Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1921-07-07

SON Leonard and Miss Olson left this
! morning for their homes in Kenosha
after attending the U. s. w. ". en-
campment in Baraboo. The above in
Guided the Kenosha delegation to the
convention.
County superintendent A. Fl. Martin
has returned to Baraboo after spend
ing few weeks camping at Spring
Stead lakes in northern Wisconsin
with a college chum. While there
Mr.. Martin caught a Is IL pound
musklunge which measured about
81 IL inches from tip to tail, pike and
! bass. Mr. Martin states the weather
was too dry and settled for excellent
fishing He also saw a FORGET fire
while in the northern part of the
state. Not much damage was done,
iby the blaze, however. os
About eight Boy Scouts on bicycles
stopped in Baraboo this morning on
their way to the Dells. The Boy
Scouts are from Wheaton, Glenenyn
and Elmhurst, III, and are represent
atives of three hundred boys of the
order They started from their homes
/. last Monday and have been camping
at Lake Geneva and Devils lake. To-
morrow the return trip will be start
ed The Scouts have the same equip
ment as a doughboy minus the gun
and are riding ON bicycles. The
youths are under the supervision Of
E. l.. Rice, scout executor for Dupage
county, Ill.
A birthday anniversary in honor Of
of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Nieman of
Merrimack yesterday. Two auto loads
were taken from Baraboo by Rudolph
Jesse and Herman Schilling Of Reeds
burg A birthday dinner was served
at noon under the large maple at the
Nieman home. The day was spent
in visiting, music and singing, and
visiting Parfrey Gorge. After a
pleasant afternoon five o'clock sup
per was served and the guests de-
present from away were M. and Mrs.
iP. w. Fitzsimmons and family, Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. Nieman and family,
Mas. Herman Kapelka and baby
Rudolph Jesse Of BaraboO; and Mr..
and Mrs. Herman Schilling of Reeds
burg.
The Smith comedy circus left
Baraboo today for Estervan, Alberta,
Canada. The circus is owned by G..
A. Smith of this city( who was for
merly the animal trainer for Ring
ling's circus Mr.. Smith and his as
sistant Conrad Castens, and the cir
Gus arrived in Baraboo about two
weeks ago from Superior. The circus
consists of eight dogs, two bears, two
monkeys and a baboon all of which
are trained and they will play six
weeks of fairs in Canada and after
that fourteen more in the states.
Mrs. Smith will join her husband
when the aggregation arrives in the
states
One Of the young gallants of this
region who uses an adjustable steer
ing wheel on his auto, went ten miles
to see his girl. When he started for
home be found the steering wheel
gone. He solved the problem by stay
ing the rest of the night with his
charmer. The next morning his girl
took him home in papa's car and now
some one has started the story that
he hired one of his friends to take
that wheel, knowing that the result
would be just as it proved to be.
-Ridhland Democrat
Mrs. Charles A. Gollmar, 202
Eleventh street, observed a strange
sight. A song sparrow was feeding
large dark colored bird as if it
were her own and she could hardly
believe her eyes, Mrs. A f. Reiner,
who resides across the way, was sum-
moned and explained the situation.
The song sparrow builds "a nest of
grass either on the ground or in low
bushes. The cow birds builds no
nest at all, neither do they care for
their young, the only birds in this
region guilty of such neglect The fe-
male cow bird slyly deposits her egg
in the nest of a smaller bird when
the owner is absent, leaving further
care of it to the new owner. Warb-
lers, sparroWs. and vireos are those
most frequently imposed upon. The
song sparrow at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Gollmar had been faithful to the
egg left in her care and was no doubt
quite surprised to have dark feath-
cred creature come into this strange