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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-08-13

"Tll eat your tart, Lois, if you're afraid
! to-" generously proposed Chiefly, sitting
on the grass, his short legs spread wide
apart
| Old Bose sat near by, his tongue iolling
out of his mouth, his face wearing an in
| sinuating smile, humping the ground
vigorously with his stumpy tail. Around
/ his neck was a wreath of oak leaves the
/ girls had made in honor of his heroism.
Dogs really seem more sensible than
| people. Here was old Bose He had
done brave deed; everyone praised him;
he was the hero of the occasion; yet he
put on no airs, sat meekly in the back
! ground and snapped up thankfully the
many bits of dinner thrown him.
Although the lunch was large one to
| look at it proved an uncommonly small
one to eat. Everyone could have made
way with more. Especially could a few
more tarts have been easily disposed of.
But there was no help for it, so they all
fell to picking berries again with will.
! When Miles basket was two-thirds
! full, as she and Lois were bent over polk
ing under the strawberry leaves, some
thing rustled and wriggled under the
grass, and Roy called out:
Look out, girls! \ snake!"
|
her basket, splitting her berries and fall
| ing down in the midst of them. The boys
| all laughed long and loud.
"Twa'n't a snake at ALL" said Teddy,
! finally; lit was only long, crooked stick
| Roy had"
Miles face flushed. She was on the
point Of telling Roy just what she
thought of him, when she remembered
! his kindness in the morning, and her VOW
| never to quarrel with him again. So she
said nothing, but went to work, with
Lois help, picking up such of her ber-
RES as were unmashed.
If Mile had only scolded, Roy would
not have cared at all; but now he felt
rather ashamed.
Never mind those old berries" he
SAID Here, NIillie," and he turned
nall ms berries into her basket. Il can
get plenty more" he said
when the sun was low down in the
west the children started for home,
laden with punches of pink and white
mountain laurel blossoms, and with a
good many berries, considering, though
it must be confessed Teddy had only
half filled one basket. They found it
harder work going down the mountain
than coming up. If they ran, they were
sure to trip and fall down, and it was
such hard, jerky work to hold back.
Chetty's short legs ached so he could not
help crying.
About shutdown Mrs. Kendall feeling
a little anxious, went out to the gate.
The laggards were just in sight-such a
tired, dirty, dragged-out looking set of
children, with such strawberry-s stained
mouths.
ooh, mother, we've had such splen-
did time! See what lots of berries we
got. And oh, our legs ache sol"
And we're hungry as BEARS" added
Teddy.
q never was so hungry in my life"
said Ralph.
Il could eat Ty up alive this minute, !"
said Millie, picking up Ty, who rubbed
his head into her neck affectionately,
little fearing her cannibal designs.
Large bowls of berries and milk, eaten
on the back-door steps in the dewy twi
light, soon filled the aching voids within,
and then the children were only too glad
to go to d.-Chr5St5d1a Uni0D
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-08-13
The Bliss of Marriage.

Says the New York HebreW Lender:
Time whirls US along the down-hill
path of life with the velocity of loco
motive; but we have one comfOrt-we
can make love on the road. What the
negro preacher said of Satan may be said
of love: Where he finds a weaker place
dere he creeps in There is warm cor
ner in even the coolest heart; and some
body, if that somebody can only be
found, was made expressly to fill it.
Thousands of both sexes live and die IN
married simply for want of a proper in
PRODUCTION to one another. What an alb
surdity. There is not a woman nor a
man of any age who might not find a
suitable partner by using the proper
means. The fact is that affection is
smothered, choked down, subdued and
paralyzed by the world. Society at
taches ball and chain to the natural
feelings Of the heart. The fair girl with
her bosom running over with the purest
love for worthy object must take as
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-08-13
Our Young Folks.
TO WHOM IT NAY CONCERN
BY 2. W. EAsTERBRooKs.

