Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-12-20

1dIIeJ, hISS. MAI oftHeT, hfS
/ Doud and Mr. Thomas Walsh.
| The school patrons are cordially in
vited.
". II. TURKEY.
Teacher.
Wood has the largest stock, there.
fore must take the lead. Go to Wood S
| Don you forget it.
Seribblings on the Rail.-Step-
ping into the caboose Of tie sc. B. >
morning freight Tuesday of last week,
and placing ourself under the protect
ing wing of Seymour, conductor,
! Seymour has wings like chipping
bird) we found oursalf safely deposited
at the Plover depot in due season for
the up going passenger train on the
/ Central Road and was switched off at
Stevens Point at 1915 in good shape,
carpet bag in hand, u veritable ''car-
pet Dagger" in search of corn juice
and sour mash. Our insignia of rank
is a two OF. bottle, which accom- anies
US with all the faithfulness of a SPITE
dorg. This bottle has been mistaken
as medicine frequently, and we are
constrained to admit that without it VIC
shall lose heart, hence we carry it as a
sort of talisman though by so doing
we are a target for the shafts and a
subject for the contumely of the scorn
full.
Stevens Point is growing like boy
in his teens; She is stretching ou
like pair of suspenders and soon will
embrace all the scrub pines in Portag,
County. She has magnificent build
ings, and some magnificent men will
whom it is pleasure to transact bust
ness. We had business at the Regis
ter's Office where we found one Will
whom it was pleasure not to do bust
ness with. What Portage County
wants of Ole Wagsland in the Regis
ter'S office is a mystery we can't com
prehend. We have known men will
less belly and more brains-with les
scull and more brains-with less bot
tom and more stability, with less bee
and n. ore courtesy. We babe font
T adieu to Ole, and pray we may neve
be called upon to Ole. gise him again
Another, gentleman in the of1ic,
r whose name we don't remember, t,
0 him we doff our hat and say ''thanks
with coultesy. We 'stio up at tn
Mansion House at the Point, just be
canse we have become Infatuated. H
4 j. Curran keep an A. l. hous
which is full always, and satisfaction
guaranteed every time.
Wednesday morning found us aboar,
; the Central train bound for the might
+ wilderness which is blossoming like th
rose under the influence of capital AZ,
enterprise, but we confess we fount
: few literal roses, neither buds as til
train Numbered over the iron tracI
: where only few months ago were tn
trails Of the red sinner, and the clicks
; of We uncooked venison, yclept deer
E, but deer is toe common on the Central
hence We say venison. Passing througI
T Milladore, Auburndals, MarshGeld an
Meanwhile, we reached Spencer at 1913
in company with Brother Fellows, Pre-
siding Elder Of the Methodist Churc
/ for \ orthern Wisconsin. The Eide
$ has the supervision Of the Churches
: and we the breweries. We know h
U does his work well, and we cndeavor t
e do ours equally well. We both hav
:, to deal with sinners, but we are willin
J to concede that his are the trueZ
J stamp. Ours are not so glad to We
$ come US, but we find them general
more profitable in a pscuniary sense
& The Elder preached the Word at Spen
GER, but VS. went to the brewery wher
; we had a word with the brewer who
by the way, is tip top material to max
{ a second Nicodemus. At Spencer W
a found Vol. KRONER and wife as happ
as two such good PEOPLE can be, like
wise Esquire Norton and Frank Whip
pie, postmaster, who reads the Int
Ocean, and then looks at his commits
: sion and Wonderland wonders--hov
its coming out any way.
At 1920 p. m. we deposited GU
avoirdupois in the freight cabooss, e
route for Colby. We had scarcel
stretched ourself upon the comfortabl
seat, and were arranging the prosramm
of our dreams, when in popped Bro
E Fellows az in, bound for Dorchester
{ The Elder hied himself to the onl,
. berth vacant and soon was snoring a
only Brother Fellows can snore. Il
? seemed to lift the caboose from tn
track and then drop it. Brother Eel
lows is as much \ success as a snoris