Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-12-11
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Sunday in Baraboo.
j Harry Ewing of Adams spent Mon.
day in the city. He formerly resided
here.
Albert Herfort and two children
Richard and Virginia, of Green Bay
visited at the home of their PARENTS
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Herfort, over Sun
day.
Verne c.. Payne, who returned from
the war some months ago and who
has been at the home of his brother
in Sumpter since his return, has been
spending few days in Baraboo at
he home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. c. Payne.
A sleigh load of people from this
city rode out to the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Irving Griffin north of the city
Sunday and gave them a farwell sur
prise party. An oyster supper was
enjoyed by the surprisers. Mr.. and
Mrs. Griffin expect to leave for their
new home Wednesday. They are going
to reside at Big Springs, near Kill
bourn. b. ntr
Josiah" remarked Mrs. Chugwa-
ter, as reported in the Chicago "Tri-
lbune," this paper says municipal
ownership is an ignis fatuus.' What is
an ignis fatuus?" That's plain
enough" answers Mr. Chugwater.
Ignis' means fire. 'Fatuus' is fat The
fats in the fire.
Mr.. and Mrs William Brandt and
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Graft and daugh-
ter Murriel motored to Portage Sun
day to take the train for Forest June
ton. They went to attend the funeral
of Mrs. Henry Kasch, sister-ir law
Of Mrs. Brandt Because of so many
trains taken off the schedule the party
was not able to make Forest juno
ton from Portage.
On Saturday evening about eight
o'clock a Ford car driven by Randall
Herfort accidently collided with one
of the Wellington hotel autos at the
corner of Ash and Fourth streets.
Ward Shepard, was driving the We'll
lingtOn car, states that he was going
east and the Herfort auto was going
south when the two met Both ma
chimes received damaged tenders from
the impact and were otherwise dam
aged. No one was injured.
At the home of Mrs. John Franklin
Sunday number of friends surprised
her on her birthday. The party came
with well-filled baskets and all had an
enjoyable time. Those who were pre-
sent were: Jerry Coughlin and family,
Paul Herfort and family, Oscar Alt
peter and family, and w. T. Marriott
and family. The guests numbered
about 20. The ladies at the party are
all sisters except Mrs. Marriott, who
is a daughter
Clark Weidman, who resides on the
Baraboo-Kilbourn road, was in Bara-
boo Saturday and says he has sold
the personal property on his farm to
Erwin Goodwin, Buckley, H., who
bought the place and who expects to
move to Sank county soon. Mr..
Weidman says he has served fifty
years on the farm and expects to
reside on EASY Street" for a few
years. Mr.. and Mrs. Weidman may
move to Baraboo, the matter to be de
termined later.
! B. r. Holloway advertised chickens
in this paper and was surprised to re-
ceive reply from Kenosha. He says
the results of the advertising were ex-
cellent.
The last words of great men are not
always as appealing to the magma
ton as Webster's II still live," and
Napoleon's 'At the head of the Grand
ARMY" A recent book describes Bar
on Thurlow, English Lord Chancel'c-
in the time of Pitt, as the possessor
of a caustic wit and vocabulary full
Of strong words and phrases. These
phrases did not leave him even on
his death-bed. AS the end approcbef
says the author quoted, Lord Thurlow,
with characteristic ang-froid, ex-
claimed, "I'll be shot if I don't be-
lieve in dyingi
1t seems that the keystone erred
last week and having Josephine Rah-
berger and John eleven married at
Wilton by Mr.. White. That is bound
to happen sometimes as long as peo-
pie conduct their nuptials affairs with
as much secrecy as possible. They
were wed here by the Rev. J. G. Nc
Ateer, after some delay and difficulty
in connection with the arrival from
La Crosse Of the requisite dispense
ton for marring persons who are not
both Catholics. But every thing is
salubrious now and they thus get
two newspapers notices. = Kendall
{ Keystone.
| Loomis- Weinke Motor Sales COM
pany will have six automobiles driven
from Detroit, Mich, to Portage, a dis
lance of 564 miles.
| Snowdrifts and billiards appear to
| have no worry for the autoists
Last week D. A. Payne of Sank
Prairie delivered fourteen hogs to
the Madison plant, using two Ford
trucks for the transporting. The
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