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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-03-22

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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-12-18
4 Medical Wonder.

SEVERAL of the resident physicians in.
troduced to our notice this morning Pro
fessor George Thomas, the medical won
der of the world. Professor Thomas is
physically made up in such manner that
he is enabled, evidently through two sets
of ribs, to throw one set down into the
abdomen. He is enabled also to move
his heart from the left to the right breast
or down to the right or left hip. He is
also able to stop the beating OF heart and
pulse at the same time. The Professor is
powerfully made up, and with apparent
ease bends an iron bar three-quarters Of
an inch in diameter by striking it across
bis left forearm. Professor Thomas has
been examined, since his advent in oul
city, by Drs. Grouse, Hoyt, Mumford
Whedon, and others, who unanimously
pronounce him a medical wonder. The
Professor is truly wonder, and none o.
the thousands Of medical gentlemen who
have examined him are able to give any
solution of his wonderful make-up.-SyT
Gcuse (N. y Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-12-18
Pens for Pigs.

FARMERS in great majority of cases,
have less pride in what they do for swine
than any other labor upon the premises.
First class barns for horses and cattle,
convenient sheds, ETC., for sheep are
numerous, but it is something of a rarity
to see a nice, airy and really convenient
pig sty. The reason Of this is doubtless
attributable to the generally conceived
idea that the hog is filthy animal, and
not fit to occupy a decent place; but the
fact is, swine are made more filthy than it
is their nature to be by being con-
fined in unwhOlesome and uncleaned
pens.
A pen can be easily constructed so that
the floors of the different departments
may be kept dry and wholesome. The
floor should be tight, on little decline,
and kept Uttered with absorbents. In
the construction of pens there is a general
fault in the way of having them too low
between joints, most Of them being not
over five feet, when there should be no
sless than seven, so that man can stand
erect in them. We have seen many ex-
pensive pens having this fault and the
swine therein absolutely neglected on
account of the back aching work
of cleaning the different sections out.
Every sly should have a good yard at
one side, so that the swine may get at
the earth, but they should not be allowed
to run therein at will, nor should the
cleanings of the pen be thrown into the
yard 10 be mixed with the soil by the
stamping and roofing of the hogs
for it is one of the most valuable ma
nures that can be produced upon a stock
farm.
The farmer who makes most money
from pork raising, is the man who not
only is careful in the selection of breeds
but particularly careful to have good com
modious pens and give the swine all the
attention required to make them grow
and lay on the fat rapidly. When we SEE
| fattening hogs in rail pens with the
earth for floor and the sky for roof
our opinion is at once formed as to the
chances Of that farmer to prosper, anC
they are decidedly unfavorable.-Ohs'
| Farmer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-12-18

much! Other little boys no bigger than
am have pair of goats to play with.
When ask my mother to get me pair,
she SAYS she will see, but thinks | shall
have to wait a little while. Now, dear
Mr.. Santa Claus, do not feel as if l could
wait.
| Besides, mas ''little while" seems like
a great while to me, and when | get older
L shall have to go to school; but now L
J could play almost all the time with my
} little goats, if | had them. Oh, dear! |
wish | had them now! | can hardly wait
| till Christmas.
will be very kind to them, and give
them plenty to eat, and a good warm bed
at night. Brother Charley says he will
| get me wagon, if you, good Mr.. Santa
Claus, will give me the goats.
Folks say, that, although you are an
o man, you love little children; espe-
cially little boys with black eyes, and
who obey their mother. Well, my eyes
are very black; and love my mother
dearly, and try to obey her.
My name is Francis Lincoln Noble: 1
| live at pa South Sth Street, Williams
burg, l.. l. The house is quite high; but,
dear MIR. Santa Claus, think your nimble
deer can climb to the top of it.
lou can put the little goats right down
through the chimney in mas room.
will take away the freboard, so they can
come out at the fireplace. Oh, how happy
l shall be when l wake in the morning,
and see themi I shall say, "Merry Christ
mas!' to everybody; and every body will
say, merry Christmas ~ to nae.
But dear, good Mr.. Santa Claus, if you
cannot get to the top of the house to put
them down the chimney, please to bring
them up the front steps, and tie them to
the doOr-knob; and then blow your whis-
tie, and 1 will run right down to the door;
and, dear Mr.. Santa Claus, could you not
stop long enough for me to say, "Thank
your for my mother says all good boys
say, THANK you" when they receive a
present?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-12-18
Absent-Minded.

