Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-06-22
CENTENNIAL JOTTINGS.

NAL cover their goods on Saturday-their
Sabbath
SOLID silver bowls, worth 500 each,
are the prizes selected for the successful
competitors at the dog-show.
THE New England log cottage is so be-
sieged by visitors that policemen stand at
the door and admit them by detach-
ments
The Philadelphia Telegraph urges very
Iorcibiy the propriety Of opening the Cen
. tennial grounds and buildings in the
evening,
PRoF. WIDOWS, the accomplished
bell-ringer, can play over 1000 pieces of
music lie says the Centennial chime is
the finest in the country.
a CAFE is to be opened on the grounds
by Senior Luis de Rezende, representa-
tive of the united exhibitors of Brazil, to
show the merits Of the Brazilian coffee.
SOME recent additions to the French de-
partment in the Main Hall show the sue
cessful revival Of the art of enameling
which tourished in Limoges centuries
ago.
Mr.. SToRY's statue of "Medea, i" recent
ly brought from Italy, is valuable con-
tribution to the American art department.
1t attracts many admirers to Memorial
Hall
SENATOR GORDON, of Georgia, has writ
ten letter urging that fraternal reunion
OF Federal and Confederate soldiers be
held in Philadelphia on the Fourth of
July
GEN. HARRY HETH, Of Richmond, Va,
the e1-Confederate, has accepted the COM
mand Of the southern division Of the Cen
tennial legion, which Gen. Fitzhugh Lee
declined.
Two large cheeseS made in Buffalo, n.
l., are on exhibition One of them
weighs twelve and the other fourteen tons.
They are tel or twelve feet high, and
bound with iron hoops an inch thick.
The increasing numbers of visitors so
CROWD the passages in the Main Building
and the Art Building that it has been
necessary to exclude the rolling chairs
from the passages of many of the depart
mcnts.
TIE dedication Of the Centennial foun-
tain by the Catholic T. A. Union will be
postponed until the Exhibition is over, in
consequence Of the refusal of the Board
OF Finance to admit members free of
charge on the Fourth of July.
AT the request of Gov. IngersolI, the
Hartford Historical Society has sent to the
Connecticut cottage on the Centennial
grounds the royal cOat-of-arms that was
painted after the accession of the house of
Hanover to the English throne, and that
used to hang over the Speakers seat in
the Assembly.
CLoAKs made from the bark of the
bread-truit tree attracts many visitors to
the Sandwich Islands section. The
cioaks have the appearance of tissue
paper, and are said to be very strong and
durable. \ case filled with materials
sent by Queen Emma, contains, among
many curious and interesting articles,
cloak made entirely OF feathers of differ
ent hues, crimson, yellow and black, re
curing several years labor to complete it.
a CURIOUS agricultural machine is the
hay-loader, which without the assistance
OF extra men or horses to work it will
load ton OF hay in five minutes, taking
the hay from the ground as clearly as is
usually done by the hand fork, and being
adapted to all ordinary meadow land.
1t will also pitch barley and all kinds of
loose grain and flax in very satisfactory
manner, ana not only saves the labor of
pitching on, but also secures hay which in
shoWery weather might otherwise be lost.
The original pillow of 1176, made BY
Caleb PinnOck, and consisting of dilap-
1dated wooden frame lined with Sheet
iron with q wide perpendicular knife in
front, is to be seen in Agricultural Hall.
There are better plows than this now, and
some Of them are exhibited here. The
circular Of one of the manufacturers Of
these useful implements says that "you
please farmer with good pillow and you
please him all over 1t is equal to pleas
ing his wife with a good cook-stove-you
can see it, his family see it, even his
horses know it and feel it. Cheerfulness
prevails instead of fault-fnding, growing
and dissatisfaction; all is serene and hap
py." Why not get up Plow- Presenting
Society for the Prevention of Discord p
Cor. ", Y. EConing Post.
On Monday, July 3, Philadelphia will
witness the largest gathering of old sol
diers since our armies were disbanded.
The Grand Army of the Republic has
perfected arrangements by which nearly
every post in the United States will be
represented on that occasion, and of all sol
der reunions this will be the most nota-
bic. The order will parade on the Sd and
Will also participate in the demonstration
OF the Centennial Fourth On Weunes-
day, the 9Th, the boys will meet in Schuet-
zen Park for social enjoyment during the
day and evening. We notice that in this
pant of the programme the mothers,
wives, daughters, sisters and sweethearts
Cd the boys are to participate. The whole