Prescott Transcript in Prescott, Wisconsin

Major Bowers and the Summerset Dare in a Mountain Town

A humorous tale from an interior mountain town recalls Major Joseph Bowers, famed for eccentricities and tall tales, who attempts a vaulting trick after drinking at a circus. He announces to himself that he can do it, strips to test the jump, rises to forty five degrees, then crashes back. He mutters that he cannot do it, lacking experience, as onlookers witness the mishap.