Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-03-04

taking place. CHANGING up two beads
looked down with as mich as to say
well, what about it?'
4 * *
Sure enough, there was the Eolshe
visit. The radical in the absence Of the
rightful tenants Of the properly, had
taken possession without leave or Ii
cense. The brain on the insisa Of the
little fur coat decided he had as much
right to the place as any one, beiiev-
ed that what was in sight he was priv
LEGGED to possess and moved in. The
invader was not satisfied with taking
POSSESSION of the property bit has
probably ruined the home Tor the
fiickers by making the ceiling too
airy. But what does a radical, for
sooth, care for the comfort of others.
the comfort of others.
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Although we'll ensconced within his
elevated home it is easy to suimise
turbulent time is ahead. No doubt
Mr.. and Mrs. Highholder will decide
the radical has played higi. handed
game in their absence and viii Gnhesi-
tatingly put in bill Of exceptions. MI.
Grey Squirrel has been gasconaui1g a
plenty since he took the drastic step.
but he may have to assume an attitude
of defense if he remains monarch OF
all he surveys. The outcome viii be
awaited with interest
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Squirrels are ungrateful creatures.
During the cold weather they romain
contentedly in the little house, COM
ing forth when they hear the rafting
corn below, but when the snow van
ishes they are likely to disappear, al
so. No doubt they like a change OF
scenery, the same as any other crea-
ture.
A little chicken wire nailed on
board makes a convenient peok-a-boo.
grab-a-meal-through, pocket into
which to place suet for the chick
adees, woodpeckers and other birds
which find it difficult to obtain enough
worms in the trees during the zero
days. One afternoon a neighbof
came to the door and said she tfloug' t
some person on the inside Of the
house was tapping for her to come In.
When an investigation was made 1t
was found it was only chichadee de-
lightedly devouring dinner, tapping
against the porch, not visible from the
street, while doing SO.
y s. q
O. D. Brandenburg writes from
Madison Mrs. Herfort's BETTER was
most interesting, also the one by
Mrs. Train. Mr.. Brandenburg says
he remembers Frank Burnham. He
wrote legislative letters for the Re
public about 1876. or so. AS Mr..
Brandenburg recalls he understood
shorthand. The writer of the letter
was also interested in the H. H. HUI
bert item.
A Madison visitor maryeles at the
amount of wood some of the Baraboo
citiztns stack at their homes, later to
be sacrificed to Vulcan. The friend re-
marked such piles as w. .. Stanley,
G. H. Hill and others accumulated
about their homes would burn very
large hole in the pocket of almos. any
Madison resident A big woodpile is
a great comfort. Some of the pull
chasers, as Thoreau would remark
are twice warmed, once by saving the
wood and once by burning 1t. 1t is not
every citizen, however, who takes the
trouble to obtain these two advant-
ages, usually being satisfied with one.
r. A. Leonard of DePere sends a
clipping from Boston paper which
discusses the name of Kate. Here Is
portion of it.:
In my own State
That given name Of Kate
Is a worthy one to celebrate:
and I have discovered the same truth
all the way from Rhode Island to
Maine, and from Connecticut to Mary
land. All but one Of my Hates have
been witty, vivacious, competent in
many direction and social orna-
ments. Long before Kate Field scin-
tillated we had Kate Santon, who,
with Paulina Wright Davis, made a
highly fiavorous weekly organ of wo-
man suffrage IN Providence who at
length became physician, and prao-
ticed with her brother in Newport;
then Kate Chase Sprague Of Canon
Chef; then Kate Reynolds, the elocu-
ZIONIST and actress; then Kate Brown
lee Sherwood, Kate Foote, Kate Fisk,
Kate Claxton, Kate w. Hamilton,
Kate Vannah, Kate Fisher Kimball,
Kate Hidden, Kate Douglas Wiggin,
Kate M. Cohen, ate Epson Clark, be-
sides many equally brilliant, all in
addition to Hates by the hundreds who
yet who nave shone like stars as first
rate mothers, sisters, and teachers in
never saw the light Of public life,