Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-03-04
Why will not the prophecies tell us
who will compose that Cabinets
Only an Incident.
Harper's Magazine.

SuIRS. SdIu OuCO udO UScu al dCcl-
dental eye-witEess-shall call tito
a proposal on the cars. "Oh, tell us!"
please do let us hearl" exclaimed ten
young voices and two mature ones. I
could not resist, and after the recital,
was suitably applauded, 8 lady, whose
opinion I value, begged that would
send 1t to Harper. hope the parties
unknown to me will take ne Of
Tense if they recognize the courtship
as their property. [ have heard,
though, that at such an absorbing
moment the Identical words used are
seldom remembered.
[ was sitting on a train about to
leave Richmond Virginia, for Peters
burg, when a bridal party came on,
and one OF the bridesmaids occupied
the vacant seat by my side. The
coach was crowded, and her special
escourt could not find q seat, but con-
tented himself by standing in the
aisle at her side, conversing about the
events of the day. It become dark,
and | closed the book [ had been read
ing, and leaned my head on the win
dow, and closed my eyes, simply to
rest them. Nothing was farther from
my thoughts than to be an eaves-drop-
per, but so in the event I proved to
be; for in the darkening twilight the
absorbed couple, supposing me to be
asleep. settled into loves low tone"
each word of which struck upon my
ear clear as a bell, for in his earnest
ness he leaned on the back of the seat
in front of BIS, his face, as You can
picture for yourself, forming with the
lady's ear and mind an equilateral
triangle. In free America, and on
public conveyance, I did not think il
necessary to remind them of nav
presence. Presently he bent closer,
and whispered: "You must know by
this time what my attentions to you
mean. May [ hope that I may claim
you as mlne2"
''After little pause she said, Il am
very sorry, but am afraid our paths
through life will have to diUerge."
He expostulatad, of course; then,
heaving a deep sigh, walked away.
The twilight deepened, and I still
rested my eyes. After while the
disconsolate lover returned, and re-
neWed his suit, saying: 81 have spent
fifteen wretched minutes. Can you
give me 10 hope"
Her voice in the cleaning sounded
like music TO him, have 40 doubt, as
she ans wered:
ST have been thinking over what
told you. No one knows what will
be IN the future, and perhaps cur
paths may cO11Uerge"
Just then the whistle blew for nv
station, and gathering up my possess
ions, l was preparing to depart, when
he exclaimed, ioyfully:
''Do you get off here? Allow me to
help you with these" And with
shining eyes he took my satchel and
parcels, aud helping me off, even con-
trolling himself so far as to bow re-
spectfully as left.
On looking back I could see the
lady in my seat by the window, and
the happy lover sitting by her side.
The whistle blew, the train started,
and-the curtain fell.
AT the present rate OF destruction to
our orchards it will only be a few
years until the apple. now SO plentiful,
will be classed among the luxuries.
The great orchards of Central Illinois
are rapidly going to decay, and in
some parts of Iowa and Minnesota the
farmers are cutting down the trees
and avow their intention to quit try
ing to raise apples. It is stated that
during the past twenty-five years the
apple trees were winter killed three
times, eight years apart each time,
which has discouraged the cultivation
of apples in those states. The pear
tree is also a sufferer from the severe
winters Of the past two years, 80 per
cent, of them being killed.
Bone meal is an excellent ingredi
ent to mix with the soft morning
food, ana will help greatly in forming
a large, strong frame for the young
chickens. They should always be
provided with lig at, nutritious food in
good variety. Corn and other fatten-
ing food should be saved for winter
Use. The old hens, too, are just pass
ing through the molting season, a
serious time for them. If their wants
are carefully attended to 1t will ma
terially shorten the length of their
mott, and they will come out in ex-
cellent condition for winter laying
and early spring breeding. They
ought to be separated from the young
stock and old roosters, and be allowed
a season of rest, which they will ap-
preciate.
A correspondent of the Rural New
Yorker says: II have reason to be-
ieve that copperas will prevent the
grape rot. In a small vineyard IN
Massillon, O., where quart ofcop-
peras to the square rod rod had been
sown in July for three years there
has been no rot, while other grapes
in the same neighborhood have rotted
more or less every year. They form
erly rotted in this vineyard" Ac-
coaking to the above the copperas, to
be sown, must have been pulvcri zed.
whether the effects are due to des-
tructicn of the spores or deficiency
of iron in the soil are not stated, as
copperas (sulphate of iron) is soluble,
and also an excellent disinfectant. 1t
is cheap and worth trial.
La the feeding experiments at the
Kansas Agricultural College there &C.
o11rpo3 ENTHUSIASTICALLY condition