Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-01-08
How an Editor feels Dead Broke
on the Rail a Score of Miles from


on the Rail a Score of Miles from
Home. An editor simply dead
broke" feels perfectly natural. That,
is his normal condition bus to be an
orphan and dead broke among stran-
gers, alb there's the rub. This Is
what alled soe last Saturday. We TOOK
our little daughter on visit to Dex-
terville, thinking to return on the down
train, and we did return, and that was,
all We had pass, but we didn't
have. it i; it was at Green Bay for re-
newal, and we thought maybe We could
return-we knew it was all right going
up for Mellen was aboard-on the
strength Of that fact candidly stated
Well, we got aboard and pretty soon
Wallace Holmes.-W aliace Is the man
who gives the passengers their little
rewards of merit, which the same they
oelOh AH liACIi HAAS, VI II q W Jiudh, ohO
looses it, and wonders 'swhere that
pesky piece of pasteboard has gone to. "
Well, Wallace sang out, tickets, and
we began to feel as though We might
possibly have to tick 1t if we got home
I'VE hadn't even Grant medal about
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great big warm hand for our paste
board, we grasped it and shook it
warmly and said "Iow are, you
Holmes, He acknowledged that he,
felt exceedingly we'll, which we, didn't.
and then he said howl is it about that
pass. We told him what we knew
about passes, and then he told us 10
blandly. &" 'Twont do, can't pass you..
can't get pass for my wife. Then
ace did feel bankrupt, and We began to
look and feel around for stamps--we
knew we hadn't a dime. nevertheless
we dug down into our pockets, and
looked into our overshoes and we wish
ed we had pockets in our drawers, and
then We thought we didn't wear 'em.
aud all this time Wallace was eyeing US
as though he could enjoy dumping an
editor in Traherns marsh. We finally
sought to compromise. We offered
him everything, lock of our wife hair;
he said he didn't want it,--his wife
.had sufficiency Of the capillary ar
ticle, "a new dress for the baby
he chad no baby" and then we offer
ed him what few clothes we had; he
said he couldn't wear 'em' We
offered everything, and offered to
"brake" our way home. ALI this time
he looked good natured. but we thought
We saw blood In his eye, and we asked
if Ketchum or George Hiles was
aboard, he said, we guess he said, II
hope not" Then we looked all over
that congregation for friend and
stuck our thumb to our nose and tother
thumb to our little finger, and wiggled
EN- for Masonic sign, but there
wasn't a Mason aboard, and we told
Wallace We were ready to 90, and we
asked him to take us gently by the left
coat collar and to please not persuade
us with his boot for boils were heredita-
ry in our family, and we'd prefer going
out the back door because we didn't
wish to embarrass the passengers. We
weren't particular where we got off,
but we preferred the Tomah crossing.
Just then we saw a ray Of hope. We
espied Lara Lara Ward, and Lara
had two dollars, and in twinkling,
Wallace had seventy cents, and erich
ard was himself again" Now when
we premediate a trip if we don't eye
that pass when get it Well pin it
to our neither garment for verify a man
must shift for himself these days.
We commend Wallace to his en-
Ployers. He's Captain. Well wa
ger that neither Ketchum nor Kelly
nor George Hiles, nor ''any other man"
can ride on his train without authority.
Wallace come down and see US, and
you, Mellen, hurry up that pass.
To Farmers. The place to buy
your tanning mill is at Geo. Neeves K
Son, a first quality No. flaming Mill
for S24. Call and see them. can refer 10