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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-04-04

/ children with all sorts of odd or fanci-
/ full dresses; toy animals, fat little
pigs, and plump biddie hens with their
more or less deliberately decorated
with spice, seeds and fine sugar drops,
nuts, etc. Playing marbles of every
! delightful color, size and variety, are
/ q part Of the nests treasures, also
/ books, games and toys, if the nest
/ happens to be large enough to hold
i all.
| The eggs are first boiled a half hour
or more to make them very hard,
then they are dropped into a solution
of cochineal dye, strong dye giving
a deep red color, a weaker solution
pink Or light red. Blue, yellow, orange
| and green in Different shades are also
colored by using simply dye stuffs
well heated. Sometimes the eggs are
painted in pretty fanciful designs
specially suited to please the chill.
dren.
Early on Easter morning the chill
dren start on their hunt for the Easter
nest. They frolic through the house,
peeping under sofas, chairs, tables
and in odd corners. They scamper
up stairs and down; then out into the
garden they rush among hedges and
grasses, climbing trees, fences and
walls in their eager search.
The child who finds it first cries
"Oster Hase! oster hase." Then al,
n 70
for a peep at the pretty nest and the
cunning rabbit that sits upon it,
The finder is privileged to take the
nest from its hiding place and to dis
tribute its contents among the other
children. Everything is labeled with
the name of the child for whom the
gift is intended, SO the division is al
and New Years, Easter is the most
delightful holiday of the whole year
for the children
The German children have many
unique games which belong exclusive
ly to Easter. Among them is a game
Of marbles played thus: The Easter
eggs are cut off squarely, perhaps
one-tnlrd OF the distance from the
broad end. They are then set up, Say
three or four feet from the wall and
in triangle positions. Three or four
may be set at once. Sides are chosen
If there are more than two players.
Then the children roll their marbles
with deft thud against the wall or
base board. If in the rebound
marble touches one or more of the
eggs the same become the property of
the side to which the marble belongs.
Then the opposite side must set up."
and the game is only won when all
the eggs are captured by one side.
Candy animals and cake people who
are able to stand alone are often vic
tins in this war Of marbles.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-04-04

bushes nearly six feet high, and
Marguerite plants laden with bios
SONS. The a2aleas are of especially
fine color and have abundant bloom
Rhododendrons in full blossom are
also a novelty this season. The lily
is, of course, the queen flower of Easter
time. The Easter or Bermuda lily,
imported in the bulb from the south
and forced in northern hothouses, is
the most beautiful specimen of the
lily family. The plants are unusually
plentiful this year and show numerous
blossoms. The lilies come from the
lighthouses with the buds carefully
packed in cotton and tissue paper.
The bulbs are planted about a month
before the holiday and are SO as to be
in full bloom for Easter.
If the blossoms show signs of open.
ing too soon, the plants are placed on
their sides. and in this way the bios
SONS are kept in bud until the proper
time. The plants shoot upward with
marvellous Quickness and are most
graceful and artistic, each stalk bend
ing under its white weight.
The Japanese lily is in the New
York market this year and is a gorge
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-04-04
EASTER EGG-ROLLING.
Annual FroIic on the White House
Grounds,

Annual FroIic on the White House
Grounds.
In the Woman's Home Companion
Walden Fawcett gives a lively de-
scription Of the children's egg-rolling
carnival which takes place every year
in the presidents yard:
The event of the day-the climax
looked forward to by the older folks
as well as the Juvenile visitors
comes when the president, who has
from time to time all day peeped out
at the glad gathering, steps out on
the veranda of the white house and
bows in greeting to the sea of little
upturned faces Then as the band
strikes up some patriotic air the
youngsters all shout Justify and clap
their hands, and as likely as not tes-
tify their appreciation in some of
those unique, unconventional ways so
dear to the hearts of youth, and
which are prone to make the digni-
tary on the portico laugh outright.
Mrs. Mckinley, whose love for the
lICLlS OleS 10 WdIul duu earliest, uSu-
ally sits almost all day Easter Mon
day at one of the south windows of
the white house, watching with
smiling interest this gigantic frolic OF
the romping children. Usually num-
Der of her acquaintance spend the
day with her sharing in the enjoy.
ment of the novel spectacle.
The one element of seriousness
which characterizes this great outing
you may discover as you stroll down
to the little building which ordinarily
serves as a central station for the
policemen who guard the white house
grounds. For this one day, however,
the watchmen's house is transformed
into an asylum for lost little folks.
Hither the big blue-coated officers
bring the little tots who chance to go
astray in the great medley of hu,
mainly and here a nurse sOothes and
comforts the tiny weeper until the in
evitable anxious mother appears. At
the last egg-rOlling festival there were
tWenty-seven lost children in the lit
tie habitation at one time, but mothers
and nurses so universally understand
where to seek for missing little ones
that scarcely any confusion is caused
by these separations
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-04-04

