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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-08-14

Remember reader that you c;

Remember reader that you can
buy the best furniture for the least
money at ]. Wares. For bed
bottoms he offers the Excelsior
Springs which discount any other
spring as yet offered to the public.
Mr.. Ware will allow ali purchasers
ten days trial Of the springs and
they may be returned if not per
fectly satisfactory.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-08-14
pg7PFrom F. J. Wood & Bro

pwFrom F. J. Wood & Bro
you can buy on the best of terms
Decker Bros,
Mathushek,
Estey & Camp,
Simpson & Co.,
Camp & Co.,-PIANOS,
Also
Estey,
Camp & Co.,
Smith American,
-ORGANS.
Call and get terms and prices.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-02-01
VOL. XXIX----NO. 5.

it all was of course the ways of the people,
which am afraid is another commonplace.
Here comes party covered in their buffa-
loes warm, another in their fancy afghans
bright, still another quilted in with bed
clothes, and yet another tucked up tight In
spreads But no matter with what kind of
team they come, or what they are covered in,
the beaming faces flushed with good humor
and hearty exercise are all bright-the recog-
nitions, hand shaking, hearty greetings and
congratulations are all warm, while the jest,
the laugh, the pleasantly and coquetry seem
ed as light as their hearts or the fleecy snow
And still as the time passed new arrivals
came tiocking in to get whatever their hearts
desired-that can be furnished from COM
plete store-fOr there is q great deal of truth
in the way wag put il in holiday time,
Here we are at Hanway's store
And save faro to Baltimore"
1t is busy place at all hours of the day
and late into the night. 1t is not only the
post office but kind of general exchange,
where everybody meets everybody tlse. There
is no prcssuro in buying-a great deal of off
hand selling, and any amount of other bust
ness transporting To quote the way again.
From town we're not so very far,
AT Little Hanway's big BAZAAR"
1t is certainly the most crowded place in
the county, but a far more important fact is
what pleasant place. Everybody we met
was in good humor Unconstraned good
humor, cordially, geniality, cheerfulness
relgncd, while the whole atmosphere, oualii-
ed as it were by the influence of man who
said good morning" TO u in u way that
wished us well for year-a good natured,
unaffected, healthy square-put up little man
had infused into it something that made you
feel better 1t did us, for rs we jingled away
in our new sleigh, either the spirit of the
rhymslcr or the cXhilaration from having met
so many friends, or Of one in particular, led us
to inwardly eXclaim
The happicst place we've ever been
Is lianway's store at Aberdeen"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-02-01
Miscellaneous.
For the AEgiS and InteRigencer.
RecOIlectiOns of Fifty Years Ago.
Food and Cooking.

As bread is considered the staff of life, l
shall begin this article with it. In the neigh
borhood in which lived corn bread was an
article of every day use, among rich and
poor, although almost every family | knew
kept wheat flour on hand and baked it oc-
casionaly. Corn bread was made either in
the form of pones, raised with yeast and bak-
ed over the fire in what was called Dutch
ovens, the lids of which were covered with hot
Goals to bake the top, or on narrow boards
made for the purpose. These boards were
stood up before the fire, the dough was spread
on them about half an inch thick, and when
the side next to the fire was baked it was
taken away, II small cord being drawn be.
tween the partially baked dough and the
board to separate it thercfrom. The board
was then reversed, the unbaked side of the
bread exposed to the fire, and thus the famous
Johnny cake was baked Mush and milk
was also much used in those days. especially
for supper.
Fish was very important article of diet
Susquchanna herring were bought for II very
small sum, often for from one to two dollars
per thousand. Shad were also cheap and
every family obtained n supply of fish in the
spring. Pork was used, | think rs much in
those times as now, but the method ofmalS-
ing sausage, pudding, &C., was quite differ
ent. The meat was not trimmed as it is now,
and there was no machinery for cutting the
sausage meat, when / can first recollect, but
an axe and smooth, hard board. Soon
however, cleavers were brought into use,
which were n great improvement Meats OF
of all kinds were sailed much heavier then
than now.
There was not so much poultry raised then,
as now, but fowls have always been used, more
or less, and enjoyed as dainty dish. Eggs,
in the days speak of, were either boiled or
fried hard. In tie latter case they were
turned over in the pan so us to secure the
right degree of hardness Canned fruit was
of course unknown, but apple and peach but
tiers, preserves of different kinds and dried
fruits were in general use.
Jellies were unknown. Almost every family
that had a home of their own kept bees and
had plenty ofhoney. Many farmers made their
own cheese. Garden vegetables were rails
ed in abundance, but there are many varieties
now that were then unknown. Tomatoes
were hardly known, and the few grown
were very small. Hominy was made by
pounding in a mortar, with n heavy pcslle.
MEMORY.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-02-01
What a Woman Can DO.

