Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1921-03-24
spent many summer seasons.

Rev. George A. Joslin, we'll
known minister of the West Wiscon-
sin conference, died at his home
at Madison, Sunday, at the age of II
years. He was born in England and
came to America in 1881. He was the
Methodist minister at Mcmillan for
some time, upwards of twenty years
ago, and became widely acquainted in
the county. For a number of years he
was a resident of Madison, his
health permitting him to enter the pull
pit but infrequently
s. e. s.
Speaking of excited bulls Mrs w.
'end of excitement in the first ward
some years ago. The animal rushed
bdown Second avenue and tried to give
leverything in sight toss into the
air. Dennis Hawkins hurried forth
with a gun prepared to shoot the
beast but instead of shooting climb
ed a tree in about breath. Whether
or not the gun refused to work or the
owner did not have time to operate
it is not known At any rate he went
beyond the reach of the animal obOut
as quickly as squirrel would get out
of the way Of dog. The bull dashed
along, passing child. Evidently he
did not see the small piece of human
ity, else there might have been a
tragedy. Appearing near the McFet-
ridge home on Third avenue, W. III.
McFetridge came out with a gun and
dispatched the animal
* * s.
The winter just passed has been
the most delightful winter known
in the SO weather records of Kan
sas. Nc other winter in all that
time has been so mild, so sunny, so
regularly watered, so entirely agree
able, as this winter The soil is in per-
feet condition. The grass is bursting
through the sod: leaves are budding
on the trees. The elm trees are in
! bloom and every indication of nature
points to April or early May, rather
than the early days of March. People
have spent less money this year for
fuel than they have ever spent in any
i Kansas winter; less money for clothes
less money For light-for the SUN
has ShOne almost every day during
the year. In the period Of great econo-
mic depression, kindly Providence
has furnished light, heat and fuel to
a struggling people.
| But don't get too grateful to Provi-
dence Some other season will take
is toll for the kindness of this sea-
son just passing. The balance of Ma
ture cannot be violated. Next spring
or next summer there will appear a
drove of pests, bugs and beasts of one
sort or another that should have been
suppressed by freezing winter. And
! these pests, either bugs or beasts or
birds, will swallow up the Kansas
crops or drop from the Kansas trees,
or otherwise make themselves objec-
tionable. And Kansas will pay, for the
| joyride she has had There is mighty
little hope for getting something for
nothing out of Nature The fiddler Will
turn up with his bill, but let him
come; we had fine dance and the
bills worth paying. Emporia Gazette.
F., * *
| Dr., and Mrs. F. r. Winslow, Bara-
boo, formerly reside in Baltimore,
Maryland, and are much interested in
an article in the Sun of that city deal
Ling with the many "firsts" to the cred
! it of the eastern city. Here are some
of the things that appeared or oc-
curred for the first time:
The first umbrellas in the United
States were used in Baltimore.
The first plant for their manufacture
was established there.
The first street electric railroad was
started there.
The first paper to use the electric
telegraph for the transmission of news
was printed in Baltimore.
The first message sent over wires
by president was received there.
The first iron building was erected
in Baltimore.
The first revolving cylinder print ng
press was used in Baltimore.
The Baltimore & Ohio railroad COM
pany, one terminus in Baltimore, was
the first railroad company incorporat-
ed in the United States.
The First Methodist . Episcopal
church was erected in this city of
"firsts''
The first Roman Catholic bishop to
be ordained in this country received
his rights here.
The first balloon ascension was in
Baltimore.
It is no wonder the people of Balti-
more walk with their heads in the air
but listen to this:
Baltimore invented the science of
bank embezzlement, 1918. The bank
was short about $2,000,000, large
sum in those days. The rogues were