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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-12-28
aUgzgEaDEREgTOEsY.
LOCAL MATTERS.
HI. Es PszEa.LED, Editor.
Grand Rapids, Thursday, Dee. 2s
CITY AND COUNTY.

Don't forget the very social
Oyster Supper at the Congrega-
tiOnal Church ParlOr tomorrow,
Friday, evening. There will be
a joyous time.
Take Notice. Being DESTROYS of
reducing our stock to the lowest point
during the winter we will sell for cash
all of our clothing, dress goods and
Gents furnishing Goods at cost. All
the goods at greatly reduced prices
Call early and secure a good selection
and a bargain. If
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-12-28

A large party enjoyed Christ
mas dance at Music Hall On Monday
night. Wiley and Lynn furnished
the music, and the supper was gotten
up by Clark of the Rabln House.
All declare it feast:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-12-28
BUSINESS NOTICES.

First Nat. Bank, -Grand Rapids,
Wis, Nov. 90, 1876. Notice is here
by given that the regular annual meet
ing of the Stock holders of this Bank
for the election of Directors for the
ensuing year, will be held at this office
on Tuesday. Jan. 9, 1877, at 3 o'clock
P. m. of said day, 5w
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-12-28
Election of Officers.-The folio

Election of Offieers.-The follow
ing is the list of officers elected by
Lodge No. 12S, T. & A. NJ. st the an
nual election, Wednesday, Dec. Goth.
W. NC. Herschleb.
S. WI. Hayden.
J. VT " Burt.
Sec'y.-Wn. 7. Jones.
Treas. IN. T.. Emmons.
S. d. Il. NJ Nash.
j. DR.. Mcfarland.
DupOnce's Golden Periodical
Pills are the surest and safest remedy
for ladies in delicate health. no. 42,1 y.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-12-28

Wanted.-To- exchange City Prop
erty-either house and lots, or vacant
lots, for work to be done on cranberry
marsh. Will give long time to do
work in, Inquire at this Office. If
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-12-28

You can get good first class fur
Beaver overcoat mantle to order at t.
G. StAmeur & Co.'S from $500 to
S35. If
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-12-28
I. G.. STAMOUR. IF

Lectures. The Library Associa-
ton of Stevens Point is succeeding
admirably with its lecture course.
Prof. w. D. Cunning will give two
Scientific Lectures Dec 20 and Both !;
these being the second and third of
tina course Prof Swing, of Chicago, is
engaged for Jan y Is, This will be a
good chance for our people to hear the
big guns of the rostrum Next win
ter would it not be well to organize a
similar association in Grand Rapids
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-12-28

Mothers can secure health for their
children and rest for themselves by the
use of Castoria, a perfect substitute
TO Castor Oil. 1t is absolutely harm
less, and is as pleasant to take as honey.
For Wind Collie, Sour Stomach, Worms
or Constipation, for young or old, there
is no thing in existence like it. It is
certain, it is speedy, it is cheap.
Caked Breasts, Rheumatism,
Sciatica, Swellings, Sprains, Stiff
Joints, Burns, Scalds, Poisonous Bitcts
and all flesh, bone and muscle ailments,
can be absolutely cured by the Cen.
tAur Liniments. What the White
Liniment is for the human family, the
Yellow Liniment is for spawned, gall
ed, and lame horses and animals.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-07
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

