Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-07-02
Orres3oldeace Of the Reporter.
DETROIT, MtcH., June 22d, II


mated the "rities of the plains" it
seems to NE that Detroit ought to be
c'a<sed m the same category-speak
ing topogra phically Il wouldn't have
Detroit people tor moment believe, or
even suspect that could possibly inz
agine any wickedness in their highly
favored city, but if there ever q fat
city-a city that has nc rhrenologicaI
developments, that city is Detroit /;
but must quit Cabling about Detroit
till [ get to il; I an: not acye yet al
though 1 have been nearly a week.
Or Wednesday AFTERNOON of last week.
/ in company with Mrs Reporter, and
three Ertru8, simply sample issues
II sfeaH caps, left Grand Rapids for a
brief Journey east. Departing on the
q. B. Il NJ. train we arrived at AM
herst Junction at $50, and found that
by change Of time going into effect
the Sabbath before. we must remain
till GAO in the evening; all of which
we accepted with as good grace as pos
sible, though | fear We were little
disposed to grumble at '.just our luck +"
as some people are always saying
How thaknful we are that ne are not
Us other people. But, You will eX-
cuse me Mr. Reporter for feeling a
little like other people when tell you
that upon presenting my checks for
baggage, / was Informed that no bag
gage had come through to Amherst,
and that my trunks were probably at
Plover where four were put off the day
before all intended for Amherst; the
baggage man, who, I believe, is Mas
ter George Wood, having shaken the
numbers up in such way that it is
Impossible Tor him to get the right one
for his friends going to 4. and ditto
for his friends going to p, for they
invariably find theirs gone on to A.
But it is simply a mistake, and once
rectifed it will be all lovely at Am
herst and along the whole line.
Our wife, though never having been
initiated into the mysteries Of Good
Templarism, very naturally feels a
hearty sympathy with the temperance
Woman's movement, and | found it ex-
tremely difficult to persuade her that
it was not her duty to raid little
feeble sickly saloon at the junction
] felt sorry for the saloon, or | should
not have intcrposed my tordly authori-
ty, but [ was early taught to have SOL
icitude for the weak and dependent,
and [ really felt sympathy for that
saloon and It's weak whiskey If any
Good Tcmnlar asks how did [ know it
was weak concern making weak de-
cotions, / Will only refer him to any
enc residing ut the Junction, bat how
they know. I don't know, neither care,
but wouldn't that saloonist have
trembled if our editorial wife had raid
cd him
We ''lit OUT on the $40 train uita.
Wise. General Road, inding the most
beautiful and Hastily arranged coaches
We have seen on any road in Wisconsin.
The time made Is far better tdan on
the &. B. & NJ road, change the
latter road might make with advantage
to itself and great qualification to the
public. Arriving at Milwaukee at
$50 we made our home at the New
hall" whittier We were informed the
Good TempLar portion of the editors,
abiding to the editorial convention,
would stop. We knew we had not
been misinformed when we discovered
Jack Of the Tribune on the 9th, straight
as a string, though very high. They
don, I elevate a man at the Newhal,
in order to reach him to the roof; he
has to ''hoof it." and if he starts COM
paratively risky he will come dorm to
business before he gets up to bed.
found many old friends among the
gathered editors, but business prevent
ed the enjoyment [ otherwise would
have have experienced in minging with
them. The fraternity enjoyed an ex-
curslon trip to Waukesha the day [
arrived, but | could not attend, | was
very energefical'y informed that what
we had missed was huge, and one fell
low-we guess he runs twenty-five
column bi-daily, said we were "a fool.
| never did believe anything he said,
so paid no attention to his much word
ed talk. l know that my friends were
sumptuously entertained at Waukesha