Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-07-20
CENTENN JOTTINGS.

STALLAERT's picture of "The De
struction of Pompeii," which took
premium at Vienna, excites great adj
miration among visitors.
THE entries for the dog show will
close on the 1st of August. The ex-
hibit is expected to be large and varied.
The entries are free to all.
SIR JOHN GILBERT picture of "The
Battle of Naseby' is said to form
marked contrast with the Battle of
Gettysburg" in artistic skill and ami
nation.
THE Oldest piano ON exhibition is
small five and three-fourths octave
made by Jonas Chickering in 1928. 1t
has still a sweet tone and is much adj
mired by elderly people.
ONE Of the most interesting objects
of the Wisconsin exhibit in Agricul-
tural Hall is cold Abe" the eagle,
somewhat celebrated as having been
the companion of Wisconsin regiment
during the war, and the participant in
twenty-five battles. cold Abe is
quite active and well trained.
A NEW Centennial game has been
introduced. 1t is played at small par
ties, the chief feature being for every
man to kiss one of the girls a hundred
times during the evening. 1t was very
popular at first, but the girls seem to
be dissatisfied with it now, and are
trying to get up q bi-centennial game.
THERE is a machine in Machinery
Hall, at the Centennial, that manu-
features a type, polishes it, and sets it
i'll a cOmpOsing-Stick. But as it can't
jeff for the liquids, or swear at the
stranger who comes into the cOmpOs-
lng-rOom to practice Whistling, it is
considered a failure as a type-setting
machine Chic0gO Times.
The Irish linens are very attractive
both IN beauty and variety. A Cen
tenniaT' table-cloth contains the enor-
nous number Of 10000 threads in q
breadth of two and half yards. and
in four and q half yards length A, 900
threads. In design it is highly artistic,
having masks Of the four seasons, sur
rounded with appropriate flowers in
the corners, and the center contains
Apollo III his chariot drawn by four
horses, representing Morning, Noon,
Evening, and Night, surrounded with
experimentation of eternity. 1t
was made at Belfast, Ireland.
NICE-PRESIDENT FERRY suffered a
severe penance for some sin or other
III Philadelphia on the Fourth of July.
lie sat near the orator of the day, Mr..
EyartS, who read his speech from a
Iii'ii'''yiIpU ouptIUIy U11SrUooUu Uy UIIp
OF his sons. AS fast as one sheet had
been delivered, Mr. Evarts turned it
over and laid it on one side. Toward
the middle of the discourse a playful
breeze Sprang up mot ordered by Gen.
HaWley), and began to toss the papers
to and fro. The Vice-President put
out his hand and stayed them. Mr..
EVartS recognized the friendly aid. and
calmly appropriated it, so that during
the last hour of the ceremonies Mr..
Ferry acted, to the great amusement
OF all who noted the scene, as an ami
mated papeT-Weight for the eminent
New York speaker Chicogo Ece,aing
Journal.
\ YOUNG man well known in this
city recently visited the great Centen-
NAL Exhibition at Philadelphia. AS
might be expected, he enjoyed it i'm
menSely, and viewed with delight the
magnificent collection of the choicest
products Of every quarter of the globe.
Not satisfied with six days in the week.
he became, as is shown by his actions,
unanimously IN favor of opening the
Exhibition on the seventh. Petitions
to the Commission to open on Sunday
beng circulated for signatures, our en-
thuslaStic friend signed his name thir-
ty-Stc different times, hailing from as
many different localities in the North
west. Not only this-he put down the
names of all his friends whom he
thought might or ought to favor Sun
day opening. One time, as the Madi-
sonlan tells the story, he was about to
sign as from the great and good city of
Chicago, when the man who had
charge of the petition, and who had an
impeachment in his speech, stopped him
by remarking: NO, no, n-nOt from
C-Chicago. T-that w-won't have any
f-force with the Commission. P-Put
y-your n-name down f-from some 9th
er p-place i'll the Nor-Northwest. ANY
w-Where but C-Chicagor' Being an
accommodating fellow, and as he
wished his signature to have some
''f-force," enthusiastically acquiesced
In the request. And after all this. the
Commission has utterly disregarded
the prayers of the petitioners. and. nv