Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-02-25
Correspondence.
DExTERvILLE. Wis. Feb. IL.

crs to know how the people of this Vi
entity spend their time, with the Their
mometer down to forty-six degrees be-
low zero. [ have concluded to give you
few items of interest
First. "A Sunday School has been
organized here under the supervision
of Mrs. A. S Robinson who, with al
most superhuman effort, has famed the
small spark into quite fame, and
from those seeds Of truth sown in the
juvenile mind. many an anxious moth
er has looked forward to the future
with great anticipation, believing the
time would come when the sandy wastes
Of Dexterviile should be made To bios
som as the rose and that class of
citizens would find homes here where
they could worship God after the die
tates of their own consciences; that
school houses, churches and public
buildings would be erected, and that
even the citizens Of Grand Rapids
would condescend to make us a visit
even if it was not upon the eve of
some important election. On the
strength of these facts, to clear away
all prejudices clergyman was invited
to hold meetings among US, and he be-
lieying the harvest only wanted reap
er, kindly consented. He came, and "a
full house greeted him Perhaps the
audience was made up out Of the curl
ously inclined Of people who had sup
posed meeting an impossibility they
had lived here years and no such event
had TRANSFERRED. but it came at last, and
the speaker and audience were we'll
pleased and satisfied. Another meet
ing was appointed, the speaker came,
but WAS not quite so we'll satisfied as
on his first appearance, owing partly to
Il misunderstanding m regard to the
time the meeting was to have been
held, but concluded that he would make
one more effort. which was accordingly
made and not one sinner came forward
to the anxious seat. Three sermons
had been wasted among a semi-barbar-
Gus heather and he left, disappointed.
He did not, like Joshua of old, who
found it necessary to encompass the
city Of Jericho the seventh time before
tile walls fell, porseyere without finch
ing.
Next j. A. johnson came, a lee
turer in behalf of the Good TempIar's
interest. a stirring and convincing
speaker who Iabors for the cause he
has nearest his heart, believing as he
does, the interest of the unfortunate
ileoriate demands our sympathy and
protection, aud from his eloquent APP
peals thirty came forward and took
the pledge for life, and as a natural re-
suit there was lodge instituted at
once, and [ tell you the wood is alive
with Good Templars, and [ believe the
time is not distant in the future when
there will have to be hunted up some
meaner place than Baskerville for al
curse to the balance Of the county,
where all mean acts have their birth,
and honesty, purity and Innocence have
fallen asleep. Why, not long ago, way
up in the town OF WOOD, man pound
Ell his wife, and that being an innocent
sort Of place, this brutal and coward
ly act had to be laid to some place, So
it was agreed with cue accord that it
must have actually happened at Dex-
terville So there was communica-
ton sent at once to the Grand Rapids
Tribune setting forth the above facts.
That was all right; [ tell you we were
glad to be noticed, even if it was a
little damaging to our morality, but 1t
didn't cost us snything-not even the
fight and law-suit-so we concluded we
wouldn't say anything about it.
Now we expect the Good Templars
are going to be the making of this
town, and we are all going to join and
give one turn to the wheel, and see If
it wont revolve out better future.
ROMAN c. ELTON.
Il