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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-11
A Beautiful Charity.

AS we passed out of the depot in Bos-
ton, two or three years ago, we saw by a
sign that "F'lOwers for the sick poor may
be left at - Chapel on Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays" We stopped
and looked at this sign and thought,
Well, this is q Boston notion and a
blessed one it is" Upon inquiry, we
found that certain ladies met at chapel
which was handy to the many business
men who have fine places in the vicinity
of Boston, and that these gentlemen
brought in flowers on certain days, and
the ladies made them up into bouquets
and distributed them among the sick in
the poorer parts of the city, and if there
were any left after ali the invalids were
supplied they were taken to the women
who work all day in crowded factories
and shops. We say this is a beautiful
charity. You who have never lived,
much less been sick, in house in mar
row street, where the only view is an
other house upon the other side of the
street, cannot imagine what a precious
Gift handful of even common flowers
can be. How many poor boy and girl
have been made happy, and the hours of
their sickness made less dreary, by having
some bright and beautiful flowers to tell
them of the world without! and more
than this, to tell them that there are
kind and loving hearts which could
devise and carry out such blessed plan!
A good thing is sure to be initiated, and
last summer some ladies in New York
did the same kind office for the many sick
in the public hospitals. Each one of you
boys and girls can be a society of one to
do some good in this way. People make
a greaS mistake in sending the sick things
to eat. It is done in kindness, but it is
in most cases mistaken kindness. The
sight is often the only sense that can be
gratitied without injury, and flowers are
almost always welcome to the sick. When
you know that one is ill-and you need
not care if it is a personal acquaintance
or not, only know that some one needs
them-you can often do much good by
quietly leaving a bunch of flowers at the
house Wild flowers are often quite as
pleasing as any. When you know that
the person is very i'll, avoid all strongly
perfumed flowers, as these are sometimes
oppressive even to those who like them
when they are well. 1t is not the value
of gift that is appreciated, it is the
thOughtfulness that sends a gift at all;
and the merest child in this way can often
bring light and cheerfulness into the
chamber Of sickness. Think of this, and,
when the opportunity offers, act.-Anaerl-
can AQTGCult1tT6St
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-11
Hazfng" Severely Punished.

A CORRESPONDENT, writing TO a New
York paper Of hazing at the Naval Acad
envy, Annapolis, says:
Zone day, about two months ago, when
a certain member of the third class was
Superintendent of one OF the floors, a we'll
developed plebeian came along the entry
whistling. At the sight of his superior
officer he ceased, as he was in duty bound
The Superintendent, with an insOlent de-
sire of displaying his authority over a
fellow larger than himself, ordered him
to do it again The plebe, well know
ing that he would be spotted for com
pIiance, remained silent; whereupOn the
temporary official declared that if he
would not obey he should be made to do
so. Nothing, however, could be done at
that moment, so the youngster was al
lowed to go his way. That night nine
teen third-class men entered his room and
passed him round;' that is, they formed
a ring into which the offender was dragged
and pushed violently from one to an
other, always falling against two or three
strong hands that pushed him back again
before he had time to take breath, and
thus he was buffeted from side to side by
nineteen pairs of muscular arms until
this great stalwart lad, nearly six feet tall,
tainted from exhaustion. The hazers
then departed, climbing out of the
windows and sliding down the post
of the veranda. The first class man
who was on duty that night caught
a glimpse of these forms descending in
a suspicious manner, and, having
taken an observation of the window from
whence they came, went to the unlucky
YIabo,c room apd fO11D6 him ipSnnci HI
He was resuscitated and questioned; at
first he was unwilling to tell any tales, but
after q thorough investigation the truth
was ascertained, and the matter was laid
before the Government, who at once
adopted most decisive measures. The
whole third class was quarantined from
the beginning of April to the end Of the
year; that is, for two months and hal
they have not moments recreation. All
their hours of pleasure are forfeited.
While the other classes are playing foot
ball or taking the young ladies out to
row the boys of '76 are working away at
extra drills; when the others have half an
hours leisure to go to the library or run
into friends room they are prisoners III
their own apartments. The nineteen who
were engaged in the affair just men
toned, in addition to beng quarantined,
are ordered on the practice cruise this
summer; losing thereby the only leave of
absence that they have during the whole
four wears of their academic course-the
one visit home to which so many tOasts
have been drank and so many songs sung,
which is looked forward to and looked
back upon from the time they enter the
academy until the time they leave it,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-11
PHUNNYGRAMS.

