Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-04-10
Q O G Q O O O Q O ;
THURSDAY


At the Farnum sale on Sank Prai-
re en- Wednesday there was a fair
sized crowd, many farmers being at
home working in the soil. No stock
wc3 sold, the bulk of the sale being
household goods. Some of the arti-
: cies went cheap, while others brought
a fair pr ce. Twenty chickens
brought 1882 each.
Lawrence Cowles landed in HO-
boken yesterday afternoon from over
seas. Mr.. Cowles is a brother to c.
C. Cowles of this city and has been
ovrseas for Il months, connected with
the 127th infantry, ed division. The
soldier has been wounded three times
and over the top eight times. He
was in the hospital at the time Of the
armstice He expects to be home
shortly and will be discharged from
Camp Grant.
It should be remembered that there
is a special government tax On per-
sons renting or operating automobiles
for hire. The federal law makes it
incumbent on such persons to volpn-
tarily disclose their liability. On a
car up to and including seven pas
sengers the tax is $40; over that 20.
A Swede came down from the
woods, and entering a saloon, asked
for drink of good old squirrel whis-
key. The bartender said, 1--WE have
mo squirrel whiskey, but we've got
some good Old Crow" "Oh,, Yudas
PRIEST" said the Swede, Il don't want
to fly; l yust want to hop around
little
All auto owners who have as yet
failed to take out 1919 license VIII
run their cars at peril of arrest. Or
ders have been issued to arrest every
car owner who operates his car with
out the necessary number plate. The
order went into effect April list, and
will be enforced to the letter.
Joseph Burstein, son OF Mr. ana
Mrs. E. Burstein, has returned from
the army. He was in Camp Gordon
Atlanta, Georgia, for six months. MI.
Burstein was connected with the I'm
ance department in the army-ln the
ouarternlaster branch Of the service.
Here is a puzzle that puzzles every
body. Take the number OF your nv
ing brothers, double the amount, add
ITO it three, multiply by five, add 10
it the number of your living sisters,
multiply the result by ten, add the
number of deaths of brothers and sub
tract $50 from the result. The right
figure will be the number OF Deaths
the middle will be the number OF llv-
ing sisters and the left will show the
number of living brothers. Try 1t
and see.
Did you have the Influenza? Are
YOU sleepy? If so, go at once to the
doctor because there is something the
matter with you. In northern Illinois
and southern Wisconsin several peo-
ple have died with a disease called
:"sleeping sickness" which is nrst
cousin TOT infantile paralysis and IS
caused by the after effects OF the IN
fiuenza It is also contagious and IL
you have it do not get out on the
street and give it to your nelg1pors.
But now get prepared for shock
The proper medical name is letharglc
encephalitis. A disease with that sort
of a name ought to be fatal enough
to kill anyone.-Leader.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Erickson VINO
live near Rockton, had an experience
Saturday evening which they VIII
probably remember the rest OF their
lives. They were driving home ana
when at the big bridge their morse ue-
came frightened and backed the buggy
into the river. The river was al nood
stage and Mr.. Erickson got a ilttie
grandchild which was with tnem' u
safety and started after his W1te' res
cuing her about twenty-five OF thlry
yards down stream after going over
both the new and old dams. 1t was
a narrow escape for both. They are
none the worse from the experience
although considerably chilled. Inc
horse could not be rescued and was
drowned. aFarge Enterprise.