Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-02-23

in comtept, but not in jail. The case
is the leading topic of interest about
the Platteville firesides.
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Joseph Rita, who resides near Madi-
son, will have something of interest
to tell his wife and children when
they return from a tour of the Unit
ed States. While they were away Joe
decided he would make a little vel
vet by selling the drippings from
the end of a COIL When Joe came to
his full senses he was standing be-
fore Judge in Madison and his fine
was fixed at $500. The mount lick
ed up" all the profits and more, so
that his family may be summoned
home from their pleasure trip. The
whole affair was quite shock to dad
dy.
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Mrs. Joseph Johnson of Baraboo
writes from st. Petersburg, Florida,
they like it there very much; have
been there about six weeks. They
have decided it is fine place to spend
the winter. The Osborns were there
ten days then went on to the east
coast, had a fine trip to Miami, where
they remained a week. They expect
to reach St Augustine soon and as
soon as warm enough they will join
other boats for the trip north.
Mr.. and Mrs. Johnson go to 425 West
Concord street, Orlando, Florida, soon
and a little later will join the Os-
borns for trip on the east coast or
up the st. Johns river. I'VE are very
WELL" is the ending of Mrs. Johnson's
letter.
Ga-benahgewn1wonEe Is dead. A
picture Of his wrinkled visage hangs
in the rooms of the local historical
society. He was o Chippewa Indian
who boasted his age was 1877 years
and in that event he could remember
the War OF 1912 and all that followed.
But the Indian in all his 1877 years
knew nothing OF Homer, knew moth
ing of Darwin, knew nothing OF all
past history and ideas, comparatively
speaking. Edison or Shakespeare, or
even a high school boy of today lives
longer in year than the Indian in
fifty years. What does a star-f1sh get
out of life? What does a clam in the
bed Of the Baraboo river? It is the
mind that is awake to new thoughts,
to the events OF the passing hour, to
all history, that really lives long,
though the years be few.
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Twenty OF Wisconsin University's
Greek letter fraternities and socie-
ties own houses on Langdon street
in the choicest residential section of
che city, including the homes of the
late Postmaster-General William r.
Villas, u. S. Senator John G. Spooner,
Chief Justice E. G.. Ryan, Gen. Chand-
Ter P. Chapman, and Oscar D. Bran
denburg, formerly editor and pub
Usher OF the Madison Democrat,
Justice Burr W. Jones and the late
Chief Justice J. B. Winslow. The
State Journal says: Where frater-
mites nose in, other classes, desir-
GUS Of quiet home life, find it COM
Portable eventually to move out. Var
sity jazz, combined with all-night
motor noises during weekend par
ties and collegiate pandemonium gen
orally exercise an influence that
leaves the gregarious girls and boys
alone in their fussing cslonies."
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0. D. Brandenburg publishes in the
State Journal at Madison an authen-
tic and exhaustive denial of the long
current and well-worn tale that Ole
Bull the Norwegian violinist, was
victimized by purchase of eleven thou
sand acres Of wild lands seven years
ago in Patten county, Pa, on which
he attempted to found New Bergen,
Valhalla and other cities for his coun-
trymen. Bulls agents, research proves
neglected property to search the til
tie and liens, Of which they might
have taken note existed, so that
carelessness rather than bad faith
brought Bulls schemes to nought.
The lands were subsequently sold for
taxes: the Ole Bull castle, a two
story, 20 by 80, wooden building on
Kettle Court was never finished, and
many of his intending colonists set
tied permanently and prosperously in
the Enthusiastically Standard
Union.
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A recent copy of the Lansing State
Journal contains an interesting ac-
count of the Midget troupe, a member
of which is Miss Bertha Reul, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Bertha Reul of this city
The troupe appeared, in Richland
Center not long ago and it was the
pleasure of several Baraboo folks to
witness a performance of the little