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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-14

rounds at all. Above Fourteenth street
ssh.barrels and dust bins were left unemp.
ted during the whole of the day, and the
Street Cleaning Bureau aver that if the
disease continues TO spread they will be
quite unable to remove the garbage from
the streets, rs at the present time the
large number of afflicted horses interferes
seriously with the contractors perform.
ing their work thoroughly. The terrible
spread of the disease in certain stables
was shown in the reduced number of care
running, and the total withdrawal
of rolling stock on one or two
railroads. The Ninth avenue cars
fought as long as they possibly
could against the ravages made by
the disease in their stable, hut finally
succumbed yesterday, and took every one
of their cars off the road. Some idea of
the inconvenience caused in the district
traversed by this line may therefore be
formed. To make matters worse the
elevated railroad ran no trains, and both
the Eighth and Tenth avenue roads ran
only at pro'ractcd intervals. One hun,
bred and twenty trips were taken of the
Eighth avenue, and in place Of seven
night cars the number was reduced to
four. The East Broadway line were also
compelled to ;cduce their rolling stock,
and at an early hour last evening one car
went the whole length of the line and rc.
turned to within a few blocks of the ter
minus before meeting the car that was
supposed 10 be but a few hundred YARDS
behind it. Several of the company's
horses died in such extreme agony that
the veterinary surgeons have caused them
= L. "a.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-14
A GREAT SCARE.
BY l. keller.

The cattle.men of Brighton have often
10 wait a halfhour for the horse cars,
which take them out Of Boston. They
wait at what is known as the Cambridge
Car.ofice." They have a ruddy, bovine
look, as a general thing; but you will be
surost to know them by q way they nave
Of chewing their cud-a single straw,
with which they also pick .hcir teeth at
intervals. Theirs is a species of Yankee
dialect, cosmopolitanized by travel on
stock trains, and refined by current slang.
1t was not 50 very long ago that one of
these fellows caused me to miss the Cam
bridge car by getting me interested in II
story he was telling to friend, who like
wise seemed to be in the cattle business.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-14
o NJ FARM AND GARDEN.


"A correspondent of the Ogato Farr1e,
writes that the result of twenty years ex.
perience in keeping apples may all be
summed up in a few words, viz. Keep
them dry, cool, and entirely shielded
from the external air.
One of the common faults in tying
mp cattle, and cows especially, is, that
they are placed too near each other.
When some are lying down, Others step
about and tread upon them. We think
the udders OF cows are more frequently
injured in this way than in all other ways
combined. l. is not unusual to tiud cows
placed three feet apart; three and q half
in most cases; rarely ever four feet,
Sometimes cattle, when being fed
high, refuse their food because their al
gcStive organs are ont of order. We find
the following, made into a drink, recon-
mended by an experienced cattle man;
EPSON salts, ii ounces; sulphur, > oun-
ces; ginger, 1 ounce; black antimopy, y
ounce; aloes, : ounce. The whole well
powdered and mixed, and put into not
less than four quarts of thin oatmeal
Cruel -EEoAaa4d,
A correspondent Of the Ohio Farmer
says; In the year 1850 an uncle of mine
put up q few panels ofpost and rail fence,
which at that time was a rare thing in.
these parts, and previous TO setting the
posts he burned the lower ends Ip to the
first nlortice till they were completely
charred. They were Of white oak, from
a tree of rather hrash appearance, set in q
clay soil. Several Of these posts are yet
standing, with the appearance roi lasting
"p|
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q 100 Iulit5 o. "nelV piah al'u Io'p
h m .n rn'N t, ~ 'ol,o"S L'Em' p, 80 W.
daily, If tbe above can he tboroncbly
cooked with Ont bav i, iprraasrS liz
value about one.ffth nv actual ezperi-
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OF the Oneida CtfcutdF says; Last TALL
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-14