In copper utensils, il the tin has worn
off, have II Immediately replaced
NEVER leave saticepans dirty from one
slovenly and untidy
THE manure.pile is the farmers bank
of deposit. If there is nothing deposited
there he will surely fail for how would
tho merchant get along If he had no de-
pOsts in the bankY
INDIAN RUsK. Two light cups of In
dian meal, one cup Of white flour, one
teaspoonful Of saleratus, enough sour or
butter milk to dissolve, one cup sweet ;
stir in three fourths of cup of molasses
A SURE CURE FOR FROSTED FEET
Take a turnip, let it freeze then roast 1t
until it will mash, spread on cloth, and
bind on the affected part; when 1t be-
comes dry change it, until the pain is
subdued.-Cor Cincinnati Times.
DO NOT scrub the inside of your frying
pan, as after this operation any prepara-
tion fried is liable to catch or burn in the
pan. If the pan has become black in
side, rub it with hard crust of bread,
and wash in hot water mixed with a little
soda.--Home Magazine.
VINEGAR CANDY. One cupful of white
sugar, one.half a cupful of vinegar; boil
it until It crisps in cold water. This
makes an excellent candy and something
beneficial also, as II is good for colds 1t
the vinegar be very strong, take little
less of 1t and some water, but for use the
strength of vinegar never hurts. When
done, pour out on battered plates, and
either mark of in squares one inch or two
as it cools, or, wnen cool enough, handle,
draw it until it is nice and white then
cut II into sticks.
WASHING BLuE.--Twenty pounds of
white potato starch twenty pounds of
wheat starch, twenty pounds of Prussian
blue, two pounds OF indigo carmine, and
two pounds of finely. ground gum.arabic
are mixed in trough, with the gradual
addition of sufficient water to form a half
fluid, homogeneous mass, which is then
poured out on board with strips tackled
to the edges. 1t is then allowed TO dry In
a heated room until 1t docs not run to.
gether again when cut 1t is next cut by
a suitable cutter into little cubes and al
lowed TO dry perfectly, They are finished
by being placed in a revolving drum, with
suitable quantity of dry and finely-pul-
verized Paris blue, until they have a
handsome appearance, The cost is about
twelve cents a pound ,-SpringfleLd (HdSs. }
TeIe1rdm.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-07
Business Habits.

THERE is probably not one farmer in
10000 who keeps set of accounts from
which he can at any moment learn the
cost of anything he has produced, or even
the cost of his real property. A very few
farmers, who have been brought up to
business habits, keep such accounts and
are able to tell how their affairs progress,
what each crop, each kind of stock, or
each animal has cost, and what each pro.
duces. Knowing these points farmer
can, to very great extent, properly de-
eide what crops he will grow and what
stock he will keep He will thus he able
to apply his labor and money where it
will do the most good. He can weed out
his stock and only retain such animals as
can be kept with profit, For the want of
such knowledge farmers continue, year
after year, to feed cows that are unprUtita-
BILE, and frequently sell for less than her
value one that is the best of the herd, be-
cause she is not known TO be any better
than the rest. Feed is also wasted upon
ill-bred stock, the keep of which costs
three or four times that of well.bred AMI
mails, which, as has been proved by figures
that cannot be mistaken, pay a large profit
upon their keeping. For want of know
ing what they cost, poor crops are raised
year by year at an actual loss, provided
the farmers labor, at the rates current for
common labor, were charged against
them. To learn that he has been working
for fifty cents day during a number of
years, while he has been paying his help
twice as much, would open the eyes of
many farmer who has actually been do
ing this, and it would convince him that
there is some value in figures and book
accounts. 1t is not generally understood
that man who raises twenty bushels OF
corn per acre pays twice as much for his
plOwing and narrowing, twice as much
for labor and twice as great interest upon
the cost of his farm as n neighbor who
raises forty bushels per acre. Nor is it
understood that when he raises a pig that
makes $50 pounds of pork in a year that
his pork costs him twice as much, or the
corn he feeds brings him but half as
much, as that of his neighbor, whose pig
weighs 300 pounds at a year old. If all
these things were clearly set down in
figures upon a page in an account book,
and were studied, there would be not only
a sudden awakening to the Improbable
ness of such farming, but an Immediate
remedy would be sought. For no person
could resist evidence of this kind if 1t
were once brought plainly home to him.
If storekeepers, merchants or manufactur-
ers kept no accounts they could not posi-
bly, carry on their business, and it is only
because the farmers business is one of
the most safe that he can still 20 on work
ing in the dark and throwing away oppor-
tunities of bettering his condition and in.
creasing his profits. american Agricult-
1IJJsf
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-07

IT is.no wonder that VIC hear this question
on every corner. So many are dying sud
denly Of diseases Of the brain in these days
that everyone Is alarmed, and is asking;
F." What shall we do?" There is alarm on ac-
count of dizziness OF the head, q whirling
sensation when rising up suddenly, a bad,
" all gone" sensation at the pit of the stom
ach, like the gnawing of an ulcer, with n
feeling like load after eating, pains IN the
back, sides and chest, at times, with costiye
bowels, scanty high-colorcd urine, some.
times voidcd with pain, appetite poor, and
when food is eaten 1t oftcntimcs distrGsscs;
the skin, after time, becomes dark, cold
and clammy, eyes sunkcn and tingcd with
yellow, spirits detected with evil forebod'
lngs. When any OF these symptoms are
present no time should bc lost In using n
proper remedy The one that we have
known to operate with the most certainty l.
the SHAKER EXTRACT OF RooTs or CURA-
tive SYRUP mot patent mcdichic)t sold by
Druggists and A. j, White, $40 J earl street,
New York.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-07
How to Get Eggs in Winter.