BY z. ". EAsTEBBBoOKs.
Il won't stay at home till I'm faded and gray;
will see the world, I-declare:''
And the mouse stuck his tail in q desperate
Through the hole at the foot of the stair.
My father and mother can travel about,
But must stay home till die;
They say I'm too simple, too small to 90 out,
And think themselves wiser than l.
I'll show them i'll can be trusted or no,
If I'm not As cunning they:
The things they call cats will not find me so
But can keep out of their way
= shan't lose my breath as my mother has
Nor my tail. as my grandfather did.
The truth Is, they're getting TOO old for a run,
While am as spry as kid"
So he twisted about with his stiff little tail
iii II stuck where his head was befOr'
Then started to walk TO the old kitchen pail
That stood on the bright yellow floor.
Twas quite, an excursion - at least, 50 he
thought.
As he cautiously travelled ahead.
" How silly. he murmured, - that mice should
be caught,
Who should do the catching instead
Let the things they call cats bother me- if they
dare:
III carry them home for my tea
And the mouse looked about with confident
air
For the creatures he thought them to be.
That great furry mass lying there in the sun
Was mountain without any doubt.
He never imagined the thing could be one
OF the cats he'd been cautioned about.
So he walked to its side in a critical way,
As soft as itself and as bold.
When-swoop went paw on his jacket OF
gray.
And. well, what remains to be told?
The old parent mice came home early that
night,
And passed the old cat on their way.
Her jaws all bloody, and close at her
right
Lay the last final end of the poor little mite
Who thought himself wiser than they.
~. ]. InRenen6eUt.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-08-13
SOLOMON RAY.
By EUGENE ]. HALL.


A HARD, close man was Solomon Ray,
Nothing of value he gave away;
He boarded and saved;
He pinChed and shaved;
And the more ne had the more he craved.
The hard-earned dollars he toiIed to gain
Brought him little but care and pain;
For little he spent,
And all he lent
He made IL bring him twenty per cent.
Such was the life of Solomon Ray.
The years went by, and his hair grew gray,
His cheeks grew thin,
And his soul within
Grew hard a. the dollars he worked to win.
But he died. one day. as all men must,
For life : feeting and man but dust.
The heirs were gay
That laid him away,
And that was the end of Solomon Ray.
They quarrclcd now, who had little cared
For Solomon Ray while his life was spared
His lands were sold.
And his hard-earned gold
All went 10 the lawyers, am told.
Yet men will cheat, and pinch, and save,
Nor carry their treasures beyond the grave
All their gold some day
Will melt away
Like the selfish savings of Solomon Ray.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-08-13

COLORADO is a fine place for specula-
tions. a pauper recently escaped from
the Poor House there and made 81 300 in
land speculations before he could be re-
CAPTURED.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-08-13

THE tin-boxing of sardines has begun
in California. These delicate fish
abound from San Diego 10 Puget's Sound
and the boxers pay fifty cents a bushel
for Them
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-08-13

\ HORSE named Chunk walked in the
Fourth of July procession in New Bed
ford. Mass. He is twenty-five years old,
and has been used by the fire depart
ment for fourteen years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-08-13

A STURGEON weighing 155 pounds was
caught a few days since in one Of the
small lakes at Madison, Wis.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-08-13

A DEAD eagle was found near Detroi
by boys few days since-a very large
one, which had been wounded by some
hunters bullet and had dropped there to
die y
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-08-13

THERE is no fruit in California that
thrives so well as the fig. The orange IS
uncertain, and has ruined many eulti-
vators; but the fig is neyer-faiiing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-08-13

A HoMELY woman in Auburn, N. l.,
being impolitely accused of the, fact,
said she didn't see why woman hasn
as much right to be homely as man.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-08-13

Yor-YG LADY That piece just played
was by Wagner-wasn't it too lovely for
anything?" Young gentleman" Yes,
and amt his palace cars just gay:"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-08-13

dining-rOOm. 1t seemed so cool and
shady after being out in the hot sun, and
there was such a fresh sweet-ferny,
"pasturey" smell, as Mile said Scat
tered rocks, bits of the mountains back
bone pricking through, made capital
backs to the soft, grassy seats. Down
below they could look off over miles and
miles of the Connecticut valley. There
were houses, farms, villages; the fields
looking like patchwork with their diff
ferent-colored crops, glimpses of the
winding river shining in the sun, and far
beyond, hills and mountains the children
had never seen before In the north
west, Mt. MOnadnock lowered up.
They tried in vain to distinguish g grand
mas HILL" where the sun always shone
eminence seemed to have mingled indis-
criminately with whole chain of noun
tains off in the southwest
The lunch, spread out on newspaper
table-cloths, made goodly show, there
were such broad, thick slices of bread
and butter, such chunks" Of ginger
bread, such generous triangles OF apple
pie, such lots of cookies, dOughnuts and
cheese. Mrs. Kendall's surprise was
some large cranberTy-tarts with crlmped
eugeS, one apiece IOF ever ono'
This is what call jolly" said Roy,
making large semi-circular hole in a
slice of bread and butter.
q never ate such good bread and but
ter as this" said Ralph, who had
"swopped slices with Roy
Don't you think it's very romantic
to eat outdoors, Lois:" asked Mile,
as she dotted her bread over with straw
/ berries.
"Ye-es, but there's good many bugs.
didn't know there were so many kinds
of bugs in the world" said Lois, gazing
in some dismay at the variety of black,
green, white and striped ants, grasshop
pers and flies, sticking in various attitudes
/ of distress all over the tarts.
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Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-10-24
BUCKSKIN JOE.

