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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1871-10-19
The ChicdOo Fire.

Some idea. of thI trrrihlrncsS Of the
recent holocaust ut Chicago, may be
had bv the following summary NJ
gathered from the Milwaukee .SHt
s.ei Of the l4th:
Public halls aud private blocks
burned. no a; Chur"nc-, II; Banks
Of issue AMI deposit, ;ncIuoln. Trust
Companies, 90; Private Banks, 20 /;
Hotels, A beside doz.n olh"r~ in
process of instruction, ard nrDrl,
finished; Railroad D,ph., q; Tx
press Companies, 5; Newspapers,
IS; Magazines, II |; Libraries, D, not
including many of comparati, ely
minor Importance City Schools, TO-;
independent Schools, 8; Academies
and Srnnnaries, Is Hospitals, ) !;
A>ylum., 8.
When we take into consideration
the fact that the above * bat small
portion at the artnnI lussns. and that
hnnlreds bf private residences. prla
tlal and otherwise IN their rrupur.
tons, togerher with Lumber wards
with their hundreds If millions 90 Intn
her, cl"ya'nrss etc. etc, m zone, ~
the genwnl devastation. AMI that nine
square miles Of smouldrriur rims
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1871-10-19
Il NaDnjHceHt GiJf.

WHEN G,n. Wa>hburn heard of
the Chicago disaster, hc Immediately
tcleArWhrd t" the manager "f his
m'' i, h'n"'al,''> |" H'n1 ,''o o,i
,,,,.,,,,.'rr S,h..,n,,,,,y vn hrI;r, =.
that hn directed one half Of ,h,, Lo
nat,nn to hr >,nt IT, hr"ri, Bay LIZ
Crosse HfP''6f'c''" a'"! Lcdtfc'' ..
y great many selfish IL p1o'"'n'
viii u'Ioahtrd lay great stress "I
THIS dem 'n>tln'inn ct Hth v ssh
burns Ilbrrahty, AMI a man, foolish
Democrats will atlih"tr 1h Gr craft
action I" selfish motives, "Fa'nH"E II
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1871-10-19


Mr.. Editor Nc notice in The
Wood Count, Rporter how kindly
aud iruthfully W. ar" acco>trd.
The circus. ~ usual, called tugcth
r. quite a "r"wt, not Wholly mgh>,
lar We $40 some which We took to hr
very fair specimens Of morality and
.o,"i ! re-, dlu. 70 J." sure, the bit
Ia ninglrs with The sweet.
AZ supper TIM ,tartci for my
usual allowance. | crossed the stree,
10 III" opposite sidewalk, saw nunrr
| ms indi RITUALS making furfihc Iuw e.
part Of town, and the cry at "rom
Town town. | as started!
WHEN ! reached the plewI thrr" was
loud Ia X, but that soon subsidized, and
| went my way to IN, meal.
About the time | left he, store NJ.
John Mercer came in AMI informed
sheriff Compton that there was n
breach Of she peace down town. ii"
was Informed TIN, liz deputy had
gone /" qurIi the disturbance, and II
nnv further assistance was needed, hc
would 30. rs Ia the origin OF the
affair know nothing | ain moi tax
in9 hcarsa, for authority.
II any cnlorrd gentleman was
abused. am sorry, but not arronntn'
bic, for there is no one that disIikeS Ia
gee or hear >llnss or insinuatipnS Of
the Culurrd race worse than !, for |
don't sentence any one for hlS form
or color A. Ia the Sw"ed. II h" was
assaulted it was done before ! had
any inuuatim Of tn" afllas II he
wanted to bring tie parties !" justice,
k, him proceed Legally, and ~ viii
As heretofore finch rnt from "nr duty
At eight o'clock P NJ, wr shut or
shop AID went to the show grpuud~ /;
was there uuth after Tor NJ, and tho
majority ha gone home. W. l'n
the ground. in qolrln"e.
Late in tn" night, report says, the
circus men had a spirited ten among
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1871-10-19
INSURANCE.

