Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-12-02


no mud The ties were swarded so the
seven miles were soon left behind
When the chief of police at Viola
saw the packs going down the rail-
road track he telephoned the chief
at LaFarge that seven tramps were
coming and to be on the lookout for
them. Sure enough the officer was at
the station at La Fargo and when he
learned there was a member Of the
supreme court in the company, that
thing in the state aside from death,
politics and the weather was before
him, also the head of the Baraboo
schools was in his presence he decid-
ed the joke was too good to keep.
On Up the Kickapoo
The road led up the Kickapoo to On
tario, distance from Viola of over
twenty miles There was no dearth Of
mud. A roaring fire at noon was built
by flowing well, close to a, big ledge
of sandstone rock, and on the bank of
the river The valley seems to be fill
ed from end to end with flowing wells
some of them immense gushers. At
Rockton a huge ram fills the water
tower the escaping water shooting in
to the air
Had Seven Shirts On
Of course there was plenty of re-
partee and all sorts of topics discus
sed as we trudged along. Politics, the
governor, religion, the Irish question,
the league of nations, falling prices,
and other matters came in for con-
sideration. There were plenty of
stories and when one was told it was
for some one else to tell a better
one.
Some Of the fellows wore so many
sweaters one remarked it reminded
him of the legislator who came ito
Madison from the northern part Of
the state Before he left home his
wife packed his trunk with nine
shirts and said "Now, John, you
must put on a clean shirt at least
once week"
At the end of seven weeks John
returned home. and when the solicit
tous wife investigated the shirt situa-
ton she found her. husband was wear
ing seven shirts, had put one on each
week but had taken none off,
Another of the company then told
of an injured man being taken to the
hospital and when they placed him i'll
bed they found that he had about
eight pair of socks on.
'Ho", said the third, ''that is moth
ing. I heard of man they took to
the hospital and not only found eight
pair of socks on his feet but when
they undertook to wash them they
found two more pair"
Uses a Famous Remedy
By the time Ontario was reached
the neat's-foot oil had become ex-
hausted. One of the company found
his shoes had become so stiff from
walking in the water and mud the day
before that he could not get them on
and appealed to the landlord for Oil.
The landlord shook his head and
said the only lubricant he had was
skunk oil. The walker was forced to
use this and then commanded by the
others to remain in the rear of the
procession.
A Beautiful Valley
The Kickapoo is a beautiful valley
and would make an ideal automobile
trip or '1egomobile" Jaunt in season
able weather. In fact the situation is
SO pleasing bold rocks, the
towering hills, the flowing wells, the
peaceful slopes-that one is reminded
of the couplet:
Enjoy the road The best is lost to
those
Who hurry blindly toward the jour
ney's close"
At times the low clouds of fog hid
the peaks, giving mountain effect.
The fruit section at the lower end Of
the valley was not visited
Easy but for the Mud
Although the distance walked, count
ing detours, for the way was missed
twice, was we'll nigh to sixty miles,
it could have been covered easily
enough but for the mud
The last lap into NorwaIk was
without incident and here friendly
Northwestern trail did the rest
After the adventure was over ev-
cry one said he was glad he had taken
the experience but just as glad he did
not have it to do over again.
H. E. COLE