The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-23
THINGS
SEEN and HEARD

The cold weather of the past week
will make a good many people
wonder what has become of their
summer wages
H. H. and o. A. have Gonned
their red hunting coats and are
anxiously waiting the opening of the
deer season on November 11tb.
When these two gentlemen begin
getting ready for the open season
for deer the animals in the woods
begin looking for their hiding places.
but it is said that the gentlemen
rarely discover where the hiding
places OF the deer are.
Some time ago we were taken into
a local store and shown a purchase
of nearly two thousand dollars
worth of mackinaws and when we
sized up the mighty piles we wonder
ed if the merchant had not "gone
crazy" on mackinaw buying. The
other day this same merchant called
US into his store and showed us
what remained of the big piles of
warm clothing and We were
astonished to find that nearly half
of the bunch had been sold and that
purchases had been made.
The light fall of snow on Monday
caused number of the local
to loose what fever
they had left and number OF them
have begun dsmanteing their
machines for the winter. The boys
should remember that we will have
Indian Summer" yet.
George Posey the local grocery
man who does more farming on a
small patch of ground than anybody
else we know OF, has about com
pleted harvesting his mighty crop
On fifteen acres of ground, the
purchase OF which was made about
three years ago. Mr.. Posey has fruit.
and stock. In the fruit
line he is growing pear, peach. and
apple trees. in shrubbery he has
black berries. currants
ard gooseberries, and in addition to
this he is raising strawberries. He
also raises potatoes and rutabagas
and other garden vegetables. the
cellar at his store being filed to the
brim with all kinds of vegetables
grown on his patch of ground. In
stock Mr.. Posey has a cow which
supplies all of his neighbors with
milk, and he also says he will have
a bunch of fine porkers to kill for
the winter. This is all done on
fifteen acres of grou nd, part of
which is still in the rough. Can you
beat it? = >
One of two Of our sportsmen who
were out during the past week look
ing over the country for game were
accosted by couple of deputy game
wardens who wanted to know what
they were carrying rifles for at this
time OF the year. The answer OF the
hun tiers came promptly "that they
always carried rifles with which to
hunt birds for they made it practice
of shooting the heads off the
partridge in order not to damage
any of the fine meat" Now would
MT that ross you.
The N. P Railway company have
adopted new way OF economizing
at their depot in this city. Their
train service is such that the train
comes in and leaves during the
middle part of the day and therefore
they figure there is no need for
having light, either electric Or
kerosene, and in order to get along
in this manner the depot agent
arrives after daylight in the morn
lag and leaves his office at sunset.
This system works out all right
while the days are long but in the
winter time the office of the COM
pany in this city will not remain
open very long during the dav.
And with such service how can the
N. P. expect to get the business.
A "Bevy of Pretty Girls" proved
quite an attraction at the Temple
Theatre Tuesday evening. Manager
Bill Burns says he never saw. so
many of the old "codgers". present
at performance as there was the
other night.