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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-06-13
Poor Girls.

The Rural World says: "The poorest
girls in the world are those who had
never been taught to work. There are
thousands of them. Rich parents have
petted them; they have been taught to
despise labor, and depend upon others
for living. and are perfectly helpless.
Ifmisfortune comes upon their friends,
as it often does, their case is hopeless.
The most forIorn and miserable women
upon earth belong to this class. 1t be-
longs to parents to protect their daugh-
tiers from this depiorable condition.
They do them great wrong if they
neglect it. Every daughter should be
taught to earn her own living. The
rich as well as the poor require this
training. The wheel of fortune rolls
swiftly around-Ihe rich are very likely
to become poor, and the poor rich.
Skilled to labor is no disadvantage to
the rich, and is indispensable TO the
poor. Well-to-do parents must educate
their children to work. No reform is
more imperative than this"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-06-13

OF the grain and grass crops, but it is
an exception to fruit trees. The adj
vantage here is. the depth of the soil.
The underground strength is made use
of. which can not be reached by the
grain and grass crops, though clover
does 1t to some extent; and clover
grows excellently in such soil, produc-
ing two heavy crops, from five to six
tons per acre. 1t is the soil that should
be devoted to them. Where there is a
shallow soil the thing is entirely
changed. You now have the roots
where you have to feed them. They
soon absorb the strength of the scant
soil. If, in addition, grass or grain is
sOwn, the matter is still worse; unless
the crops grown are given to the land.
Then there will be an advantage,
because an addition; or manure may
be applied in the regular way. The
land may be cultivated, but enrich
ment must go with it, either in leaving
the crop or adding manure If not,
the orchard will suffer and finally de
cay.-FretI Recorder.
THE PRINCIPLES GOVERNING THE Pro
DUCTIoN OF MILK understand very
well. as probably everybody does who
handles milk, that there is a wide
difference in the composition of pure
milk, especially in the matter of the
percentage of butter. All milk is richer
IN September than in June, and it
varies in this respect in different sea-
sons in the same herd of COWS. The
circumstances which lead to this are
many. The cow that is fieshv gives
milk richer in butter than the COW that
is thin and poor. One that has reached
her full maturity gives better milk than
she did before she reached that age; a
COW that is gaining flesh day by day
gives richer milk than a COW that is
losing gradually. The condition of the
pasture have also much to do with the
quality of the production. This con-
dition is governed in turn by the sea-
son. Experience has taught me that
cows milk very deficient in butter
oftener fattens finer calf than that of
a tirst-class butter COW. When a man
tells me what splendid fat calf his
COW always rears, do not wish to pur-
chase her for a butter COW. A man
cannot produce milk prOftably for any
purpose without feeding his COWS liber-
ally with good, sound, highly nutri-
tious food. The COW has been likened
to machine. 1t requires a certain
amount of food to supply the demands
of nature. All above that amount
which she will take and assimilate will
be converted into milk and flesh. The
herd should be kept warm in winter,
and fed and watered with regularity.
Their diet should be varied as much as
convenience will allow. Early cut hay,
shorts. corn, meal, and vegetables
should be included in the bill of fare,
and we shall then be rewarded with
milk in all the valuable components of
the fluid. On the other hand, the herd
that is poorly fed, carelessly housed
and cared for, cannot give anything but
watery milk, almost worthless for but
ter or table Scientific Farmer
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-06-13
An Elephant Fishing with Rod and
line


