Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-03-25
S,rjbIings on the Rail.--It xas

small still voice whispering, Come
UP higher and We were right in our
conjecture, it vas the whisper of Jen-
/ nv, and So we seized the United
States-we carry il. in eur grip sack
and thither we went-Hsnt ''up high.
era trihe nearer the North Pole
than Wausau. We struck Highly with
a. PUZZLE on the G.sB. & NJ, and lief,
| linn, at 13-15-l4 p. m. at Plover,
whe-s re; found sWheelock's ark on
wheels which ratified our bones over
the stone. and frozen sand till we
struck Lutz' Bravery where, Uncle
i Andrew and the infant Jacob held
for the edifcat ion of the inner man
Jacob is broth of boy. or rather
wsuld be if he rsre an Irishman, but
as he is German, he is anything but
broth. He kick. the beam at little
less than 300 pounds, and while We
don't know his diameter, neither hi.
circumference, in any position he is a
boy of tn. right stamp, and never trav-
els in-keg-nitio. His jolity and good
nature are proverbial. and he pays
Uncle Sam about 800 a month fol-
keg plasters. We LEFT Jacob, and
stamp ed fc. adam Kuhl's. adam
was the first man"-we met after
leaving Lutz, and it was just biting
cold, and if we had not been awful
good we should have said adam
Kukl day." but we didn't say anything
of the kind; we just said Good eve
min )" and proceeded to biz. Uncle
Sam pockets Adam Kuhl's SIS 90 fol-
his chromos for February. Then We
, vent to see Louis Port, he who will
persist in nakins-so they, say-the
best cigars in the Point. We seldom
puff 'em, but VIC found Louis porting
his helm hcmeward, putting like an
engine "a SORT of walking " ad." fcl
his profession. We pulled up for the
night at the mansion House Nourse
host. ": found the old gentleman
just learning to smoke He smokes
but cncs a day now Ee keeps first
class house, and Nourses his guests
admirably. The Point is growing. Il
is small city with most excellent
: prospects; supports some frst-clas'
business houses, three or four most ex
celTent hotels, five papers with HE
Journal at the head. Swsyze runs The
, Pinery, and will until Gabriel calls fol
!, "copy." Glennon & Erembs run TIKI
Gazette, and since Lee ''sloughed off
: it is quite readable. We looked II
upon 'Old Tax Certificates" fount
him smiling over an old harrow cut a
. big as bsd sp-ead, and wondering
2 how ION airth" he was going to get i
t into the Jomna! unless he put it in ;
? tooth at a time. His feelings were
. narrowed up terribly, and We observed
burrows along side of his nose which
, old Time was making-otherwise HI
. was AS beautiful as of yore. when h.
, got an honest living paying taxes.
a Thursday, we lit out for Jenny, the
9 dear girl way up in the woods. Feunc
o the train three hours behind, Sine, bu
the Portage train took US up to thu
Junction, and from thence Sheeha'
introduced US to Jenny.
Found her well, and growing. She
ism at all the girl She was one yea
ago; she puts or more style; and il
more calmly. To be serious, few towns
in the stgte have fairer prospects thar
the bright little berg, blossoming into
oityhood 'Wa7 up in the pine woods
Jenny has as fine stores as Wausau
Stevens Point or Grand Rapids, and
> her business Incn sre thrifty and en-
tcrprizins, We found : goodly NUN
her of Grand Rapids people at Jenny
some there to stay, and others JUS
carrying for ga few days--a few days
Ira Purdy, o. B. Hamilton and
Lon. Gordon are building Scott & An
drew's saw mill which promises TO GU
$ Is, 900 feet of lumber per day, uher
. finished. Our prstege. Mr.. Sweeney
has fine drug store, and is prosper.
D ing Chas Ssarle fixes up the watches
; for the boys" and sells the girls jim
jeWelry, lawful cheap" Walter Scott
supervises his fathers large interests
D faithfully and we'll. Botsford sells
tickets at his Office on the head Of /:
, kerosene barrel, fer To,nah, and points
in the old country. Mr.. Norway keep.
tire Jenny House. which. IL one of the
best houses in the state, caring for hi:
8 guests as though they were his own
t little Norwegians. Stop at the Jenny
House, you who go to see Jenny We
looked in upon McCord, who is happy