Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-05-08

| which she had been reading. Maudiii, L
thank YOU said the General, returning .ne
paper, Il never read the Heratd' lEe
General had one less newspaper to support
him at the next election.
| LINES TO My LADY-LOvE.-
| To thee, were I humble bee,
| I'd hourly wing my hoDeyed hight;
To thee, were | a ship at sea,
I'd sail, though land were IN my slght;
| To thee, were L a pussy cat,
| I'd spring, as though 'twere on rat!
| To thee were / stickleback,
| I'd swim as fast fins can move,
| To thee. were | a hunters hack,
| I'd gallop ON the hoofs of Loves
| But, as I'm but simple man.
I'll come by train, love-f can
-Punch'S almanac.
HERR PROFEssOR-lss it not shdralnch
ting, laties, dat de Latin race cannot
aguire de Enklish PRONUNCIATION? naf
chOOst dis moment bardct from an ldallan
chendlcman Ga Grade vrent of mine ant a
ferry gleffer mani who has lifted IN Lon
don almoste as long as | hat, dventy-vlte
veers-ant foot you belief it? Heshpeegs
Enklish Wit kvite shdrong voreign in
donatiOn How to you agOund vor 70
eggshdra ordinary Zcergcomshdanz as
tat?-PuHch.
ABOUT two years ago, the lecture firm or
Redpath & Fall, of Boston, made arrange
mcnts for lecture by William Parsons at
the town Of O1cego, n. Y but by mistake
of an operator of the Western Union Ielc-
| graph Company, Parsons was sent piking
off to Osacego Redpath g. Fall brought
suit for damages against the telegraph
company but al ter sixteen months oflltlga
ton, the court has failed to sustain the
claim, az it appeared that no extra precau-
tons had been taken to insure accuracy,
as provided on the company's blanks.
NED BUNTIINE, who manages the In
dian stage business, has cleared $50, 900
so quick Buffalo Bill and Texas Jack
each receive 81 600 a week, and spend it
like lords Jack has an Indian fondness
for gewgaws He bought of Tiffany, i'll
New York, huge gold chain, almost half
the size of ships cable, and long enough
to 90 around his neck, for which he paid
$1,000 He also secured the city for the
biggest watch that money would buy, and
he got one, they say, as large as spit
tOOn. lie is now prepared to aStOnlsh the
natives Of the cttctc European capitals.
Roof CRoPs-Root crops, which pass
rapidly through the various stages of
growth from the seed to maturity, cannot
afford to waste time in searching for sup
plies, and the early stages Of growth are
especially critical A turnip starved in
youth becomes stunted, but if literally
fed it takes strong hold of the ground,
and grows away rapidly. Solvents, there
fore, applied on the surface at seed time
unlock the cupboard at the right time, SO
that the tiny roots find food when they
want it, and where alone they could
reach it.
THE position of American Consul at
Montevidco cannot be very desirable,
judging from the experience Of DR.. Der
tram, the late Consul. The pay is only
81 1000, and rents are so high that he was
unable to secure any sort OF an office or
residence except a tent, and had to do
without any clerk, in consequence OF
which the COnsuls of the pampercd and
etfete dynasties of the Old World socially
cut him. Yet there are enough people de-
sirous of serving the government we have
no doubt, to accept this position, even
though the salary were reduced to $500
and they had to live up tree
THE New York Tribune has the follow
ing touching anccdote of the Atlantic dis
aster, as related by ships steward
''ROsey Sheat, about three years old, sat at
= my table" says he, with her father,
mother and brother, and was fond of me.
When | got out Mr.. Sheat placed her in
my arms in her night-dress, and asked me
to save her. | thought of my own little
girl of the same age in Liverpool, and |
kept her as long as | could. ! saw her
father and mother swept away by the sea
and the little one mOaned and continually
called, Papa. Papa. | am so wetr She
died in my arms, and | had not the heart
then to let her drop, but handed her to a
man who was stronger than MYSELF
STRANGER THAN FICTIoN-A railway
blacksmith named Allen has just recovered
an estate near Hanlcy, in Statfordshire,
England, worth $500 900. The estate is the
ubbcrlcy Hall property, Just outside the
borough. The Allen family had held the
property from the days Of the Conquest,
but more than a hundred years ago the
title deeds were lost and in 1923 the fam
lily were dispOsscsscd through being I'M
able to produce them. A subsequent
occupant Of the family house seems to
have found the deeds and they were trans
terrcd to the possession of man in Lon
don as security for small loan. From
this man the deeds were obtained for $50
10y Mr.. Allen, who now will rise from the
position of a railway blacksmith to th
possession of this handsome estate.
BE KIND TO YOUR HORsE.-HOwever
often a horse stumbles, from any cause
whatever, do not shout at him, for the ami
nal breads to be chided. Do not shake
the reins, for his mouth is much more
sensitive than your lips are. Do not use
the whip, for the horse is naturally so
tlmld that the moment you begin to cor
rect him, he becomes so terrified that he
loses control of his own reasoning facul-
ties and in his blind terror plunges, and
rears, and fails to obey. The right course
to pursue is to speak quietly but firmly to
the creature. Comfort the trembling ami
NAL with the magic of your voice, and
bring back those perceptions which help
your horse to guard against repeating the
action of stumbling. This manner of pro-
cedure is far more humane and reasonable
than to yell at the animal, or lash her
tiercely, thus frightening and bewildering
her, instead of teaching her what is ex-
pected Of her
SEPARATING HONEY FROM BEE-BREAD.
"A lady correspondent of the California
Agrjculturist gives the following convent
ent and old-fashioned way of separating
honey from e-bread Put such pieces
of the comb as have bread in them into
round tin butter cans chose little flaring
at the top are BEST until nearly full. Then
set the wash boiler on the stove with water
a few inches deep in it, put not enough to
boil up into the cans; then lay few peb-
bles or an iron chain evenly on the bottom
and set the cans on them, but the cover on
| the boiler and let the honey steam until