Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-09-04
Our Small Change.
Our School commenced Yesterday

Key. Mr.. Mitchell showed his
genial face in our City last Saturday.
We are under obligations to Mr..
Wiley and the Lyon Bros for eourte-
sizes in the Bus line.
"A terrific thunder storm last night
Mrs. Bandeline's house was strnck and
damaged slightly.
=" ork is progressing on the School
Building. The work of excavatine is
crowding.
-Multltudes of our people have
been attending camp meeting at Am
herst.
We are informed that not one
word Of intelligence has been received
from our Steame. Where is it?
The Typhoid fever seems to be
having good healthy(!) run in our
community.
Our 'Pard' is interested in another
dog. Prairie chickens will please take
notice
-Supt. Fallows has been appointed
Principal of the Wesleyan University
of Illinois Wisconsin will miss Mr..
Fallows.
| Our Sister City of Stevens Point
was Tomah- -awked last Tuesday, She's
lost her Her switch wrath is BOOM
ing.
We hear it intimated that cub
quities' of the Aduocate may perhaps
become sharp editor of the Toledo
Blade. How is it kimball?
-Four carloads of lumber from Ed
wards mill at Port Edwards, D assed
over the w. v Road last week for the
Mississippi market. This is only the
Initiative.
Let us be satisfied with what we
know, and be willing to leave the mys-
terles to be solved, when, as scholars,
we sit at His feet, and learn from His
bps the complete story Of redeeming
love.
How cruel it vas to try to make
our people believe the show wouldn't
show last Monday, because the elephant
had lost the check for his trunk, and
couldn't get it.
We are indebted to Robt. Blow for
a pumpkin from his garden, weighing
.torty-eight pounds. This is a speci-
men of what Wood County can raise
Mr.. Blow has lots more just as big.
See Co. Supt. Coles advertise
ment in another column, appointing
the II and 18Th of Sept. as days for
the examination Of teachers Of Wood
Go.
That is a good Joke on Congress
perpetrated by the Prairie du Chen
Journal: that Dr. McDill takes fund
of experience with him to our legisla-
tive halls, having been superintendent
of a Lunatic Asylum.
Since that man got bug in his
ear In Green Bay the other day, all
the Green Bayonets 90 10 bed with a
wad of fly paper in either auricular.
The girls use cotton. Occasionally the
girls get flea in the ear.
Our old friend and fellow citizen
Andrew Bean presents us with a lus-
ious watermelon : product of Barn
UNI, Adams Co. Thanks Bro Bean.
Now if some Mr.. w Melon will pre-
sent US with some beans our cup Of
stomach happiness will be full. Our
exclamation of surprise was, water
melon that is don't it.
When the camels heard that that
other Campbell had got his back up
and again gone to Europe to see "why
that road isn't built" they all with
one accord exclaimed "now let him
hump himself like as we do, and all
his troubles will dis pyramid abundant
and most glorious success and then
they all sang the Campbells are COM
ing.
We are under obligations to Mr..
Farnsworth who has established him
self in Mr.. Sweeny's building in the
sale of Feed, Flour, &C., &C., for a
sack of very choice winter wheat flour.
1t is, as the girls say, ''just splendid. y
We belong to the upper crust" while
that bag lasts. Thanks Bro. Farms
worth.
We learn by letter from Parson
Lathrop that the Excursion Of the New
London people is postponed indef-