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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-02-10

THE account of the robbery of the New
Brunswick Hosiery Company, and of the
way in which the officers Of the Company
allowed the thief to go scot-free, on condi-
ton Of his father repaying the company
the $142, 900 which his son had stolen,
furnishes another instance Of the most
potent agency III encouraging young men
to become spectators and defaulters
This corporation finds that young man
in its employment has robbed it of $142,
600 in cash. What do they do? Arrest
this dishonest man and put him in the
way Of receiving punishment? Not a bit
OF it. They are much more anxious to get
the hole in their corporate pocket mended
than they are to have justice done and
roguery discouraged. Therefore they &C
cept the proposition made by the young
mans father, that if he will pay back the
stolen money they will take no steps to
prosecute the offender. This is a direct
compromising of the felony, and what is
worse, is direct invitation to some other
tempted young men to misappropriate
trust funds and other peoples money.
This same course of colIuding with
rogues and compromising their crimes so
as to give them immunity from legal con-
sequences has been pursued in scores of
cases during the last few years, and it has
been the prolific cause Of the numerous
defalcations and robberies that have oc-
CURED. Corporations and business men
who take this method of settling with
thieves, deserve no sympathy when they
are robbed, and, as long as this practice
prevails, so long will these offenses multi
ply A young man, finding the oppor-
tunity to steal money, says to himself:
" Well, I'll have at least two good
chanches of getting through with this job
unframed may not be detected, and,
if not, it will be all right; and if I'm
caught, I'll make the sufferers compro-
mise and let me off" How long will
public sentiment tolerate this sort of en-
couragement to steal ?-Jersey CITY (N. III
Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-02-10
The Princess Beatrice.

ATthis time twelve months ago currency
was obtained tor story anent the choice Of \
husband for Princess Beatrice in the per
son of the late Emperor Napoleon's son
and heir through the correspondence of an
Ohio journal. Of that alleged matrimo
NAL arrangement nothing was heard by
the persons most intimately concerned, or
by those who should have been familiar
with the plan, until the story was repro
duced from America. The Youngest
daughter of the Queen is still unfettered
and without suitors. And thus, it is
stated, she proposes to continue unless
she be left wholly at liberty to choose
for herself, or circumstances conspire to
produce change of mind on the subject.
On dit-but | do not pretend "they'' are
above the grade of Her Maiesty's personal
attendants-that the Princess takes exceed
ingly practical views of the future; that
she notices with unaffected scorn the
puerile excuses of starveling princes for
making the British taxpayer sustain the
burden of their Incidence and their vices
'AAS DIN 40 ihof GU Ny ACC1lIl5S Vi PITY anu
contempt when she observes the desperate
pinching of the Marquis of Lorne and
Princess Louise tC make ends meet,
and yet preserve high status in society
and that rather than become a victim to
any similar arrangement, dispensing with
status she will marry tradeSman! Is this
any way probable? | cannot say that it
is, and hand you the gossip as it
comes to me for so much as it may be
worth. But the remark may be made, en-
PEASANT, that the Princess might do much
worse. Marriage with tradesman of tho
millionaire class she would be az all like
ly to know anything about would sur
round her with a far purer atmosphere
and associations freer from carking care
than she could find in circles usually at
tected by persons of the blood royal, and
she might well sigh for the opportunity
which the law denies her in the absence
of the soyereign's explicit consent.
Meanwhile as no knight-errant comes
from beyond the seas to WOO her after the
manner pursued in such exalted spheres,
the lady accepts the situation with the
happy Indifference which best becomes
her-Lo'adon Cor, PHILADELPHIA Telegraph
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-02-10
First Learn, Then Teach

Rev. @. II. STURGEON recently preached
a sermon from the text: "Sow to your
selves in righteousness; reap in mercy"
Urging the importance of true personal
sowing, in order to a personal reaping that
shall really avail, he used the words
quoted below. They form (says the N.
I. Independent a sensible and substantial
argument for having all converts carefully
taught in our Sunday-schools, as well as
by all other means. Mr.. Spurgeon said:
"The first thing after conversion to
Christ is confession to Christ and the
next is instruction in Christ | fear that
too many protested converts leap over
these hedges and endeavor to become
teachers at once. They call themselves
disciples and repudiate all discipline.
They say they are soldiers of the cross;
but they can neither march in line nor
keep step, neither will they submit them
selves to order. They appear to think that
the moment they are born they are
fathers; the instant they are enlisted they
are officers. Now, conversion is the be-
8
climax OF it. 1t makes "a man a disciple,
and the main thing disciple has to do is
10 learn. After he has learned he will be
able to teach others also; but not till then
/ have often SAID to you that nothing can
come out of you that is not in you; and,
therefore, if there is not something put
into you, to begin with, you may go out to
war, but as you have neither shot nor
powder in your gun the enemy will not be
much injured by your valor. We must
be filled before we can run over. It is
necessary for the Christian man to be pre-
pared for holy service; that, in fact, what
he does for God should be harvest grow
ing out of himself, because of previous
seed-time, during which much precious
seed was put into him."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-02-10
Invitations.

