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Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-04
JENNY NREN

Little minstrel of the garden, Jenny Wren. All day long your note resounding Lures the poets pen. You are such winsome maiden, Gurgling song all honey-laden, Can you list my limping verses While my lay your praise rehearsea.
 Jolly Jenny Wren? Joyous little songster sprightly, On twig you poise so lightly Bubbling music. thrilling brightly, Far across the garden finging Love notes, liquid joy distilling,
 Merry Jenny Wren. Back the happy days you're bringing. When I heard another singing, Closely to a,y bosom clnging. Whispering lines in mem'ry ringing,
 Wistful Jenny Wren. She is gone the light is dying. And my heart is sad and sirFfr-
 Lonesome Jenny Wren. -R'chmond Herbert Gesner, ia Bosto,
 Transcript.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-04
POETRY
IN i BookSHOP.

A shabby woman, with slow, weary snls. Searches through piles of marked down
 volumes, where Amid old favorites she finds Jane
 Eyre An old man passing by, without of da ta And threadbara ments, turns sur prised, why, ate It's years !" And she: DO you remember, Tim. When we read this together" Eyes grow dim They bend above the tale of storm tossed And time and trouble swiftly fade away. Until beneath hte apple tree once more. Hand clasped in hand, ambitious, young
 and gay. Der Rochester. St John and Jane they
 pore, Then waken with start to each grim
 self Old Tim, old Kate, beside a boodshor
 shelf.
 Charlotte Becker.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-02-12
CARD OF THANKS
John =. kT&fnschmidt

The funeral services for John Klein
schmidt of North Freedom was held
Thursday afternoon from the hone in
North Freedom at one o'clock Rev,
Freund officiating The pallbearers
were John Lange, Rudolph Cast, Her
man Wick, John Newman, August Ben
der, Albert Duntz Those from AWAY
who attended the services were: Mrs
John Kleinschmidt Cadott, Wis ;; Mrs.
John Neuman, Mrs. Alfred Zimmarly,
both of Baraboo; William Rischmuell
er, Sank City; Peter RischmuelIsf
Merrinack; Paul Kleinschmidt, Logan
vil1es Mr. and Mrs. August Klein
schmidt, Honey Greek; Louis Klein
schmidt, Green River: Albert Klein
schmidt North Freedom.
mterment in the village CT NORTH
Freedom.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-02-12

Froilick. Hugo Herring ali Of silwau-
kee; Misses Alvine and Adele
Bohn, Robert Stadelman, Mrs Otto
Buerki, Rebecca Won Gruenigen, Har-
old Clement all of Madison; Mrs.
Chris. Isenberg and son Roy OF Bara-
boo; E. L. Case, Mrs. Oscar Stadel-
man, aunt of the deceased, William
Stadelfnan all of Mazomanie; e. J..
Walter of Rockford. III; Otto Krunser
e, A. Clam of Reedsburg; T. E. Les
ter, representative of the. American
Canning Co, Chicago. III; Tobias Cla-
vadatscher, Rev. &c. B. Maves. George
Isenberg, Henry Bohn, Judge J. n.
Hill, c. M Dubois, George w. An
drews, E. r. Thomas, William Welk,
Wilbur Cahoon all efythea eity of Bara-
boo; John Gunnison OF North Free
dom; Roland and Marcus Back Of
Sheboygan, Wis., Fy4 Casper. represen-
tative of the Beaver Dam Shoe co;
William Schultz, representative of J.
Stern Co, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Besides these there We're number
OF others
Mr.. BuerKi died Sunday afternoon
at 1:20 of hemorrhage of the brain.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-02-12
Mrs. Gerrett Powers

Mrs. Ella Powers wife of Gerrett
Powers, and a resident of Prairie du
Sac for twenty-three years, died re-
Gently after an illness of three weeks.
A complication of uremia and influ-
enza was the immediate cause of her
death. She had been sufferer with
kidney disease for number of years
Mrs. Powers was born in Marengo,
H., February 10, 1861 and was mar
ried to Gerrett Powers at Dellona,
Sank county March 81, 1881! Their
union was blessed with five children
three sons and two daughters, who
besides her husband survive her.
The surviving children are, Fred,
Roy and Orson at home, Mrs. L. p.
Eveleth of Hustler, Wis, and Mrs. M.
A. Schwab of Lyndon Station Wis.
She is also survived by two grandchil-
dren and four brothers and two sis
tiers.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-02-12
Robert, T.. Buerk;

