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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-07
BURDETT ON SHOCKS.
Electricity Which Went Into the Paper
Hanging Business.

By the term electrical freaks we do moi
mean the experts who testified recently
that they could receive a shock of 25,00C
volts and feel sort of braced up by it. We
make this explanation In order to prevent
any misconception of the tenor of this
article by the intelligent reader. By
electrical freaks" we do not mean people
who play fantastic tricks with their i'm
agination when they talk on this subject.
but rather the pranks which the forked
lightning plays when it strikes a her
house and lights up the emotional fancy OF
the reporter who is working on space.
A few years ago a young man named
Caspar Weidpants, residing In Asbury
Park, was sitting at the window of his
boarding house, counting his weeks sal
ary and wondering whether he should
divide it equally among himself, or give
some of it to his tailor and little to his
landlady. or take it all to hire horse and
a narrow buggy and take proud but
wealthy heiress out to drive. At that in
slant bolt of lightning struck the corner
of large house In Long Branch, not more
than seven or eight miles away, and the
young man never thought Of his tailor or
his landlady again. They often thought
of him, but nobody ever found out where
he went.
In the Summer of 1879 John ]. Fowler
was practical paper hanger In Albany.
During the first week of June he was
hanging paper In the residence of Mr..
Clarence L. Montgomery, when heavy
black cloud came slowly over the city from
the west, and a single fash of lightning
fell from the cloud, entered the room where
Fowler was at work, ran up the trimming
machine like buzz saw for a few minutes,
stirred up the paste, hung all the paper in
the room and trimmed sixteen yards of
arabesque border Some Of the family
went In the room about 7 clock that
evening and found Fowler lying on the
table, still sleeping from the effects of the
shock. The stroke had also affected his
mind and seriously biased his moral
faculties, for he afterward brought In bill
for the work and had to sue for 1t Mr..
Montgomery being very rich mani, and
he testified that he had doneall this work
himself before going to sleep. But that
was impossible. and the court so decided,
as it was established by the evidence of more
than twenty householders that no paper
hanger ever did that much work IN day.
People now living in Skaneatels who re-
sided there in the Spring of 1873 still re-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-07
LABRADOR.
1t is Pronounced the Most Worthless
Part of the Whole World.


The result of the information secured
during the few weeks cruise leads me to be-
lieve that the portion of Labrador east of a
line extending due north from the mouth
of the st. Lawrence River to Hudson's bay
is the most worthless part of the whole
world. Indeed, it is scarcely worth visit
ing even as curiosity In sterility and des-
olation. In the 900 miles of coast upon
which there Is any pretense of population,
the total number of resident human being
all told will not exceed 5000 souls This
number includes all Indians of the
Montagnais, Nasquapee and Eskimo tribes.
Estimating the peninsula as aquadrllateral
with sides averaging 800 miles IN length,
a moderate computation, this would give a
area of 160,000000 acres; and Just one
human being to about 27 900 acres. That
there is 100 acres of land capable Of cultiva-
ton within this mighty expanse has been
remorselessly disproved for over $50 years
by the efforts Of Jesuits and other mission
aries, by those of Christianized Indians and
by all settlers who have been lured upon
these shores to starve and perish. 1t Is
possible that during two, and possibly three,
months of the summer. 10000 fisherman
may be found off Labrador; $1,000 within
the Gulf of st. Lawrence and 25,000 along
the Atlantic Labrador shores. They are
residents of the United States, of Nova
Scotia. Cape Breton and Pince Edward
Islands and Newfoundland They have
no interest whatever, save to come and
grab and go. There are not enough stand
ing trees In all the Labrador district nam
ed. and that comprises all of the Labrador
proper, available for building timber. to
pay for transporting to any place and light
ing the first fire In a single saw mill.
All the frantic efforts of the dominion gov
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-07
The SIlo Has Come to Stay.