She can say mo" and stick to it for all
time.
She can also say mo" in such low, soft
voice that it means eyes"
She can sharpen a lead pencil if you give
her plenty of time and plenty of pencils.
She can pass display window of dry
goods store without stopping if she is run
ming to catch train
two sizes too small for her and enjoy every
moment of the time.
She can appreciate kiss from her husband
seventy five years after the marriage cercmo
ny has taken place.
She can walk half the night with colcky
baby in her arms without once expressing n
desire to murder the infant.
She can suffer abuse and neglect for years,
which one touch of kindness or consideration
will drive from her recollection.
She can go to church and afterwards tell
you what every woman in the congregation
had on, and in some rare instances can give
q faint idea of what the text was.
She can go to the theatre every evening
and the matinee on Wednesday and Satur-
day and still possess sufficient strength to
attend Sunday night sacred concert.
She can look her husband square in the
eye when he tells her some cock.and bull
story about being detained at the Office"
without betraying in the least that she knows
him to be a colossal liar.
She can rumple up $4,000 worth of dress
goods and buy a spool of thread, with an
order to have it delivered four miles away, in
a style that will transfix the ,roprictor of the
establishment with admiration.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-02-01
C0mpaniOnable People.

In every society we find that the, people
who are called companionabe are those who
have knack of making light of their tribu-
Mtions and veXations and habit of putting
them out ofslght; who do not entertain; their
acquaintance with the rcciting ola bad baking,
leaky pipe, the chidren's measles, the short
comngs of the servants who know how to
keep their melancholy, if they have any, out
of the conversation; whose nerves do not fur.
nish them material for the morning call who
are not always on The look out for a drought,
or change ofwcalher, or Il slight; who do
not lament their poverty aloud, and make us
feel responsible for it and uncomfortable amid
our plenty. The companonablc people
never seek to make us dissatisfied with our
selves or our belongings they talk about the
things we like to hear, and are silent upon
the subjects on which we disagree they do
not differ from us for the sake of differing,
and do not announce their opinions rs if
there was no appeal thercfrom.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-02-01
Eating Lemons.

A good deal has been said through the
papers about the healthfulness of lemons.
The latest advice is how to use them so they
will do most good, rs follows Most people
know the benefit of lemonade before break
fast, but few know it is more than doubled
ed by taking another at night also. The
way TO get the better of the bilious system
without blue pills or quinne is to take the
juice of one, two or three lemons, as appetite
Graves, in as much ice water rs makes it
pleasant to drink without sugar, before going
to bed.
In the morning, on rising, at least a half
hour before breakfast, take the juice of one
lemon in a goblet of water. This will clear
the system of humor and bile with efficacy,
without any of the wckeanng effects of Gallo
mel or congress water. People should not
irrtalc the stomach by eating lemons clear,
the powerful acid of the juice, which is al
most corrosive, invariably produces inilamma-
ton after while, but properly diluted, so
that il does not burn or draw the throat, it
does its medical work without harm, and,
when the stomach is clear of food, has abun.
dant opportunity to work over the system
thoroughly.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-02-01
TOT Wc -EytS UhI IhleNIgfh
A Sleigh Ride to Aberdeen.