Sleep, slap, slope, are the parts of the
English verb, according to a certain
French professor.
-"Al right, old skillet-legs," said a
Kansas lawyer to a Judge who had fined
him for contempt.
=" kissing your sweetheart, says tri-
fling young man, is like eating soup
with a fork; it takes long time to get
enough"
=" What are you doing there, you ras
cal ?" Merely taking cold, sir.'' ct
looks to me as if you were stealing ice"
well, yes, perhaps it will bear that con-
struction."
Mother" said Ike Darlington, "did
you know that the iron horse has but
one ear?'' "One ear? MercifuI gracious
child, what do you mean?" "Why, the
engineer of course"
A Connecticut man, whose son was
i'll, appealed to the physician: "Do bring
him out of it right away, doctor; do
break I'D the fever at once, even if YOU
charge as much as if he went through a
whole course of fever"
A Sacramento two-year old urchin
found his fathers lead-pencil astrav on
the floor, and used it until he broke the
point. Shortly afterward he addressed
his parent: "Pa, lend me your knife to
skin dis pencilw
-"My son, you look like a bow who
has been brought up by adectionate par
ents," said a kindly stranger to a golden
haired child, and the latter, in an excited
tone, exclaimed: "Do l? Just look at nv
back"
Western drinkers put some rock can
dy in bottle, rub the neck with camphor,
and then go and coax innocent druggists
into filling it with whisky, saying: i" NV
wife's got an awful headache, and wants
a little camfre "-BOSt07a Post.
A Chicago parson, who is also
school teacher, handed a problem to
class in mathematics the other day. The
first boy took it, looked at it while and
said: Il pass" Second boy stared at it
and drawled out: q can't make it."
Z" Very well, boys" said the parson, "we'n
proceed to cut for a new deal, " and with
this remark the leather strap danced like
lightning over the shoulders of those de-
PRAYED mathematicians.
A gentleman whose probocis had suf.
fered amputation was invited out to tea.
My dear" said the good woman of the
house to her little daughter, " | want you
to be very particular, and to make no re-
mark about Mr.. Jenkins nose" Gath
cred about the table, everything was
going well; the child peeped about,
looked rather puzzled, and at last startled
the table: Ma, why did you tell me not
to say anything about Mr.. Jenkins nose?
He hasn't got any!'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-11

chest with him, and was something of a
doctor. He prescribed for my friend on
the spot, and ordered few of his hangers
on to take up the sick mans palanquin
and follow him. They travelled at their
best speed, or might not have lived to
tell the tale. The civilian went on TO tell
me that he was reused the second time by
his poems, who ran ahead, shouting out:
"Bagh, Bagh!" Tiger, Tiger } and by the
cOmmOtiOn among his bearers, who nearly
allowed the palanquin to fall on the
ground. He seized his rife, which lay
loaded beside him; but when he jumped
out Of the palanquin the tiger was gone,
and there remained in its place, to his
great establishment, myself. That Eu-
ropean should be found in faint on such
a road and IN such place was an enigma
to him until l told my story, when, seeing
how fatigued and excited was, he insist
ed on my getting into his palanquin while
he walked alongside it. My own palan-
quin, | should say, was being brought
slowly after us by two or three OF my new
friends numerous retainers.
There is little more to tell. We all
three duly arrived at the bungalow,
Waldron in a profound sleep, from which
he awOke late next morning much better
in health. Whether the narcotic he had
taken was cure for cholera, or his attack
was very slight one, l cannot say, but
certainly he was as fit to travel that day as
| was myself. Perhaps | was the greater
invalid of the two, for [ was suffering
much from fever, brought on, no doubt, by
the fatigue and excitement Ofthe previous
night. However, this cholera-stricken
village was no place to stay in, and
WaldrOn and | determined to 90 on to
Pooree at once, and this time by daylight.
Thanks to the official importance Of our
civilian friend, we had no difficulty
this time in procuring bearers; and
about one o'clock in the day we re-
turned over that terrible road, that
must ever leave a vivid impression
upon my memory, without further
adventure. The civilian was bound in
the other direction; but he told me that
he would be in that part of the country
again in few weeks, when he would
certainly beat up my friend the tiger.
And long afterward-after we Lad LETT
POoree, and were busy with the parade and
drills of regimental eXistence-l had a
letter from this same civilian, sending me
a tiger-skin which he vouChed for as the
coat Of the identical beast that went so
near eating me up. 1t was the only tiger
that haunted that particular road, he said,
and it was killed by native Shikarree
for the sake of the Government reward.
A woman's bangle" or golden ornament
was said 10 have been found in its stomach,
but this may have been the invention Of
the Shikarree. True or not, the skin was
and is a handsome one, but it does not
need to be spread as hearthrug constantly
before nv eyes to recall the terrible mem
cries of that night spent in the Jungle
Chambers Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-11
Why VIII You Suffer !

