Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-10-31


tells his wife he is going to Ausanuqua.
tansogowmongotongo fishing, and in his
absence has his friends call at the house
and inquire his whereabouts. When he
returns the poor woman is exhausted
and doesn't speak again for a month
ACCORDING ito Our Home J0uyual, the
best liniment for cuts, gals, spawn,
! poll-evll, tlstula, or any other of the ex-
ternal diseases that animals are liable to,
is made by dissolving one ounce Of finely
| pulverized corrosive sublimate and one
ounce OF gum camphor in one pint Of
| spirits OF turpentlne, put in strong
bottle. Apply with swab.
AN amusing aDecdote is told of King,
the actor, who met friend whose name
he had forgotten, and took him home to
dinner After several attempts to find
out his name, King said ''My friend
and have had dispute as to how you
| spell your name; indeed, we have laid
bottle of wine on it," ooh, with two
| p's," was the answer
To KEEP WORMS FROM DRIED FRUIT.
Place your fruit in steamer over a pot
| Of boiling water, covered tightly. When
! thoroughly heated, tie them Immediately
| In CLEAN linen or cotton bag, and hang
| them up. This method is preferable to
! heating in an oven, as that is apt TO
render them hard, even if you are so for
! tunate as not to burn them
AS THE early morning train down this
| morning drew up at the first station, a
| pleasant-lOoking gentleman stepped out
on the platform, and inhaling the fresh
air, enthusiastically observed to the
brakeman isn't this invigorating?"
''No, sir; it is Bethel said the conscien-
tious employe. The pleasant-looking
| gentleman retired. DanbnJy Nesos.
THE mixing iron scraps, filings, or drill.
| ling chips from naChine shops, in the
| soil about the roots Of pear trees, is be-
| coming general with some Of our best
| fruit growers. The health and produc-
| tiveness of the trees are greatly promoted
thereby. Pieces of IRON hoop, old scythes,
| and other useless bits Of iron have long
| been used by the most successful growers.
Scientific 1merican.
LANE - sighed Mrs. Partington,
here have been suffering for three NOR.
tai weeks. First | was seized with
| bleeding phrenology in the left hemis-
| phere of the brain, which was exceeded
by stoppage of the left ventilator of the
heart This gave me an inflammation
in the boraX, and now Pm sick with
! Chloroform morbus, There is no blessn'
like that Of health, particularly when you
are ILL.,"
A WESTERN editor relates that he
| once stopped at restaurant in Washing
ton, d. c., and, noticing that the waiter
was uAcommonly sober, asked him if he
was sick. Yes very CURLY, II is. -
whats the matter ~ "Why, sir,
Washin'ton's the worst place ever |
see. When it's dry you cant see where
you're gwine, and when it's wet you Can,
! 60"
CAMpHOR FOR THE GAPEs. The Cana
dian Poultry Chr9HicJe says that pill of
camphor the size of a garden pea given
to a chicken, will cure the gapes, the odor
Of the camphor being fatal to the worms
in the windpipe. The drinking water
should also be strongly impregnated with
campbOr. As no medicine can directly
reach the worms, this remedy operating
through the powerful odor of cGmphor
may be a success.
FALL TREATMENT OF GRASS LANDS
cold fog, as farmers call the fall growth
of grass left to stand on the land during
the winter, is wrongly charged with an
injury to the land; and the mistaken
notion that it does harm is made an argu-
ment in favor of the feeding off Of the
after growth, Nothing could be more in
furious to the condition of moving lands
than this custom Am. Agricujtl1tSt
AMONG the many artistic objects that
will figure at the forthcoming lnterna-
tional Exhibition at Vienna, one of the
most interesting will be a model of Solo
mons temple, carved in lime-tree wood,
from the description of Flavius Josephus,
Some idea may be formed of the size of
the model when it is stated that it occu-
pies space two hundred and twenty-five
feet square, and that twentythree cases
will be required TO transport 1t to its des
tinatiOn.
AN inhabitant Of suburban town, af-
ter spending conyiVial evening, was dis
covered among the carrots and CabbagCs
of his humble garden, wrapped in SUM
Der "Well BILL said an admiring
friend, As he shook the PROSTATE youth,
"what are you doing out here ~ watch
ing for hen that's stole her nest" was
the sententious answer. But what are
your eyes shut for, Bill ?" "Dont want
the old hen to see me- grutlly replied the
sleeping philosopher.
JUDGE ALLISON, in Philadelphia
Court, the other day, ordered Tipstaf
to forcbly remove The hat of Quaker,
who, according to the usages of the
Society, kept his head covered in Court
This has never before happened in Penn
sylvana. 1t is one of the incidents of
William Penn's trial in the Mayors Court
in London Now it has happened in the
State that William Penn founded.
Pooh ould Ireland has every prospect
of often goin' hungry to bed this winter,
The potato blight, which was at first sup
posed to be tritlin, in its effects, has de-
veloped itself to n alarming extent The
vast fields upon which the masses OF Ire
land had looked for their principal sup
port show nothing bat black and wilted
stalks, as if killed by frost The univer
sal blight is attributed to the continued
fogs through the latter part of July,
AN exchange gives the following as a
sure way to drive bed bugs from old
beds Take green tomato vines, put
them in basin or tray, pound them to
pieces as tine as possible, then stain the
bedstead which they inhabit with The
Juice, FIJI the crcvices with pieces of
vines, and lay leaves under the ends Of
the Stats, Ii this is practiced twice q
yea, not a bug will remain in the bed
stead
THE young ladies in Massachusetts
town who sought to play practical Joke
on bachelor physician, by making up