Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-05-10
Vesper Locals.

continuation of the past open winter, an
abundance Of rain, consequently lots of
mud, together with strong wind, which
are chilling enough 10 freeze the horns
off Of a full-grown mosquito.
On Saturday last Geo. Gray moved his
family up from his suburban residence,
lat Canning & Ingraham's campl to the
busy village Of Vesper, and is now
occupying the residence recently vacat-
ed by L. n. Carbono.
DR.. 6. T. Witter was summoned on
Saturday to attend patient who was
suffering from o severe attack of pneu-
monia Dock looked as genial as ever,
Notwithstanding the action of the wise
acres on the County Board at their last
meeting, in connection with the county
bridge matter. Dock says that the sick
folks must be cared for bridge or no
bridge, even though the well ones are
compelled to take care of themselves.
Mrs. Lord and her father Mr.. L. B.
StoWell started on the train for Grand
Rapids on Thursday last, for the pur-
pose Of visiting friends, and witnessing
the excitement incident to crossing the
raging wisconsin in skif
Mr.. James Cameron and quite party
Of Vesperites tooka trip to Sherry, your
correspondent being one of the number.
Notwithstanding the fact, that it rained
almost continuously during the day,
every one seemed to.8nj5y themselves,
and came home the better fitted for the
tolls of the coming week. No doubt
some of the good people in our neigh
boring cities viii be perfectly Mortified
at the above remark, but if they will but
for one moment, consider, that we have
no merry chime of church bells to ring
us to sleep on Sunday morning, and
further, that the time has arrived for
the appearance of that semi-annual
plague, to-wit: house cleaning time they
will readily understand the necessity of
giving the busy housewife as we'll as the
other members of the family little
heartfelt recreation, and thereby for a
short time at least, relieve her weary
mind from the busy cares which await
the coming Of the morrow's sun. I was
very much pleased with the substantial
growth of our sister town, during the
past ) or 6years. There has been q
large number of dwellings, put up, sew
eral of which are fine structures and
reflect great credit upon the owners.
Most of the buildings appear to have
been built with a view Of permanency,
rather than for temporary purposes
only. The Sherry Lumber Co. Mil, by
removing the old machinery and re-
placing it with new, thereby adding
largely to the capacity for manufactur-
ing lumber.
Our reception by the good people,
although our coming was unannotnced
until our whistle blew,] clearly demon
strated that they are wide-a-wake even
on Sunday afternoon, and fully under
stand in an emergency, how to entertain
new as well as old acquaintances. Twas
pleased to meet few former acquaint-
ances, one of which was Miss Jennie
Huban. She was as smiling as ever and
seemed pleased to meet me, notwith-
standing the fact that reside at Vesper
noticed while standing around, that
the company have fire engine and
hose cart, well supplied with hose to
protect their property in case of fire
They also have fine hotel, built for
the accommodation of the travelling
public.
The company boarding house is a
large and commodious structure, having
veranda extending the entire length,
which affords nice place of shelter for
the boys, where they can congregate
during the hot summer evenings, and
enjoy a smoke, while discussing politics
or some of the vexed questions of the
day which are agitating the public
mind.