The following curious anecdote is
from book about elephants, written
by French gentleman, named Jacolliot
and we will let the author tell his own
story:
In the autumn of 1876 I was living in
the interior of Bengal, and I went to
spend Christmas with my friend, Major
DAILY. The majors bungalow was on
the banks of the Ganges, near Gavin
pore. He had lived there a good many
years, being chief of the quartermaster's
department at that station, and had a
great many natives, elephants, bullock
carts and soldiers under his own COM
mand.
On the morning after my arrival,
after cup Of early tea, often taken be-
fore daylight in India, / sat smoking
with my friend on the yeranda of his
bungalow, looking out upon the wind
ings of the sacred river. And directly
[ asked the major about his children, a
boy and a girl, whom I had not yet
seen, and begged to know when should
see them.
Soupramany has taken them out
fishing" said their father.
"Why, isn't Soupramanv your great
war elephant ?" cried.
Exactly so. You cannot have for
gotten SOupramany."
"Of course not | was here YOU
know, when he had that fight with the
elephant which went mad while loading
IL transnort with bags of rice down yon-
der. [ saw the mad elephant when he
suddenly began to fling the rice into the
river. His mahout' tried to stop
him, and he killed the mahout The
native sailors ran away to hide them
selves, and the mad elephant, trumpet
ing, charged into the enclosure Old
! SOupramanYw was here, and SO were jim
and Bessy. When he saw the mad ele-
plant, he threw himself between him
and the children. The little ones and
their nurses had just time to get into
the house when the fight commenced"
& Yes,' said the major. cold Soup
WIS 100 years old. He had been train
&c to war. and to fight with the rhin-
oceros, but he was too old to hurt
| them.
And yet" said becoming animat-
ed by the recollections of that day,
"llcIo oeIll1tllI ilS3ilt III WIS bO ,SOu
remember how we all stood on this
porch and watched it, not daring to fire
a shot lest we should hit old Soupra-
many? Do you remember, too, his
look when he drew off, after fighting an
hour and half, leaving his adversary
dying in the dust, and walked straight
to the coral shaking his great ears
which mad been badly torn, with his
head bruised, and great piece broken
from one of his tusks?"
Yes, indeed" said the major. "WelI,
since then, he is more devoted to my
little ones than ever. He takes them
out whole days, and l am perfectly
content to have them under his charge
[ don't like trusting Christian children
to the care of natives; bet with old
Soup [ know they can come to no
harm"
Beside the children on the banks of
the Gauges, stood old Soup with Il bam-
boo rod in his trunk, with line. hook,
bait and cork, like the children's. / had
not watched him long before he had a
bite; for, as the religion of the Hin
docs forbids them to take life, the river
swarms with fishes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-06-13
Greeley'S Wood Farm.
New York World.

Among the recent entries of reales-
tate sales at the land office, in White
Plains, is one for eighty-three and five
eighth acres at Chappaqua, sold to A. j.
Quinby for $4,000. The property is
memorable as being a portion Of the
Greeley farm, though not Immediately
connected with the old homestead.
This still remains in possession of Mr..
who are living at larry Ida with
her husband, Col. Smith, and Gabrielle
as a member of the household. Many
who were privileged to visit Mr.. Greeley
at his Chappaqua home will remember
the hill farm, or the woodland known
far and wide from the mention of it i'll
the Recollections of Mr.. Greeley.
When bit of leisure offered itself from
grubbing among his 81 cabbages, or
carrying out his radical ideas on prun-
ing, Mr.. Greeley would harness up a
nondescript vehicle, known in the whole
country around as " Greeley's ark" and
drive out about two miles to the eighty
three acres just now sold. 1t was as
unsightly and forsaken-loOking bit of
landscape as the eye of man ever fell
upon. Some few spots oft might have
been turned to a possible use as a sheep
pasture, but the rest was strewn with
powders and filled with ruts. Mr.
Greeley had planted over the whole plot
a crop of locust trees. {" agricola arbo
rem seret," etc., and these had come
up in rather promiscuous fashion.
Mr.. Greeley drove his stout piece of
horse-fesh among them, in his short
sightedness paying not the slightest at
tention to such trifiing obstacles as holes
a yard deep, powders as high, young
saplings or overhanging boughs, though
his guests were apt to be of a different
mind, and all the time would talk on
about the great advantages of forest
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-06-13
s. A Story of the Turtle"

A lad who said nothing, and appeared
to be'deaf and dumb, handed the fol-
lowing into the Hartford C0,rant office
on Saturday evening:
- Mr. Job Williams son Harry has a
very small mud-turtle, about as large
as a quarter of dollar. He keeps it
in a large glass dish partly filled with
water. Some of the time the turtle
floats in the water with only the head
above the surface, and some of the
time he gets upon small chip
which is floating in the dish. Harry
catches flies and puts them on the
water, and the turtle eats them eagerly.
He also eals crumbs of bread and
cracker, but does not seem to like them
as well as the flies. Harry is going to
see if the turtle will live to be 100 years
old, as it is said that they sometimes do.
When this turtle becomes 100 years old
Harry will be 109."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-06-13
HuUorou


