Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-09

TCUpIC COLIICItI
Green Bay and Western Railroad The Grand
| Rapids Pulp & Paper Company is located here
Mrs. W. D. Harvie and Caroline
Briere started for this place on their
wheels few days since and they had a
! lively spin until they came 10 the BirOn
and Grand Rapids boulevard, where
the roughness of the road presented
numerous difficulties. Mrs. Harvie's
wheel backed and threw her into the
ditch, much to her chagrin and dis
comfture. Upon her arrival mere she
was cared for kindly by her old time
friend, Mrs. Dr.. Steibe, who made
vigorous use Of camphor and other sim
pie remedies best known to good house
wives.
We are pleased to note the interest
manifested by several of the young
people of the twin cities, in the new
drive way which is being constructed
| between this place and our neighbor-
ing city Grand Rapids. Mr.. Frank
| Pomainville in particular seems de-
slrous Of keeping pace with the rest Of
| the boys for he makes numerous trips
up this way. He evidently has an eye
to pleasure as we'll as business for almost
invariably when he makes a trip he
brings his best girl with him. Last
| Friday however when he got as far as
what is known as Young's corners he
| became droWsy and while dosing he
| beheld a ViSion-nOthing very danger
Gus appeared-yet while in the trans be
| beheld We scribe for the REPORTER with
| pencil and tablet in hand cleaning the
news for his paper and before you could
say Jack Rab bit he had turned bis horse
around and struck a 2:40 gait for home.
| What his girl thought or said about lis
singular conduct, deponent said not, We
will leave that for him to explain.
| Red roses are becoming quite fashion,
able in this berg. Some of the boys
get Phil Ward to put the finishing
touches on their rum blossoms. This
| however is somewhat expensive and
majority of the young people have hit
upon a novel and inexpensive way of
accomplishing the same result. Instead
of inbiblng the contents of the flowing
bowl they take their handkerchiefs and
grasping the end of their nose, give it
| which practice, if persistently followed,
lmparts not only dark red color to
the nose, but also adds swollen ap-
pearance. This practice may be nice
past time but does not tend to improve
their beauty.
On Wednesday night last, Mr.. Jeff
De Mars met with painful accident.
While attending one of the grinders,
he had occasion to open one of the
valves tie pressure Was so great that a
stream of scalding pulp shot into his
face burning him severely.
One evening last week some coWardIy
william, under cover of the darkness,
threw a stone weighing four pounds
through the open door at Mr.. Jas.
De Mars. Fortunately the rock missed
| its mark and struck one of the pulp
machines near him. His offender ought
to be traced up and MADE to suffer the
full penalty of the law.
w. I. Jones, Chas. and John Comp
ton were up here fishing on Saturday
last. They made nice haul, and re-
turned to their homes we'll satisfied
with their trip. | guess | won't say
anything about the figure they cut while
| catching frogs for bait in the mud hole
near the boarding Louise.
On Friday last three of our young
ladies called at fuckers studio to have
some ''photos' taken. The ATTEST
promised to have the proofs ready for
inspection the following Sunday.
Being prevented from going personally,
they requested II. w. Lord to call and
get the coveted prizes which he will
ingly promised to do. It appears how
ever that Mr.. Tucker got the ladies
little mixed up for he delivered the
| proofs of three other ladies all of which
we've unknown to our ladies and Mr..
Lord. The mistake was not discovered
until the package was delivered to the
| ladies upon his return home. Then
| the fun began. Such laughter aud gen
eral jubilee is seldom witnessed. The
| girls insisted upon knowing who those
girls were that Lord took out riding
Sunday afternoon but Lord was non
| commital and would not satisfy their
curiosity. The query in the girls minds
now is, whether the joke is on them
selves, Mr.. Lord or Mr.. Tucker. The
verdict here is that it is on Mr.. Tucker.
Hazel, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. F.
NJ. Stearns, has been quite i'll with
severe lung trouble, but is improving
rapidly under Dr.. Harvie's treatment.
F. M. Stearns and Phil Ward went
chicken hunting Sept. l and bagged
goodly number Of the feathered tribe.
Chicken hunting must be hard work.
judging from the tired and woe-be-gone
appearance of the hunters when they
return.
Miss Mabel Horton returned, on Fri
day last, from Dawson, North Dakota,
where she has spent the past eight
months with her aunt, Mrs. J. j. Gokey.
Miss Nellie Schnabel spent Wednes-
day with her sister Emma who teaches
our district school. After school hours
| they made several very pleasant calls.
Sunday, Sept. 5, Mr.. +. M. Stearns,
landlord of hotel at Blron, Mr.. Kemp
| fort, uperintendent of the mill, and
| Mr.. Art Kayanaugh were invited out to
dinner Their host informed them
that they might expect sumptuous re-
past on chicken choWder. The invi-
ted guests began putting themselves in
trim to do justice to the occasion. F.
NJ hustled around and made three
gal. freezer full of ice cream, while
kempfort and Kayanaugh took a rapid
walk to settle their breakfast and make
room for the choWder. When they had
their breakfast sufficiently lowered they
repaired to the grove where the repast
was to be served. Arriving there they
took part in the jubilee and jolification
awaiting the announcement of dinner.
After waiting until their patience and
stomachs gave out, they quietly stole
away and returned home to fill up.
Three hungry tramps could not have
out done them IN storing away the
victuals. After dinner they
repaired to the office to smoke and
cuss and discuss the propriety of try
ing to make chicken chowder out of
spring chickens which were eight OF
ten wears old