Tho great beauty of the last fall of snow
needed no comparison to render it more so.
A sleigh ride over the country was the only
way to fully appreciate 1t. Not only were
the fields, roads and fences clothed in spot
less and seemingly enduring garment of
white but the stubble, the bushes and woods
were Enthusiastically festooned in tleecy fipery.
Some weather wiseacre has observed that "As
many days as it stays on the trees, so many
weeks will it lay on the ground" AS the wish,
with most of us, is father TO the thinking that
there is some wisdom in this, we give it for
what it is worth. Certainly the slGighing set
in with life and spirit that will last longer
than the snow. New slcighs, new teams, new
bells, and the music of the tiny tinkling sill
very sounding BELLS and the big, jolly, joyful
iingling bells is ever and always, fresh and
free and new. Where roads are straight as
the arrows flight and level as floor, theiesis
the paradise Of the sleighs, as in the neck
below Aberdeen, whittier we took our course.
From dozens of avenues interesting all
this level plain, as well as from the rolling
country around, hundreds of sleiglis daily
congregate at Aberdeen. Shapely, swanlike
sleighs - awkward, slovenly sleighs - big
sleighs-liltle seighs-box sleighs4-board
sleighs-good sleighs-bad sleighs, go fitting
past or congregate. The teams driven around
that part of the county as we. nh know, are
good, rs n rule. On this trip we noticed
that splendid pairs, of highspiritel, fast and
beautiful horses were by no means rare.
Did it every occur to the reader, that when
| you go walking skating, riding, picnicing or
perambuating, it is best togo Somewhere, to
some definite place,.to haye an arrival, a stay
n departure, Q returp, and a "homc again
Certainly this has occurred to everybody
Why did we ask The question; and of course
it is true of sleigRride! But maybe it has
not occurred to the reader that the definite
place which it is most consciously pleasant
to visit is where somebody interesting is to
be seen or something coveted is to be bought
| OF course this has occurred to everybody, you
| say. Why do you set down such a common.
place fact. Dear reader, il was simply that
might add that this sleigh ride of mine was
of the most interestingly anticipatiye charac.
| ter The very spiciest Kind of sleigh ride
| for wanted see somebody that it makes my
heart Jump see, and I was going to buy
what had coveted all the season, a new
sleigh. o +.
The place in Aberdeen where both of these
things were to be accomplished was the store
where most everybody may be seen, from
the parson to the pillow boy-the old lad,
| with quiet ways, in silk, and the young maid
en- with blushing ones and smiles. Wher,
every thing may be bought from d sleigh L
q smoothing iron-froma riding whip to
rat trap. 1t was ut the store that our ewes
our hands and our heart were as busy as the,
could be, while hundreds of bells were. ling
ling in unison from the scores of horses hitch
ed around. The most interesting feature II
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-02-01
VARIETIES.

Here, Bill?" cried rural gentleman,
rushing toward the elevator, as he saw il
coming up, Here's the telephone, if you
| want TO see ""
Goodnight is the name Of young man
in Texas. The bother of it is he can't tell
whether the girls are calling him or saying
| Ia ia to another fellow
IL am speaking" said long -winded
crater, for the benefit of posterity." yes"
said one of his hearers, land if you keep on
much longer your audience will be here"
"A Texas man got mad because a waiter
| handed him napkin the other day. He
| said he "reckoned he knew when to use
handkerchief without havin' no hints thrown
| out"
You cannot have hearts, as you do
| rooms. You cannot have thoughts as you
| do books. Those you love only come nearer
to you when you go away from them."-
Geo. Macdonald.
Coffee is slow poison"
| YES, very Slow" answered Fontenele,
smiling; for have taken it every day for
more than fourscore years."
Dean Ogle was very absent minded
man. He has been known more than once
at a strange table, where there happened not
to be very good dinner, to burst out with /:
| Dear me, what very bad dinner! am so
sorry not to have given you BETTER" &c :,
thinking himsefat home.
$50 you enjoyed your visit to the menag-
erie, did your" inquired young man of his
ahoret ones little sfster.-"Oh, yes And,
| do you know, we saw q camel there that
screwed its mouth and eyes around awfully,
and sister said it looked exactly as you do
when you are reciting poetry Mt the evening
parties"
| "A Vermont college has put in set of
scales on which the boarding pupils are to be
weighed monthly. The ostensible object is
to ascertain the effect of the board furnished
upon the system of the students, but the lat
ter have sneaking suspicion that if they
show an increase of weight their rations will
be cut down or the hash made less srbstan-
| tial
| Two Irishmen came to guide-post ON a
wide and desolate plain. II was getting
dusk, and the unfenced trails were scarcely
distinguishable. give miles to Glenairlie'5'
read one of them putting his face close TO
the board. "But which av them goes 10
Glenairlie, shure?" asked his COMPANION,
looking obviously at the two trails. After
few moments meditative silence, the first
lrishman replied, "We can try wan ay them,
and then the other" "But how will we find
the way back, nv we get lost ~ 'Shure, we
will take the board along wild us" replied
the first. And so the two pilgrims lighted
Itheir pipes and marched cheorfully away
'with the guide board between them.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-02-01
New Notices for the Lime Kiln Club

