Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-02-26
Our Small Change.

How are you Maple Sugar?
Winter slides out next Saturday.
Spring 7iolets are stirring in their
beds.
Don't yer be glad ye arn't mort
gagor?
See adv. of A. Turnbull under
new advertisements.
Remember Hon. Jas Ross at the
NJ. E. Church this evening
The Bridge will probably be COM
pleted by the tenth of March.
A gardener wants to get hold of
Rhode Island for an onion bed this
season.
The side track of the W. G. r.
R. is nearly graded; it is to reach
Knox's mills.
Choice Bound Books at the Wood
Co, Drug Store. Any book published
received on order.
The Stevens Point journal is run
ming Bro. Swayze of the Ptnery for
Mayor of that city.
We saw, and heard ''shrill chanti-
cleer" upon dunghill the other morn
ing. Spring is coming.
Court adjourned last Friday.
The amount of business was larger
than at any preceding term.
A young lady jumped into the
Ohio River to recover her muf-just
to keep her hand in.-Boston Post.
Mr. Richardson, the collector Of
internal revenue for the 8th district
dropped in upon US last Friday morn
ing.
The new Chief Justice is an Epis-
copalian. But says the Boston Globe,
it is too late to bring forward objec-
tons now.
At recent Dickens party in
New York over 200 persons appeared
in different characters from the books
of /" Boz
--Snowbirds are in exstacies over
the late snow. Who ever found
snow birds nest? Don't they hatch
em out Of hailstones +?
The finest lot of children's cabs
and carriages will be received very
shortly at Philleo & Co.'S. Also bill
of carts and wheelborrows.
We see by the Inter Ocean that
the Prodlgal Son is in Chicago. We
don't learn what hotel he is stopping
at. Wen bet he's homesick
"A missing navel vessel the Die
tdtoF, has just put in an appearance.
Many had begun to think that perhaps
she had gone doWn----to Cuba.
We fear our maple sugar will lose
much Of its "beautifal favor the
coming spridg. The ''injuns'' are re-
moved out Of the county, you know.
"A brisk trade is carried on up
the line of the Central Rail Road.
The freighting business is increasing.
Trains run regularly up to Sec. 101.
A chap known as Warehouse
Bill" is hanging about the capital at
Madison. He talks continually about
being "elevated," aud wants to
pass"
-"The Future of Wheat is
question propounded by several city
papers just now. We don't know,
but we presume it will be either bread
or whiskey, or both.
Spite driving on the W. V. Road
is being done, through the ice north
of the junction. It is success, the
ice aiding materially in the accom-
plishment of the work.
Mr.. Gaynor took the scholars of
his department. those who did not go
to the Point-on ride to Port Ed
wards last Saturday. The little ones
and big ones too, had a good time.
The Green Bay 4dvocate is in
formed that the business on the Cen
trail Railroad, for the month of Janu-
airy. was three times as large as during
any month since the road was built.
Experiments reveal the fact that
violet ink fades away, so lovers, and
indit6rs of love letters will bear in
mind the fact that while it is beautiful,
they can't keep their cloves" in vio-
let.
Half a dozen fellows got into a
row in Spring-street beer saloon last
night, when the proprietor arose and
remarked with dignity, Gentlemen, :"
I want you to understand that this is