Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-03-13
SDring. Spring IS the most de-

Spring.-"Spr'ng IS the most de-
lUhJM season IF tie gear There,
where have we heard that before ?
Like widow Bedott, s'we disremember'
All now we have it. This sentiment
al sentiment has been the front door
step to every school girls composition
on "Spring" since Mary had a little
lamb. Why anyone wants to write such
nonsense, any grown person with good
healthy constitution we never could
discern. It's libel and all the sea-
sons know it. Let US just look into
the merits of this seductive little ty-
rant and see wherein its merits lie.
In the first place, Spring comes after
Summer, Autumn, Fall, and Winter,
have lost their usefulness. Then
Spring GENES tripping in with her vine
embroidered petticoat all looped up
with violets, her dainty----it ought to
be dirty-feet clad in grass green slip
pers, and with saucy little hat of
cloud and sunshine trimmed with rain
bows, this saucy, impertinent, bewith-
erlng little sauce-box comes tripping in
with all the assurance of a maiden Of
sixty and ali love-sick, sentimental
schoolgirls are just ready to say
Spring is tho mos. delightful season CO
the year--in horn, if We may be al
lowed the expression---Spring is hum
bug. When do we get our slosh and
slush, and mash and mush? We
arn't afraid to say it--Spring: What
other season asks a chap SO insinuat-
ingly, 'just put your foot right dcun
there,' and then she took the color
just all out Of the seat of bran new
pair of nankeen brooches when about
SO Highland this "most delightful"
just stood by and laughed and cried,
and cried and laughed, wiping her face
with her little april apron all covered
with little bluebeils about as BIG az
pin head, because we didn't ike it.
What other season whould have been
SO saucy? None other. Her brother,
Winter, and sisters, Autumn, Fall and
Summer - there are FIVE in the family
have dignity, she hasn't a PARTICLE
''thc most Delighted sea----we are pro.
voked, when do we get our first class
colds when come all the old scissor
grinders and hand-organ nuisances and
monkeys-and old rag pedlars--and taxes
and sulphur and cream tarter, and
"catafa ct pills. and "Ayer's Picto-
rial' and "Jayne's Alternative'', and
purifying draughts, and thousand
and one ills, physical and mettal that
flesh and mind are heir to? "The
most delightful season of the year"
gives them with such gratuity that we
are led to believe she is an arteel---till
we find her out. Some ninny. has
Sng i s d3aa .s s saRsstHg til s shpg
or fool "EtheriM mIa,tes,," that's
another pet name she coaxes Us to ca Il
her, and she'll conc cusy to afiict and
tantalize We have an old worn out
lounge full of springs--as full as an old
side hilland that's why our pants wear
So many goggles, One day we got up
from our sitting pretty lively, and We
held little argument with one Of the
covey. We grated, we said, came gs,s-
tie spring, thou spiral nuisance, come
and it came, and we cast it into the
outer darkness and there was gnashing
of teeth;----no, nc-ac didn't sl.ssh,
we hadn't the gnashing material. The
science of dentistry took away our cap
ital--but into the outer darkness we
cast it where our bewitching little siren
must 90. We do rather dislike to part
with her after all. We forgot. She
does bring us flowers, and pleasant
skies, and such CHEEKY mornings, and
birds, and blossoms, and heaven full
of melody: we declare we arc as
hamed of ourself---we take back all
we've said----more wise are the school
girls than We Our wisdom is become
folly. What foolish Solomon we are
indeed.
A Grand ONer.-We are in re-
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