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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-04-26

have boys enough to grow up and shoot
the negroes. But when I found boys
who wanted to skip away from home,
| would give them job, and they
would have slept in the straw
with the horses, and eaten at the sec
ond table after the negroes had been
fed, If they could only shake their
comfortable homes and loving friends,
and join a travelling circus.
Well, always gave such boys a job
watering the camels, and after they
had carried water from daylight till
dark, and had seen it disappear down
a., camel and the camels grumbling
because they didn't bring water fast
err, the boys would ask me how long
it took to fill up a camel, anyway.
would tell them that if they kept right
at work, the camels ought to be filled
up full along in the fall. The boys
would reluctantly resign. Our camels
have been the making of hundreds of
boys by their tank-like capacity to
hold water. One hoy at Richmond,
Va. got it on me by getting section
of fire hose and hitching it to n.y.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-04-26

drant, and letting the water run into
a trough at the camel stand in the
menagerie, and before / knew it the
camels had filled up until they were
swelle6 four times as big as they
ought to be- Then they laid down.
and couldn't march in the grand
entree, and pa sent for a plumber TO
have the camels fixed with faucets
That boy was genius, and we kept
him and put him irto the lemonade
privilege. You can ill camel with
hydrant all right, but if you bring the
water in pals he will beat the game.
/ remember one boy at Wilmington,
Del, who insisted on going along
with the show, cause his mother
made him work after school, and my
heart was touched, cause know how
boy hates to work after school, so
l save him a job sprinkling insect
powder on the buffaloes, that were
scratching themselves against the tent
poles so much that l felt they had
something alive concealed about their
persons. That boy started in with
his can of insect powder on a buffalo
calf, and then he filled the cows hair
full of the powder. and when he start
ed on the bull, the bull took a sniff
of the powder on the cow, and got it
up his nose. and he held his head
up kind of scared like, and turned his
upper lip wrong-side out, and began to
paw the ground. Then he made a
charge on that boy, and tossed him
through the tent, and looked through
the hole, and saw the boy scratching
gravel towards town If he is not
running yet, he is probably doing
chores for his mother both before and
after school.
I have discouraged most of the boys
who wanted to run away and go with
the show, by giving them curry comb
and brush and telling them they could
have a permanent job currying on the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-04-26

lions of Osier willow cuttings, and put
in the whole winter. In the spring,
when it was time to deliver the goods,
they went into the river bottoms and
cut whole lot of pussy willow
cuttings, delivered them to the farm
ers, and got their money, and went
away. When the pussy willow cut
tingS died in their tracks, or grew up
Just plain pussy willows that never got
high enough to hide jack rabbit, the
farmers of Kansas icaded their guns
and waited for pa and the brakeman
TO come back to Kansas, but they
never went back.
The brakeman became president of
a great railroad. but when he has to
go across the continent in his special
car, he lodges Kansas, and goes across
by the northern or southern route
Pa has so far lodged the farmers, but
money wouldn't have hired him TO
stay with the circus. and meet those
farmers that they sold the willow gold
bricks to. And yet, when / buneo
anybody around the show, pa takes
esty is the best policy, and to never
lie, cause my character as a man
will depend on the start / make as
a boy. He don't want me to go
through life regretting the past, and
being afraid of the cars for fear some
act of my younger days will become
known, and queer me. 1 guess pa
knows how it is hisself.
Well, if there is one thing am
proud of. it is that / have always
been good. When | grow up to be
man, prosperous in business, and be-
longing to a church, and married, and
have children growing up around me,
T. can put on an innocent face and a
bold front, and point to my past with
pride, if l should go to live among
strangers, where nobody took the pa
pers. and the people we're not on to me.
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Experiment May Cost Life.

GAINESVILLE. While experimenting in
the chemical laboratory of the high
school a flask exploded, almost blind
ing Vera Nolan, aged IA years, and
severely injuriRg John Arbuthnot, in
structor of the class. One of the Nolan
girls eyes is probably lost, but the
other may be saved The girl is a
daughter of Thomas S. Nolan, a we'll
known attorney and Republican politi-
clan. Arbuthnot is the representative
of the state civil service commission,
and a personal friend of Gov David
son
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-04-26
PROPERTY CHAN &C
VAST INTERESTS INVOLVED IN
RECENT LAND DEAL.
VILLAGE OF HILEs IS SOLD.
Much Timber Land to BE Cleared
and Opened for Settlers
fish Poachers in
Trouble.

