Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-02-12

And therefore forfeited their lives.
The others let their nationality or
citizenship be what they may, we're
neither more nor less than outlaws,
and whatever their fate might have
been, they deserved it.
As to making a man Of me I am
certainly under many obligations for
your intended kindness but [ can as
sure you my dear sir, that I have no
wish to descend to your liliputian
ideas Of manhood.
Respectfully yours,
S. X. G..
We beg pardon Of our readers for
occupying SO much space this week.
or rather allowing our friend Sam Car
roll to do so in publishing a commu-
nication which has wonderful sight
Of jingle with but little music. The
fact is we have taken the contract to
make a man of Sam, and we find it a
slow process. When we think we have
nearly accomplished the great work.
work almost as immense as tunneling
the Roosac mountains, we find, as does
turner Of wood frequently, a great
knot, and then, alas ! we have to begin
all over again. But we wont be dis
couraged, nor will we throw up the
contract for we are bound to win though
the work when completed be only ''lil-
ipution.' Sam is so far out at sea in
nearly all he says, that we fear no tidal
wave will ever succeed in floating him
shoreward to any great extent. IF We
could only toss him an anchor, that he
might not drift further into error
and among the breakers of ignorance,
and thereby hold him, SO we could be-
gin to build the superstructure we have
so long been fashioning, we would do
so, even though it cost us dollar and
thirty-fiye cents.
Sam makes another dive into Inter
national law, then goes heavy ON histo-
ry, then gets mad at Johnny Bull--aoe
Uonder 0hat tbs that Sum don't like
about Johnny BWI9-then talks about
Spain when he knew ne meant Cuba
in referring to a '-brutalized govern
ment," sher, finding out that there
actually was such man as Admiral
Lorraine, wakes wroth and cuffs the
British Lion beautifully, We don't
know what Sam don't do, and if he
don't hold still, we never can succeed
in turning him down to the symmetri-
cal proportions Of MAN. Sam gets
crazy and talks about illogical deduc-
ton" and "gold letters" and reminds
us of a lunatic. But then Sam, like
the earth when in state OF chaos Is
assuming form, and if he
don't get "squoze'' to death we will
have accomplished the great work by
and by. Sam forgets to give US lit
tie credit,-he forgets to state that
when we lacked the courage to go t0F
,oar, that in remaining home, we didn t |
shout treason. and hurrah for jeff Da-
Wis as did some of his companions, =
but then what has this to do with Lor-
raine, or the Niobe, ''or any other
man."
One thing we must ask OF our friend
Samuel. Owing to the lack of micro
scopes in the hands of very many of
our readers, we must insist on brief ar
that We can get into
the paper with the advantages our Of
fee affords at present, and then, Sam,
aud little sense, small sprinkling of
ruth, and let the whole occupy about
one page of fools cap, and we will pub
ish every time. After we have fin
shed you up, and made the man We
nope to make of you, why, then, all
our readers will be glad to hear an
abundance of wisdom from you, but
p slow for The present, Sam