral ceremonies of our chen breth4
rem, America 8 first sons. Our Indians
assuredly, would look with surprised
contempt on the members of the so-.
called associations who claim to be-
their direct descendants and therefore;
maintain that, by sort of hereditary.
Birth-Right, on the soil of the New
World, they ought to be it's sole own
ers and possessors, to the exclusion of
all nations, creeds and religions. This
much sufices, know-nothings and apa-
lists, both meaning the same, are dead
and buried, never to rise among free
nation endowed with common sense.
In Eagle River,
No rats, as yet, have seen this place,
No Apaist's have showed their face,
Here classes all in union live,
For all to God best thanks they give.
We are informed that none are more
popular among the Indians than the
four pioneers above mentioned, and
that none could possibly supply more