Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-08-25
GRAND RAPIDS, weep 90, WISCONSIN TEzuFsDA

less newspaper ability, but for the most
| part contain able editorials. with inter.
esting home and foreign news and local
items, we'll. supplied with advertise
! ments,, and forming readable. and at
}traetiye sheets,;i Some of. the finest
draft horses are in constant, use here,
and some that are not so fine, for it
does seem too bad when one sees a
loaded street car being tugged along by
one little horse. - '''. . -
The best way to get around one of
these towns IN England is TO have some
| fone' With you that knows it well, or to
inquire from the policemen, who stand
at the street corners, for in! many in
stances if inquiries are made you get a
sharp retort or Very complex directions,
such as this, for instance 81 inquired
for the Great Western Passenger ticket
office and received the4following reply:
| Il Was near, st. iPaul's CHURCH at the
time Take the first street to the right,
then turn to; the. iefts. then so: through
the exchange, then keep right on, then
turn. to the right again, it is ON st.
James, St., about s minutes walk
Such directions bewildered me. If:I
had been in, Chicago and inquired for
Fo4f' place would be told about. as
follows: the humber, block and street
in definite. form, leaving no room for
doubt or bewilderment. I received
similar directions to the, post office
building, on the 18th of May, the day
we landed! It was latein the ming,
and I wanted to mail a letters was aa-
companied by two fellow passengers, ,one
from Wisconsin, the other from n. ,!Y,
We entered the, budding, got our
stamps for letters and then wanted to
! leave the. letters with the clerk Oh.
no, he would not receive them, and then
it was fun to see us three fellows march,
ing around, that great big general post
office building to find the 'letter box 2
for this was on the other side of the
building, on another street, and the
letters must be put in the letter box.
How relieved we felt as we dropped
+ them IN and heard them pS tnmbiinp to
| the bottom Of tie box as the town clock
struck, eleven, ,--.f.r,,,,rn = :
T. Something maybe said about the
city! of Manchester which would be of
some interest. 1t is a very busy, city,
having a population of, over 400, 900
SOULS lis situated on the Irwell, and
is. about IS miles northeast of Liyerpool.
Water for, the supply of the city = is. col
lected on Blackstone Edge and con-
Quoted from a series Of reservoirs.
through iron pipes for 20 miles to the
cite. MANY of the warehouses are pala-
tial in a!prpealra nee. and the merchants
transact business which will compare
faa1v}o5rably with the buildings 4 bronze
statue of Richard Cobden stands In, ST.
Ann,s Square. and ithere is one Of Crot6ty
we'll at the foot of; Victoria street. Mar
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street, foras one enerces from London
Road station into it, and takes;a a Ht'tram'
up into the town, he cannot. help think
inc that there. is excitement as the
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