Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-07-06
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ter.
Mrs. Mary Dennis of MerrimaclS
spent Sunday with her niece, Mrs.
Roy Peck The Peck family and their
guest motored to the lake Sunday and
spent several hours there in the coo9
shade.
There was great excitement in Mar.
rimack on Saturday, we are told
when it was reported that huge fish,
or whale, had been seen in the river
Upon investigating the reports, it was
found it was only one of our respect
ed citizens, Mortimer Hoover, who
had become so excited in his fishing
that he had fallen overheard. He
seems none the worse for his expe-
rience.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph, HEM OF Sauk
City came to the city today to take
the train for Cashton, where they
will spend few weeks with relatives
and friends. They were driven to Bar.
aboo in their car by their son, Ed"
ward Hem, who was accompanied by
his sister, Miss Leona.
A visit to the Charles Dearborn
home on Eighth avenue is worth while
to one who is fond of flowers. There
are many varieties of roses and beau
tiful Canterbury bells, which flood the
yard with color. Mr.. Dearborn, who
has been ill for some time, takes .
great interest in his flowers. His many
friends will be glad to learn that his
health is improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hutter, Mr.
and Mrs. Lon Snyder and Mr.. and
Mrs. Milford Graham, all Of Spring
Green, were guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. G.
F. Post on Sunday. The party, i'm
company with Mr.. and Mrs. Post, went
to Briggsville on Saturday evening
and spent the following morning fish
ing. The succeeded in catching a
number of good-sized fish, Mrs. Post
getting a pickerel that weighed sew
eral pounds. On the way to Briggs
vile one of the cars from Spring;
Green struck large rock in the roadi
which was partially covered with dirA
and broke the crank case, necessitata
ing trip to Portage for repairs.
| AS Mrs. William Kinney, accompa.
MED by her grandehild, Lois McGilvrao
/ and eight-year-old John Niles, was re-
turning to Devils Lake through Low.
ers' Lane Saturday evening she enc
countered large rattlesnake. Mrs.
Kinney bravely attacked the reptile
with hoe and killed it. The snake
was forty two inches long and had ten
rattles.
| At the First Presbyterian church on
Sunday morning Eugene Henke, son OF
Rev. and Mrs. b. G. Henke gave an inS
teresting report of the national Y. M,
| G. A. conference at Lake Geneva, at
which he was delegate from Carroll
college. There were 900 delegates at
| the session, and twelve different couns
, tries represented in this ten days ses.
sion of camp life in the woods. His
! talk was we'll given and much en-
joyed by the congregation. Mrs. C. S.
/ Williams also gave an interesting dis
course on Young Men of South Amer.
, ica," comparing the advantages of al.
most any other country with that of,
South America, and finding the latter
f, wanting. Her talk was also much en-
joyed. The congregation is looking
forward to the return of their pastoU
this week
Miss Verna Clement, who has BEEN
teaching in Seattle, Washington, ar
rived home last week to spend her va
cation with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs..
George Ferber, at Sank City.
Mr. and Mrs Peter Richards have,
arrived from Lodi and are guests at
the home of Attorney and Mrs. H. E.
Andrews. Mr.. Richards is one of the
oldest living editors in Wisconsin.
Uncle Peter" started in the printing
business at Lodi as editor of the Lodi
Valley News in 1874, and continued
in the harness for thirty years. He
is now approaching the seth mile
stone of his life and still loves the
smell of printers ink This office ap.
preciates a pleasant call from this
venerable newspaper man.-Portage
Register.