Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-05-07
Our Small Change.

Miller Is Drlcklng his store.
Lumber is running more freely.
-"High! Biddy Martin o !" She:
kuln.
-"Sowing their seeds in the dawn
light fair
Spring hangs fire like an old flint
lock mnsket.
The festive spring fly is putting
on his specs.
/ The festive circus will soon be
Grazing the little ones
And still the work of setting out
shade trees continues.
The spring term of our city school
will terminate June LIST.
! Il wish had a summer hat, Mrs.
Boguslausky keeps them.
Only one girl has frozen to death
thus far playing croquet.
The Catholic Church is being en-
closed with tasty fence.
Wanted. man to do general
work. Enquire at this office.
"A son of Mrs. Prudence Smith
died last week of lung disease,
The glorious season of white wash
brushes and soft soap is at hand.
Our friend and brother, James 7,
Houston, lost a little one last Saturday.
Extensive fires are raging in the
woods south and east Of our city linn
its. -
We learn that Elijah Hoel is very
low with the typhoid fever at Knox
mill.
Bring in your job work. Our
presses are ready to embrace the loved
form"
= Some of our sidewalks need repair
ing bad Win our Council attend to
them?
A few more of those lumbermens
jackets at Mrs. Boguslausky's, at the
Milwaukee Store.
Where did you get that suit? 1t
fits to r. Just ask Philip up at Mrs.
Boguslausky's,
Largest collections of Paintings
ever in Grand Rapids at the Dollar
Store, opposite the Rablin House.
Go to the Mammoth Dollar Store
for your Chromos, Paintings. Watches
and Silverware. Opposite Rablir
House.
The finest Gigs, Perambulators and
Cabs, for sale cheap at Philleo & Co.'s
A stock of children's wheel barrows ex.
pected daily.
The wife of our townsman, l.
Brazzeau, was taken very suddenly sicl
after the Odd Fellows Festival, but i:
now slowly recovering.
Our old citizens predict tremen
dous rains and terrific blows the com.
ing summer, but we hope the weather
wont come to blows.
o! it was fun to see that May
party in wraps and furs and overshoes,
and then to see the icicles on the May
pole, Come, gentle spring.
Stop in at the Milwaukee Store
and see all the goods in such extensive
variety. Mrs. Boguslansky is selling
way down below Chicago prices.
"A Free Reading Room has been
established at Fond du Lac. The
managers have solicited the Reporte,
for its table. Of course it goes.
The committee Of ladies have
raised about 157 dollars toward Read
ing Room and Coffee House. They
will complete their work Of canvassine
this or next week.
Rev. Jesse Coles family have
been sorely afflicted for three weeks
past; the little ones being very low
with lung fever. We learn that they
are recovering now, however.
Rev. r. NJ. Webster delivered ar
address on g The bible and tobacco" al
the NJ. Z. Church last Sabbath evening.
1t was very fine cut address full Of
excellent wisdom. Rev Mr.. Cole made
few extempore remarks following Mr..
Webster.
"A man came into Walbridge &
Harvey's store, at Plover, the othel
day, and displaying a stick about siz
inches long, asked the proprietor ''i
he had any shoes that would fit boy
about as long as that?''
The Adams county Press says thu