I'VE had, " said my story.teller, "a great
scare up to Shirkshire t'other night; we
seen a ghost" Then the drover paused,
thrust his broad-brimmed felt hat on the
back of his head, shifted the straw from
one corner of his mouth to the other,
stroked his long whiskers, and bent his
merry, bright eyes inquiringly Upon the
face of his companion-just as if they
had begun a bargain over a half-dozen
steers. This was, of course, only a bid
for his friends curiosity.
'Seen a ghost p asked his friend.
And thus the preliminary bargain being
struck, the drover shifted the straw back
10 the other side of his mouth once more,
and continued; eyes, stree, a ghost, all
in white, goin' about on all tours, like a
ragin' lion, seein' who he could devour.
with a deuce of a noise. The hull of
Shirkshire was reused as one man, an
especially the women. The tarnal thing
'peared to take a particular spite agin cat
tie, for it chased a COW bellerin' down the
hull length of the village street. The
cow raised its tail in the moonlight an
runmore'n two mile. Wall, 1t kicked up
deuce of a fuss round in them parts.
Did | ever tell you of old Deacon Rams
head? Wall, old Deacon Ranshead an
his wife is about the meanest folks we've
got up to Shirkshire. They're always
got their noses in everybody else's bust,
ners, and the all-tiredest, pesky liars any.
where, Now, il was about their house
this we're ghost was tust seen. Fact is,
Jim ellison and some other Jokers got the
hull thing up Better'n two weeks ago,
when the hull village was sound asleep,
Jim and the boys takes the deacon's calf
away from his COW, an goes to Mrs. Dea.
cons clothe-.line and gifts one of the
d%escon's shirts an a pair O drawers from
ii. Then they drawed the shirt over the
tore legs and the drawers over the hind
legs Of the calf, cuttin' of its tail from
sight for the time bein', lappin' the two
garmints over each other and TWIN EN-
around the Calls middle with q piece Of
circingIe. Then they took an put the
calf quiet-like, and not hurtin' Of him, in
the deaeon's kitchen. Wall, course, the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-14
favorable, all that is wanted is common

favorable, all hat is wanted is common
sense treatment, and then they can be
made both profitable and ornamental.
There are two errors committed in con,
nection with summer pruning; the first il
the incessant stopping of every bit Of new
growth as fast as il is made, which results
in a mass of weak, useless spurs, that will
not bear fruit enough to pay for the labor.
The other error is NOT to stQprt all, and
the trees grow wiki for want u attention,
II would, Indeed, BIZ better to cultivate
only large trees than plant small trees,
and then either injurc them by too much
stopping, Or neglect them by allowing
them to grow wild.
The same principle of pruning also ap.
plies to the espalier trees, with the differ.
erence that they generally remain a long
time on the same spot, and are very rare
ly, even when they are very vigorous,
root.pruned. This should be done rather
severely for two seasons following. doins
one half At a time. In the absence OF
root pruning, the summer pruning should
be deferred until later in the season than
the period advised for pyramids. The
first or second week in August il early
enough for pruning all strong growing
trees, and even then a Young shoot At
every TWO feet length n branch should be
left TO use up the sap, and then those buds
upon the spurs below The eat Will remain
dormant, or, more properly speaking, they
viii in all probability make fruit buds.
The principle Of this system of pruning
can be explained in q few words, because
il is wen known there must be y reciprot-
lily of action between the rylCts aud
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-14

shirt'd been so near wore off the calf that
his mothcr'd reco'nized him. The
drawers, I'm proud to say, was near hull
yit, though a Ieetls soiled, as you may
'spose, and added to the modest 'pearance
of the calf when both critters was drove
back through the village the next day.
The deacon an his wife" said the drover,
in conclusion, ''wern't hurt in the least;
but they was a tritle scarf, ! reckon. An
the best Of the hull thing is, they haven't
made hardly any trouble for anybody
else since that night; they've been 80
busy lyin' about each other. '-Appleton's
JgUTpai.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-14
Sharpen the Hoe.

