Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-03-08
THE EARLY
History of WanwatOSa.


They frightened one bar-leeper so he
gave it up. The one in the village
promised to do so if the other one
would. Judgment was obtained
against this one, and he appealed the
case, saying IF he was beaten, he
wodld carry his case to high heaven,
before he would give it up"
The Sons of Temperance were or
ganized at an early date, and had a
very prosperous society. Mr.. Silas
Brown was buried by INSTRUMENTATION
The churches by their covenants
were Total Abstinence societies.
/ Their first years were particularly
marked by fervent temperance work.
Much was made Of signing the temper
ance pledge i Good Templars' lodge
was organized sometime in the sos,
with an auxiliary Band of Hope. In
/ later years w. e. T. L was formed
/ Until slavery was destroyed by the
war. churches in the place We're Jealous
| Auti-Slavery societies Not all ia town
were abolitionists, and it often caused
! pain that neighbors should SO differ
The Underground Railroad, as it was
called, had several stations in this town.
| Perhaps no person here was more zeal
GUS in protecting fugitive slaves and
helping them on their journey than
Rev. II. u. Underwood. Mr.. Richard
Gilbert, Jr., relates the following:
Three runaway slaves had reached
/ Chicago. As the slave hunter came
into the room where they were in hid
ing, they jumped out Of the window.
One passing through Wauwatosa, was
brought to my fathers by Nh J. VI.
! Warren. He was hid in the cellar for
three days but he was in constant fear
of being betrayed. When he left, he
was told which direction to take TO 90
toward Canada. lie went in the OPP
posite. Mr.. Warner Mower offered to
with him all night, until it was light,
and leave him in safe place, He was
unwilling to trust him. 1t was wills
pered that Mr.. SticlIncy helped him out
Of town. but it is not certainly known.
Citizens had TO he very cautious in aid
ing fugitives for it was a penal offenSe
A u. s. Deputy Marshal spent much
time Mt the Shumway Tavern-or the
"NauwatoSa House AS it was then.
allied reaessiop ounceuron ass fen
der II march, sss Air. Sheman
booth. DC alilyys asssee. Was imprisoned
for aissins n tss escspeaAsf 56eeph
~6fovcf- fugitive slave. lie was tried
by L. s. District Court and the L s.
Supreme Court affirmed the decision
Mr.. Booth was released from prison
seven years after, througha pardon by
President Buchanan given two days
before he left the presidential chair,
though not received until six days
after Lincoln's inauguration in 1861,
think Mr.. Booth is still living in
Milwaukee,
The fall of Fort Sumptcr sent Il
thrill through the whole community
\ report that the old flag, tattered by
Southern bullets, had been hauled
down and a silken emblem of South
Carolina made by Charleston ladies
run mp in it's stead, was received on
Sabbath p. m Oh, the prayer that
evening in the house of worship!
The next morning crowd 6f men
thoughtful and serious gathered at the
postotiice, as the train whizzed by. and
the mail was tossed from the baggage
car. Immediately in possession of a
morning paper, one read aloud. while
the others listened, (This practice was
followed all through the war. as many
could not afford TO take daily paper
lis it truce" Are the rumors cor
rect All doubts reluctantly disap-
pear, as the words of Lincolns Procla-
nation ring forth \ call for $4,000
men to aid in maintaining the honor, in
tegrty and existence of our National
Union, and to redress wrongs already
long enough endured This call for
/ troops, was to their aching hearts, like
flame to the finder 1t set them ON fire
with lofty, enthusiastic patriotism.
/ The next day after the proclamation
of the president, there was issued au-
other nearer home, from our Wisconsin
/ Governor, Alexander H. Randall. One
rcgi ment from Wisconsin was request.
ed, and the call was for patriotic citl.
/ zeus of the state To enroll themselves
into companies of IS men each, and be
in readiness to be mustered into service
Immediately. Augustus Mower was
the first from Wauwatosa to enlist.
Fathers said to their sons Go
Mothers offered their darling boys OF
the altar of their country. Sons came
in from their work in the field, con
vnced that they ought now to bear