"Ho EVERY one that thirsteth. Us.
iv. 1.
"Look unto me. Us. xiv. o.
"Come unto me, all.''-Matt. XII. %.
{" If any man thirst. John vii. 81.
"The Spirit and the bride. Rev.
xii. II.
q love them that love me; and those
that seek me early shall find me. PROV.
viii. II.
To the HEAvY-LADEN:
Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and
he shall sustain thee. "-Ps. ". %
To the sORROwFUL:
"They that sow in tears shall reap in
joy."-Ps. cxxvi. ).
To the MURDERER:
Though your sins be as scarlet, they
shall be as white as snow is l. 49,
To the HARD-HEARTED:
I" | will take away the stony heart out
of your flesh, and will give you heart
Of flesh. ''-Ezek. xxxvi. 26.
To EVERYBODY:
"Let him that is athIrst come. And
Uh0soeuer pill, let him take the water OF
life freely Rev. xxi. II.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-02-10
SLIPPERY BILL.

No, STRANGER, he doesn't live here, now,
He slipped the vigilance-don't know how,
For we've hunted these diggins high and low
Since he vamosed the ranch ten years ago.
reckon you hayn't hearn about
The game he played when he busted out.
de lit hereabOuts in a student way,
An squat by the fire, but wouldn't play;
Things was as lively common when
The boys is over from Snaky Glen.
The tables were piled knee-deep with gold,
And biz with keerds were brisk, I'm told.
Bill sot sulin' there for while,
And watched the proceedings without smile
But lest as the game were heatin red hot,
He slowly riz up from where he sot
And poured some powder into his paw,
AS he worked his guild from jaw to jaw
mo luck, an | mought as well be dead
As livin', was what the hafrpin said.
His face was full of wildish skeer
And, blame his pictur, he acted queer.
I" ! will" he says; Il IN bowed if don't.
And Iii carve the galoot who says | won't.
''When luck goes back on a cue5 like l,
He'd better pepper his carcass and die;
And if | don't do it, jest call ME a liar
Chuck went his powder horn into the fire.
The way the boys lit out beats ALL
They hid behind stumps and rocks and wall
But the gold and the powder horn was left be
hind,
With Bill all alone to go it blind.
We waited an hour acrost the road,
To hear the shanty and Bill explode;
We waited an hour after we ran.
But never much flash in the pan;
An when we discovered that we had been sold,
And footed ii back we found no gold.
But we found in that cussed horn of Bills
The blacklist sand on these tarnal hills.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-02-10
ONE SHEAF-A PASTORS SONG.

ONE little sheaf; but one,
Lord Of the harvest bring unto Thee.
Around me wave broad fields of nodding grain:
Summer and Springs glad sunshine and soft rain
And Autumn's witcnery
Have piled my neighbours lofts with ripened ears;
And yet small increase of my stores appears.
Only one sheaf; fair, pure
As young lily bending in the sun.
Others rejoice to guide the loaded vain,
The vintage rings to harvest shouts again,
But have only one,
One cluster from tho true and living vine,
One jewel in my Masters crown to shine
Master my heart is sad;
A wearied husbandman before Thee kneels.
Through the night-watches, through the long
day,
My hands essayed to work, my heart to pray,
Yet now across me steals
The chilling presage Of q coming blight,
Which of the harvest sunshine pales the light
One little sheafi When
Would fain have counted thousands Yet
ord,
I lay it lovingly upon Thy shrine,
Of'ring in meekness only what is Thine,
And 10! Thy Word
Bids me in this small spark rejoice to see
brilliant worthy, King of kings, for Thee
One human sheaf One soul
Ransomed from sin, from darkness and from
tears;
God deemed my little treasure priceless. when
His Son to seek it came and dwelt with men,
And all the starry spheres
Rang with glad chorus of the angel host,
Over the finding Of His loved and lost.
One never-dying soull
To live forever in yon world OF light
To add new lustre to His august Name
To wreathe another chaplet to His fame;
With ever delight
To swell the everlasting song OF praise
Which only souls redeemed are skilled to raise
Then, Lord, need not faint,
Though small my tribute; Thy pure eyes can see
The love which gladly lays it at Thy feet,
And work for Jesus in itself is sweet
If it is owned by Thee.
Let disappointment crown it. or success
Such fellowship as Thine alone will bless.
And so this Wintry morn,
My little sheaf in thankful hands bring.
join the angel bands around Thy throne,
With JOY which angels never can have known
Thy praise with them 1 sing,
Gladly receive this blessing from Thy store,
And look in active patience up for more.
Let me but work in faith,
Not weary, though the Summer days seem long,
Watching with each tender bud and leaf
For surely as bring this little sheaf
A joyful harvest song
Shall glad my spirit with its Heav'n born laws
And round the Lord of harvest watt His praise
M. b. WiasloaC In CHurcbnaan
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-02-10