The Boston TTageZJer says that on a
recent Sunday in one of the churches of
that city a steady church going man be-
coming absorbed in some train of thought,
not exactly suggested by the sermon, it
is presumed, took cigar from his pocket,
put it in his mouth, folded his arms,
leaned cOntemplatively back in his seat,
and was only aroused from his reverie by
the courtesy of a. friend, who happened
to sit near.
Another story is told by the Hartford
COurd7lt. 1t says that gentleman of that
city, who was riding in the smoking-car
on q train from New York to New Haven,
noticed that man sitting directly in
front of him gave the conductor a two
dollar bill to pay his fare. Some change
was to be given back, but the conductor
handed the passenger roll Of bills, and
passed on. The man who received the
money appeared no less astOnished than
the Hartford gentleman, and was about to
follow up the conductor and return the
bills, when the Hartford man suggested
to him to hold on little while, and see
what the ticket-puncher would do. When
the train stopped at Bridgeport the pas
senger said he would step into the re-
freshmentrOOm a moment and would re-
turn, but did not make his appearance
again, having perhaps forgotten, in a fit
of Observation-Disclosures that he had the
money. This, of course, made the Hart
ford man feel little queer, as he had
stopped the fellow from paying back the
money, though with the best intentions in
the world. Very soon after the conductor
and the brakeman came through the car
together, and made very careful search
for something, and it is probable that the
conductor still thinks he dropped the roll
of bills in that or some other Car, or tina
some rascal stole it. Instances of abt
sence Of mind rarely take this form among
railroad conductors.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-12-18

work with a will. He had not worked
long when his father came driving up to
the door. Johnny ran to meet him.
"Well, my son, if you have finished the
work | gave you, you may get your coat
and come with me. Your mother and |
are going over to the new mills to see the
trial of the new -four MILL"
How Johnny's heart sank, and how his
face burned as he said tearfully:
But my work is not done, father"
"Then we must go without you" said
his father. Mrs. Gray was soon ready,
and Johnny with sad eyes watched them
drive away. But he did not rave and
stamp his feet and cry over this new dis
appointment, as he had over the first. He
was not angry now, and could reason with
himself, and he soon saw that he was all
to blame. He picked up the axe and
went to work, resolving in his mind never
to put off his work for anything again.
hope he kept his resolution; but re-
member, it is much easier to form habit
than to break ones self of it, and easier
to make good resolves than to keep them.
-ChiLdrer's Hour
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-12-18
A NIGHT AMONG THE WOODS.

IT was a pleasant afternoon, such as
August only shows, when, in company
with friend, / left the quiet village of
c., beautiful spot empowered amid
the mountains in Northern New Hamp-
shire, to spend a few days upon fishing
excursion to a large lake some twenty
miles farther north.
The sun had spent its force, and nature,
relieved from the intense heat of noon
was fast resuming her wonted color and
donning her evening dress. Our road for
a long distance wound along the banks of
a small stream fringed and almost hidden
bY willows; and the sound of the water as
it danced along united with the warbling
of the birds, formed a melody indescri
baby beautiful. On the other side the
mountains rose almoste peTpendicularly,
but here and there the declining sun would
suddenly break through some open place,
and light UP q spot where it seemed as
though giants hand had forced the solid
rock back upon itselfa and reared a temple,
whose massive proportions and sublime
yet awful grandeur seemed to picture in
Imagination the wild glens of Scotland,
where alone the prosecuted Covenanters
dared to meet and worship after the die
tates of their own ConscienceS. No wonder
their lives were pure and spotless-no Won
der they were encouraged to persevere,
and their faith became as rigid and en-
during as the rocks themselves. Tell of
the sculptured Cathedral-what nobler
temple than where the mountain circles
some quiet vale; what Sweeter choir than
the feathered songSterS; where, nearer to
natures God, than where the eve can
gaze on natures SELF in all her bold mag
nificence? To me such spots always
wear charm-the mountains towering in
the air,
''As to show
How earth may pierce to heaven, yet leave vain
man below"
The rushing stream and the waving foil.
age all have soft and subduing effect
and tend to raise emotions which can but
ennoble the mind. Happy is he who
can
find tongues in trees;
Books in the running brooks; sermons in stones
And good IN eyerything;
he is never alone.
But I am DEPRESSING. Surroun ded by
such scenery and feasting on its grandeur,
we drove slowly, unmindful that the hill
shadows were growing long, and uncon
scious of the threatening cloud that was
creeping down the mountain eehlnd US
Soon, however, the close echoes OF the
distant thunder reused us to quicken oul
pace and seek shelter, if possible, ere the
storm should reach us. Pulling up anC
securing the boot of our chalse, ana put
ting our horse into smart trot, we let
the main road and entered wagon path
stretching through a deep forest, which
seemed to lead in the direction whittier
our destination lay. Here we must date
the commence of our troubles. HAD we
followed the old proverb, never take 8
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-12-18
Our Young Folks.
THE WATER CURE.

