Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-08-21
DELTON FACTS
AND fANC|ES
By Phena Luke, author of The
Kings Message in Song".

Lakeside is the largest colony of
pleasure seekers at Mirror Lake and
it is but three blocks from the post
office at Delton. 1t includes "Ivy
Lodge" boat landing, and four neat
ly furnished cottages, the property of
the late George Skinner, which she
wlIled to his daughter, Mrs. Mary
Crane, and also large dining hall
which belongs to the Benton property
and has been leased by Moses Crane
for some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Crane have made
Lakeside what it is-a great credit to
Delton. Their cottages are full all of
the time at $1,000 per week and the
class of guests which they secure are
fine people.
There are no "snake stories" to be
found in and about Delton. If there
ever were any snakesl in or near the
village, j. F. Huntington, Theo.
Steele, J. VOster, Frank Hubert and
Sherry Squares have chased them
along the macadamized highway to
the State Park at Devils Lake.
However there are few black ants
which Mrs. Arthur Reynolds dis
covered on her dining table the other
evening. She left their dead carcasses
to warn the colony that tresspassers
were not allowed in the village and
the sentinel ants came and buried
their comrades, since which time
grandmothers, uncles and cousins are
here but no ants.
Mrs. Hi Ayers and daughter, Miss
Edith, have returned from Rochester,
Mimi, where Miss Edith was opera
ted on for appendicitis. She is great
ly benefited and her many friends
hope for speedy recovery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Iva Wilbur have as
fine bath room as you will find in
in Baraboo. A pump and and gaso-
line engine have been installed III
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water system has been secured. Their
home, "Pine Rest, is one of the
prettiest in The village.
A horse belonging TO q. w. Wash
burn, who lives on a farm near the
village was struck by lightning re-
Gently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Young of
Belvidere, H., are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. Adams of this village.
Mrs. Elizabeth Vahderveer is visit
ing at the home of her parents, who
live near the village.
Miss Bertha Hamilton, student
in the w. o., is visiting her sister.
Mrs. Myrtle House, of this village.
Miss Hamilton won scholarship in
the university this year and will grad
ate next year with splendid honors.
Miss Refa Mac Pherson, who has
been spending the week with her
friend, Miss Ruth Koppke, at Chest
nut cottage, returned to her home in
Baraboo Sunday with f. w Koppke,
who spent the day with his wife and
daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Roblier and Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Kramer motored from
Coloma Saturday and spent sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. John Chaffee near
the village.
Will Platt and Ray Redner are
rushing the way freight to the speed
limit It is making four trips a day
to Kilbourn and return with crushed
rock for the road. All of the toiIers
got ducking Saturday afternoon
and were glad to crawl under blankets
to keep their scalp on during the elec-
trical storm. If you see any of these
toilers on the highway with bald
heads tell the Island Wooden mill to
lend him a blanket.
Mrs. Henry Risley of Excelsior
spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs.
George Fleckner, at Ivy Lodge.
If you want to learn how to swim,
Delton is certainly the place to begin.
Those life preservers are quite handy
when you go swimming with Meranda
or else cake of Ivory soap will float
you in the Dixie boat, where Norm
Magoon and his sweetheart will show
you how the engine sparks.
Rev. Victor Moon gave an interest
ing lecture Sunday evening on Ireland,
where he preached for some time be-
fore he came to Delton two years ago.
He starts this week for visit with
friends in st. Paul and will attend the
M. e. conference at Superior before
he returns. Rev. Warren Jones will
occupy the M. E. pulpit in this village
next Sunday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Timme are re-
joicing over the guest of honor who
has come to their home. It is an
eight pound boy and they have named
him Carl. Grandmother Fehlandt of
Port Washington is teaching her