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

minutes, for want of sleep in ten days,
for want of water in a week, for want OF
food at varying intervals, depending on
constitution, habits of life, and the cir
cumstances of the occasion.
A PAIR of loot herons made headquar-
tiers at Highland Lake, East Andover,
day o stranger shot one of them, which
So enraged the citizens of the neighbor-
hood that the man was in danger of be-
ing lyncned.
ONE half pound of borax will drive the
cockroaches out of any house. A large
handful Of the powder to ten gallons OF
water will effect saving of fifty per
cent. in soap. 1t is an excellent dentri-
fee and the best material for cleansing
the scalp.
The Titusville Press says: Gan intOx-
icated printer in East St. Louis wandered
into a shoe shop in fit of mental aberra-
ton and set up several stickfuls OF shoe
pegs, and took proof of his matter in
the boot press, before he realized his aw-
full condition.
BRITISH spectators are sending for
large quantities of American oysters to
plant in British waters, and expect that
the bivalves will thrive, for the reason
that they have some moister seasons
there than can be found ia any other
country.
THE Congregot5onozist says that "in
prayer meeting not many miles from
| Bosten, few weeks since, one of the
| brethren prayed most earnestly that the
pastor might keep level head But it
is fair to explain that the pastor has
sometimes been called eccentric"
THE Buddhist nunneries at Wuchang
have been suppressed, and the parents
of the girls notified that, if not claimed
and taken home, the ex-nuns will be
| handed over to any eligible parties de-
string wives there are numerous applica-
tons for them.
THE London Diapers Journal says that
the demand for lace set by the present
| fashions in millinery and dressmaking
| has given a decided impulse to hand
made lace, and the prospect is that the
| demand has been permanently enlarged
| by the prevailing fashions.
! VIRGINIA has sent Commissioners to
| England to hunt up and overhaul certain
maps in the British Colonies Office, ira
dition existing that therein may be found
the original boundary line, giving Vir
| ginia five miles more territory to the west
than she now possesses.
AT the Geological Gardens, London, a
recent event of some interest is the birth
of hippopotamus. The babe is three
feet six inches long weighs one hundred
! pounds, and is of the color of a polished
mahogany dining room table. 1t suckles
continuously, and enjoys life very much.
"THE six of spades" sounds like the
title to very wicked book, but it is really
only work on agriculture.
MARY had little lamb,
| 1t caught the epiZootiC,
/ She called a butcher to her side,
And begged him for to shoot it,
4 COW AT Rome, Ga, lay down in a
damp place the other day, and her tail
froze firmly to the ground. A Southern
paper, in giving a pathetic account of the
affair, says that when the COW got up
there was another cold snap. The tail
actually broke.
\ MAINE paper tells q story of sea
captain, just returned from a long voyage,
who was told by a commission merchant
the sad news that his wife had died.
"Wife dead!' said the captain, "well
now, do you know didn't think she was
long -lived. Hons treig1ts?"
A DANBURY shoemaker went off hunt
ing Monday, well supplied with emmuni-
ton, and waltzed around all day without
securing any game. His lack of luck is
supposed to be due to fact that he had no
gun with him. Being absent minded, he
had forgotten to take it.
AN awkward Complim' Mrs Fir
tington (c0quettishly(-"Im afraid you
are bored, Mr.. Amoret! You would
sooner be walking with some young
ness and gallantry)-"O, no, indeed,
Mrs. FIirtington. I-I-Imuch prefer the
older ones!"
A MAN at a snake show in Paris didn't
believe the anaconda was alive He
placed bis dog in the case to show what
an impostOr the Snowman was, when Mr..
| snake proceeded to embrace the dog.
There was faint yelp, a cracking of
bones, and doggy was in condition to be
put right through sausaugestufer.
New YORK people are in trouble about
their coffee. A chemical analysis has re-
vealed to their astonished senses, the fact
that the beverage served at the principal
hotels and restaurants of that city is a
strong infusion of roasted beans, chicOry,
sweet potato peelings, with trace Of
burnt tobacco stems to put bead on it.
A SACo, Maine, liquor dealer recently
fooled a sheriff in a manner that was au
dacious. The officer had scarcely entered
the shop when a boy employed in it seiz
ed jug and ran of. The officer gave
chase, and after long run captured the
urchin, and found the jug contained moth
! ing bat vinegar. In the meantime the
shop-keeper had removed all the liquor
on hand.
DRIVING YOUNG HORsEs.-An exchange
says: "In teaching a young horseto drive
well do not hurry to see how fast he can
trot. Keep each pace clear and distinct
from the other that is, in walking make
him walk, and do not allow him to trot.
While trotting be equally careful that he
keeps steady at his pace, and do not allow
him to slacken into a walk; the reins,
while driving, should be kept snug, and
when pushed to the top of his speed keep
him we'll in hand, that he may learn to
bear upon the bit, so that when going?at
a high rate of speed he can be held at his
pace, but do not allow him to pull too
hard, for it is not only unpleasant, but
makes it difficult to manage him"
A POSTAL convention went into effect
the 1st Of December, between the United
States and Newfoundland. The rate of
letter postage is reduced to six cents per
half ounce and under. Two cents on
each two ounces must be prepaid On
pamphlets, periodicals, and other printed
matter, as well as on patterns and sam
pies, and two cents each for newspapers.
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