By MARY E. BRADLEY.
THERE was little Lizzie,
Who was never very busy,
Neither very hard 10 please;
She was not inclined to labor
For herself, or for her neighbor.
For she dearly loved her ease
She would sleep away the morning.
Needing no reproof or warning,
And Indifferent TO blame;
Though her mother used to name her
Lazy liz and try 70 shame her,
She thought nothing of the shame.
''Don't be making such a riot,
Only let me sleep in quietl''
This was Lazy Lizzie's CRY,
Though the breakfast ell was ringing,
And the robins had been singing.
With the sun two hours high
There was nothing you could tell her
That would rouse her, or compel her
At the proper time to rise;
If you didn't go and shake her,
All your calling wouldn't make her
Open wide those sleepy eyes.
So her little sister Kitty,
Very mischievous and witty,
Thought she'd try the 1CGteF cure
She was careful not to mention
To her mother her intention,
Till she'd made the matter sure.
But while Liz was soundly sleeping,
Kittie came on tip-tOe creeping
To the comfortable bed;
And poor Lizzie, in her dreaming,
Thought Niagara was streaming
Over her unlucky head.
Up she jumped, and choked and spluttered
And the queerest noises uttered
Through her mouth, and through her nose
As the water, in a river,
Overlooked her, made her shiver,
From her eyelids to her toes
Then the laughing little Kitty,
Who was wise as well as witty,
Though she quite enjoyed the play,
Thought it safe for her to scamper
(Seeing things were getting damperO
Out of Lazy LiZzie's way.
So she lodged the little matter
OF a comb and brush flung at her.
And with merry mischief, ran
10 report that Lazy Lizzie
was already up and busy
Thanks to her successful plant
Ihat her mother quite commended
water cures begun and ended
In the method of Miss Kit,
one may doubt; but not disclaiming
All her due amount of blaming,
There was still some good in it.
For Miss Lizzie thinks, at present.
It's decidedly more pleasant
Early rising to endure,
Than to undergo the Joking
10 say nothing of the soaking
OF another water curel
Christian Uaion
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-12-18

HE wolves, says The Ioaoa Csty Press,
are getting to be very numerous in that
county, and the sheep, young pigs and
fowls are preyed upon by them constantly.
One OF the providers met his match in
mule the other day. The wolf entered a
pasture east of the city, where were sheep,
colts and mules, and selecting his sheep,
separated it from the flock when a mule
| interfered, and drove the mutton-eater
away from the sheep and chased him over
the fence.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-12-18
A Little Boys Letter to Santa Claus.

The Nursery for December contains the
following letter from q little boy to Mr.
Santa Claus:
Dear Mr. Santa Claus Please, sir,
could you not bring me team of goats
next Christmas? I do want them so
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-12-18

JIMMY was his name. He was a New
York rough, but now his bones are bleach
upon the arid plains of southern Colorado
Jimmy saw road to fortune He was
cook for party Of six buffalo hunters at
Two Buttes, in Bent county The hunters
had valuable outfits, and Jimmy put
arsenic in their coffee. The hunters held
a trial, and there being no chemical ex-
perts to testify, they wasted some powder
and lead on Jimmy, and left him to the
wolves.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-12-18

The sun is now working about ten
hours per day, but proposes a gradual re-
duction of time for the next five or six
weeks, in order to help the gas company
and also the dealers in kerosene and tai
low candles.-Proutdence Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-12-18

A BEAR caught in a trap at Eden, VT,
one day last week, chewed off his lmpris-
oned leg and walked away on the other
three, thus setting humanity an example
how to beer an amputation.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-11