WE will not say that the farmer who
leaves poultry to roost in the apple tree
at the corner OF the barn, and to pick up
their living at the pigs trough and in the
barnyard, may not occasionally get an
egg in winter. But as matter of fact
there is on most farms great dearth Of
eggs from November to March, With a
warm shelter and suitable feed pullets
that begin to lay in the fall will continue
TO lay through the winter. 1t is mainly
question of feed. The staple feed is In
dian corn, especially in the West, because
it is the most plentiful and the most con-
veLient. Ii furnishes plenty of fat and
keeps up the heat of the fowls, but it is poor
in albumen and the phosphates. They
want variety of grains and vegetables,
and, to do their best, one feed daily OF
warm cooked meal and vegetables, Most
farmers have milk, and if this can be add
ed 1t will be all they need. Butchers
scrap cake is good, and may safely be
kept in the pOultry.yard where the fowls
can help themselves at pleasure. Boiled
potatoes or turnips, mashed and mixed
with Indian. meal, make an excellent feed
for laying hens. Fowls are particularly
fond OF cabbages and turnips At all stages
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-07
"TWenty Dollars Rewardy"
In the Oxford (Ala.) Tribune appear
the following advertisement:

In the Oxford (Ala.) Tribune appears
the following advertisement:
TWENTY DOLLARS REwARD.-I will nay the
above reward for coored boy named Aaron Nc
ktnsaY, who ran away from my place last Saturday
night the Goth inst Said boy was sold at auction
for stealing $40 from the Woodstock Iron Com
pany's store, and was bound TO me for five months
nine days and half's hard labor to cover damages.
TAYLOR DEARMAN.
The Inter Ocean took occasion to allude
to the law under which the above outrage
is perpetrated at the time of its passage
Ii simply amounts to the establishment of
a system of peonage which, in Alabama,
or in any other State where the power is
in the hands Of the whites, is only an
other name for slavery. In the first place
the selling of n man, for any length of
time, is contrary to the genius of our in
stitutions, and a substantial violation of
those constitutional amendments which
Mr.. Lamar has assured rs the Democratic
party is so anxious TO accept. In the Sec
ond place the existence OF such a law in
the South, where the colored man is still
regarded as pretcnder, and nearly un-
entitled TO liberty, is evidence alone of its
abuse. 1t cannot be otherwise. And, as
we said, with white men TO administer the
laws, there is nothing to prevent a
revival, in fact, of slavery itself. A
colored man is arrested on charge
OF theft, for instance, and brought
before magistrate who retains his
belief in the right of slavery. He
thinks that the proper place for the Afri-
can is under master. He hears the evil
denee. II may be very strong, or 1t may
be utterly inadequate TO convict. What
difference does it make to the man who
has an enemy to spite, race to punish or
a principle to enlorceg He sentences the
accused to long and disgraceful servl-
tude, seryitude which may be made so
unbearable as 10 induce the victim TO fly, in
which case he Is recaptured and has his
sentence doubled or treDled; and so on,
from one preteXt to another, until the life
of the convict is exhausted Thus we be-
hold, twelve years after the Proclamation
of Emancipation, the shameful advertise
ment at the head of this article;
Twenty dollars reward for colored boy, who
ran away from my place.
The words show the falsity Of rebel pro-
sessions. They show the insincerity of
the Democratic party, which indulgcs in
pious declarations and patriotic resolves
in Washington while its members violate
the laws and insult the American name in
Alabama.-IHteT Ocean.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-07
scnrNoK's Pu1moNro srrur, srl wErp TOKYO

