Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-05-21
NOTES OF INTEREST.

The home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Phillips of Shenandoah, Pa, was one
OF the happiest in town the other day,
the event being their golden wedding
anniversary, fittingly celebrated BY a
family reunion. They were united in
marriage in Cardiff. Wales, and a re-
markable feature Of their married life
is the fact that there never has been
death in their family, nOtwithstaDd-
ing the fact that they have raised ten
children.
The faithfulness of Prince, a fox ter
ried, which daily visits the grave of its
dead master. is attracting much atten-
ton in Trenton. \. j. The animal was
the property of Joseph Williamson.
who died a few weeks ago. While Will
hanson was i'll the dog persisted in re-
naming in the sick room At his death
the dog remained at the bier, positively
refusing food for three days. On the
day Of the funeral it followed the process
sion to the cemetery, and when the
corpse was lowered into the grave strong
hands had to mold it to prevent its jump
ing into the hole Since then Prince
spends greater portion of the day in
Rivcryiew cemetery sitting ON the grave
A too Jealous hound owned by Harvey
Burg of Woodstock, York county, Pa.
has been rescued barely alive from IA
rabbit burrow where it is believed to
have been imprisoned for a week. A
peculiar noise from Il hole at a fence
corner attracted the attention Of party
OF youths, and they dug until they
reached the animal, tightly wedged
acre. 1t is believed that the dog en-
tered the hole in pursuit of Il rabbit.
X. Ii. Gregory of Ashland, Va, has
demonstrated that the theory of frog
living without food or water is beyond
doubt the truth. Gregory made an
experiment after reading magazine
statement that frogs had been known
to live hundreds of years while sealed
in brick wall. Securing Il frog, Greg
DRY placed it in the hollow of tree
and sealed it with cement Years passed
and the man forgot the frog Gregory
was a mere boy when the creature was
shut out from liberty. \ few days ago
the tree was broken. Gregory had his
attention called to the hollow, the
cement breaking with the fall of the
tree. Removing the cement, the frog
leaped out as live and hearty as when
it had been sealed up.
Certain citizens of Bad Axe. the
thrifty county seat of Huron. Mich, pro-
pose TO change the name of the place to
that of the hailiwick of which Bad Axe
is the seat of government and Represen-
tative |. l.. Woodwork has introduced
a bill authorizing the submission to the
electors of the town of the question as to
whether Bad Axe shall be wiped off the
map and Huron substituted. For years
and years Bad Axe has ranked with
Medicine Hat, Kalamazoo, Podunk and
other town cognOmenS which have given
those, communities worldwide celebrity
and the proposed change will be opposed
by some of the Bad AXians, who recall
the days when Bad Axe was a cabin in
the woods, and who say the extensive
advertising the name has given the
town, more than oYercOmeS an injury to
delicate SensibilitieS by reason of it, On
the other hand, the intellectualists among
the 1000 inhabitants declare that Bad
Axe is a rather ribald cognomen. a relic
of the days of the lumber jack the forest
hurdy gurdy and the timber barons.
They are in favor of more psthetic
town name i'll keeping with the less
strenuous and more modern and cult
waited life in the community. 1t seems
that back in the days when the timber
locker, hunter, trapper and pioneer were
tranping through the country they erect
ed cabin at the crossing of two trails
The principal utensil and in fact the
only one in the cabin. was a rusty old
axe with a broken blade. Every traveller
stopping there for meal or over night,
used the bad axe TO chop tirewOod and
gradually the shanty became known
throughout the district as the Bad Axe
cabin" Later. as settlers came into the
county. the point became known us Bad
Axe Corners, and after the town got
started, it naturally became Bad Axe.
After being mourned as dead for
nearly a month by his Wife Charles
Young of Blacksburg, Va, supposed to
have been killed by a train at Dry
Branch. April g. and whose supposed
body was buried at Merrimacs Mills sew
eral days later, arrived safe and well
at the home of his father-in-law,
Charles Atkins, only to find that
tombstone. had been erected in his mem
DRY and that his wife had dOnned black
for him. Young, who has not yet ac-
customed himself to the epitaph over the
grave i'll the cemetery Mt Merrimac
Mills, and to the mourning costume of
his supposed widow, expressed himself
as particularly Disguised. when III add
ton to his other troubles, he was told
of the laudable remarks expressed in his
funeral sermon. However, he has ac-
cepted the situation philosophically since
the fatted calf has been killed in his be-
half.
Forming a touching illustration OF u
dogs devotion to dead master is Bob
the unsalaried tract, walker" of the
Northern Pacific railroad in Tacoma,
Wash. Following in the tracks of his
dead master, who walked tracks and
tended switch lights for the Northern
Pacific in the local yards, and who was
run down and instantly killed by a
switch engine in the passenger yards
more than a month ago. Bob, the pet
dog of the family of William II. Geh-
ring, 2S01 South J street continues to
patrol the tracks and guard the lamps
although his master has answered the
call to the great beyond. No amount Of
coaxing, bribe offers of meat, or even
collar and chain can prevent this little
faithful brown shaggy dog from going
to work each day and returning home