Clear rib sides, Ss19c; shoulders 95610c,
scarce; dry salted sides and bellies, &c;
hams, sugar-cured in canvas, 15N17c. 49,.
EGGs-Market well supplied. We quote
27630c sS dozen, wholesale; retail, 33635c
E. ...FLoUR-Supply good; demand mod
crate at quotations. Wequote: Northern
and Western superfine, $7.006S.25; extra
SS.5069.50; family, S9.jO01O.50; extra
family, S11.50; fancy, $3.50. 49,. GRAIN
-COrn-StOck good. Demand moderate.
We quote: White 95097c; mixed or yellow
SS690c. Rye $3.50 per bushel.. D.. HAY -
Stock heavy. We quote Northern at Sl.3j
Oils wholesale, and S1.5061.GO at retail;
Eastern S1.40M1.55 at Wholesale, and 81 80
at retail; Western, $1.7561.S5 at retail.
....HIDEs, Wool, ETC.-The demand for
these articles during the past week has been
moderate. We quote: Dry flint, lie; dry
sailed, 13m13ac. Deerskins, pc. Wax,
25c. Wool, 23625c; bury wool, 12d20c
Tallow. Sc. Otter skins, 50c6$2. so,
according to quality. 49,. POULTRY AND
GAME-There is an active inquiry for these
articles with fair supply. Chickens are
selling at 706S0c full grown; half grown,
60G65c per pair; geese sell at S1.2061.50
per pair by the dozen pairs; ducks sell at 80
6S1.25 per pair. The above are wholesale
figures; retail prices are ) to 10 per cent
higher. -. .OATS-StOck good, demand
moderate. We quote at 756SOc. 49,.
ONIoNs-NOIthen, S4.2565.50 per barrel
800. .PoTAToEs-Northern, good stock
and selling at S3.0063.5O per barrel.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-11

Ordinary 12Sc; good ordinary 1910; strict
good ordinary 1890; low middling 13sc:
middling 145c; Alabama 144c; Orleans 14s.
Market easier owing to lower futures.
Sales for exports 100 bales; last evening 10
bales.
New YORK, Nov. 10, 12:15.-Coston-
Futures heavy and panicl1y. November
delivery 13sc; December IA 1-16c; January
144c; February ii 9-1Gc; March Is 3-1Gc.
Sales 10000 bales.
New YORK, Nov. 10, 2:05.-Cotton-
Ordinary 125c; good ordinary 1916; strict
good ordinary 1889; low middling 1899;
middling 145c; Alabama 1441c; Orleans 14s
Market nominal; buyers and sellers apart.
Sales on spot estimated at 800 bales.
NEW YORK, Nov. 10, 215.-Cotton-
Futures easy. November delivery 1890;
December Is 15-16014c; January 14ic;
February 1455c. Sales $4,000 bales.
NEW YORK, Nov. 10, 3:05.-Cotton-
Ordinary 12sc; good ordinary 1870; strict
good ordinary 1880; low middling 1896;
middling l45c; Alabania !.4c; Orleans lag.
Market weak and irregular. Sales for eX-
ports 574 bales; fol consumption 364 bales;
for speculation 2 bales.
NEW YORK, Nov. 10, 3:30.-COtton--a
Futures heavy. November delivery 1890;
December 1896; January Il 15-16614c;
February 14zc; March IA 11-16c; April 14E
615c. Sales 25,450 bales.
New YORK, Nov. 10.-Net receipts AS
401 bales; exports to Great Britain 26,447
bales; to the continent 9,042 bales; stock
319,6S5 bales.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-11
TENNESSEE NEWS.

