Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-07-22

not be absent from Grand Rapids very
long.
Mrs. Chas. Boles entertained Tues
day afternoon at bridge whist. There
were twenty-eight ladies present The
out-of-town guests were Mesdames
G. D. Booth, H. G. Lathrop, C. II
Blodgett, ]. c. Hills, o. G. Linde
mann, A. L. Bouldrie, F. A. Altman
and E. NJ. Demming of Marshfield
and Mrs. Ellsworth Of Chicago. A
dainty luncheon was served and all
present agreed that Mrs. Boles is a
most charming hostess.
City Mail Carrier No 2, Geo. Otto,
and family are in camp on the west
bank Of the Wisconsin near the
mouth of Moccasin Creek, where they
are all enjoying an excellent outing.
They expect to stay two weeks in
tents and are having delightful
weather thus far. Mr. Otto comes
up every morning and returns every
evening after rs days work is done.
He says that he takes an early
morning bath at five a. m. and feels
fine as a result of his outing.
No matter what you do, provided
you do it better than some one else
could do the same thing, there's a
welcome awaiting you in the world. 1t
was Emerson, we believe, who said:
eff a man can write a better book,
preach a better sermon, or make a
better mouse trap than his neighbor,
though he build his house in the
woods, the world will make a beaten
path to his door" Try to excell-it's
laudable ambition. AS a starter
take a course in our schools
Why is it that one man finds it
possible to maintain and in some
cases even increase the fertility and
cleanliness and appearance of his
farm, while his neighbor with the
same soil (naturally) the same sun
shine and showers and the same
natural advantages, permits his land
to run down and become seeded with
noXious weeds? 1t must be in the
man and his methods of management
in the learning and knowing how to
do a thing and in doing it just right.
Few men do as we'll as they know.
M. A Bogoger and assistant tore
down the sleeping room connected
with the office adjoining his livery
barn. This is preparatory to moving
the buildings off of the 20-foot strip
that has been taken by the city to
widen Vine Street. VIM. McGlynn, tt
present occupant of these buildings,
expects to move out some time this
week. He is trying to get a suit
able place for that purpose. The
next building to be moved will be
what is now used as office building
which is adjacent to the large barn
proper.
Our home merchant takes the far
mer's produce With them he finds
a ready market for his butter and
eggs, his potatoes and apples. These
department stores take only his
money. Our home merchants, not
for profit, but for accommodation and
to assist the farmers, buy his pro-
duce. They sell it in a majority of
cases for less than they pay for it
and handle it at a loss, yet some far
mers do not appreciate this and take
this very same money and send it to
department store when they could
get better bargains right at home.
We want to say a good word for
the man who meets his small obliga-
lions promptly. They are not as
plentiful as they should be and the
man needs encouraging. Most men
will pay but fewer will pay promptly.
Almost any firm will testify that,
counting the time, postage, booking,
and the like it costs all some &C
counts are worth to collect them, and
still the man owing it to them is
perfectly responsible in a financial
way. 1t very often happens that
the worst sinner in this particular is
the man best able to pay.
Miss Edna Erickson, who has been
visiting friends in the city, left for
her home in Sun Prairie Wednesday.
w. L. Wood is employed by the
Grand Rapids Interurban Street Rail-
way company.
Mrs. E. F. futile and daughter
went to Babcock Wednesday to visit
relatives.
Mrs. A. c. Otto returned Tuesday
from Cranmoor, where she had been
visiting her brother for a few days.
Miss Stella Kinister left "Wednesday