Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-05
A VISIT TO THE NO RTH.

John E. Eggers, manager of the
Antikamnia Chemical company of ST.
= Louis, who made a trip up this way,
early in November, has returned to his
home. In an article, written about his
trip for the Globe Democrat, he does
not think much of the idea of Missouri
sportsmen coming way up into North
ern Wisconsin to hunt for deer, ducks
and other game. when they can do so
much better, as to results, right in
their own state, within few hours ride
from their homes. Regarding the
weather he says:
AS to weather conditions, / scarcely
saw the sun during my three weeks in
Wisconsin, while twice during that time
there was 3-inch fall of snow, with a
temperature away below freezing, and
the winds blowing across Lake Shishe-
bogama in January blasts that chilled
one to the marrow. How different
from October and November in
Missouri, where the bracing air and
generally clear skies make it pleasure
to tramp the fields for quail or to watch
the decoys for the visits of the willy
duck"
John must have struck part of the
north in his outing, where game is
scarce; there are places where deer,
ducks, partridges, etc., do not go, even
In Northern Wisconsin, perhaps, owing
to scarcity of food But from others
who have come up from the South and
hunted our forests where game is
above the average, they tell a different
story and will come up every year if
they have to borrow the money to do
so. Usually the fall weather in Wis
consin is the finest and most bracing on
earth, but of course it is sometimes, as
in other localities, strictly ION the
bum" Mr.. Eggers, in closing his
article, says;
by the way, | made a real find
while tracking deer in the Lac du
Flambeau Indian reservation. | found,
hanging on limb of small pine, one
branch of the horns of a 4-year- old
buck. This was evidently pulled off by
the deer some years ago, as it was so
covered with moss as to be scarcely
distinguishable from the limbs of the
tree on which it hung. AS it is we'll
known that the cast-off horn of deer
is rarely found in the woods, even by
hunters who spend practically all their
time where deer are plentiful, this
horn is a rare curiosity, and its age and
moss-covered condition make it an ex-
tremely valuable addition to the
trophies of the hunt, which all sports
men accumulate"
While up in this country, the Globe
Democrat says, Mr.. Eggers' home was
entered and burglarized, and on the
night of Nov. Goth, the burglars came
again. The Globe Democrat says:
"The second visit was at an early
hour yesterday morning, when an
entrance was effected through a bath
room window A pair of Mr. Eggers'
trousers were taken from a chair with
in foot of where he was sleeping. The
thief also got MIR. Eggers' mothers
purse and toy bank, belonging to a
child.
The burglary was not discovered un-
til 1870 O'Clock, when members of the
family arose and found rear door wide
open, Mr.. Egger's trousers were found
on a back porch. About SO in silver
had been extracted. The money in the
woman's purse and the toy bank
amounted to about Sc. Nothing but
money was carried off the premises.
A card case was opened and torn to
pieces, the cards being removed and
placed in the trousers pockets. Other
valuables in the house had been hid"