Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-08-17

New Workers when it comes to deep
watei lakes
Salt Works
At Syracuse and many other places
salt from the earth is obtained A
hole is drilled to the layers, about
1900 feet down, and a stream of wa
ter then goes below, becomes satur-
ated and is pumped up to have the
salt removed by artificial evaporation.
The water is black when it gushes
forth but the salt is made white by
{ refining.
Watkins Glen
The acme of interest in New York
state in the way of scenery is Wat.
kins glen at the southern extremity
Of Seneca lake. The older members
OF the News family will recall the
stereoptican views sold thirty or
forty years ago. the pictures portray
ing the wonders Of the scenery in
this gorge of distorted shale. Old
man Watkins has been dead these
many years and the place is now
state park. Wonderful improvements
have been made for the pleasure of
the visitor, bringing within easy
reach the beautiful waterfalls, the
precipitous walls, the attractive verd-
ure, the interesting potholes, and che
curious caverns. The gorge is not
as young as the Dells at KilbOurn does
not require boat but is about as in
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visitors who come daily to gaze upon
the wonder. In the same town are
a number of springs which are said
to possess medicinal properties and
these are an added attraction to Wat
kins. AS with Kilbourn, Watkins is
a meca for "mooners," the newly
weds having flocked to the place
from the days when the attractive
ness was first heralded.
The glen is about three miles in
extent, is provided with permanent
walks, and free parking place for au-
tomobiles.
Filled Eyes of the Men Full
The Finger Lake region has given
birth to unusual people and unusual
ideas. 1t was at Seneca Falls that
Amelia Bloomer filled the eyes of
the men full by appearing ON the
streets in a garb which has taken
her name. In the same town, in 1847,
the first Woman's rights convention
in the world was held, the home of
Elizabeth Cady Stanton being there
Tn he Ios, Il
he dug up the golden plates upon
which were engraved the doctrines
OF Mormonism and here, too, was
first advanced the ideas of Spiritual
ism and where came forth the Holy
Rollers.
Many famous Americans were born
or have lived along these lakes:
Millard Fillmore, the thirteenth presi- |
dent of the United States, William
II. Sewart, John d. Rockefeller, An |
drew d. White, Ezra Cornell, Robert |
G.. Ingersoll, Elihu Root, Lewis
Morgan and David B. Hill.
He Never Returned
On October 20, 1861 answering the |
call OF President Lincoln, Wyman
J. Johnson of Waterloo hung his |
scythe on a Balm of Gilead tree with |
this request:
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Young Johnson died of wounds in |
May, 1864, and his grave was not To- |
Gated until 1916. His scythe was
claimed by the Balm of Giiead and
is now embedded in the heart of the !
old tree, which has grown so large !
than only few inches of the blade |
OF the instrument are now visible.
Another Unusual Tree
At Baraboo when one looks upon |
the big cottonwood at the home OF !
Mrs. ]. w. Davis, the monster maple !
at the Jeffries place, or the proud
elm at Devils lake, he thinks it would
be difficult to surpass them this side
the Rockies. Near Geneva, however,
stands a bigger tree, a cottonwood,
said to be the largest in the state of
New York. 1t is now known as the
Lafayette tree for beneath is bran
ches, June 5, 1925, the noted French |.
man greeted 1000 citizns from the viii
lagos and countryside in the immed-
late vicinity. Roughly measured by !
member of our party the trunk of
this tree is about thiryt-six feet in
circumference. /
While at Cornell university we re-
called that this was the alma mater |
of Judge James O'Neil of NeillsvilIe,
The two imposing statues on the cam
pus are those of Ezra Cornell, the
founder and Andrew ID. White, the
leading spirit so many years
Home Of Five Nations
Here dwelt long ago the fierce five
nations which have filled so many
pages of American history with their
bloody deeds. These were the wisest
and strongest of the Indians found