GUS flower, the petals touched with
tawny spots and the perfume heavy
and beautiful The petals of this lily
curve slightly, and the stamens are
long and tipped with yellow. If you
select lily to send as an Easter gift
it is well to have as many buds as
blossoms This will insure success
sion of flowers, whereas ii all tho
lilies are in bloom they will wither in
a few days. There are many handsome
novelties in the way of jardinieres
and baskets for the Easter lily. The
basket work, made up in cases, boXe"
and jardinieres of all descriptions, is
extremely pretty and is shown in all
eolors combined with gold. Some of
the jardinieres are mounted on tri-
pods of bamboo Those of violet and
gold to hold the growing violet plants
are very handsome.
Last year the growing violet in full
bloom made its appearance upon the
Easter market and proved such a sue
cess that this year it was made a
speciality. The plants are small, but
have a number of blossoms of great
fragrance. For table decorations these
plants are potted in silver and 30.
hemian glass and also in basket work
cases. One of the table decorations
tor an Easter dinner will consist of a
basket boat filled with these plants in
full bloom. The boat will rest upon
a mirror lake in the center of the
table.
Orchids are out in as great profu-
sion as ever. But the Easter lily
holds its sway over them all, English
though it is. for the bulb flourishes
best in Bermuda. in narrow pouches
often alongside of the wholesome but
nnsmelling onion and the useful but
homely potato. The bulbs are shipped
to New York in great quantities dur.
ing the autumn aad winter. and
placed in our greenhouses to be de-
veloped into the lovely plant which
has become symbolical of Easter.
The soil and climate of Bermuda
are especially adapted to the growth
of the lily. Our florists had all kinds
OF ideas of growing this flower in Cali.
forn1a, Georgia and Florida, but with
no great results as yet. The lily
IKE many other of the most beauti
ful lowers, improves on it's stem by
age. Not till the second year is il
now thought advisable to ship bulbs
from Bermuda to the United States
Many growers prefer to wait until the
fourth year, when the bulb is hearty
ana strong enough to produce beauti
1ul mowers even with careless treat
ment. The number of these bulbs
now produced in Bermuda and shin
ped to the United States for Easte,
purposes was between ten and fifteen
million last year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-04-04
B,-UNDER OF THE KEYS.
ludicrous Mistakes Made in Trans
hitting MESSAGES by Wire

The vagaries of the telegraph ser
vice have caused any number of seri-
Gus and amusing errors in the trans
mission of messages, says an English
monthly. One Of the most ludicrous
mistakes ever made by the telegraph
was caused by the loss a. a single dot
in a telegram from Brisbane to
London, it read thus: Governor Gen
eral twins first son." which the news
agency edited" and sent around to
che papers in the following form:
Lady Kennedy, the wife of Sir Arthur
Kennedy, Governor General of Queens
land, yesterday gave birth at Govern
ment House, Brisbane, to twins, the
first born being a SON"
The telegram arriving in the small
hours of the morning, there was no
time to refer 10 any books, and it was
published by most of the newspapers
IN London and the provinces, and
caused an. unexpected sensation. Sir
Arthur's friends pointed out with
conclusive force that some one had
Dlundered, as there. never was a Lady
Kennedy, Sir Arthur being a bachelor.
Inc repeated message, which followed,
read: Governor General turns first
sod' referring to railway ceremony.
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Easter day is the great floral festi-
val OF the year. For weeks past flor
lists throughout the country have been
preparing for it, forcing their rarest
blooms to blossom in time for the
springtime's beautiful holiday. Mil
lions~of gorgeous roses, lilies and vio-
lets have been shipped from the hot
houses to provide for this years feast
Of flowers. Miles of dainty ribbon
have been specially woven to knot
about these flowers. and thousands Of
boxes, baskets and jardinieres manu-
featured in readiness for their pack
ing.
In the metropolitan hothouses the
growing plants for Easter are the
finest of their kind There are rose
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-04-04
Ing for him to continue.

