Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-09-19
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Matters Of Moment From the
Iar-otf Northland
OLE BULLS COLONY.

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She is Mrs. Mary andersen. widow or
Horny \ndnrs,n l,r R,l,s r,ansu,,
and sc,reta,y Nh, is "a wears nId
and lives with ,o ,dont,d snp hack in
the hills Sho MAS in rar)ier DAYS a
remarkshI, woman for hcs,ans hcine
a successful trappcr. wicldcr of the
AK and tillrr of the soil. she dtstiu-
Cuishcd herself as log driver on
Kettle creek during the early DAYS of
mmhcring ON that stream. Having
the strength Of two ordinary men.
trus woman. with pike pole and cant
hook, wadrd knee deep IL the turbu
lent stream, Wrcsting the stranded
logs into the water and breaking jams
with an ntrcpidity seldom displayed
10y men. Ii Is no wonder then. after
a life of this sort that one finds hor
today sufferer with rheumatism
and scarcely able to leave ,uc cum.
hrrsomy arm chair that was made cs-
prrially for her use. Rut her memory
is yet quite good and she tells many
interesting things concerning Ole
Rull and his rolontsts Those of the
latter who were unable to leave the
country after the downfall of the set
tlement now lie buried in little
graveyard Just below the old OleOua
inn.
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tWo.stoly franz" structure, was looked
"p"h as a quite "NtraNagant feat IN
architecture. Except Tor tn" waysidr
tavern. one S abode was the most pre-.
tentlous structure in the country
roundabout for the oolonists lived in
log houses, sometimes as many as
'''e l"n''''S "hu'' one '"o"''
The castle was built on the crest Of
a hill, near the center of the 1000
acres which Rul and his countrymcn
bought. within year ii became
known to the Colonists that they had
become victimizcd by INSCRIPTIONS
swindlcrs; that the title to their land
was worthless. that all the money
they had paid ont was rs if il had
been thrown into the fire aud that
they were left at the very verge Of
starvation, without even a rift of hope
in the cloud of dependency. Many
Of the colonIst had put into the prop.
erty every dollar that they had.
others used money that had been Dor.
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onists got over their first great dlsap-
poiutmcnt and grief there were those
among them ready to ldndIc the fire
of resentment against Ole Bull At
his door was placed the blame for the
disastrous termination of the colon
lists roscatc dream
They forgot that in the shrcwd
aamc Of tho land owncrs in which
the title 10 1000 acres had been
swept away. one UuDI was bv far the
heaviest loser He. like they was
left almost pcnniloss but they thought
only Of their own losses and the hard.
shins the fuhrc held in store for
them But Ole Bul. though almost
hoartbroIon over the cruel fate that
had ovcrtakon his own fortune and
the colony Man which bade SO fair ia
be a blessing to his countrymen. did
mot despair. II was time when
something bad to be done. and that
quickly. The stores Of the colonists
were about exhausted: discomfort