Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-07-03

subscribers or to our readers, only Just
SO far as we were in duty bound to tell
them what we chose to tell them. But,
we don't propose to be pigish, Meth
er to become bore, so we will meas
ure our distance,-let fly the lance and
whether we hit the ring or no; we will
have done our duty.
Therefore, know all men-and wo-
! men-by these pssents, that we, duly
considering the fact that call men are
born free and equal, ETC., etc !" endow-
ed by their Creator with certain unal-
terable rights, among which are life,
liberty and the pursuit Of happiness
we quote from the Revised Statutes,
or Patent Office Reports, think
the former, we ''dug out" in the pur-
suit of happiness.
The 1925 A. NJ. train was standins
at the G. B. & L. P. Depot, steam
was up, and tho Leviathan whose sin
ews are steel, and whose breath is
fame, stood impatie1tly awaiting the
summons to advance and shake the
prairies and the wilderness with its
mighty tread.
Conductor Holmes had the "say so"
on that day,-that tall, good-looking
gentleman Of whom the girls sing
Holmes Holmes,
sweet, sweet Holmes
Mid Palace, or Drawing room cars
There. no like Holiness
and Pool,-the genial, careful. con-
slderate Engineer Pool, stood watch
over the throttle valve, ready to give
| more fuel, Or choke down the mighty
monster as occasion demanded. 1t
struck us, though it didn't hurt US
much, that if the Leviathan would
carry double We would like to ride, so
we Pool in. Holmes made bow.
the brakeman ''tied loose" "a Shrek,
and scream, and away we shot out
into the gilded day. The waving grass
and low shrubs, and the growing pines,
all made obeslance as we passed, draw
ing curtain Of smoke behind US, and
leaving the echoes only, as a remem-
brance of the mighty procession that
had passed into the beyond" We
shall always remember that ride to Plo-
ver,-how We chung to the "riqgiaq,'
how the terziblc pulsations and heart
throbs Of the breathing giant sent a
tremor through the long train that fol-
lowed in its wake We arrived at Plo-
yer about Ills, saw few friends, and
leaving our guardian, Pool we sought
out Holmes for the friendIess, and told
him, we were eligible for position, as
an humble inmate. Amherst junction
was reached in good season. Here has
been erected since we last passed this
point on the Central, fine union de.
pot. and also an eating house. Stop
ped here twenty minutes At Scandi-
navia we passed the westward bound
train, found on board, Geo. Hiies. Fl.
B. Freeman, Of the Rablin House, Mr.
Smith, Of the firm of Butler and
Smith, John Fortune, in the employ
Of the G. B. Company, and Pres t
ketchuln. Geo. Richardson, the gen
eral designer Of depot, freight, and
other buildings for the company being
on board the down train, Conductor
Holmes remarked that the whole G..
B. & L. P. Road seemed to have met
at Scandinavia, and proposed that a
meeting be held for the transaction Of
business, "a suggestion not carried out,
for we hadn't the Fortune to Ketch en-,
all together, though Freeman came to
the rescue, and Hiles though sober as
deacon was on train--goinS west,
and Richardson was desagniny model
for sleeping car. himself showing how
easy he could make 1t, wih only one
sleeper As for the rest, We concluded
they had gone to their long Holmes, so
the suggestion was not carried out.
We passed through Ogdensburg,
Royalton, Manawa, and Northport.
reaching New London about 2P. NJ.
We wanted to stop at Plover, Ogdens-
burg and New London-for we've
brother Badger Quilts in these three
thriving towns, but that conductor alb
solutely refused to wait for US Just on
hour or tpo, 80 we were obliged to fore
90 the pleasure We didn't think
Holmes would be sc. blamed particular
as to one or two hours, but he was.
At New London, we found the old
Wolfe just houling and choked with
logs. Passing Shiocton, Black Creek,
Seymour, and Oneida, Engineer Pool
blew the whistle till we concluded we