Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-09-05

possession of hearing and speech a secret
for years, until she chooses to reveal il
1t has often been said that such a decep-
ton was an impossibility, and that the
great novelist, protesting to portray
| nature, had no right to palm this off upon
his readers. His reputation has been
vindicated by recent marvellous case of
self. control About two wears ago.
certain George Scott was convicted, in
New York, of burglary. On his trial.
he pretended to be deaf and dumb, and
thereby created so much sympathy that
he was sentenced TO only two years i'm
prisonment, while his accomplices got
ten. He was sent to Sing Sing, and then
to Auburn, At both prisons he kept up
his pretence, and So escaped all heavy
work. A few days since he was released,
and instantly gave his tongue full cOmpen-
saton for its two years Of enforced absti-
hence from talk
A NEW method of packing butter for
the retail trade has been invented, which
promises to answer q want long felt
| The new process is described as follows:
y tirkin or barrel is prepared by filling to
a proper depth with strong and pure
brine, The butter as it IS taken from
the churn and prepared for market, is
| carefully selected as to color and quality,
and enclosed in plain cotton bags or
sacks, weighing from five to ten pounds
each These sacks are placed in the bar
rel or tirkin, fresh and sweet, and as the
brine completely covers them, they can
be kept in this condition for any length
of time, it is claimed, without any dete-
rioratiOn in quality. One great advan-
tage that is claimed for this new style of
packing is, that dealers can take one or
more of the bags from the original pack
age, leaving the rest safe under cover of the
brine, and excluded from the air. The
bags are suited to the retail trade, as they
are Just abou, what is generally needed
for family use, but are at the same time
so conveniently arranged that any smaller
amount can be cut from them in the
handiest manner. This is an experiment
in packing butter, but it is worthy of con-
sideration by retail dealers.
A GERMAN presiding elder tells this
story of rather severe lesson that he
once administered to young preacher:
81 had in my district young preacher
whose practice it was to be very bolster
Gus in preaching, entirely too much so.
He not only screamed loud and long, but
he used to stretch himself over the front
OF the pulpit to the utmost point, making
in that position vehement strokes with
his hand, as if intent on splitting his hear
ers in two. My exhortauon being of no
avail, | resolved to cure him in some other
way. At one of his appointments the
pulpit of the log Westinghouse was u
rude and rickety affair lis front piece
was fastened to the side,picCes with pins,
which could easily be drawn out, which
did in due time before his next preaching.
| then seated myself behind him, await
ing the result. His excitement came on
in due time, and then, raising himself on
his toes, with his arm uplifted to its ut
most height, he brought it down with all
his weight and force for the usual stroke.
But this time there was only a single
blow, for with that action the preacher
and the pulpit-tront came down TO the
floor with tremendous crash, to the
great CONSERVATION of the preacher, but
to the no small amusement of the congre-
cation. He will never forget that lesson.