The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-05-27

anything and everything which per
tanned to the subjects studied. "Ex
ceedingly fortunate was the pupil who
could get any at all, says David Rey-
nolds, one of the first pupils.
The Roll of Pubils.
Among the pupils of the first schoo
were: Arminta, John, Robert and
Archibald Rowen; Julia and Henry
johnson; Eveline, Sophronia, Sam (s
little deranged) Orin, aud Parmelis
ellison; Margaret and Hannah Wood
Victoria and Victor Peck; Henrietta
and Mary Ann Webster; David Rey.
nolds. Caroline and Cornelia Hill.
Excepting those who lived at dis
tance they br2ught their dinners. The
games, ball, tag, ante over, pom pom
pullaway and ring around rosie and
others were played by the children.
About once week recitations were
held. David Reynolds recollects that
of one of the biggest boys, John Rowen,
who appeared on the floor in front of
the school and spoke:
ga raccoon's tail is ring-ed around;
A possum's tail is bare;
The squirrel has bushy tail,
And stub tail is the bear.n
"We laughed lots about that, so /
never forgot it," said Mr.. Reynolds.
Occasionally dance was held for
the young people. One of these oc-
CURED at the home of the Gilson's,
the parents of the teachers wife.
Louis Bunson often did the fiddling.
A Teacher With a History.
Some rather unsavory reports foated
about concerning the life of Mr.. Hart
previous to his s2jOurn in Baraboo.
1t was said that he had different
names in different places. The accounts
of him after leaving Baraboo are GER
tainly not creditable. His school work
seems to have been fair, although one
of his pupils said that he "wusn't ex-
ira smart" He had ''fine manners"
was a good penman and an excellent
reader. His salary was paid in
the old fashioned way and consisted of
what the people gave him, amounting
perhaps to some $25 per month. School
was held during the winter, about
three months. The rest of the time he
did not do much of anything.
He was bachelor and not very
young. He became enamored
of one of his pupils, Eveline ellison, a
very popular girl only fourteen years
, of age, and married her. This was the
first white mans wedding in the Bar
aboo Valley, according to Mr.. Can
field. The match was very unfOrtu-
nate one for many reasons, not the
least of which was the discrepancy in
their ages. An incident which occur
red while they were living in the lean
to of the Shaffer schoolhouse indicates
very we'll their unpleasant relations.
When the lean-to had been built onto
the schoolhouse for the teacher and his
young wife, the window between was
boarded up. A knothOle remained,
however, and this was pasted over
with paper. At times the teacher
noticed considerable amusement
amongst his pupils. Paper wads were
appearing in the air and he was unable
to locate the miscreant; for no one in
the room seemed to know anything
about it. He finally discovered that
they came from the knothole in the
partition and went to interview his
wife about it. An angry noise of quick
words was heard by the pupils; but
without much avail, for the teacher
found his pupil-wife more difficult to
manage than the whole school.
Very sad, however, is the final story of
this couple.
Left Alone to Die.
Three children were born to them dur
ing their residence in Baraboo. After
the few years teaching they departed
and were not heard of for two or three
years, when her parents got track of
her. She was found alone on an
island with one little girl. Hart had
taken the two older children and left his
wife alone to die. She was rescued only
temporarily, however, and died soon
after. Her little girl was adoped by
her sister. 1t was intimated that Mr..
Hart was in disguise hiding in Bara-
boo at the time.
Mrs. G. w. Walker of Lyndon Sta
ton, one of the first pupils says: "Mr
Hart taught in Baraboo one year, near.
ly, and next at Sauk. He then return
ed to Baraboo and taught about two