Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1911-02-09
By NJ QUAD

HawlinsvilIe IS II viIagr In the
shadow OF certain New England
mountain II is clllth the LATEST
place IL It's state. and rightly so Ten
yeurs ago stranger came along and
gave it lis dealhblow. and IN n rather
queer way
There WIS tavern at ilawkiuSvilie
There Was Iitir need ut one. rs very
few strangers ever found the place.
bun there was one. and # was kept
by mzy man fhcrr was II black
SMITH shop aud its owner wHs lazy
II WIS, the same with the butcher the
r,uppi ana others l.HZiness and con
tent prevailed
lnst why Ills la2inpSS should have
irritatcd traveller who rested nj the
tavern Tor fcw days was puzzle
nr was MOI IN hc hrSl nt health. and
hr wauud renee and rrsl. lu the lazi
n,,ss ana sruHiIty Of others appeared
tu gall him rhc weather was hot,
and ~ un afternoon about pm men
wuuId oc,upy the long verandn of the
hotel
a. was about lime Tor the blackberry
season to npru Tie mountain sides
and the rlngcS OF The highways were
thick with blackberry bushes and me
crop of berries promised 10 be unusual
~ large that season II was from soc
ing II frcckl,d furcd hoy with Il ha~irt
Of berries 90 his arm thai the stranger
must nave cot his idea The landlord
was la2y His son Who waited on 'hr
table WIS lazy The stranger called
them inro consultation He tirSl swurr
them to secrecy Then he admitted to
being resident Of Philadelphia and u
wine dealer lie had invented new
chnmpngnc and the basis OF IL was
blackberry wine lie WAS up in IhaI
blackberry country 10 secure II
The 'azy landlord Iazily figured but
his figures proved 10 him thai he could
make more profit IN one day picking
berries than running his tavern for
sixty -Four dollars per day were his
figures, aud there were four of them
to pick and press The four started
out next morning. Yes. they let some
OF their friends in on The ground
floor That WAS the reason why Haw
kinSyille got the blackberry craze In
two days II had everybody wild
There is no man so lazy that he
won't pick blackberries The bushes
are nigh. and you don't have to bend
and pick. All you have to do is TO
rench out hand You can fall asleep.
take a refreshing nap and then wake
up and 20 10 picking again. The cham
pion lazy men OF Hnwkinsville gol
move on them -Four dollars day
and they could keep together and talk
as they picked The women went out
The children went out Old grand
fathers and grGndmothers went out A
certain citizen who had been told thai
he would die within three days hraced
un and lived two weeks in order TO
give his family chance TO 20 berry
ing.
When about forty people are engag
ed in hunting the blackberry there
must be results They came in nj
night with full baskets and pals, aud
before they slept the berries were turn
ed into wine aud bottled aud lugutd
ana kegged The champagne man was
on hand to speak encouraging words
He even went out aud did little pick
ing himself aud turned over the bpt
rieS 10 the widows aud the fatherles,
One day "a lightning rod m;u drove
into the town He had been there b4
fore He knew how lazy every ho,s
was, ana ne l0nged TO throw siren
uoSity aside for awhile and miuglp
with them, No one on the tavern We
undn-only a lame man In sight CA
the streets The town was dead.
"ialler fever" he asked OF the tame
man
Nope
"CboIeray"
"Nope
SMALLPOX arOundT
nope
Then what does this mean?
"Bnckber-ies ana 81 day"
When the lightning man had heard
The full particulars he Shut one eye
and held il closed for long minute be
tore sayug
Jest SO; jest SO. Blackberry boom.
Blackberry champagne. Blackberry
stranger Well il amt any of my IN
neral II n town is bound aud deter
mined 10 Kill herself II won't do no
good 'r one m5n 10 talk.
What's the matter?" asked the lame
man
"oh. ai1.t wanting to interrupt the
tn hm .cmme ash YOU If you ever
heard tha' champagne was made of
buckbcrripsE"
y never showed how It was made
"Nph mcbbc you'lt find ont When
the inhabitants come back tonight jest
'''' ew ! was here and when / heard /
about the champagne business / wink
ed my eye the left eye Ten EN- |
never wink that eye unless there's
something doing
L was the last Of the blackberry son /
son The bushes had been stripped for
four miles around On the last DAY Of /
picking an the green ones had been I
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