GAS dull rs a hoe, y is an old f~av0rite
comparison, and it seems cruel to rob it
Of It's aforctime poetry, But a free use OF
the file or grindstonc is ms rough on the
comparison as th" keen hoe is on the
weeds, We have seen hoes that were
worn out, never having been shafpened,
because n sharp hoe soon wears ont; al
though tho extra labor in a day needed to
destroy the weeds or move the soil with q
dull instrument would equal the cost of "A
new one. Certainly 1t is poor economy
TO save the wear of the hoe, OF
necessity only half killing the weeds and
making heavy toll of otherwise light
work. A file, even an old one cleaned
with some diluted acid, will answer every
purpose, or a grindstone if one has not a
file. Never mind if stones or gravel 10
dull, u sharp hoe carefully used will &C
complIsh more than the noisy g~rubbine
of q dull one. We take pleasure IN seeing
the hoe daily narrow up and the corners
gradually round Oft, for honorable age
and constant service benefits the hoe,
making the blade thinner and smaller.
Sharpen the hoe, then-hrst, to save the
hard labor; second, to do neater work
third, to keep it bright; finally, 90 have
the pleasure of seeing it grow old in the
scrvice.-A, j. Farmer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-14

calf begin ~promenadin' up an down the
kitchen, upsettiu' Of the milk-pans an
gttin' confused with the gridir'ns an
,iah. This kinder stirred up Mrs. Dea-
CON, and the deacon, too, and they was
both powerful scarf. Mrs. Deacon thought
the deacon a better 60 down an see
what vas in the kitchen, The deacon
dldn move. They both listened awhile,
an the pans an gridir'ns ratified louder'n
ever The deacon, very nervous like, said
hedidn'tcalc Hatcher wa anything THAR
oui, if his wife felt anxious about her
MIX pans, she'd better 60 down an looE
aFiey EN-. Then there came a Tum5lin'
an @ cIatter that sounded like the slowed
started mp 70 visit EN-, an got lazy an
rolled down stairs agin. Mrs. Deacon, q
trenholm all over, said size sposed the
noise warnt in the house at all; but q
shu'ierd got loose INTO the front stoop,
an She guessed the deacon ought to "a
DOWN aa fix it.
I'.at's tic kial Of FOLKS these isl
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-14

The following, from the jasper JKas.
RepH5bcab, is OF a slightly personal
character; The gentleman who lost his
false teeth while chasing a poor widow
woman's chickens, can have the same by
calling at this Office and paying charges
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-14

Three ladies whotn no one has ever
met: A lady who used powder, "A lady
who tlirted, and a lady who was going
out much this winter" This has been
travelling enthusiastically for some time,
and it ought 10 be stopped. We have
met the lady who uses powder, and her
biscuits are light as snow flakes and the
lady who hirts, for she broke our heart,
and those of all the other boarders and
the lady who is going out much this win
ter, although she would rather do them al
home for a dollar and a half a dozen,
large, and fifty cents small ieago Past
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-14

The Emperor of Germany is the most
abstemious of European monarchs, He
takes every day but two small meals.
After rising he takes a cup of coffee; at
noon some roast meat and potatoes, with
a glass Of Bordeaux wine; and at seven
in The evening Il supper, consisting of
bread, sausage and a cup Of tea Per
sons invited 10 the imperial table express
their surprise at its extreme simplicity.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-14

The efforts made to cultivate the tea
plant in.Calistoga, Cal, have entire failed.
Nearly all Of the plants, it is stated, are
dead.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-14

a lame girl who had not for fourteen
wears once left the third story back room
in which she lived, vas sn1n-1hose who
participated in the late children's excrIr.
sions in Philadelphia. When carried to
the park she asked what the grass and
trees were, and had 10 be told the
Of the most common objects. She lay on
the grass all day, drinking in the air and
sunshine, and was seen t. weep softly
every little while from pare 5y.
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THE GLORY BY GEO. T. ROOT.

nv A. n. JOHNSON. Pun ~ The most b~oauiliul
cfltdrenB songs eyer published, together VAN ta
Authors prrffat system Of teaching 81 per dozen.
specimen cory matted for w Gts. JOti1 CHUEcn n
Cp, Pabllsbcrs. Cinr,ngatt.
Church q Musical Visitor .-stD per yrar, sts worth
Of ~ uhie. cts iortporinen copy, tnJEtit& CO., Gin
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-05-09
No Peace.

