Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-07-31
BREvITIES.

NEW HAMPSHIRE has found way TO
feed her State Prison convicts on eleven
cents day.
| In Sc Ter County, Tenn, an ancient sill
yer mine has been discovered, with all the
old appurtenances for working.
CANNED GRAPES are nice flavoring for
pies. Stew and sift them. Always stew
down and mash cranberries fine for
pies.
A NEW secret society in San Francisco
is ''The United Order of Cobble-stone
Throwers" and their motto IS death to
the Heather Chinee."
THE Missouri River has made a cutoff
at the Big Bend, four miles south of
Onawa, Iowa, thus transferring about
1900 acres to Nebraska
A NEVADA paper reports that the ser
want girls of Helena have struck for 500
per month, two silk dresses, and the privi-
lege of the parlor every Sunday.
A MASSACHUSETTS pOstmistress has re-
signed her office, as matter of honesty,
because she can't find time to read all the
postal cards and attend to her other duties
besides.
THREE women, one at a time, married
a rich old Philadelphia in order to live
after him, but he has buried each one,
and now, at the age of ninety, is looking
for the next
THE model of the ideal American jury
man appeared in the panel summoned to
try the Woodruff Clatlin case, and in re-
Spouse to inquiries, said he chad never
heard of Mr.. Beecher"
THERE were two remarkable things
about Nancy Harvey, who died in Balti-
more last week She was III years old ;
never nursed George Washington, in fact
didn't even know HIM.
A FARMER residing near Davenport
Iowa, recently strewed his potato-tops
literally with Paris green to kill the bugs
The following night his horses broke into
the potato patch, ate the tops and the
poison, and three Of them died.
AT the Caledonian Club games at
Scranton, Pa, on the Fourth the feature
of the day was fat womans race for a
new bonnet The leanest contestant
weighed $50 pounds. Three others
weighed 200, 242 and 251 respectively.
A MEMPHIS girl was married the other
day, and Immediately sold her piano,
bought sewing machine, and made her
husband suit of clothes and herself two
calico dresses, and now fourteen young
men are seeking the hand of her unmar
ried sister.
THE late John Van Buren, once, when
travelling on one of our North River
steamers, asked his friends friend to join
in drink-probably saltwater. The
man said he had mot the pleasure of an
introduction" But" said Prince John,
you know enough to drink"
BALTIMORE boys know what fun is A
crowd Of them covered cat with robe
OF tar and hemp, the other night, and then
set fire to it, causing the animal to do
some startling gymnastics and sing di-
vertlng dirge. Baltimore wants few
more monuments, boys sizes.
A CONSCIENTIOUS Pittsburgh man prom
ised his wife the other day that he
wouldn't drink another drop as long as he
had hair on his head That very night
he bad his head shaved smooth, and then
got drunk with a proud consciousness of
having faithfully kept his promise
To MAKE COOP YEAsT.-Take five or
SIX potatoes-grate fine. Then add two
tablespoons Of sugar and one of salt
Take one quart OF water and handful of
hops Boil few minutes, strain and stir
into potatoes. Set on the stove and stir
until thick. When cool add one cup of
yeast.
To MAKE WALL PAPER STICK-Make
paste OF flour same as you do for starch :;
do not let it boil. When cold apply to
the paper with brush, not having it so
thick but that it will spread evenly over
the surface, or SO thin as to wet the paper
through. Cheap paper is not so cheap at
last as a little better paper
SEVERAL New York reporters are try
ing t. form coalition against such news
papers as refuse to allow them to use free
ly such favOrite terms as "inaugurate,"
"cOnflagration," ''holocaust," ''canine
quadruped," funeral obsequies," and
other sounding absurdities. They declare,
and truly enough, that if these words are
denied them, they can have nothing to
say.
A WEALTHY New York gentleman, of
an original turn of mind is going to have
stables built upon his grounds after the
model of the pyramids of Egypt. He
contends the pyramid is the proper form
for dwelling houses also, and has the adj
discussions about Mansard and other
roofs.
A LITTLE slx-year-old boy was asked by
his teacher to write a composition on the
subject of water, and the following is the
N,
swim in, to skate on, when frozen. When
| was a little baby the nurse used to
battle me every morning in water l have
been told that the 1njuns dontwash them
selves but once in ten years! | wish |
was an 1njun!'
Four boys living at Jersey City recent
ly ran away from home One of them
|! fashionably stole So 900 from the bank
where he worked, and they all bought
sailors clothes, purchased yacht and
started for sea. Nothing was heard of
| them for some days, when one was found
on board China clipper ship about to
| sail. He said the treasurer of the four
had absconded and they had to dissolve
| partnership.
| LET young men wear old gloves, hat
and coat till they can honestly afford
new. 1t requires uncommon courage
but it will have good results. Men
schooled to such deeds of heroism will
refuse to endorse bad bills, will not vote
for scamps, nor kneel in the mud to
scoundrels who give lavishly what they
have gained lawlessly, nor take with
pride the hand of villain, however ex-
alted.-yolt,a Hail.
| RELIEVING CHoKED CATTLE.-A CORES
pendent of the Germantown Telegraph
! gives the following as his mode of reliev-
ing choked animals Make ball of fine
cut chewing tobacco and molasses and
crowd as far back in the animals mouth
| as DOSsihle with tOnr,lo nullod ont. II coon