Madison.-A 100000 real estate
deal, involving the transfer of the vii
lage of Hiles, large farm and its
stock, logging outfits, logging rail
road, and $4,000 acres of fine hard
wood timber land was consummated in
Milwaukee, when the F. p Hiles Lum-
Der company sold all of it's extensive
holdings in Forest county to the For
ter-Whitman Lumber company Incl
dental to the sale is the incorporation
of the new company, organized for the
express purpose of taking over the
Forest county property and incorpor-
ated with capital stock of 100000.
The officers and incorporates of the
Forster w hitman Lumber company are
Charles G.. Forster, of Milwaukee, pres
ident; Charles III. Mueller, of Milwau-
zee, secretary and treasurer, and w. A.
Whitman, formerly of Marquette,
Mich, but now of Hiles, Wis, vice
president and general manager Mr..
Whitman will take personal charge of
the management of the holdings. The
property transferred is one of the
largest timber tracts in northern Wis
consin. The village of Hiles, found
ed by f. p. Hiles about five years ago,
and owned by him until this deal, in
cludes two sawmills, shingle and lath
mill, planning mill, stave mill, store
with stock of merchandise, hotel and
80 cottages, all of which are included
in the sale. There is also farm with
about 100 head of cattle, Is teams of
horses, and logging outfits, the Hiles
Northeastern railroad with all it's
equipment and the $4,000 acres of
densely timberd land. The village of
Hiles is on branch of the North
western road and the Hiles Northeast
ern road is logging road running
from this branch up through the tim
Der tract 1t is the intention of the
new company to clear the timber land
and open it up to settlers. 1t is esti-
mated THAT it will take about 10 years
to clear the $4,000 acres, and that
when it is done the tract will make
some of the finest farming land in the
state, it being now exceptionally good
hardwood land and level.
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Pa says as long as your conscience
is clear, and your pores open, life is
one glad, sweet song. Well, / don't
know, but if pas conscience is clear,
he must have strained it the way they
do rain water, to get the wigglers out,
or else he has used an egg to settle
his conscience, the way they settle
coffee. II his pores are open, he has
opened them in the old way, with a
corkscsew. But, with all have had
to contend with in the way of a fright
full example from pc, am not so
worse
How many boys of my age, do you
suppose, could put in a season with a
circus, and have all the facilities l
have had to go wrong, and come out
as well as have? The way the freaks
Just dotted on me would have turned
the heads of most boys, but when l
found out that all of them, from the
fat woman and the bearded woman, TO
the trapeze performers, ate onions
three times day, / said: Nay, nay,
Hennery will camp with the animals,
whose smell is natural, and not ac-
quired"
Say, do you know have saved hun
dreds of boys this summer from ruin,
cause in every town there are lots OF
boys who want to run away from
home and go off with circus, and
cause belonged to the show they all
came to me, and pa appointed me to
discourage the boys, and drive them
away from the show. | know in Vir-
ginia all the boys wanted to run away,
and but for me the state wouldn't
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-04-26
Sham Love of Nature.

Praising the genuine love Of nature
which exists in the hearts of SO many
quiet people, who have real delight
in the silent and exquisite changes.
the influx and efflux of life which we
call the seasons, an anonymous Eng
lish writer says: "Those who are
fortunate enough to spend their lives
in the quiet countryside have much
of this tranquil and unuttered love Of
nature; and others, again, who are
condemned by circumstances to spend
their days in toilsome towns, and yet
have the instinct, derived perhaps
from long generations of country fore
fathers, feel this beauty, in the short
weeks when they are enabled to APP
proach it, more poignantly still. The
fact remains, however, that love OF
nature is a part of the panoply of culti-
walton which at the present time peo-
pie above certain social standing feel
bound to assume. Very few ordinary
persons would care t. avOW that they
took no interest in national politics,
in games and sports, in literature. in
appreciation of nature, or in religion
AS 4 matter of fact, the vital interest
that is taken in these subjects, per-
haps in games and sports, is far below
the interest that is expressed in them.
A person who said frankly that he
thought that any of these subjects were
uninteresting, tiresome or absurd,
would be thought stupid or affected,
even brutal. Probably most of the
people who express deep concern for
these things believe that they are CIV
ing utterance to a sincere feeling; but,
not to expatiate on the emotions which
they mistake for real emotion in the
other departments, there are probably
a good many people who mistake for
a love of nature the pleasure of fresh
air, physical movement, and change Of
scene Many worthy golfers, for in
stance, who do not know that they are
talking insincerely, attribute, In con-
versation, the pleasure they feel in
pursuing their game to the agreeable
surroundings in which it is pursued;
but my secret belief Is that they pay
more attention to the lie of the little
white ball, and to the character OF
bunkers, than to the pageantry of sea
and sky"
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Mulch for Apple Trees

