Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-03-18
Our Small Change.

Marcn I4Ln-1t DeiGW zero
Robins are not yet singing swate
erin
The man who puts his whole sole in
to his work is the honest shoemaker.
THE Washington street car horses
are disabled with epizootic
1t will be spring in Is, Is, IA or SO
days, and don't you forget it.
Wild geese are flying northward
which indicates approaching spring.
Don't forget to bring your jeb work
to the REPORTER Office, we'll do il up
in style.
Whooring cough is a speciality with
the little ones just now. They are
whooping 'er up lively.
A chap on the hill calls his nose
Sammy 1ildon because II is bound to
run any how.
Lost Part Of an earring, between
Nc. Raith's Tailor Shop and residence.
The finder will confer favor By icav-
ing the same at the Tailor Shop.
The Log cut" which VIC credited
to the Pilot, should have been credited
to the Central, It was good GOOD
cut, aid neither paper need be ashamed
oft.
Our trip to Jenny is unavoidably
laid over this week, also our Washing
ton letter. They will appear in our
next issue.
Remember the sociable at Mrs. S.
\ SpaEord's this Thursday evening.
OF course there will be crowd, and
loads Of fun.
The owner Of red silk Eandker-
chief can have the same by calling at
the REPORTER Office. The handker-
vas found near the Reservoir at Baker S
corner.
The cold weather has greatly dam
aged the winter wheat all over the
state. Fields that should look green
and thrifty are as barren and rusty as
if never sown.
The most pleasant and prompt cough
remedy is DR.. AiarshaIl's Lung Syrup.
Children cry for it. Cali Oh your
druggist and try a bottle of it; price
only % cents. Sold by f. J. Wood
The son Of Mr.. Lansdon. employed
by the G.. b. & VI r. r Co, fell from
the top Of freight car, last Friday
evening, and mangled his head severity.
His Jaw was broken, and all his front
teeth were knocked out, Dr.. Nourse
was called ana dressed the bruises OF
the wounded man.
"B~udder' Brown who was to
have addressed our people Oh the
mistakes of In2ersoIi' last Wedncs-
day evening, owing tc the slim attend
ance, concluded to say his say some
other, and at more propitious, time.
We think the Rev. Dr. had better
postpone his talk Indefinitely. 1t is
evident lie he's more gig5ie than brains,
and less wit than brains Men Of
small calibrc don't want to handle too
large questions, especially when they
have no dignity to back the little abl-
ity they possess;
We are crc3ibly informed that the
entertainment given at Musi, Hall last
week was not strictly speaking $50
city "sociable, but was gotten up by
Mrs Jones and Compton, aided largely
Thy Mrs. President Whittlesey, The
supper was gotten mp by Mrs. jones
and Compton, and the mu sic, which
was to have been, Mrs. J. informs rs,
failed to 'come to the front" as was
expected. much TO her Disappointment
Hence we apologize for its non-appear-
ance, per req uest.
The y. 7. Evening Post says ::
1.-The most notable event in liid1ern
magazine literature is the publication
of Mr.. Eugene Schuyler's Life of
Peter the Great, which is begun in
the February number of Scribners
Monthly Magazine
wv hen popular magazine com
missions 4 distinguished writer and
dipomatist - make a special and Ella
berate study Of state papers in fore
ign land, for the purpose, not of writing
clever sketch or series of sketches.
but of. preparing a full biography of
one c. the most remarkable personages
in history out Of materials drawn from
original sources, it makes a very signi-
fcant innovation upon customary prac-
tees. which does credit alike to the
breadth Of view and liberality Of the
m"9aG!ne's management, aud to the
culture Of the public, in whose interest
the undertaking is made.
Mr. Schuyler's treatise is not a