waiting for him to continue
..It's-about the-the wedding" be
went on. Il met Nell in the street
and she told me you had asked her tc
be one of your bridesmaids Yes,
know it was l who insisted that we
should have a big wedding. | want
you to have all your friends around
you, dear. l want flowers and music
and merriment. don't want to be self
ish. You know ! don't But-but !
had forgotten about the rehearsal. Is
it possible, would you or could you get
on without a rehearsal? Oh, if you
must have one, couldn't you get on
without me?
He was quite pale and anxious wait
ing for her answer. She did not know
whether to laugh or to be angry.
Il think we can manage without
you" she said at last. But l hope
you won't mind taking part in the GER
emory proper, will you?"
You see how it is" he explained,
when the great weight was off his
mind. I've been to more rehearsals
than | can count, but it's hardly neces-
sary to say l never played leading
man: best man once or twice; usher
usually. I've always pitied the poor
bridegroom. and I've always thought
that
You know, dear" she interrupted,
with seraphic gentleness, 1T isn't too
late yet. You need not play bride
groom even at the church ceremony if
you are so timid. We can have a lit
tie wedding at home or in a police
court, or at the city hall. A rehearsal
would be unnecessary then"
I knew I'd put my foot in it if |
spoke I knew it. But you must adj
nit, my dear Mildred, that it is undig-
nified and-er-unsentim and
worldly"
at would not be particularly effect
i've or dignified to have the girls walk
down the aisle with the wrong men or
have the bridal procession a blunder-
ing parade, would it? And that's what
unrehearsed bridal parties are al
ways But you need not attend. The
best man does all the work at a we'd
ding anyway. | will walk down the
aisle with him at rehearsal We can
get on very nicely without you, dear
Now. let's talk of something else. III
ring for tea
He slipped his oolong in silence
while she chartered about flowers and
friends and golf and books AS he
rose to go he fingered irresolutely,
his hat in his hand. II think" he said
I have changed my mind It's awful
ly good and considerate of you to let
me off, but think I will go to that re-
hearsal after all
A few minutes later, when two of
her prospective bridesmaids happened
to come in, ne would, could he have
looked in on them, have heard mysti-
flying merry peals Of laughter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-04-04
An Easter Wedding.

He had been so ecstatically happy
ever since she consented to be mar
ried Easter week that she was bit
startled when he came to see her the
other evening looking disturbed and
serious
Il have come to tell you something"
he stammered And too tell you
to know if you would mind he
stopped and sighed, doing me fav.
or He looked at her, but she sat
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-04-04
How 1t Is Made.

The maiden takes little straw.
A ribbon and a feather,
Some flowers and an eagles claw,
And sews them all together.
Each thing in turn, she pulls an
hauls,
Then jams them all down flat
Yet the resultant wreck she calls
A lovely Easter hat.
Ithaca Inllrna1
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-04-04
PLACING ADVERTISEMENTS

The best place to put an advertise
ment is in the paper that enjoys the
confidence of the community. I be-
lleVe that the standing Of the paper re-
fleets on the advertisements it carries.
Charles Austin Bates.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-04-04
CHAPTER XXxVI,

Ryversdale looked very beautiful in
its autumn dress. The chrysan-
themums were all in flower, the Castle
gardens being famous for them.
Long before their bloom had faded.
Violet, Lady RIVERS, had owned to
herself that she was very unhappy.
The dowager had kept to her resolve
no visitors had been asked to the
Castle, no invitations issued as yet.
Very little was known Of Lord RIVERS
marriage, very few people had heard
of it. The newspapers were silent
concerning it, and most of the persons
to whom it was mentioned declared
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-04-04