A correspondent of the Chicago
Inter Ocean gives the following de-
scription of one of class of men
only to be found on the frontier.
"Under that old slouch hat,' said
an officer friend to me one evening,
pointing to an old mule driver, |I
think you will find a romance"
''Not very inviting field to search
in" replied.
'tBut you have not seen the face
yet; when you see the face you will
be more reasonable-see therei"
The man we were looking at took
an old gray slouch hat from his
bushy hair to wipe the perspiration
from his forehead, and it was like
lifting a curtain from a picture.
"That's Buckskin Joe," continued
my friend, "the oldest man on these
plains, l believe, and one of the most
singular fellows l ever saw. He has
had very interesting life, and you
had better interview him, His wife
ran away and married Congress-
man some years ago; but touch light
ly on that, as the old fellow is very
sensitive"
A few evenings after 1 made an
attempt to interview Buckskin Joe,
the mule whacker, with a romance
under his old SLOUGH hat. We had
been marching until sunset, and
while L was lying around waiting fol
supper, L saw my man by fire he
had Just kindled near his wagon. He
sat on the ground, with his knees
against his chest and his arms around
them, watching the flame that was
teebly trying to creep into the sub
stance OF the larger wood, and his
face, intent on nothing, was a study
painter would have worshipped.
With his long, bushy white hair and
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-10-24
The Pork Barrel.

A number of circumstances unite
to cause salt pork to be one of
the leading articles of diet in the
farmers family; and for all it is so
easily cured, it is astonishing to
know how much is lost every year
by being improperly cut and salted'
Much finds its way to the soap Ket-
tie, and q large amount comes on on
the table So badly tainted as to oe
unwholesome food. Every farmer
barrel as the first essential for prop.
erIy saving pork. 1t should Se OF
Oa On9d materials; iron bound with an
Sra Sra heavy hoop at the bottom. 1t
should be provided with a closely
ftI;ng cover that will come over the
chime. This cover should be pro-
vided with handle. If new wines
should not be put in old bottles
there is no danger in putting new
pork into old barrels. Many indeed
seem to think that there is virtue IN
an old barrel, and would prefer one
that had been in use for a year to
one lust from the shop of \ cooper
A weil-made pork barrel will last
for wears, for the salt that it alb
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-10-24
samdu.t in the stable.

We do not claim to knoE much
about the chemistry of say dCsb
but we have used it for several years
as an absorbant or urine, and as
bedding for horses and cattle. We
prefer to have it seasoned and dry,
and should choose that made from
hard wood, but we take such as We
can oet which is nearly all made
from pine logs.
Our conclusions are that sawdust
is the eleanest bedding we have ey-
er used; that if manure is kept tod
den down hard to prevent excessive
fermentation, it is no injury to the
manure heap. Our experiments
Drove that sawdust soaked with
pr;na and used as top dressing on
Grass land will show where 1t was
Ssnread by an increased growth OF
@lrass. that when the manure is made
nm largely of sawdust, it has never
injured any of the crops to which 1t
has been applied. We have grown
all kinds of crops on it without per-
ceiving any injurious effect there-
from. We shall continue its use in
such quantities as will make COM
Portable bedding fer our COWS, aud
as an absorbant till we can see some
harm done by it, as long as 1t can
he obtained by carting two or three
miles. As fertilizer, perhaps eapd
or loan, or dry muck or straw would
be better; but all cannot have these
in abundance, and we must use Tor
bedding the best materials within
our reach.
Our own experiences with 9sU epf5
whether pine, hemlooS, s2,sas
hard wood) has been ssyeTefls-' {
would not apply sevSnst : ~.
without composing =; hHt : g = :
of the best methods e eo-,2e 9,
70 litter the cattle NRd horse 7ts5ie'
with it.-RurGI Ta'o 7. ar.