tits strange that some people can never
let others alone; but then there is some
consolation 10 the fact that they OCCASIONAL
" &c. mistaken. There is tavern keep
er in Detroit. 10 whose bar.room three men,
at diffcrnent times, have committed suicide.
with the result that he was always com.
PEELED to have corpse around for three or
four days, and to sit on the coroner's jury
So last week man came 10, sat down BY
the stove for awhile. and. then. taking ont
small vial, be looked around aud placed
it ,ohis lips, The proprietor believed that
another attempt at suicide was being made
30 he rushed at the man, knocked him
down with chair, choked him until the
bartender could bring the stomach.pump,
which was worked with energy for an hour.
after which quart Of mustard and warm
water was forced down the strangers
throat. When the ceromoueis we're over,
the victim explained that be was only tax.
ing little brandy for an aching tooth; and
then be went out and secured the arrest Of
the tavern keeper for assault aud battery
with intent to kill The landlord says be
is convinced now that there is 40 peace
for him on this side Of the grave
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A Miraculous story.

There has always been some speculation
on the question whether mans soul evel
actually leaves bis body during sleep. or q
any other time before death, but evidence L
solve this mysterious question is rare
There is q story told in Louisville. how
ever, Of o merchant Of that city. who,
while travelling on sleeping car in Miss
issippi, bad a vivid description as i visit.
ing his home and seeing bis wife and
children aslerp and, noticing that the eight.
thday family clock had run down he wound
it up and set tia going. lie then return
ed to bis berth, which was rsttliug along
at the rate Of forty miles an hour 10 the
sleeping car. saw bis own body distinctly,
and resumed bis place within its voll.fttinq
eucasemeut. On writing to bis wife about
it, be learned that the clock bad been mys'
teriou,ly w,unl up on tho night Of bis
spiritual Imagination.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-05-09

Sidney Smith cut the following from q
newspaper and preserved itfor himself:--
When you rise in the morning, form res
oluiion to make the day q happy one to
a fellow.crea,ure. It is easily done; .
left.ofT garment to the man who needs it,
a kind word to the sor.owful, an cncoura-
giug expression to the strving-tr'ties in
themselves light as air-will do at least
for the twenty.four hours. And il you
are young, depend upon it, it will tell
When you get old; and il you are old. rest
assured it will send you gently and hap.
pily down the stream Of time to eternity.
BY the most simple arithmetical SUM look
at the result: II you send one person. only
one, happily through each day, that is
S65 in the course ofthe year. And sup
pose you live forty years only after you
commence that course Of medicine, you
made IA. 600 beings happy;at all events
| for time.
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SMALL Snow YoR LEas. "A Detroit man,
who had contributed q bundle Of csst-oti
clothing for the relief Of the victims Of
the Minnesota fire. received from one OF
tho sufferers the following note:
1.-The committy man givc me amongst
other things, what he called pare Of pants.
and 'twood make me pant sum 10 xear'em.
l found your name an where you live on
the pokits My wife lated so when |
shode 'em to her that .hot she would have
q couniption Ct She wants 10 20 II there
lives aud brethes Q man who has legs no
bigger than that. She ssd iftherc was be
otter be took up for vagri'nsy fur havin' no
visible means ov support. 1 coaldeot get
'em on my oldest boy, so | used en- for
gun cases. Ifyou have another pare to
spare, my wife wood liketo get EN- to
haug up BY Tue side ov The fireplace TO
keep the tongs TO-" @
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-05-09

SUNNY HoMs's. Parents ought TO ex.
erci,o every effort to make home bright.
Never frown on innocent enjoyment among
children. Itis as.natural to their age as
your arm chair aud slippers are to yours;
and il IS just as proper too. Let children
enjoy their youth 10 allits innocent gaiety;
their future may DO dark enough to need
tho memory ofhappy childhood 70 o make lsa u
epduratle. @
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From the Wheeling Register.
LETTER FROM JACKSON COUNTY,
Political Prospects.

