Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1858-04-07

HItle crazy, eccenIf1c, 'nVeS In a
garrett" &c. The last expression arous.
ed me. Then was I sure was the OBJ
.ject Of conversation. Olives in car.
retn' l admit this fact, and am proud
of my humble condition. Could a pal.
ace add to my happiness? No! Could
fashionable converts make me better
man? No!-not that I am perfect, OF
any better than the race will average,
in this wicked world.
In my humble garret, keep a stock
of happiness "lying around" for the
benefit Of myself and those who may
choose to ''tarry yet an hour with me.
Shakespeare, Byron, Moore, Scott, Burns,
and host of other good fellows, hold
many a happy dialogue with me when
we all feel like it.
In my despised garret, I keep a box
of brave Havamas; also a file of the
wood Go. Reporter" TX Marvel's
''Reveries Of a Bachelor" and "Dream
Life" I light cigar, sit down-then
launch my happy thoughts to mingle
with the curling smoke, sure they will
return to me "after many days"
For the benefit of those who may
prefer it, l keep clay pipe and a box
Of the real "genuine Virginia. and
when [ find friend who really enjoys
my hospitality, I share it with him-his
enjoyment is mine-I feel happy man.
My old garret, perhaps, is not as Or
DERBY as it might be. A pair of dilap-
idated boots, or a coat of many colors,
both sometimes out Of place, make it
none the less a consecrated abode. A
little dirt may be swept out with little
trouble, and occasionally that little
trouble is taken.
''He lives in a garret." Yes, sir!-
He Ices in garret, and wouldn't sell
his happiness for a big ''mess Of pot
tage" either. ....
DO [ sleep on creek bedstead p
Yes; and watch the stars through a
certain big opening between the shin
giles. A member Of the "Sink & Pena
Club" can enjoy creek bedstead and
a pair Of Mackinac thick blankets, as
much as the Gar of Russia does his
golden=fringed coach. Old ssMorphe-
us'' is a sworn friend of the ssSink &
Pena Club" and is no respecter of per-
sons, though some may dwell in des-
pissed garret.
"Eccentric !" / like the word. 1t
sounds big, and becomes ":more big
ger" by thinking Of it.
"a little crazy" The worlds crazy,
and has been for the last fifty years
When we obtain Cuba and Kansas,
shall use my influence Though it is not
very extensive, being "little crazy,")
to get Congress to appropriate a suffi-
cient amount of cash capital to build
an asylum to put it (the world) in. At
the next bridge meeting at J. KS, l
hope the subject will be agitated.
olives in a garrett That suits me.
[ can't leave the remark. Who's got a
palace to correspond with Neva's gold
en- one that would like to trade by Civ
ing some boot. Please pay postage,
those who wish to enter into such q
bargain, as the nearest approach to
gold in my despised garret is the rich
yellow sunlight that pours in at my east
window whenever the morning clouds
don't obscure cold Yaller'' from the
world.
/ thank those brothers for those re-
marks, and will use my best endeavors
to get them to join the s'Sink & Pena
Club" should | ever be so fortunate as
to become acquainted with them.
?. KNoBB S. koTT.
Rowan Oak Alley. March 76 1873