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PETER JOHNSON, THE FORMER DRIVER or Bo-
DINE,
we'll known for his skill and good repute as a
trainer. has secured the somewhat remarkable
reldipe Neome, or Naomi, for rext year. I!
will be remembered that this is tue horse who
run away at Dexter Park last yur, aud, after
travelling around the track couple
of times, was put into another
sulkey and won handy heat in 2:27.
lie is evidently yery speedy, aud it lacks only a
race or two to show whether he i also lsster.
H ought, under Peters care, to show about
- or ;s3 this year. HI is by bstboy, and
years old-evidently promising and "com-
ing'' trotter. &c will take his preliminary work
on Dexter Park.
The fast gelding White Stockings, who comes
in for regular paragraph, scemsto have been
sold again, this time to Thorkss P. Wallace, a
brewer OF New York.
Last Tuesday S. ". Wheelock ssld his stallion
Rock River for 81 600 to james Xagee, OF Tis-
kilwa, Bureau County. Rock River is proia-
Using young horse sired by Victor Hugo he BY
Grcen's Bashaw.
The well-known trottine stallion and sire,
Green's Bashaw, was recently sold to George a.
Young, of Leland, ILL.,, for s. 600. BasEaw is
% years old, and his progeny includes such good
ones US Bashaw, Jr., and Kirkvood,
Prospects are that more ho1ses will be work
ed on Dexter Park this year Ihan ever before
1t is expected that Doble will stop here on his
return from California and get into shape for
the big circuit, with perhaps an incursion over
into Michigan for a''breathcr."
In letter to Mr., q. c. Goodrich, received
few days ago, Budd Doble stated that Bodine
was getting into form much more rapidly than
was anticipated. Budd Is driving the horse
with an ovcahcad check, md says that since its
use tho horse has entirely abandoned lis habit
Of pulling, which formerly made him hard
horse to condition.
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CURRENT GOSSIP. i.

SONG OF TIE GOURNANu.
Bring me turtle here in bowls!
Bring NE tarbot, bring me solcs:
Turkey, too, and dAiaty chine,
Balls OF sausace-u,eat combine;
Tipsy cake and Roman pinch
" plum pudding good hunch;
With mincc pies, both brandY-:auced.
sBrinS-the list l can't exhaust
Bring them alt!-aud, when You do,
Bring the nearest doctor. too!
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GASTRONOMY,

h31A 11SFEhkSLE ~ R0AlL~
The question Of whether it is an easy matter
to eat thirty quail in thirty days is forming the
| subject of many wagers just now. The st.
Louis Republican publishes the following chal-
1enge:
noticed IN article in your paper of the 18th inst
about Mr.. Hachett who Ii eating, is going to
cut, thirty quals in thirty day.. at sedaia. It ap-
thing wonderful to do. I will bet $500 against
$500, with any man in the State OF Missouri, Or
out Of it, that got boy Is old that can
eat two qualls day for thirty days. Who says be
can't? II. ]. EGAS.
Tho contestof stomach against quail promises
to become IS popular as Gr4co-Roman wrestling,
as is illustrated BY the following from the Terre
Haute Gazettt:
Tho ability OF person to cat thirty quails in
thirty consecutive days has long been problem in
eastronomy which has divided cpicures. Some
have insisted that it was Impossible Continuous
diet article of food they have insisted was in
violation Of ail the rules laid down by eDicures and
quail, they have asserted, was same-bird, deli
cious ararity, but palling on the appetite with
continuous consumption.
OF n1aatcating this bird and who in thcir own ex-
pcrirncc hare never failed, to consume all they
could lay thef. teeth On have secuted the idea OF
their Inability to cat even thirty times thirty. This
class havc REGARDED the phrase ''eiail toast ~
a. tho most luscious designation OF q feast, and
nave Oeeu KNOWN 10 say IN answer 10 Inc question
what they wonld do II they were - bigger than old
Grant, IT that they would cat quail three tiuaes
day.
But we digre.s, The various phascs Of this i'm
portant question have been, ii seems Agitatinc
epicurean circles in Terre Haute-. The following
legal document explains itself and shows thst the
two opposite theories have at last in conflict
The qnail. q challenge fos sastreaomic battle.
has been thrown down and taken up:
pVa IzsHf e. drsa spo;, 1aa ~ a97; zs aate @
Il ~. II n; Farley win comply With the following
Will pay tho damages: He f4 between the hpul1 p{
and every day for thirty consecutive dayA to
eat, In tho dining ct the Tetrc Hause House. one
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AN OLD ORANGE-TREE.

