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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-28
High and lOw-TOp Trees.

CONTROVERSY has been uoirr on in
some of the western papers on the relative
advantages of training orchard trees with
high and low tops. The arc
the same as those which have been fire.,
Quently advanced on the subject. and are
substantially rs follows! In favor of hirh
tops, it is urged that horses can pass free.
w under them for cultivation, that the
body of the Tree is more accessible for
ascending to gather the crop. and that the
mass of brush which accumulntes about
low.toppcd trees Is avoided.
Trees with low tops are recommended
for the following reasons
(. The trunk Is protected from the OK.
trcmes of heat and cold. go often tbc
caupe of the disease of thr hark known
AS sun.scald
2. The trees are less liable TO attacks Of
the borer.
9, The tons beiur nearer the ground
the necessary nruning and tho gafh,ripo
of thec ror are more easily ac~rotnnIisbnG
f. The wind has mora forcn pn the
hipb heads. and the frnit bruises more In
falling.
5. The difficulty in cpltiyatinr ia lose
important. ms the roots extend eyond the
circle of branches. and the surface cap be
sufficiently cultivated without passing
under them.
We find "A difference of opinion on this
subject amonr some of our mos, success.
ful orchardists. One of the best marketers
OF fruits in this State prefers trees ak feet
IN to the branches when set ont. another
equally successful, recommends low
heads. Throwing out of the question The
objection Of liability to sun.scslls which
is more particularly confined to the South
aud WeSt) the difference in the two modes
is not great, much more depending on
the management in other particulars
which arc to be all taken into considera,
ton in coming to any decision of this
question. One man, for example, may
plant tall trees, and aftcrward trim them
up improperly still higher; and he may
allow them to he twisted about by thC
winds after planting, md to become
stuntGd by the growth OF weeds, grass nnd
suckers. The frnit viii be poor and
scabhy. Another may set them ont
well, protect them from winds, c~ultivat,
well, keep the stc,1g clean and straight.
and by preserving their vigorous condi
ton, obtain fine crops of excellent fruit
The same difference may occur will
those who set out low trees, One planter
may allow them To grow up a mass O
brush; another may keep them IN u hand
unnic s~y1nrupiIicAl farm with 81 short
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-28

express distances by parallels, To a
stranger 1t is just a little confusing to be
SO parahOlic-so to speak. | collar u citi-
zen, and think | am going to get some
valuable information. | ask Il man how
far II is To Birmingham, and he says 1t is
twenty-one shillings and siNpence. Now,
we know that don't help u man any who
5 trying to learn. | find myself
down town somewhere and | want
to get some sort of idea where | am
being usually lost when alone-and | stop
a citizen and say How far is II To
Charing Crosse Shilling fare in n cab
and Oft he goes. | suppose il | were TO
ask a Londoner how far 1t is from the
sublime 10 the ridiculous he would try TO
express 1t in coin. But | am .respassing
upon your time With these geological
statistics an! h!Seorical reflections. Twill
not longer keep you from your orgies,
It's u real pleasure for me to be here, and
! thank you, for tho name of the Savage |
Cub Is associated In my mind with the
kindly interest and the friendly offices
which you lavished upon an old friend of
mine who came among you a stranger,
and you opened your English hearts to
him and gave him welcome and a home
Artemus Ward. Asking that yeu will
join me, | give you his memorv.h
In deep silence, and with much feeling,
the company present rose and drank to
this sentiment. Then, after some mo.
n'ents, the newcomer was heartily
cheered, and the members went up to
make his acquaintance. Soon after,
Mark Twain Went Oft to the Gayety
Theatre with some friends, and saw
Byron's play, GOOD News" and "Ali
Bahia IA new extravaganza, in boun of
which Toole appeared, and in the latter
of which he had the most absurd gag,
out. "As Mark Twain says in the
Jumping Frog Lie on, Macdutf, and
th~ingUmhobbed DO he, '" etc L0adoa Cor.
Cincinnati Commercial.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-28

killed and Cit open Sc they could get
back their things.
And so my parent determined to shoot
the beast, but nj the last moment his heart
failed him. Pity ~triumphed, and he sold
him to q man from Il distance, and Ii was
such 8 great distance THAI none of us were
able to attend his funeral two weeks later,
although earnestly invited 10 do so. He
left u wife and three interesting children,
and was struck just above the right TEN,
pie, | believe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-28
Why the Curve isthe Line OF Beauty.

