Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-02-08

says its a big thing. Cronin's knows.
be bowed.
There is an article going the round
of the papers headed Sensation of
Starving. ;" in which the author gives
the description Of the feelings Of a
starving person from the time he is
without food until death relieves him
on the seventh day. The article is
mainly correct, except that on the
fourth day the incessant craving does
not give way to sinking of the stom-
ach and nausea, but on the contrary
the craving increases if anything
We have run newspaper too long to
have anybody fool Us any on the SEN
sations Of ing.-LaXSm.
After the old bridge was thrown
down it was ascertaiDed the timbers
had become so decayed that it's longer
retention as q means of transit to and
from Centralia, would have been ex-
tremely hazardous. No one supposed
it to be quarter as bad as was deyel-
oped upon examination. The whole
structure was absolutely rotten, and
held up by the underneath supports
and rods connecting with the upper
cords That it had not fallen long ago
is mystery. Our county is lucky in
that it has not had bill to pay for
damages for loss of life or limb. Why,
the blamed thing was so rotten that
it would scarcely have done for a dam
ocratic platform.
If anybody wants to write to Geo.
Francis Train, here is his address, as
laid down by himself:
GAS [ receive no callers, talk with
no adults, make no speeches, visit no
theatres, concerts, lyceums or churches
enter no hotels, restaurants, courts or
public places, see no interviewers, at
tend no dinners, balls or private part
ties, make no calls, give no Xmas
presents, make no charitable donations
attend no weddings OF festivals, shake
no hands, belong to no club. society or
party, court no sympathy, ask no ia
Tors, need no money, desire no friend
ship, seek no Office, have no wish,
possess no aspirations. there is no nee
eslty of any one having my address
Letters simply directed New York
City will reach nae. :"
Have you enemies? Go straight
on, and mind them not. IF they block
up your path, walk around them. and
do your duty regardless Of their spite
A man who has no enemies is seldom
good for anything he is made of that
kind of material which IS so easily
worked that every one has hand in it.
A sterling character-one who thinks
for himself, and speaks what he thinks
is always sure to have enemies
They are as necessary to him as fresh
air; they keep him alive and active.
A celebrated character, who was sur
rounded with enemies, used to remark
''TheY are sparks which, if you do
not blow, will go out Of themselves.
Let this be your feeling while endeav-
! oring to live down the scandal of those
who are bitter against you. IF you.
stop to dispute, you do but as they
desire, and open the way for more
abuse. Let the poor fellows talk :;
there will be reaction if you perform
but your duty. and hundreds who were
once alienated from you will flock to
you and acknowledge their error
AIeronder'S Messenger.
"A good natured democrat asked
US the other day, because Of the ap-
parently slow work Of the "Commis-
sion" over the Florida vote ''NVhat
has become of that tribunal ?" We
wanted to tell him, so we asked him if
he had ever heard of the man who
drew picture of man, a barn, and
a boy, with only the man and barn in
sight. and when he was asked where
the boy was, the artist replied, "Why,
the boy has gone behind the barn. y
The story bulI-dozed him, and he
wanted to know what that had to do
with the Presidential question, and
we had to tell him. cause he couldn t
see it-that the Commission had gone
| behind the returns, and then he laugh
ed democratic laugh and said: Il
hope they haven't gone there for the
same reason the boy went behind the
barn, and we told him he ought to be
ashamed of himself, and he said he
was.
Some leas than seventeen hun
dred ''little ones" and young ladies
and gentlemen congregated at the
Philleo House last Friday evening, on
the occasion of the anniversaries of
four birthdays which occur inside of
ten days IN the Philleo hotel. You
see, we merge them in one, and have
just boiling-oYer time We threw
the whole premises open to the battal-
ion and fastened down the hcuttle,
aud let them ''bull-doze" the whole
plantation. We staid down town the
shank of the evening and then went
home, thinking the fun would be over
in the course of an hour or SO, but it