The following Insurance
Companies have passed though
the Chicago fire, the greatest
the World ever knew, md
came ont un~cathed. Read the
following kilograms:
ErSN llAnrrosp, Conn, OF,
II, I87l.- Los~ III Clica2o les, than
two million 'inIla'~ alf IL prninp !
paid, Ieaylrlg y clpjfa Isapt ~nq mS OF
over tour miIjn I dollirs.
(>l2nrd) J. /, il&NDEH, Prcr't.
On Observation-Disclosures Conn.
O1. II, 1871 --Thr . lIrtlmd
meets promptly all - obligations in
Chicago and elsewhere continue
business AS n>utl
(Higned) :. l. CnAsn. Prr~'t.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1871-10-19
Republican Nominations,

Yor Governor,
Gen c. G. WASH URN, Of La CroS,c
for Lieut. Governor
MILTON II PETIT. Of Kcro>ha
Yor spcrstarv Of tate,
LLYwELiS BREESE, Of Columbia,
yor State Treasurer.
HENRY B.ErZ, Of Aanitowoc.
For Attorney General,
STEPHEN s BARLOW Of Ssut.
For Snpt Of Public Instruction,
SAMUEL FALLoWs, Of MIYaukee.
For State Prison Commissioner,
GEO =. WHEELER, Of Fond ia Lac.
For immigration Agent,
o. c. JOHNSON, Of Rock.
For Member Of Assembly,
A. ROOD Of Adams.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1871-10-19
VdHfcd 500 Men.

This - the call posted np about
town and throughout III" County,
which means that the G i. & l.. =.
H. Il. mean business. aud are bound
- drive the enterprise through TO
completion ny speedily ~ possible. -.
1t il not 70 be supposed thar the
Company can possibly reach Grand
Rapids III time To avail itself Of the
first 100000, bat there remains hut
llttlr doubt that the road will hr 80
speedily pnSh'.d forward aS to clam
the remaining 1 90 600, and wc are
hrastlly glad. Had thvt been no
drawbacks, and the road consequent
~ been constructed, little Wood
would have beer true to her uhli4a
tions, as she will be- nov So far as the
equities of die ease demand.
We may consider the G. Is Il l.
L, road certainty, We think
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=" HON. N. Y,

Cash assets Oct. | lS7l,St,-
723, 2ob.52. LJs> at Chicag e,
will not exceed s., Oo0ooo.oo.
taih tapital Oct. Il, 1871.
S2,723,2Of -
Ali 10 So will be promI tly
p PAL" AND pY I ss"cd as
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1871-10-19

| terrible Intelligence from the Nnrth
east section Of the State. PchtIgo,
most hpurisl:ing town with "Hcr
! 800 inhabitants, and one of the lar,
gc>t tub and pan factories in the
world, ha> bee compIr,cly wiped "ot,
not even dry goods box or chicken
coop remaining.
Ftom the survivors we CLEAN the
follow ING N reference tu the scenes
at the viilag" and ii the farming re-.
zion commonly known a the Sugar
Bush - Sandy evening, after
rhur"h. for about half an hour. a
death Ike stiffness hung oyer the
doomed ipWE, The >m"kr from the
fire. IN ~" region around was So thick
n Ia h. Hli'jng. and hung Xix" fun
ural pan over vrryrhiug. and all was
oovrloprA u Egyptian darkness. 80
SroI Ii-ht putf- Of air were fell. the
horizon At the ulhea-t, south and
~outhwr>t began t" hr tantI' lIInmin.
arrd u prrcoltlblc trrmhhn9 Of Tive
earth Was tIt. aud u distant roar
broke the inl silence. People be
gan 10 fear that some awful calamity
was impending, bnt as vet no one
even dreamed Of the danger.
The illumination soon became IN
trnsltiad inlo fierce lurli 0larc the
r,,r 4 ...,.,nl iu,,, {, b,n.l "a, - al
the demons from the informal ,it hat
been let loose, when tie advance
Qu>i. OF wiliI from the main body of
IL" tornado struck. Chlmup>s were
blown down, houses were unrnofri q,
the roof Of ,hc Wooden. Factory
Wa lifted. y large warehouse filled
with tubs, pals, kanakaus, krclrrS
and fish kits WIS nearly demolished.
AM auii the confusion. terror and
uubIr apprehension If the moment,
The fiery element il tremendous io,, II.
ing binw~ aud masses Of sh"rtrd
humr, rtyrI"prd liz" devoted village
The irtuzt # drSIrtir >'En) ou all
hearts, strong men bowed like reeds
btrr the fiery blast, women and
children, llk frightened >pctro> fitting
through thr nwtul gloom were swept
away like autumn lravr~. Crowds
rushed for the hridg, but thu bridge
Iik" MI else, was receiving tb" tap
t,>m Of tirr Hundreds crowded into
the river, cattle plunged in with them,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1871-10-19

