Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-05-15
An old acquaintance given to a

mOEDiQ COnQlLlOu VI GAo mAHO Writes us
that he isn't going to live till fall.
We'd like to have confidence in him,
but he used to be so given to Icing
that we cant.
AN old gentleman full of oddities,
and fond of pets, has vase of gold
fish, another Of silver fish and pond
of pet frogs. He calls the first ''bull-
ion" the second "shiners' and the last
"greenbacks."
There's quaint humor in the
congratulations of a lively boy of a
hundred and nineteen gears extended
to an infant of eiyhty-seven who has
been unfortunate, that 1t as not so bad
after all. "You are gouny and haze
the uorld before you."
We have some very pretty little
obituaries written for the little boys
who are in the habit ofrowing up to
Rablins' slide and plunging their
boat into the breakers, to enjoy the
fun of being tossed by the as yet kind
ly pillows. If their mothers don't
lookout for some of the trundle bed
trash, they will get their diapers wet.
The metallic Bucephslus that has
staid out in all kind Of weather on the
apex Of Searle's barn for years. not
knowing a0hich way to turn. has been
aitcAea to the blacksmith's shop of
Lafayette Stowell and says "shoe-
ing" to the multitude of G.
quines. Could it but speak 'twould
a tale unfold of many an equin(e) oc-
tial storm.
We stopped in to Corriveau's
store in Centralia, last Monday, and
saw such a variety of goods and so
much trading going on that we were
of the olden time when it
was business to exchange a couple or
three hundred dollars for goods in a
day, and gold at that. Mr.. Corri-
veau keeps an extensive assortment
and that too of the best variety of
goods.
Since the erection of "Clint's
Da'u" below Grand Rapids, on the
river over forty men have
been drowned This we learn from
the best Of authority. -Centrul (Wau-
5au).
Bro. johnson, we think you are mis-
taken. Let us see. In 1o4o the Swal-
low was wrecked on the Hudson river
and seventy drown'd, then later, a Sound
boat proved to have been unsound, and
went down with hundred or so then
there have been two or three ocean
steamers gone down, probably-never
heard Of, and the other day the "At-
lantic" was wrecked of Halifax and
some six hundred drowned 0, no
you hay mt get the figures near large
enough.
An old topper at the Point who
had heard "betwcen drinks" of the
Modocs, --one Of those wire lugubrious
mortals feeling his wisdom crowding
out of him because Of the big lead OF
the ardent back of it,--espied an old
sign the other day,-a
stately IMAGE Of the noble redman, and
him for one of the genuine
Modocs proceeded to interview his
"man;' so lettin. himself down softly
upon a goldfish box, throwing his right
across his left propeller, and reclining
his arms upon his knee q la sawbuck
costume, he shot his expressive eye
toward his target and went in to know
all about it or become martyr in the
attempt; 4 Point scion however, In
the meantime had ensconced himself
behind the statue to act as spokesman,
unobserved by "old WISDOM"
"Er( Mc)cus me, but you'rea (htc)
Mqen I rec on. "
"Uyh."
II Nic) mean to say you're (hic)
a Modoc, I belieue."
"Um, me Nodoc."
What ger (hic) dom (hic) ou
here p
"Um, me Modoc."
Coin to (hic) rappin about (hc
here q
"UyA"
"Cant ger (hic) to:k ye old brute,
rant to kill some (hic) more ~htte
folks I (hic) reckon 60
"Um, me kali uhite FOLKS.
SO frank a confession startled cold
wisdom and he began to feel for his