Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-05-29
BREVITIES.

| threShlng machines to California.
ONE Mrs Wade fulfIls woman's mis-
sion as blacksmith at Fort Scott, Kan.
SIX young ladies acted as pail bearers
at a funeral in New York City recently.
NEW YORK has followed the example of
Michigan in furnishing those who point
gun, loaded or unl0adcd, at another per
son.
A BOY punched a hole through a dam at
Sparta, Wis, just to amuse himself, and
in fifteen hours the dam was washed
away.
A PRECIPITATE Dctroiter is miserable at
discovering that his wife inherited half a
million Just after he had procured di-
vorce from her
EXCELLENT DOUGHNUTs.-Three we'll
beaten eggs, one cup of sugar, one cup Of
cream, one teaspoonful of soda, little
salt and nutmeg.
A NEWARK man recently paid a claim
of $500, all in old-fashioned coppers. They
weighed four hundred pounds, and it took
three men to remove them.
ONE of the corpscs picked up at the At
lantic wreck had on quilted vest, and IN
every diamond of the quilting there was a
sovereign, there being in all about eighty,
equal to about $500
AN inquirer after scientific; information in
Concord n H., recently asked an apothe-
cary, What is this new disease-this
Cerro G ordo acknowledgements the papers
say so much about?'
IT is asserted that Vermont family
living on retired road that had been
blocked with snow for several weeks were
recently found to have been keeping Mon
day for the Sabbath.
A LOCAL paper warns It's fair readers
that the sidewalks of Omaha abound in
"holes the size Of lady's foot''-and in
another column recounts that a boy six
years old fell into one of them the other
day.
A RHODE ISLAND editor wanting two
lines to complete a column, observes that
"a sensible woman is the most sensible
being on EARTH Which, a cynic says, is
as if one should write, Hot ice-cream is
the hottest thing in the world"
BULLET-PROoF armor is suggested for
the soldiers who are fighting the MOdocs
| Such armOr is made in France, and though
adapted to only few of the emergencies
in modern warfare, the Modoc campaign
is precisely one which it is adapted to.
WASHINGTON PIE-One cup of white
sugar, one cup of sweet milk, one tea
spoonful of cream of tartar worked into Il
pint Of flour, one tcaspOonful Of soda dis
solved in the milk, one egg, one table
| spoonful of melted butter, and little
| nutmeg.
SMALL PUFFs.-Onc pint of flour, a
| piece Of butter the size of an egg two tea
spoontuls of cream Of tartar, one tea
| spoonful of soda, and mix with cold water
to the consistency Of a stiff batter. This
is sufficient for four cups. Steam twenty
minutes. To be eaten with swectened
| cream.
A VIRGINIA railroad conductor has in
vented a revolving signal-light, to be at
tached to the rear of trains by which the
engineers behind them can tell by the
speed of their rotations, as shown by the
succession of different colored lights, at
what rate the trains are moving, and when
they are at rest.
In a recent suit for damages in Boston,
brought by a father whose son was run
over by heavy dray, the Superior Court
charged that inasmuch as the boy was in
stantly killed, without any interval of con-
scious suffering, no damages could legally
be claimed, and ordered verdict for he
defendant
| TIP-TOP CAKE.-One and a half cups
eggs the white separated from the yeIk
and beaten to a stiff frOth. Butter size of
a tablespoon bowl, melted and turned into
the milk two teaspoOnfuls of cream tar
tar one teaspOonful of soda, one teaspoon
full OF lemon, and little salt.
RAILROAD PUDDING-One cup of mo-
lases, one cup of cream, one cup of sour
milk, one teaspoonful of soda, one tea
spoonful Of salt, nutmeg or spice, and
three cups Of flour. Steam two hours
To be served with sour sauce This makes
very good ginger cake by using ginger for
spice and baking.
SPONGE CAKE.-Four eggs, the white
beaten until plate could be turned
quickly over without splitting the con
tents; one cup fine sugar, the yelks and
sugar beaten to cream; one and half
cups OF flour; soda size of a pea dissolved
in spoonful of cold water; a little salt
Bake in deep tin, in quick oven.
To KEEP FLIES FROM PICTURE FRAMES.
Boil four onions in a pint of water,
then take clean brush, wash your frames
over with this liquid, and the flies will
not light on them. This onion water will
not lHure the frames and the odor soon
disappears. 1t is better than unsightly
gauze coverings to your pictures.
On a recent Sunday Mike Summers, a
crazy man Of Minneapolis, entered Geth-
semane Church, having a drawn sword in
each hand, and marching part way up the
aisle, began to hold a service by himself
He addressed the congregation, brandish-
ing his sword and throwing his arms in
the air. He was promptly elected, and
the services continued
IA MoDE OCroSvvJ ,pJr
= Since the Modoc., concealed in their lava defy
Our troops metaurgc conchoogy,
Let Science" said Jones. with a wink in his eye,
Extract them by Modocimology."
That is clever said Brown; " and 1 would not
be thought
To care what mode doctors barbarians
But fear. ere they're exracated or caught,
They'll all be neutrality-suspicious..
-ORPHRUs c. KERR, in the Graphic.
AMMONIA FOR VERBENAs-Sulphate of
ammonia is an excellent manurial liquid
to apply to yerbenas and other flowers,
giving to the foliage dark green, luxuri-
ant and healthy appearance. 1t is econ
omical, clean, and easily applied. Pre-
pare 1t in the evening before using, by dis
solving one ounce of ammonia in two gal
Ions of water. It may be applied with
safety about once week.