The Wisconsin magazine of history: Volume 1, number 2, December 1917

              the society and the state 209 treasurer revealed an especially gratifying condition a considerable sum of money in the treasury and practically all membership dues paid in a bequest of 200 from the estate of the late w w warner of madison was received during the year the society voted to send two delegates to the annual meeting of the state his torical society at madison october 25 the address of the evening was given by mr m m quaife superintendent of the state his torical society on the subject the angel of wisconsin the old rivermen's association of minneapolis and st paul held their meeting in the latter city on september 4 1917 and the chief address of the meeting was given by george b merrick of madison no group of men in the upper mississippi valley has played a more romantic part in the opening up of this region than the old steamboat men their membership now numbers about 150 and the experiences which they relate form an interesting chapter in early wisconsin history wisconsin's indian drama entitled glory of the morning written by prof w e leonard is being produced by mrs emma garrett boyd of the casino studio new york the proceeds are being devoted to the war fund this drama was first produced in madison in 1912 by the wisconsin dramatic society under the direction of prof t h dickinson as a summer festival play it has become one of the most popular in the country an interesting old account book kept by jean brunet of bru net falls now cornell wisconsin was recently given to the so ciety by mrs gustave robart of holcombe the old brunet tavern was the most widely known of any in the chippewa valley and every traveler who went up and down the valley stopped with jean bru net during its palmy days as many as 150 men were fed there at one time the entries in the book cover the period from 1862 to 1876 mrs robart its donor is a child of the first white settler in that part of the valley recent accessions to the society's historical museum include fine examples of early english chinaware an early american clock lamp children's clothing laces and embroideries a steelyard kitchen fire shovel boat-builders rule a railroad stock certificate and other articles of interest the most valuable single specimen is a large silver trophy cup given by the army and navy news and won by the first wisconsin infantry in the second brigade football con test among the troops stationed on the mexican border in 1916 an interesting collection of war relics has been placed on exhibit in one of the rooms of the museum just off the auditorium the ex hibit represents the current history of the present war as illustrated