The death Of an orange-tree at Versailles,
which in it's 455th year, is announced 1t
was known by the name of Grand Bourbon In
the year l421 the tlueen Of Navarro gave her
gardener the seed at Pampeluna. Its head Nas
seventeen yards In circumference.
, 1877-01-28

sInsults,n says modern philosopher, "are.
like counterfeit money. We cannot hinder their
being offered; but We are not compelled to take
themsn
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4 correspondent Of the English Mechanic In
sists that musical sounds stimulate the growth,
Of plants. He gives an instance in point. In a
barren section Of Portugal hc built small con.
serTatory, aud endeayorcd to cultivate rosci
and other flowers under shelter; but, in spite
Of his precautions. and industry, they did not
flourish. One day be took 4 harmoDtnm iute
the greenhouse and played for several hours
This practice he maintained for several months,
and WIS surprised to see gradual but rapid re.
covery OF health on the part of his plants. Ht
attributes their improvement to the influence
OF music, and unfolds the. theory that the sing
ing OF birds is conducive to vegetable life It il
a pretty theory. Let the honest gardener here
after whistle as he waters his plants and trims
his roses. Let ti1e pianos be moved from draw
to greenhouse, and let the young
Indies Of the family practice there. Let the
small farmers Of Wcstchester County hire ali
the organ-grinders Of New York to make music
n their corn1elds ali the glad summer long.
Let the brass bands be sent into the wilderness
Until It blossoms like the rose.
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SOME "REMINISCENCES.
It is not ut all impossible for the ballplayers
OF the country to learn wisdom from example,
and perhaps some Of the old heads may rcr1etn-
ber the scheme Of 1857 for 1S6S, the writer isn't
quite certain whicl), when man in Rockford,
ILL.,, made himself into Convention. He wrote
all over the State, asking proxies to attend the
Annual Convention Of that year Ct course he
received tlem,-somc 200 or so in all,-and with
them dollar from, each club to dcfray expenses.
Armed with the DOCUMENTS {and the dollars,
tho manifold delegate (whose name seems
S9s t. have Tax been na!f % until GT Rsgg Il ccvs %sSs
land he Joined forces with man who had been
playing thc proxy game in Ohio, and who Ind
proxies galore The two formed an alliance,
and proceeded onward to tho place Of meeting,
On counting noses it was found that about 400
clubs were represented, and thst Rockford and
Cleveland had clear majority Of all present in
their breeches pockets. The rest OF the crowd
s Gres pas sne r ] whatever lis NJ name
have been, made the man from Cleveland Presi
dent OF the Association, and portioncd out
the other offices as fur RS they
would 60 reser,!ng IS 70 g., hna blmse ~ r,as 1ne
Tha. was the milk in the nut, and out Of hts
shrcwd operation Griess is snid to have nettcd
pretty sum. Can it be that Waite Is trying
me Droxy rame3 or that be Intends to turn up
Ut EIttsburg with bundlc OIL Fotes 1lon WHICH,
To come down to more modern times, it NAV
be reasonable for the clubs who have Thought OF
Joining the stWaite League " to think over the
result Of last YEARS Chadwickian policy. Twill
not be difficult for them to remember how
beautifully the professional Assocaa,,
tionn went abc2d,-on paper,-and
how it held meeting at New
H4ren and another meeting dnst,ton1 at Fh'ia a3ai
,,,ii.s and had ali sorts OF fu1 and prosperity
as asf; on ans as there sa vas fross in the erouad
ente%ep it nsEeF PLAYED a. giae 6eleaer e ea .:
VET It hai an organization to rally around, !
= lille the new movement has only Waite.
LOUISVILLE IS. ctSc1SS4TI- !
The four;tr,Jour,lol saws the Louisville Club !
management is stpursning i wise and cautious
in their negotiations e li ts atpre*fnr ,
this s,.aspn'': also that two Eastern players OF
Peng negostsa for The Ehertssen Faans
e@.strs and rirbt Geld, Lathan seems to
be- fs2ora6ly S sonsdered for tlrSt:bassman
md adyices later than the article referred !
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-02-15
To Some Husbands.

