Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-08-14
EVERY man we meet almost seems

to be carrying under his arm water.
melon. What does it mean? Some
men carry horse chestnuts in thei,
pockets to keep off the rheumatism.
What does it mean? Is the Cholera
threatening to attack our people? We
await the coming melon.
Two colts belonging to John Starr,
and three cattle belonging to Francis
Boron and other parties were ran over
by the freight train coming west last
Friday p. m. We hear almost every
day of the slaughtering of cattle on
the track. The company ought to
take measures to Immediately fence the
road.
-Vroom Talmadge, we are inform.
ed has been awarded the contract for
building the large mill to be erected at
Dexterville on Yellow River by Messrs.
Hiles, Ketchem & Kelley. The mill
will be 81 by 100 feet, with all the
modern improvements. The company
have an excellent and faithful work
man in the person of Mr.. Talmadge.
Mr.. Brundage left for Chicago
last Tuesday 2. NJ, to purchase the
material for the re-issuing of the Trib-
'mc. We shall be glad to welcome
Jack return with his arms full of
printing presses, and A B C's, and to
give him rousing lift Excelsiorward,
when his first sheet comes from the
virgin form.
The sidewalk west of the Rablin
House has been relaid. 1t is only FIVE
feet wide and ought to be eight at
least. 1t springs like a gymnasts
spring board and if it could be painted
appropriately it would make beauti
full rainbow. All persons becoming
seasick in walking upon it, through the
of the institution, are re-
quested to puke over the precipice into
the river
When the lightning struck the
railroad bridge the other day it is said
a man was sitting on the track who
described the sensation to be like the
sticking Of thousand pins in to his
corpus. Another man who witnessed
the freak Of the fluid, says, "those
breecltes looked as one might suppose
the city of Washington would look
with the seat of government remov-
ed"
A woman in Kansas named Hugh
es has just been Presented by the an
gels with little one, the first they
could spare to her from the heavenly
home, and now she is troubled to know
what to call it. We would suggest
Roseate; that's a pretty name, and it
jinyles beautiful y. Roseate Hughes.
We once knew a man named Smith
yes, we believe twas Smith, and he
called his little apprentice Master
Black Smith. Miss Hughes, call that
baby Roseate Hughes by all means.
We have received, with the com
pliments of the author, a neatly bound
volume of poems entitled 1.-The Poems
of Day." by A. NJ. Thomson edi-
tor-in-chief of the Sentinel. The lit
tie volume is gem, and contains some
golden thoughts most beautifully ex-
pressed, as Mr.. Thompson knows how
to do. The poems are variety; some
pathetic, some slightly humorous, and
all excellent. This little volumr as
cmanating from member Of the Wis
consin press, --one who is recognized
all over the state as a genial and schol-
arly gentleman, and by his brothers of
the quill in particular as an able
writer, will be doubly appreciated by
the fraternity. Mr.. Thompson has the
hearty thanks of the Reporter
-Philleo won't praise up Lyons
bus because it was made in Tomah !;
but it IS wonder he don't criticise it.
1t must be perfect or he surely would.
Journal.
Indeed !. was that bus made in To,
NAH J? Now come to think Of it
though it as beautiful bus and re-
fleets credit upon the builders, I'VE
wondered what it was that made us
feel so like being among strangers when
we first rode therein. A feeling came
over us-strange-- unaccountable. We
thought score of unseen hands were
going for our pocket book, and the