An army board ruled that Rose
Grams, not Smith, relieved the force
at Chattanooga
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-17

of remarkable endorsements which Pc
runa is receiving as cntarrh cure from
men and women of Irrational importance
During the past two years n large num-
Der of people well known from ocean to
ocean, have in glowing words of I'M
stinted praise made Peruna the most
famous and justly celebrated catarIh
remedy in the world.
Men high in our national councils,
statesmen known the world over, dis
tinguished officers in the army and
navy, physicians, lawyers, preach
ers, and last but not least, an in
Vulnerable company of people in the
common walks of life, have all joined to
place Peruna on the highest pedestal
of honor that any remedy has ever
reached in the history of medicine.
There can be no further question
that Peruna Is the cafarrh remedy of
the age. 1t has no rival. There are
no substitutes. Peruna stands alone
as a systemic catarrh cure which will
cure catarrh In all phases 6nd stages.
Everybody should have a copy of Dr..
Hartman's latest book on catarrh. Sent
free by The Peruna Medicine Co., Co.
lumbus, Ohio.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-17
VERMONT NEWS.
SHOT HIS WIFE.
Fatal Result of a Barre Mans Tar
oct Practice at His Home.

Mrs Charles S. George was accidentally
shot by her husband about o'clock Sun
DAY morning at their home i'm Barre and
died in a few minutes. Mr. and Mrs.
George were people about 60 years of
age and kept a boarding house on West
street. Mr. George had been accustomed
to shoot at a target in the house with a
Flobert rifle. Sunday morning he got up
early and setting up his target i'm the
Kitchen went into the next room to
shoot The Flobert cartridges do not
make much noise when exploded which
accounts for Mr.. Georges custom of
indoor shooting Just as he fired the first
shot, Mrs. George came out of the bed
room i'm her stocking feet and failing to
see what her husband was doing stepped
i'm range receiving the bullet in her neck
lear the iugular vein. Mr.. George caught
her as she fell and sent at once for two
physicians but she was dead when they
arrived. The physicians say that the eX-
element of the shock may have hasttned
death. Chief of Police Brown and States
attorney Hoar were called up, and Mr..
was placed i'm the lookup for few hours
hut he was later released on his own re-
cognizance. George is a granite cutter.
lie was married nearly 40 years ago and
has six children.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-17
WINDHAM.

j. G. Martin of Manchester has been
in town several days.
Emma Rhoades is at home from Bos-
ton, where she has been the past few
months.
Mr. and Mrs. f. Roland Chapman Wis
tied at l.. b. Chapmans Sunday and
Monday.
Mrs. Edgar Butler and two children
children have been visiting at A. o.
Premises.
Mrs NJ NJ Lamson who has been in
Wardsboro during the winter, returned
Wednesday.
Mrs. NJ d. Harris and Miss Hattie
Howard visited f. II. Harris at Chester
tuesday and Wednesday.
Rev. George Prentiss of New Haven,
Conn, who has been visiting at A. O.
Frentisss returned this week.
Mrs. S. NJ. Hastings, Mrs T.. ~ Has
ungs and two children visited relatives
in Springfield the first of the week.
Mrs. Angie Dady has sold her farm to
Jesse Lawrence of Grafton and has
lives of f. O. Smith Alison Baker has
sold pasture to Mr.. Lawrence.
a. j. Parker, who keeps an accurate
Weather record, reports the total snow
fan from November to April 3, as IS
inches, and the number of storms %.
The fan in November was inches in
December Il inches January is inches
February inches March 10 inches, and
April inches. The largest fall at any
one time was December 4, II inches.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-17

house on the place they have bought
before moving there.
Mrs. Dale is improving her house
inside with paint and paper. Everett
Phillips is doing the work.
Charlie Howard and wife OF Win
chester Mass, have visited Mrs.
Thompson the past week.
The supper given by the Congrega-
tional ladies' aid society last Wednes-
day was well attended.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. B. Rawson of Raw
sonville have been in town to visit
Mrs. Lydia Kingsbury who is i'll at
Mr.. Edwin Fessenden's.
A. A. Blood and son are at work
in Wardsboro on the Eddy house the
roof of which was burned in the win
ter. extensive repairs are to be made.
Is the fountain basin to be cleansed
before the water is turned on? We
hear the question asked and have
heard it said that it was in a very
filthy condition.
Mrs. Lila Phillips entertained her
Sunday school class of boys at her
home last week on Friday evening.
Games We're played and ice cream and
cake were served.
Roy Barnes, a student at the Sem
mary, met with an accident while out
driving TUESDAY. In making too short
a turn the wagon was turned over
and young Barnes and the friend with
him were thrown out and before they
were rescued were in what seemed to
the lockers on to be a perilous con-
dition. The horse, we hear, was in
no way to blame for the accident.
The farm recently bought by the
Evans brothers is one their grand
father, Jaob Holland, owned for many
years and on which he reared family
of nine children. He was a good
farmer and when too old to work he
left the place that had been his home
for so many years and bought pleas
ant home in the village, where he
and his wife, enjoyed the COM
potency their industry had brought
them in their declining years.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-17