One of the peculiar features of the dis
cussion on silos. is the fact that the OPP
ponents of the system are limited to those
who have never fed ensilage. Victor Piol-
let. the big granger of Wysox. Pa, would
rather leave his corn fodder till frozen,
and then shock it, than have anything to
do with ''stinking ensilage There
are none so blind as those who will not
see.
There is suggestion in the last contri-
button from J G. that may we'll be en-
larged upon somewhat This has been a
very poor season for corn, but a wonder
fully favorable one for weeds. Many a
farmer Will wade through tangle ofpigeon
grass. and various other grasses and weeds
to cut the shock and his poor yellow, half
grown immature corn for dry curing
corn that will never repay the labor of
husking. The fodder will be inferior, and
the weeds go to enrich the desert air,
when if he should go over his field with a
reaper. gathering weeds, grass and corn
altogether. cut fine and put INTO a silo, he
would with less labor secure double the
food value that he does by his present
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-07

member the excitement over the remark
able case OF Rev Lars Christopherson.
rector OF the Aboriginal American Church.
He was sitting IN his study one Sabbath
morning. III a morbid and gloomy state of
mind. having Just learned that his son,
who had gone off on little scalping party
down the lake the night before, had taken
the only razor In the manse. While the
Elder sat gloomily rubbing his chin and
wondering If he couldn't sandpaper it be-
fore clasS-meeting, a storm that had been
gathering for some time suddenly broke
above the town with terrific violence. A
long zigzag streak of ball lightning entered
the window of the minister s study, shaved
him once over without raising a pimple.
trimmed his hair straight across the back
OF the neck, giving him that peculiarly
meek look of meekly meebness which is the
artistic triumph of the style of cut, banged
1t IN front to make him look childlike and
simple, gave his shoes a patent-leather
SHINE. brushed his coat and was out of the
window again with a crashing noise like
4-year-old boy falling off a pew during
the long prayer. The Strangest thing
about the occurrence was not discovered
until that evening, when the preacher dis
covered that the lightning, on departing.
had burned a hole In his vest pocket and
fused silver quarter into a round sphere,
which had dropped out on his way to the
meeting house.
Last July, Mrs. Weatherby Showers.
wife of the well-known fnancier of that
name, was putting her three children to
bed one very warm, sultry evening when
flash of sheet lightning Hey? Sir?
want you to remember that this is Sunday
paper?" Ha; I'd like to see me get a
chance to forget it. Well, that's so; guess
I'll leave that Showers story out. It is
pretty tough, little But the others may
stand; if they are not as true as some
lightning stories I've heard told by some
awfully truthful people. l don't want "a
cent that | can t get
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-07
THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
THE END OF SUMMER.
GERRIT SMITH.


There's mellow brown hue creeping over the
grass,
And the air is so soft and so still
That each stream and each pool lies unruffied as
glass,
While a lazy blue wells the low hill
dreamy blue melting into the soft sky,
The colors meeting in fair harmony.
All nature seems dIowsy, preparing for sleep;
The crickets drone low lullabIes;
Brown birds utter notes full of sadness. in keep
With the years minor-keyed melodies;
The butterfly laZily wanders TO where
Some late-bloOming flower still perfumes the air.
Where the peaches pink buds spread their beauty
in spring
The ripe fruit has dropped from the bough;
Where the Oriole hung her light castle TO swing,
The old elm is desolate now;
There are rumoFs of son gsters preparing to go
Where songfolks are safe from all dread OF
the snow.
Oh! soft the spell that this fair season weaves
To hold the charmed spirit in thrall,
The heart feels sadness, nor knows why II
grieyes,
A strange peace seems brooding DER all;
There's a hush in the valley, hush by the
stream.
And life itself seems TO be hushed into dream.
Boston Transcript.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-07

