Mauston Star, The (Newspaper) - May 22, 1861, Mauston, Wisconsin Wisconsin STEVENS OP EMPIRE BLOCK WESTWARD THE OP WAY of one if paid within Terini of Advertising 3 iu 7 1 square 2 V2 Half Whole 500 Ky Ten of this type make a square Business Cords not exceeding five Knea inserted one for advertising by tho year can havo their changed ft quarter MAY 22 great among tbo who entirely with a was fore any one could be persuaded to and t the not render m to In Advance York OFFICIAL DIRECTORY VILLAGE OFFICERS VILLAGE OF TRUSTEE TREASURER ASSESSOR MARSHAL SCHOOL MARTIM GRAY Pra M M JACOB T P JOHN LYMBURN M G BALFOUR A M JAMES COOPER County Sheriff District of Deeds Treasurer Clerk of the Court Clark of the Board Surveyor Coroner COUNTY OFFICERS D THOMAS J A A AVERY C J LEACH C P CUTLER B C E G LITTLE STATE OFFICERS Governor Lieut Governor B Secretary of State L P HARVEY Treasurer S D HASTINGS Attorney General J II Bunk Comptroller IK VAN Supt Public J L PICKARD Adjutant General WILLIAM L UTLEY Chief Justice L DIXON e BUSINESS CARDS P R BRIGGS Justice of the will attend to all business entrusted to his care Blank deeds mortgages lanit contracts etc always on hand and filled out on short notice Also agent for tbe Phenix Fire Insurance Co of New York city over Store Juneau Co JOHN TURNER at Law and Insurance Agent Commissioner and Justice of the Peace for Juneau Co i Will promptly attend to busineu entrusted to him Mauston Wisconsin j Dealer in Dry Goods Groceries Clothing and j Notary Public Land and Collecting Agent Lyndon Station Juneau County All to him will be attended to HOUSE well Houee is well and up in order for the comfort of the traveling public and proprietor flatters himself that he can give to all it abiding place tor a longer or shorter time carried to and from tha oars of DUDLEY LITTLE Proprietor Mauston Juneau Co WU 3 T HEATH County Surveyor for County of Juneau Will attend to Surveying of all kindi Haa the Field Notes of Survey Enquire at C W Atkins Wisconsin A T JOHNSON Attorney at Law and General Land Bad Aie Co Deeds Mortgages Land Contracts etc always on hand filled out at notice JOHN A KELLOGG Attorney at Law Notary Public and General Land Agent Mauston Wis will attend to the collection of payment of Taxes Wisconsin 49 F and Counselor at Law Mansion Juneau Co Wis Abo Land Agent and Conveyancer Deeds Land Contracts etc always on filled out at notice LYMBURN d Biscuit and Crackers Wholesale and also dealers in all of Groceries and Provisions at the nl 8 FIELD for Juneau County and Justice of the Peace promptly attend to all entrusted to his care J R Bennett Esq TV N Woodruff Chicago Bliss Spear La A F E D Motors W R Jarvis M M MAUGHS Lumber at Mills All kinds of Pine Lumber constantly on hand at the lowest market price Wisconsin WILLIAM SEARLE FROM BEGS leava to inform tbe Public that he has located in MAUSTON and after thirty yeara practice in the above profession flatters to be with the different DISEASES and TREATMENTS to HORSES and CATTLE By strict attention to business and moderate charges ho hopes to uin a share of Public patronage and Founder Ointment should ot kept by all who owu Horses and Cattle It only need a trial to prove its unrivaled efficacy prepared on short notice and warranted genuine T wta the train drew anil tie inore sunshine J Sag appear And in our a cheer For Baltimore the bros d Old Port bora The starry of tho brave As when our fathers went to save Or in tho find a grave At Baltimore MS pillared in the j Wo statue soar Of Could traitors view form nor fly Could patriots see uor gladly die For Bait Oh city of our country's By that swift aid we bore Whan sorely pressed receive the throng Who go to shield our flig from And give us welcome sad strong la Baltimore 7 We had no anus as friends we came As brothers To rally round one sacred The chortor of osr power aud fame Ws never dreamed of guilt and shame In Baltimore The upon us fell flag they tore Surprised borne backward by the swell down by mad inhuman yell Before us yawLed u traitorous hell Baltimore The our trod Blushed with their gore Wo saw the craven rulers nod And dip in blood the civic rod Shall such things be 0 righteous Gud In Baltimore 1 No never By outrage black A oath we swore To bring the thousand's Strike the who attack And leave a red and fiery track Through Baltimore Bow dowa in haste thy guilty hand God's wrath is swift and The with gathering bolts in rud Cleanse from thy the slaughter shed Or malic thyself au ashen bed Oh Baltimore Bayard Taylor You are perfectly com these fogs are unusually they are even to the constitution of a Hollander As for me I with How different is of which just left i v have traveled some tcr inquiringly Traveled ay the remotest corner of the Indies amongst Jews and tars J but docs it please ye to travel known to The stranger held him tightly and spite of his struggles Ho felt the grasp of tho clutch of a bird of prey breath i almost but disengaging himself with a sudden bound ho sprang from headlong from his of room b'y full of the burly Hollander his affrighted ways in that garb Even the stranger descended from father to son through i than three generations See this the left breast of my doublet out his neck and by the dim light perceived a small perforation on the breast of tho stranger's doublet Ah I the bullet that passed through it lodged in the heart of my great at tho sack of I havo heard of the bloody