Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-02-12

oL the Corn club of Huntington Ind
SOLD at auction for So a bushels A. tbo
close OF the annual farmers institute H.
corn was sold from the stage of tLo
tneater and brought the highest nricas
Oh any product ever raised in Hunfinw-
TON county. The club was orgouiza5
last spring and the members raised seed
from Lhelr own plats. At the institute
Just closed they contested for nrigaS
and each contestant donated one bns IhI
OF the grain to the institute assoclatinn
Every bit Of the product was raisad in
this county. -
3, a lew years ago q farmer near Goliad
,. ID, built stall barn. using green vii,
low posts at the corners and all along
the sides. After year had passed he
saw that, whereas he had put the floor
on the ground, it was then 3 feet above
5He soil Inc willow posts, instead of
Delng dead, were very much alive. In
their upward move they had carrier the
barn along. Last year the barn was on
Suits feet high, and the farmer put in
a new floor and surrounded the posts
with siding, thereby making a two-Storv
affair. There is now a space of s inches
between the floor and the ground. and
the owner expects to have a three-Story
bafh IN 1910. Eventually, he thinks. he
service to reach the upper floors.
Nine pearls were found in an oyster
by George Garrahan of Wilkes Barre.
Ia. The largest pearl was the size of
the end OF an ordinary leau pencil and
the others were a little smaller They
We're chiefly bell and apple shaped.
Ed Krieger of West Bend. Wis. had
10 hnn ste I'll i
veterinarian, and will have the big ami
NAL mounted. The stallion had a fall and
injured its spine 50 seriously that there
was no chance of recovery When the
mounting is finished the animal will serve
"a an advertisement mt Mr.. Krieger' s
harness shop.
Once upon a time there was a beauti-
full maid, with the daintiest feet in all
the world. She went to party and
danced with the prince, and when she
would leave the palace she went so hur-
rledly that her slipper was lost. The
prince in pursuing her found the glass
but the members of the Pathological 50
ciety of the University of Michigan take
up the thread of the narrative here and
dispute that she lost a glass slipper.
They insist that the slipper she lost was
fur-lined
AS the story of the French bards was
handed down from generation to genera
ton" say they, the word .'vair' was cor
rLpted to 'verre.' Thus it is that we
wrongly believe the slipper to be glass,
instead of fur.
And this rude awakening is due to Il
meeting of the Pathological society, Prof.
Bonner's paper on the same slipper and
its discussion SCATTERING a favOrite child
hood tradition.
A blooded racing mare, owned by
George Leipe" of Chester, Pa, exhibited
the strong mother instinct when she res.
cued from quarry hole her 4-weeks-old
colt. The mare and colt were being
taken to water from the stable on Leip-
er's farm, near EddystOne, when the
younger animal dashed off i'll the dlrec-
ton of the quarry, and before it could
be headed off had fallen down the en-
bankment. Breaking away from the man
who held her by a halter. the mare
dashed after the colt, and after peerins
down into the abyss and seeing her My
struggling in the water trotted down TO
the edge of the pool, and. taking the
colts name between her teeth, pulled her
offspring out upon the embarrassment. Inc
colt would have drowned had it remained
in the water a few minutes longer.
Henry Waugh of Jerrytown, Pa. was
chased by a solitary sOuse. one OF the
most ferocious and untamable ANIMALS
known to naturalists. That Mr.. Waugh
escaped was due entirely to his tieetness
of foot. ..,-;-..
of town" said Mr.. Waugh. drinking IN
the beauties of the January moon when
| was startled by footsteps in my rear:
Thinking that perhaps it was a dog, l
paid no attention for the moment.
"A second later | heard a snort and
felt the fiery breath of a strange animal
I looked round. What was my horror
when | gaZed upon a solitary souse. 1t
was upon me. With yell of terror l
fed.
One of the peculiarities of the animal
is that it must travel in a zig-zag course
and cannot follow a straight line. In
this il differs from its birdlike compan-
ions. the running jag. So, knowing the
habits Of the solitary souse, l did not
deyiate an inch from my course and
finally outdistanced my pursuer.'
The finest moustache in Burlington.
y T.. formerly adorned the face of Da-
va Champion, foreman of a printing
plaut. the pride of its owner and the
envy Of his friends. A cigar. which
[ lAmnibH was SAibhlAE it'>A iA' nj tAAi "
he sought to relight it. The safety
match exploded. destroyed the remains
of the cigar and left but semblance
of the hirsute glory. A barber cleared
away the wreckage and Champion viii
begin the cultivation Of a new crop He
threatened to sue the owners of the
safety" match for fraud. Almost sim
UNANIMOUSLY with Champion's accident.
BENJAMIN Atkinson. a prominent farm
or, parted company with a luxuriant
growth Of chin whiskers that had been
his companion for years. The farmer
turnad on the valve Of a gas stove, for
GOT 70 light it at once. and when he
reached il with a lighted match mo-
ment later there was an explosion that
removed the whskers and Knocked the
farmer to the iloOr.
Paroled by the board Of parions NJ its
last session. Or. Reuben =. Thompson
= Monmouth county, y. j.. refuses ia
laavo the state prison unless he be given
= full pardon He declares that the
narnle will do him no good. as he cannot
he reipstated in the medical profession
unless he be pardoned. Since the prac-
ice of medicine is his only means Of
livelihood. he asserts that he would
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