THE Boston correspondent Of New
York newspaper, commenting on the use
of the term nicely" gives the following
street conversation: How are you?"
ooh, nicely! Are you well'" 4 am
nicely, thank your . How is your moth
er's health ~ g Very nicely, thank you.
We are all nicely"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-02-10
international sunday-SchoOI Lessons.
FIRST QUARTER OF 1876.

II
Feb. 10 Saul and his Sons Slain Sam xxi liza
Feb. 20 David Established King 2 Sam v 1925
Feb. q The Ark Bro'ght to Zion 2 Sam w. lis.
Mar. 3 God Govt with David 2 Sam vii. IS %.
Mar. u Absalom's Rebellion u Sam XIV la
Mar ~ bsalom's Death. 2 Sam. xviii. SO.
Mar. &c Review
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BE noble minded Our own hearts, and
not other mems opinions of US, forms our
true honor .-Scha!ler.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-02-10

To BE innocent is to be not guilty; but
10 be virtuous is to overcome our evil in
clinations VIM. Penn.
American citizen., 1876-02-19

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HE KY SUN.
l776.
NEW YORK.

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SHOOTING AFFRAY.-On Monday
last Dir. John II. HargOn, q mer-
chant and old citizen OF Canton, was
shot by Mr.. Mike Ryan, young
man of the Camden neighborllood,
that place being the scene of the
unfortunate difficulty. The follow
ing particulars we learn from eye
witnesses: Mr.. Hargon was in Cam.
den for the purpose of foreciosing a
mortgage on the effects of Ryan,
who was his debtor for supplies.
Ryan approached Hargon and said
that he had made arrangements
with neighbor to satisfy the lien,
and 'Hargon replied that it would
have to be arranged in Canton, on
which Ryan became overbearing,
and advanced near to Hargon, who
pushed him back, saying. 500 away
from me.n Ryan thereupon drew q
pistol, placed it to Hargon's head,
and fred. At this moment Hargon's
horse, which he was holding, shied,
and he was jcrked backward, caus.
ing the bullet, which entered just
above the cheek bone, to range
downward, infiicting serious but
not fatal wound. AT this juncture,
Constable john Owens arrived, and
drawing his revolver, called upon
Ryan to surrender. Ryan exclaim.
ed, "Stand back !" and started fol
his horse, which the constable, how
ever, reached first and secured, al
the same time covering Ryan will
his pistol. Ryan then ran into the
store of Captain Evans, with Owens
in close pursuit. As Ryan reached
The back loom of the store, he sh u,
the door, in which Owens pistol
arm was caught, discharging the
pistol and shooting Ryan In the
right arm. Ryan then surrendered
hut made his escape that night
Mr.. Hargon was brought to hi,
home in this city, and, though Ii,
suffers much from his wound, W,
are glad to learn that his recovery
is quite probable.
American citizen., 1876-02-19

Anotheracrivalo of Ladies' Misses
and Children's Shoes, of latest
styles and most approved patterns.
We offer special inducements in
Misses and Boys School Shoes.
As we intend bringing this branch
of our business prominently before
tue public, we invite all to call and
examine our stock. We also keep
choice brands of Flour, Sugar,
Coffee aud Tea.
8 At III. GwINNER s. Bro.
American citizen., 1876-02-19

Prince Napoleon has issued an
add1ess to the electors of Ajac clio.
He says: tThe form of Government
is not in question. 1t exists. ac
cept it frankly" He denies that
bis acceptance of the Republic is
dictated Ivy ambition or personal
interest. but declares it comes from
profound convictions. He concludes
as follows: Il respect the forms of
government without bitterness, pro
vided it insIlres order, justice and
liberty. IL elected / shall he
always Democratic, and partizan
IF prOgress.n
American citizen., 1876-02-19

