Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-08-08

block to the west, corner of Main and
Jefferson, resided Mike Stafford
son of the Emerald Isle: large of
stature, large of heart, and one Of the
most genial of men.
The Bank of the Interior, the mar
ent of the Marathon County bank.
was on Third street, opposite the court
house. 1t was owned by j. A Farm
ham, who resided in the rear of the
bank. The hall of Wausau Lodge
No. 131, f. & A. NJ, was in the sec-
ond story of the Farnham building.
On the corner where the Bells House
now stands was the residence of Mrs.
Lorenzo SlOSSon. On the corner
where the McCrossen building stands
was the one-Story residence of Eli r.
Chase, and about where the PILOT
office now is, stood Mr.. Chase's land
office in which the postoffice was then
situated. Curious enough the per-
manent postof1ice building is situated
on the VIM. Wilson homestead lot,
not stones throw from where it was
located nearly half century before.
Opposite the Wilson residence was
the VIM. Gouldsbury place, later
owned by Capt. Leahy. Turning west
from Third on Scott, the block on
the right hand side, was known as
the Shutter square, being entirely
vacant, and was used only as a public
ball ground. Louis Taller owned a
home west of Mrs. SloSson's, on Sec
ond street, and across the road from
it was the home of Mike Rousseau.
West OF this, on Main street, was DIR.
K. g. Clark's office and residence. On
the opposite corner to the north lived
Fred Tyler. Tom Single owned the
north half of the block in which
Tyler resided and his residence was
on the northwest corner, his barn on
the Northeast corner, (either then
or later he drove the stage between
Wausau and Jenny and between the
house and barn was a large garden.
Here, too, watermelons grew for the
benefit of the youngsters who were
bold enough to go after them. 1t
was rumored, though [ would not
vouch for the truth of the statement.
that at least one of the boys had his
neither garments SO punctuated with
rock salt on one of these incursions
that he took his meals standing for a
week or two. On the corner of Sec
Ond and Mcclellan streets, north of
Singles, was the residence of Mrs.
Shaughnessy. This lady was a sister
of Mrs. VIM. Averill, of Jenny. To
the west of ShaughneSsy'S was the
residence where Ben Willard and his
mother, uncle and grandmother of
tbs writer, lived. John Dobbie, a
typical Scotchman, had his residence
on the southwest corner of the block
north of Shutters square. North of
Chase'S residence on Third street
stood the home of Moses /. Billings,
shortly afterWard purchased by Mr..
BabcOck, who previously resided in a
portion of the Burton Willard resi-
dence. On the northeast corner of
the same block, r. p. Manson lived
and reared housefull of useful citi-
ZenS. Much might be said of Mr..
Manson, but nothing but what could
be remembered with pleasure by his
descendants. On the southwest cor
ner of the block, north, was the home
of Louis Lenneville, an old river pilot,
and on the southeast corner was the
Episcopal church, and between was
Rev. Thos. Greene'S residence. A
little cabin stood about where Mrs.
Scholtield'S residence was built, which
cabin was occupied by Alex. McPhail.
The residence Of r. E. Parcher was
built not long after this time on the
corner north of Lennevile'S. Just
across the road to the north from
Parcher's was shanty occupied by
Ben Berry. Ben was a man consider
able over six feet, large of bone and
lank in flesh, whose principal claim to
distinction was the extraordinary size
of his pedal eXtremities. Indeed, so
large were they that in those early
days he had to send to Milwaukee to
get the required size, and upon one
occasion pair of boots arrived
labeled, "a big pair of boots for big
Ben Berry of Big Bull Falls" One
day | repeated the above sentence as
Mr.. Berry was passing, and from the
vigor With which he swung one foot
around | am satisfied that if | had
been few inches closer to him the
boot would have felt much larger
than it looked. Across the street to
the west from Parcher's was the resi-
'dence Of Gus. Andrews, another old
riyerman. On the northwest corner
of the same block stood the old M. e.
church which was afterwards deS-
troyed by fire. Just across the street
from the NJ. E. church, to the west,
Nate Orr built home few years
later, and on the northwest corner of
that block stood Fred Neu's residence.
Across the street to the north of Orr's
was an old house occupied by the
widow Hill, who was afterwards
known as Mrs. Hutchinson Harding,
etc. The old Asa Lawrence home
stead stood on the opposite side of
the street, north of Fred Neu's, after
wards owned by DR.. Wylie, and to the
north of that a small house occupied
by Geo. Lawrence, who did thriving
business in the sewing machine line.
Still north of that was shanty occu-
pied by Bill Homrig, later on, sheriff
Of Marathon county. Beyond this
was nothing but burnt slashings,
briars and young poplars. The Jenny
road crossed Stinchfeld creek on
Main street, and just above the bridge
on the left hand side were a number
of Indian graves, while the fat along
the river bank was a favorite camp
ing ground for large number of
Chippewa Indians, among whom was
an old squaw known as "the old Irish