Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-08-03
Has Finer Crushed

a pump while at work on the N. B.
Hackett farm, west Of town.
- Harvest Time
These hot havest days have remind
ed one old settler Of the first self
binders that were bought and used
here, and he said, at must have been
more than forty years ago, and John
Egerer Gather Of the Egerer Bros.)
had a large piece Of wheat on the cor
ner where their modern farm house
now stands. Someone had brought a
binder there to show what it would
do. A span Of horses and mule team
were hitched to it, but the mules did
not like so much doing behind them,
and started to run, and the horses did
not object to accompanying them. The
binder was in gear ready for work, and
work it did, around and across and
bac again, throwing bundles all the
way. When at last they were brought
to a standstill, Mr.. Egerer said, "I'll
take it. When q thing can work like
that, running away or not running
away, I'll have it." And buy it he
did to the tune of more than $500 Such
machinery was surely curiosity in
those days, and John Egerer and S..
r. Mccoy were the first in the town to
risk the investment in them. 1t took
several years to get them into gen
eral use throughout the country. Some
times a man could scarcely believe the
evidence of his own eyes, that the
work could be done by machine that
for many years had meant a hard,
back-breaking job for him and others
working with him.
Miss Florence Carpenter Of Spring
Green is visiting her grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Voss, and other rel
atives.
Henry Geissler has returned from
a ten days trip to Benton Harbor and
other places in Michigan, and Chicago.
Sam Treloar has returned to Ran
dolph after spending the week end
with his mother, Mrs. Fanny Treloar,
and sister, Mrs. Cheney.
Miss Ruth Kingeter OF Platteville is
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. John Warne.
Herbert Parisius has returned from
Randolph, where he has been en-
ployed in a canning factory.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Jolitz and chill
dren of Ableman visited relatives here
Sunday.
r. A. Draper is spending a few
days in Madison.
Miss Ethel King went to La Vale
on Tuesday to spend week at the
Schwartz home.
Mr. and Mrs. Bergman of Loganville
visited at the home of their daughter,
Mrs John Schara, on Sunday.
A. Weiland spent Saturday in Lodi.
N. D., arrived Saturday morning to
visit Mrs. Browns sister, Mrs. Henry
Dickie, and other relatives Mr.. Brown
was the first station agent and oper-
ator North Freedom had.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Elger and son
Clifford of Edam, Saskatchewan, Can
ada, arrived Monday to visit friends
for few days. Mr. Elger was former
ly station agent here, but went to Can
ada six years ago,
William Petzke made trip to Alma
Centre last week to visit his sister,
Mrs. Alexander, and also look for land
to purchase.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Caesar Schen-
kat, a daughter, Sunday, July so.
G. W. Hackett judged the poultry at
the Sparta fair last week.
Mrs. Emma Rooster and daughter
Lucille spent the last of the week with
relatives in Baraboo.
Jack Dickie started Tuesday morn
ing for Canada to look after land inter.
ests.
Mrs. Ed Sells has been Ill with
blood poison from getting silver in
her finger. She is slightly improved
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Davies and
children and Mr. and Mrs. A. A. John
son and daughter Adeline motored to
Dodgeville to spend Sunday with the
! Henry Davis family.
Miss Ruth Spaulding, who has beer
with her sister, Mrs. Phillips, at Wau
watosa, for some time, has returned
home.
Miss Sadie Lieder is visiting hel
sister, Mrs. Henry Mallon, in Plain
for two weeks.
David Harkins and family Of Free
port, ILL.,, are the guests of his mother
Mrs. Mary Harkins They came b.
auto. Mrs. Harkins' mother, Mrs. ia
cobs, is also with them