Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-08-12
Our Small Change.


We want young new mich COW,
we do.
-Huckleberries, like the circus have
been and gone.
Remember the sociable at the
basement this P. NJ.
Hon. Geo. W. Cate will deliver
the address at the State Fair.
Hon. G.. A. Neeves returned from
the lower Mississippi last week.
See J. B. Mitchell's adv. under
the head of New Advertisements.
Mr.. Stoughton will assume the
duties of station agent at Remington.
Isn't it about time for our Board
OF Education to begin to think of find
| ing teacher?
The editor who said that his mouth
never uttered lie, probably spoke
through his nose.
Seth Reeves has just picked over
100 quarts Of choice raspberries from
a few vines in his garden.
The Wood County deviltry was to
be looked into by the Supreme Court
last Monday.
Geo. R. Gardner, Esq, has been
appointed the assignee of the estate
in bankruptcy Of r. G. Worthington.
One Of Howes' Elephants stepped
into mans silk tile at Menmonee the
other day and now it looks like one of
those ''sundowns.
Rhode Island has a 10 year old
girl burglar. Their burglars down
there compare with the size Of the gar
den patch.
-Rev. Jessie Cole is laboring under
severe attack of throat disease conse-
quently there was no service at the
Methodist Church last Sabbath.
Well wager an old paper collar
against forty acres Of cranberry marsh
that we don't have frost before Octo-
Der. Who'll wage?
-Shang Chand., he who begets the
Hezzpoy Ed1tght each week got plum
fool of the cirkuss. O, Shung do
let whiskey alone.
We were Incorrectly informed rel
ative to Miss Hattie Mosher and the
GAINESVILLE School. Miss Mosher will
teach in the Black River Falls School.
We notice change in the loca-
ton of the telegraph poles at the G.
B. & NJ. Depot. They have been
placed upon the north side of the
track out Of the way Of the water tank
4 decided improvement.
We must preserve Uncle Water
man for the Centennial One hun
dred years next New Years day.
Crackee ! Wen bet O. G. Neeves
hopes we won't live to be as old as
| that.
-Four old COWS with crumpled horn,
got into Jacks garden and chawed up
the corn, and cavorted about till the
peep of the morn, and not soul heard
EN- as sure as your born, that lived In
the house that Jack built.
While some portions of the Union
are being soaked and wrung out, and
devastating freshets are sweeping away
whole farms, down at and about Water
town in Wisconsin everything is dry
ing up and the earth looks as parched
as an Egyptian Desert.
"A very lively time is reported at
our upper brewery one day last week,
in which one of our citizens got pretty
badly bunged up by some parties whom,
it is thought, were endeavoring to
fleece Of certain greenbacks in his pos
session. We mention no names, hop
ing it may not become our duty to
chronicle future recurrence Of pro-
ceedings, SO lawless and disgraceful.
1t is undoubtedly true that the
cranberry crop will fall far short of
the anticipations of marsh owners, a
month ago. The vines show unmis-
taxable evidence of the presence of
Insects that are working daily much
damage, but the greater fear is the
damage to the crop another year. It
is stated by all the heavy marsh own
ers that the fire and fruit WORMS are