Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-05
'Orty-siX barrels of wine. Another one


wasn't always in debt up to his ears"
Which doesn't amount to much, after all
A large-sized hat, unpaid for, would
do it.
A SPAN of horses were killed and
sleigh was smashed to smithereens by
traln On the Northwestern Railway, near
henosha, recently. The driver was inc
Drlated, but knew enough TO get out of
the way.
a CoLoRED lad in Des Moines, pupil
OF the colored school, applied to one of
the Directors for the privilege OF attending
the other school, on the ground that he
wanted to study "algeberry," which was
not taught in his school.
A CHAIN of compressed cakes of gun
cotton tied around the trunk OF large
tree and exploded will cut it down in
stantly by the violence of its action. The
cut through the trunk is as sharp as the
keenest ak.
A YOUNG author reading a tragedy per
celved his auditor very often pull off his
nat at the end of line, and asked him
the reason. Il cannot pass very old ae-
qualntance," replied the critic, without
a civility"
HE Denver Neos says that recently,
as MI. Lewis Morse, of Hughes Station,
Colorado, on the Denver Pacific Rail-
ROAD, was returning home from Denver,
his team ran away, leaving him on the
road, where he froze to death.
MIR. JOHN LEE, of North Carolina, had
very severe cough, and Mrs. John Lee
cured him of it permanently by giving
him mixture of sugar and arsenic. And
now they threaten to hang Mrs. Lee;
though we can't imagine what for, unless
1t is for practicing medicine without IL
cense.-COurter-JOu1 nal
Mrs. JULIA M. E. WARNER, whose
buildings in Worcester, Mass, were dam
aged by lightning July 10, 1872, has just
recovered $33558 from the lightning rod
company whose rods were used on her
house and whose agent, in guaranteeing
protection, had also guaranteed insur-
ance.
ONE wet night, in Boston, visitors to
public hall found man at the entrance
holding out a ticket check, and saying,
politely, "Umbrellas, pleasem People
gratefully resigned their wet umbrellas to
his custody, but when the entertainment
was over both man and umbrellas had
disappeared.
THE Christian Union feels about like
this on the suffrage question: "F'Or our
part we make no doubt that female suf-
frage, the logical and inevitable result of
the republican idea, will be conceded
the moment women make an organized
demand for it. And we doubt whether
the ballot ought to belong to Indifference.
Certainly that experience has worked i'll
enough in the hands of men,"
THE Detroit Free Press tells of a wee
woman who was on the platform Of the
Central depot, and wanted to have her
trunk carried down to the baggage mas
ter's Office She appealed to big, burly
fellow to carry it, when he replied: "Bless
me! but I'll take both OfYoup' He picked
up the trunk in one hand, seized the
woman with the other, and, despite her
amazement and struggles, deposited his
double burden at the opposite end of the
depot.
SOME waggish soul stated some time
ago in an Eastern literary journal that the
line, Though lost to sight to memory
dear" originated with Ruthven Jenkins,
and first appeared in the Geotlenoan's
Magazine for Marines in 1901. The Lon
don papers snapped at the bait and pub
lished the item, but subsequently were
constrained to pFsS-Sh another to the
effect that neither the magazine nor Jen-
kins ever had an existence.
IT is reported that Cornell University
is to have an editorial chair, and to give
diplomas to graduates in Journalism.
Everything is to be taught, from setting
type to writing leaders. The preparation
will doubtless be good; but it is to be
hoped that none of these young students
will fondly fancy that they are to step di-
rectly from their school into capable
journalism. The training of the newspa-
per can never be rendered unnecessary by
any college curriculum.
A CORRESPONDENT of the English Me-
GllCJ1lGo says that he has used the following
recipe with the greatest success for the
cementing of iron railing tops, iron graf
ings to stoves, etc., and with such effect as
to resist the blows of the sledge hammer:
Take equal parts Of sulphur and white
lead with about sixth of borax; 1ncor-
porate the three so as to form one homo
geneous mass. When going to apply it.
wet it with strong sulphuric acid and
place thin layer of it between the two
pieces of iron, which should then be
pressed together. In five days it will be
perfectly dry, all traces of the cement
having vanished, and the iron will have
the appearance of having been welded to-
gether.
SAMUEL SMELsER, an old man visiting
relations in Liberty, Ind, started home on
horseback, having with him little grand
child some six or eight years old. While
passing westward on the road one mile
north of the Madison County line, and
some two and half miles from indie
pendence, he was noticed hanging forward
and downward by the women at one or
two houses he passed. The road was
heavy and the horse was going on slow
walk Those who first noticed him in
the position supposed he was simply
reaching for dropped rein; but finally
the crying of the child, who was riding
behind him, attracted the attention of the
women, and some of them stopped the
horse and saw that the old gentleman was
in fearful condition, being purple and
dark in the face. On lifting the child
from the horse, the lifeless body of the
old gentleman fell to the ground. He
died of heart disease.
Mrs ISAAC PLAsKET, of Port Jefferson,
n. Y, about month ago received letter
from certain banking firm in Pine street,
New York city, stating that 500 had been
deposited to her credit, and inclosing
check to that amount. She at first sup
posed it was practical joke, and that the
check was worthless. Upon advice, how
ever, she Endorsed the check and it was
sent back to the bank for collection, and
| IN due time much to her surprise, she re-
ceived the money. a day or two ago she
received another letter from the same
| hOuse ststinr th at ESQ had been deDOsited