Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-02-26

of cream-tartar, one teaspoon of Soda one
half cup of sweet milk and half pint of
hickory nuts chopped fire.
A BACHELOR says if you hand lady a
| newspaper with a paragraph cut out CT
| it, not line Of it will be read, but every
| bit of interest felt in the paper BY the
| lady will center in finding out what the
missing paragraph contained
A MAINE Benedick was recently tied
| to tree by some of his wife's obliging
| friends while she administered a cowhid-
| ing to him. Which may to some extent
account for the reluctance of male New
Englanders to enter into the holy estate
| of matrimony.
THE Savannah Neos says a negro was
buried alive in well at Butler recently.
His friends dug down to him in about
four hours, and found him alive and well.
| He said he never wanted to sneeze so bad
in his life, but was afraid he would jar
down some more dirt.
c.. S. WATT, of Westfeld, Mass, had
been bald for years. Two months ago he
was burned almost to death, his head
being shockingly crisped. a new crop
! has grown, and from it hair grows luxu-
riantly. Bald men who read this will
| know WlaC 10 90 now.
COCOANUT CAKE.-Two eggs; beat the
whole to stiff froth; one and half cups
of sugar; half cup of butter; half cup
! of sweet milk; one teaspOOnful Of cream
tartar; one teaspoonful of soda; two and
quarter cups of flour; half cup OF
| cocoanut; flavor of lemon.
AN EPICURE in Vermont writes to his
| local newspaper that, having INDUCED
freely in the eating of frogs, his hands are
now covered with what his doctor calls
| humorous engagements of the vascular
papille and indurations of the surround
ing epidermis'-thati is, warts.
a RELIEF society has been organized
in Olneyville, r. L., which furnishes
! free dinner of hot soup to the hungry
| Previous to the banquet, however, each
| applicant is requested to sign the pledge,
state what church he attends, where his
children go to Sunday school, etc.
Miss CAss, a Boston dressmaker took
! home the pieces of silk and velvet left
over from an employers work. She was
arrested, and upon her trial she pleaded
so earnestly the invariable custom of
dress-makers as to ''perquisites'' that the
Justice let her go with warning.
WASHING RAG CARPETs.-A rag carpet
should not be washed as long as it can be
avoided. It soils much easier after being
once washed, besides fading. If there are
grease spots, little hard soap rubbed on,
then washed off with hot water and well
rinsed, is good way to remove them; or
some aqua ammonia is equally as good.
SAD is the story of the greasy town of
Pithole, Pa, which, ninety days after the
first house was built, during the petro-
leum excitement, had two theaters, two
daily newspapers, an opera house, seventy
five hotels and saloons, and, little later
population of $4,000. Now it boasts a
population of scarcely one hundred.
WHEN California wants a desperate
she sets about securing him with an ear
nestness which could be proftably imi-
tated elsewhere. The Legislature Of that
State has just passed bill authorizing
the Governor to offer a reward of 600
for the capture of the notorious Vasquez
and his band.
THE Philadelphia Medical Times calls
the attention of its readers to the fact that
glycerine may be used as means of dis
guising medicines, such as castor-oil,
turpentine, cOd-liver oil, etc., more
especially when one or two drops of oil of
cinnamon or some other volatile oil has
been added.
HORsERADIsH IN PICKLE.-Horserad
ish grated and mixed with pickle will
prevent mold forming on the top of jars
! Leaves of hOrseradish laid over the top
will answer the same purpose. 1t is said
that this pungent root, if grated and
mixed with cider, and eaten with the food
will both prevent and cure paralysis.
PERRIERE, the French consul at New
| port, r. l., has taken very French leave
| He sold his house, some time since, and
went away, leaving notice that he would
return in a few days, but it has slipped
| his mind, somehow, and his creditors are
uneasy. Another French consul at that
| port lit out +" in the same way, few
years ago.
Two prominent men in New York re-
| Gently played a game of marbles for a
stake of $500, the man who pumped out
600 out of 1000 marbles first to take the
money. The contestants were John Nc
Kewen, weighing $50 pounds, and Fritz,
a barber, weighing $50 pounds. The for
mer won, being 131 marbles ahead
A CASE was lately argued by the Court
of Appeals at Albany, says the Troy
| Times, "arising from a suit to recover the
value of twenty-nine old cOwhides. As
asserted by the counsel who argued the
| case, since its commencement infants had
| been born and grown to manhood, young
men had grown gray, and the aged had
| passed to another world"
THE lola (Kansas) Register, which is
now run by Mrs. Walker, during the tenn
pOrary absence of her husband, brings
! Mr.. Walker out as its candidate for Unit
ed States Senator from that State. Mrs.
| Walker says he hasn't money enough to
| become an aristOcrat, nor poverty enough
| to become a tool; that his honesty is un-
questioned, and his integrity untried
IT is bitter satire on the "modern
| conveniences" of fine residences in these
| days that, while 100000 had recently
| been spent in furnishing the Stiner man
| sion in New York, the common contin-
gency of a fire was so utterly unprovided
| for that three members of the family lost
| their lives while vainly trying to escape,
in the daytime, from the burning house.
TRY IT.-When there is not a breath of
air stirring and you are in danger OF
sitting, attempt to light cigar out of
doors, and you will be surprised at the
breeze that will start up. We have seen
man try this experiment in a dead calm,
and by the time he had scratched thirteen
| matches it was really so windy as to be
uncomfortable Nea0s.
A KEOKUK Qowa) dandy rubbed his
hands with glycerine to make his New
Years gloves go on easy. When he had
| concluded his calls he was delighted TO