Lynchburg, Moore county, claims to be
growing.
Robbery is becoming common in East
Tennessee.
The police of New York have cOntllDu-
ted $1,000 for the police of Memphis.
Now that the limits of Moore county are
settled, it wants Jail and a courthouse. :,
The Brownsville States says the col6red
fair Of Haywood county was very credlta-
BILE.
The alamo Sentinel says move is on
foot to establish a county medical society
for Crockett county.
The Jackson Herald of the Sth states
that that city is full of business men from
a distance, prospecting for locations.
A number OF ladies attended the SUI
preme Court at Jackson during its closing
days to hear the opinions of the Court.
Mr.. James Hargrove, says the Laurence
burg Journal Of the Sth, lost his tobacco
barn by fire. 1t contained about 500
worth of tobacco.
The Jackson Wing and Tribune declares
that on one day during the fair, there were
present Al persons Gall kindred) by the
name of Brooks.
etiiu lOpuON 1A'
Earle in Memphis few nights ago OF
hundred and eight dollars. Mr.. Earle was
asnurse from New York.
The City Council of Jackson has sub
mitted proposition to the people Of that
place to vote 100000 to build the Jackson
and Birmingham Railroad.
The Gdlldtiii Erdmihef Of the Sth says:
The case of Holcom Wylie, COL, charged
with murder, excited considerable interest.
1t resulted in the acquittal of the defen-
dant
Mr.. John Burrus, well known citizen
of Madison county, reports through the
Jackson Wig and Tribune that in one day,
his daughter Mollie, aged Is years, picked
220 pounds of cotton; Swanny, son born
on the day the sixth regiment left jackson
for the seat of war, picked 206 pounds.
Rush, son nine years old, picked 206
pounds, and baby, Samuel S., aged years,
picked 60 pounds.
The KnOIrille Press and Herald states
that Floyd Branson, a meritorious young
artist of Knoxville, went to New York re-
Gently, and was admitted after a rigid test
into the Academy of Design, where he pro-
poses to cultivate his talent. The Press
and Herald complacently observes that the
first rude efforts Of this promising youth
were put forth on the walls of the press
room of that paper, when he was employed
as carrier boy.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-11
Nashville Grocery Market.

SUGARs-New Orleans, in hogsheads 8
Ollie for fair to choice; Demerara II "a
12c; standard hards 12IIc; 4 coffee lie; B
do. 11se; extra c do. lie; yellow c 10
611c.
MoLAssEs AND SIRUPS-New Orleans
7O675c; sirups 456G0c; golden strip GO
66jc.
CoFFEE-Market firmer to-day. We
quote Rio, common to choice, 25626ac
Laguayra 26c; Java Soc.
Massive quote at S4.T5 for 10ds, and
25c additional for diminishing grades.
SALT-We quote 7 buShel barrels at s.
per barrel in depot.
CANDLEs-We quote star 1Sac 4F ID.
FIsH-We quote as follows: Half bar
rels, Nos. 1, > and ,, $500, 1928 and $3.50;
in kits, Nos. l, 2 and ), $3.50, $500 and
S1.T5.
RICE-We quote at &c.
TEAs-We quote Imperial 75cGS1.2 5;
Young Hyson 75c6S1.25; Black 5Oc6
$1.00; GunpOwder 75cGSl.25.
POwDER-DupOnt 500; Sycamore Mills
500; blasting $500; fuse per 100 feet Csc.
SHOT-We quote Patent $3.50; Buck
S3.15.
LIQUORS-We quote common rectified
whisky 4S gallon S1.00.; Robertson County
S1.7563.00; Bourbon S1.2565.J0; Lincoln
County S1.75G2.25; Highwines S1.00.
COTTON TIEs-We quote at Toe.
BROoMs-We quote at S2.5O63.5O %
dozen.
SoAP-We quote at jGSc 9F fb, or $500
64.50 4Y box.
BAGGING-We quote at 15616c for
hemp and flax.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-11
Medical Bubbles.

Columns would be required to enuuerate the
medical bubbles that have risen 10 the surface
came the standard tonic of the Western Hemis-
pheTe. Boasts the most eXtravagant, fabTica-
lions the most prepOSteTOus, cant tine most sick
ening, have in turn been employed % bolster III
the worthless preparations that have from tine
10 time been introduced, in the hope OF dividing
the field with that famous vegetable remedy.
Signal failure has been the lot Of each and all.
The reputation OF the Bitters preventive OF
raj restorative, aud a specific for indigestion
bilious affections, rheumatism, nervous debility,
constitutional weakness. paTONy>nal teVerS amt
all complaints to which the more sensitive sex
are exclusively liable. is established upon the
sound basis Of more than twenty years eTps-
rienee. and can no more be shaken by the clap
trap nCStrumS OF uuSCieHtifc preteudyr-. ti.Ju
the everlasting hills by the winl- that rustic
through their defiles. nOyll oro,.iwSWlt