soHsNoK's Pu1MoNIo sYRur, SEA WEED TOXIC
AND MANDRAKE PIIts.--These deseryedly cele-
brated and popular medicines have effected rev
olution In the healing art, and proved the fallacy
Of several maxims which have for many years obs
structed The progress OF medical science. The
false supp9sition that Consumption Is incumblo,
deferred physicians frdm attempting t6 find remq.
dies for that disease, and patients afflicted with "
reconciled themselves TO death without making an
effort 20 escape from doom which they supposed
to be unavoidable. IL Is now proved, however,
that Consumption can BE- cured, and that II hds
been cured In very great number OF cases (sOme
Of them apparently desperate ones) by Schencks
Pulmonic Syrup alone, and in other cases by the
same medicine In connection with Schenck's Sea
Weed Tonic and Mandrake Pills one or both, ac-
cording TO the requirements of the case.
DR.. Schenck himself, who enjoyed uninterrupted
good health for more than forty years, was sup
posed at one time to be at the very gate Of DEATH
bis physicians having pronounced his case hope
less, aud abandoned him 10 his fate. lie wns
cured by the aforesaid medicines, and, since his
recovery, many thousands similarly affected have
used Dr Schencks preparations with the same re-
mark0ble success
Full directions accompany EACH making II not
absolutely necessary to personally see DIR. Schenck
unless patients wish their lungs examined and
for this purpose he Is professionally at is princ
pal oice, corner Sixth aud Arch streets Philadel-
phia, every Monday, whore all letters for advice
must be addressed. Schencks medicines are
aOid bv all dr.' puists.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-07
Extra Care of Feeble Sheep.

In most flocks there will usually be
found several feeble sheep which require
more care than the larger part of the flock.
They are invalids. The strong and robust
sheep give these feeble ones push here
and thrust there, thus keeping them
back and away from their proper portion
of feed These invalids may be recog.
nized readily by their gaunt and sickly
appearance. Unless they receive special
care during the cold weather they will not
survive the winter If there are not more
than three or four OF these feeble ones,
fence off one corner of the yard for them,
or make shed with rails, poles and straw
for them, in case boards are scarce, Take
the rails from some fence and lay up two
courses about foot apart for the sides of
the shed, and fill the space between the
rails with stable manure or old straw, or
small branches of evergreen trees. In
the absence of other material plow up Il
lot of tough sods for filling in between
the rails. Cover the top with few rails
or poles; then lay on brush, if you have
nothing better, and cover over with straw
or cOrnstalks, and pile ON sufficient to
carry off the rain and snow. Ii straw is
scarce cover layer of brush and straw
with turf or sods laid so neatly that when
the surface is frozen the rain will be car
ried off. Leave only a narrow doorway
ON the sunny side. In addition 20 gen
erous supply Of fodder, let each sheep be
fed about.a pound of oats and corn per
day. 1t will pay we'll to take extra care
of the invalid sheep, One thing is GER
tain, which is, if they are not separated
from the flock they will not survive until
spring See, also, that they have access
to water at all times. Sheep will live
without water, yet they will thrive better
if they can have easy access to it day and
night They need water or they would
not drink it.--N. Y. Herald
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-07
BURNETT's COCAINE is the best and cheap
est hair-dressng in the world.

"A New York life.insurance company
was badly squeezed by an agent in col
lusion with local reporter recently. The
agent had a policy sent him by an army
officer for cancellation; but the company,
wanting to keep the risk, declined to can
eel. The agent, having pecuniary inter-
est in the matter let it rest few weeks,
when he procured through the reporter
the insertion of paragraph among the
minor kilograms of a morning paper to
the effect that the insured officer had been
drowned crossing stream in Dakota
Territory. The bait took. In the morn
ing clerk from the life company came
around to the agents Office and asked if
he still had the policy for surrender. He
replied he had; whereupon negotiations
were opened for its surrender on terms
about 100 per cent. beyond the first pro-
posal. The money was paid; but proba-
bly, to this day the life company does not
know it was "put-up job"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-07

AN attempt similar to that of Thompson
Tor Thomassen) to destroy the MCsel was
made in 1856 upon the Vanderbilt steamer
Ariel, sailing from Bremen Haven. After
the vessel had left port she was signaled
to stop, and word was sent to the Captain
that two cases in the hold. marked as con-
tanning silks, held combustihles with a
clock-work arrangement to ignite them
when the vessel was at sea. An eXamina
tion proved the truth of the story, which
was disclosed by the conscious-stricken
mechanic WHO had made the boxes. The
guilty parties were father and son, the
object being to collect insurance. After
the detection and arrest of the criminals
the father committed suicide aud the son
is still in prison for life in Bremen. The
story is remarkably similar to the present
one
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-07

