Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-05-18
Monday


| chased Wautoma paper where he
has been teaching.
Lightning struck the residence of
f, Josh Seaton in Kilbourn recently. do
| ing some damage to walls and interior
An old rife that had belonged to his
father, hanging on the wall, was COM
pletely shattered.
Frank Hackett was in Baraboo Sat
urday and says that he expects to re-
main in this vicinity this summer and
possibly all the time in the future
For the present the family has vacated
| the Iowa home. During the next few
months he hopes to make some dis
position of the land owned by the Sank
County Old Settlers association at
Devils Lake State park. He may
move from North Freedom to the park
ing the property.
! Mrs. Estella Rowland of Reedsbrug
and her cousin, 0. D. Brandenburg, of
Madison, were in Baraboo for a short
time on Sunday. While at Reedsburg
| Mr. Brandenburg received a message
! that his son and daughter-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs Frederick S. Brandenburg,
were rejoicing over the arrival of a
son. The son resides in Madison, but
the mother of the baby was in a Chi
cago hospital at the time of the visit
of DR.. Stork.
On Friday the Chenille school,
| school board, and patrons of the
school had play day at the Chenille
schoolhouse. A delicious warm dinner
was served in the basement of the
schoolhouse. Various games were en-
joyed, especially volley ball. The vol
ley ball set was present to the school
from the teachers. The school board
recently put up new teeters and
swings, that the children received
great deal of enjoyment from. During
the afternoon, benches, saw-horses,
bread-boards and whisk broom holders
which the manual training class had
made, were auctioned off and the sum
will be used to purchase more ma
terial for the manual training work in
the school Miss Essie Brooks, super
vising play teacher of the county,
| was present. The older people as we'll
as the young people enjoyed the after
noon.
Miss Della Hewett underwent an OPP
Grafton on Thursday for appendicitis.
She is conValescing nicely at one of
the hospitals.
Miss Bearl Moran, who has been in
a Milwaukee hospital several weeks
on account of a growth over the eye
ball, arrived home Saturday evening,
; accompanied by Mrs. e. J. Ha11ihan Of
Adams. Miss Moran's condition is i'm
proving daily. the growth yielding to
the treatments given, so that she is
NOW dDlG 10 UISGNIu UUJGCLS.
Not only is 1916 recognized as leap
year, with it's extra day in February.
but 1t is noteworthy for having two
months with two new moons In each
month during the regular twelve
month calendar period. These months
are May and December, and this
peculiar fact possesses special inter
est to weather sharps and astron-
omers-
The first new moon has already
come, and the second is due on
Wednesday evening, May 81. In De-
cember the first moon is scheduled
for Friday evening, December l, and
the second on the 31st, the last day OF
the year
It Is claimed that we will have wet
and broken weather for a fortnight,
that is until the full moon Real hot
weather may reach us about Sunday,
May %, or seventy-two hours pre-
ceding the first phase of the second
moon. It may help the farmer who
Is behind with his potatoes and vege-
tables, but it will be hard on the straw
| berry crop.
The Lower Narrows Farmers Club
held a very enjoyable meeting at the
schoolhouse Thursday evening. The
following program was given:
Song-Club.
Recitation-Miss Tressia Dedie.
Reading-Mrs. Gene Squires.
Dialogue-Earl Squires, Theodore
| Squires, Charlotte Holmes.
Duet-Marcella Lawrence, Stuart
Palmer.
Recitation-Mike Stonecipher.
Reading-Miss Vera Jones.