Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-09-12

went at it like men. The fellow sent
for lawyer outside talent. The law
| yer came, had a consultation with his
for client. This took place in his cell:
which will be taken for granted was in
the jail. Communication between at
torney and client are privileged and
| not admissible in evidence. But it so
happened that there was a witness or
two located above the jail, and they
could hear. How they got there in
the hurry has never been ferreted out.
The fellow made a confession to his
attorney. What he told his lawyer
was never revealed. 1t wouldn MT have
been professional, but the money, all
Of it, with the exception of a few odd
dollars, was found in various places
very shortly. The thief was sent to
thu penttentiary, just as he should
have been, and presumably, his attor-
ney went home a sadder and wiser
man: a lost opportunity; chance to
get rich and die respectfully. / feel
sad when | think what that attorney
missed. After this | shall see to it that
there is no one located above when |
talk to a client in Jail.
Since writing the foregoing it struck
me that a philanthrOpic institution
like bank, especially one that had
just lost 1926, 900 and got it back again
ought to have given that attorney
transportation home. 0! Let us hope
the attorney wasn't out anything.
But, speaking of Mineral Point
The roads in the surrounding country
are a good deal like the streets in
town; there is an abandonment of or
der about them that's Bohemian.
They are seldom located on section
lines, bnt they follow the ridges or
wales; and they have been there so
long that the law won't let them be
changed, which is a good thing. Six
miles of road in the country in a
straight line, section by section, is
dead level monOtOny. Trim hedge
rows and waving corn are all right
but like roasting ears we get tired of
them. The same distance, following
the winding curves of ridge or val
ley hanked with the original rocks
and frees, is a poem. You are moved
to sing, whether you can strike a note
or not. This is a fact; | have tried it.
The Point is located on one of the
branches of the Pecatonica. There
are two or three other branches of
this same river in that immediate
neighborhoOd and they get all tangled
and mixed up, like n refractory fish
ing line. The oldest inhabitant when
he gets out of sight of home can tell
for the life of him, unless he has with
him a map of the county, which
branch he is fishing in.
Here is something to which | am
willing to make affidavit. The middle
branch Of that river, in the course of
three or four miles, ties itself into a
double bow knot in two places. This
is Il tritle fgurative; but it will come
as near the truth as it will pay. One
day | was fishing in this stream,
and, in the strength of my enthusiasm
| tried to land fish over against the
state of Wisconsin,; the gill gave way,
and the playful little beast sailed
through the air Il few yards and land
ed in the stream behind me. Now, if
| had followed the course around to
where my catch had dropped, would
have Travelled exactly seven miles;
and it was comparatively straight
stretch in the river, at that.
But a more picturesque town than
Mineral Point is hard to find A bet
ter place to loaf for two or three
months in the summer time is not on
the map.
Here is to Mineral Point: I like
you. If had plenty of money
would come up there and loaf within
your confines for thirteen years.
would fish up and down the sinuous
Pecatonica. | would sit on its rocks
and smoke. would lie down in the |
grass on its banks and let the snakes |
bite me- j. f. Conrad.