To all persons suffering
from rheumatism, Neuralgia,
Cramps IN the limbs or stom-
ach, Bilious Collie, Pain in the
back, bowels or side, We would
say THE HOUSEHOLD PANACEA
AND FAMILY EMINENT is Of all
others the remedy you want
for internal and external use.
It has cured the above COM
plants in thousands of cases.
T lere is no mistake about it.
Trvit. Sold by all Druggists.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-11
The Go0d-Bv Hospitality.

THE half of hospitality lies in the
speeding of parting guests. Lavish well
comes are easily enough bestowed, but the
hospitable thought must be very genuine,
indeed, which dares to leave the guest as
free and welcome to 90 as to come. We
all suffer, now and then, from undue
urging to stay when we prefer to 60, and
nearly every one of us is himself a sinner
in this regard, too. No sooner does the
guest intimate a wish to terminate his
visit than we fly in the face of his desire,
and urge hin to stay longer. We some
times do this, too do we not?), as a mere
matter of duty, when in our hearts we
care very little whether the guest goes
or stays. We feel ourselves bound to
show our appreciation of our friends
visit by asking that he prolong it. Now,
true hospitality ought to learn its lesson
better than this. Our effort should be,
from first to last, to make our friends
visit thoroughly pleasant and agreeable
to him. We strive for this result in
fastening to offer him the most comforta-
BILE chair and to set out our best viands,
if he break bread with US. 1t is that he
may enjoy his stay that we take pains 10
talk only upon agreeable topics In short,
from the time he crosses our threshold
until he rises to leave we make the
moments slip by as pleasantly as possible.
But the moment he asks for his hat our
courtesy fails Us. Hitherto we have
studied to anticipate and to crafty his
every wish. Now that he wishes to 60,
however, we endeavor to thwart his pleas
ure We self1shly try to turn him from
his purpose to ours. We wish him to
stay, while he wishes to go. Courtesy
would prompt US to give his wish pre-
cedence to our own, but, as a rule, we ask
him to sacrifice his own to our pleasure
Hearth and Home
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-11
THE THRESHER OF THE PERIOD. !"

This is the famous "VIBRATOR" THREsREFr
which has created su n revolution ir the tTT.Sz
and become so FULLY ESTABLISHED as The
"leading Thresher" of this day and geneva s5esya-
More than seven thousand purchasers ana ninety
thousand grain raisers pronounce these machines
ENTIRELY UNEQUALLED for grain saving kjgnH
saving, and money making.
-Four sizes made, viz: "a inch, 28-
inch. S2-inch, and 3G-inch Cylinders,
with 6, S. 10 and l2-EOrse ssNHountesE75'
Powers. Also SepaTators ''aIOne'o ez=-
pressIy for Steam Power, and Improved.
PORTABLE SEEAM ENGINES for
Steam NEacEfneS
All persons intending to buy Threshing MsS-
chimes or Separators "alOne, Z" or Horse Powers
alone" as well as GRAIN RAISERS AND FARM
Frs who want their grain threshed saved and
cleaned to the best advantage, are invited to send
tor our new forty page illustrated Panph}H<.
and Circulars (Sen Jree) giving full paYtie1.srg
about these Improved Machines and Other IN fOzl-
nation valuable to farmers and threshermer.s
Address,
NICHOLS, SHEPARD & CO,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-11

tween the two threw the tin overheard.
The same day these two men fought and
bit one another, then shook hands and
laughed and kissed each other like mad
men. At last" (says Mr.. Webster) 1--WE were,
through the mercy of God, picked up by
Captain Hardin, of the City of Manches-
ter, by whom we were very kindly treated,
and brought to Calcutta"
The surgeon of the steamer which res
cued the men says they were in wretched
condition. They could not stand on their
feet, their eyes started from their sockets,
and they were perfect skeletons. Alto
gether they presented the most painful
sight he ever beheld. The most cautious
treatment had to be employed in bring
ing about their recovery.-KancbesteT
(Eng) Guardian.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-11
A Terrible Story.

