Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1921-02-10

but 81 cents a week for what he ate
tion-driven threshing machines, no
giant flour mills, no means of rapid
transportation to bring the fruits of
the soil from all parts of the earth
to ones door. not the thousand and
one conveniences that abide with
the average citizen today. No doubt
: those parents who have students in
ischool at Madison or elsewhere won
der how Thoreau managed his kit
chen; in fact most of the world won
ders. It is sometimes limited he did
not eat for longevity and possibly
there Is such thing as getting be-
yond ones depth in the simple life.
At any rate there is food for reflec-
ton in the account kept by the dwell
er on Walden pond.
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| The wizard Burbank has grated to-
mato plants into the branches of pot
atoes with the result that the ambi-
tious gardner can vaise crop of
spuds and also a crop of tomatoes
from the same plant reports an ex-
change Dr. Osigian, native of Ar
menia, is now producing colored silks
! of eighteen shades from the worms
themselves. This fact has been ac-
complished by feeding the worms GER
tain colored leaves. And now another
/ scientist a crank has come forward
! with the theory that is only mat
/ ter of time when mothers will bring
children into the world with any COM
plexion that the parents choose, from
the lightest blond to the darkest brun-
nette. This frazzles anything that the
writer has ever heard. And yet, should
people be inclined to adopt this plan,
| they had better have care. They
might. get something they are not
| looking for. Whenever anyone is
! reckless enough to monkey with old
! Mother Nature he is liable to get
an emphatic jolt and the writer will
wager a handful of picayunes that
they'll get left in this, We have had
on exhibition, six-legged calves, two
headed horses, threelegged chickens,
double tailed dogs and tWo-legged
hogs. The last named are getting SO
plentiful that they attract the least
attention of any of the above named
monstrosities.
In New York slip of paper was
showed beneath the door of a news
paper office, stating that Berton Bra
i ley formerly of Madison, Wisconsin,
has written a novel which would come
from an Indiana publishing house. The
author has two volumes of poetry in
| C rculation.
A woman down in Illinois has the
distinction of never having yet told a
secret. 1t is reported that the Ringing
Bros. have offered her princely salary
| as a sideshow attraction to their mann
moth shows the coming season They
! are wise. 1t will certainly be money
getter, at least among the sterner sex.
Richland Center Democrat
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Recently Sank county papers have
mentioned that w. A. Wyse of Reeds
j burg had been mason for half CEN
fury, something unusual. Portage
claims four, members with such a re-
cord. They are E. S. Baker, lawyer;
Marion Russell, exrailroad man; R. A..
Smith, and L. Breese, formerly secre-
tary Of state.
J According to a Denver paper, Jack
Boyle was the speaker of the after
noon at a recent meeting of the Den
yer Woman's Press club at the home
of Mrs Richard CrawfcTd Campbell.
1t was, the annual newspaper day"
Mr.. Boyle is the short story writer,
formerly residing in Delton and Bara-
boo. Mrs. Boyle writes she has applied
for passport that she may leave in
April for visit in Norway. Mr.. Boyle
may go to Paris. They are now located
at 118 Sherman street, Denver, Colo.
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! Many in Sank County and in this
section Of the state have been stu
dents at Valparaiso Qndiana) Uunver-
sity. They will be pleased to know
that the founder and president, pre-
scented ownership of the institution s
grounds, buildings and equipment to
the city of Valparaiso in the name of
the Brown family. Henry Kinzie
Brown spent his life in building up the
school and the accumulation of long
years a last goes to the community
in which he resided. This step might
be emulated in whole or in part by
many who reside in every community.
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Arthur S. Foster, st. Paul, had an
Aladdin dream. Last May his wife
came into the garden where he was
working and showed him a roll of
bills $4,000 She had written a scenar-
10, "The Bramble Bush and they were
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