Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-01-02
Davis gig.-Nhile st MERRIAM

Davis Yig.-Nhile st MERRIAM
the other day, sitting by the blushing
heater in the Blair House waiting
room, the mercury indicating about
12o below zerc, ne were constrained
to laugh with Ha ! Ha! to it to see
Davis shoot around the corner of the
house like neusboy with his last
"1tmes, going for nickel He was
in his shirt sleeves, and there vas
blood in his eye, and his feet were shod
aith the preparation Of the man who
makes spare-ribs and smoked hams for
&c caexts Of all first class hotels. We
thought we'd investigate, 50 we hied
! TO the rear ef the house where seven
teen boys. tive girls, forty men and a
cauliron kettle wore holding a scciakle
! in the bleak winds. Va were told By
an urchin that Davis VAS having a rife
and butcher knife matinee And sure
eneugh the boy told the truth, There
was tie appointed victim. He vas so
ugly that Davis wouldn't board him
longer, and to approach him was equiv
alent to putting Grape on the door knob
Davis had seat to Madison Tor arms,
and they stood as thick all about the
premises as spots on coach dog.
There was tbs beast that 'diyided the
hoof. little smaller than big ele,
plant. or little larger than small
one, We d9a't remember which anu
frsa the Alpha Of his ''snoes'' to the
Osaesa 81 his tail was the length sf
tseasy-fous corn ears. md the bristlss
-stuck up upon his back like sqaills up
on the fruitful pora yeu pine for about
holiday time " hen DaEis would en-
Ter the pen, we noticed that he uncers-
meniously GENE out again, and s~fore
he TOOK his coat # you could lay his
hotel register upon the tails Of his
coat, and he cried excuse ''haste and a
bad pen, > and only stopped till safely
en4eonced in the arms Of his wife.
Only after the Madison artillery had
made that swine = Christmas present
of pint Of outlets did he surrender
Add when he did '.lst go his hold" it
vas brave man who burst shake
| hands with him. Davis had a cask
big enough TO put a giants dinner in,
but you could no more get that pig into
it than Denis Kearney could pat Ben.
Butler into the old BAY States execu-
tive chair, SO Davis got one OF the
Green Bay company's engines and
squirted steam into that pigs ear till
he lay beautiful and white ana harm
less as a dove, aad then he strung him
upon telegraph pole, and Davis took
a step ladder and packed the lard on
trucks, and he "thsescd" the head
and packed it in a hogshcad, and he
sent Tor forty barrels Of hour for dough
nuts, and if the guests Of the Blair
House don't have the incest picked
pigs feet from now till The next presi-
deatisl election, it will be because Da-
Wis occupies chair three times a day
at the excellent Blair House table. II
Davis had had a hay scale he'a ha'
weighed that pc, but they gpessed at
it. It was Mrs. pig and weighed
according to guess less than four tons.
Work in the woods is being
crowded. lively. b. the aid Of sprin-
klers the very best roads are secured,
and millions Of logs are going into the
streams Notwithstanding the dearth Of
snow. Spsinkl.rs and tram roads are
rendering saov unnecessary.
On Saturday last, three very
handsome cara were turned out Of the
paint shop Of tbs ". G, b. r, in this
city, to ran between Menasha and Mil
waukee. two OF which were coaches
No and 10, and the other U S.
Mail, baggage and express car. They
locked as pretty as = picture, and are
credit alike TO t1e worknen and
Mister Mechanically. Point Journa!
The Congregational Choir propose
to give a sociable and oyster supper in
the basement very soon, and ask all
their friends to be ready to attend.
They propose to place the organ they
nov hare, in the parlor Of the church,
| and Put FIRST, class enc IN the choir"
Dss's fsrgss them shea the "steE" Is
ready.
-SoEss chap has discovered that
Mercury has = hole through it. Very
likely, re hnow that mercury will
make a hole through a chap, but
whether chap can find with the most
powerful telescope a hole through
Mercury, is another thing. l. may &c
the truth, the hole truth, and nothing
but the truth, however.
Miss E. G. Shoemaker, sister to