Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-03-14
Thursday

Mr.. Marshal! is clever writer and
has drawn picture the like of which
one seldom finds. Enjoy the story
found on another page.
Tomorrow County Clerk S. H.
Wood will return from the hospital in
Chicago where he has spent the past
County Treasurer G. M. Du Bots has
been attending 30 the work of Mr..
Wood at the courthouse during his
absence.
Yesterday morning The team belong
ing to w. H. sherman, the new milk
dealer, gave a snort WREN locomotive
was approached and tore down the
street, resulting in tip-over. There
was one milky spot in the March
snow, but the loss was not serious.
The vehicle is right side up today.
Rev c. S. Knight of the Baptist
church performed the wedding of
Johanna Wright to James Ferton at
the parsonage recently. They will re
side in the brick residence at the
corner of Fourth and Ash streets. Mr.
Fenton is weaver in the Island
Wooden mills.
A horse being driven by George
O'Shea and Roy Golding caused lit
tie excitement on Oak street in the
business part of town this afternoon.
While going around the corner near
the Erswell, Melzl & McGann store the
cutter tipped over, tossing the occu-
pants and frightening the horse. The
horse was stopped short distance off
with little damage to the cutter.
A message from Wellington, New
leland, today says that Captain Don
aid Amundsen, the Norwegian ex plor
er, reports the reaching of the south
by Captain Falcon Scott, the
British explorer. Scott left England
with ponies, dogs, motor sledges and
several men in 1910. He established "a
base of supplies and then marched on
to where known man hal never been.
Mrs. Carts Lee entertained 'aboul
a dozen ladies at five o'clocA dinner
yes erday afternoon in honor of her
sister, Mrs. G. I'll. Williams, who is
visiting here from La Crosse. Mrs.
Williams will be remem oered by old
time friends here has Miss Carrie
EngIebretsen and was a resident Of
Baraboo years ago. In the evening a
number of young people gathered at
the Lee home and had as guest,
Mark Englebretsen of Minneapolis.
This is the season OF the year
when the farmer and gardener revels
in the poetry of his calling in the
pages of the perennial seed catalogue.
The clever makers Of these attractive
pamphlets have succeeded in taking
the chill out of the atmosphere and
the frost out of the ground so that
planning the summers work becomes
task of pure delight. Both artists
and writer's have given their best
efforts to simplify the problem of
raising this years crop. The man
behind the hoe will do the rest.
The last number of the lecture course
was given last night at the Congrega-
NJ oh,1roh L(oxr T. (xoHHorH
introduced Miss Katherine Oliver and
stated that arrangements were being
made for the securing Of numbers for
the next years course.
Miss Oliver recited Scotch romance
entitled, "What Every Woman
Knows" part of which was given in
the Scotch dialect. The sketch por-
trays the home life IN Scotland and is
full of humor. The church was filed
and the lecture was pleasing one TO
all.
Did you ever hear Of horse kicking
three people at one desperate attempt
to clear the surroundings? An animal
at the O. A. Getchell sale in Fairfield
% rformed the trick and at the same
time executed some clever advertising.
The animal was tied in the barn and
when approached by F. FL. Getchell,
Howard Trussell and another person
the nag's heels went up toward the
moon like sky rocket and the
ascending and descending created
quite a little excitement. Mr..
Getchell's coat was torn and be was
somewhat injured. Two others
were also struck. After this
clever bit of publicity the
animal was sold to 0. A
Getchell's son-in-law, Guy Spaulding,
of Camp Douglas. Mr.. Spaulding
and family will move to the Gatchell
farm which they have purchased. Mr..
Getchell and family will occupy an
other house on the same place.
A feature in coming elections will
be the absence of hacks and rigs. The