doings at that place from rest his Peter was startled on the mate from the sound slumber she had been wrapped in for more than two hours during time her husband had been indulging perceiving un- earthly smile which played over the nance of the stranger on his hearing this pi- ejaculation Ho muttered to himself in an audible tone the word but was interrupted by the loud laugh com- 1 who slapped him on the shoulder and in potations deep and until overcome the potency of his beloved bo had sunk and INTERESTING HIS TRIP S C Prof Lowe the t recently balloon voyage from Cincinnati in nine lours He ascended former place between 3 and 4 o'clock i M on the 20 th the material of his interesting account of the At a quarter to 5 o'clock light of day was sproad of the beautiful farms dreamed the wo have seated disappeared one by cue and tho was fast approaching to take their place I was now over the Ohio river on the Kentucky ed to relate Tho noise of his fall aroused his vrow from her slumbers Trembling in every limb un hearing the unruly sound below sho descended by a short flight of steps screaming aloud for help into tho room where she had left her spouse when she retired to rest and beheld Peter her dear husband prostrate on the stone floor the table over- turned broken and the remainder of the accursed liquor flowing in a stream from the bottle which lay upset on the fluor 1 wa tho in- tbe of liW South h State of that morning and that be very thankful if I would leave and ordered the negroes to let werer holding desirous of F a 1 threw ascend al that one of the seeing tho bag of Band sang out Hollo stranger yo lost AN AFRICAN Chambers Journal discussing a recent cried Oome come mynheer you look sad book of missionary travels in Africa to one of the tribes which does not my liquor sit well on your stomach Tis excellent replied Peter ashamed I to think that the stranger had observed his will you sell me your I had it from a dear friend who has been found long since replied the stranger he strictly enjoined me never to gelt it for d'ye see no sooner is it emptied than at the wish of the possessor it is but as you seura a of spirit it shall be left to chance to decide who shall possess it He took from his bosom a bale of dice I will stake it- against a guilder Good said Poter but I fear there is some deviltry iu the phial cried hia companion with a But thu strangest of all tho stories told arc of thu Dokas who live among the moist bamboo woods to the south of and those who have traveled better Deviltry for- Only four feet high of a dark olive color savage and naked they have neither houses nor temples neither tiro nor human food They live only on ants mice and pents diversified only by a few roots and fruits they let their nails grow long like talons the better to tear in pieces their snakes They do not marry but live tive lives of animals multiplying very ly The mother nurses her child for only a short time accustoming it to eat ants and serpents as soon as possible and when it can side aod at an elevation of feet the thermometer standing at At 5 o'clock and 5 minutes the sun golden rim above the horizon and soon shone full upon the huge transparent globe overhead which was now perfectly distended and presented a splendid appearance In ten minutes more the rays of the sua appeared on the tops of the hills and trees making long shadows on tho earth I now looked in the direction of Cincinnati but it had entirely disappeared On looking to tho horizon I could discern a small village which has since proved to bo Ky The rays of the sun upon the balloon ed mo gradually to at 7 the barometer indicated an elevation of OOP feet At this hight my beina very sharp I partook of a hearty after which I took my glass for tho of hunting out objects of interest and by the aid of could high peaks of mountains on tho eastern horizon also to the north-east and At a quarter past 3 o'clock I was passing over a hilly section of country and fast approaching tall ains I was now south of the Ohio river and could not discern it even a telescope I now concluded that the course I was suing would take me to tho Chesapeake Bay BOOT SHOE SHOP respectfully informs the citizens of X and vicinity that he has taken the shop re- by Edward Smith in the lower village he is prepared to manufacture all kinds ot work is the BOOT AND SHOE MAKING fine prices He can also MEND as well as wiU take Wheat and Hides in exchange for work at prices All work made his shop is Warranted CASH PAID FOR HIDES TEACHERS INSTITUTE AKO CLASSICAL SEMINARY COUNTY WIS Tera Karch 27 can be obtained by application or by A B CENTS bushel will be paid for good Wheat on to the Slart BLANKS and Justice's Blanks OB hand ud for at THE MAGIC PHIAL j OR AX AT said the portly Peter Van Voorst as he buttoned up his money in the pockets of his capacious breeches now home to my farm end to-morrow 1 11 buy neighbor Jan Hagen's two cows which are the best in Holland He crossed tho market-place of Delft as ho spoke with an elated and swaggering air and turned down one of the streets which lad out of when a goodly tavern met his eye Thinking a dram would be cial in counteracting the effects of a fog which was just rising he entered and called for a glass of schiedam This was brought and drank by Peter who liked the flavor so much that he resolved to try the liquor Accordingly a glass of a capacious size was set before him