Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-05-01
"A boys construction of a proverb
Spoil the rod and spare the child"

"A boys construction of proverb
.Spoil the rod and spare the child"
DR.. Duck sticks out his shingle il
, Kansas City. Well bet he's quack
"A man in Clark Co. the other da,
l interviewed mule. His Oldest Sol
inherits the property including the
mule.
See Lavigne & Cooper's new ad
vertisement as suppliers of milk to tn
dear people. They are in earnest. ye,
: were it a joke, we could enjoy the
cream, Of it.
A streak of sunshine last Satur-
day coaxed the honey bees out, and
then event back" on them. They all
tried to buz "home again" but twas
no go, they died on the wing-a per-
feet sell
Sec advertisement of engine for
sale, under head Of new advertisements,
also the advertisement of the celebrated
Beckwith patent mill dogs. We have
seen the model of this new invention
1t cannot be otherwise than of inestim-
able value to lumbermen.
A boy years Cid at Lowell,
Mass, spelled 5000 words without a
,uiss, and he put 100 to the committee
and they missed fifteen.
Now if the little boy had had Miss
and she so pretty, with faxen curls and
rosebud ola mouth, he'd a gone
down plump on "Matrimony."
San Salvador has been DESTROYED
by earthquakes eight times during one
hundred and fifty years, but the au-
thorities will rebuild the city on the
same site.
Jes' so, We'd do the same thing.
Lightning won't always strike in one
place. ANOTHER shake III put EN- in
the "nine holes" and then she'll be
fixture.
A jackass in Waushara County
kicked over into Marquette county the
other day and just licked life insu-
rance agent, making him see stars.
The beast hit him on the cheek, so
didn't hurt him much He says that
kind of practical ass -tronomy don't
suit him.
We've struck a new building ma
tcrial made out of Graham -four and
cold water = warranted to stand in any
climate. She calls 'em "gems'', We
call EN- ''photoyraphs' uih round COR
ners. We're going to build a brick
house out Of 'em. The little ones
wanted to take 'hod" of 'em to
school for their dinner the other day,
but we were afraid some Alderman
would arrest them for carrying conceal
ed aceopons, so shut down on the en-
terprise.
Let US see-when was it. Last
Saturday? No, it was Thursday. 4
proud man whose face was Lron.ed
with the suns of forty years was sitting
in the sun, when his tender bov Of ten
der wears with wink at his mother.
indicating coming joke, approached
him and said, father, hadn't you bet
ter go in the house you'H get tanned'.
O! if you could have seen that proud
father look, as he majestically raised
himself from his sitting posture, reply
ing. my son, get ye into the house, |
and we'll see who'll get tanned first"
The jokest with heavy heart ''getted,'
and pretty soon we heard a dirge-
''tamed IS It," u-h-i-s-h "nho's getting
tanned nov p p-h-1-sh, "hink the sun'L
tan me, eh!' v-h-i-s-h, ''guess not,
tatherl tan the son, I guess" ac-h-i-s-h.
Pretty soon we saw dub, and his
Jacket looked as clean as hounds
tooth, and he rubbed it every little
while as though to get the dust Off
and we thought Isn't there too much
tanning in the world? Wouldn't more
pleasantly on both sides, be better in
the household? We think So
What is it? that's what we'd like
to know. The boys call it "whirl-a>
gig" You drive stake into the
ground, then balance a sixteen foot
plank thereon, and then "Bill' and
''Jo' get astride of either end and
Tom and "Dick" act as the motive
power near the stake. Away they go,
whirl whirl whirl! till the thing
looks like an old fourth Of July gone
up fire wheel The length of time a
boy can stand the "reuolre" depends