Im currently working on my GGrandfather's bio...this is a few paragraphs...
1895
I enjoyed traveling in Wisconsin..while I was in LaCrosse I boarded a caboose going east. I visited 5 towns that morning ending in Trempauleau, a little town near the banks of the Old Mississippi. As we pulled into the station I noticed many fine looking ladies..I handed 2 heavy grips to a baggage man for some hotel(there were 3 in town) I picked the lady I was going to approach; she was a pretty blond w/blue eyes...I said to her "Hello, it's been a long time since I saw you", but she couldn't remember me, I told her I had grown a lot since then...We went walking toward town & came to a grocery store where a drayman was unloading a barrel of syrup but it got away from him and broke all over the sidewalk..we kept walking until we got to where she lived..we sat on the top step and was looking through the trees at the Mississippi, the boats were well lighted/it was a beautiful sight. I just couldnt get away until after 11pm & then I went to find the hotel that had my grips.
I was in Madison a few days later; there is 4 beautiful lakes in & close to the city and you can see about 20 feet down to the bottom clearly.The fish were very tame but you had to play a little trick on them to make them that way.We used to make some sugar coated pills like Carter's and we used some stuff for the inside(I forget the name...it was a long word that started w/ a 'B' ) We'd drop those pills in one at a time & the fish would grab them. After a few minutes they would start coming to the surface and then would lay over on their side and we would pick them up & pet them. You'll laugh when I tell you but they were just intoxicated!! And in a few minutes they would scoot back home (if they could get loose from their admirers).........