There has been good deal OF talk
about the so-called mulch method,
says National Nurseryman. The men
who have grown apples successful for
few years by this method have be-
come quite enthusiastic. Let us admit
that two or three real successes have
appeared; but is it not fact that for
each mulched orchard which may be
looked upon as proved success, we
can show a hundred successfully cul-
tivated orchards?
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YOUNG DRUGGIST ENDS LIFE.
Amherst Youth Believed to Have Been
Temporarily Insane.

Amherst -George A. Guernsey, a
well known young man of this place,
son of DR.. and Mrs. A. H. Guernsey,
committed suicide by hanging himself
with a rope. He informed his parents
that he was going up to his room to
dress for church, and as he was long
absent, his mother went to his room
and found his body suspended on the
closet door. He had taken rope and
tied one end to the door knob, then
passing it over the top Of the door,
had stood ON stool and placed the
other end around his neck, after which
he kicked the stool from under him.
He had charge of his fathers drug
store. He. was member of the Odd
Fellows lodge and secretary Of the
Rebecca organization. He is supposed
to have been temporarily insane.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-04-26
KENosHA BELLE A BRIDE.
Miss Callista English Welded to John
Brown, of Racine.

Kenosha.-One of the social events
of the year in Kenosha was the mar
riage of Callista English, daughter of
Edward J. English, and one of the
best known young women of Kenosha,
and John Brown, of Racine, at st.
James Roman Catholic church. The
ceremony was performed by Rev.
Father Roche in the presence of more
than 600 invited guests. The maid of
honor was Miss Alleda Yea, of Slough
ton, a college friend of the bride. Will
liam Brown, of New York, was the
best man. Mrs. Brown was gradu-
ate of the University of Wisconsin, a
member of the class of 1904. She was
a member of the Alpha Phi sorority
and one of the leading members of the
University Dramatic club Mr.. Brown
is the manager of the Goodrich Trans
portation company in Racine.
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State Topics Briefly Told.

The corner stone OF the church of
the Immaculate Conception was laid at
Algoma, the Rt. Rev. J. J. Fox officiat-
ing, assisted by Vicar General P. J.
Lochman and about dozen priests
from neighboring parishes. The church
will cost 100000 and will be one of the
most imposing structures in this part
of Wisconsin. Work will be pushed so
that the church will be ready for oc-
cupancy early in the autumn.
W. H. Fleming, of.Delavan, Wis, a
travelling salesman for the Cudahy
Packing company, drowned at Daven-
port, Ia, by falling into the Mississippi
river from the ferry dock.
Dragged for more than a block at
the heels of horse running madly
down East College avenue was the ex-
perience of Miss Nieland at Appleton.
The Mineral Point division of the
st. Paul road from Darlington west
was shut up for several days on ac-
count of the spring freshet that sweeps
the valley of the Pecatonica
Timothy L. Burke, Green Bay at
torney, has been named as trustee n
the involuntary bankruptcy proceed
ings of the Western Steel Gate COM
pany, formerly Two Rivers, later of
Green Bay
Two Rivers is one of the largest fish,
ing ports on Lake Michigan. There
are about a dozen gasoline fishing
boats and several tugs engaged in bus
mess there.
Lawrence university is offering sill
yer trophy in the form of a cup, to the
high school in the state which receives
the highest ranking in a literary con-
test which is to be given in the near
future.
Agents of the john Bagley company
of Detroit, Mich, have just closed a
contract whereby 2,250,000 pounds of
tobacco will be stemmed in GAINESVILLE
warehouses for their company. This
is the largest order for a single firm
eyr made in that city.
Beloit is to have hospital for con-
tagious diseases.
Payment made by representatives Of
the congregation of st. James Episco-
pal church at Manitowa of 81, 300 re-
leased lien on that church property
and stopped sale that was scheduled
to take place.
Chief of Police Scheibel, of Beloit,
is vigorously prosecuting saloon keep
ers who violate the city ordinances.
A liquor dealer pleaded guilty to keep
ing his place open on Sunday and was
fined $50 A campaign for law and or
der will be made this year, encouraged
by a citizens committee of 100.
Platteville has the distinction of
having the oldest woman's club in the
state. The Parish Aid and Literary
niversary at the home of Mrs. J. p.
Huntington.
Bernard Jensen, aged Ga years, one
of the pioneer wagon makers of Ken
osha, died at his home there. He was
associated with the late Edward Balm
in the manufacture of wagons for
more than 40 years.
Joseph Hansen, aged 68 years, a well.
known German pioneer resident of Ken
osha, was killed b. falling under the
wheels of a south-bound train on the
Northwestern road.
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Mrs. I. c. sloan Dead.

