Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-01-10
We observe that our legal fri,

John was out of luck. Right in thu
season of cowslips and dandelions,
when the dew adorned every hazel
bush with glittering rubies, and the
meadow lark Warbled aloft-then some
wicked fellow s'burglard' John-went
through hlm-took his jack knife and
lead pencil, took his gold spectacles
and pantaloons with little glass
pump IN the hip pocket, and sundry
other things of utility to the legal pro-
tession, and John was consequently
sad-dejected, because, forsooth. he
was destitute as a wooden man in
front Of a cigar shop. Bat now John
is glad He rejoiceth because the
lost is found Only the other day
good Samaritan found Johns breeches
under the depot at-was it New Lis
bon and restored them to John
The lesser valuables were gone, but
the breaches were intact, hence John
rejoiced. We think We have noticed
j Ohm when we have been at Mauston.
roaming the streets in womens hose,
and we have wondered if John had
forsaken Blackstone for the saw dust
forum. The hose were creamy pink
color, and they came up pretty well, SO
that by wearing short sack coat, but
toned, John got on very well in his
practice, but at afternoon tea parties
the costume was rather seant. But
now Richard is himself again." and
we are glad. The smile has come
back to his face, and he sits more like
man who has confidence in the in
tegrity of his garments. 1t was
cruel joke on John, and he always
thought that either Bro Carney or
Bill Cash, or some New Lisbon fend
was the author ofhis misfortunes.
The question, "Where does the
anchor ice, or slush ice come from ,"
has been pretty thoroughly discussed
in the stores the past month. An
Choir ice is formed on the bottom of
running streams. The philosophy of
its formation IS: the earth cooling
more quick y than the water causes
a formation of ice crystals which be-
come disengagsd by the action of the
current, and necessarily rises to the
surface because of is lightness as com
pared with the water in which it floats.
1t Is no uncommon circumstance to
find an accumulation of anchor ice a !
foot or twenty inches in depth, on The
bottom Of RATS going out of the river,
and frequently RATS are obliged to
''tie up because of the accumulation
of this incumbrance. 1t derives it's
name anchor ice from its formation
on the bottom of streams-being "an-
chored' or made fast after the style Of
an anchor.
Since the Valley road got through
to Wausau, they have babies awful
thick up there, Wausau supports four
papers, three in English and one in
Dutch, and every issue Of each one
chronicles the arrival of one or more
cherubs varying from l ID to Is lbs.
They have EN- in English, they have
EN- in Dutch, and they have EN- In
Norwegian, occasionally. Something
must be done for Wausau' That Val
lev road must be continued to Jenny
bat thst will be bad for Jenny again
-or-or-or-well, since Shute'
been sick with the paralysis in the
heel there seems to have been little
vacation If Wausau is in Marry
thon county, it doesn't follow that the
'.babes in the wood must be as thick
as biack-berries.
We learn from the Wausau pap
ers that Louis La Mere who formerly
lived at Centralia, was terribly crush
ed by falling tree in logging camp
near Mosinee, last week. He had sew
eral ribs broken on the breast and
near the back bone, the crash forcing
the discovered members into the lungs.
The physicians entertain hopes Of his
recovery, however Louis is one of
the reliable men of the pinery and we
hope to see him as good as new.
Some rascals who have not attain
ed to the stature of men, as vet, and
who, We fear. never will, have been
perpetratins develish tricks in differ
ent parts of our city. The out houses
of the school building have been
abused, and only a few nights since
the same parties demolished the win
dows in the house formerly occupied
by Mrs. Athrop. The boys are en-
routs for the Reform School as fast as
they can go. IF detected, they will
surely be sent there.