Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-07-10

evaporate in one day, where there are no
de"s, ana people do not die, but only dry
up Here live, according to report a camp
OF Indians many of whom are from one
hundred and twenty to one hundred and
thirty years old! We regret that the
sources Of our information do not furnish
the name of this wonderful place.
A VERY learned family this is in Des
MONIES, Iowa. The father is a clergyman,
and can do all the spiritual duty of the
house; the mother is physician, and SO
The domestic circle can be physicked for
nothing; the young lady is studying law,
and will be able to make her own writs
for breach of promise-a most dangerous
maiden to trifle with! All these people
are said to be of the quiet sort, indus5ri-
ously working in their several vacations
and never making any fuss about any
thing.
a MARRIED woman in Decatur, Ohio,
the other day, pining for her husbands
society, went with her three little children
to the bllliard-room and took a seat by his
side. Its disgraceful," said he, looking
daggers at her II know it," continued
the injured wife, "and you have borne the
disgrace so long, my dear, that am deter
mined henceforth to share it with YOU"
and she took out her knitting and settled
down for the evening He went home
much earlier, and it was the last of him
that was to be seen in that billiardrOOm.
A $4,000 Cow.-It has often been said
that COWS, especially mich COWS, never
sell for as much as they are really worth,
but A. }. Alexander, Esq, Of WOODBURY.,
Woodford County, sold on Thursday, 29th
of May, two-year-old heifer, known as
''The Duchess of Adrie XIV" to 90 to
England, for $4,000, which may be re-
garded as sum not very far below her
real value. She is said to be "a beautiful
specimen Of a beautiful race" and it APP
pears that the English breeders, having
heretofore parted with all their finest cat
tie, are now determined to have some of
them back at any price,-Fra,a.J0rt (Ky.)
YeOn1an.
WE do our very best to believe all the
queer stories that we find, for we could
not consclentlously present them to our
readers unless we believed them to be
true, but here is one that, we caution the
public, seems to us little doubtful We
will not say it is a lie, but it is improba-
bic. A horse in St. Paul, Mimi, drank
beer till he was in a beastly state of in
toxication. His owner, knowing that his
previous habits were exemplary, thought
he was dead, and skinned him Next
morning CHASTITY steed, without hide or
hair, was found grazing on the public
common, and skillful veterinary surgeon
is engaged in planting his superfces with
hair from neighboring tannerY.
AN official paper, read recently before
the London Society of Arts, presented the
remarkable statement that, in 1871, no
less than 1903 people were killed in
India by tigers, cobras, and other wild
r''o 'o.-"naouo ~"imals-a mortality far
IN excess OF that cauSeo ~ the Fast Indian
wars in any year Another Te1..- .l.,si'I,
feature brought out by the paper is the
fact that the number is constantly increas-
ing, Notwithstanding the improvements
in firearms and the increase of hunters
who make tiger-kiling their business.
Unlike most other animals, the nearer civ
ilization approaches them the tiercer they
become, and the less disposed to quit
their hauntS.
PLOwING PAsTUREs.-A correspondent
of the Maine Fa1mer advocates from ex-
perience the frequent blowing of pastures
for the purpose Of rcnovating them and
increasing their product. Hesays: Most
any OF our pastures ploWed up and seeded
down will bear a ton of feed to the acre.
And a tive-acre lot will, in four years,
yield twenty tons. Now, there is the ma
nure OF twenty tons of feed on this five
acres in four years Turn this over and
seed again and it will bear, at least, two
tons to the acre, which will make forty
tons. Now, this forty tons of feed on the
five acres (cattlc kept on the ground) will
so enrich it, that on being turned over
and seeded again, it will yield an amount
almost Incredible
LEMON JEILY-TO the Juice of one
c0mmon-sized lemon add one cup white
sugar and one large egg. Mix well to-
gether, put into a coffee saucer, and bake
in very slow oven. The sugar must be
dissolved before the mixture is put into
the oven. When done, it will be a clear
jelly. Frost the pie all over when filled.
Some substitute cream filling for lemon
jelly, but it is too sweet for most people
When filled with cream, it is called Gus
tard cake" You can make the sheets any
size and shape you choose After frost
ing, you can put spots Of apple or currant
jelly over the top, improving the beauty of
the loaf much.
THE LENGTH OF DAYs-The DAYS of
summer grow longer as we go north
war, and the days Of winter shorter AT
Hamburger, the longest day has seventeen
hours, and the shortest seven. At Stock
holm, the longest day has eighteen and
half hours, and the shortest five and
half hours. At ST. Petersburgh the long
est has nineteen, and the shortest five
hours. At Finland, the longest has TWEEN
ty-one and half, and the shortest two
and half hours. AT Wanderbus, in Nor
way, the day lasts from the twenty first of
May to the second Of July, the sun not
getting below the horizon for the whole
time, but skimming along very close to it
in the north. At Spitzbergen, the longest
day lasts three months and half
SELFIsHNEss REBUKED.-Some, and
they are not few, can remember old
Churchill and his peculiar ways One
day he was riding on horseback, when he
was met by an old woman, who had not
so many of this worlds good things as he.
Taking out his wallet, he handed her a
quarter of dollar and rode on He had
ridden only short distance, when he be-
gan to soliloquiZe thus: "Now wouldn't
| have done better to have kept that
money, and bought myself something?"
Wheeling his horse round he rode back
to where the old lady was standing, and
said: Give me that money" She hand.
ed it to him, wondering what he meant
Placing it in his wallet and, at the same
time handing her five-dollar bill, he ex-
claimed: "7here, Self, noao I guess you
aotsh you had kept still"
THE first excursion trip with train of
passenger coaches run by steam, in the
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