Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-05-29
An humorous local on the Utica

| An humorous t0cdt on the Utica
On. W Herald is holding the Danbury
man tight rub. The Herald man is
more polished, and full as witty, and
the press is giving his sharp sayings a
wide circulation.
CLARK & Co. s brush factory, at
Grand Rapids, was burned on the 10th.
Loss, $50, 900; insurance, $22 1000.
One hundred and seventy employees
are thrown out Of work. -Madison
journal.
And still we've no FIRE ENGINE.
Mr.. Emery has handed in the pro-
sramme of the Dist annual session of
the Wisconsin Teachers Association to
be held at Sparta July Sth. 9th. and
10th. Want of space crowds it out
this week. We will give it insertion
next week.
Mr.. Lefebvre, we understand
speaks of the Eastbrook l. Mcdonald
vapor baths in the most extravasent
terms of praise. They have done won
ders for him, and are fast restoring
him to his wonted health. Mr.. Burt
is special agent for the State.
How we would like to live up
about Ashland, on Lake Superior.
There was four feet of Joe reported
there only last week. The "4th" will
be big thing on ace up there, won't
it?
John Knox travelled all the way
from Dubuque to jump over Niagara
Falls, but got into Fl .ht with hack
man, licked him beautifully, and con-
Guided that he was not living in vain
after all
And again, see Rablins new ado
in this issue. Rablin keeps up with
the times and never fails to have what
you want in his mammoth store. He is
getting in piles of goods and more are
on the way, from Chicago, New York
Milwaukee and the great Exposition
at Vienna.
We learn from Mr.. Houston at
Wood ?. Q. that early planted pota-
toes and corn are coming on nicely !;
that cutworms are plenty. Potato
bugs have not as yet put in an appear
ance, and that rot to have even a few
of the little pets to kill gives him a
feeling of loneliness.
"A gentleman stopping at the Rab-
| lin House remarked after looking at
our Grand waterpower, "Grand Rapids
is destined to become the Rochester of
Wisconsin, We second the motion
I with this amendment, in less than tee
gears if our owners Of ''powers' will
help to make it So
We notice the milk wagon of Coo
per and Lavigne around. 1t seems to
be doing a large business. We hope
they can sell five hundred quarts a
day, and they will, too, pretty soon if
they make 1t pint to pursue no auteler
business. This is our devils pun, he
says il they had bonds with cow-pe MS
attached instead of milk tickets they
would build up stable business by
winter that would a tail unfold and
here we had to choke him of-the
t sucker.
See Butler 4 Smiths adu. Their
new rooms are 4 Museum Look iii
upon the beautiful upholstered and
plain goods displayed. ia young
man don't feel like keeping house after
taking a survey, we think he must be a
misanthropica! being, and ten to one, il
he don't marry Miss Ann Thrope, il
he connubiatcs at all
Only think of it We looked in
at Friend Wordcns last Saturday, and
there We saw our City Father Mayor
Lunt, and one of his sons, Mr.. Wor.
den, and an Assessor of one of the
wards Of our city, man whose name
is the synonym of perfection, we be.
lieve they cali him Grace, yes, Grace
it is,-one of the light areiyhts Of oul
city,--all pitching pennies with all the
gusto of school boys. We enjoyed the
fun because they enjoyed it so hugely
It's good 81 On when men Of dignity
can step down from their lofty positions
to indulge in some little harmless game
such as "perhaps' or "mumble-the- peg
or 'jackstones Girls, send out youi
invitations for croquet, the gentlemen
are waiting. We looked on, then didn t
we just whoop FIRE ENGINE, and
git?