Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-10-26
Wisconsin for post Gritty.

zens who are so fortunate as TO have
visited this wonderful little valley?
1t is doubtful if there is in the entire
state a place in endowing which ma
ture has been more lavish.
Dorward Glen is just far enough
from Madison to Iuake the trip an
adventure II is easily possible to
reach it in time to nave lunch and
dinner in it's shady hooks, coming
home with the eavly moon. One
crosses on the ferry at Merlin ack
The ferryman will tell the way. He
is accustomed to the question. He
would be glad TO direct the governor
on one of these rare October days.
The Glen takes it's name from a
Scotch family, some of whom still
hold the title. The elder Dorward
went there about 1861. AS a painter
of sacred pictures this Scotch pioneer
became interested in the Catholic
church. His sons entered the priest
hood. They were travellers, poets,
artists. They found in the seclusion
of the Glen a spot to feed esthetic
natures.
The rock formation is not unlike
that at the Dells, but in it nature has
seemed to show greater refinement.
All about are ordinary hill lands and
farms, but here is cleft in the
earth surrounded by magnificent pin
es growing Oh jutting powders, over
which their roots have gone search
ing for earth. There is a brook such
as poets write about. Opening into
a level space, the Glen provides a
delightful retreat for tourist enter
tainment. The shade is ample the
brook handy, and wild flowers are
all about.
Intensely religious, the elder Dor
ward made the whole glen a shrine.
/ The chapel might first attract ones
attention. 1t seems to have stopped
out of the dim past, and one peering
through the dingy windows would
not be surprised at the sight of yes
tai virgins CARRIED as in bygone cen
turtles. In a square of rock to the
right a Maltese cross is carved. The
| boundaries of an open space are
sketched by the stations of the
cross. Within the circle is the Dor
ward family burying ground in which
| rest 1.-The Mother of the Priests" and
some of her family. On the hill is d
statue of the virgin, and nearby is
the old family domicile. Through it
all is seen the hand of the artist, and
all is caught with the sentimentality
of the dreamer and philosoper. Pass
ing down from these and following
the brook up the Nharp cleft in the
hills one exclaims at every turn as
some new grandeur accosts the eye
Description is difficult and totally
inadequate The verdict of those who
have seen this place never varies.
Each year the number of pilgrims
who come to pay tribute increases.
Wisconsin is beginning to appreciate
both natural geauty and historic as
association, and we commend the Glen
to the attention of the state. This
small plot, probabl! no more than 40
acres, is said to be for sale. AS it's
owners find it a burden, it is prob
able that the price would be reason
able: We suggest that Governor
Blaine call the attention of the Con
Iservation Commission to Dorward
Glen. u should become a state park.
Madison Journal
The sheriff in Ricbland county went
into the woods to shoot squirrels and
found a moonshine still. We have
heard of no complaint because he
was elected sheriff.
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