PnoF MULLER, in a course Of lectures in
Berlin, offered a simple and mechanical
explanation Of the universal admiration
bestowed on circles. The eye is moved
In its socket by six muscles, Of which
four are respectively employed to raise,
dcprcsR, turn to the right and to the left.
The other two have an action contrary to
escn other, and roll the eye on its axis, or
from the outside downward, and inside
upward. When, therefore, an object il
presented for inspection, the first act
is that Of circumcision or going round
the boundary lines, so as to bring
consecutively every individual por.
ton Of the circumference upon the
most delicate and sensitive portion Of
the re'ina. Now, If figures bounded
by straight lines be presented for In
specti0n, il is obvious that but two Of
those muscles can be called into action,
and II isequally evident that In curves Of a
circle or eipse all must alternately be
brought iAto action. Tie effect then is,
that If two only be employed, as in rec.
tllinear figures, thOsc two have an undu.
share Of labor; and Ivy repeating this ex.
pertinent frequently, 40 ne do In childe
hood, the notion Of tedium he instiiled, a
distaSte for straight lines is gradually
formed, and we are led to prefer those
curves which supply n more general and
oquable share of work to the muscles.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-28

TIE Marquis Of Butte is preparing, for
the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition
Of 1878, a complete assortment Of metals
and ores from Wales, the county Of Dur.
ham. and the entire basin ofSouth Wales,
including Mo1mouthshirp.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-28

"A gentleman dining at cheap res.
taurant, one DAY, was heard to give this
courageous order: Waiter, let the cheese
move this way
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-28

In the remote corners Of Jersey there
IL stiIl to be found = primitive simplicity
which makes a aepsible marriages posi-.
BILE. A correspondent of a Phila fe]phia
paper tells Of the simple nuptials OF rus.
TIC pair on the Jersey shore. The parBon
was sent for, and arriving, found the g
pectant bride, arrayed in neat bomesp;sh,
With sleeves rolled MP, churniug butter.
The bridegroom was called in from HIS
work in the field, and the twain were
there AID then maGs one flesh, and in
their combined capacity Immediately re
turned 10 their several duties. Nobody
can doubt the happ5 consequence Of such
q wedding.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-28

"A young lady has written a song in
which she asks aHow can / tell Him |
Love Him no MOrc:' There are several
ways in which the information may be
impaired. For instance, If the y~ouuglady
lives in Philadelphia, and the young man
whom she doesn't love any more resides
in New York, she might telegraph him,
charges to be collected; or II Size is not in
a dreadful hurry for him TO hear the sad
words, she might leave It until she visits
New York; or she could write; or she
might employ ber big brother TO tell him;
or, if both live In the samccity, She might
call around after tea, and bride his sister
10 tell him; or-but there are 50 many
ways, that doubtlcss ONE one Of them
has occurred to her ere thls.-Bovhtoltn
Herdld.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-28
Stage Thunder.

SOME fifty years ago one Lee, manager
of the Edinburgh Theatre, with a view
to improving the thunder Of his stage,
ventured upon a return to the EliZahethan
system Of representing a storm. His en-
terprlse was attended with results at once
ludicrous and disastrous. He placed
lodges here and there alCngt the back
Of his stage, and, obtaining II parcel
Of ninepound C~annon-balls, packed
these in a whcelbarrow, which q car.
pcnter was instructed to wheel to and
fro over the hedges. The play was
" Lear" and the jolting Of the heavy
barrow, as it was trnndlcd along
its uneven path ovcr the hollow
stage, and the rumblings and reverbcra.
tons thus produced Counteffeited most
effectively the raging Of the tempest in
the third act, Unfortunately, however,
while the king was Drawing, In front OF
the scene, the pitiless storm at the back,
The carpenter missed his footing, tripped
over one of the ledges, and fell down,
whcelbarrow, cannon-balls.And all. The
stage being on a declivity, the cannon
balls came rolling rapidly and nOisily
down toward The front, Gathering force AZ
they advanced, and, overcoming the foe.
VIZ ft13aplAflI IjtAtil " tlB HLtHt, FtIith
it down, passed over its PROSTATE form,
and made their way toward the foot.
lights and the fddlers, amid the amusc
ment and wonder Of the audience, and
the amazement and alarm of the Lear of
the night. As the nine Founders adj.
Vanced toward him, and rolled about in
all directions, he was compelled TO display
an activity in avoiding them singularly
inappropriate TO the Q and condition
of the character he was personating. He
was even said to resemble a cancer
achieving the terpsichorean feat known as
the e~gg-hornpipe. Presently, too, themu.
slCians became alarmed for the safety Of
themselves and their instruments, and
deemed it advisable 10 scale the spiked
partition whichdiyided them from thepit,
for the cannon balls were upon them,
smashing the lamps, and falling heavily
into the orchestra. Meantime, exposed
to full gaze of the house, lay prone, be-
SIDE his empty barrow, the carpenter, the
innocent inyoker Of the storm he had
been unable to al'ay or direct, not 1T al
hurt, but exceedingly frightened and be.
wiidcrcd. After this unlucky experiment,
the manager abandoned his y~hcelbarrow
and cannon.bails, and reverted 10 more re.
ceiyed methods OF producing stage
storms AHDictoH'S d01iFHol.
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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-03
PORT OF NEW YORK, JUNE 2, 1872.
ARRIVALS.

