Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-02-04
Cur Small Change.

WI here's our Board OF Trade
The County Board convened yes
terday
--Diptheria is raging fercely in New
York.
We wish this cold weather would
+" get off of US
Very gentle weather with moder
ate snow siftings.
Sweet words Honey and IDOL
lars worth of sugar.
The cackle Of We hen is beginning
to be heard in the land.
--Winter is suffering from general
debility. Suffer it to suffer,
The first question among house
wives. Did your potatoes freeze"
Spring is coming We saw po-
tato bug round en- snow shoes yester-
day.
The aged individual who swings
the scythe has certainly touched off
Canon Kingsley,
--"What. two thousand f0e ha1-
dred dollars and couldn't afford to buy
new book?"
"A man on Hungry Hill is feeding
his cow on frozen vegetables, expecting
she'll give ice cream.
I'VE mean to name our next girl
Glycerina We mean to do orr pref
test to keep the chaps off her lips. 3.
--'' From Greenland's Icy Noun
tain " was substituted for q Come Gen
tie Spring, ETHEREAL Mildness, Come"
last Tuesday.
The Secretaryship of the ". V.
R. R. Co. is thought to be worth So
500, and an 8" old book :" is but then,
Joy don t think so.
We've got an cold book" and We
must try to get the Secretaryship Of
the W. V. r. r. at 81, 500 year or
for longer time.
When we saw Judge HAYDEN fall
SO gracefully through Jacks window
the other day, We came plaguey near
going to Jack for that $40.
We saved another penny last week
On weight. We didn't cross our eyes
or dot our teas. The Apostle says. you
know, Let economy begin at home. '
This weather seems like March
Let 'er march. We wouldn't retard
the faltering steps Of old winter, we
be only too glad to sing at his funeral.
A man on Poverty Flat says he
thinks there must be service at one OF
the churches this evening, as his hired
girl has had her hair done up in papers
all day.
We think our Mayor must have
the ague. We found him Shaking in
the Post Office the other day. You
shouldn't ought to do so, Jock posi-
ton example expense, you know,
Jock. But then 1T all ended in smoke
We've put our devil where he
won't make any more plumbers in cor.
recting proof, as he did week before last
in the correspondence on our first page.
We've got him III box under the ia
bic and we feed him On sulphur and
matches through knot hole.
Since it has come out that Alec
Randall put a little $4,000 in his
pocket from that Subsidy steal, it can
easily be seen why we couldn t hold a
post Office appointment under him. We
never should have SAID a word about it
for Alec's sake if it hadn't leaked ont.
The annual almanac issued by
the enterprsing proprietor of the
Public Ledger of Philadelphia Mr..
Geo. Childs, is received. 1t is a
beautiful edition, gold edged, and
full of valuable statistical knowledge,
One hundred and ten thousand copies
have been struck of to be pres ented
to subscribers. None are sold.
1t used to be thought cute to place
impediments upon side walks and in
places Of general travel but in these
latter days it is supposed that such di-
abolical practices have been discontin-
ued Last Sunday evening some evil
disposed person or persons placed pic