Pocket-books ar worn shorter this
season.
Waiting to be whipped is the
most uninteresting period in boy
hood.
A frisky Briton bit his wife's nose off,
and the patient woman testified IN court
that she bit it off herself.
An Ohio man has three-eyed
baby. The eye dearl Another Ohio
man with an extra orifice.-Graptic.
Bret Harte intends to write plays
until he makes money. Goodbye
sweet-Harte, goodbye"
Somebody has taken the trouble to
write book about How 10 Find the
Stars" Don't wait to read it-step on
d bit of orange-peel.
4" Wat he promised he tried to fulfill:
bat he promised too much. Moral to
the young bite off more than
you kin chaw-ToIedo Blade
Trust not too rashly the man
who repays the borrowed Y, for he may
be playing for XX."-Lines taken from
the interior Of an Egyptian pyramid.
We are glad to learn, even at this late
day. that Thomas Jefferson would turn
aside rather step on bumble-bee. He
was barefooted when he felt that way,
of course. --.i
Before man deliberately makes up
his mind tew be rascal he should ex-
anime hisself clussly tew assertane eff
he amt better constituted for phool.
Josh Billings
The best thing ever said of ghosts
was said by Coleridge, when asked by a
lady if he believed in them. .'No,
madame; | have seen too many Of
them to believe in them"
1t is said that President Hayes had
his belief in the Bible shaken little,
when he was informed that it was not
written by an Ohio man.-Herald and
PresbIer.
NONE so BLIND AS THOSE WHO WON'T
SEE. Good natured Doctor Stay,
those eyes can be cured / will under
take the operation and restore the
sight" Beggar-" And deprive me of
my livelihood? A pretty idea Do
you want to ruin me?"
A peck of cucumbers and q hand
organ will break up a peaceable COM
munity more speedily and permanently
than any other combination we have in
mind at this writing.-Scientifc Ameyi-
can.
A Sunday -school teacher was telling
her scholars about a bad boy who stole
hundred dollars, when she was inter
rupted by one of her auditors with the
query, And how did he get such Il
bully chance?"
t" | say, Paddy, that is the worst look
ing horse you drive | ever saw. Why
don't You fatten him up" Fat him
up, is it? Faix, the haste can scarcely
carry the little mate that's on him now"
replied Paddy.
Burlington Haaukeye: In the bright
lexicon of American youth there is no
such word as fail. A man merely be-
comes embarrassed and compromises
with his creditors for thirty cents.
Our youngest, john Mackellar,
darling little felier,
He swallowed all the yeler
Off his little jumping Jack
Re got the dysentery-
Gone to meet his sister Mary,
In Greenwood cemetery,
And we don't expect him back.
-Phitadekphia Ledger.
1t is told of an Advent brother in
Westlield, Mass, who recently caught
a man stealing meat from his mark ct,
that, in reply to his plea to be let off
and his declaration that, God help
ing him, he would never steal again,
the brother said: Good helping you !
Why, you scoundrel, if | hadn't caught
you stealing you never would have
known there was a God"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-06-13
Some Truths to be Needed.
Church Union.

We ought to take great care to select
honest men for all public offices, and
then we ought to treat them with suf-
ficient respect to keep them honest.
Unsupported charges of corruption will
breed corruption quicker than almost
any other thing. A man who is con-
stantly called a thiefwill be very likely to
become thief in the end A servant
that is never trusted will seldom be
trustworthy. The most scrupulous men
are liable to become weary of well-doing
if they are always libelled and calumni-
ated alike whether they do we'll or i'll.
Men who try to do their duty and are
generally slandered for it are in immi-
nent danger Of falling, for they are sub
Ject to a double temptation, one person
before and and one behind, and are
likely to learn to deserve the defamation
at last. Applause for well-doing is one
of the sweetest and most effective agen-
cies of virtue-it is an influence that al
ways makes for social order. 1t is get
ting to be almost badge of disgrace for
man to be elected to public office in
this country-in this land ofboasted self
government, where such a choice should
be a badge of honor and pledge of
courtesy. A sad day for America it will
be when the best men all stand aloof
from the polls and say: "No, I cannot
afford to be elected, for have a good
name. and [ have a wife and children
who love me and would suffer to
see me abused. | cannot accept your
nomination" Already there are good
men who say this, and already our poll
tics is suffering for it. When that time
comes in this country, and it seems to
be Fastening on, when all men shall
say it, a free government will be fail
ure utterly, at least for such a people as
we, and the American republic will per
ish from the earth. Let us be wise in
time.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-06-13
GOD BE WITH THEE!