ing its enterprise, and we have ours. We
haven't got fourteen Webb presses at
work, nor can we afford to send an ex-
petition to Africa-not yet. We have
had for some time under one roof a news
paper office, a grocery store, feed store,
a harness shop, a candy store and glove
factory. We have now added a butcher
shop. While all these things will be run
In connection with The Kicker. and by
the same editorial staff. subscribers Won
be obliged to take anything but the paper
We leave others to do the Dragging, but
We think we can Justly point with pride TO
this mammoth aggregation Of business, all
edited by one central head, and all steadi-
~ improving, In genuine merit.
OUR WESTERN WAYNE were one of
three citizens who found our City Recor-
der staylng blind drunk the other night
and helped him home, and because we
had something to say, drunk as he was, of
such conduct on the part of a city official,
he has been blowing around that we are
his enemy and want to down him.
The truth of the matter Is that he has
been on a drunk for the last SIX months.
and at no time in that period has he been
fit for his official duties, but ism t that the
case with all the rest of them? We've
been fighting whisky ever since our first
issue, but the town now drinks a barrel
where it used to a gallon We haven't an
official In town who doesn booze, and we
propose next week to make one last effort.
If they can t brace up we'll see that every
one of them is sent for and taken back to
serve out his uneXplred sentence. We like
| the west and western ways, but when every
body, from the postmaster to the ten-pin
marker, gets drunk on the same day a
change of some sort is needed.
The WEATHER.-Our subscribers have
been both surprised and pleased at the way
we hit the weather for the last two weeks
We didn' expect to do so well in the start
off, as the only instrument we had was an
old horseshoe, two-foOt rule and a war
map of the battle of Gettysburg, but we
made no mistake.
Our first prediction was that the follow
ing week would be cold, clear, cloudy,
warm and variable with possibly rain
We hit it even to the variable. She
varied from frost to such hot night
that everybody kicked the quilts off The
rain didn t last but three days, but that
was sufficient to let us out
Our second prediction also hit a pat We
predicted winds, Gains, sunshine, clouds
high pressure over the Arctic Ocean, and
low pressure around the mouth of the
Amazon, with considerable wobble be-
tween here and the Pacific. She wobbled
We got just what we expected, and from
this out we are going ahead like scared
jack rabbit hunting for clover. Watch
our smoke.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-07
A story of Louis Napoleon.

When Napoleon the Third,was Emperor,
he sat one day at Longchamps, sleepily
reviewing his army Regiment after reg
iment passed, but nothing seemed to stir
the Emperor from his lethargy. At last,
however, as a regiment of dragons rode
! by, he suddenly fixed his attention upon
| the front rank. ''What is that lancer do
| ing there among the dragons" he asked
his chief-of-staff The chief-Of-statf
looked at the lancer and galloped away to
! the division commander, while the En-
peror sank back into his customary IN
| passiveness. The Emperor demands to
know why that lancer is among the dra-
goons?' The General looked shocked
and called out sharply to the Colonel OF
/ the regiment: Colonel, what have you
! got that lancer among your men for! Inc
| Colonel wassdumbfoundedsan d appealed to
the commandment of the squadron: Nv hats
! the lancer doing here? Il don't know,
sir exclaimed the commandant of the
| squadron and he called the Captain.
look here, Captain, why have you got
/ that rascally lancer in your company?
The Captain pleaded ignorance. IL
| ask the Lieutenant, he said. BY this
| time the inquiries began to be garnlshed
with oaths and abuse. The Lieutenant,
apparently surprised beyond expression
Fat the presence of the lancer, hurled ques-
ton and imprecation all at once at the head
of the orderly sergeant. What In the
world is that lancer here for?" Then the
orderly sergeant rode up to the lancer HIM
self. as if he were about to cut him through
to his saddle. You villain! what are
you doing here among the dragons? The
Emperor is after you. You'll be shot at
the very least. But sergeant, the sol
der stammered, you know I've permitted,
sir!' Formulation in the army means
transfer, by authority, from one corps to
another. Permitted eh?' said the SER
geant; well, that won t helpyou any now
The orderly sergeant went to the Eieuten-
ant with the report that the man had per-
muted; the Lieutanant told the Captain,
and the Captain the commandant of the
squadron. the commandant of the squadron
the Colonel, and the Colonel the
General. and the General the chief of-staff,
and the chief-of-statf came to the Emperor
''Slr. . he began, ..the lancer has permut-
ed what lancer" The lancer whom
Your Majesty noted among the dragons. -
''Oh, yes! He's permitted. en-? said the
Emperor, sleepily; well. he looked Ike a
good man. Let him have medall''
The highest monolith is the obelisk
Karnak, Egypt. Karnak is on the east
side of the Nile, near Luxor, and occupies
part, of the site of ancient Thebes It's
whole length is 122 feet, It's weight 400
tons. It's height, without pedestal is $50
feet 10 inches.
Henry Jonej. leaders of the rioters at
Navassa, was released on writ of habeas
corpus in the United States district court
at Baltimore. This action is taken to test
the constutionality of the law which gives
to the United States authority over that
island.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-07

The largest inland sea is the Caspian,
lying between Europe and Asia. Its
greatest length is 760 miles, its greatest
breadth go miles, and its area $4,000
square miles.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-07
Houston. Texas.
THE ARIZONA KICKER.
Some Things Peculiar to the West.

