Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-12-11
Our Small Change.

Jul OAlldll OudIlSc.
Bring in your Advertisements.
Choice bound books at Philleo
& Co.'S.
If you want to sea shells look in
at McRaith's.
-Wausau has eight lawyers. Is
this legal boys?
-Extensive preparations are max
ing for building the coming spring.
See Miss Lessig's ado of Hair
Work. She is an artist of unusual
MERIT.
Mast, the h~arpoonist c%artoonist
says when another boy comes along he
must name it Gym.
Mitchell Sweeney of Wausau call
ed at our office last Monday. Always
glad to see Mitch.
1.-The young peoples prayer meet
lngs are revived in the basement of the
Congregational Church
That tEaw took a terrible cold last
week. In all probability ''this snow
wont go off, before spring.
Let the Committee for the Christ
mas Festival do their whole duty,
don't forget, nor be tardy.
"A fine assortment of Wall Paper
just received at Philleo Co.'S. Trim
ming gratis.
DIR. Witter has just added two
elegant show cases to the furniture of
his fine store. The DR.. has a fine as
sortment Of goods for the holidays.
Santa Claus proposes to stop at
I'll. 1. Painters in Centralia for a couple
of weeks for the benefit of the little
ones,
The chap who stood on "memory's
golden shore has been lookin. for
nuggets, but found only "shells of
ocean,
james Smith, of Racine recently
walked 100 miles in twenty two hours
and thirty three minutes. The boys
call him "Racine .Jim."
We had a pleasant interview with
Mr.. Wyatt, the moving power, and
man of business Of the w. V. r. r.
at the Depot in Centralia last Monday.
We are in receipt Of the Michigan
State Poultry Associations premium
list. The third annual exhibition will
be held at Detroit Dec. IL II IS and
10Th.
Remember the Concert at the
Congregational Church, Thursday
the 18th inst. A. dao from Belshaz-
Ear, and 1.-The march of the 900, OOO''
rendered vocally.
--"Boss' Tweed was reported dy-
ing a few days ago. The rumor proves
to be incorrect. We thought il would
turn out so; his hair is eat to short to
die.
Duluth has a skating rink, it is
400 miles one way, and 100 miles the
other, and has an area Of $4,000
square miles. 1t is said to he Super
ior to anything Of the kind in the
country.
-When the girls go skating now
they say to the boys, "Shall we gather
at the River? and the boys say. Eyer
just a shoutin, this is the difference
between a rose and a thistle.
An eminent prof, with a name as
long as an eel, says that oysters make one
jubulent, cross, ugly and s(h)ell-fsh !;
Our experience is, that to go without
'em does the little job.
A man lost a pocket book last
week at the Tomah depot said to con
tain $3.50, We are sorry for the boy,
but what was he doing with so many
stamps? He offers a reward Of S10O,
for it..
Jack publishes this week an "Ep-
known as 1.-The Clerks List'-a
descriptive poem. 1t may be sung to
the tune "Old Hundred" cents to a
dollar, or, ssThere is a land of pure
delight" 1t is largely fgurative.
The girl who sang, "Not for gold
or precious stones would / leave my
mountain home" is selling pepper
mint drops in a cheap confectionery
shop, and wants a situation in a dollar
store.
"A man on Quality Row calls his
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