Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-11-09
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IN the Fifty ears-Ago column the
Reedsburg Free Press says: On Sun
day last, workmen were EMPLOYED 10
remove rock in the Narrows, which
showed signs of unrest. To dislodge
il, a big charge of powder was mt in
which did more execution than they
bargained for; for it DESTROYED the
track and deposited upon the road bed.
sgch a mass of rock, that il requires
incessant labor until Tuesday night.
TO remove it, and replace the track.
The Evanston was fortunately above.
with the passenger train, and she
made regular trips between Elroy and
the break.
Recently a representative of the
Milwaukee Journal visited the Devils
Lake State park and has written a
statement concerning the controversy
over the proposed we'll to be drilled
and building to be erected by L. d.
Prader. He gives a plain statement
of the facts, the desire on the part of
Mr.. Prader. the opposition of the
Claades, and the public meeting with
the outcome. He concludes with the
statement that increased provision
will be made for next year, more tents
more tenting ground, and a greater
water supply. The golf course will be
greatly improved by that time.
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The first bathtub in the United
States was installed in Cincinnati.
Ohio, December 20. 1912, by Adam
Thompson, according to the reports
of the manufacturers of plumbers
materials. "At a Christmas party" it
is said, Thompson exhibited his tub.
lined with mahogany and sheet lead,
to his guests; later, four of them took
a plunge" The incident and the new
invention aroused considerable crit
cism. Some papers called the innova-
ton an epicurean luxury, others
thought it undemocratic. President
Fillmore, however, after seeing the
original bathtub, is said to have had
one installed in the White House.
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Curator II. z. Cole of the State
Historical Society is thorough, care
full field worker in archaeological lines.
His description of Western Sank
County just issued in the Wisconsin
Archeologist is model of patient in
vestigation and fuh sitting of facts
concerning Wisconsins earliest in
habitants. The monograph is illus
trated with unusual portraits of Win
nebagO Indians and pictures showing
their present mode of life, as we'll as
with outlines of effigy mounds and
artifacts of especial interest. The
ways of primitive man in Wisconsin
are rapidly being revealed with scien-
tifc precision Wisconsin History
Bulletin.
Many in BarabOo have visited what
is called the natural bridge near
Rockbridge in Richland county. 1t is
no such bridge as the one at Leland
but one that attracts many visitors.
The following unusual accident hap
pened there some nights ago, accord
ing to the Richland Center Democrat:
Will kissing had a hair raising ex-
perience lately which he says he
never wishes to duplicate. He was
coon hunting on the Pine river valley
in the township of Rockbridge and
with the party started from the high
lead. Suddenly Will and his lantern
lands toward the river, viii in the
disappeared as suddenly as if the
earth had opened and swallowed them
up. What did happen was the fact
that he had walked off one of the
high cliffs that flank the river in
that region. Wills guardian angel
must have had hand in the affair, for
he fell about twenty feet where he
lodged in the top of a pine tree sixty
feet from the ground from which
place he made his way to terra firma
with much difficulty. During these
exciting moments one can imagine
the nerovus state of his friends and
the reaction in their feelings when
Will reached mother earth safe and
sound.
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Guy o. GlazieI V San Di. &c has
remembered his brother, r. L.
GlaZier and this ufi,e with a peck
age of fine nectar which the busy
bees of California have gathered.
Honey is delicious article of food
and more of it should be eaten. Cal
ifornia is a verita BILE paradise of good
things but there is no product more
wholesome than this delectable food.
The California resident is on very ag-
reeable terms with the bees he owns
and is amply rewarded for the atten-
ton given them.