After a few sips of the ing spirit our farmer took a view of the apartment in which he was sitting and for the first time perceived that tho only person in the room besides himself was a young man of melancholy aspect who sat near the place apparently half asleep Now Poter was of a loquacious turn and nothing dered a room more disagreeable to him than the absence of company He therefore took the first opportunity of engaging the stranger in conversation A dull evening said the Yaw replied the stranger stretching himself and yawning loudly very foggy I take and he looked into tho street Petar perceived that his companion wore a dress of dark brown of the cut of the last century A thick row of brass buttons his doublet so thickly indeed were they placed that they appeared one stripe of metal His shoes were high-heeled and like those worn by a company of maskers represented by a picture which hung in Peter's parlor at The ger was of a spare figure and his nance was as before stated pale but there was a wild brightness in his inspired the farmer with a feeling of awe After taking a few turns up and down the apartment the stranger drew a chair near to Peter and sat down Are you a burgher of Delft he in- quired was the reply lam a small farmer and live town of Umph said the stranger you have a dull road to travel See your glass is out How like ye mine host's schiedam 1 Tis right excellent You say rejoined the stranger with a smile which he thought greatly im- proved his countenance but here is a uor which no burgomaster in Holland can Tis fit for a He drew forth a phial from the breast of his doublet and mixing a small quantity of the red liquid it contained with some water that stood on the table he poured it into empty glass The farmer tasted it and found it to excel any liquor he had drunk Its ed the hand Pshaw tor smile stand these I crave your said Peter I will throw for it and he placed a guilder on the table Tho farmer met with ill luck and Ha took a draught of his companion's liquor a d determined to stake another guilder but he lost that also Enraged at his want of he drew forth the canvas bag contained the proceeds of the sale of his corn and resolved either to win the phial the contents of which hud gone far to fuddle his senses or lose all He threw again with better luck but elated at this he played to heads on the ground Yer in a field I descended near to them and considerably south of Washington as that city was due east of Cincinnati and I was moving oast north-east At 9 o'clock I was help itself it wanders away where it j passing over the northern range of the The hold up bright colored j Mountains and bore iiiy course tn Below and for milus around was a barren wilderness but at some distance ahead I see occasionally a farm hoWse Being desirous of ascertaining with more cer t inty my exact whereabouts I let off gas gradually to within a short In slavery they are docile attached j distance of tho earth with tbe hope of dient with few wants and excellent j ing some one to inquire of As I passed They havii only one love of ants hero I found current mice and a habit of speaking ly to the south some Woik clothes as soon as they coma to tho moist warm bamboo woods where these human keys live and the poor Dokas cannot resist the attractions offered by such a superior ple They crowd around them and arc en by thousands with less caution and in a fuw minutes was left penniless The stranger gathered up the and placed it iu his pocket is their idea of a superior power to whom they talk in this comical manner when they are dispirited or hungry or tired of ants and You are unlucky to-night i snakes and lodging for unknown food Tho ed What State is this out answering looked in all The men but said he with provoking indifference which upwards and fearing that I should thorn I again sang out at the top of my voice when to come the nearest all people tho reply came Virginia they still greatly increased the farmer's chagrin but j discovered to that terrible cousin of ing at a cluster of bushes from whence come vou have a goodly on your finger the apo j ably came the echo I then asked come you have a goodly ring on your finger will you riot that against my The farmer paused for a was of an old friend yet he could not stomach the idea of being cleared of his ey in such n manner what would Jan er the host of the Von and little Kip the schoolmaster say to it It was the first time he had ever been a loser in any game for he was reckoned the best at in his village he therefore in Military a communication to Secretary at Cairo the New York sketch of tho Cairo which we do not remember having seen before I need not state to your readers the raphy III a town of ably came the echo I then asked what and threw oat some sand to clear the tops of soma This struck the ground with a spatter and caused them to look up Tribune gives the following aud of answering the question a yell horror rose from them and if topography and defenses of of foot is any indication of fright they must havu been terribly frightened I now mounting upwards but still in the influence of tho southerly current and by J took tho ring from his threw again jt has many times been glanced at nnn 1 naf if i i ever Its effect was soon visible he and of the stranger with great warmth and swore he would not leave Delft that night and lost it He sank back in his chair with a ed groan at which