REPORTED BY THE HERALD STEAM YACHTS.
Steamship BaItic n kennedy Lverpoo May . snd
Steamship Bcnefnctor, Jones' wilmington, NC, witt,
steamship wyanoke,. Couch. Richmond, City Point aud
Norfolk with mdse and passengers, to the Old Dominion
steamship Z Knight, johnson, Georgetown, Dc with
Ship Lotto clerke (sr,, Hines adlesbrough SO days
o4 on Sn S E to and
heavy gales from the southwark split SAILS has been 10
Bark Laurel r DAYS. shsngh .. February With
Had light southeast trades to lat 7s from thence
Barn ygkohsma Up, Hqmliu, Batavia s Feb a. With
oYe AGri and is
&" bark sSsads
y sss MAY " Is %s ssS 20 q a w
% s Is Ss s9 iesa
i9retopmast staysail and mzzcn topmas staysai from
Barr ba"ptlqss Ssr5 fardy, sagqa 10 days with
no Of a.ers w Nv Wnd Parker
Bark Reh2Th pearse @ Baraby sag S days with
ks fssee SS Kruger Porto caSeo % Days s" with
coffee to Dalett, Bliss Coz vessel to master. Had fine
Brig Curacao gBr, Lockhart Curacao 4 days with old
IRON skins and passengers, to Jos Foulkes Sons Had
Orig Gem of New nayen,, Neal, Mayaguez, Pr, 4.
Brig oriana dBr, Doanc Mayagucz PR, 10 days with
crate weather; May D. lat 80 5 lon AZ 49, spoke brig
scbr ESsnszs r Ley AsasSa 10 days with fruit to
ssh5 Lady FsnHeTmaG Br' lIudk'ns AbaCOa days
s seSr Jff Sa TSrs asis T1p gpnsg Virginia
s$SI Xiii aS 'ssSors H@:s yl I,sa.
schr 4 N Rogers, Cubberly Virginia.
sShr Aa" Forsgt bcc bbass r vsnA
schr stephen Morgan, Van Clief, Georgetown, DC.
sShr Munson, Dayton, Georgetown DC, for Bridge
schr Richards, Reed Machas days, with lumber to
s%Rscn oSppw Go vsSssl 70 d Loud Co. ,un,sr
4 he nsKRR spain which arrived on the LIST from
. ID lon 81 y passed bark Ansgar Mor from Liverpool
st inst has s passenger and reports Nay ST.
Ia, a. lon y y passed s Guon @ bound east
German steamship, do.
5 R @ %sSs Ss
and split sails stove skyght &c from thence IA days.
with light westerly winds and thick fog
The bark Aristides (Nor, wald from Cardiff which ar
had strong variable gales to the Banks May il lat u.s.
ing around wsw hours sustained no damage
has been days q the Banks with light variable
from Ardrossan for New York. vow
The bark Dpussund, which arrived LIST reports passed
April 20 and crossed the Equator May d in lon Saw
bad fine weather up TO BERMUDA, since light winds and
Asrsy nom Calcutta for New YORK May s. lat Il n lon
o Mary sds Sa S
Passed Through Hell Gate.
BOUND SOUTH
Steamship wamsut,a Fish, New Bedford for New York,
Brig Annie Collins (Br), Mcdonald Windsor, Ms for
New York. 10 days. with plaster 70 Crandall, Bereax
brig Timothy Fields tBr. Wheeler. Windsor, Ms for
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-03
A GREAT BANK sWINDLE.
Teller I'm tho Merchants National
Bank, Boston, Embezzlcs SOC, 900.