The following notices and greetings have
been printed on cloth and hung on the walls
of Paradise Hall:
Credit am an enemy to cnlicc you TO buy
what you doan' want.
Oar am no danger Of de well Gavin in if
you keep on top.
If life had no sorrows we should grow tir-
ed of hearin each odder laugh.
Gray hairs should respect themselves if
they want to be respected by odders.
De man who eats apples in the dark mustn't
let his stomach be too perticklcr about worm
holes.
While color has muffin partickler to do
wild treein' de coon, doan' pay too much for a
yaller dog.
He who Judges de character ola pusson by
clothes am buyin' a mule by de sound Of his
bray.
DE pusson who has no temptation am one
of lie biggest sinners in de crowd.
Kind words cost nof1in' OATS de reason
so many of us am wilin' to throw away such
heap of en-.
While honesty am dc hes policy, doan' be
too fast to express your candid opinyun of
your neybur.
Bumps ON II mans head may express his
traits ofcharactcr, but you kin find out all
you want to know about him by goin' on one
excursion in his company.
What we do to-day am dun for to-morror.
What we intend to do to-morrer won't buy
meat fur to days dinner.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-02-01
Enemies.

Have you enemies? Go straight on and
mind them not. lfthey block up your path,
walk around them, and do your duty regard
less OF spite A man who has no enemies is
seldom good for anything; he is made of that
kind of material that is easily worked, that
every one has hand in it, A sterling char
acter-one who thinks for himself, and speaks
what he thinks-is always sure to have enc
mics. They are as necessary to him as fresh
air; they keep him alive and active. A cele-
brated character, who was surrounded with
enemies, used to femark-"They are sparks
which, if you do not blow, will go out of
themselves" Let this 'c your feeling while
endeavoring to live down the scandal of
those who are bitter against you. If you
stop to dispute, you do but as they desire
and open the way for more abuse. Let the
poor fellows talk there will be n reaction if
you perform but your duty, and hundreds
who were once alienated from you will flock
to you and acknowledge their error.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-02-01

A SMART WAsP-Seth Green tells the fol-
lowing: A wasp alghted within an inch or
two of the spiders nest, on the opposite side
OF the opening. Creeping noiselessly around
toward the entrance Of the nest, the wasp
stopped little short of it and for a moment
remained perfectly quiet. Then reaching
out one of his antenn@, he wrggled it before
the opening and withdrew it. This overture
had the desired effect, for the boss of the nest,
as large spider as one ordinary sees, came
out to see what new victim she had caught
No sooner had the spider emerged to that
point to which she was at the worst disad-
vantage than the wasp, with n quick move
ment, thrust his sting into the body of his
foe, killing her easily and almost instantly.
The experiment was repeated on the part of
the wasp, and when there was no response
from the inside, he became satisfied, proba-
bly,, that he held the fort At all events, he
proceeded to enter the nest and slaughter the
young spiders who were afterward lugged off
one at q time
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-02-01
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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-02-01
When You are in Trouble.

