Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-27
Second Chronicles, Second Chapter,
Beginning at 22nd Verse.

the State Horticultural Society in this ethyl
And it came to pass in those days
there was one named Grover, who is
sometimes called Cleveland. The same
was ruler, that ruled over all the land
from Canada even down to Mexico,
over forty and nine provinces had he
dominion. In those days, in the End
year of his reign, there was great dearth
throughout all the land. For three
years, year after year, there was not
much harvest or caring of corn and
much people became sore pressed for
food because of the failing of crops and
the consuming of fires which DESTROYED
their substance, and there was great
distress and grievous want throughout
the land.
Then sent out Grover proclamation
throughout his whole dominion, even
throughout the forty ana Line provinces
saying, "Hearken unto me all We people,
speak, pray you every man into the
ear Of his brother, saying, are we not
all brothers? Are we not all Of one
household, even of the family of Uncle
Sam? How, then, can we stand by and
see our brothers perish from off the
face of the earth? Arise We, therefore,
I pray you, and divide every man OF his
substance with his brother, giving him
bread to eat and seeds wherewith he
may plant, every man his field and his
garden, that their wives and their little
ones, and their focks and their herds
may be nourished, and rejoice We every
man the heart of his brother on whom
the hand of the Lord has fallen so
heavily. Then arose every man even
as Grover had given commandment and
divided every man of his substance
with his brother, even as the Lord had
prospered him. And very much bread
and seed was distributed among the
people by the hands of deputies even
as Grover had given decree. And
behold the acts of Grover, and ali which
he did, are they not written in the book
of the chronicles of the people?
And 1t came to pass in the same year,
in certain city, called Centralia. there
was great dearth of water in the city, in
as much as the fountains and cisterns
and wells become dry and behold the
waters Of the rivers were dried up in as
much as one woman could walk across
on the top of the stones and not wet
even so much as the soles of her feet.
Then came the inhabitants of the city
with one accord, unto one man, called
George, who was JACKSON, man held
in high esteem and of good repute
among the people, saying unto him,
wot We not that we die of thirst and
that our wives and our little ones
perish from out the land of our inheri-
tence for the want of water? Build We,
for us we pray thee, wells and cisterns
connected by pipes and tubes running
into every mans house, that we thirst
not nor perish from off the face of the
earth for the want of water. Then
answered George unto the people
saying, hearken unto me all We people,
this do We, listen unto me and on the
second day of the fourth month
assemble We, yourselves together with
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and talk we over among yourselves
what We will do, and straightway I will
. journey throughout the land IN search
of knowledge and find out men skilled
in the system of water-works and
peradventure I may bring you relief.
E And it came to pass on the day in
which George had given decree that
the elders and principal men of the
city assembled together in their council
chamber as if one man and voted with
one voice for water works. And they
told this thing unto George and his
heart was made glad that all the work
which he had done should not come to
naught.
Now there were in this self same city
certain women to whom the Lord had
given much substance and they come
unto one Nels, who was Johnson, the
same was ruler among the people and
said unto him, hear we now this thing
which our fathers have done? Hearken
now we pray thee, unto us, and see
what we will do in this matter. Behold
the Lord has dealt very graciously with
his hand-maidens and given them very
much Of this worlds goods. Now take,
we beseech thee, of the surplus, above
our necessities, as much as pleaseth
thee allowing us a moderate rate of
usury and build We for us the water
works of which our husbands and
brothers have spoken, that every
household of us may have water in
abundance at our own doors. And this
saying pleased Nels and he took of
their treasures even, as they had
spoken and gave it into the hands of
artisans and masons, and plumbers, and
builded for them the water works even
as they desired and all the people
rejoiced because of this thing. And
the names of the women who did this
thing and all the acts which they did,
are they not written III the books of
the Chronicles of the city.
And after these things came to pass,
in the Sth month and the 18th day of
the month, there was a decree, estab-
lished throughout the land that it
should be lawful for any man to kill of
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