FLAG OF THE WEsT.-On the
fourth page of our paper to-day will
be found the advertisement of J. A.
Howells & Co. We have seen a
copy of the Flag, and finl it to be
neatly printed and well filed with
reading OF light and interesting
character.
American citizen., 1876-02-19

w. \. BLEDsOE-tlird door from
Tupper building, on Cen';er street
keeps constantly on hand every
article necessary for table use. He
sells cheap for cash. 5
Fifty new Milburn Wagons for
sale cheap at n. G Orrick's.
ONION SETS, silver skin and
large red, for sale at w. n. Bled-
sOe's. 3
Wagon and Plow Gear for sale at
n. g. Oriick's.
Wheelbarrows garden Implements
FOR sale at N. G. Orrick's,
Everything in the Hardware line
Tor sale at N. G. Orrick's.
Go TO w. n. Blcdsoe's Tor your
garden seed. Every variety from
Landreth's. 3
HOT TOM and JERI.Y at the
Bank Saloon.
American citizen., 1876-02-19
MARRIED.

In Canton, at the residence of the brides
father, DIR. c. b. Galloway, on Thursday,
February II, 1876, by Rev. C. b. Galloway.
Rev. j. NJ. WEEMs, of Hazichurst, and Miss
SOPHIA A. GALLOWAY.
In common with a host of friends, We
wish the happy pair a long and prosperous
life. We bid farewell to the bride with
sincere regret, and Canton has lost one of its
American citizen., 1876-02-19


FIRST quality of choice family
-four for $3.50 per barrel, at w. n
Bledsoe's. z
LAGER BEER, the finest in the
city, to be had at the Bank Saloon.
KENTUCKY PLOws, the very best
manufactured. for sale at W. N.
Bledsoe's. z
The BrsT of wine, whisky and
Brandy. all to be had pure, at the
Bank Saloon. jams
800 kegs nails for sale at N. q.
Orrick's,
Live Oak Whiskey, the best in
town, at the Bank Saloon.
l. Landl eths garden seeds and on
ION sets for sale at N. G. Orrick's.
Saddles and Biidels for sale at
N. q. OrIick's.
CENTENNIAL DRINKs of all kinds
at the Bank Saloon. jams
1000 Plows and Points for sale at
N. g. Orrick's.
If you want a hot or Cold drink
something nice, let CHILDREs fix it
at the Bank Saloon.
N. G. Orrick has for sale Genuine
German Millet, Oninn Sets, Lan-
dreth s. Ferry's Fresh Garden
Seed. ian 15-3m.
Go to the Bank Saloon. CHILD
RES, will fix you up.
w. N. BLEDsOE keeps first class
family grocery, besides large
stock Of plantation supplies. Farm
ers will bear this in mind. His
goods are equal to any in the mar
ket, and he sells at low prices. 8
JOHN B. HARRIS, candy manu-
facturer, west side Court square,
keeps constantly for sale pure fresh
candy, at 40 cents per pound. He
makes the universal favorite, cocoa
nut sticks, the most palatable vari-
ETY. known. He invites the public
10 give him call. 8
FRESH GARDEN SEEDs.-We are
prepared to fill orders of Wholesale
and retail buyers, for Landreth's
aud Ferry's garden seeds, onion
sets, and Early Rose, Peerless and
Russet seed potatoes.
! 5-4 II. GWINNER & Bro.
HoUsEKEEPERS wishing to econ
omize, may do SO by calling on w.
N. BledsOe, on north side of Court
square. 5
ALL orders for job work, adver
tising and subscriptions, lett at H.
Gwinner s. Bros, N. G. Orrick's
Phillips & Jones, or w. j. Mosby 4
Co.'s, will receive prompt attention
at this Office.
w. n. BLEDsoE keeps a fine as
sortment of pickles, canned meats
canned fruits, Bologna sausage, ant
many other indispensable article,
for housekeepers. 3
Go TO w. N. Bledsoc's for meat
lnackerel, cheese, sugar, coffee, tea
buckwheat and fine -four. 5
ALE, Porter and Bremen Beer
.tthe Bank Saloon. jams
CHAMPAGNE and California wine
can be had at the Bank Saloon, o
tie best brands. jams
American citizen., 1876-02-19

NEW FIRM.-Mr. Jas. A. Reid,
70 well and fayorably known to our
citizens ~ business man, has
formed partnership with Mr.. Sill
liman, late Of New Orleans, under
the Arm name of SilIiman & Reid.
They will purchase cotton aud do a
general commission business. Sue
cess to the new firm.