Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-08-02

8 Nohil oui n iSCO dL TIC IliliiIClotly
Of this establishment.
In the evening we attended a
literary treat at the Academy of
Music which would be hard to
surpass in cities of larger size
than Milwaukee. Charles A.
Dana, of the New York Sun, de-
livered an address OH the News
paper of To-day" IF we had
space we would like to give his
address in full. We append the
first paragraph which viii give an
idea of the modern newspaper as
he views It: The intellectual out
fit of a modern newspaper presents
lust as great a contrast to that
which was known forty or fifty
years ago, as the mechanical out
fit does. You go into the Office OF
such a paper, for instance, as the
New York Tribune and you find
there a small army of intellectual
laborers. each appointed to his
particular task, each pursuing his
peculiar duty, and all combining
to produce every morning that
wonderful result which we may
well call the modern newspaper
Former times knew nothing Of it..
1t is thing entirely beyond the
conception of the people Of forty
or fifty years ago. There is in
such an establishment, III the first
place, a trained staff of reporters,
accomplished men, men familiar
with every branch Of study that
intellectual young men ordinarily
devote themselves to, men who
have prepared themselves either
by college studies or by practical
life in their departments for the
peculiar duty that they have I'M
dertaken, and they are men of
extraordinary talent, knowing the
world well, able to see through d
deception and sometimes able to
set one up. Laughter Then
there is the staff Of correspondents
in other places and in other couil-
tries. Why, it will happen to the
editor Of a New York paper, for
instance, to go down to his Office
in the morning and to send a man
from London to St. Petersburg in
order to report something that is
going to happen four or five days
later. The modern newspaper
literally has It's fingers reaching
out toward every quarter of the
globe and every finger is sensitive
and every nerve brings back the
treasures Of intellectual wealth
that are stored up there and a
photograph Of the occurrences of
life that are there taking place"
James Whitcomb Riley, the
Hoosier dialectpoet. rendered three
Of his choice selections. They
were received with great applause
and enthusiasm. Miss Lucy Jack
son, of Oshkosh, gave two vocal
selections of high merit and the
Milwaukee PaIlor Ouartctte also.
Two instrumental selections were
rendered by Miss Gether, of Mil
Waukee, which were heartily enc0r-
ed. This constituted the evening s
program.
Wednesday morning we left the
cream city at SIX o'clock nicely
located in five of Wagner's par!or
sleepers over the M. L. S. &
Western railroad. The party
numbered one-hundred and fifty.
On our way we passed through
many nice cities such as Sheboygan
Manitowoc and Appleton arriving
in Amigo 235 miles distant at one
O'Clock for dinner. Here we were
met at the depot by the reception
committee and the fire company
.in uniform who escorted the
editorial party through the main
business thorougniarc to the Opera
House where tables were laden
with everything delicious that the
markets couIdsuppiy, The flower
decorations were elegant. Each
person found a beautiful button
hole boque5 at his plate. After
the rcpast was over Mayor Lynch
Of that city delivered a very
hearty address Of welcome which
was responded TO GA behalf Of the
association by w. d. Hoard.
Amigo has grown very rapidly.
1t now enjoys 4 population Of 1000
inhabitants. The c.sy IS only
seven years old and promises TO
become a thriving metropolis Of
considerable size. What was a
few years ago a great wilderness,
is now a growing and active city.
Our time being limited we were
escorted bacz, TO the cars and were.
soon on oar way to Rhinelander
which re reached at : o'clock D.
N. Here we visited the large saw
mills. The brass band met US al
the depot and escorted Us to the
Opera Hail where the kind ladies
OF this promising city had spread
tables with every deijcacy known
to tempt the appetite OF man.