Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-08-24
NEW ENGLANDEkS
ARE NOT QUAINT
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the covering choice brand was
grown. The experiment was tried
at Sank City some years ago.
History Everywhere
New England is one of the Oldest
sections on this side of the Atlantic
and therefore almost every foot of
II has history. A visitor is constant
~ meeting tablets marking spots
where the Indians massacred the
early settlers, where important
events took place, or where noted
persons have lived. Guides are point
ing at places all the time, keeping one
busy recalling colonial or revolution.
airy history. More references are made
10 George Washington than to any
Individual. one is inclined to believe.
a9is name appears 81 times in our
New England Guide book and no other
individual is SO hOnOred.
Old Man OF the Mountains
The Old Man Of the Mountains has
been carved out or the rocks by the
elements. just like the stone face
near tho Turks Head at Devils lake,
RarabOo. The New England old man
- no better looking, no more attrac-
tive than the one in the state park
at home The New England old man
- given great publicity and / believe
the one which looks upon the lake
more consideration. The New England
people know. as well as the Califor-
mans, how TO advertise their places
of attraction.
New England has quite a collection
of abandoned inter-urban railways.
Before the war came they were run
ming down at the heel, as it were,
and the conflict put them to sleep,
probably forever. During the war
there were not enough men to oper-
ate them and when the conflict was
over the automobiles and busses had
grown so numerous there was certain
loss to the owners if the cars were
again run. Miles of rails may be seen
rusting and the ties beneath decay.
ing. Sand brought down by erosion or
vegetation that is luxuriant often
covers the tracks. Automobiles, equal
suffrage in politics, and the changes
in democracy are attributes of our
social fabric that must receive due
consideration from an ever changing
world.
St Paul and Minneapolis, Sank City
and Prairie du Sac, do not possess all
OF the rivalry; a generous share must
ne reserved for the people of New
England. Vermont has a range Of
Mountains which bisects the common
wealth and those residing on opposite
sides keep an eagle eye on the activ-
ities of their neighbOrs. 1t has been
Ehe rule for many years to vibrate
the selection of a governor; the east
side takes p whiTl at the honor, then
the west side. Those on the east side
sender il those on the west side
ARE half awake and twit each other
about their frailties much as Boston
pOkes fun at New York. There is one
question. however, on which all of the
people of Vermont are agreed-this not
being religion, politics, education,
economics. sociology or any branch
. nf these problems which are puzzling
Ithe thinkers of the world at the pres
ent time. The thought upon which
which there is unanimity is that the
the scenery of the Green mountains
is finer than that OF the White noun
stains over in New Hampshire. AS
f~II
IN arms and so it goes. The tourists
gaze upon what wonders nature has
performed and lets the natives do the
-cOgitating.
Graveyards Tricky Populated
When a wes.erner goes east tn re
is one thing he notices and that is
4he thiclIly populated cemeteries. Ia
some Ct them they have been burying
people for almost three hundred
years and the result is not only nu-
merOus graves but many burying
grounds If one pauses to read the in
scriptions he finds some unusual cpl
taphs. There are many queer lines
on the stones on Burial hill at Ply
mouth and one Of Chese, which Mrs. d.
a Lewis. when she resided in Bara-
boo, was wont to repeat for the plea
sure of her guests, follows:
Remember me as you pass by;
AS you now are so once was J.,
As l am now so you must be
Prepare for death and follow me.
The above lines are on the stone at
the grave of Elizabeth Slavery, wife
of Lemuel Slavery.
In one of these cemeteries we re-
marked. to one in charge, about the
graves being so numerous, that many
Fgersons must have died and that the
doctors in New England must lose a
great many patients.
"Well, now" he replied, "the doctors
are not such a poor lot; you must
remember we have been burying folks
here for a long time"
Many Interesting Cemeteries