Some Things Peculiar to the Vest.
Detroit Free Press
We extract the following from an issue
of the Arizona Kicker:
A DOUBLE HIT - Last week certain
folks who want to see us drowned were
Chuckllng because we were not invited to
to the grand autumn soiree given by Mrs
Judge Gildersleeye. of Jackson Heights.
1t was a social snub on us, we'll admit,
but the aforesaid chuckling has ceased. 1t
broke off short day before yesterday when
the sheriff arrived from Omaha, and tapp-
ed the Judge on the shoulder and asked
him how the business of cow-stealing got
along.
We've had the biography of the Judge in
hand for some months. He robbed post
Office in Illinois, stole hogs In Iowa and
embezzled from toll-bridge In Indiana.
On top of that he stole cows in Nebraska.
and when his wife made cold mutton of us
we went down to the telegraph office and
dispatched the sheriff to come on. We
think we are about even. 1t is not the
policy of this paper, as we have often stat
ed, to duplicate our population by ''giving
away" our citizens. but no one must try
any monkey-shines with us. We are here
to stay.
He STEPPED. our last issue we call
ed attention to the fact that William Par
ton, familiarly known as "Baldheaded
Bill, > had succeeded III securing the nomi-
nation for alderman of the second ward on
the Peoples Reform ticket We didn't go
much on the reform business, to begin
with. and we went considerably less on
William We kindly mentioned the fact
to him that he was an old soaker, man
who never paid debt and that he escaped
Indictment for stealing the bridge funds
by flaw In a brotherly way we asked
him to step down and out, but instead of
needing our well-meant advice he came
hunting for US with a shotgun
Then we had to exhibit certain docu-
ments to the good people to prove that
Williams true home was In the state
prison, and it was decided to get a move
ON him. Some one gave the snap
away. however, and he was a mile or more
away when the people called at his cabin
and asked him to come out and play pen
dulum
We are heavy on genuine reform In poll
tics, and we can t be made to believe that
the way to begin it is to nominate thief
for office.
ALWAYS AHEAD.-We take pleasure in
announcing to the public In this manner
that we have established still another en-
terprise in connection with The Kicker
The New York World has its way of show
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-07
CORN OR FLOUR CREDIBLE CAKES.

Take one pint of corn meal, one quart
of -four, either brown or white, one tea
spoonful salt, one-third of cake of COM
pressed yeast, or two tablespoonfuls of
potato OF any other good yeast, and water
or milk enough to make batter as thick
as for buckwheat cakes. Cover and let it
rise over night; in the morning dissolve a
teaspoonful soda in little tepid water and
stir it into the batter short time before
baking. Have the griddle hot and do not
bake too rapidly as corn meal requires
more time to cook than when wheat -four
only is used
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-07
PINEAPPLE SHERBET.

Prepare one large or two small pine
apples, by first peeling, removing all eyes
and then chopping it finely. Cover itwith
a pint of fine sugar and six gills of water
Heat half of the water first, and dissolve iii
it one tablespoonful of crinky gelatine or
half that quantity of the powdered kind.
Sti,. this we'll and then freeze
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-07
BALTIMORE CAKE.

Beat half a cupful Of butter to a cream,
adding gradually one and one-half cupfuis
of sugar, when very light add three-quart-
ers of a cupful of cold water, and two cup
fuls Of flour: beat well and add half of the
beaten whites Of four eggs; take one cup
full of English walnut meats. cut them in
small pieces and -four them well, and then
stir into the cake with the remainder of
the beaten white Of the eggs, and one tea
spoonful Of baking powder; bake moder-
ately about so minutes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-07

ALWAYS AHEAD.-We take pleasure in
announcing to the public in this manner
that we have established still another en-
terprise In connection with The Kicker
The New York World has its way of show
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-07
BOSTON BROWN BREAD,

Take three teacups of cornmeal; stir in
to it two cups of boiling sweet milk; when
cold add one teacup of malasses, one cup
of wheat flour and one cup of sour milk;
into the sour milk stir well one teaspoon
full of soda. add one-haf teaspoonful salt;
steam three hours.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-07
RAISIN CAKE