Your Local PAPER. The New
York Times SAYS that ynu might As
well forget yopr churches, Your acai
smjrS and school h lu-cs, ~ Is forget
your loeapAl~r It speaks To ten
times the aulenrthat your Myl m u.
lister does, and il ii has any ability at
si, is eagerly read each week from be-.
ginning to eud II reaches Ia all, and
It It has a lower spirit and less vision
than y sermon, Il has u tnoU>ani
times better chance at Nuu. Living
~ il DOES oncn on every table, ~ Al
most every Aua*r, YOU rw" It TO your.
selves to rally 'ihtrtth to it, ~uppul.
ana extract from II, al aide ~ high
toned \ charac1'r \ son 10 from any
educator IN yun mi l>t. It's ia no
sens beneath uu..c,' aud carc--tur il
u your representative. JUDGED II It's
character 1t is tia Summation ot til"
import ance, intereSt aud, welfare OF you
all 1t is the aggregrt" q; NoW "Wn
consequence, aud yen cannot liquor,
it 9ithnu, nilserahy doprretrt,u4
Yourselves. ura-s.# IS. .a.E.. H. ..H
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1871-10-19
m'1ht Aepurter,
JAS. r. INGRAHtM l. 70. Pubiishr-s.
u. n. PHiLLEo, Editor.
y. NJ. HAINES, Corresponding Edi,o,

x Whc2 the time rAplr"- f'r which III"
REYoHrrK has been paid, an y vii b" malk.
ed opposile the sih.pribrt's nan and ma
he regarded as al inyltutiou 10 tcilew,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1871-10-19
Dry Goods,
Clothing,
Boots e Shoes.
&c, &c.,

Ever brought from the Chicago and Min,
k,e markets, We have Il fine assor,,,,... NF
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1871-10-19
OUR AGENTS.

SEQ p Rowcll 4 Co 80 Park Row, Nrr
York, and : " Petthglll Il Co, 81 Pack
Vow, New York. are our soir agents IN That
city. and arr auhntizrd to contract for al
Ser'i-inE a. our low 81 rates
Cook, Couurn Co, Chicago, III.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1871-12-06
The Lions Den.
BY GERALD NORTH.

You boys who read Hsop's Fables, will
remember the story of the lion who feigned
to be sick, and induced all the smaller beasts
to come aud pay their respects to him in his
den. Only tae fox, it was noticed, did not
come, and the lion sent to inquire the reason
"Tell his majesty, said the shrewd fel
low, that when ] draw near the mouth Of
his den, and see the prints of my fellow
creatures feet all pointing forward, and none
backward, / am warned not to venture fur
ther.
There is a lesson in wisdom for you. The
fable might have been written to-day, il
only some keen-eyed Esop would walk along
our streets and take note of the lions dens,
and the silly dupes that are always going
in, but never coming out. Grog shops, sa-
looms, theatres, gambling dens. do you think
when you have once entered, you can come
away at VIII! Never believe it. If the old
lion does not deyour you at once, he will
eat you piecemeaL Be sure you will not
escape without a. least the marks of his
teeth and claws 10 tracks coming Out =
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Central 8lrtsbgttrian,
Richmond. Va. Wednesday, Dec. 6. 1871.
DR.. Addison Alszanders MOnOsynable Poem.


The following curious illustration of the power of
short words in the English language has long been
out Of print;
Think not that strength lies in the big round word,
Or that the brief and plain must needs be weak:
To whom can this be true who once has heard
The cry for help, the tongue that all men speak,
When want, or woe, or fear is in the throat
So that each word gasped out is like shrek
Pressed from the sore heart, or strange wild note
Sung by some fay or fend! There is strength
Which dies if stretched too far or spun too fine,
Which has more height than breadth, more depth
than length
Let but this force Of thought and speech be minei
And he that viii may take the sleek, fat phrase,
Which glows and burns not, though it CLEAN and
shine;
Light, but not heat-a flash without blaze.
Nor is 1t mere strength that the short word boasts,
It serves OF more that fight or storm to tell
The roar Of waves that clash on rock-bound coasts
The crash of tail trees when the wild winds swell
The roar of guns, the groans of men that die
On blood stained fields. 1t has voice as well
For them that iar-off or their sick beds lie,
For them that laugh, and dance and clap the hand
To joys quick step, as well as grief's low tread,
The sweet plain words we learnt at first, keep time
And though the theme be sad, or gay, or grand,
With each, with ALL these may be made to shlIHs,
In thought or speech, or song, or prose, orrhyme
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Arbor Vita Screens.

