Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-10-22

garments of reluctant spring, ort he
toggerv of the heated summer time,
have a habit of moving down the
crowded street with their eyes fixed on
some object two hundred and fifty
miles ahead, and jostling the gentle
man from the Far West in a way
that makes him almost glad he came.
| OF course, now and then, In the new
er>ending hurry and rush and hustle
you meet girl whose symmetry of
| form has been mislaid, or whose fea-
lures are well calculated to stop
clock, but if you are on your guard
you can evade her and catch the dim
pied elbow of her successor n your
vest pocket.
[ do not yearn for the wealth or the
sewer gas of the great metropolis, but
I often wish that [ could skip across
the intervening miles, and once more
be jostled by those young ladies with
whom [ have had the pleasure of meet
ing casually.
They have, no doubt, forgotten me
long ere this. Living, as they do, in
a large and booming town like New
York, it would not be surprising if
they had ceased 10 remember my
thoughtful face. Meeting new people,
as they do day after day, it would not
be surprising if they had forgotten
one who never viii forget them while
reason continues on her throne.
Girls of New York, we may never
meet again, or at least not so much as
we have. We may never meet with
so much expression and velocity as
we have, but remember that you have
made an impression on the subscriber
which time can not erase. Never
have I been knocked over and walked
on by those who impressed me more
with their genuine worth and their
parasols, their earnestness and their
chubby elbows.
You, of course, will soon forget,
but [ will never forget. I am not of
forgetting disposition.
got so that [ could steer clear of
the girl with the wart on her nose in
time to have the breath knocked out
of me by one whose bright smile
haunts me still. After I got SO that
[ could do that successfully, did not
care for the other features OF New
York. I would eat a hurried break
fast, and dash away to where [ could
be j0st1ed. It is more exciting than
lawn tennis, and it is more congenial
to my nature than tobogganing,
The only conversation I had was
with q young lady who ran into my
Outstretched arms while her small
wad Of hydrophobia wrapped his
chain around US both four or five
times.
Heretofore I have regarded the dog
as a nuisance, but am now convinc-
ed that there are exceptions. Some
dogs are extremely sagacious.
do not remember just what our
conversation was, but it was brief,
and our remarks were quite common
place. I only know that though I
tried over and over again to find an
other sagacious dog led by a winsome
young lady in good clothes, Ibid not
succeed in doing so. Many dogs have
instinct. out very few of them are
blessed with mental powers.
hope that the young lady alluded to,
in case this should come under her
eye, will try to overlook the past and
remem Der that harbor no feeling of
antipathy toward her dog. Perhaps,
had it aot been for him, we might
never have been thrown together.
wish to say to her that am well
and hope these few lines will find her
enjoying the same great blessing. The
lump on my brow which she erected
with the hub of her parrsol grew quite
large, and the next morning [ did not
know whether it would be best to
wear my hat ON the head or on the
lump, but it has subsidized now-the
hump, I mean-and I hope the young
lady and cute little dog are well.