We have heretofore entirely overlooked the magnetic qualities of the La
Crosse water. It will be remembered that the Fond du Lac water is
advertised as magnetic water, and it has been said that a knife blade,
after being soaked in the water will take up a watch key or a steel pen.
That is nothing compared to the La Crosse water. Last week a man who had
been soaked in La Crosse water, took up a watch, key and all, and a
policeman who had been using the water took up the man, with the watch. A
pair of ice tongs, made of steel, on being soaked in water, took up a
piece of ice weighing over a hundred pounds, and a farmer named Dawson,
after drinking the water took up a stray colt. A young couple stopped the
other evening and took a drink of water and up Fourth street, and before
they got to Seymour's corner they were walking so close together that you
couldn't tell which the bustle was on. We have never seen water that had
so much magnetism in as this. A pot of it on a house is better than a
lightning rod.