Your wife was not made for you, ex-
cept as you were made for her God did
not bring Eve to Adam as the last and
highest gift TO his son and heir. You are
not to measure her as you measure stew
ard or cook by her ability to make things
go to suit tyOu. Doubtless she is your wife.
There is an ownership of love. But then
you ought to be her husband. The own
elship is as truly hers as yours. She is
not a mere satellite to revolve about you,
shine with your light, and glorify you by
her silent praise. God made man in his
own image; male and female created he
: them she as much as you in his image;
she as much as you for her own sake and
for his.
So she is not to be mere dependence
on you. The ''good old tines when a
wife was to be a mere echo, and family
repeat her husbands latest opinions, have
gone. If that is your notion of a wife
you ought to have lived in Corinth in the
first century; or you ought to live in
India now. And even i'll India you would
have to keep out of the way of trouble
some Miss Britain. Your wife is entitled
to her own individuality, to her own
opinions. They ought to clash sometimes
with yours; and you both ought to know
have no explosion. Because you are
Democrat is no reason why she should
not be Republican; because you are
Congregationalist is no reason why she
should not be an Episcopalian. Shame
on the notion that wife. is only cipher
to stand on the right side of her husband,
SO as to make a unit into ten. A dumb
wife is disgrace to her husband. An
Independent wife is his glory. If she
never differs from you it is because she is
a serf and you are despot.
She ought to be your best adviser She
ought to be your most confidential coun-
selor. The self-conceit of men amounts
to genius. There are many husbands
that would as soon think of taking advice
of their wives as of their children. But
it is only the fool who is too wise to seek
counsel. Was Mr.. Seward less a states
man because his wife was his prime min
lister? Women do not know ANYTHING
about business affairs? From the num-
Der of business failures, commercial dis
asters and dishonorable defalcations, we
should imagine that women might retort
that men know very little about business.
A woman's intuition is often wiser than a
mans judgment. She sees. he reasons.
We could point out several churches
whose prospects would be materially
frightened if the men would allresign and
elect women in the Board of Trustees.
Your wife is your partner. You have
earned the money; but she has saved, and
sacrificed, and pinched, and worried and
worked to help to accumulate it. She
has done her fair share toward making
your property what it is She has a right
to be consulted how it shall be used A
double right has she to have her judg.
ments weighed and measured in all ques-
tons relating to the disposition of the
family and ths training end culture of
the children,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-02-15
New York Street.Lamps in 1897 and
1876.

1t appears that in the seventeenth CEN
tury, when the city of New York was but
little more than a village, there was. for a
long time no system of lighting the
streets. On dark nights, each citizen who
ventured out-of- doors was expected to pro-
vide himself with lantern and at long
intervals one might see lighted lamp
hung In front Of the door of some wealthy
citizen. 20.
1t was not until 1897 that the Aldermen
were charged to enforce the duty, g that
every seventh householder, nd the dark
time of the moon, cause lantern and
candle to be hung out Of his window on
pole, the expense to be divided among the
seven families. j ..se
This was probably considered an excel
lent way of street-lighting at the time,
But what change would one of the AL
dermen of 1897 find. could he now follow
on some moonless night the double line
of gas lamps extending from the Battery
to Fordham, a distance of fifteen milesl
Who would not like to accompany him as
he silently passed over the well-paved
ways, once so wild and swampy. and to
see his astonished gaze as the long lines of
lighted lamps revealed tall fronts of state
ly marble stores and brown-stOne houses;
and on through the beautiful Central
Park, and-still further, over well-made
roads-out into the open country beyond
it, yet still within the city's limits? Do
you think that the ancient Alderman
would recognize in the great new city the
quiet village that he once knew and loved?
st. Nicholas for Fe5ruarg.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-02-15

