Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-12

DREAD OF BROWN OR GRAHAM FLOUR
Measure one teacup OF flour into the
pan the bread is to rise in, and on that
pour one quart Of boiling water, and let II
cool I'LL you can bear your finger IN 1t;
then add dessert-spoontul OF salt, tea,
spoonful OF brown sugar, piece OF lard
as large as a walnut (the lard must be per
1ectly sweet and NICE, two tablespoonfuls
good yeast, and as much more flour as you
can stir III with stick; put in warm
place to rise all night; in the morning
grease well a castiron baking pan (she6t-
IRON burns too readily, pour the risen
dough into it, smooth it nicely on the top
bake, IN half an hours time, just one
hour.
THOUGHTS BY 4 NOODLE
don't think goose is a swan.
don't think sheep is rabbit.
but lmnk, when I'm thinking thereon,
mat thlnklng's dangerous naplt.
For some people think they right,
AND some people think they are clever,
And some think that black must be white,
And some think of nothing whatever.
And some people think Of themselves,
And some people think of their neighbOrs;
And some think the gold that one delyeS
Is very poor pay for ones labors.
or my part, think that thought
That thunk while a-thinking and muslng,
That thinking is really worth uaught,
Because thinking, think is confusing.
The necessity of cleanliness and OF
keeping the pores of the skin open, is il
Illustrated by the fact that if coat of var
hlsh or other substance impervious to
moisture be applied to the exterior of the
body, death will ensue in about six hours.
The experiment was once tried on child
IN Florence. On the occasion of Pope Leo
the Ienth'S accession to the Papal chair,
It was desired to have a living figure repre-
sent the Golden Age, and so. child was
glldcd all over with varnish and gold leaf
The child died in a few hours. If the fur
OF rabbit or the skin of a pig be covered
with a solution Of india-rubber in naphtha
the animal ceases to breathe in a few
hours
THE New Orleans Times relates the
following extraordinary Instance of re.
suscltation which happened in that city
not long since: "a child of three wears
old died early in the morning, and was
duly laid out for interment; a competent
physician certified to the decease and the
friends Of the family assembled to solemn
iZe the funeral. Late in the afternoon, the
carriages waiting at the door a thunder
storm arose. 1t will be remembered that
there were some unusually violent rever-
bcrations during the brief term Of its
prevalence. simultaneously with one of
The most deafening Of these claps, the
child recovered its animation and resumed
all the functions Of existence 1t is now
permanently recovered There is no
doubt Of the facts in this CASE
A REPORTER of the Detroit Free Press
and policeman, each armed cap-a-pie,
sat up one night recently in a haunted
LOuse in that city to interview a ghost tor
ghostess) which, according to all accounts
had been perambulating around in an I'M
canny sort OF manner, slamming doors,
sobbing like child, and occasionally
shrieking like all possessed. The various
performances all came off as advertised,
causing the reportorial hair s'to stand on
end like quilts upon the fretful pOrcu-
pine while the valiant coop" handled his
revolver nervously and entreated his com
paniOn mot to be ateard." The result of
their investigation was the discovery of
the fact that old Boreas was at the bottom
of the mysterious demonstrations-an
open bung-hole of barrel in the attic
the vocal part of the entertain
ment, while broken pane of glass let in
a gust which closed the door without the
aid of human hands.
On. of our recent poetasters offers these
observations
Give me ksses-do not stop
Measuring nectar by the drop:
Though 10 millions they amount,
They will never drain the fount.
Kiss me then,
Every moment and again.
If she kissed him every moment she
would kiss him half million times a
year, and she would have to kiss him
every minute for two years before "to
millions they amount" This would not
allow time for meals, and it is probable the
poet and the woman would starve AS
far as the poet is concerned, we do not
know that it makes much difference. Per
haps the world will be happier if he does
die. We think, upon reflection, that we
may possibly be able to spare him; but it
will be hardly fair to kill the woman at
the same time Upon the whole, it will
be better to have intervals of repose Sup
pose we say kiss him for an hour and then
pause to let him fill up with beef and
cabbage-lHar AdeIer.
THE Hartford Comm Times saws that
Conductor Bradley, of that CITY, who was
killed, with others, by recent railroad
accident on the Hartford & Waterbury
Road, was on 'caboose'' car at the time
the train reached the broken rail. The
instant he felt the shock, he knew the car
was off the track, and sprang for brake
1t was his last act. In the next instant
he was killed by the crash, and his skull
was broken. When picked up part of
his brain was visible, oozing out; but the
true and faithful conductor was able to
speak. And these were the words he
last he ever spoke: "Pu
ont the signals for the other t1u5n!n The
suddenness of the crash,
though 1t deprived him of all conscious
ness of everything happening subsequent
to the instant when he jumped to seize the
brake, did not blot out of his vivid mem
Dry the sensation he had at that mo-
ment OF fate. There was the sense of
danger, and of the necessity
OF instant action to avert it. That con
sciousness remained, during the ensuing
few minutes in which the crash had come,
and the faithful conductor had met his
fate
A TOUCHING INCIDENTAL short time
since, in this city, brilliant and much
lady, who had been suffering for
some time with trouble of the eyes, was
led to fear a speedy change for the worse,
and Immediately consulted her physician.
fatal falling in of the optic nerve, and the
information was impaired as gently as
possible, that the patient could not retain
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