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

And How to Get There. 4 Live /
Town with Big Pfospects.-Busi-
ness called US northward last week, and ;
taking the deer killing train on the ". /
Y. Il. r Shute. Conductor. we we're
anded at Wausau at good dinner time |
We stopped with BELLS, of course,
Who, with the assistance Of ''Jane,
Gets up the best dinner in the world.
George always knows what man
wants, and orders it by telegraph, and .
lis glorious wife Knows hdw to put it
a shape for the stomach's sake. We
thiled away one day at Wausau, then
ook Dan SCOTS stage for emmy, tie /
live town further up the river. We
had promised Jenny that we would
SEINE day come to her, inasmuch as she
could not come to us, so thither we
went. A mile brought US to Parchers
fine farm a farm that boasts OF as
spacious out buildings and fine sur
roundin9S as any in the northwest.
Passing over an easy stretch Of coun-
try, We came the boss hill Of Northern
! Wisconsin. 1t is paved with stones
representing every angle in geometry
and seems TO have been set up almost
perpendicular. 1t winds about like a
capital s. shd the stones are
made little larger where they ale
stuck INTO the ground In 6rutr to pre-
vent tt5m falling oat 1t is one i
ffk65e hills. which, when ybh begin to
ascend, calls upon the driver 70 reach
over and seize the whif1etree with both
hands, while the Gr,t PASSENGER scizes
his coat tails, and the rest hang On
with i burr grip for dear life, the
brecching Of the harness i'll the mean
TINE filling gratefully back over the
trunks upon the boot, and holding al!
secure. The hill is less than mile
long, and the horses wear 'ssuckers"
on their shoes, which alone prevents
their coming down upon you like a
ithouaand of brick. y When you reach
the top. the driver says very cooIly,
''Iou can see everywhere from here. :
\ and sure enough you can, All about
you is the most magnificent scenery
describable. The yerdant evergrcens
like sharp needles pierce the heavens,
ana in the deep ravineS sombre twi-
light rcigns at midday. Away off tire
blue sky reaches at@n and minSIes a
a fringe of cloud perhaps, Or blue, with
forest green. 1t Is lovely picture,
but we dent like the Hill. We pass
Billy Schawecs place, which shows a
; degree of wealth unlocked for amid
this stretch of forest. The road undu
lates, and is wild and picturesque.
4 We thought Of the road leading down
fran, JornsaJa,H - Tor;cbo as%n,d va
nictnrod inst such HIGHWAY The
GiSt53ca foo i the same-1S miles
and we fell into rcverie We
Thought we Nave jdSt left Jerusalem
ana we are going down to Jericho,
, a,l tbon vo f.ll 70 drn,min9 IN cood
=, o,r,ogt Hon. ,,o en- o,,onr th;eros
wo tbon.,b+ inst ~ that bomeIv low
ais fn 4ha narabIa We dra,mcj We
O,.ro r;Jin9 from Torns,,o,o 70 ,Toricbo
,no, covoromo,t ,a,Io and ont Of
ono or fbaza ! ri, ravioas IA Walr,th
+l.+ r.,...o, G - III
an5 thou,,b i vas not ,,o7;c, - LIN -
j., t,,I, What st,,o,,,s va b.1 anl lar
! US for dead. Then priest came along
1t was Barnum. lie held his To,.d
over us: and saw twas Philleo, and
passed along on t'other side. Next
came Leyitc--one of those pure and
holy fellows like Hayden, he looked at
Us and put his cigar into the other side
of his mouth AMI passed on. Then
cam, along a fellow about McCord' 5
size, and took pity on us. He took us