Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-01-15


SOME fine painting upon the windows
Of merchants would do well to mix a
little spelling with his paint. Jewelry
is better than Jewellery, every time.
a petition has been in circulation
the past week praying the City Coun-
ell to fix the lisenee for auctioneers at
500. 1t is a good move in the right
direction.
1 We all remember the glorious
moonlight nights Of week or two ago
and how glary the hill was leading
down by Wagner's cabinet shop-how
the moon made the sIedmarks look like
parallels of silver, and filled all all the
air with lustre. Such troops of boys
and girls, and young men and maidsus
were out, and there was music. Young
Mr.. Smarty was there too, and he de-
vised new method; he procured
bran new scoop shovel, you know how
it shines, and can Judge how it would
skim over the ice. Well, Smarty Just
sat down in that shovel with the han
die pointing nose-ward at an angle of
forty-ive degrees, and away he went,
shouting "Cicdr the track, Hip Hur-
rah /! L-o-o-k out - and then all at
once as if moved by a sudden impulse
off he rolled into the snow, and picking
himself up, he began to climb the
steep hill bank, homeward. The girls
thought they smelt wooden burning
and looked around for a chimney on
fire. The boys began to mistrust some
thing, and snickered, and called out :
''where you going? come back He
didn't stop, but an echo came back,
d must go home. Mothers going
to wash tomorrow end [ forgot to
bring her washing water" and the
boys observed in that immediate local.
ty where good mother puts the patch
es that are emblematic Of goggles, a
representation of an annualar eclipse,
with a corona that shamed fair Luna's
brightest efforts, and all wondered if
Smarty wouldn't lose his handkerchief,
for it seemed as though it would drop
out of his pocket, and there was such
a smell Of burning WOODEN that the uni
versal verdict was that the friction was
too many for the young man who in
future will slide on runners, and for a
time perambulate on crutches and eat
his ration from the mantle in his moth
er's parlor.
Bro. Philleo is right in what he
says about the demands of the people
in a public officer We would not
knowingly support man for any Office
whom we had reason to suppose would
not do his duty manfully and impair
TALLY. Tribune.
Sound Jack, now you have struck
the keynote, and to be consistent with
your statement you can no longer ad-
vocate the rotten cause of District
Attorney who by his action IN the
matter in question made it impossible
for the people to determine whether he
was for the defence or the prosecution.
Bro Jack means well. He acts
sometimes thoughtlessly and impulsive-
ly; but his heart is all right, usually
He is 100 apt to regard friend as i'm
maculate-~free from guile and truth
full. There are few men In this city
whose statements or opinions Bro.
Jack wouldn't question for single
moment. He seldom acts upon the
axoim that "there are always two sides
to question. From the first, he
has judged Mr.. Cassidy guiltess.
We pursued different course. After
hearing the charges and statements of
the prosecutors, we sought the version
of other parties-of all parties. friends
and foes of the accused, and we have
been convinced that Mr.. Cassidy did
not do his full duty in the premises.
Yes, Jacks greatest fault is, to rely
too strongly on the say so of his sup
posed friends, while his real friends are
ignored and their councils counted for
nought. He see visions of "venal
rings and cliques, and how long the
political nightmare will continue the
Lord only knows. We hope the incu-
bus will ere long quit its roost upon
his breast and let his heart beat in uni
son with the better impulses Of his
nature. We have hope of Jack yet,
Jack is "reiormer" now, and what
appears so strange in him is little
manovuering- a little policy werk prob
ably, the ultimate end in view being
the reform Of the District 5 ttorney.