The people of the quaint old fishing
town of New Bedford, Mass, begin to
smell of sperm oil again. Fifty whalers
have sailed from that port this season, and
those thai come home laden with oil and
whalebone are Immediately refitted for
sea. The average catch this season has
been $50 barrels of oil to each vessel
Practically, New Bedford is the only
whaling port In the United States, al
though San Francisco makes some pre-
tensions in the business, Twenty years
ago New Bedford was the richest city of
of oil. The catch of oil this year has been
nearly 200, 900 barrels.-Ifttsdurgh Com
mercidI
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-07

SAYS the Vicksburg Herald Yesterday
forenoon boy entered the shop where
his father works and excitedly announced !;
80 pa, mas awful sick" "What's the
matterY" asked the father. "Oh, she's
awful white, and she's shaking all over,
and there's lots of women in there, and
they say she's going to die' T" Can she
talk yet?" inquired the father, as he
pulled down his sleeves. YES" We'll,
we'll take it kind o. slow, then, going
home!" replied the relieved man.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-07

CoOKIEs.-Three cups of sugar, two
tablespoonfuls of rose water, one cup of
butter, three eggs, one teaspoontuf Of
soda, one-half cup of milk, flour enough
to roll out well. Beat the eggs very light,
Rub the butter, sugar and rose water to-
gethcr; then add eggs, soda dissolved in
the milk, and the flour Roll thin. One
cup of sugar, one-half cup of butter, two
eggs, half teaspoonful of soda, mix soft
and bake quickly. One cup butter, two
cups sugar, two eggs, half teaspoon soda,
half cup Of milk. Flour To roll out.
Add caraway seeds and spice.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-07
The GreenDack vs.. Gold.


TIE Cincinnati Enquirer makes this
assertion:
SO far as the grccnback has been allowed
fair play with gold it has been equal in
value 10 IT, In all internal trade grccnback
dollar would buy as much as gold dollar
would if we had 1t in Its place.
The wrtcr of this assertion is either
trying to get off u stupid joke or he is a
donkey. There is no State, county, city,
town, or township in the whole American
Union where grecnback dollar will buy
as much as a gold dollar, either of COM
moditics or services, fer the simple
and sufficient reason that eighty-six or
eighty-sevcn cents will not purchase as
much of anything as 100 cents. In order
to demonstrate the purchasing power of
gold and greenbacks to the complete salts
faction of the Enquirer man, let him get
n gold coin (borrow it from broker), aud
with a greenback Of the same denomina-
tion enter any grocery store in Cincinnati
and see which will buy the greatest weight
of soap, candles, butter, lard, potatoes,
meal, sugar, tea, coffee, spice, salt, oil,
rice, fruit-in short, anything for sale. II
not satisfied with the experiment in the
groceries, let him try a butcher, a baker,
or an oysterman; let him go into any
dry goods, hardware, or jewelers. store
and he will discover which will purchase
the most goods, by about 10 per cent.
But we agree with the Enquirer on one
point, that the greenbacks have not been
allowed fair play" by the " man" that is
sued them, VIZ: Uncle Sam. On their
face they are promises of the Government
to be redeemed by constitutional money,
but the Government does not perform its
promise, and redeems them in nothing
except taxes. They are, therefore,
"broken PROMISES" and "have not been
allowed fair play" and consequently, in
stead of being worth their face, and buy
ing as much as gold, they are only worth
what the brokers will give for them, and
do not buy within Is per cent. rs much as
gold will purchase, and all because the
Government-under the influence of such
sheets as the Enquirer-has not redeemed
its promise Tribune.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-07

journalistic enterprise is not appre-
ciated in Germany. An accomplished
writer, after fitting himself for the work
by considerable sojourn in the United
States, established correspondence bu'
reau TO furnish the leading German jour
nails with information concerning Ameri-
can subjects wherein their readers would
be interested. Just three papers, one at
Berlin, one at Breslau, and one at Stras-
bourg, accepted the correspondence, for
which the charge was about one dollar a
week
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-01-07

The following is one way TO cut a
bottle in two: Turn the bottle as evenly
as possible over low flame for about ten
minutes. Then dip steadily in water
and the sudden cooling will cause reg
ular crack to encircle the side at the heat
ed place, allowing the heportions to be easily
separated. -Scientlfc american.