bis companion The loss of his money together with this had nearly sobered him and he gazad on the stranger with a countenance indicative of anything but good will while the latter drew from his bosom a scroll of parchment You said he for the loss of a few paltry guilders but knaw that I have the power you amends for your make you richer than the the fiend thought Peter ing still soberer while ho drank iu every word and glanced at the legs of thn ger expecting of course to SOB them as usual terminate with a cloven foot but he beheld no unsightly spectacle the fuet of the stranger were as perfect as his own or even more so Here said his companion read over this and if tho terms name at the foot suit you subscribe The farmer took the parchment which he perceived was ly written and contained many signatures at the bottom His eye glanced hastily over the first few lines bat they sufficed Ha now I know thee fiend screamed the affrighted Peter as he dashed the scroll in the face of the stranger and rushed ly out of the room He gained the street down which he fled with the the wind and turned quickly thinking he now safe from the vengeance of him whom he now supposed to bo no other than the toul fiend himself when the stranger met him on the opposite side his to a strous size and glowing like red-hot A deep groan burst from the surcharged breast of the unfortunate farmer as be gered back several paces I he cried Satan I defy thee I have not d that cursed He turned and fled in the op- direction but though exercised his utmost speed the stranger without any apparent exertion kept by his side At length he arrived at the bank of the canal by strategetic It naturally commands two of the noblest of rivers with all their large branches with an immense trade But I will give you tha general ro It is situated on tho extreme southern of Illinois which in dry weather an low water is dry enough for a town but at high water as in the present case tho surface of the river is eight or ten feet above tha el of the town which is protected by levees the course I had taken I concluded I near the township of 10 o'clock I crossed was t the going but a trifle east of- south About miles ahead wore the Blue Ridge mountains extending north and south as far as the eye could sue and seemed to obstruct my passage in that direction When about half way between these two ranges of mountains I found a very deep current moving south Here I could have discharged ballast and risen out of the ence of the mountains but running several miles along the bank of eauu cpoe of the but I knew the river This levee is some fifty feet above was rough and there was but little mark and this is to us a indication for hundreds of miles made breastwork perfectly defensible from to enough to reach the eastern direct fire from the river Nothing can be j require nearly the ballast injured except from you know two can play at that game North of Cairo far several miles reaching from river to river ij an interminable swam passable only by the Illinois Central railroad this road we have guarded Cairo then is an isolated dry spot and at all of the available landing places Major J D Webster has planted batteries well en- trenched and supported so that the channels of both rivers and their confluence are com- manded and the batteries are so connected that they can rally instantly to each other's support This gives one a very fair idea of tho I had and by BO doing 1 might be obliged to descend other far from a railroad I thought it best to sail down the side of and come over the lowest points Looking to the I c'ould distinctly see the highest peaks of the Blue Mountains which I knew divided North and South Carolina Feeling uneasy lost I should got into South Carolina before I could get out of formed by tho mountains I discharged a ballast and again ascended with the hope of clearing them to the North but as I neared I again glanced off to the South until near the highest peaks when being determined to test tho reliability of the and leaped into a boat which was moored followed and alongside Still bis pursuer Peter felt the iron grasp of his hand on tho nape of his neck He turned round and struggled hard to free himself from the gripe of hia roaring out in agony 0 Mynheer 1 havo pity for the sake of my and by boy Carl But when ent center of Western military interest Upper current in that unfavorable spot I im- o mediately discharged of ballast arid in ten my elevation foot with gas discharging from the upper lower valves and then I continued to dis charge weight and let off gas until I hud at- an elevation of feet above tha level of tbe sea Here tbe thermometer fell to below water fruit and took place in Madison recently which is ed with romantic circumstances Miss rie of Scotland was engaged to Mr Murray of Madison On the 13th of last month from and ter shipwreck and escaping with difficulty in a she was rescued by a steamer which shortly took and sho was again saved and lauded at Quebec Sho next traveled by railroad but the same ill luck followed her for the train she was on was smashed up by a and she had a narrow escape After this last misfortune sho safely arrived in Madison says the triot where we trust she began a career of good fortune and happiness by marrying the man of her choice A WORD of kindness is seldom spoken in is a seed which even dropped by chance springs up a flower A man acquires