BOSTON, June 2, 1872
A defalcation OF between eighty thousand and
ninety thousand dollars has been discovered on the
part Of one Of the tellers Of the Merchants Ma
tional Bank of this city. 1t appears that the de-
auter had applied the funds to his own use and to
cover up his delinquencies deceived the examiner
when he made his regular investigation OF the
AFFAIRS of the bank. The institution had q large
amount of bonds on hand and when the amounts
were investigated he would sell sufficient
number to make good the dehcit. Then when the
bonds We're examined he would bring one half OF
them to the examiner, and after he had counted
them he pretended to return them and bring the
other half, but the second batch was really the
same that was first examined. Yesterday for some
reason or other, the examiner called for all the
bonds at once, and the defalcation was then dis
covered, and the teller arrested and committed to
jail for trial in default of bail.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-03
SUICIDE OF AN INCENDIARY.

AUBURN, N. y, June 2, 1872.
Adam Frolick, who was sentenced by Judge
Smith on Friday evening to fifteen years Of hard
labor for arson in burning the Bennett store In
syracuse, about two years SINCE and who attempted
suicide yesterday by taking heavy dose OF NOR
phine, died In Auburn Jail at four O'Clock this morn
ing. He remained unconscious from the time OF
taking the poison till his DEATH After being SEN
fenced he declared he would never go to prison
alive. Coroner's inquest on the body returned q
verdict that deceased came to his death by taking
an overdose Of morphine, with the intent and for
the purpose OF destroying himself.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-03
AN AXLE ACCIDENT.
Sleeping Car Ovcrturned-One Lady
Killed and Several Injured.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, June g 1872
A sleeping car on the Nashville and Northwestern
Railroad was overturned this morning by the
breaking of an axle near Pegram Station, nineteen
miles from Nashville. Five passengers were In the
car. Mrs. H. Weatherford, OF Memphis, was killed
and Miss Oracle Curtis, OF Memphis, had thigh
broken and was otherwise injured The other pas
sengers escaped with slight bruises.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-03

CITY, with plaster to orders vessel to cranda
va sshr A csrman, carman, Georges Banks for New
fe srSr With u tish 70 order.
York w s =, Andrews Georges Banks for New
pr sss cs.se Peck Rockand York. with lime to
State Burgess Rockland for New York.
BrS uasta Spear Rockiand for New York. with
schr Amelia, Kelly Portland for New York. with bar.
sehr Moon, Adeclf Nantucket for New York with
w sihG ndwaf "a Tyler Smith, Portland for New York.
sehT David spreigh Alien Nantucket for New York
"a orde hofe Manson Bangor for New York. with lumber
S ssh andsay Rockand for New York. with
with n@ber to MclysRe Co. Portland for New York,
schr Florence Smith, Northport for College Point with
sehr Geo Pierce, Lannigan Gloucester for New York
sci, sshI Emma " Day Day, Rockpor. for New York, with
schr Reading RR No IS, Eldridge, Portland for New
schr Teazer, Hamilton, Portland for New York, with
lumber Ia,,s TO- to simpson, Ciapp 4 Co;
SiG u 3as 70 ann Cortland for EzabepOr
sehr Sarah Burgess, Lsle, Providence for Elizabeth
sshr Bu5aes ws.tGott Hartford for
r Fleming for f G ksS
ssr Mer Mg E sysr % S York
s schr Robbins Bag,ey rr9ydencs for New York
schr Thos Ellis Kelly, Noank for New York. with fish to
ssr 6rooker Syse York
Schr Terry, Raynor, Providence for New York
Schr Louisa Smith, Smith, Fall River for New York.
Schr Maria + Pratt, Pratt Middletown for New York.
Schr Little David, Meyers, Hartford for New York
schr Geo Brown Jefires, Providence for New York.
York.
Schr Alert Fuller, Yarmouth Cor New York
SchI Rhode Island, Hawey, Providence for New York
Schr Talma, Knapp, Oyster Bay for New York.
Schr II jones' Davis, Port Jefferson for New York.
Schr Sparkling Sea, Butler, New Haven for New York.
Sclr sarah Jones, Handy, Boston for New York.
York
schr B Wharton, Buncc, New Haven for New York.
Schr Amelia, Hayle, Orient for New York.
York.
schr VIM Young, Young Port Jefferson for New York.
Schr w Cummings Mould, Cohasset for New York.
schr John Burks Burks, Norwich for Jersey City.
schr Clmronta, Marsh, Rockport for New York, with
schr GEN. Rainier, Rockport for New York. with stone
to order.
schr Haze, McName, Greenwich for New York. with
stone to order.
Steamer Electra Mott Providence for New York, with
mdse and passengers
BOUND EAST.
schr Minquas, Heaney Elzabethport for Providence.
Spring.
schr Marccna Munson, Dayton, Georgetown, DC, for
schr J Williams, Mornell. New York for stamford.
BELOW.
Brig Belle, days from slsal by pilot boat Mary Fish,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-03
RACING IN CALIFORNIA

