Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-12-27
Our Small Change.
Now run your lumber.

last thursday.
-"That Hired Girl Of Oars'' will
soon be out.
-Rehearsal at Mrs. Ladd's this,
Saturday evening.
Christmas Toys - Santa. Claus
stock an trade.
The national quarrelers will come
together again Jan'y 10th.
We must introduce Bro. Slough
come to Bro. Waldron the first oppor-
tunity.
The winter term of the State Nor
NAL School at River Falls. will com
msncs Jan'y Sd.
We are in receipt of that valuable
paper, The Resources Of California,
from John Charnock.
The most remarkable season ever
known. These greenbackers, We fear
have deranged nature.
The river is higher than it has
been for years. A food threatens US.
Make q note of it, Jan'y lat 1878,
Composition writing on themes
suggested by the teachers to the pu-
pills is sometimes amusing, isn't it, Ell,
George.
-Whorton Bros. ran about 2,000,-
GOO feet of logs Of this winters cut,
down Hemlock, last Monday. How 8
that for Christmas.
Hayes hung mp his stocking Mon
day night, and Ben. Hill put C0nk-
ling's photograph in it. Rutherford
immediately "put his foot in it, >
Frank Wood wants to buy pig.
lie will fat it on buckwbeat batter.
He always buys pig when he sits
down in the batter in his night shirt,
when building FIRE at 4 A. NJ. Dc
liver the pig at the Co. Clerks Office
Be it known that We are in favor
Of the demonstration of the old cop
per cent. IF only 1t chad been, just
think how many last fall would have
been spared financial ldiocy, inasmuch
as they would all have had some COM
mon cents.
: The Chicago Tribune says Matt
Carpenter is the most brilliant pleadcr
now before the United States Supreme
Court, and is making there an income
of 500, 900 to 100000 a year. Sid
ney Bartlett, of Boston, is at the head
of the Supreme Court Bar, Senator
Edmunds stands next. Ben Butler
David Dudley Field, and Phillip Phil
lips, of Alabama, are other prominent
practitioners.
That Wisconsin, I'.'iu5y or Pigeon
SIN Winery SwaYzie's pape. IS th'
most enterprising journal we ever saw
Susan b. Anthony lectared at Stew
ems Point, Thursday evening, and tht
Pjncry Of Thursday Doesn't seem t.
be aware Of the fact. May be SwayZl
fell in love with Susan and is dewr
cellar constructing sonnet to Susie.
He got upon his ear because sh'
looked sweet at another fellow who's,
eyes were a li.tle obliquc, SO wrot'
her; "t5imp!y to thy cross eye cling,
and she Immediately pulled down he
ycstment. and retorted; Would
were nth tkce," I'd knead thee eUerl
hour" And now all nature has los
its loneliness, and the tr-r-r-rr-r o
the red-headed uoodpecker hath los
the magic Of its music.
Washington is desd; We don
mean the old General, but the few &C
res by the Potomac planted viii
brown stone fronts, where the Confed
crates are mobiles in patent feathers, ant
Law makers for loyal people, and y
obey in blue turns hand organ oil
the corner Of the street in the shad
of the old flag, and holds his hat for
penny, pinned to an empty coat sleeve
Congress has gone home.
1t is coming to be believed tina
we have gold in Wood County. W
have been laughed at for Our credulit,
but We have sn abiding faitb that GU
statements were founded upon fact
that could not be shaken. A car 0
ore will 20 from Rudolph to Chicag
this week, TO: ssSsying purposes
There is no little excitement in th
county. We learn, too, that the gran
tie and kaolin beds are being opsne,
up with the most favorable results.
A good joke on cur County Clerk
He went tie bed the other night, an
after snoozing about twenty minutes
happening to awake, he noticed tn
moon Illuminating his bed room
There said he with deal of impat