Mr.. WEBSTER, Broughty Ferry, near
Dundee, has received a letter from his
son, who was second mate of the Clyde
ship Arracan, burned at sea on her vOy-
age from Shields to Bombay with Goals.
The Arracan left Shields on the 18th of
September last. On the 18th Of February
her cargo ignited. On the goth she was
on fire from stem to stern and the crew
were compelled to abandon her. They
left in three boats. The first, under the
command of the Captain, was picked up
by the City of Poonah, and the men were
landed at Alden; the gig, commanded by
the chief officer, made the land at Cochin +;
but the pinnace, under the charge OF the
second mate, Mr.. Webster, provisioned
for only seventeen days, dritted about IN
the Indian Ocean for thirty-three days
until fallen in with by the City OF Man
chester and landed at Calcutta. When
picked up the poor fellows were 6OO
miles from the nearest land and were IN
sad condition. Mr.. Webster, in his state
ment, SAYS:
In addition to myself there were three
men and boy on board on the loth OF
March. The men cast lots as to who
should be killed, and the lot fell upon
the boy. | would not allow them 10 XII
him, and threatened to shoot the hrst man
who should lay hand upon HIM. Things
went on in this way for two days, when
one OF the men tried to sink the boat, and
said he would have the boys life IN twelve
hours. presented my gun at MN, ano
had no sooner done so than bra new
over the boat. I fired and killed It, L
was instantly secured and devoured-
feathers, bones and all We SubS1SteC
after this on barnacles, which adhered t.
the sides and bottom of the boat, and OF
sea blubber, which was ravenously iaiC
hold of as it hoated past. Deliriou
with hunger, one of the men, named
Layford, asked to be killed. An
other, named Davies, struck him Oh
the head with belaying pin. The blooC
! was caught in tin and eagerly drank be
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-11
Profitable Employment.

Work Ior Everybody. Good Wages. Per
maneut Employment. Men and Women
wanted Full particulars free. Addrc44
W. 4. HENDERSON & CO.,
Cleveland, o., or st. Louis, Mo-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-11
THE LABORER'S EVENING SONG.

Laugh, my little one, laugh away.
For gone is the weary, toilsome day;
The twilight shadows are falling fast,
And fathers hour of work is past
Hark to the distant yesper bell!
Sweetly its clear tones rise and swell
On the evening breeze, as it speaks of peace
And bids the murmur of turmoil cease.
Laugh, my little one, laugh away,
Father has earned this hour of play.
The day was weary, perhaps, and sad;
This evening hour will make him glad.
Then laugh, my baby, I'll share your glee
For the joy this hour hath brought to me.
Ont twilight hour, so doubly blest,
Welcome ever thy tender rest!
-Ha7per's H6ekly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-11
4 POEM OF ROBERT BURNS.
Hitherto Unpublished. ]


The trout in yonder whipping burn
That glides, a silver dart,
And safe beneath the shady thorn
Defies the anglers art:
My life was once that careless stream,
That wanton trout was /;
But love, wi unrelenting beam.
Has scorched my fountains dry.
That little fowret's peaceful lot
In yonder cliff that grows.
Which. save the linnet's flight, wot,
No ruder visit knows,
Was mine. till love had DER me passed,
And blighted a. my bloom;
And now beneath the whitening blast
My youth and JOY consume.
The Weakened lay'rock warbling springs,
And climbs the early sky,
Winnowing biithe his dewy wings
In mornings rosy eye;
As little reckt l sorrows power
Until the HOw'ry snare
O. wItchmg love, in luCkless hour,
Made me the thTall o. care.
-EJe1y Saturday.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-11

WEDNESDAY afternoon Brunswick
man took buckeye away from his boy,
who was carrying it for luck" and flung
it CONTEMPORARY into the street. Then
he went into the house and said: "Wife,
It's the dark o. the moon now-let's plant
them taters. "-Missouri Brunsaoicker.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-08-07
Dr.. lie Riehsu's GOLDEN BALSAM No. .

cures Chancrre first apd second Stages. :. res CR
tie Les or Body; Sore Ear>. Iy,-, Nn>c, 6c ..
CoVreT-cuioIcd Ilots hes, syIil'ltlC tatarIt
Diseased Seslp. snd all rr!nsry IorIus e: the
disease known SYPHILIS. IrIcc, s. I,I lutt!s
W for 80
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Dissolution Notice


TIME COMPREHENSIVE HERETO.
II fore eIisIing under the BaI,e Of White L
1onef, forned Tor the purpose Of dealing in
door. Honidinsr. ate, is this day dissolved hy
mutual consent. All persons lid. bted to tile
said firm sSt Lerely notified to settle their az
ccunts with LIS Immediately. and save cost
GEO. V WHITE.
CEAS. Il. JONES
Carson, Jul, ! 1874. j.l-!m
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And in accordance viii! Law. and or,ics
OF the Board of Trustees Of said t,tIIpauY
made on the 18th day OF MAY. 4. II. 1917:
20 many of such designated shares %
stock belonging To- ana standing in tn
names of the shareholders aforesaid, 81.
shall and Will be Necessary to pay thu
assessment upon all the shares Lcid ara
owned by such shareholder. will bc so,t
at public auction, at tie oice of sal.
company II the office OF Ellis d King IL
sixth day of August. A. u. 1874. to pa,
said delinquent assessment, together
with costs oi advertising and expenses q
sale.
BY order Of the Board Of Trustees,
SAM'L u. KING, Ir.. Sccrctat.
Pancake tu:I Company.
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TO the UNFORTUNATE !

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