Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-07

una pine tree growing together, so closely
connected as to present the Appearance of
one tree, and, in fact, they might be SO
called, Tor they are SO nearly grown to-
gether at the root that no division line
can he seen, and the bark has nearly the
appearance OF that OF the pine.
IN IL London police court the startling
disclosure was recently made that more
than one hundred arson otfensGs had been
committed by one individual, and in an
other case the fire ceased in district
when certain individual was arrested
This person had set fire TO sixty or more
houses merely to obtain the ihfornler's
Zee OF half n crown or so.
The two tine arches Of the Mancheste
| (Nal free bridge, spanning the tracks o
/ TIE Richmond 4 Danvile Railroad In
| Manchester, recently completed, are 70
| be immediately pulled down, they being
/ too narrow to admit of passage through
them Of several large stones that have
| been Quarried up the river for the United
/ States government
/ YouNG MlnpY Ito his uncle, who's never
seen the sea- "lou want 10 know why
| the sea goes back, eh = Wen, YOU see
/ the waves SIRE caused blythe little fishes
waggiug their ;ails; then they swim away
IN order u get caught by the ishinr
smacks and then, as they can't live with
out water, he sea follows them. This
causes high tide and low tdon EUncle
tmaryels as his nephew's knowledge
! THE publisher of the Bradley County
| (Ark. haQ1e thus excuses himself for the
/ dclHy in issuing his paper "a printer
! wa is prcssman, compostor, makcr.up
| ~ forms 'ad setter does all the ioh-
work, clipping copy and wlising for
/ twenty four column newspaper, may
have the dcad.wood on strikes, but
woll be hanged II he hasn't got his
( hands fulP when it comes to doing all
his work and having six chills week"
/ The tlcshy owner of crow bait span
/ was complaining 10 some bystanders that
I he did not know what was the matter
! with his horses. He had tried everything
/ he could think of+~oondition powders
and all other specitcs-hut to no pur-
/ pose They would not improve the flesh.
/ \ stabiohov of Irish persuasion, whose
, sympathles were aroused by the story,
/ comprehonded the situation, and modest
/ ly asked, "Did yees liver try cnlnS'
Now WE know all about IL. A learned
SC0tGhnan dwelling in Los Angeles,
Gail, informs us that there Is chimney
running through the earth from the North
to the South Pole Into this water pours
al the open polar sea and ~ conveyed
through The central ire. and out at
the South Pole, where il divides into two
streams, one rushing up the Atlantic and
the other up the Pacific Ocean. By
this arrangement the central fires are kept
within limits by the cooling waters
Lnlodg0 Inter, OcGdH.
THE editor of the Danbury Comm
Ne,rs went off last Saturday for halfhol-
iday of fishing When he returned he
! had walked thirteen miles, lost a forty
hVe dolar watch, sspralned ms numb,
sPphoa IA eioFon o"lI"r pa'r Oh pants ny
F','lhE uoNh on MS iuhCheoh, ana caught
a loar pound MUG 'nr'le. lie Iot BACK
W lllhe 10 htlP INC docbor cut lrom MS
olaCsl boy 1907 one ol the several hsh-
h"oKs nc hhd irlt ~ nome ne TOOK
,,u,Sofy VIC" Oh 'fe S''oatloh ana went 10
| peu' '.....
AT meeting Of the British Associa-
| ton ut Dublin, Mr., Charles BlanCuni, OF
Caspel read paper reative to his extern
4 siNe car establishment, after which q
gentleman stated that at Pickfords, the
| great English Carrier, they could not
N'f''''
and wished "a hear Mi Blanconi's
opinion Oh The subject Mr.. y, stated no
/ found by experience he could better
work horse eight miles day for six
days IN TIE week Than six miles day for
seven days Ey not working on Sunday,
PC 9uetl'" saving OF t"cIVe per cent:
W. ptai'coht opinion On lhlS poIhe ID Oh
~" hignesE importance LOT ne ms over
wv horses WofNl"2 slNty'stFeh con.
Pe{ahees, Whlch 'dMl} travel 4,24f
lia'eS' ~ u ht&o tHe result o. lofty-
tuIeo ycAFs experience ~-H'ttHfI'c amer
't""'
An Engliph journal impresses on the
minds OF all spurlsmen, old aud Young.
the necessity Of caution In the use OF
firearms. Every yenr witnesses some
dreadful eccf,}cni--manv gataI. others nj
tended with the loss Of oycsight or a
limb A large norton Of them might hs
jnr golden rulrse are suqregted
Never load or leave a loaded cun in the
house Q Never carry a gun In II ,,uaition
that If it went OH accidentally ii wonld
inure anyone. 2 Never carry n piIn
cooked wien grrambligg tbroup6 hedge
OF leaning ditch. Never leave a eiIn
loosely againt a tree or wall, rs if IL falls,
or IL suddenly moved away, ii II liable to
60 on s. Never In snort point toward
another a loaded or nnloodcd niece Of
frearms BY strictly adhering to the
above f9tes many senousaccidents would
DC aYoloeu.
LTfNG AND SWEARING, ~-Old Parsons g.,
Of Connecltcui. was particular kind OF
person. One day he Ind man blowing