Goodnight, the day is paling,
The sun will set in rain,
And my heart is failing,
and weakening with pain.
And thOu--the tears will rise. love
What dare say of thee!
/ Gaze into thine eyes, love,
AS though they were the sea;
dissatisfied, unweary,
| look into their deep,
Till even visions dreary
Are safely laid to sleep;
And not our parting sorrow,
Not even coward fear,
Can make me feel the morrow,
While still l linger here.
Ten years-they must be ended
Some time before we die,
What hope and anguish blended.
Sweet heart, beneath thy sigh.
All, dear one. did I bid thee
Be calm and lear the pain?
Good bTe, love, God be with thee,
And bring me back again!
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-06-13
There is Trouble i'm Store

= OF those who neglect to reetifg irregularities
OF the stomach, liver and bowels. which they
foolishly imagine will leone right of them
selves" OF this silly error such persons are
usually disabused by the development of
some serious chronic malaGy, traceable.. to
what they were pleased 10 consider trfhfng
disorder of the above named associate orr ans.
Such elimination is easily avoided
course of HoStetter's Stomach Ri,tarS ;r,,ori
aply has the effect of renewing fhe- Sarretiva
action OF torpid liver, restoring healthy di
SeSuoh ana assimilation, and renderipo the
habit of body perfectly regular. The actiyitv oT
these all important functions being resto.eS
ana the entire system toned and regulated NV
THIS Incompatible corrective and inviGorant
no danger TO the general health is to h. an
pretended from causes which if not eradics
ted in time, will assuredly undermine ii.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-06-13
The Greatest Blessing,

A simple, pure, harmless remedy, that
cures every time, and prevents disease
oy keeping the blood pure, stomach
regular, kidneys and liver active, is the
greatest blessing ever conferred upon
man. Hop Bitters is that remedy, and
its proprietors are being blessed by
thousands who have been saved and
cured by it. Will you try it. See other
column.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-06-13

The raising, culture, spipning and
weaving of silk and its preparations and
introduction into market as source of
profit to the colored people of the south
are among the ambitious objects for
which Lowery's Industrial Academy.
in Huntsville, Ala, has been founded.
Twenty-Five acres of land, with buildings
costing originally over 100000 have
been leased, and the owner ex-Gover-
nor Reuben Chapman, has offered TO
give the entire property to the founders
If they will secure an endowment fund
by which the academy can be firmly
and permanently established.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-06-13

bound about the poor head that WAS
no longer " a-grindin' an a-dustin'."
Old Cynthia had escaped from the
bondage of the spell Of life, Where she
was gone; had the pain ceased? were
the blind eyes opened? was her under
standing enlighted had she found out
what it was that had distracted her so
cruelty ?-Harper's Basar.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-06-13

planting from politico-social scientific
view. When no visitor offered him .
victim he found his way out to The
wood-farnl and chopped about with an
ak. To-day the plot is covered with .
scrubby growth Of locusts as bio as .
mans arm. -
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-06-13

DEMAND FOR GoLD-The demand for
gold is great but is not equal 10 the de-
mand for d. B. DeLand & Co.'S Gel
ebrated Chemical iSaIeratus, especially
where this saIeratus has been tried and
its worth is fully known. Try it and
satisfy yourself. For sale by most mer-
chants. Use it instead of soda or bak-
ing powder.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-06-13

CAPTAIN JOHN EVANS, of the British
ship City Of HdIifa1. has been arrested
at Portland, Ore, for bringing thirty
six Chinese more than is allowed by
the cubic air law. The United States
Marshal made the arrest and placed
the Captain under 81 900 bonds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-06-13