more glory by defending than by abusing and the clothing and blankets I had to keep me warm But I had gained one had tbe mountains whose tops with snow and was rapidly moving to the east It was now 12 o'clock and I could distinguish the blue ocean eastern horizon Not ing sufficient ballast to remain at that great altitude the gradually to within feet of the earth Here tho current was a little south of east again and knowing that the coast -in that direction was an uninhabited swamp and I arose ed until I wafted twenty miles farther to the half an hour which time I heard dis- charges of what muskets Not knowing buti being apprehensive that the my head was the object of firing I prepared Jor making all the signals possible when I again near the ear tb but while I was I bad fear for it was send a ball within a of me Having several yards of red silk in my oar I tied it to the edge and let it hang down by descending this would keep in motion and give the whole concern a more Thus with hot in ono hand ready to wave aud in the other I commenced a gradual descent When within half a mile of tho earth I hoard of terror and saw people running in all directions but 1 was determined to land for good this time let come what would and in five minutes more the anchor took firm hold 10 a short scrub oak and the car gently touched the ground Thus fast tho globe gently swinging to aud presented a very appearance I soon some heads peeping around the corner of log hut that stood near by and in which there seemed to be persons in great distress I called to them to come and assist ma of which they took no notice until I threatened to cut loose and run over them after which two white boys three old ladies and three negroes in a body ventured within twenty feet of me At that moment a gust of wind caused tbe balloon to swing over near tha ground and a general stampede took which caused me to abandon all hope of ting any assistance but after telling them that it was fastened to a troe and would nob hurt them they again ventured up in com pany with a stalwart young woman six high and well proportioned and took hold of the edge of tbe ear I inquired what wag tho matter in the house and was told that several old persons were praying as they thought tho day of judgment had come I then asked if there were any white men about They said they expected them minute that they saw the great thing com- ing and had run for their guns This was rather an unpleasant piece of information and I was determined to keep as large a crowd me as possible In a utes men with muskets began to collect but seeing women children and negroes ing the air traveler there to bo no use for so I discharged the gas un- molested and packed up the machine ready to leave By this time several more looking fellows had arrived and threatened destruction to the devil that could travel through the air one adding that he had lowed it ten miles and shot at it sis without any effect The tall young woman aforesaid assured me there was no danger for ail the men then in the neighborhood were cowards as all tha bravo ones had gone to the wars standing they all declared they were not afraid however promising to give up when I arrived at the village they con- sented tbat I should leave under a guard of nine armed men Procuring a team we ed for Unionville a village nine miles distant and arrived that evening halting in front of a stone building with a small checkered dow A council was then held with the or who positively refused to allow any such animal as they described to come into building I was then taken to a hotel and soon persons of intelligence who ed ma that I was among friends Here I ro- over the Sabbath was called on by many persona of fine education who informed me that of all the places in tba South at the spot where I landed the people were the most ignorant for they could read nor write The morning I started en rout 4 for home but news had reached Columbia tha capital of South a man brought papers Cincinnati Ohio only nine hours old I was therefore arrested on suspicion of being a bearer of dispatcher brought together a of learned and who at onco knew me by refutation aud saw my position and I was immediately and furnished with a passport by the Mayor of Columbia Ere concluding this h narrative a word or two is ed cOi corning the of tho experiment for which I will say that had my air ship been of feet more ty which would have enabled mo to sail a mile higher I could have landed on the sea coast in a due east direction from mj ing point in less than six hours As it was I was taken out of my course by tho enoe of the mountains and the local currents over with my small machine carrying instruments I had no control landing by the course I traveled about 1 200 miles from where I started in 9 hours which five days and nights railroading to get home From the experience I have gathered I am convinced that to travel in the eastern rent requires twice the altitude over land that it the coast and over the wafer and when I consider that the local currents on tho earth were during the whole day moving to tbe and with a machine only one- eighteenth the capacity of the one I prepared to cross the ocean aud traveling the distance I did and nearly eaat the most of the time safely conclude that with my machine and its appliances it IB an easy matter to erons the Atlantic ia two days doctors and So we sea that it takes