So far as | have been informed BY those
who have read our now Constitution, II
gives general satisfaction, with the eIccp.
ton Of two or three Objectionable features,
! Of no very great importance. Candidates
for district aud county officers are rapidly
rising to the surface aud asserting their
claim upon the Democracy and present
Indications augcr numerous aspirants for.
aud vigorous efforts to secure tho various
Offices tha. have been so long blocka1ed
aud shut out from the Democracy by Iron
clads But strange as it uay seem to
those who are acquainted with tho political
history Of our county since tho foundation
Of West Virginia. men are extremely
scarce in our county who will say that they
ever favored test oA,hs, or proscriptive laws
Individually they were opposed 70 them,
but, Of course they couldn't control the ac.
tons Of . great party.
Whilst | can not commend talsehood or
assembling, | am truly glad to 500 dis.
position upon the part Of tho people gener.
ally to bury, il not forget. tho past differ
encs- land instead Of appealing to tho pas.
sions aud prejudces Of those who differed
aud still differ politically, there is q grow.
ing tendency in favor Of philosophical rea.
500 and reformation. Calm, serious re.
aec,ion is only necessary to bring abou.
wise and beneficial changes, be they social
or political. Open up the ccss.poole ofcor'
rupt,ou that are eugendering political ruin
upon our country, and let tho people look
and learn their origin. II the masses Of
The people cAn.bo made to look upon The
political condition as il now exists, and
comprehend the situation fully, they will
inaugura.a at onco a political revolution
that will forever hurl from place and pow.
er that political incubus (Gnut, who has
been hanglng upon our nation for nearly
four years. aud utterly crush the syco.
plants and vampires that have been suck.
Ing the very life blood from our republic.
RIPLEY,
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Dolly Warden to the Rescue.

All fashion writers inform US that the
Dolly Warden style Of dress is 70 DO the
rage the coming summer Everybody who
has read "Barnaby Rudge" knows that
Dolly Warden was the sweet daughter ofs
London locksni,h named Gabriel Warden,
who lived in the days Of George the ILL.,
She afterwards became Mrs. Joe Wille,t
Tho announcement. that this dear li'tlc
character has suggested style Of ladies'
apparel is very pleasant to bear, as itseems
to presage confusion to the fashionmaker'
who have forced that awful style Of long
dresses upon suffering community again.
When the long dress for the street was
first bauished, The refreshing belief obtain
ed that common sense had at last triumph.
cd over whim Few people immagiued
that after fashion SO slovenly and ropul-
sivo had once been banished it could ever
be revived; but here it is again. But il
we are to have q Dolly Warden dress We
may take courage, for long skirts dragging
in the mud, aud the costume Of the old
locksmith's time. have nothing 10 common.
flour lady readers wish to know how Dol
ly Warden dressed, let them look at Darl-
ey's beautiful picture Of her in one Of the
editions of Dickens, Dolly is seen in her
fathers shop murmuring few words Of
farewell 70 Joe Willet, who, with-pack on
bis back, is about to start out into the
world. The costume Of the young beauty.
with its jauntily tucked up skirt-reveal.
ing hcr pretty ankles, and feet encased in
the bewilchiugcst Of tiny boots with silver
buckles-laced bodice, aud ravishing little
bat, is as charming ascan be. We do not
suppose that the coming costume, to be
called after Der, will be like this exactly,
but il there is any signicance u its name,
the new fashion means death to the filthy
trails, aud that is enough.
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st. Louis woman, hearing that the
boarding house Of her lover was 10 flames
and that be was in an upper story, unable
to escape rushed frantically TO the spotsez-
cd ladder and mounted il despite the en-.
treaties Of her friends. Agilely ascend
iug, she soon disappeared amid tho smoke
and fame which envelopcd the windows Of
bis fourth story ROOM A breathless silence
fell on the multitude below, but soon the
brave girl reappeared with her darling in
her arms. AS she decended the ladder
bent and svayed beneath the double bur-
deu, and the increasing flames caught in
her long curls and criuolioe, but the
steamer played on her Increasingly. and,
amid shouts which rent the skies, preserv.
or aud preserved reached mother earth 10
safety.