Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-12-25

us. Every family in Wood County
should subscribe for the Reporter, com
mencing with the new volume. The
people of Wood Co. should take such
an interest in the welfare of their pa
persj as to encourage both, by subscrip-
ton and advertising.
In one of the suburban schools a
school inspector gave out the word
:pasalter" to q class of spelling. It
was poser to all till it reached the
foot of the class, when a curly headed
little fellow spelled it correctly, but
when asked to define it, he shouted,
"Morc salt.
The newspapers give some anus
ing examples of Thanksgiving itera-
ture. The Governor of Wyoming
closes his Thanksgiving proclamation
in this style: "Give thanks unto the
Lord, for His mercy endureth forever.
In witness whereof, | have hereunto
set my hand, and caused the great
seal of the Territory to be affixed, !"
etc.-N Y. Post
The laying of the cornerstone of
the court House at Stevens Point a
few years ago, inaugurated a new era
in public occasions. But few speeches
were INDUCED in, the most telling re-
marks being made by a workman who
got his fingers pinched, and they were
brief and to the point.
1T has been suggested that the
new parlor of the Cong. Society be
opened every night in the week (Sun-
day exceptea) as a reading room,
where secular and religious papers and
magazines may be enjoyed by those
who desire to spend an evening in
quiet, and away from the confusion of
business.
Once, when preaching at Wap-
ing to a congregation composed prin
cipally of seafaring men and fisherwo-
men, Rowland Hill greatly astonished
his congregation by commencing the
sermon with these words - come to
preach to great sinners, notorious sim
ners-yea, to Wrapping sinners -
General Rusk has introduced a
bill, restoring free exchange between
newspapers, and free circulation of
weekly papers in the county where
printed. The free exchange law was
one of the oldest on the statute book,
having been passed during the last
century, and we believe it was approx
ed by Washington. We hope Gener-
al Rusk' bill will pass.
Stewart, the dry goods duke, is in
trouble. Not financially, for he is
worth over twenty millions, but his
health is failing, and he expects to die
one of these days, and he wants to
know who then will see that the little
cash boys, working at one dollar and a
half week, are fined for sitting down
between I o'clock a. m. and p. m.
Our two railroads are doing bus
mess that exceeds the expectations of
the projectors. The W. Y. road is
doing large and increasing business,
while the freight business is growing
to very considerable proportions.
Since the completion of the G. B. &
NJ. road to Wihona the through freight
is becoming very heavy, and with the
opening of spring it will be enormous.
There seems to be no diminution in
its passenger business but rather a
healthy increase which will be much
enlarged with the opening of naviga-
ton.
We know d woman in our city
who is making enc of these bed-blanket
comforters for somebody for a Christ
mas present. She says it is to be
twelve feet long, that is IA inches,
She commenced it six weeks ago, and
up to date it has grown just twenty
inches. Now the question is, does size
know when Christmas is coming. She
must be consulting an antedildvian al
manac. That comfortable problem is
like this, IF it takes six weeks to make
twenty inches of comforter. how long
will it take to finish that tUelye feet
As near as we can figure it she will be
right in town" about Christmas 1874.
Now we'd advise her to make il about
seven feet long, and then We there,
we've let the cat out the bag will
have it to keep us comfortable on the
fourth of July,-but then after all
maybe its for some other chap.
Like the benediction that fol-