The funeral services for Robert T.
Buerkf, who died recently in Sank
City, Were held Wednesday from the
home at 1870 and from the church at
2 o'clock The church was filled with
so many visitors that number were
forced to stand The pail bearers
were William Wefk, Judge J. II. Hill,
Wilbur Cahoaa~. c.. NJ. DaRDis, C. A.
Clark and H e Paddock, most OF
which were members of the local
draft board with Mr. Buerki4 Rev.
G.. nj. Zenk oficfated at the services.
Deceased leaves besides his wife
one son, Arn1in, and three grandchild-
rem, Robert, Frederick and Marie
Buerki; two brothers. John c. and
Oscar r; three. sisters, Mrs. A. A.
Becker, Mrs. Joe Clement, and Mrs. l..
r. Back, All of whom reside in Sauk
City.
All schools and business houses
were closed during the funeral
Those present from away were
William Kahn md Wife, Andrew
Kahn and wife, Ed. Kahn and son
Roberh William Froilfck, Mrs. Cnas
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-02-12
Reminiscent About
Mills In Merrin1acR
John D. Jones Recalls Early Days in the Southeastern Part
of the County

lack was not whiskey but water.
The stream damned was the little
brook that is still doing business in
Parfrey's Glen.
My father was engaged in building
a mill at the village of Merrimack
which was to be a steam saw and
grist mill. He had an expert mill
wright, Mr.. Webster drawing up the
plans for the grist mill.
One day Webster made a visit to
Roper's mill to see what it was like.
Upon his return ne said he found
the mill in full operation but getting
no product in -four. Going down where
The flour should appear he found a
little mouse eating it faster than it
came and wiggling its tail for more.
This may and may not be a true
tale.
to the effect that one day the mill stop
ed unaccountaLly. and after Roper
had looked it all over without seeing
any reason for the stoppage, he went
UP to the dam and found his old cow
drinking up all the water.
AS to the accuracy of the history
quoted will make further quotations,
from the write up of the P. C's who
put up their lawful tender for q copy.
On Page 734-"Adam Eschenbach,
farmer Sec. S, P. O. Merrimack. is
a native Of Bavaria, Germany, born
April 2, 1912.
He remained in Bavaria until the
year 1916, then came to this country
and married in Boston, Mass, Miss
Barbara Gerstner.
They resided in Boston. until the
autumn of 1854, then-came to Merri-
mack, Sank county, Wis"
AS near as I can understand, ac-
cording to this history, Mr.. Eschen-
bach was married when he was only
four years old and moved west with
his wife when he was only twelve.
Be this as it may, he was always
one of the best and truest friends
I ever had and have had many good
ones.
In 1886 I taught my first term Of
school in his district, of which he was
treasurer | was young untried, and
incompetent, but willing 10 draw the
munifcent salary of $500 per month.
The director, Mr. Samuel Cramer, ST.,
refused to sign my contract, but the
clerk, Mr. James Fanworth and Mr..
Eschenbach did and l succeeded well
enough, so that Mr.. Cramer came to
school ON the last day, apOIOgized for
refusing. I never will forget the first
day Mr.. Eschenbach came to the
school with his two sons. Leading
them to the door he said, Mr.. Jones,
these are my two boys, Franz and
A1eck; If they don't MIND well and
learn well you lick them like hi,
all over Needless to say that | had
no occasion to do so, and in after
years, telling Franz of this, he mark
ed, You couldn't do it.
If we only had such parents now We
would have the same kind of boys and
men Franz and Aleck made. I know
Franz has gone over, but hope Aleck
maybe living to read this.
This has nothing to do with mills,
but merely Incidental to my effort,
to establish the authenticity of the
history, which you thought did not
exist One of the P. C's.
How I wish / had my eight bucks
now.
JOHN q. JONES.
576S La Sale st.
Chicago, III.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-02-12
STATE SENATOR H. E. ROETHE OF FENNlM0RE,
FINES A HOUSE In WIS CONSIN THAT IS MORE
THAN 4 CENTURY OLD--OcCUPANT IS EIGHTY

