Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-07-10

lHe house without quorum. Dorsey
thereupon withdrew his motion.
On motion of Mr.. Payson (Ills) the
house went into committee of the whole
for the consideration of the senate bill to
forfeit certain lands heretofore granted for
the purpose of aidingin the construction
of railroads, with the house substitute
therefor, A long discussion followed
and pending further debate the commit
tee rose and the house adjourned.
GREELEY ANEODOTE.
In What Shape the Good and Great But
Swearing old Man Faced a Composition.
Apropos of illegible handwriting of
great men. it would seem that the more
celebrated they are, the more miserable
their chirography
Some may recollect writes a correspon-
dent Of the Washington post. the case of
the man who travelled free for nearly six
months over the New York Central Rail
road on note from the able Superintend-
ent, the late Dean Richmond, convincing
the conductors that it was a pass. Again
OF the new Y arrived immi grant, who, COM
ing into possession of hold autograph of
General Spinner, late Treasurer of the
United States, took it to drug store as
prescription for the cramp collie. And who
that has seen will never forget, the fearful
autograph of a well-known and eminently
successful attorney of this city, which sug-
gests nothing SO much as bunch of cop
perhead snakes in deadly conflict In this
connection a good story is related of that
able editor, Horace Greedy, which has
never appeared in print. so far as the
writer knows.
1t occurred a good many years ago, when
the Tribune was power in the land as
was also its able editor, it being before be
committed the fatal mistake of his life IN
running as the Democratic nominee for
the Presidency in 1872, the circumstances
attending which unquestionably fastened if
they did not cause, his death.
In very elaborate article on very i'm
portant subject, he took the occasion to
use the words which the great bard puts
In the IIouth of garrulus old Polonius.
% It's true It's pity, and pity It's, It's true, ="
whereupon the compositor, doing his best
with the hieroglyphies, set it up, " It's
two, It's fifty, and It's fifty, ffty-two,"
completed y paralyzing the sense of the
whole paragraph.
Words are inadequate to express the sur
PIlcC, SldllOll IdSt UldU UOOk pOS-
session of the soul of the good old editor
pared article of the day before Summon
ing the foreman he demanded that the fool
compositor should be sent to him instanter.
and was informed that he was a certain
lrishman whom he had taken great fancy
ployment in his office
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ed forth on him in full volume the abuse,
invective, and explosives which he was so
eminently capable of when in a rage, and
not see and understand so familiar a ques-
ton at glance could quit his employment
and go to school again. After glaring at
compositor yelled at him: ITO school
again, is it, to school again? Yes, and, Mr..
Horace, the man who writes such id
hand as you do, few weeks or months, at
school wouldn t hurt him at all, at ALL -
The editor, as if struck by the retort, ap-
parently relented, and still glaring at him,
said: well, go back to your case, and
when next you try on a quotation make a
id fool of yourself and not fool of
me-" Then running his hands through the
few remaining taffy-colored locks that
covered his ears, he fell into reverie, at
intervals muttering audibly, IT'S two,
It's fifty, and It's fifty, fty-two. Oh, Sheol,
Sheol."
Wearing of Wigs bg Russian Immigrants
A stranger walking through Hester and
Essex streets, New York. one morning
last week observed scores of women whose
hair was of jet black hue and lay straight
combed and brushed back from their fore
heads. And each head was partly covered
by a silk handkerchief that was knotted
beneath the chin and additionally secured
by a huge gold pin. 1.-THE faces of The
women were yellow, and the eyes were
lustrously black, with heavy black eye
brows and lashes.
Some of these women were middle aged,
other were scarcely twenty, bat each wore
a heavy band of gold on the third finger
of her right ha d. They were Hebrews
from distant part of Russia, close to the
boundries of Poland 1t is one of the Gus
toms of this race for the married women
to wear wigs, no matter how beautiful or
luxuriant their own hair may be. They
do this i'll accordance with an old custom
of their country, which teaches them that
a wife's CHAINS are for her husband alone
and woman's hair is considered to be one
Of her greatest charms. Unmarried
girls never wear wigs, but just as soon as
the words making her a wife are pro,
noulced she dons her wig and never re-
moves it except in the privacy of her own
room.
Says an American lady: 'TWhile in
Canada recently, | went into a candy store
to make purchase, and, as | had always
done at home, sampled some of the varieties
piled on the counter. And what do you
think | found? Cayenne pepper! At
first 7 supposed it was some candy made
for April Fools Day, but when | sampled
two other piles which looked tempting and
from which, had they pleased me, [ should
have purchased, | found that cayenne
pepper was in each piece. In order to
stop customers eating candy they don't
pay for. said my companion. | tell you [
was mad; and when | thought of the way
in this country, where one is asked to
sample everything unknown before buying
| told the clerk | didn t want the caramels.
| understand some one is trying to annex
Canada to the United States. Well, my
uncle is United States Senator, and
shall tell him that unless he prevents such
a thing | shall go to Europe and marry a
French prince. | understand that they
are cheap now.
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