Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-02
BREVITIES.

n NAN Will IcuS uCou 10 Lo6 WY "p'
to be headlong.
| THE Englishman who called the HoOsac
| tunnel blasted tunnel was correct.
TWELVE young ladies took the veil at
! st. Louis convent in one day, lately
LONDON stands amazed at man who
speaks thirteen different languages.
TEA roses and lilies of the valley ap-
| pear to be the favorite flowers this win
| ter.
Busy Boston has already issued new
| directory containing all the changes Of
! residence.
THE only man who has raised cotton in
| Sonoma county, Cal, happens to be a
Mr.. Derrick.
LOUISIANA has more pork than for ten
years before, and will ship tons of bacon
to England.
PROVIDENCE has only one steam whis-
tie in the whole city, and is bound to
eradicate that.
"DIAMoND cut Diamond"-The dia-
mond swindlers of San Francisco and
their dupes.
A YOUNG lady who thought she could
make her voice clear by strainingit made
8 great mistake.
| said to resemble "the oldest inhabitant'
because he's senile.
NEW YORK swells wear giraffe hide
boots. They like leather that has some
stretch" to it.
CLEvERLY executed counterfeit half
and quarter dollars are said to be in cir
culation in San Francisco.
THE Schenectady Union made bet of
y a. of 30 Io
and won it and wears it.
ONE of the Giving Skeletons is grow
ing fat, and he now fears starvation be-
cause his occupation is gone.
A LOUISVILLE man IS so opposed to
capital punishment that he can't even
tolerate paper-hangings.
THE oysters in several of the tributaries
Of Chesapeake Bay have become green,
and in consequence, unmarketable.
A BARREL Of apples sells for twenty
five dollars in San Antonio, Texas, but
beef is only two cents per pound.
To PEEL onions without bringing tears
to ones eyes it is only necessary to hold
them under water during the operation.
THE ravages Of the boil worm were
more serious in Florida and Alabama du-
ring the past season than in any other
| State
THE japanese rapidly become cosmo-
politan in their tastes. The Ambassadors
now IN England have acquired liking for
beer.
TIE addition Of chloride Of calcium to
sewage, it is stated, has the desirable eff
feet of preventing noXious deC0mposi
ton.
A sEKRET ceases to be a sekret if it il
A1I u nna
once broken it liz never dollar agin.-
Josh Billings
IT is q curious little circumstance that
only two poems addressed to Niagara
have lived beyond the week of their pub
lication.
THE recent failure among the fish mer-
chants Of Boston have, it is stated, caused
great distress among the poor fishermen
of Cape Cod.
THE latest thing in opera boufe is one
by an Italian composer, in which all the
parts even to those of the chorus, are to
be taken by women. 4.
CANADA papers say that the trapping
season for fine peltries is now well adj
vanced, but furs are not coming to mar
ket in large quantities.
THE Mayor Of OweRsboro, KY, didn't
fancy the general style of the Governors
Thanksgiving proclamation, so he issued
little one of his own.
IT is said of General -, that in bat
tie, he always followed his nose; but then
he was liable to colds, and his nose was
frequently apt to run.
Moses DEvAUX, found guilty of bring
ing more passengers to the United States
than the tonnage of his vessel allowed,
was fined $3.50 and costs.
AN Indian skeleton has been exhumed
at Mystic, Conn. At its head was pint
bottle, of thick flint glass, of unique
shape and rude manufacture.
ONE day when Mrs. Darlington heard
the minister say there would be a nave in
the new church, she observed that ''she
knew we'll who the party was"
} THE very best joke Of the season is now
circulating in the eastern papers. 1t Is
this: The one dollar gold piece is to be
withdraw from circulation"
VERMONT proposes to enact that rail
way bridges shall be made wide enough
to prevent the frequent decapitation OF
, passengers by projecting timbers.
A KANSAS law, we notice, gives
mothers control of their children. This
is an admirable law, and every family
should nave one. without II, 100 many
children have control Of their mothers.
PENNSYLVANIA proposes to amend hel
Constitution so as to prohibit her Judge:
!, from indulging in gratuitous rides upor
railways, and to permit her juries to rem
; der valid verdict by d two-thirds ma
, jority
A MAN named Peck, who murdered
> Mrs. Almira Cheney, in Coleraine, Mass.
five years ago, and who has been in ar
insane asylum ever since, hiss been dis
charged, cured, and will be tried for muir
der this month.
4 GENTLEMAN says that the generally
! maligned wasp proved very serviceable
! in his dollhouse the past season, clearing
out the mealy bug, even leaving the ripe
e grapes untouched, in pursuit of this great
=. pest of the vine.
KEoKUK claims to have a COW that car
climb into wagon, unite sack of oat:
y or &C with her teeth, and unlock Gel
lar door, and go down cellar and eat VI
E the winters stock of cabbage, or climb {
r ladder into the hay NOW
A MAN will die for want Of air in five