questions. We stopped in front or
what was pointed out to us as the Old
est house in Centerville, a log struc@
lture that did not belle its atlqulty.
lTohacco tags were the only ornamen-
Aa,tion the front door ha8, An old
man was standing in the yard. ana
as he. kept looking at US we walked
ND to him and to our CHEEKY "gooo
morning. he said.
II know you. You're Roethe froIa
Fennimore. I've seen you at our sol
aiers' reunions. / take them all in,
you see I'm an old soldier. My name
lis Richter, Stanisiaus Richter, but
everybody calls me Stock Richter for
short. / live in this old house; bach
it, It's the oldest house in Center
vile. How old? / don't know exact
", but it's over a hundred years old.
I'm pretty nearly 80, and it was an
old house when / was boy.
wouldn't think, would you, a house
built in one day would stand a hun
dred years? Well, his one has. Didn't
take long to put it up either, in those
old mining days. The men had
chopping bee, cut down the trees
hewed the logs, hauled them to the
spot with oxen, cut notches in the
ends, set them together, and presto
change, by nightfall the house was all
ready for occupancy. A barre, Of
whiskey helped materially to accel-
crate the speed Of the work Ny,
;whiskey was cheap in those days
5 cents a pint rs cents gallon, and
as low as IA cents gallon by whole
sale. In camp we soldiers could buy
it for 3 cents pint.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-02-12
MRS. Mary HirschbuehI

Mrs Mary Efrschbuehi aged 9ca
died at her home in Madison Friday
Deceased leaves four children to-
mowrn her loss: Mrs. Emma Ssegels
Madison; August Ockefshauser, Bara.
boo: William Ockershauser, Milwau-
kes: Egon T2 Hirscbhuehl, M1lwau-
kee. Washington Oekershauser pre-
ceded her in death six years ago. In
torment in Forest Home cemetery,
Milwaukee. Deceased was a pioneer
of Milwaukee.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-02-12

Mr.. Roche, state senator Irsalh Tue
sixteenth district, Grant, Crawford
and Richland counties, operates a
1ooaino weekly newspaper ia Fenni-
more. He goes out into the country
,,s1allv on foot-once he walked al
the way to the capitol to a legislative
session. and became known as the leg
omobile lawmaker. His idea of run
ming a newspaper is to get acquaiteo
with everybody in the nelghbornooo
and pleasantly put their names IN the
paper, and most of them become SUD
scriebers.
BY H. E.. ROETHE
Four miles north of MontfoTt, one
half in Grant county, and half in Iowa
county, and pretty nearly all OF II IN
the past century, is the quaint OLD
town of Centeryille.
The fourth principal meridian OF
the United States is its main and
liyiding street, yet it constitutes no
state trunk highway, it is only de-
serted thoroughfare, the avenue o.
travel swinging a quarter mile east
to the younger village of Dry Bone.
The rural mail carriers rig is the only
vehicle the citizents of the hamlet
may see for days.
No unsightly poles and wires mar its
street. There are no places in Cen
terville News is spread by word
Of mouth in the good old fashion
way over the back or dividing fence.
A stranger is the object Of much
interest. Willingly, the denizens en-
gage in conversation and answer
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-02-12
Obituary
Mrs. Fred pierken

The funeral of Mrs. Fred DierEen
of Reeds burg was held on Tuesday
afternoon at the st. Johns Lutheran
church conducted by the pastor, Rev
L. Schneider and intelment was
made in the local cemetery.
She passed away at her home on
North Walnut street Saturday 7ight
Her only brother Mr.. Schroeder died
last waek.
She is survived by her husband
and two daughters at home, Miss Ber.
tina and Mrs Jackson and one son
William.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-02-12
Victim of Pneumonia

Relatives in Baraboo have received
a notieeDof the death of Mrs. r. j.
'PfIley aelNew Butler. She was Ill but
a short time with pneumonia. Her
husband was former resident of
Baraboo and is now employed by the
Chicago &C. Northwestern. Funeral OF
Saturday at $3.50 at the home of Mrs.
Pilley's Mother, Mrs. Rice. Mill street
La Crosse. The former home of MIS-.
Pulley was in the Gateway City.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-02-12
POLITICAL IDEAS
ARE DISCUSSED


