Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1861-05-04
From Forney's Press
Al Unreported Incident in the Sc
cession Programme.

4 well-known merchant of this city,
who was in New Orleans the day Lou
is:ana passed the Secession ordinance,
and who witnessed the illumination in
i'onor Of that reasonable act, has re-
lated to us, with arequest that we wo'd
suppress names, the following racy in
cidcnt, which illustrates the traditional
ry saying, 'when a woman won't, she
WON'T" characteristic Of the sex, and
the fact that the Union people Of the
South have, at this time, no voice in
the newspaper reports Of the disunion
section. It so happened that on the
day of the illumination the captain Of
a Mississippi steamboat and his lady
were stopping at the st. Charles, and
occupied a front room on the third
foor-the first floor Of chambcrs-ox-
actly in the center Of the hotel. The
captain was Union man, and-as the
sequel will show-S0 was his wife. All
the city was agitated during the after
noon in prospect Of the grand gala
night The St. Charles was to be il
sn,,,o t;noa a,,r;r,o tha affornnon s6r
want knocked ut the door of the cap
tain's room, carrying all the necessary
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room, ana L Snan alo" the "lhdo"S
70 oe lIonlih"leo 1or WHAT am oPPoS-
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rage Is l coliJ0i'o 1'10 ,1 " noi0 "5S'Ilio"
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room c"ul'o' w l'i''Ihi',''o''' - 1oT
more WorJS were cAcn4hGeo' 1:' "nlcA
ehded e, oy the lazy pony, polI19iy requesting
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tam was neNc 1o'Il" ana 5PPea.ieeo 10;
lie he3fa 'nelt case S"lt' MS VIE - i!'o
fepoECeu MN COZ G0'y Oh ''io = mon
questlon, he'er'neieSS' ile Nooiu 20
with them TO the room ana see II 1he
matter could De amlcao!y arfan9ed'-
Scene thlrd ensued. Inc captains
disposition TO yleld was not TO DC Sec
onded by his better half. lhey next
proposed to vacate the best chamber
IN her favor, III some other part OF the
house, II that Would oe satisfactory
but the lady's "No ). was still as per
cmptory as ever. Her point was gam
ed, and the 81. ChaIleS was doomed 70
pla0cn1 with this tI.III0iTh AirC -