The finest effect we recollect ever to have
seen, in growing a hedge of the arbOr vitae,
was one in which the plants were set two
feet apart, and after they had grown one
year the ground under them was then heavi
ly mulched-say three inches deep-with old
horsemanure and saw-dust, in about equal
parts, and small trenches were opened on
each side, about twelve inches out, and all
the branches which were trailing on the
ground were bent and buried in the earth,
with the ends turned up. Each branch SO
buried became rooted, forming, as it were, a
separate tree. On such trees as had lost
their trailing branches, those nearest the
ground were bent down into the trenches,
and held in place by wooden pins or forked
sticks. A mulch like that under the trees
was then spread one foot wide outside the
rows of those buried branches, which kept
the ground moist, and caused all to emit
roots and become, as it were, separate trees.
1t would hardly be possible, by any amount
of trimming, to make trees so thick or i'm
pervious as by this method, nor do we recol-
lect to have seen so fine pyramidal screen
secured by any other means.--Prairie
Farmer.
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Action of Potash on Fruit Trees.

DR.. George B. Wood, in late communi-
cation to the American Philosophical Society,
in Philadelphia, presented the result of Ger
tain experiments made by him upon the eff
feet of salts of potassa when applied to grain
and fruit.producing soils. In his view, the
depreciation of the produotiveness of apple,
peach, and ounce orchards is due to the ex-
haustion of potash from the soil. Several
of such orchards, formerly very valuable, but
which had within few years ceased to bear
much fruit, on being treated with an appli-
cation of wood ashes to the roots of the
trees, became completely revived, producing
full crops the following year. A still more
striking effect was seen the second year, un-
der renewal of the application. He cited
several other instances where the same re.
suits followed; in one case where an apple
orchard, planted on an old orchards site
which had never borne fruit, was made tc
produce good crop by the application Of
| ashes
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The False Education of Girls.

The Englshman nobleman, who sends to
Paris for his daughters dresses, is reasona-
bly, certain, that he, and his daughters hus-
band after him, can continue sending, and,
that in the training of his child, he is foster
ing no habit, which cannot be rightfully in
dulged in. The American knows, if he
knows anything, that the habits of luxury
in which his child is reared, unfit her for the
duties of the life to which she will in all
likelihood be caled,-that he cannot hope,
that his family wealth will long survive him,
any more than his daughter will love man,
TO whom that wealth will be unimportant.-
Experience and observation alike tell him,
that wealth in this country rarely continues
in a family three generations, and, that at
any time, he may find himself poor man
again. Yet he regulates his life, and that
Of his children, as if his wealth and theirs
were assured forever, and as though the hab-
its of lifetime were to be broken like wisps
of straw. His daughters are not fit to mar
ry any but the rich men they experience so
much difficulty in finding, and man of
moderate means, is careful to avoid asking
them to change their habits of life, There
are few sadder pictures than the one we see,
when some such woman, of drawer heart
than most of her sex, chooses the portion
of a poor mans love, and vainly seeks to
adapt herself to life of which she has hith
erto known nothing. The habits of her
girlhood, bind her Ike strong letters, her
ignorance of domestic duties, weighs her to
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The people who come away leave behind
purity, and honor, and honesty, and man
hood; they enter whole; they limp away,
MANNED and dis6gured, by another door
Take warning, boys, and when the old hon
sets his traps in the shape of music, and
merriment, and pleasant company, to draw
you inside his door, be sure there is an inner
den where terrible jaws are lying in wait
No tracks coming Out, - says EsOp, which
is only another version of Solomon's declar
alton:
"There is way that seemeth right unto
man, but the end thereof is death.
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II nsb dtp.
Essentials to Productive Farming.