. CALIFoRNlANs are indulging in great ex-
pectatlons over this years crops grain
and fruits Nevertheless the Saerdmen-
to Savings Bank recently refused to re-
ceive additional deposits because it
could find no possible use for the
money.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-06-13

DIR. MEYERS, of Fort Wayne, who is
believed to have been implicated in the
several holy snatching outrages in In
diana, has lecture which he delivers
with great gusto on the subject of
/" Resurrectionists and the Dead" He
should move to Cincinnati.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-06-13

My new Nickel Plated Seven Shot Steel Barrel
and Cylinder REGNOLNERS make 4 Louder Report
than anything of the kind ever Invented inst the
thing for firing Fourth of July SaluteS with Cart
ridges 10 Tit them can be had at any general store
Unequalled as weapon of defence Sent To am
address, postage paid. on receipt of 200. Ssndy
in your orders early. q. A. HARRIS Manufacfnrer
4 nv
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-06-13
BEFORE BUYING OR RENTING A
CABINET : PARLOR ORGAN
CELEBRATE THE FOURTH 0F Jljly

Jars, with NEW STYLES, REDUCED PRICES am
much information. Sent free. MASON Il HAMLH
ORGAN co. Boston, New York or Chicago
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-06-13

1t is told of an Advent brother in
Westfeld, Mass, who recently caught
a man stealing meat from his mark ct,
that, in reply to his plea to be let off
and his declaration that, God help
ing him, he would never steal again,
the brother said: "God helping you !
Why, you scoundrel, if | hadn't caught
you stealing you never would have
known there was a God"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-09-21

A h,ooEp. greasy. unkempt tramp
went shutting into q Chicago lawyers
otiic. ono day. and asked II Mr.,
the jurist was in. lie was. Well. the
pedestrian wanted lift. lie was dead
broke, without nickel. and was tron-
bled with an aching void in his stomach.
The legal light expressed some surprise
rs to the way he came to him for help.
"why, you see. Colonel" said the
pedestrian. Elm kind OF related to you.
/ used to be acquainted with your di.
vorcsd wife," The request was based
upou such unique grounds that tho Jurist
bestowed upon his charity client solid
silver half dollar.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-09-21

-TuE leading saloons OF st. Louis hay-
ing agreed to donate their gross receipts
for one day to the yellow fever relief
fund, at Bonnet's. Mr.. John W. MeCul-
Tough came in with friend and threw
down ten dollars for two cocktails. say.
ing II any man went II better he would
take another drink. Senator Armstrong
planksd two tens and a i've for ten
drinks
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-09-21

"I WANT to and ou, who Is the mas.
ter Of this house." said u Cincinnati
man, with book under his arm. to the
vinegary-looking woman. with small
nose aud u very small top-knot, who
opened the door for him. "well. stran-
GER" she said. with arms akimbo. ''you
Just walk around to the back yard and
ask little spindle shanked deacon you'll
find there fiIin' up theigraps arbor. and
he'll tell you IL l don't boss this ranch
he don't know who does. Now. what do
YOU want with mei"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-09-21

TnE Indianapolis Naes says Visit
ors IRON the country. at the door OF
South-sids residence. to German nsil
door-"Jane not at home, did you say 2
German" Nein. Chans's not at home.
visitor-"w Where is she 2" German
"shs's gone der cemetery down.
Visitor" When will she come back 2
German" oh. she Won't come bach
already. any more she's gone to sthay
she's dst."
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-09-21

A sroRkxEErER at Evanston. H.. AT
tracts customers by the exhibition OF the
Modoc /" Captain Jacks scalp lock-
piece Of the rope with which he was
hanged. and u strip OF the scafiold. IN
dented by the blow Of the axe that sew
cred the rope and let the trap fall.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-09-21

Al,pY purchased box Of fruit from
q Chinaman. aud. finding that the quail
ity at the bottom was very inferior, said
"John. you cheat me-" =" Yes, re-
plied John "white man cheatss me.
me eheatee lady"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-09-21

Krokux Consultation; one ay in five
minutes will take twsnty'seven years
accumulations OF Christianity out OF
man. We have no desire to discourage
the ministry, but this is fact which can
be backed up by figures.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-09-21

The Washington Capital says that
there is a man in Washington the most
powerful in the country. lie carries
n horse scar ON his cheek.