Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-03-06

more than once week, as 1t makes
the darling so fierce
If any Sank county farmer should
find a hole in the bottom Of his silo he
will know the reason why if he reads
the following:
Fred L. Neverman of Ne;llsville,
Wis, long associated with the liquor
industry, announces that he has con-
trived an instrument that will be as
popular after July 1 as an oasis in the
sun-blistered Sahara desert. Mr. New
erman has model of a combination
spigot and auger which he says is
small enough to carry IN coat pocket.
He has taken advantage of the fact
that silos throughout the country are
usually filled to a height of a foot or
more with fermented corn juice.
With this auger arrangement the
thirsty tourist can successfully attack
any silo and provide himself with
beaker of sparkling spiritus fermenti.
The instrument has it's limitations,
however, and is helpless against con-
crete silo. Mr.. Neverman said he de-
signed the continuance primarily for
hunters who might be the victim of
snakes and need the action Of quick
stimulant.
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Bill Billikins says the high school
girl who won publicity last year by
being farmerette must find new
fad this year, for the farmers do not
intend to be troubled with her any
more.
In spite of the impression that
saloon keepers have a tendency to
hold on like Illinois mud to a ped
estrian's boots the grog proprietors
in Portage seem to drop away as
readily as ripe walnuts after a fall
frost.
After recent visit or the John
Muir Walking club of Madison to
this vicinity, this paper contained an
item, stating that Professor Samuel
Weidman held the loess or fine soil
ON the BaraboO bluffs was probably
brought from the west, Nebraska and
vicinity, by the wind. Since the item
appeared this office has received
copy of "The Dustfall of March 8,
1913" by A N. Winchell and z. r.
Miller, Madison. The storm on that
date swept from the Pacific coast,
across the Rocky mountains, over the
western states and Wisconsin. From
the fossils and other evidence in the
dust which fell it is believed it came
from the region to the southwest of
Kansas. 1t is estimated that at least
million tons and possibly more was
transported during the storm about
a year ago. Much of the soil in this
region, it is believed, has been trans
ported by the wind. In past ages when
the climate was dryer the conditions
were no doubt much more favorable
for the carrying of great quantities of
dust. Much may not have been car
ried during one year but when one
considers that the work may have
gone on for millions of years the sew
eral inches of soil on the bluffs about
Baraboo may be accounted for.
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A news item says that Fatty Ar
buckle has signed contract agree
ing to give his services to a moving
picture concern for three years for
three million dollars. Fatty will have
to throw pancakes very cleverly and
get some very hard bumps in order
TO earn that amount.
s. r &
At Lodi Mrs. Steele was troubled
with hardening of the arteries dis
ease often coming with old age. Last
summer she fell and broke her hip,
months. She is up now and the hard
ening of the arteries has vanished,
the cure coming about from COM
p1ete rest and simple food. The
breaking of a hip is not recommended
however, to those who are seeking a
remedy for the above mentioned dis
ease.
x !. y
F: T. Morgan, Oshkosh piano dem
onstrator (who has no right to know
about potatoes and things) declares
he told 'em So about the winter
weather both last summer and the
year before.
Listen closely! The 1917 crop CT
potatoes had thick, almost woody
skins, and Mr.. Morgan, the only
man who noticed it, predicted
terribly hard winter. Last years
crop has coats thin as onion skin
and soft and smooth as satin. Hence
the billiards. Of last winter and the
open winter this year.
Some one should come forward
with 1917 potato. The testimony
regarding the skins is conflicting
Milwaukee Journal
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