Don't be d1smalI Your liver is
torpid, perhaps, and you may be said
to be bilious. The way to help you
out ofthe difficulty is to take Brown's
Iron B1tters, which sets disordered
livers at work in good style.
Don't be cross and angry! Your
digestion is bad, and that upsets your
disposition. If you will try Browns
Iron Bitters, you will find the digest
we difficulties driven away in short
order.
Ddnt be dcsbondcntI You are
vcal, because your blood is thin, and
you cannot face trouble, or think you
-annot. BroUm's Iron Bihers will
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ing the blood, making it royal red
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The troubled, the weary, the de-
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use of that prince of Tonics, Browns
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4 dollar a bottle for it. 10
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-02-01
gneti1a1.
THE THREE ANGELS.

''rhey say this life is barren, drear and cold;
Ever the same sad song was sung of old,
Ever the same long weary tale Is told,
And to our lips is held the cup of strife;
And yet-a little Love can sweeten life.
They say our hands may grasp but joys de-
stroyed.
Youth has but dreams, and age an aching void
Which Dead sea fruit long long ago has cloyed
Whose might with wild tempestuous storms is
rife; a"t Is 't
And yet-a little Hope can brighten life.
They say we fling ourselves In wild despair
Amidst the broken treasures scattered there,
Where all is wrecked, whore all once promised
fair,
And stab ourselves with sorrows two edged
knife
And yet-a little Patience strengthens life.
Is it then true, this tale of bitter grief,
or mortal anguish finding 10 relief?
Lo midst the winter shines the laErel's leaf,
Three angels share the lot of human strife
Three angels glorify the path of life.
Love, Hope and Patience cheer us on our way
Love, Hope and Patience form our spirits stay
Love, Hope and Patience, watch us day by day,
And bid the desert bloom with beauty vernal
Until the earthly fades in the Eternal.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-02-01

Bear Wallow went down. AT the State
house gate the met the Waterman, who ask
ed
"That fellow gone down from up yonder
YETI"
"What Teller ?"
"That Teller in Governors ROOM"
"Ain't he the GOVERNOR"
Governor, the duce. He's jackleg lawyer
from up the country, and is here tryin' to get
a pardon for q hog thief The Governors
been dodgin him all day."-Arkansaao Trace
Ts,,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-02-01
6au Street Column.

A Comfortable Omnibus will be found
waiting al the MaryIa Central Depot,
I'm Baltimore, to convey passengers Free
of Charge to Old Town. Return tickets
to the station will be fnrn ishcd by any
member of the Old Town Merchants As
ISOLATION.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-07-18
Rroats d Poultry.

~. baa, q t,raat iIeaI aI,ont t,,a d;f,;
M q e, ,,,., -, -
culgy oi po.lltIy pay Wish kept
in large numbers, and numerous fall
l1res to do 10 serve as warnings to
~, !, ov; 10 tbink;no 81 nndertak;np tia
g. 81 8,
rean olulcslis =. snoun "pe'i en.iy easy
enterprise. y hat with the right sort
Of knowledge and fair amount of
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-07-18
Farm n Totes.

Recent frosts have ini ured the grow
ing crops to some extent through ont the
country, but not so much as was at first
supposed
Wisconsin's dairy products, the lar
3gest Of any State IN The Union, amount
ed last year to $40 800, 900. There. are
ID the State one thousand creameries
and cheese factories and SOC, 600 cows.
a Mary land poultry raiser thinks
THAT . pint Of epson salts TO ahalf peck
of meal, fed to chicks, is the best RENE
5dy for gapes.
Mr. George b. Lee, Greece, N. ],
has averaged thirty five bushels 81 wheat
per acre on 3 100-acre field, and some
J 5ttiimes On smaller surfaces harvested 6
high as fort eight bushels per acre.
Mention u made ID Tie Poultry World
% q farm where Lei horn fowls ara kept,
only hans which lay larg eggs are bred
from, and al . natur ~ result all eggs are
of good size, q 81
81 Cncun, ers iin ID ffor piickll ing pnr
poses need 81 planted I'LL JJnay.
The land tor them should be| sllnla Is
has Will wear psBvii-
ous, md TIE rnanllr 1lsse anfl
we'll rott LED tai guard against
the I'll ct birds md iinsects al i - /.