Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-12-25

of years Mrs. Henry Ringing and
son now live in the home.
/ The 6araboo Cemetery
/ One Of the pleasing prospects of the
region is obtained from the high point
! on the south side of the Baraboo Gem
etery. The bu-ying ground is reached
/ by ascending East Street from the
| greenhouse, passing the old T. M.
/ Warren home buried among the trees
on the right and a row of trees plant
ed on the same side Of the thorough
fare through the efforts of the Civic
League. The view from the knoll in
the cemetery includes sweep of the
eastern portion of the Baraboo Valley
and the south range of the Baraboo
/ Bluffs, the DEVILS Lake gap being
almost directly south and Point Sauk,
1920 feet high, to the southeast The
/ Baraboo River is hidden in its de-
pressed bed and the lake is closed
! from view by the terminal moraine
left by the sea Of ice in glacial times.
In the old cemetery sleep many
] lawyers, doctors, ministers, mer-
chants, enginement, trainmen, circus
men, newspapermen, and others in
Identified with the city which is half
hidden below. The n1ausoleunn near
! the south boundary of the cemetery
is that of Henry Ringing, the one
farther north and in the same row
of lots, that of AL Ringing. The
I father and mother and Otto are bur
led near the granite resting place Of
the youngest son, Henry. August G.
Ringing is inferred in st. Joseph's
Catholic Cemetery, adjoining the prot.
estant, and near the public highway,
while Alf T. sleeps on the mountain
side at Oak Ridge, New Jersey.
Between the vault and the sections
house, is the grave of Mrs. Eben
Peck, the first white woman to come
into the Baraboo Valley, and on
stone in the same lot one reads the
name Of her SON -in-law, Nelson sss
Wheeler, the author of "Old Thunder
bolt in Justice Court"
The Hull House
Returning to the greenhouse and
continuing one block south, $50 East
Street, one finds where George Hull,
of Cardiff Giant notoriety resided
while a dweller in Baraboo.
House With Many Gables
While passing Sixth Street one may
see on the ridge to the right, number
216 Fifth, the house of many gables.
For years the place was the home of
Terrell Thomas, the first banker in
Baraboo and here died Rev. FIR. J.
T. Durward in September, 1918.
Church With Beautiful Windows
Several blocks towards the river,
ST. Joseph's Catholic Church stands
on the brow of the hill. The struct-
ure was erected during the priesthood
of the late FIR j. T. Durward and one
of it's characteristics is the beautiful
windows, impressive and artistic
in design, portraying many Biblical
scenes.
Deserted RngIingviIIe
AT the foot of the hill ,and extend
ing several blocks to the eastward
along Water Street, lies deserted Rirf
lingville For more than thirty years
the circus went forth in the spring
time and, after season in many COM
monwealths, returned with the a
umn, weaving into the years a, name
which will cling to the place for many
decades to come. Here the lions roar
ed and the hyenas snarled, VIII
there trumpted in a building hard by
the largest herd Of elephants this side
of Africa. With the coming of Il
mellow days of spring, horses and
canels and pachyderms in long pro
xcessions gave to the streets an indivi
dual air, while the yards and thor
oughfares filed with glided wagons
emphatically denoted the circus cen
ter that it was. On account of the
war and influenza in the fall Of 1918.
the show sought refuge in Bridge
port, calamity in Ringlingville.
A Pioneer Home
Turning to the west the 1oiterer
passes the Ringing Hotel on the left,
and block more reaches Asst Street.
Perched on the hill to the rie
sos Ash, is the pioneer home of Col
onel D. K. Noyes and family, erected
in 1850 It was the first sample of
solid and dignified abode in Bara-
boo, built of red brick and graced
with four futed columns. Between
those two white pillars on the lef
the owner went away to war, losing Q
! foot at Antietam, and to honors as
postmaster and politician. Between
!. those two same pillars the guests as
sembled on their golden wedding de
and later the venerable pair passed
! out, one after another, to their last
; resting place on the hill.
Bum The Baker Of Baraboo
/ Bum the Baker of Baraboo. made
immortal by B. L. T. in the Chicago