Hon. 1. s. Smithmeyer, architect Of
the new Congressional Library of Wash
lngton, D. c., ranks first in his profess
sion in this country. This library is
considered the finest building in the
United States. Mr.. Smithmeyer spent
sixteen years travelling in Europe work.
ing on the plans, and Congress appro-
priated six million dollars for this
building.
In letter written from Washington
and dated July 4th, 1899, to The Peruna
Medicine Co., Columbus, o., Mr.. Smith
meyer says the following in regard to
Peruna, the world-renowned catarrh
cure:
WASHINGTON, D. c., July 4, 1899.
The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, o. :
Gentlemen-I endorse the good opin-
ion expressed by Senators and Repre-
sentatives in Congress regarding the
curative qualities of your compound.
Those who have used it recommend it as
an excellent tonic which is particularly
effective as a cure for cAtarrh.
Respectfully,
1. s. Smithmeyer.
One of the most wonderful events In
Che history of medicine is the multitude
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-17
WEST CHESTERFIELD, N. H.

Mrs. Elbridge Hubbard is failing.
Sllas Spring has been engaged to work
for Frank NJ. Davis this season.
Farmers are very busy with the spring
work, but few have begun planting.
Winfred Randall has been very i'll for
the past ten days at the home of his
mother, Mrs. Alice Randall.
Walter Ford has taken possession Of his
Lew home, and moved his family and
household effects the first of this week.
The personal property of the late War
rem W. Farr which was sold by public
auction last Saturday, brought good
prices. c. p. ellison welded the hammer.
Charles VIM expects to move his
household goods from Swanzey this
week, and will live in a part of Mrs.
Eliza FAIRS house which he has leased
Tor year.
The last of the course of assemblies
Will be held in the han Friday evening,
May p. The ladies will furnish an orange
shortcake supper, with cold meats, etc.
All are expected to bring pie and cake
9s usual.
At the last regular meeting of Spot
ford Grange, the program was well car
lied out. The next regular meeting will
lie held Saturday evening, June /, which
Will be New Hampshire night. An eN-
ccllent program has been prepared. An
Invitation was received at the meeting
to visit Pistareen Grange at the east
part of the town Friday evening. which
vas accepted.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-17
1000 Beers CAPTURED.
Lord Kitchener is Stripping the coun-
try of Everything That Will Support
an Army.

Lord Kitchener continues to report the
almost uniform success of his latest plan
OF campaign-stripping of the country of
everything that would support an army
liz the field, and the gradual wearing
away of the Beers power of resistance
by the capture of their horses, wagons,
mmunition and guns. General Plum
er's sweep of the northeast Transvaal
Las been continuously successful. 1t
may be regarded as the concluding stage
of Lord Robertss march from Kimberly
When the advance is completed the
whole of the enemys country will have
leen overrun. Very few effective field
suns can be in the hands of the Beers
AZ many as POGO Beers have surrendered
or have been captured within the last
two weeks. and many guns and much
ammunition have been taken. Within a
few weeks We may expect the clearance
OF the Zoutspanberg district, in which
lies Mr.. kruger.s ''impregnable fortress :
nut this Will mean not the end of the
war but the end of another stage of the
war. From De -Aar to Petersburg there
are six hundred miles of railway to be
defended from marauding bands. Zee
rJst. northeast of Mafeking, is in a state
ol siege though the British seem able to
mold their own. Cape Colony is not Vet
cleared and the pertinacity of some of the
scattered bodies of Beers is only too GER
tainly indicated.