Thursday afternoon at the home OF
the president, Mrs. w III. Hatch. Mrs,
o. B. Gloyd read the chapters on Par
ties and the Primaries and Registra-
ton; and Mrs. E. II. Grotn on Legis
lation and the Jury from the Woman
Citizen, followed with discussion by
the members, Political parties, san
organ cation of individuals united by
a common principle or a common poll
cy, work, educate, organize public
opinion, and frame a platform of its
demands. We now have direct pri-
maries in all states except New Mex
leo, Some of our primary laws are
inadequate. Registration for elections
is to prevent fraud. Women are super
Tor to men as election officials and are
to be highly commended for changing
the character of the polling places.
In Texas women to the number OF
100000 voted in 1918 The general
elections of 1916 show that 100000
women voted and this number was
within SEQ of the quota of women in
relation to the male quota of voters in
the IL states which then had woman
suffrage. The four methods of legis-
lation are by local ordinances, state
laws, initiative and referendum, and
federal or national legislation. State
legislation is by far the commonest
method as within a period of five
years no less than 62,0f4 state laws
were passed. The modern tendency
is to stretch the field of national IegiS-
lation to cover matters of common
welfare such as child labor which To-
cal interests may hold back in certain
states. Jury crfaT Is the oldest of
freeman's rights and jury duty res
possibility of the freeman long be-
fore he had political rights and duties
and was known by the name of citi-
zen. Women have served on juries at
various times In the different states
only to be later deprived of this right
California and Washington are the GU
ly two equal suffrage states which by
proper legislation permit women TO
serve on juries Citizenship for n1ar
ried women, through act of congress-
and the freeman's right to try and be
tried by their peers, through state
Legislature, should constitute rst
legislation program for women voters.
A communication was read urging
club women to continue their inter
est in the censorship OF the movies.
The film entitled The Red Viper was
suggested as appropriate for the
period of reconstruction and when
Efafs picture is. shown hers fathers,
sons and brothers are especially U1g
ed to see it.
An invitation was extended to the
members to attand the convention OF
the National Woman's Suffrage asso-
cation to be held in Chicago February
II to Is. This will be the last meet
ing of the suffrage association, for
having accomplished the work for
which it was organized it, will now
resolve itself into the League Of WON
EN- voters whose object lis. to, edlmate
women for Intelligent citizenship,
work for child welfare, women in in
dustry, Amerfcanization, food supply,
etc The League of Women Voters
viii exert no Influence upon the polit-
zeal party Affiliations Of the Individual
members.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-02-12
Carl Neimann

Carl Neimann died Wednesday af-
ternoon at his home in Merrimack at
the age Of 81 years. He was born in
Germany and came to the United
States when 20 years of age. He has
resided in Merrimack for many years.
Deceased is father of eleven chil-
dren three of whom survive His wild
ow preceded him in death about eight
years ago. The children who survive
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-02-12
Mrs. Ered EarNell

The fGaNeral services for Mis-. Fred.
Farwell were held Friday afternoon
at 1890 from the home in this city
and at I o'clock from the, NJ. E..
church, Rev. G. II. Weed officiated.
and Mrs G. w. Snyder sang. The
paIlbearers were E.. p. Steinbrinks,
James Dalling, Pierce Sansum, Alvin
WilcoN, John Christie; Harley Wicks.
us.
Integzaent in the Baraboo cemetery,
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-02-12
Martha A. w. Kingsley

Mrs Martha Kingsley, age rs years,
died at the home of her son, Grover re-
Gently near Wonewoc. Death came
from an attack of influenza. She
came to Wisconsin when a child and
settled on a farm near Wonewoc with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Allen White.
She was married later to Elias Kings
ley and to them were born ten chill
dren, six of whom survive.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-02-12
mrs. Otto Knol!!

Mrs. EmeKa G. Knoll, wife of Otto
Knoll, of Prairie du Saa died at her
home recently aged so years, one
month and 2Sidays. URemia was the
cause Of her death.
Funeral services were held at the
home at 12so.clock Rev Philip Schnei-
der of the Evangelical church official,
ing. Interment was made in the
Prairie du Sac cemetery.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-02-12
Infant Daughter

Florence Evalyn, little daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Fagel. Plain died
as the result of N attack of whoeping
o,Lgn. Burial vas at Pain.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-02-12
cred Harms

Fred Harms of Reedsburg died at
the home of his son, Henry in Reeds
burg on Saturday.
The remains were taken to the
Lutheran church in Westfeld whore
the funeral services were held and
burial was in the Westf1eld cemetery.
He was So years of age.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-02-12

are Carl at home, George Of Baraboo
and Mrs. Peter Fitzimmons, Baraboo.
Funeral services Saturday at II
O'Clock noon from the home and /
O'clock from the Greenfield Lutheran
church. Interment IN Greenfield
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-02-12
John Och@er

