Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-13
NOTES OF INTEREST.

ton street East Orange, \. j..
has won the palm simply by con
tracing Whooping cough. Foxy is
years old and has spent most of his
time WIN The children of the block. There
came an epidemic of whooping cough
and Foxy caught it. 1t began with an
occasional cough; then the cough grew
worse aud finally reached the acute
stage. The terrier now ''whoopS" like
chlid. Norris called in veterinarian,
who studied the symptoms, asked quer-
tons and finally gave his opinion that
Foxy had the child'S disease. He is now
isolated from his playmateS and tomor-
row VIII be taken with his owners 10
Oxford. \. y, where it is hoped Il
change OF air will help him ia throw off
the maiady.
One of the most unusual family re-
unions III the state, that of the John"
family will he held in Muncie. Ind.
Thursday August - 1t is the fourth
annual reunion of men whose first name
is John and any John is eligible 10 mem
bershlp. Their families also attend
the reunions, but no adult male whose
name Is not John can attend This year
John ID. Rockefeller has been invited To
participate \ year or two ago, when
the oil king was first invited, he sent
back note of regret saying that if
other affairs had not made it impossible
he would have been glad to attend the
reunion. 1t is hoped that he may find it
convenient to come this year. The John
family Is an association with duly elect
ell Officers Last year something like
five hundred Johns were present. The
Invitation to Johns is general. A pro-
gramne will include addresses by more
or less distinguished Johns will be a
feature of this years programme But
tons indicating membership in the asSu-
citation will be distributed
Il. w. Prather who lives west of
Columbus, Ind. has living weedcr that
is doing admirable work, The weeder is
a half-grown calf, and il works early
and late, In some manner this calf
has been trained to 90 into the corn
fields aud chew up the weeds 1t never
offers to bother the growing corn but
it is death on weeds. and the field where
it worked last week is just as clean as
if human hands had pulled every weed
in it. The calf may be rented in the
neighborhood to work the rest of the
season.
The people whose dead are buried in
many country graveyards south of Ter
re Haute Ind, in Nigo and Sullivan
counties. are Mortified by the discovery
that ground hogs have been ghouls. The
animals have hurrowed into many
graves and bones of the dead were found
strewn on the surface These bones
have been rchuried and the people are
trying 10 stop the molestation. In some
cases water has been poured into the
holes. In others wood fires were start
ed al the mouth of the openings with
sulphur thrown in and lid securely
placed to confine the fumes to the in
terror as much as possible
The people of Middletown. y. Y, are
| laughing over the controversy between
| the First Congregational church and Or.
| j. Il. Hulett whose property adjOins.
| The church officials erected a high board
| fence shutting off the view and light
| from DIR, Hulett's barn. The doctor
| raised large sign, overlooking the
church yard which reads: He who
wantonly cutteth off his neighbor's light
shall be as an abomination in the eyes
| of all has people
/ Grain dealers of Evansville, Ind, were
warned by Nashville CTenn) millers
against further shipments of blue eye
corn from that territory it being alleged
| that To this peculiar blight in corn is due
/ n disease OF the human skim which has
| been worrying Tensessee physicians fOI
| some time. The blue eye is due to 4
combination Of warmth and wetncss in tho
| last ripening stage it is said producing
a fermentation which affects users OF
| the corn products. Practically all Of
southern Indianas corn is shipped tC
! Tennessee.
! G.. f. Neidlinger of Bettsvllc. o., haze
the prize rat killer Of the world, a eat
called Roosevelt" "RouSevclt's" tota
| kill during his long life of usefulness is
| estimated at 1926 rate. The cat is
| 2S years old-prObably the oldest eat in
| the world--and has outlived two mas
| tiers. During twenty-five or more years
| of active campaigning against the mice
and rats of Bettsvile the cat averaged
| four mice and one rate per diem. There
are 9125 days in twenty-five years, and
ms Roosevelt worked with equal iidcl
| ity OH Sundays and weekdays, he mus
have caught and consumed during ms
career at least 1925 rates and $500
mice, a total of 45,625 rodents.
The outing given by Mrs. -. T.. Wood
! mansec for the members of her Sunday
school class in st. PauI's Lutheran
| church in a grove at Heidelburg, Han
over. Pa, was married by COW partly
eating dress of one of the young girls
| while the latter was bathing in COdO
rus creek Mr. Woodman sce saw COW
chewing the gown on the opposite sid,
Of the creek. and plunged iato the stream
to intervene: but lie fell III midstreau
and scared the COW, which began L
run. still chewing away at the dress
| Luckily. the COW tramped on the trail
ing garment, and that caused her t.
drop il. but not before she had swal
lowed the large sailor collar and one o
the sleeves.
Police Magistrate Adolphus William
Of Vancouver. British Columbia, sat OF
his own case in police court and tine'
himself s. and costs for 0verspeedini
his automobile. His honor just had dis
posed Of the eases If two citizens 70
speeding when bis own name was called
+ In vain the magistrates eyes scanned
the courtroom for another Adolphus WI
liams.
Docs that charge refer to meg aske'
the magistrate. rather meckiy, Of Crow
Prosecutor Kennedy
Yes said Kennedy. Il think 70,
have a right to try il yourself. II i
not worth while making a written re
quest 10 another magistrate
His honor found he had been goin
nineteen miles an hour, when the Law
allows only eight.
Williams is ordered to pay s. AM
/ said fba