Milwaukee.-Mrs I. c. Sloan, Of
GAINESVILLE, resident of Wisconsin for
many years and widow Of I. G. Sloan,
at one time one of the leading and
prosperous business men of southern
Wisconsin, died in this city. her death
occurring at No. 274 Nineteenth
street Mrs. Sloan was IA years Of age
and had been in feeble health for
some time. She came to Milwaukee,
for treatment. She leaves three sons,
Harry S., Charles l., and Horace @
Sloan.
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Regains Valuable Papers.

Acting as his own detective, Maj.
J. B. Murphy, No. 1884 Cass street, Mil
waukee, a regular army officer, sue
ceded in recovering stolen suitcase
containing valuable papers, and in ar
resting the two alleged thieves, Daniel
O'Brien and Edward Carroll, the lat
ter bartender. Having no clew, Maj.
Murphy advertised in Chicago and St.
Paul newspapers for the return of the
papers. Correspondence between
O'Brien and Murphy followed, and a
meeting was arranged at Chicago.
Murphy engaged two detectives, who
arrested O'Brien and his partner, Car
roll. as they were turning the stolen
property over to its owner.
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Funeral of Old Railroad Man.

Kenosha.-The remains of David
Wright, one of the best known of the
pioneer railway men of Wisconsin,
were laid to rest in the Wright family
plat in the Kenosha City cemetery
here. He died at Montevideo, Mimi,
at the age of " years. He began his
career as constructor of railways in
1856, when he came to Kenosha as the
superintendent of construction of the
old Chicago & Milwaukee road, which
afterward became the Chicago &
Northwestern, and he was in charge OF
the first train run between Chicago
and Milwaukee, In 1864 he was en-
ployed by the Pennsylvania Railway
company as superintendent of con-
struction of the Panhandle line, and
later he returned to Wisconsin and
was employed as a superintendent Of
construction for the Milwaukee road.
In 1890 he went to the 500 line, and
he had been in the employ of that
company until year ard half ago.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-04-26
Trespassers to Be Punished.

Trespassers to Be Punished.
The state board of forestry has
pessed tie following resolution: "That
IN view of the statement by the state
forester that during the past winter
there has been considerable timber
trespass on state forest reserve lands,
and that as in the past it has been the
custom throughout the state to settle
with trespassers on payment of the ac-
tual stumpage value, and as such pro-
cedure has tended to encourage tres
pass, therefore, it is resolved by the
state board of forestry that hereafter
the board will ask the district attorney
of the county in which the trespass is
committed to bring criminal action
against the trespasser in addition to
such damages as may be collected UNI
der the civil liability for forest tres
pass" The state board Of forestry
thought it was only just and right to
give due notice to all who might be
tempted to commit trespass on state
forest reserve lands.
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At the HoreI.

