Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-01-28
"SCRUBBIN' DID IT."
By DR.. THOMAS f. GREEN.

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knows where or when an ideal is GO
ing to materialize. mea something
froEa which one may gain, by dint of
the least bit of reflection. an inspir-
alton.
II goes without saying that the
most Of us rush along the strenuous
WAYS of our profession, more concer-
ned for the sordid me- eanism by
which railroad schedules coordinate
with the current calendar, than for
much idealizihg of passing things.
We are much like him of whom it
was said t hat
1.-The yellow primrose by the brim
4 yellow primrose was to him,
And nothing more"
Ii is5the mark of real' genius-t the
hall stamp on him on whom the gods
have smiled. that he
80 Finds tongues in trees,
Books in the running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and
Good in everything"
But you do occasionally catch a
vision, YOU DO once in while find
an inspiration in the most unexpect-
ed places.
| think I am not entirely different
10 the voices that call from the heart
Of beauty. or sound from the soul of
granduer as we find them now and
hen in the pilgrimage OF this world.
/ am quite sure that | can thrill as
many thrills as any one when | stand
bn hi nf
uplifting their long flung naveS be-
meath the amethvstine dome bespread
. with frescoed stars over a pavement
tiled in emerald, moSaiced with a
tangled arabesque of FLOWERS. /
know that l can feel the punlness of
rnSn's pretense. when on some beet
ling crag, mid earth ribs, upward
thrust. gaze upon the eternal inno-
cence of SHOWS like vestal virgins,
that never sin because they never feel'
the kiss of hot emptation.
Yes, l have gained inspiration from
all OF these, but l found lasting
lessonto!lav--w where do you imagine?
~ Wahoo, Nebraska!
Wahoo, they tell me it means "bad
Indian" tho yopcould fancy nothing
bad, not to say savage, IN the little
town ly ng so Quietly in the peaceful
s-Hvirons of its cnrn fields; and, asr'if
10 make the contra st, greater between
name and fact. the large proportion
of the people here and hereahouts are
German and Bohemian the most
quiet, home making and home-Iovlng
OF all the alien lines that blend into
the complex re ultant of our Amer
life Wahoo!I opened the course there
giving nv lecture to as attentive and
thoughtful an audience, as one might
hope to meet; rested, invoked, in
comfort at a we'll kept inn, where
every kindness was shown nae, and
in the early morning said goodbye
and started on my W Y. My bags had
gone on the wagon I chose to walk
the half-mile through the snapPy fros-
" October morning.
| turned onto the platform and APP
preached the depot. just plain, ordi-
nary Chicago & North Western depot,
enc sees them every uay; l opened the
door OF the waiting room to buy my
ticket-an what! Where was [?
Before me floor t, at actually
stone in snowy whiteness; stove
polished to the last degree OF brillian-
CIV, with straight, black stovepiPe
reaching to the flue; the windows
fiecklesS, and each with neat. cheap
but tidv. Holland shade-all drawn To
the same exact level; on the walls a
medley OF railway scenes OF advertis-
ing pictures, but al neatly framed
aud hung not without artistic consis-
tencv; water cooler with clean
granite cup; iron window a tank of
goldfish. in anothe@ some neatly pot
ted plants ;along one wall convent
rack titled with timetables of various
roads and magazines for tedious waits.
Where was /?
"Ah" | said. 'tbis il the ladies'
waiting room. Some tidy woman is
thinking OF Der travelling sisterhood.
belong to the other end. There I'll
lind the familiar eft-Yepeated, muddy
floor. the sinking spit-boxer, the
grimv windows, the grimy windows.
the rusty stove, the scattered ashes
Ill the nasty squa!or and the disease.
bleeding filth of the usual country
depot.
Reluctantly crossed to the other:
Gould it be SO? A c,ean, wholesome
rtom, with Well swept floor. polished
stove, pictured walls, shaded VIM
dows; on one side q homemade desk.
stth inkr~ell. peus,- some company