Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-03

bravery. Not thinking or conSe-
quences We allowed ourself to get in
where we couldn't get out, unless we
were to eat ourself out. We won't
accuse the ladies of any unfair game,
we won't say they thought perhaps
we had thirty cents or more and were
determined to bankrupt our pocket
book by permitting our stomach to be-
come an inheritor of the fat of the
land
We found ourself somewhat sur
rounded. There were
G ans to the right of US,
Carving knives to the left of US.
Pretty women all around Us,
4 forest of Poplars behind US,
An avalanche of biscuit and ssnd-
witches and pie (our speciality and
cake in front Of Us,
And hunger in the midst of us.
for some one had blundered, and
well we knew it was zoe. Only one
thing to do. Extrication by mastica-
ton. We felt our pockets, they said
90 cts. and sitting on the dragged
edge of pine board as foundation
for our, appetite we shouted eek celsi
orr and struck for the "Green grapes
of our sires," and then we stood upon
our feet for our other ten cents said
"Stand your ground my brave" and
we stood, and that mountain of sand
witches opened before US as did the
Red Sea before the grasshoppers of
Minnesota and we marched out har-
messed We had escaped, but we had
lost our appetite. Lest reward
should be offered for our apprehension,
aud we carried back captive, We slid
out, and what do you think our wife
said? "Why how portly you are grow
ing" We asked her if the fact had
escaped her observation hitherto.
We didn't hear her reply, for Jack
beholding our beautiful rotundity be-
gan to cry and wall because Of what
he had lost. Ladies, if you think it
safe for the finance of your society,
we've got another 20 cents.
The LectureS.-A course Of Sci
entifc Lectures is an intellectual feast
one is rarely privileged to enjoy
Prof Taylor of New York, formerly
Curator of the State Historical Society
at Albany and who, in making a tour
Of the West has been sojourning with
friends and relatives in Grand Rapids
and Centralia, has given our citizens
small taste of such an feast Just
enough to create an appetite for more,
which we regret to say cannot be fur
nished, not that there is not enough to
snread upon the ample board, but be-
cause there is too brief time wherein
to partake. Prof. T. gave but three
lectures upon Geology whereas a usual
course comprises from twelve to eight
cen. The lecturer did not elaborate
to the extent he would have done had
more time been allotted him; but in
three evenings, the class, if his audi
ence may be so termed, learned much
in relation to the formation of the
earth, its rocks; it's diverse strata
wherein has been imbeded for ages up
on ages mines of wealth In various
forms its rivers, its mighty seas );
its subterranean depths; its volcanoes
and earthquakes It's springs; its won
derful repositories of salts and chemi-
Gals; its animal life in ages gone by;
its new and everchanging developments
as time with its wonderful cycles is
continually working mysterious chang
es in the mighty and secret laboratory
of Nature all this and more did the
class have presented to it in manner
that impressed all with the overwhelm-
ing thought that Nature is mighty
volume indeed, and that what we
learn by years of study and research
as we look deeper and deeper into It's
mysteries is but the index after all
to the mighty volume which can never
be fully read. To give even partial
recital or review of the lectures would
necessarily occupy more space than
we can allot to that purpose. We
can only say to those who failed to at
tend that they have lost much, more
than they can afford to lose, if they
count a mind well stocked with use
full knowledge treasure worth possess
ing, With too many Geology is sup
posed to be a useless, uninteresting
study, "a fruitless science. They
reason somewhat after this STYLE
"Geology-that's about rocks. Well,
rocks are hard things. Geology is
hard subject: | don't want to hear