Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-09-28
NEIGHBORHOOD
BREvITIES and
NEARBY NOTES
Important News Events
of Week From Tri-
State Area.

| Louis Barrette, probably the oldest
! settler in southwestern Wisconsin,
| died at The home Of his son, Sam, near
Eastman, August %. Mr.. Barrette
was born in Prairie du Chen, Feb.
! 20, 1924, and the eldest of family
Of eleven. He was French on his
/ fathers side and French and Indian
on his mothers side. At the age Of
! IA Louis Barrette was made mail car
rier for Uncle Sam and he carried a
| leather pouch between Pra. du CHEN
and Platteville on horseback, OveE
! blazed trails through the timber and
over the prairies; in those days they
! had no envelopes to enclose their
messages, but the letter was so fold
ed as to seal itself and the postage
| was 5 cents for half ounce or
| fraction He carried mail on horse
back for two years in this manner
until road was blazed from Bridge
( port to Lancaster and a cable ferry
was put in operation over the Wis
consin river at Bridgeport. Prior to
that time the horse mad to swim the
channel and young Barrette would
| pole himself across on a raft. Then
tween these points and had six horses
for this purpose. Mr.. Barrette re-
membered well old Black Hawk and
often saw him while in captivity at
Fort Crawford. He also remembered
how that cunning Indian got away
from the two guards when he was
taken out for an airing outside the
garrison wallis. He travelled the Black
vi w
than a deer trail In those days this
entire country abounded with game
including buffalo, deer, antelope, and
scores of other big game which has
long since been exterminated from
the face of this section. Wolves were
plentiful and great menace to the
people. His father was one of the
first white settlers here, was a land
ed man in those early days and own
ed perhaps the first team of horses
brought to this valley and young Bar
rette drove the horses while the faith
er ploWed with a wooden pillow strip
/ ped with iron and he drove oxen too.
He was % years of age when he mar
ried and took his bride to farm
now occupied by Otto Karnopp in the
town of Bridgeport. Here they lived
eight years following which they NOV
ed to this city and lived in various
places about the settlement. 1t was
not until about 1850 that Mr.. Barrette
saw a grain cradle. What little flour
they had was ground with a sweep
milf at which a couple of men and
a horse could sometimes make a 100
pounds of flour in fourteen or sixteen
hours. The shell of the grain, or
bran as we now call it, was separated
from the flour with a hand sieve and
circular motion. On the Wife's side
Pierre Antaya was one of the first
white settlers here according to his
tory. Michael Antaya came a little
later. The present generation of Bar
rettes have French, English and In
dian lineage. Mr.. Barrette's grand
mother took a claim in what is now
Mill coulie narrow strip Of land
three miles long and built log house
at the mouth OF the cOulie. The faith
er was in the habit of going further
west to trade with the Indians for
the winter with supplies furnished by
the American Fur Co., and while on
one of these trips was accidentally
shot by an Indian; and another trader
Rolette drove them from the claim.
Up to this day the title to those lands
have not been DISQUALIFICATION
Co. Press.
Justice VIM. Fogo of Richland Cen
ter held Ladon Fogo for trial under
$500 bail on a charge of transporting
booze. Fogo's companion, William
Johnson, was turned over to the
Rockford authorities for trial. A
Rockford Dick came to Richland
Center and easily identified Johnson
as a Rockford crook and second story
man. The valuable merchandise in
Johnson's possession was identified
as stolen loot from Rockford de-
partment store.
Mrs May Luchsinger of Monroe
has been named as a member of the
board of managers of the Wisconsin
Veterans Home by Gov. Blaine. Her
term will expire July 1922. She is
the wife of veteran and the first
woman to be appointed on the board.
Miss Matte Howell of Fennimore
has accepted the position of critic
at the River Falls Normal.
The engagement of Eugene Biddick,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Biddick
of Livingston and Miss Frances Stein
of Milwaukee has been announced.
Both are students at the university.
Miss Laura JudkinS of Darlington
has accepted the position as instruc-
tor of the Violin at ST. Clara's at
Sinsinawa.
After two weeks of suspended train
service due to serious washouts in the
storm of two weeks ago, a light train
came over the Southeastern line from
Lacrosse Monday, and on Tuesday
Engineer Henry Weber came in with
a big Burlington engine and heavy
train. Regular traffic is now on
Viroqua Censor
Judge SmaIley opens court in Iowa
county this week with calendar of.
seven cases-one criminal, six civil.
There are twelve applications for
naturalization.
Edward Brown Of Warren, Ill.,, was
tried at Galena for transporting in
tOxicating liquor and given SO days in
the 10 Davies county Jail.
w. N. Billings of Madison will re-
turn to Cobb, where he will assume
position as active officer in the Cobb
State Bank.
Mrs. Michael Banfield of Cuba City
was seriously injured from fall.