about the transposition of votes: the COPY that
Llttlefield made was put on file by witness:
there was no statement made that the original
mad been destroyed or lost, but he paper pur-
ported TO be a correct copy of the original: in
answer 10 Senator Mcdonald, Mr. Abel aid the
tabulated statement shown Republican visitors
showed a large Democratic majority, but it did
not Incl ude all the returns; Judge Davis, Chief
G-erk of the Returning Board gave testimony
similar to that of Abel, in so far as it affected
Lttleheld.
Louis NJ. Kenner, of the Louisiana Re-
turning Board, was recalled by the House Com
mitree on the 7th. and testified that he had no
knowledge of any alterations having been made
in the return from Vernon Parish; no knowledge
of any paper having been burned or otherwise de.
strOyed, nor he know of any pr poSit on for
RECEIVING mony for any act in connection
With the Electoral vote, NOE abstraction of
papers; was not acquainted with Maddox;
Gov. Wells and LittIeie d witness said
tie Returning Board did not feel safe, and hence
the a necessity for troops TO protect Them:
the Board felt intimidated but this did not affect
its ac.ion; witness voted f6 throw more than
1000 Tflden votes; there were irlegul ri les in
one or two parishes; some votes were kept from
the polls by intimidation, o hers were ki led and
Others were made to vote az inst their wishes; it
appeared 10 witness that some person made an
alteration of the Vernon Parish returns with
ouI the knowledge of the Board, and then
stole the paper and carri, it away order
10 throw suspicion on the Board; no member of
sHo diu ever gave "ItIesS Ia>IIuCtlohs lOr
changing the returns, nor did the attorney for the
Board. The Senate subcommittee on Louisiana
examined York A. Wo dward; was one of the
Clerks of the late Returning Board; was al the
office after the return of the Returning Board
from supper on the Sd of December was
al. work until two in the morning; was with Lit
tlefeld, but did not see him making any asures;
first heard OF the transfer of votes in Vernon
Parish when he came to Washington; Littlgfeld
generally called Oh the figures. and could have
called off false figures if he desired, the Clerks
were very busy. 4. w. Eaton. another Clerk of
the Returning Board, testified that he did not see
Iittlefied or any one else make erasures on the
o iginal returns; Littefeld never asked him to
make any alterations Isadore Mccormick an
other Gle k corroborated the testimony previous
witness es as to Littlefeld's operations in the
Board room that night.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-02-15

Perhaps you have never guessed it, but
your wife is social and intellectual be
ing. Ii she is not it is your fault She
was so when you married her. If you
have been growing away from her, and
she has been standing still, the more
shame to you. To buy her dresses and
bonnets and give house and a good ia
BILE does not equip her. She wants intel
lectual food and stimulus; and YOU are
the one to provide it. While YOU are
among men discussing business, politics,
religion or what not, she is with the
housemaid discussing crockefy, or with
the cook discussing beefsteak, or with the
children playing the part of nurse-maid.
When you come home at night tired, do
you not suppose she is tired too? Bring
basket cannot contain. Bring the news
OF the day; bring the latest, freshest
thought. In buying your evening paper,
or subscribing TO volr, monthly magazine.
or renewing your religious weekly, Get
what suits her needs and meets her tastes.
There is more in that patient, quiet, silent
wife of yours than you think for I You
have frozen her up by your contempt for
womanhood; for treating your wife as a
toy to be pleased only with dresses and to
be fed only on gossip is the worst kind of
contempt. If she does not feel it SO, it is
only because she has degenerated that she
may fit the place you have prepared for
heI
Above all, bring her love- Your life is
IN many things: in your. store; your Gus
toners; your clients; your politics. Her
life is in her household Her homeis her
realm; her children are her subjects; her
husband is her king; her ambition is
satisfied with their love and their praise.
You are cruel if you deny it to her.
Grumble over the muddy coffee and the
burnt steak if you like she can bear that
if you will only commend the coffee when
it is clear and the steak when it is juicy.
" Her husband praiseth her." says Solo
mon, in his description of the excellent
woman; doubtful if she would have been
so excellent if he had not praised her.
Praise is comely. A little praise judi
ciously used is sunshine in darkened
home and oil on complaining machinery.
How often have you come home, and she
waiting for your coming has gone to
greet you, and you, absorbed in the bust
ness you ought to have left behind you,
have given her kiss with as much life
in it as there is in last summers rose.
Our subject is fruitful. 1t is well-nigh
inexhaustible. But our homily is already
SO long that we fear that "some husbands
will not read it through. 1t is all summed
up by Paul in one sentence: " Husbands,
love your wives" You are never tired of
quoting Paul's injunction, wives, sub
NIT yourselves to your husbands" Sup
pose you drop that text for year and go
on three verses, to Paul's Injunction to
yourself.-ChrSsti1n Union.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-02-15

