Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1871-02-09

| amused himself 1000 days, was eating
| 1900 days, was sick 300 days, &c He ate
| 1900 pounds of bread, 10000 pounds of
meat 1000 pounds of vegetables, eggs and
! fish, and drank 1000 gallons of liquid.
! This would make a respectable lake of 300
/ feet surface and three feet deep, on which
a small steamboat could navigate.
/ \ SNOW storm in the United States at
/ the end of the year 1856 extended over
| district of 1900 miles IN length and 800
| mites IN width, the average depth of snow
/ being one foot, The weight was estimated
/ AT flve tons 10 the acre, or $500 tons 10 the
| square mile, or grand total of l,Il0,000.
4 O00 tons of snuw--,tcn times the weight OF
/ all the wheat grown in the United States
/ since the discovery of America and this
| vast weight of snow fell in one storm
| from one great cloud. aud within period
OF only four days.
! DoCToR r. was the President of
/ Southern college, who proiesscd to be very
! grammatical in the use of his language,
! aud, therefore, expected his pupils to be
| likewise, Playing cards was strictly for
piddea On the school premises but as is
/ always the case, this law is often violated
| by the students without beng detected
/ A number of freshmen collected together
/ IN one of their nnmbcr's room, and were
/ enjoying good game of euchre, when
knock was heard. Who's there y one
exclaimed, Me" WAS the laconic reply
Who's ne p " Professor -" You
lie fIa, Ina, ha Professor F. wouldn't
say mt' He'd say it Is l. sir y" The
old Professor turned his back and went off,
knowing that they had him there.
TnN newest wedding envelope retains
the pocket hook flap, but isa trtlle smaller
and squarer than its predecessor The
outside initials are also slightly diminish
/ cd In size Mutiarious cards accompany
/ the invitation There is, first, the brides
card secondly, the bridegroom : thirdly,
| if TO stranger, the card of the brides
/ mother fourthly, the ceremony card
/ for church tiithly, the note paper Tor the
reception Mt the house ! sixthly, the
| card with the married names in full, and
/ days on which they will receive in their
new home seyenthly, and lastly, care
! with Please present { ia mt the door en-
/ giayed thereon, which is designed to keep
uninvited guests from crowding the
/ church, and piclpockcis from elbowiGg
/ the silver. The whole might be fairly
STYLED the Coupon invitation, and It's
/ weight aud cost must callse the heart of
( the card cngrayers to leap for Joy
An cntcrprsug aud fair dealing bust
/ ness man in Augusta, Me, was lately met
at the door of his grocery by IN honest
h;n, n5hh 81 ssItoG rrrdi farm l,arrel nj tlour
- "I, ,a, " ~, nav hair u. rnah down and 70 bal
'',i ~ ,,',r1@,, ,,''' s,,', ,rharerrhnnt
VIM ~i,hont hrsitoti"n. turned ia one of his
nl,rirs ana With - knndlv smile mon the
wonId 'he % owner or thc barrel Of -four
soiJ This GOOD man wants 10 rot trust
aJ t,, barrel of -four. hen nay half
dnwn and the rest next SATURDAY III
tr,,st him hr's GOOD as gold; ; omen a fresh
harrni ,ynigh ont hnlr deliver Il in good
s%a,c ,t lie houec uut the barrel away
gaecly and tako il down next Saturday
nJ,r9 no novg ',hr balance never refuse
to i, ,rns' ~ an honest. .lorkfng man for bread
II wns donr tbe money pad, and the