Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-08-14
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Armitage assisted by the Rev MI
Davenport Of Stevens Point will hold
service at the Methodist Episcopal
Church on Thursday evening, Aug.
21st, at 7 o'clock P. NJ. The Sscra-
ments Of" Baptism" and Holy "Commu-
Mon" will be administered.
Miss Maggie Shoemaker will start
a select school at Grand Rapids OF
Centralia which is to be nucleus 70,
an accademy-Music, Drawing, Paint
ing, the Languages, ETC., etc, will be
taught. We know Miss Shoemaker
to be good scholar and a capable
teacher and our Grand Rapids friends
can not do better than to give her their
hearty pport.-Aduocate.
Those Green Bay Adrocate chaps
are energetic fellows, They never tire !;
like waterwheel they run as long as
the water lasts, and we wouldn't be
surprised if they would refuse to even
60 slow when the 0ater gives out. The
other day Tilton deliberately settled
himself down into his breeches to 90
through to the terminus of the G.. B.
& L. ?. r. r. When he arrived at
Mcmillan, he found that to go furthe
he must ego it alone" for neither
coach or dray or farmers passing vehi-
Gle was wont to meander the lonely
path. Tito not at all discouraged
buckled in for the work. Having
heard how matters ste cd, we negotia-
ted with a sprightly youth of the
Trempeleau Valley to furnish us with
sunographs of the modern Stanley.
We forwarded him by Express to Mer-
rillan six foot mirror with directions
to throw Tilton right into our sanctum
window every fifteen minutes, till he
rcathed Wihona. In due season we
had Tilton on our frisket as he appear
ed seven miles west of Mcmillan. The
sweat was pouring out Of him like a
mill race, while he carried a little
satchel just for exercise. 1t being
cloudy the rest of the day, we got no
reflection till about noon the next day,
when he again appeared upon our
frisket slightly emaciated with one boot
stuck in the mud and his little satchel
on stick over his shoulder. The next
shadow in the afternoon revealed him
with chip hat, pair of nankeen pants
with one suspender, and looking rather
warm, while he wore upon his manly
bosom little card which read, we
| think, Excelsior Clouds again cut
off all communication but at early sun
rise he again put in an appearance.
His hair seemed to be tinted and as he
famed his fevered brow a bright spot
like York shilling told the exact To-
cality of the top of his head. He
had small flask of ice water, we guess
it was ice water for it looked white and
had almost melted array. Toward
evening we got another, profile view
Of Tilt. He was conyersing with one
of the Lilies Of the Trempeleau Val
ley and the way his lips moved we
thought he must be asking how far /;
might be to farm house or hay
stack His features were classic there
seemed to be slight wasting away of
his aldermanic proportions, as though
he had come into Watermelon patch,
otherwise he looked beautiful. What
the Lily of the Valley told Tilt. the
looking glass didn't tell but there
was a very pretty reflection. We had
but little hopes of seeing Tilton again
but another morning brought his ra-
diant face before US, Now he acas
"played.' He sperted a red bandanna
above his Grecian brow and-here we
observed his arms to fly upwards as did
probably Ponce de Icons when the
monotony of water was relieved by the
refreshing vision Of Mother Earth In
her emerald robes. Suddenly all was
a blank. A telegram received in the
afternoon reads thus
! Pubs Reporter:-The mirror is gone up
Tilton in exstaey Of JOY on beholding the Misss-
| sippi bluffs shouted Eureka, struck out ri -ht
and left, and shivcred the looking glass. Send
on another mirror if you want him photo
graphed.
Owing to the high price of mirrors
and expecting to see Tilton in person
in few days, we didn't send, but Or
dered the frame to be saved for a life
size picture in oil, Of the great explorer
entwined with the Lily of the Trempe-
leau Valley.
PersOnal.-~Mr. Mccormick who
has been acting Under Sheriff has taken
up his abode at Mcmillan in the en-
ploy of Mr.. John Fortune on the G