Take teacupfuls sugar. one each of but
ter and cold water, 81 cupfuls -four, 2cup-
fuls seeded and chopped raisins, 3 eggs, a
teaspoonful each Of cinnamon and grated
nutmeg and 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder.
Rub the butter and sugar to cream, add
the beaten yolks, the cold water, the flour
in which is sifted the baking powder, and
then the whites of the eggs beaten stiff.
Lastly add the raisins rolled in flour. Bake
in two Ioaves. or in single large one.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-07
PRACTICAL RECIPES.
BUTTERMILK PANCAKES.

One quarter of pound Of -four, one tea
spoonful of bicarbonate of soda, made into
a light batter with buttermilk; must be
put in the pan at once, with very little but
ter or lard, and fried as other pancakes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-05-21
EMIGRANT TICKETS

EmT6hHNI TIGkEI0
GOLD TO AND FROM ALL POINTS OF
= Europe, at the lowest rates, by J. A Peter
sen, Merchant and Emigrant Agent 20 East
Second South.
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GUARDIANS SALE OF REAL ESTATE.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT /
" John r. Winder, the guardian OF the per-
sons and estates of Matilda Winder Gertrude
Winder, Rex Winder and Ella Winder, minors,
in pursuance of an order of the probate court of
Salt Lake county, Utah territory, duly made
and entered on the Sth day of May, 1889, in the
matter of the guardianship of said minors viii
sell, subject to confirmation by the said probate
court at private sale for cash. on the 25th day of
May, 1889, at ~ O'Clock noon, to the highest
bidder at the office or Barlow Ferguson, 80 Main
street, in said Salt Lake city and county, al the
right, title, interest and estate of each of the
said minors of in and to the following bounded
and described land: The east One-half OF lot
three 81 of block twenty-five (22) as plated in
plat \. of Salt Lake city survey, in Salt Lake
City. Salt Lake county, Utah territory, the
interest of each of the said minors being an IN
divided One-thirtieth interest in fee-simple
therein, be the same more or less.
Bids in writing will be received at the Office Of
said Barlow Ferguson or may be delivered
personally to the undersigned at any time after
the first publication of this notice up to ~
O'Clock noon ON the said 25th day of May 1889.
JOHN r. WINDER,
Guardian of the persons and estates of the said
minors.
BARLOW FERGUSON,
Attorney for Guardian
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-05-21
SOLOMON F. KIMBALL,
Dated Salt Lake City Utah May ?, 1889.
ADMINISTRATORS SALE OF REAL ESTATE

NOTICE IS HERBY GIVEN, THAT IN
in and for the county of Salt Lake, territory of
Utah, made on the second day of May. 1889, in
the matter of the estate of William c. Morris,
deceased, the undersigned, the administrators
OF said estate, will sell at private sale, to the
highest bidder, for cash, and subject to con-
irmation by said probate court, on or after
Monday, the third day of june 1889 all the
right, title, interest and estate of the said vii
liam c. Morris at the time of his death, and all
the right title and interest that the said estate
has by operation of law or otherwise acquired
other than, or in addition to, that of the said
William c. Morris at the time of his death
in and to all that certain lot. piece or par
Gel of land situate, lying. and being in the said
county of Salt Lake, Territory of Utah, and
bounded and described as follows tO-wit; Part
of lot seven "a, block sixty CO., plat IA Salt
Lake city survey, commencing forty 40 feet
east from the northwest corner of said lot, run
ming thence south thirteen and onethird
$3.50 rods, thence east forty-two and one-half
rods, thence west forty-two and half feet to
place of beginning.
Bids must be in writing and will be received
at No. 81 West South Temple street city and
county aforesaid, or may be delivered TO either
of the undersigned personally al any time after
publication of this notice and before sale.
Terms and conditions of Sale-CaSh. ten per
cent. of the purchase money to be paid on the
day of sale, balance on confirmation of sale by
said probate court. Deed at expense of pur
chaser.
ELIAS MORRIS,
NELSON A. ENIPEY,
Administrators of estate of w. c. Morris, de
ceased.
May 9. 1899
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S. W. DARKE,
Attorney for executor.