Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-01-26
renewals of automobile licenses.

renewals of automobile licenses.
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The Mackey place at Reedsburg,
one of the old homesteads Of the city,
is to be sold and the furniture scat
tered The house at one time was
occupied by Stafford Mackey who came
to Reedsburg in 1860 and died there
in the fall of 1867 He was engaged
in the milling and lumber trade and
at the time Of his death was dealing
in hops, an enterprise in which many
were making money at that time but
later had collapse. After the death
of Stafford Mackey, Frank Mackey
purchased the place for his mother,
the late Mrs. Joseph Mackey who
died last summer. Frank Mackey is
in England and since the death of
his mother no member of the family
has resided in the house.
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Helen Keller has been appearing in
Madison. To see her one is stirred
with emotions. She lives in a world
without sound and in utter darkness
Her lifelong friend and teacher, Annie
Sullivan Macy, accompanies her
everywhere Miss Keller was well
dressed, looks we'll, and has been on
tour of the Pacific coast. She said
she enjoyed going about, although
she could not see or hear. By placing
her fingers in the hand Of her COM
panion it was possible to pass 80
words minute back and forth, all
by the touch. Usually Helen placed
her fingers on the lips or ner teacher.
her thumb on her throat, and in that
way read what her companion was
saying to the audience. 1t was some
what difficult to catch such words as
contamination, hallucination, excom-
munication- and others OF several syl-
tables. In case the words or sentence
had TO be repeated, her face would
light UP when she caught the idea,
and she would then repeat In a Pc
culiar sound, there being little or no
modulation. The audience asked sever
al questions while the writer was
there. When a question was asked,
It was repeated to her com
panion, then uttered by Helen, and
the answer given to the audience.
Her answers were to the point and
showed that are Of intelligence
burned within her brain. Here are a
few Of them:
Question: Why are women's clothes
SO much the topic Of conversation?
Answer: Because brevity b the
soul of Wit.
Question: Can yon tell night from
day?
Answer: BY the state of the atmos-
phere.
Question: Can you tell IL there Is
a large audience?
Answer: BY the breathing and vi
brations in floor when applauding.
Question: Can you tell when on the
mountains during the recent trip?
Answer: BY the way the train
climbed up.
Question: In case you could have
one wish granted what would 1t be?
Answer: No more war and univer--
sal brotherhood in the world.
It was most difficulty to get her
education started. At last she caught
a few ideas, went through college,
and is now apparently optimistic,
She is in perpetual blackness, has
bright mind, a happy tragedy.
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o. s. Rich, $50 West Monterey ave-
nue., Pomona, California, formerly of
Baraboo, writes: Although we live
in sunny southern California, we en-
JOY The News from old Baraboo We
are having ample rains and sunshine
which is fine for this country. Re
CARDS to all old friends"
John Haynes Holmes is convinced
that iona Gales recent book of
poems, 1.-The Secret Way will win
permanent place in the poetic liter
ature of America. He says:
The poems have deep feeling, re-
veal acute insight into the deeper
meanings of things, and that fine vi
sion of love and beauty which is the
possession, and therefore the sym
bolic sign, so to speak, of the true
poet
The death of w. A. McKerrow, !
widely know throughout Wisconsin /!