Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1871-06-29
OUR FREE LUNCH.

around us are greater diSrovrrrrs
than he. H. wilenea tle horizon of
the world In the people Ut this daN
and tr III r~c VIII, have succeeded
Them, hn, the process "f discovery
has been continually u"inr nn. un,,
now the clear eve of Sri>ur, rrnrhr.
/ t. III center mf the earth, diSrlusin,,
hId'trn treasures and mysteries. and
successfully searches the flr-off hpa
VeuS for stars aud considerations un
known before.
Art has supplemented Na'nre with
manifold wonders Invention has re
linforrcd the strength and increased
the power of man. untl the word nt
Columbus time is but an infant hn,
slde It's manly stature of IL day. In.
to this wider world, every human be.
lng comes in perfect ignorance, aud
Life is hu, Voyage of Discovery
among It's countless wonders.
just watch tn" craving intellect Of
Your chilli. The first blind uruprpy
of mental activity are followed b>
| that busy baby lite which is satisfied
by nnrsery TOYS. soon the increasing
stature of the little one is fitted for
out door rrcrratiouS. and acqnainr
! auce with the ever Increasing cirrir
of c"mpan. .n>hp bcgins. Wha, ar.
dor ot enthusiasm in the vonthinI dis
rovcrer now! How the larger
tIlongt,s, the new ideas. thronr to the
receptive mind Every night shn,>
down upon n whErr hmi"n, ,very
morning hcoknns to new experiences
aud untroddrn paths D,ily v,n car
mark mcnt 'l growth ani gladly note
the joy of dScoy.ry-thr rnlargIng
llfr, the "ntrrarhn1 uiut.
We are all but children If a lnr.cr
growth, surrounded bv outyiu.,. un
discovered realms. Through these
We crop" from dnp Ia day The iar.
thrr our vision reaches. the more we
s"r ""youd, Just a, the sailor know :
TINT beyond III" limit of the seeming
hpr2"n that shuts Inn IN, the waters
are rolling IN Wild waves ar slecpnr
ldly IN the sun Every dav increases
onr knowledge aud riprns our cxItrri
"ncr GuitS of unexpected taithrss.
ness or hate sawn before ~, an,i
new loves AMI friendships join the
llrr"ssipn If our lives.
Every uiIht w.. are uoorpd for a
ir~ hours hy III" sh. res Of Sleep, and
with the break # every morn we sail
again ttpnn the trn klr~s sea nf Time.
plotting our course NJ best We may to
wards the Wealth, that elrnin~ in thu
ilstaucc-- the Truth that Shines -.
remedy on that far horizon, the Bean.
iin' which al|nr"s ns with uplittrd
brow, persuasive smile, aud bcckon.
ing hard. Voyagcrs aud d>coyrrrrs
are we AL,
=" It may be that the gulf will wash Us down
1t may be We shall touch the happy lies"
--L"te 1aytor.
1t never can he too strongly i'm
pressed npon the mini, that nothing
/ II leases a parrtt from his duties to-.
ward a nhd No ar,IncsS, no
racN, can uslliy father III casting u
son ar daughter nirti. W. hear ot.
Sm's being cut of altinl, shiilIus,
lot dau .hi r. being torlnIlrn their
! fathers hoD~,', and M'tbour nnv vx
, e ton, such "a O. ar. ru ( tlal. Of
whatever Sins iI, chr!lrcI tpu have
been gn'tY. thn father l. vteu more
tgHlfy NJ y r>uu c.ul commit
aQtuU-t sveHy So Urnt rrDmc ~ y
father commits who il lhus false to
the trust which be- hiul-rlt has i'm
posed -~ aho thus rhrnsis off from hlm.
-,lt the roul which be called into b,..
my. A father should he gov crnci bN
~ motive but his rmld's lr+t inter
cSl-, and child best interests can
never be served by ANYTHING but hl>
fathers constant aud loving care ---
II a child is So bad that h = influence
ls fcarei upon The oIhrr children. a
separation, brtw,el III ~ may be ct.
tcctrd. II il is feared tat money
bcstnwed on hun will be for h4 ~
Jury, provision may bc made against
that, ~ IN the case | have mentioned
Bat when n father, IN a NJ Df anger,
~ ~ a reward for i'll luino, dfsiuhcr-
is pr refuses to se" his child, be con-,
nit. n crime which the laws indeed
do no, recognize, bnt vi, sc guilt il
would TAX" many - aal crime to onr.
weigh. There shrnl be ali.p0,rly
M limit toparrntai t"rgivn"-- aud for
hcaranre. Seven timr~. and seventy
times stvrn, should the father receive
the pr,digal s"n who SEEKS his face
and if he nrYrr seeks II, # lie uut-,
sluhb ,rn and rehrllrn-. not unr atom
Of flih"ilv rare aud interest shoud he
relax for the child i h- child. hiS
off.prug born Of his wlll, anl no
voice or Violence can rel"as" the mtu
from bis solemn "bligatioD to guard
ani guile, So far as pns,lhlr. the lit
viii ~ H." dared To give. -- Lsniies' Re.
pDsit0rH
--Gracc Greenwood has been ck-
ing at the heavens thron.h the tele.
scope of "" ,shiu.inn Observatory.
IN writinu ahaut her nh&ervatnn. IT,
III" GDiicp tyr. she sxrlaims with
great appropriateness /: They are
bigger and brighter .han onre- those