Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-22
NOTES OF INTEREST.

wnicA apparently had been IN the
GROUND for centuries. about inches in
ien@ib. On ON end is carved the head
lisa lace of soae animal. resembling a
wolf while ON the opposite end is The
face 81 human being, well prop ~
fleac, aud we'll preserved the npae alone
naNllg been warI away
One Oregon family weighs more than
ton and has combined height of 81
feet aud 3 inches. This is the fine large
dome circle of John Benjamin Brown.
VINO VINO lives near Eugene. Mr.. ana Mrs.
| Brown have sixteen children. The fla
ilef, oldest member of the family. is
- Years old. and the youngest is >
months Tbs whele family attended n
recent celebration in Eugene and the
brown party looked more like Il picnic
IMAM family. The combined ages of
ne browns Is more than 294 years. Mr..
AeafS OF married life his family doctor
i nliiS nave not exceeded total of $50
4 his he attributes largely to the fact
sIt ill members of the Brown house
holG I'VE = simple life. raising most of
the tEngS they eat Cattle. hogs. sheen
anu chickens supply the family with
meat mix and eggs, while bees ON the
pace Weld all the honey they need, be-
sides some for market Sufficient grain
Grown ON the farm to tatten the hogs
anu iced the stock, besides furnishing
honr for the family. Potatoes and 9th
ef vegetables for the family larder are
raised and there is fruit galore, both for
Use green and to can for winter. The
hlgi cost of living has no terrors for
tills family, and under such conditions
there IS no fear Of race suicide. The
tlfii IS not problem in this household
ana Inc things that restrict the size of
l3lilliles IN the cities do not operate to
discourage the Browns. Every one of
the eighteen is strong, with ruddy cheeks
ana as healthy as can be- They enjoy
ilNihS to the utmost and declare they
Would be making a bad exchange if
theN traded places with the most sue
eessi Il city man in the country
Less than eight years ago, Rev. c. Il.
5Mlogg, PENNSYLVANIA minister invested
80 III raw land from which he is now
reaplng rich harvest of money The
hand consists of a fifteen-acre tract three
miles north of Fort Collin. Colo, and
q quarter of a mile from the terminus
OF the electric line there Fifteen
years ago II was appraised at 81 % per
acre, being considered worthless except
Tor grazing. Little over seven years ago
keY. Mr.. Mogg bought the tract for SIS
an acre. lie set out 2000 cherry trees.
iou plnm and $50 apple trees. The land
II not irrigated, but there are reservoirs
near by which afford some underfow.
ana can be reached by the deepest roots.
II Is now valued at $1,000 an acre. The
eherry trees, which are not vet all in
bearing, yielded 1000 crates, one-third
OF what the orchard will produce i'm n
iull crop. One thousand crates of plums
have thus far been shipped. and this
represents about one-half that crop. An
pies are Just ripening, and win also
weld well. The net profit on the tract
this season will probably be $4,000 The
owner is still an active minister. and
the revenue from his Colorado orchard
on an original investment of $40 is SO
much easy money
William Williams was seyer6l years
ago floating wood down the upDer Will
annette river to Eugene, Ore and noted
that q lof OF It was missing. He did not
Know who took 1t until few DAYS ago
when he received a letter from a man in
San Francisco, in which he inelosed SiO
and letter telling Williams that the
writer had been converted to Christian
ity and wanted ia make restitution for
the wrong done.
Theodore Mastin farmer living north
of Blaine, Wash, owns q piece of land
the north line Of which is the internn-
tIonal boundary between Canada and
the United States. Mastin, while aware
of this, has never had cause to regret il
until this year, when he planted a hun
dFed rows of corn along the fine. In the
field Of corn he planted pumpkins, and
row harvest time is nigh, and Mastin has
written to federal officers in Seattle ask
how he fs1n her HftV n
kins which have emlgrated into Canada
without taking out naturalization papers.
Some of the pumpkins are as much as
thirty feet into forbidden land. Just
what the feleral law says regarding the
unique question is not known, but the
jurists replied to Mastin's letter that
he might stand directly on the lnterua-
tional line and pull on the vine which
had root in the United States, and it
the pumpkins could be dragged in, well
and proper; but if any should be snapped
off and remain in Canadian territory he
should leave them alone.
As a means of stimulating interest in
the afternoon meetings for men, Rev.
Thomas w. Cook, rector Of St Andrews
Episcopal church, Dayton, o., an
nounces that he will permit smoking
during service Invitations have been
sent out broadcast asking the men to
attend the meetings, bringing their smok-
ing materials-either pipes or cigars
along Rev. Cooks congregation is en-
couraging the movement and expects it
to prove successful.
The oldest working carpenter in Ham
ilton. O., James II. Elrick, knocked off
work at noon on shinglng a roof in or
der to take dinner with his daughter,
Mrs Prank Heck, and his grandchildren
in honor Of his ninety first birthday. Mr..
Erick is an inyeterate user Of tobacco
and takes a little nip now and then.
He has never been sick a day in his
life.
Il am going to Alaska TO make my
fortune: when it has been made | VIII
send for you and we win get married,
were the parting words Of Guy Wing
Of Hanna, Ind, twelve years ago to his
liancee, Miss Martha Keil.
Miss Keii has started for Alaska,
where she will be married 90 Wing The
long expected message breaking the ST.
leuce Of the twelve years came yester-
day with the intelligence that Wing had
struck it rich" had a home in readi
ness. and the clergyman engaged