Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-20

of pulling around and bowling; but it
was French roof, it was new ground,
and, before hey were fairly aware of it,
they were Off the root and going toward
the earth at lightning velocity, paving
out into the air for something to get hold
of, splitting and crying, and swearing and
beseeching and soothing, with their hearts
full of agony and their mouths full of
where they arrived in a condition to af
ford nourishment to Mr.. Welland's grape
ines.-Ddn5uru Negfs.
VARIOUS WAYS OF COOKING APPLES
There is no article of food which can be
prepared with such various ways and in
such toothsome dishes as apples. Pota-
toes can be cooked in many forms, but
they cannot equal the preparations made
from apples, neither do they contain as
much brain food Whether eaten raw or
and is equally desirable and nutritious for
young and old Apples that are to be
used for sauce should be pared, cored
and put in cold water, unless cooked di-
rec,ly, to keep them from discoloring.
Add a little water to the porcelain kettle
or stew pan cover closely and cook gent
ly, not stirring them until the whole are
softened, or you will cool them in Jumps;
when soft stir and mash, add little but
ter, sweeten and strain through colan-
der.
AN ambitious Nashville young man in
vested his surplus funds, a week or two
ago, in shirt which opened at the back.
He wore the garment once and was happy
-supremely happy. But all earthly bliss
has an end. In due course Of time, the
garment passed into the hands of the old
cOlored woman who does the family
washing. That eminently practical fe-
male wrestled with the new purchase,
and when it finally left her hands, the
back had been sewed up, the front cut
open, and buttons attached, in the good
old-fashioned style. She said she "didn't
want none O that new-fangled nonsense
bout her." The young man has become
the victim of settled melancholy. True,
he pursues his daily avocations, but hope
ambition and enterprise have fled from
his breast, and he no longer aspires to be
leader of fashion.
To PREVENT A HEN EATING HER
EGGs.-We have never failed in prevent
ing this practice by filling the hen so full
of something else that she don't want to
eat eggs We do it in this way:-Put
vessel "a good three-gallon brass kettle is
very conveniently over the fire; fill it two
thirds full of water; let the water come to
a boil; take the hen and cut her bill off
smoothly and nicely just behind her
ears, plump her into the kettle,
strip off the feathers, take out her
insides, put her over the fire in
steamer for two hours; while she is there
prepare the stuffing of light wheat bread
batter and little sage and parsley; fill
her very full and lay the balance of the
stuffing around her like eggs in a nest;
put her in the oven till quite brown, and
when the "gude man" comes to dinner,
if he does not smile at this way of break
ing her of eating her own eggs, he amt a
bit like my husband or father.-L0r.
Rural Neao Yorker.
THE Scientific american people have
been Investigating the fearful locomotive
explosion at Lafayette, Ind, in Deem
Der last and remark; GA large piece of
iron, weighing about a hundred pounds,
in the shape Of the segment of circle,
was projected from the wreck, and struck
the wall of lowering & Abernathy's
saw-mill about three feet from the ground,
going through that and partition within,
lodging against the inside north wall,
and playing sad havoc with the contents
of the Office through which it passed.
The distance from where the locomotive
stood was 300 feet. The course taken by
the mass OF iron was most peculiar-first
upward in curve, going in a south
westerly direction until it had passed
over the saw-mill, then suddenly chang
ing when near the ground to directly
north, and going in direct line through
the walls. TIE cratic movements Of the
mass of iron can only be accounted for
by its peculiar shape, being not unlike
the boomerang of the Australian abo.
rhymes"
A SINGULAR storyis told by Milbridge
(Maine) physician of Rufus Mitchell,
aged 30, who recently bled to death from
a slight cut: "He was one of those I'M
fortunate men who bleed from the small
he has lain and bled till it seemed that
the blood had all run out, and then he
would gradually recover This time the
cut was quite large, and he lived but
few hours. There is something remark
able about this family, who are here
termed as belonging to the bleeding fam
lily. None but the males bleed, and they
are the sons of the females of the same
family. For instance, this man has left
children; none of them will bleed, but if
the girls should have boys in their famil-
les, they will be of the bleeding kind, but
the boys themselves are free, and their
families will be the same. | cannot ex-
plain this. | have practiced in the fam
lily for more than twenty years. During
this time a number of them have died
from this cause, and others have bled,
often dangerously. They seem to be as
careless about edge tools as though they
were like other people,
A Het Iron as a Bed Warmer.