Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-04-13

attended the spelling school. w were
cordially invited to participate, but we
thought of an we lost in a previous
encounter, and how easily Jack Brun-
dage sot down on s'epitome" and very
gracefully declined, We sat very
quiet and looked very wise, while we
witnessed the defamation of the ranks.
Prof Graham did not live to see the
"Millennial," and the Supt. of the
County, whose name we forget, very
soon got tired and reposed One by
one the champions fell, till Mrs. Bos.
and Miss Livermore on the Fsame side
alone remained 1t seemed to be i'm
possible to "fetch EN-" Webster's
Underthebridge was just simple toy.
They were invincible. We learned af-
terward that Miss. Livermore was i'm
ported for the occasion. IF We had
been a young man and entrusted with
Uncle Sans stecial stamps as nov, We
should have insisted upon, and made
it our special business to have affixed .
special stamp upon all such imported
good, for she is as pretty as pond
lily, as unassumiBg as a blue bell, and
as smart as untamed lightning but
We'll have to quit or her big brother
may lick US next time We have occasion
to visit the Junction.
We found DR.. Guernsy recovering
from an ugly wound received by the
kick of a horse some time ago. Bro.
Starks sells drugs and is getting rich
We judge, which is we'll On Thurs
day we took ''scoot" into New Hope
and Jacksonville. Mr.. Frost trundled
US over with a spanking team, through
mud as thick as hasty pudding and
the way he despatched US. and the
robes and himself showed clearly that
he was of the earth earthly, and that
the frost was out of the ground for
sure, We almost wished he was in
the ground, but as he got US around
and at the depot in time to take the p.
m. train for Plover, we won't. Ar
irving at Plover we "Bigelowed" till
morning, when we went to the Point
where we found a host of acquaint-
ances. We met Matt Wadleigh who
looked cheery--he had just heard from
Connecticut-weDt into the Journal
ofice-saw Ed. and Simons, both
sweating over the last few sheets of
large edition just off with happy old
tax list therein. We enjoyed coy
chat with the boys, stamped the brew
cries, scolded the cigar makers for
keeping their books after the manner
of the Chaldeans Of the hieroglyphic
period, looked at gauger Ward, as good
a boy as Uncle Sam has in his employ,
slipped up to Raymonds Office, and
over to the Court House where jim
Carpenter clerks it for the county, and
into a million other places whittier
business called US, and finally tumbled
into one of Whipple's best beds when
we had team of night mares, but a
capital breakfast in the morning and
a dinner that would have made Jack
sick-or any other man who don't know
when to stop. At Is minutes to l we
took the stage for Plover. with only
eight others, giving US just three
quarters Of an hour to make the train
for home. At McDillville the front
axletree snapped, and things did look
dubious for making connections with
the train, but the driver hustled about
and soon tumbled us into a lumber
wagon, and O how carefully we sit
down now. We were like a locomo-
tive with one of those carts they carry
wood in when we reached the depot,
but we made it just as the train moved
up. We carefully got aboard and
stood up like statue till we reached
home, where the ever pIeasurable Sat-
urday night found US among the ba-
bies but we didn't spank 'em. We
weren't able, and they were Uery good.
"A mistake having arisen in the
minds Of the editors of Reporter and
Tribune Of this city in regard to the
recommendation in my lecture-'mar-
ry IN yom ovn religion" [ would say,
[ do not recognize different religions in
the Methodist, Congregational, Bah
list and Presbyterian Churches. The
religion they profess is the same but
they have different ways Of administer
ing it.
did not think it necessary to be
explicit then; but in my mind l re-