Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-07-11
LITTLE NOISE.
How Some People Spent the National
Holiday.

Those who clamor for sane Fourth
had no reason to ask two physicians
and Judge Warren to pass Judgment
last Tuesday. The Fourth proved
itself to be in normal mental condi-
tion. Ever since the young woman
had one of her ewes blown out in this
city by a giant cracker some years
ago, tie Fourth has been saner with
each recurring year. Last Tuesday
there was very little shooting of lire
crackers and very little noise of any
kind. During the afternoon Wausau
in one respect resembled the adobe
cities found in Arizona and New
Mexico, built by the Aztecs hundreds
of years ago-it was deserted. Hardly
anybody remained at home. The
pleasure resorts adjacent to the city
were crowded with our people nearly
all day long, many going out early in
the morning with lunch baskets, and
remaining all day. This was especial
ly true of families who desired to get
away from the afternoon crush and
jam on street cars, which resembled a
bargain sale in a big city store, or a
scene in the wheat pit in a stock ex-
change And few who own auto
wagons Oh other vehicles remained at
home, preferring family picnic in
the shade Of some retreat. The
morning trains brought many TO the
city from KnoWiton, Mosinee, Kelly
and points along the Marshiield
branch Of the Northwestern, extracted
here by the advertised Fourth fea-
lures. On the other hand many
Wausau people went to other towns
to spend the day, those going to up
river towns being disappointed by
getting mixed up with rain storm.
Merrill had heavy showers and at
Tolnahawk it rained nearly all day.
1t looked very threatening here early
in the morning, raining for three
quarters of an hour.
The park at Rothschild without
any doubt attracted the most people,
and the grounds were jammed with
exponents of patriotism all afternoon
and far into the night. the street
car company's office force has since
been busy counting up the days
receipts. This was done with the use
of peck measures, basing the measure
on a given number of dollars. The
nickels, after being measured, were
sacked in wheat sacks and hauled by
dray to the bank, so we are informed.
Every car owned by the company was
in service, and several times as many
more could have been used. Consid-
ering the way cars were packed with
people it seems strange that no acc;
dents occurred. An accident to the
machinery at the power house would
have meant serious loss.
The features of amusement at the
park were as we previously noted.
Thousands rode on the .'whizzer,"
danced, viewed the new pavilion, in
side and out, inspected the wrecked
biplane of John Schwister, saw the
sham battle between Co.'s A of
Neillsvine and G of Wausau, crunched
peanuts, drank lemonade, lunched,
etc. The program as originally
planned, was not carried out, because
of unavoidable conditions. But the
people found much to amuse them
selves anyway. The bloodless battle
between the two militia companies
was fought under difficulties because
of the spectators crowding onto the
battlefield. The future pages of his
tory will chronicle the battle of
Rothschild as won by Co. G. Many
of Co. AS soldiers were captured by
Wausau girls. The soldier boys say
that they got taste of real warfare
in the fact that there was a shortness
in the commissary department.
We are told that over jealous patriots
eat the lunch that had been provided
for the militia boys, and the latter
had to look around for Sam handwitch
booths.
At the country club there was
going on from 9 a. M, un-
til late hour in the evening. A
tennis tournament in che morning
drew out a number of the lovers of
the game. The players were; C.
Sipes and II. E. Smith who defeated
III. II. Manson and Herbert Smith.
L. Spencer and Walter Kiefer, who
defeated Mark Scholfield and p. V. o.
Van Vechten.
The final was won by Spencer and
Kiefer.
At noon many families indulged in
picnic dinners and i'm the afternoon
there was golf tournament eighteen
holes being played. Prizes were
awarded to P. V. o. Van Vechten, 2.
L. Goerling, L. A. Pradt, NJ. B. Ros-