A. Ochs1er of Black Hawk has re-
ceiyed word that his uncle, John,
Oschner, died in Buffalo county, ag-
ed SO years.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-02-12
SECRETARY LANE
LEAVES THE CABINET

Secretary Lane mas left the cabi-
net at Washington to go into the
oil business. He has served. nearly
seven years in the interior depart
ment
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-02-12
Ulysses S. squires

Engineer Ulysses S. SquiTes, who
died Monday night at his home in the
city, was buried Wednesday afternoon
The funeral services were held al
100 from the home and 1:30 at the
First NJ E. church, Rev Weed officiat
ing. The palTbearers were Sherman
Squires, Sheridan Squires, Rufus
Squires, brothers of the deceased anu
a nephew Russell Hyland.
Those from away who came to at
tend the services were: Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Brimmer, Ironton; Mrs. Will
lam Meyers. Reedsburg; Mr.. and Mrs
George Buss, Reedsburg; John Stone
Reedsburg; Mrs. Frank Choate, Madi
son; Miss Flossia SGuires, Napervflle
Mr. and Mrs. Sheridan Squires and
son Delton, Mrs. Nellie Hyland son and
daughter, Delton; Mr.. and Mrs. Sher
man Squires and daughter, Reeds.
burg; Rufus Squires, Reedsburg
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to take this means to thank
our dear relatives and friends for
their deep sympathy, the singers. and
also Rev. Weed for his comforting
words, the Masons and r. r. Brother.
hood for their beautiful floral offer
ings, also Mr.. Melzf for his kindness
during our recent bereavment.
Father, Brothers and Sisters.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-02-12

American boats are having trouble
in landing at Yokohama. One Ameri'
can has been killed.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-02-12

Hoover denies he is seeking the
presidential job.
The Tomahawk., 1920-02-26
BY
GEORGE AGNEW
CHAMBERLAIN
lass ".John Bog0rdus,'' Etc.

found them burning-all burning.
"Last night" he said, "when you were
in here, you didn't use your curtain?
You left the light On?"
She did not answer beyond stare
from CLASSY eyes. Her face was white,
her lips straight purple line. Her
shoulders were rigid, but beneath them
her body was twisting and turning as
though in a desperate effort to tear
itself away from the sentient seat of
pain.
lis it as bad as that?" said Msungo.
Into his voice had already come the
calm of man accustomed to the face
of danger. I'm going to leave you
for a moment" he continued. "When
7 come I'll take the pain away"
: He stepped toward the barred door
and tried to open 1t. So intent was he
on getting to his room that he glanced
at the cord and saw only that 1t was
hindering him. He drew out his knife,
cut the bar free and hurried on. The
three minutes he was gone seemed an
eternity to Andrea. When he came
back he carried in one hand a medi-
cine case and in the other a hypo-
dermic syringe already filled. He set
the case down carefully, grasped and
The Tomahawk., 1920-02-26
CHAPTER TX.

Scarcely had she finished when q
sudden languor seized her. She knew
that she ought to battle and dress
quickly, for M'sungo would be keen
for his breakfast after his "white''
night. Why did all Latins call a sleep
less night "white," anyway? Her
brows puckered over that problem and
it seemed as though she must puzzle
it out before she did anything else.
She crept into her cot to attend to 1t.
a cold wave swept over her body and
left it frozen; a pain stabbed into her
side.
The pain was like a knife, red-hot
It terrified her. In an instant her
tongue was parched, her eyes were
burning. So suddenly had sickness
come upon her that even in the face
of it's clamoring presence, her mind
declared It incredible. Surely 1t would
pass swiftly as it had come. She
clenched her teeth and waited. There
was a look in her face as though she
listened.
The pain ceased. When it came
back again it was no longer a knife
but the raving fangs Of wolf tearing
their way toward the vitals of her
body. She tried to clench her teeth,
to keep silence until the spasm passed
but she could not hold out. "White
Man /" she moaned and then, realizing
that she must make him hear now or
never, she gathered all her strength
and screamed.
She heard quick steps coming from
the craal, a laundering on her door
and then his voice, IAN to come mr.
She tried to cry out again and could
not; tears poured down her cheeks
But the white man did not wait; an
other moment and he was standing
over her twisted body. She looked up
The stricken look in her frightened
eyes was as nothing to the sudden
terror that had come into his own. he
sank to his knees. "You are M?" he
breathed. -. ..-,
He passed his cool hand across her
forehead, held his fingers to the pulse
IN her throat, grasped her wrists and