Guest-Didn't 1 telegraph for the
best room in the house?
Clerk-Yes, sir.
Guest-Why didn't you save 1t for
me?
elective already given the best
room in the house to 90 people to-
night, and I thought you wouldn't like
to be crowded. Cleveland Leader.
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Bagley Girl Severely Burned.

At Winona, Mimi, Miss Ruby
Harvey, of Bagley, Wis, student in the
normal school, drew on pair of gloves
to clean them and then gave them a
soaking with benzine. Then she care
lessly approached a gas jet and in an
instant her forearms were mass Of
flames. Mrs. W. B. Anderson, with
whom she lives, picked up a rug and
wrapped it about the girls arms, ex-
tinguishing the flames, but not until
Miss Harvey had been burned most
painfully.
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Couple insane over Religion.

Sturgeon Bay.-A remarkable case
Of insanity is Ahat of Mr.. and Mrs.
julius Jensen, of the town of Wash
ington. Both became afflicted at the
same time and both were unbalanced
by religion. The man and wife were
brought here by the sheriff, were adj
judged insane by the county judge
and taken to the asylum. Mr.. Jensen
is well known in the Green Bay region
being the master and owner Of the lit
tie schooner Iris.
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Move to Preserve Scenery.

An enthusiastic meeting was held
in Baraboo for the purpose of taking
some action in preserving the scenery
about DEVILS lake. A committee con-
sisting of Will H. McFetridge, M. H.
Mould, Evan A. Evans, Frank Her
fort and w. B. Strong was appointed
and instructed to take the necessary
steps with the view of presenting the
situation in proper form to the next
legislature and if possible to secure
an appropriation to start the work as
soon as possible.
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skeleton Found in Burned Barn.

Skeleton Found in Burned Barn.
While clearing away debris of the
old John Richmond barn about two
miles south of Algoma, which was
burned April 5, workmen came upon
the skeleton of a man who evidently
met death in the fire. With the re-
mains were found silver dollar part
melted. a pair of spectacles and other
articles. There is no clew as to the
identity of the victim, hut as the barn
was in an isolated place and several
tramps were observed in that neigh
borhood. foul play is suspected.
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Taking Fish Ont of Season.

Deputy Game Wardens G. d. Nelson
and II. Russell, having been Informed
that pickerel we're being taken from
Beaver Dam lake contrary to law.
went to Beaver Dam and arrested Fred
Marden, Robert Westover, Arthur
Schneider and John Glassman, whom
they caught with pickerel in their pos
session that they had either speared or
shot. They were taken before
justice of the peace, where they pleaded
guilty, and were fined $40 and costs
each. Nelson also confiscated boat
which was in their possession. After
ward Mr.. Nelson arrested Frank Dan
iel and August Rock for the same Of
Tense. They appeared before Justice
Lyons, pleaded guilty, and were each
fined $40 and costs, amounting in all
to $13. H. A. Schluckebier, George
G. Higbee, J. E. Mcclure, F. f. Cong
don, J. G. Burdesser, Robert Rowell,
Edward and A. J. Erdman took
launch and went up the lake to the
clubhouse, returning home in the even
ing. They ran their boat into the
boathouse, where Game Warden Nell
son laid in wait When one of the
boys picked up a basket containing
four or five pickerel. remarking at the
same time: Here, who is going to
take these fish," Nelson stepped for
ward and said: II will" For a mo-
ment there was CONSERVATION and the
fishermen tried to escape, but did not
succeed until after the game warden
had secured their names.
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A BARNARD TURNsTILE.
Convenient Entrance Which Will
Make the Place More Accessible
to the Man with the Bucket.

If the stock kept in the barnyard is
not Of small stature like the pig and
sheep, the turnstile shown in the illus
tration is. one of the best arrangements
to place at the entrance. Horses and
COWS cannot get through the passage
thus protected, and it enables anyone TO
enter the BARNARD without setting down
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This is the first time since we start
ed ont with the circus in the spring
that pa and / have not been two
"Johnnies on the spot" ready for any
thing that the managers told us to
do. Oklahoma. though, and the In
dian territory, have been too much
for pa, and they sent him on to Kan
sas City to recuperate in hospital
for a week, while the show does Kan
sas to a finish, and makes triumph
al entry into Missouri.
I wonder how the show will get
along without us for a week. cause