toned as to the result theyshad reached The in
junction o. secrecy being removed, The informa-
tion was given that the Commission had decided
is lhe officiaI record Of The Comrnfssion - On
Evidence VIM be o6nsfdsred of retei7sd 3S by the he
the 5on ShTahio6 81 R0t be f%o &buseo
BY yote the Presiaegt qf the Senate, with the
Of the Eiectors' This ordfrwss pted by
the following vote: Yeas Bradley. kdmunds.
FreliHlGghuysen; Garfield, Hoar, MiIer, Moron
ford Field. Hunton, Payne aud Thurman-7. "A
prominent Democrat on the Commission. said in
conversation after the adjournment, that the
meas ing0f the vste was that the ministerial acts
of State Executive officers are to be respected
but not thoseof the Judiciary. He added, chow
ever, thai as the Democratic certificates embodied
the oroee eedings of the Gourts they d.gby this
decision, be fully opened up for considera. ion
and argument 5os 9fti 81 BSGim18fs.'
The Commission reassembled in open
session at eleven O'Clock on the morning of the
Sth. The Presiding Justice announced rnat pro-r
ceedings were in order under the decisions of the
Commission on the previous day. One of the
Democratic counsel called witness andibegan t-
question in respect to the QstO 10aTTGnt0 proceed
lngs IN Florida. when Mr. Evarts, of Republican
counsel objected to the question, as not wi hin
the o der of the Commission The objec ion was
sustained The Republicans then caIled F. C.
Humphreys, the alleged ineligible Elector After
Identification, the Democratic counsel presented
Humphreys commission as Shipping Commits
sioner at Pensacola, and. the certificate of the
Court that no resignation had been filed up to
JAN ~. 1877. Mr.. Humphreys testified that he
resigned his Office, and thai it. was accepted on
the of October BY the Judge who conferred it.
He presented written-acceptaece signed by
Judge Wood. He had turned over the books and
papers of his Office and had no exercised its
functions since No further evidence being Of
fered, Justice Clifford announced that the whole
case was ready for argument. The Commission
was then addressed by Judge Hoadley, Mr. Green
and Mr.. Merrick for the Democrats, and Messrs
Shellabarger and Evarts for the Republicans, af-
ter which the Commission adjourned
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-02-15
MISSISSIPPI.
I - HIoHIGoIII.
The investigation into the conduct of

The investigation into the conduct of
the late election in Mississippi was continued on
the Sd before the Senate Committee ON Privileges
and Elections. j. t. leicester. President of the
Hines County Board of Registers testified there
was conference of leading Democrats of Hines
County short time before the election, at which
it was proposed to furnish one OF the Democratic
Judges of EleCtioI at each polling-plaCe with
furnished about fl teen of these duplicate keys to
different men, all of whom were white men and
he thinks. Democrats; he slipped small parcel
into the vest pocket of one of the judges, re-
marking, as he did so, Here is something which
may be of use to you;'' dld not tell them what
use was to be made of them but thought
they were all smart enough 10 find out how
and for what 10 use them: in answer to
question from Senator Teller witness said:
Il suppose my idea was that if there
were too many Republican votes in ballot box
the key was 10 open the box that Republican
votes might be taken out and Democratic votes
substituted in their stead;'' duplicate keys to
the ballot boxes were furnished to of the
the county. Henry Outlaw, Of Aberdeen, Nun
roe County, testified that all meetings which col
ored Republicans attempted to hold in his county
during the late campaign were broken up by armed
Democrats; witness was at a meeting in Aber-
deem during September; at that meeting seven
teen colored men were shot, some of them killed
outright, and Others were seriously wounded
that thoy had einco uiodj Democrats had the
tice of riding through Munroe County at night,
taking C0lored men from their beds and whipping
them, and many of his race had slept out of doors
for several nights previous to the late election to
prevent being dragged from their homes and
WhiDDed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-02-15

Mr.. Archibald Higgins, of Ellis, Cal,
suffered an accident, the other day, under
peculiar circumstances. He had just re-
turned home from Bantas with his team,
and was standing by his wagon removing
some articles from it, at the same time
keeping hold of the horses reins, when
shotgun that had stood in the house,
leaning up in a corner, fell down and was
discharged. The charge was heavy one.
Passing through the side of the house, it
tore away three or four inches Of bench
on the outside, and hit the man. Three
shots entered the small of the back and
probably entered the pelvic cavity, as
probing did not discover them. Several
shot entered the mans legs and penetrat-
ed very deeply, SO that probing did not
find them. Two or three passed through
the flesh. One hit the heel and made an
ugly wound There was no one in the
house at the time the gun fell down, and
the cause of its fall is entirely unknown.
The man held on to the team and was
dragged some distance, when it was
stopped, and he got up and walked into
the house, where be tainted. a.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-02-15
LOUISIANA.

During the continuation of his exam
ina'ton. on the Sd, Mr.. Maddox handed 10 Mr..
Field two letters signed by ]. Madison Wells, one
dated Nov. 20, addressed to witness and the sec
ond, dated Nov. 21, to Senator R. j. West The
first reads as follows: g Dear Sir: Understanding
the political condition of matters here nom asso-
citation with both political parties. and friend