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

THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH puts it gently
to the shoddyites in this wise: Zone is
panied to find that the most exclusive
folks have frequently passed their early
manhood in selling tape or West India
goods in homeopathic quantities. This
is not an immoral thing in itself, but it is
certainly illogical in these people to be so
lntolerant of those less fortunate ones who
have not yet disposed of their stock"
IN bargaining, lie not at all, neither in
little thing nor in the circumstance,
neither in word nor deed; that is, pretend
not what is false; cover not what is true;
but let the measure of your affirmation or
denial be the understanding of your con-
tractor for he that deceives the buyer or
the seller by speaking what is true in a
sense not intended or understood by the
other, is liar and thief. For in bar
gains, you are to avoid not only what is
false, but that also which deceives-Jer-
eng Taylor.
FRANKLIN announced, in his "Poor
Richards Almanac" for 1853, his inven-
ton of the lightning-rod, but it is thought
that the ancients, 400 years B. c., were
possessed ofsome knowledge of the effects
of rods of iron in averting the lightning
Wrought iron rods are commonly used in
the United States on account of their
cheapness. They should be atleast three
quarters of an inch in diameter, and in
as long pieces as is practicable, the joints
very securely fitted, and the branching
examinations in the ground filled around
with charcoal, which is a good conductor
and prevents rust.
In view of the cases of fatal poisoning
occurring from little ones obtaining
matches and eating them, it would be well
to remember that animal charcoal or bone
black, according to Eulenbery and Wohl
is superior antidOte to the poisonous
effects of phosphorus. A number of ex-
periments warrant the belief that it is far
more efficacious than the oil of turpen-
tine, which, although valuable for the
purpose, frequently produces severe head
aches. The bone-black is administered
in the form of pills made with gum traga-
canth or other mucilaginous substance.
A CRoss-EYED man cast a gloom over
Detroit street-car the other day by asking
one of seven men and strangers on the
opposite seat " if he had any chewing to-
bacco handy" First the seven strangers
looked at each other; then the seven
hands went pocketward; and observing
this motion, each of the seven supposed
his neighbor the one spoken to, and the
seven hands returned empty. The cross
eyed man cast a richochet glance of in
dignation along the line, and with the re-
mark, "a sweet-scented lot of generous
ROSTERS" took a chew of his own to-
bacco.
Mr. COUGH thinks that it is better for
woman to be laughed at for not being
married than to be unable to laugh be-
cause she is married The marriage that
takes all the laugh out of woman, like
the sunshine that takes all the sweetness
out of the grape, is an exceedingly suspi-
cious commodity, and ought to give the
divorce doctors something to do. But
the idea of trying to reconcile woman
to an impaired life because another
woman found it uncomfortable, is as alb
surd as to try to keep her from eating ap-
pies because of Mother Ewes unfortunate
genealogical experience.
THE Louisville Courier-J Journal answers
a contributor as follows: "Your commu-
nication, Junius Junior is declined 1t
is quite too full of quotation marks and
gtaEicS. You should not honor with quo
tatiOn marks every stale, hackneyed SEN
tence you choose to borrow; and you may
often write for half day without finding
the use for a single Stdl5c letter. Give
your reader credit for some intelligence
for at least enough to know when
word needs to be emphasized, without
having the fact thrust down his throat by
a tipsy squad Of reeling 6tGIacs.
A CUNNING Deroiter plays a game
which has Melted him considerable money.
u fo,o II 1a
would approach persons whose sympa-
thies he thought he could work upon, and
say that he was a laboring man, out of
work, with big family on his hands, and
was on his way to pawn the family Bible.
He would state that dollar would relieve
his present necessities and save the Bible
from going to the pawnbroker's, and in
many cases people have handed out the
money to him. Any person liberal enough
to give the man money would not take
the Bible as security, and so it was saved
to play the game on the next one.
A COMPLICATED case has made its way
up to the Supreme Court of Massachus-
etts. Mr.. Perkins, tardy traveller, want
ed to catch a train that was starting out
of Boston sooner than suited his leisurely
convenience. He offered Mr.. Gage,
hackman, two dollars to get him to the
depot in time. Mr.. Gage did it, but in
doing so drove faster than the ordinance
allowed, and was arrested. He argued
that the occasion and the extra cOmpen-
sation condoned his fault, whereupOn he
was also prosecuted for taking more than
the regular fare. Competent counsel have
fought his case to the cost OF $1,000, and
now the final decision is that he must pay
the fines originally imposed tor charging
an eXtortionate fare and fast driving.
THE following process will, it is said,
afford an unusually adhesive paste, adapt
ed to fastening leather, paper, ETC., with
out the defects Of glue; which, if pre-
served from evaporation in closed bottles,
will keep for years. Cover four parts, by
weight, of glue, with fifteen of cold
water, and allow it to soak for several
hours; then warm moderately till the
solution is perfectly clear, and dilute it
with sixty-fve parts of boiling water, in
timately stirred in. Next prepare solu-
ton of thirty parts Of starch in two hun
bred parts Of cold water, so as to form a
thin, homogeneous liquid, free from
Jumps, and pour the boiling glue solution
into it with thorough stirring, and at the
same time keeping the mass boiling.
ITCH IN SHEEP.-A correspondent who
asks for remedy for itch in sheep, is in
formed that the following has been re-
commended: Shear off the wool about the
pustu1es; then let the scab be removed
with knife or a comb, after which the
diseased parts must be washed with soap
and water; then apply the following mix
ture: One pound of plug tobacco to four
gallons of water, which should be thor
oughlv hoiled then add the same quantity