Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-04-08
HOT DAYS In
SOUTH AMERICA
RESIDENT SAYS
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very famous, paintings III tnS h1Sh
ceilings and contains the tombs OF
many Well-known men. The oldest
building in the city is the archbishop
ric erected in 1927. The old st. Louis
cemetery of New Orleans was laid
ont in 1888, and during the last one
hundred and thirty-twO years daily
funeral professions have crossed
through it's gates. All are buried
above ground. There are many beaut1-
full tombs to be seen, massed very
closely together. Some of the more
expensive Of the tombs have cost as
bigh as S85 100000. Parts of the GEM
.etery are surrounded by walls, which
are deep, and here many are buried,
IN tiers, each opening being sealed
tightly after the corpse is entered, and
a name carved in front of it,
Plantation Now Park
There are many fine parks; one,
The City Park" covering 100 acres,
which was formerly an old planta-
fion belonging to poet and man OF
letters named Allard. He sold it to
,gOlan McDonagh who bequeathed 1t
TO the city for a park. Allard died
very poor and the city allowed him
10 be buried beneath his favOrite oak
in the park. 1T is now called Suicide
Oak, because of the many suicides
ahat have taken place beneath IT..
This park contains the finest grove or
live oaks in the United States. Many
oS them are draped with Spanish
moss, which is a parasite and is
used in making mattresses. These
oaks are famous in Louisiana history
owing to the number Of duels that
have taken place under then A gentle
man could not fight any one whom ne
could not ask to his home.
We were shown the Cabildo. where
the transfer of the Louisiana purchase
book place in 1903, from Spain to
France and from France to the United
States all inside of a month.
Reads Like a Romance
The history of John Nc Donagh,
who gave fortune to the city, reads
like a romance He was born OF
Scotch Irish parentage' in Baltimore,
but went to New Orleans in l8OO. he
was young and gay, considered one OF
4be most desirable matches in the
French quarter, but none other plea
sed him so well as the beautiful
daughter of a Spanish nObleman. me
proud old nObeman rejected the suit,
declaring that a daughter of his no.
bic race should never wed plebelan
The lady married Baron De Pantalba.
Stung to the heart, Nc Donagh sWore
that some day he would have more
money than the lady's father and nus
band together and that his name
should live when their proud titles
had sunk into oblivion. He moved
across the river to his plantation, re-
tired from society and became a mi
ser and hermit. For fifty years he
seemed to have but one ambition, that
of amassing money. At his death he
bequeathed his fortune, over $4,000
900 to Baltimore and New Orleans,
share and share alike, for educational
purposes. No conditions was attached
to the gift except that once a year
the little children of the public schools
should come and strew his grave with
blowers. The school children built a
monument to his memory, where they
gather once each year to sing songs
and threw garlands of flowers. With
the interest of this gift, New Orleans
has built thirty-two schools and
equipped them. The principal is still
untouched Some OF the schools are
high schools for white boys or girls,
who attend different buildings in this
city. and some are for the colored
children.
New Orleans has some interest
ing modern buildings, which l shall
not take time or space to mention
Several of its streets are unusually
wide due to the fact. that they are
laid out on top of old canals. Most
of the streets in the old section are
exceedingly narrow, and autos anC
wagons are allowed to pass through
them in only one direction, placardS
designating in which direction one
may pass on the street. The modern
homes are very beautiful and main
tain lovely gardens and lawns, much
adorned with stately palms and
gigantic ferns.
Climate. Is Damp
The climate is too damp to sui
us, and one, to live in this city
would need to accustom himself t.
the crowds of negroes that swarm
everywhere.
1t seems easy for some people t.
get out of the United States but i
one is an ordinary citizen with no re
cord of crime or sedition behind him
it is not easy in these times to leave
mis- native land, even for a shor
visit We were required to secure s.
many legal papers, from Madison ant
Washington, that Mr.. Newell declar
ed he would need an extra bag fo