Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-12

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and grease the cups into which the butter
IS poured, filling them two-thlrds full.
Eat with sauce.
AT a Dubuque wedding, the Herald
says, among the wedding presents osten-
tatlously displayed was a 500 bill,
present from the doting father to his dar-
ling daughter. After the guests had de-
parted the old man coolly rolled up the
bill and put it in his vest pocket, and that
was the end of it.
A PRINTER of Indianapolis thus ex-
plains the recent strike there: When the
panic of last September depressed bust
ness, Indianapolis Union, No. L, consent
ed to reduction in their scale of prices
OF from twelve to fifteen per cent, the re-
ouced rates to hold good for period OF
SIX months. The time having expired
they asked employers to come up to the
agreement
DURING the winter the amount of china
ana glassware broken on the transatlantic
steamships is very great. 1t is almost I'M
possible to prevent some breakage, ana
during an unusually rough voyage the
loss OF table ware often amounts to several
thousand dollars. And vet, say the own
ers, II we use common stone china and
pressed glass, our patrons would grumble
and say We were altogether too econom-
icla.
RHODE ISLAND is waking up to the folly
OF setting man adrift on the world, when
he has completed term in State prison, |
without cent in his pocket, and expect |
ing him to lead a virtuous life. A bill |
has been introduced into the Legislature |
providing that one-tenth of the earnings |
OF every convict shall be given him at the |
expiration of his term, unless the amount |
has been given to his family previously, |
IN case OF sickness.
The Wells (Minn) atlas says strange |
circumstance in connection with the new |
arteSian well in that. village, from which |
there is constant flow of water through |
a twoinch pipe eight feet above the sur
face, was the pieces of wood and other |
foreign matter which came to the surface |
after boring through the rock 116 feet !
down. Some of the pieces are in a good |
state OF preservation, while some are more |
or less deeOmpOsed.
SOME "sawdust swindlers" are sending |
the following circular to taxpayers in
Illinois:
CHICAGO, Dec. I. 1873.
DEAR SIR: In a thorough search of the statutes |
OF your State (Which we made to obtain informa- |
ton relative to an important lawsuit in which we
were engaged we find there is a way by which a |
person can legally and without expense or trouble,
evade the payment of his taxes for this year. We
Will lmpart the information to you upon the re-
ceipt of one dollar.
Of course, whoever sends them dollar
is swindled out of just that much money.
HARNESS POLIsH.-Take OF mutton suet,
two ounces; beeswaX, six ounces; pow
dered sugar, six ounces; lamp-black, one
ounce; green or yellow soap, two ounces;
water, one-half pint; spirits of turpentine,
one-half pint. Dissolve the soap in the
water, add the other solid ingredients,
mix well, and add the turpentine. Lay it
on harness with q sponge. and polish off
with brush. The same backing ought
to answer as well for boots and Shoes
Journal Of applied Chemistry,
A CHARTvARI party which waited upon
a newly-married pair in Crawford County,
Pa, the other night, with the usual aggra-
waiting music, were much surprised to be
asked in ana invited by the fair hostess to
partake of cake and cider. After drink
ing the health of the hospitable bride a
great many times, the Ministries began to
feel uncommonly queer. There was in
that cider something which riled the
stomach and temporarily destroyed the
head and happiness of the jolly partakers.
They got better the next day
A DISTINGUISHED President of college
said, in recent lecture: Il was obliged
once to sit two whole hours at dinner
beside lady with a blazing crimson
gown loaded all over with jewelry The
lady had an awful incapacity for CONVEX
sation, and | never see that gaudy color
without thinking Of the lady and yawning
as [ recall the terrible two long hours /
had with her, starting topic after topic
without a response" 1t is now in order
to hear what the crimson lady thought of
the college President
JAMES G. GLASS sues Mary Glass, of
Hyde Park, Mass, for divorce, on the
ground that she was the wife of Mr..
Hepburn, Of New York, before he GLASS
married her. Mr. Hepburn went on a
four years voyage, shortly after they
were married, but she never heard from
him for twelve years. and, believing that
he was dead, married Mr.. Glass, who
didn't know that she had been once mar
ried, since she had resumed her maiden
name. The question is, whether her mar
rage with Glass, cOnsummated with such
conclusive proof Of her former husbands
death, is rendered null and void by the
fact that her first husband is living. The
point is a new one to the Supreme Court
Of thai State.
RAT P0IsON.-The following method of
poison for rats is said to be
more effectual than moisteuing grain
with solution of strychnine: Make
clear solution of arsenite of potash, by
polling in a large iron kettle one part of
white arsenic, one of carbonate of potash,
md twenty-five of water, stirring
he whole well together; add % parts of
water, and Introduce, while warm, 90 parts
If barley, wheat or oats, stirring frequently
Turing "a to SO hours; then heat the grain
md stir it with paddle until it appears
Try externally. For use in the house it
nay be advisable to color the grain by
Idding 1900 parts of liquid fuchsin
Clean the kettle after use by securing with /
ime. In most cities, however, the arsenite
If potash can be obtained ready made,
md thus the trouble and danger of prepa-
alton is saved.
THE New York Tribune of recent date
avs: at is not often that man, ground
Town by years Of tyranny, ventures to lift
lis voice in complaint against his op-
,ressors But once in while he breaks :
lis dumb submission, and subdued, sad
hriek goes meandering along the aisles
If Time Such one is echoed from the
Boston Globe, wherein gloomy editor
nourns over the inequality of man and
woman as shown in cases of breach of
promise of marriage. He takes note of
he frantic alacrity with which the aver
.ge iurynan soothes the sorrows of an un-
Id O jaf Of RI.