Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-09-26
Grape SHOT.
IN THE Fall

IN THE PAIL.
In the fall silent sadness TO the dropping flowers
IN the fail TIE woodlands dreamy with TIA. J'rou-
Tr0U of the leaves
ana the wnirr Of the partridge etc
Ia the fall the hazy cleaning with purple glory
In the fall Miss Georgiana in the Bible places
ferns
If she has a young man TO help her gather
them.
In the fall ABOVE. the valley snowy clou2lets
stretch for miles,
In the fan the Broadway windows are profaes
with Paris styles
Much TO the JOY Of the ladies, be it said.
In the fall the merry songster leaves his rretty
In the fall the politician is divorced from rolls of
For reasons which require no explanation.
IN the fall all breasts with reyerie are buoyant
and elate,
In the fall man will foudly kiss his prettv cousin
Or Mary Anne as the case may be.
In the fall the soul of beauty dwells within the
In the fall we all are positive that winters draw
The other fall happenings are too numerous to
mention.
-Now York Graphic.
Corn exchange-The chiropodist fee.
It's not usually a good omen to owe
men.
A finished rogue-Ono at the end of
Il rope.
Who can understand a cornstalk?-
Camden Post.
A bad sign-To sign another mans
name to note.
Farmer Jones caught a rooster steal
ing his corn, wrung his neck, and claims
to have killed cock Robin. Boston
Transcript.
| have seen men who had worn out
their vices, and supposed. of course,
that they were living on their virtues
Josh Billings.
1t Is said that mosquitoes are bred
upon the waters. In that case they
will return again before many days.
NeV Orleans Picoyae1ee.
Lady-"And how long have YOU been
out of placer" Lady help Indignant at
out OF place Il have been NAL 0pro-
pos only few weeks, madam"
The grand and awful difference be-
tween tree and a bore is-hurrah, now!
the tree leaves in spring, and the bore,
why, he never leaves. Syracuse Sunday
Times.
The man who can hum hymn while
jolntlng stove pipe is good enough to
walk right into tull membership of any
church, without probation.-Ci Cincinnati
Breakfast Table,
An exchange praises a very large egg,
which, it says. was "laid on our table
by the Rev DR.. Smith" Brother Smith
seems to be a layman as well as
preacher.
This is the season of the year when
the night air is very dangerous, but the
girls face death at front gates with the
same heroism which has always been
one of the chiefest adOrnments of the
Sey.
A Dutchman was seated in a shoe
store trying his best to get his unfairly
like feet into number nine slipper.
Said he to the clerk: "Say, Mr.. Clerk,
dis warm vedder ish shrinking up der
slippers like der tuyfel. Dond it?'-
Einoira Gazette.
A magazine contains a sonnet "On
Returning Consciousness" There is no
foot-note, and the reader is left in the
dark as to whether the poet was stepped
on by a pile driver, or kicked over the
fence by the family mule.-OH City Der
rick.
There are some scenes almost too
pure and sacred to be viewed by the
thoughtless world. One Of them is a
two hundred-pound woman with mole
on her chin talking baby" to an
ounce and-a-half canary bird in brass
cage.-ROcklG21d Courier.
Shopkeeper to Commercial traveller
=" Can't give you an order; quite over
stocked" Traveller" Let me at least
show you my samples" Shopkeepe
=" Spare yourself the trouble; l cam
look at them" Traveler-"Then will
you allow me to look at them myself?
1t is three weeks since have seen
them"
a scarlet glow is in the west,
The bird has left It's summers nest;
And now it is high time each fellow
Should lay aside his white duck vest.
". Y. Graphic
The queen of night, with pale, cold eye,
Looks down upon the rivers ashore,