Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-10-24
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the American Agriculturst" says,
like to borrow occasionally from each
other, but what can one do with the
neighbor who makes practice OF get
ting her supplies from you and never
makes any return? 81 once laughing
~ told my neighbor," she says, who
wanted to wear my new hat to town
before had worn it myself, that /
would lend her anything but my
clothes" This borrower took her
good~natured victim at her word. and
among the list of things she soon bor-
rowed were coffee, meal, -four, oil,
vinegar, soap and pencils-which last
were regarded as too small ever to
bother about bringing back, while
most of the other things were forgot
ten"
The endeavors of the older folks TO
get the boys to avoid common errors
OF speech are sarcastically hit of in
the following sktt from daily papers
funny column: "Mother-'Johnny. do
you know Willie Jones% JOHNNY
soaked that bone-headed shrimp on
the beezer the last time seen him.
Mother-'What awful English! You
should say. soaked that shrimp on
the heezer the last time ! saw him."
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Rev. e. C. Henke Of Baraboo has
had six funerals near to each other,
the last being that of Miss FarweN,
who died in Chicago. With one ex-
ception Mr.. Henke has served this
community longer than any of the
ministers here.
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In list Of men who do not smoke,
Good Health" mentions, in an issue
largely devoted to an anti-tobacco
crusade, President Wilson, eXPresi-
dent Roosevelt, ex-President Taft and
Charles E. Hughes, former candidate
for president. On the other hand, it
may be remembered that President
Grant was almost never seen without
a cigar in lis mouth This suggests
the interesting question, which doubt
less some close reader of history can
answer, Did Napoleon and Wellington
fight out their differences with or
without the assistance Of My Lady
Nicotine?
''Why is it," says E. A. Ross Of Mad
ison, in discussing Russian character
in the Century" that your great
writer's portray the woman as the
i'm
was addressed to an eminent Russian
literary woman. She answered: "They
simply pictured Russian life as they
found it, The curious lack of chiv-
airy on the part of Russian men is
perhaps result Of this state of
things. Never" says Professor Ross,
"did | see a Russian man in tram
car rise and offer his seat to woman,
although | did see woman offer her
seat to a rosy-cheeked seminarist; and
the budding priest took it,"
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The following definition of poetry, y
which won a prize of fifty dollars, is
printed in 1.-THE Writer" 1t is by
Annie l.. Laney, of Providence, Rhode
Island:
THE magic light that springs
From the deep soul Of things
When, called by their true names,
Their essence is set free;
The word, illuminate,
Showing the souls estate,
Barring the hearts Of men!
Poetry!"
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An epigram attributed to Congress
man Gallivan has a mixture of cyni-
cism, humor, and truth: Rum has
more enemies in public and more
friends in private than any other sub
stance the world has ever known" I
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Apropos of the corn eating campaign
the Boston Herald" tells this story:
An English professor, travelling
through the hills, noted various quaint
expressions. For instance, after a.
long ride the professor sought provi-
sions at a mountain hut.
What d. yo'-all want?" called GU,
woman.
Madam, said the professor, "can
we get corn-bread here? We'd like
to buy some of you"
"Corn-bread? Corn-bread, did yo'
say?" Then she chuckled to herself,
and her manner grew amiable. why,
If corn-bread's all yo' want, come
right in, for that's just what l hain't
got nothing else on hand but"
; In a recent newspaper interview Mr..
John Burroughs said: Emerson was
the inspiration of my youth; Bergson
is the inspiration of my old age Berg
son is a modest man who has great
mind. He has a wonderful mind and
spirit, and he can write. / have only
read his works in English. An author
must have creepy feeling when Ia
sees a translation of his work. l am
sensitive about style. Emerson said,
Cut Montaigne's sentences and they
will bleed Mine wouldn't bleed, but
they would ache little bit"