Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1922-02-24

| After while, tradition tells us
Our forefathers journeyed West
| Energetic, all ambitious
| Resolved to do their very best.
| Gentlemen from far Virginia
| Massachusetts, New York Dutch
| Earnest, strong, God fearing people
| More genuine men-there were none such.
Hardshps here were found aplenty.
| Obstacles to overcome.
| Clearing land, and building log house,
| Bare necessities for home
| Making roads or cutting timber
| Flowing gardens with hoe.
| Enduring losses without murmur.
Privations which we do not know.
| Them a saw mill was erected
| With stoI for grinding grist,
| WondroUs for preparing buck wheat,
Help for which the housewives wished.
Many of these men were nimrods,
Catching fish, and game for food
Which when cooked Ger spits-or fireplace
Made meal proclaimed, quite good.
But with stern, severe experience
Came enjoyment, too, and fun.
Common purpose strengthened friendships
| And their interests all We're one.
Friendships grew and Cupid lowered,
Aiming arrows left and right,
Till he pierced youth and maiden,
John NJ. Bower and Hannah Hoyt.
They were wed in 81
81 long years ago.
Their example others followed
~ = years census snow.
Then the district and select schools
Struggled for with might and main
Proved that perseverance wins, and
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
And in spite of toll and hardships
Often with the goal half gained
Always Wauwatosa spirit
highest standards mas maintained.
Church and school Of pioneer days
Taught by Rev. Clapp and wme
Gave to youth first rules and precepts,
Valued lessons all through life.
And happy was the early childhood
In those stirring, strenuous days
Picking wild flowers in the woods and
Sailing RATS down water ways.
What a treat it was to seamper
Down TO the trains go through.
Do you wonder, when l tell you
In those days there were but two?
AS time passed the town kept growing
raN erll, town hail. blacksmith shop,
Churches with their social gatherings
Lectures, spelling schools, and hops.
But with all the growth and changes
Wauwatosa held unique
In its dignity and ideals
High as any mighty peak.
: From the South came fearful ramors
Slaves mistreated-planned escape
Longed for freedom-who ceald blame them
On success their lives were staked.
SO they ran at night, in darkness
And lay hidden through the day.
Confident at certain stations,
Friends would aid them on their way.
: wauwatosa. faithful spirit
Ever watchful-kind Away
Helped the slaves To reach each station
Called it Underground Railway.
Chief among these friends of negroes
Influential man and good
Was that early Baptist preacher
Rev. Enoch Underwood.
!: But the feeling grew to hatred
Till the War of 81
And the boys of Wauwatosa
: Left their home tows-one by one.
: Wen. we know the swful conflicts
Sternest grim reality
In defense of right and freedom
Justice, love and liberty.
: After War there came reaction
In the business world and life
Then time of readjustment
LAID away was storm and strife.
Here the village reading eircl,
Held the lamp of truth aloft
Great debates and points were argued
With wit and sparring thrusts. quite oft.
. With Che yeals came transformation
Gene are tavern and the mill
Ok teams with their lumber wagons
Packet fence which marked the hill.
Gone The cider mill and orchards
How we loved those apples red.
And familiar spot TO ponder
Mr.. Baumbach's strawberry bCds
Gone beloved old pickle factory
From which school girls begged "dille
When the noon gave ample leisure
To retire and eat their filE
With these village variations
Ladies' fashions changed and styles
Large hoop skirts.-then reeds and bustles-
Home spun socks to hose of Isle.
Flowing sleeves and high tight collars,
BASQUE like waists with skirts quite long
Lined all through with paper cambria
Rustling as they moved along
Sentiment-but naught Of sorrow
Causes often times a sigh
For those days of keen enjoyment
Renaissance brings so nigh.
With vieissitudes came progress
And the influence knowledge yields.
BY the youth sent from this village
To diverse professional fields.
At this time the active women
Who had long worked hand in hand
Realizing strength in union
Formed themselves into band.