The following sixteen essentials for pro-
ductive farming are from the pen of Gen,
VIM. H. Richardson, of this city:
1. Good implements of husbandry, and
plenty of them, which should always be kept
in perfect order.
2. Deep blowing and thorough pulveriza-
ton of the soil by the free use of harrow,
drag and roller.
3. An application of lime, mari or ashes,
where calcareous matter of potash may not
be present in the soil.
f. A systematic husbandry of every sub
stance on farm capable of being converted
into manure, as systematic protection of
such substances from loss by evaporation or
waste of any kind, and careful application
of the same to lands in culture.
5. The draining of all wet lands, so as to
relieve the roots of the plants from the i'll
effects of superabundance of water, con-
dition equally pernicious as drought, to their
healthy growth and profitable qualification.
6. The free use of the pillow, cultivator
and hoe, with all row-cultured crops, SO as
to keep down at all times the growth of grass
and weeds, those pests which prove so de
structive to crops
7. Seeding at the proper time with good
seed, and an equal attention as to the period
of working crops.
8. Attention to the construction of and
repair of fences, so that what is made
| thrnugh the tolls and anxious cares of the
hasban6man, may not be lost through his
neglect to protect his crops from the depre-
dations of stock.
8. Daily personal superintendent on the
part of the master over all the operations OF
the farm, no matter how good a manager he
may have, or however faithful his hands may
be, as the presence of the head of farm
and the use of his eyes are worth several
pairs of hands.
10. Labor saving machinery, so that one
may render himself as independent as need
ful of neighborhood labor; as a sense of the
comparative independence of the employer
upon such labor begets disposition of ODE
dience and faithfulness on the part of the
employee.
IL. Comfortable stabling and sheds for
horses and stock, all the necessary outbuild
ings for the accommodation of the hands and
protection of the tools and implements, as
well as for the care of the poultry.
u. Glover and other grasses to form a
part of the rotation of crops, and these to
be at proper periods plowed in to form pab,
ulum for succeeding crops. The clover field
to be either plastered or ashed each succeed,
ing spring-one bushel of the former and
six of the latter per acre.
IS. To keep no more stock than can be
we'll kept, but be sure to keep as many as
can be kept in good condition, as it is wise
policy to feed as much as possible of the crops
grown on the farm, and thus return to 1t
that which has been distracted from it,
IA. To provide a good orchard and gar
den; one to be filled with choice fruits of all
kinds-the other with vegetables of different
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Aunsrhnld aEnrds.
The Wayside Warning.

There is a great tree in certain district
in England which bears on it a strange In
scription. The reader is warned to prepare
for eternity, and is told that under that tree
a lad was struck dead while in the act Of
swearing. Two boys had taken refuge there
in storm. One was much alarmed, but
the other jeered him, and continued to swear
at the storm, declaring that he would go on
his journey in spite of it. But a sudden
fash Of lightning laid him dead at the 9th,
er's feet.
There have been many such marked ex-
amples Of Gods displeasure at this SIM
Bold blasphemers have often been struck
dumb or dead while the very words were on
their lips.
A lad 1 used to know in childhood spent
his summers as a sailor on Lake Erie. One
day he swOre most prOfanely that he "would
never winter in T again, the little
country town where his parents lived. The
next moment some heavy object above him
fell with great force, and crushed him to
death.
This is a fearful sin, which too many Of
our boys fall into thOughtlessly. 1t is very
contagious in a company of boys at school
One prOfane one can poison a whole schOOlful.
Boys, never suffer yourselves to utter a
word yOu would rot speak before your moth
er at home. You cannot long indulge this
vice among your associates without having
its effects appear in you daily.
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The pOokyard Boy and His Bible.

There was once poor boy employed about
the London docks who was induced to attend
a Sunday School. There he learned SO
much about Jesus and his word that he
longed to own Bible, in which he could
read all about it himself. But he had very
little except his board for his services, and
there seemed no way for him to earn the
money to buy the book. One day he heard
boy say he had Bible to sell. The desire
was very strong in his heart to be its pur-
chaser. So he bargained with the boy to
give him his dinner every day for week in
return for the precious book.
Do you not think he valued the Bible
Do you prize it enough to make so much
self-denial rather than go without one?
John did not suffer his Bible to be tossed
about earelessly-sOmetimes in one place,
and sometimes in another. He treasured ii
like gold, and read it in all his spare minutes
1t taught that poor, lonely boy, with nc
mother to love and cherish him, no KIND
Christian friends about him daily to counsel
and guide hint taught him the way tc
get to heaven, even from the midst of the
profane, sinful crowd which throDged the
London docks. Twelve months after he
bought his Bible he went up from thai
polluted spot to dwell in the pure and beauti
full land of light 0,what change it mus
have seemed to him! But for that Bibles
teachings he would never have got there.
Learn to love your Bibles, to read then
with great care, and think much over the
precious words of Jesus. 1t is the only lamp
given to light US in this dark world of sin
Without it, at the last, you would be in NJ
better case than the poor heather child wh'
has never heard of Saviour's love. 1t ii
only when we receive the word into oul
hearts that it will do our souls good.