Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-04-15
49,, Wise. historical 80
Mrs. William Wi Historisal ssas
Baraboo Friend Of Their Exper-
fences Out West
KEEP FOUR HENS NOW;
ONCE HAD FOUR HUNDRED
Catch Fish When They Let Down a
Lot of Snag Hooks On a Line
Better Ones at Baraboo

Mrs. VIM. E. Marquardt Of Baraboo,
H. 4, has received letter from Mrs.
VIM. Wichern, which will be Of interest
to the many friends Of both ladies. It
will be recalled the Wichern sold their
farm last year and went by the way OF
auto to California while enroute Mrs.
Wichern wrote several interesting let.
ters and contributed to the News col
ums telling Of their journey.
David Schultz referred to in the
letter was one Of the Boys Of '64'
and used to be around Baraboo at an
early day. His brother, Isaac
Schultz Gather of Mrs. Marquardt)
resides at Devils lake, Wis. near the
H. o. Terwilhger hotel The brothers
have not seen each other in many
years or shortly after the close of
the southern war.
Dear Friend
/ was very glad, indeed, to hear
from you, and Doris is always pleased
to get letters from her friends back
there, though she doesn't get around
to answer them very promptly as her
school work keeps her busy ,and she
is taking music lessons too. On ac-
count Of her losing the first part Of
the school year the work has been
hard for her, though she enjoys it.
They have domestic science, sewing,
art, and bird study besides the regular
studies and quite a lot of athletics.
We attended Sunday school and
church this morning. Then after
dinner went for long auto ride taking
crippled neighbor lady along. She
enjoyed the ride so much. 1t rained
quite a little last week and the
mountains are all covered with snow
as it SHOWS there when it rains here
until later.
March a Cold Month
March has been the coldest month
since we have been here but at that,
one only needs little fire mornings
and evenings The rainy weather
makes it chilly.
They have now had almost their
normal rainfall for the seanson and
do not expect much more until fall,
though they get little through April
and May.
prices OF Commodities
The crop outlook is very good
Potatoes were short crop last year
and as result, we paid $500 a cwt
for our last potatoes. You may rest
assured I use them but twice day.
We can get sugar for Is and 16
cents pound and eggs 35 cents; but
ter is S. cents. Flour is about the
same as back there and meats not as
high. We can get nice fresh peas
now for 10 or II cents pound. dc
not like their asparagus here as it is
tough-at least what we have had SC
Ear.
We have a tiny little garden of oul
own with onions beans tomatoes, etC
have also little chicken yard and
keep four hens-some change from
400. They eat up what few scraps we
have and lay every day-from one to
they don't help out with the table as
they want them between meals. We
four eggs.
We eat oranges every day but
also have few lemon peach and
apricot trees and walnut tree, and al
sorts of f1owers-roses as beautiful as
any hot house roses / ever saw and
fnscias, heliotropes, and geraniumS
five feet high and full of blossoms.
Beauty Everywhere
There is beauty everywhere; grand
roads and wonderful mountain seen
cry and ocean views not many miles
distant and yet at times I do mis-;
that ''spring feeling" the fragran
spring flowers and blue birds, pewee:
and Wisconsin running brooks. O
course we miss our old friends though
we have made many good ones here
We have the mocking birds and the!
are beautiful singers; and there arr
many birds that do not know yet.
Look for David Schultz
Yesterday Will and / went into Lo
Angeles which is about IL or Is miles
from here and from there out to tn,
Soldiers home near Sawtelle. 1t i
a National home and is a beautifu
place, so we'll kept UP. The building
are fine and the park full Of fin
trees and flowers We found tn
headquarters of Co. A. of which Davi
Schultz is sergeant, but he was on
on the grounds somewhere and we di
not have time to find him before on
train was due. We talked with hi