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

1T mas Deen discovered that tlrce-1OurthS
of the women Of Boston wear false teeth
THE discovery of extensive borax de
posts in Kern County, California, is
announced.
In Boston girls" are aged from sixteen
to Twenty-Five; young ladies" range from
thirty to fifty-tive.
OCEAN steamers charge two dollars per
head to bring babies this way, but let
them go to Europe for nothing.
SUGAR GINGERBREAD-One cup of
sugar, one cup of sour milk, a piece of
butter half the size of hens egg, one
scant teaspoonful of saleratus, and flour
enough to make it as stiff as molasses gin
gerbread. Flavor with lemon or nutmeg.
A LITTLE girl, who had great kindness
of heart for all the animal creation, saw a
hen preparing to gather her chickens I'M
der her sheltering wings, and shouted
earnestly: 90! don't sit down on those
beautiful little birds, you great ugly, old
roosterH
A BUFFALO miser, named Thomas b.
Newman, aged seventy three, reputed to be
worth a quarter of million dollars, and
owner of some Of the most valuable real
estate in that city, died in the city hospit-
al recently, whittier he had been removed
few days previous, from a howell which
he had occupied for thirty seven years. He
had no relatives in that city.
A LUCKY HIT-A young man recently
conceived the idea of dipping matches,
after they were tipped, in paraffine, so as
to protect them from moisture For this
improvement he now receives from a
match manufacturing establishment an in
come of about ten dollars per day Matches
thus prepared are said to ignite readily
after having lain in basin of water an
entire night.
AN exchange says: eve arise in the
morning and with the brush of nature
paint with roseate hucs the path that lies
before u.s." That is what he says What
he really does, after being kicked out of
bed, is to get his pants on wrong, seize a
brush of bristles, and paint with raven
hues a cook-stove as large as livery sta
BILE. Poetry is one Of those things it
doesn't do to look into.
a CORRESPONDENT of the Germantown
Telegraph asserts, giving details, that a
smoke-house was built in Eastern Penn
sylvania in 1890; that during the past sea
son, in repairing the building, head of
wheat was found embedded in the cap of
the gable; that five of the grains thus
found were planted, and four of them
grew ''in bare ground" after having been
embedded in mortar eighty two years.
THE Boston Post says: 1--WE scarcely
know what additional article the ladies
can suspend from their waist belts Fans,
umbrellas vinaigrettes, handl<erchiefs, and
card books now dangle at their side when
promenading," There is nothing addition
al more appropriate than a wash-tub, a
cooking-stove, and a sewing machine,
with written instructions as to the best
method Of using them.
THE Holt County (Mo.) Sentinel SAYS
that a Miss Stiles, daughter of c. +. Stiles,
was buried at Ross Grove recently, with
the full honOrs Of the Patrons Of Hus-
bandry. Her dying request was to be
buried by the Patrons, Of whom she was IA
member in very high standing. Three of
the Oranges participated in the burial
ceremonies. The scene was one of deep
mourning and one long to be remembered.
IT turns out that the fishermen consti-
tute the healthiest class in Massachusetts.
They are the finest-looking men, the most
robust, and with capacities for great en-
durance. Their diet while actively en-
gagged in their vocation, consists of fish,
pork, potatoes, and hard bread, with fresh
meat but rarely 1t is said to be the Gus.
tom of invalids from the rural districts,
suffering from chronic indigestion or in
sipient phthisis, to make an amateur fish
lng-vOyage, and often with excellent re-
suits
THIS is the latest information we have
from the Modoc country: The warrior
stood among the rocks, whence all but
him had fled; he was the last of the
Modocs that roamed the lava bed The
shot fell fast, he would not go-the war
rior knew no fear; eight hundred Of the
avenging foe assailed him front and rear.
Only one boon that Ingin craved-hc
spurned to sue for quarter-the browning
curse he might be saved, Of interviewing
by reporter"
A PHOTOGRAPHER in Portland, Maine,
employed woman to wash the floors of
his establishment. The woman seeing
basin full Of what she presumed was hot
water standing on the stove, emptied the
contents into her WATERFALL, to warm the
water it contained. OF course, it was a
nitrate of silver bath, and the first the
photographer knew, his floor was dirty
red brown, the wOman's arms much
browner, and she bowling because the
"Ould Nick was turning her into a nagur."
~ NONDER tldS DttU UlSCoVcrcU III Sdn
Francisco-a dressmaker who will keep
her word at any price. She had promised
new dress to be worn at party in San
Jose on a certain evening. 1t was finished
on the day, but the person who was to
take it had gone, the train by which it
was to go had also departed when the de
pot was reached, and no fast horse could
be had on account of the epizootic Ris-
ing with the emergency, the energetic
dressmaker hired an engine and tender
and took the dress to San Jose in time for
the party.
THE nephew of the late Thaddeus
Stevens having failed to comply with the
conditions of his will relative to abstain
ing from the use of intoxicating drinks,
the executors are about to apply the resi-
due OF his estate, estimated variOusly from
$4,000 to 100000, to the founding of the
Orphan Home in Lancaster, PENNSYLVANIA,
designed by him in case of such failure.
The will provides that no preference shall
be shown in respect of race, religion or
color in admission Or treatment, and that
all the inmates shall wear the same stvle
OF dress and eat at the same table.
A COUPLE appeared before clergyman
IN Sandy Hill, n. Y, few DAYS since,
and desired to be united in the bonds of
matrimony. They were directed to place
themselves in position, and, just as the
ceremony was about to begin, a little
urchin forced his way into the minister's
study, yelling at the top of his voice,
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