AGRICULTURAL PARK, SAN FRANCISCO, April 20,
1SI2-Running Match OF $1,000, half mile heats,
with 100 lbs. up, thirty yards distance.
Mr.. Dickinson named gr. q. Unknown, by odd
NiOW 4 4
MI. woodward named b. h. Ben Butler, by
'NhhVihuH '.s........................
Time, o :6l 1s-0:54is.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-03

DATES OF DEPARTURE FROM NEW YORK FOR TIL
MONTH OF JUNE.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-03

An exhibition OF ancient and modern jewelry and
personal ornaments will be opened at the South
kehsnPIon Museum, London, In June next. At the
head OF the committee OF manapement IA the name
Of the Princess Louise.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-03
Passed Through Hell Gate.
uorNn soTrTu

Steamship Wamsut,a Fish, New Bedford for New York,
with mdsc and passe myers. 10 Ferguson a Wood.
Brig Annie Collins (Br), Mcdonald, Windsor, Nc, for
New York, 10 days with plaster 70 Cranda Berteaux
Co.
Brig Timothy Fields tBr). Wheeler. Windsor, Ns, for
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-11-21
The Trick of Prospective Brother.
in-IaW.

ARATHER contemplate trick was played
ON vuo of OuI yuung clerks, Sunday night.
He bought cut glass bottle of cologne,
with glass stopper and pink ribbon, to
present to a young lady he is keeping
company with, but on reaching the house
he felt little embarrassed for fear there
were members of the family present, and
so he left the beautiful gift on the stoop
and passed in. The movement was per-
ceived by graceless brother of the young
lady, who appropriated the cologne to his
own use, and refilled the bottle with
hartshorn from the family jar, and then
hung around to observe the result. In a
little while the young man slipped out on
the stoop, and securing the splendid gift,
slipped back again into the parlor, where,
with few appropriate words, he pressed
it upon the blushing girl. Like good
and faithful daughter that she was she at
once hurried into the presence of her
mother, and the old lady was charmed.
They didn't put up scent stuff like
that when she was a girl; it was
kept in china tea cup and it
was held together by samples of all
the family's hair. But she was very
much pleased with it. She drew out the
stopper, laid the beautiful petals of her
nostrils over the aperture, and fetched a
pull at the contents that fairly made them
bubble. Then she laid the bottle down,
and picked up brass mounted fire shovel
instead, and said she, as soon as she could
say anything: "Where is that plaguy
brat?" And he, ali unconscious of what
had happened, was in front of the mirror
adjusting his necktie and smiling at him.
self. And here she found him, and said
to him: oh, you are laughing at the
trick of an old woman, are you, you wall
eyed leper." And then she basted him
one on the ear. And he, being by nature
more eloquent with his legs than his
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-11-21

married (his bride was worth $3.50, ,OOO)
Mr. Hotten perpetrated jocose para
graph in the San Francisco Netcs Letter,
which vexed the object of it so thorough
ly that he cannot forget or forgive it
"MARK TwAIN's MARRIAGE.
"Mark Twain, who, when he has been
long enough sober to permit an estimate,
has been uniformly found to bear spot
less character, has got married. 1t was
not the act of desperate man-it was
not committed while laboring under tenn
porary insanity his insanity is not of
that type, nor does he ever labor; it was
the cool, methodical, cumulative caleula-
tion of human nature working in the
breast of an orphan, hankering for some
one with fortune to love-some one
with bank account to caress. For years
he has felt this matrimony coming on.
Ever since he left California there has
been an undertone of despair running
through all his letters, like the subdued
wall of pig beneath washtub. He
felt that he was going, that no earthly
power could save him; but, as a conces-
sion to his weeping publishers, he tried a
change of climate by putting on linen
coat and writing letters from the West
Indies. Then he tried rhubarb, and du-
ring his latter months he was almost con-
stantly under the influence of this power
full drug. But rhubarb, while it may give
fitful glitter to the eye and deceitful
redness to the gills, cannot long delay the
pangs of approaching marriage. Rhubarb
was not what Mark wanted. Well, that
genial spirit has passed away; that loving,
bright smile will no more greet the early
bar-keeper, nor the old familiar chalk it
down delight his ear. Poor Mark he
was good schemer, but he couldn't be
made to work"
But man who is professional joker
should not cut up so rough at what was,
of course, only written as jest.