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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-27

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The Christi. Endeavor of the Con
gregational church held their annual
business meeting In the church par,
Tors Thursday evening. The yearly
reports were read Following the
business session a social hour was in
dulged in and dainty refreshm ents
were served
Mrs. Chas. Holvorsen and chi ldren
of Madison are in the city guests at
the w. T. Jones home
Edward N Pomainville received
a thoroughbred Fox Terrier by Elk
press this morning. The dog comes
from ThorndaIe, Penn, and was thre<
days on the way.
The new safe and fixtures for
the Citizens National Bank have ar
rived and will be put in place as
soon as possible
! Miss Edith SelIeck left Wednes-
day fer her home at Owasso, Mich,
after a two weeks visit with Miss An
ma Klug.
w. A. Owen returned from Post
vile, Ia, where he has been spend
ing a week on business He also
visited with his brother at Frankville
Ia,
Miss Elsie Baruch has made APP
pication to enter a school in New
York for the purpose of preparing her
self as a professional nurse
Guy Nash, alderman in the fourth
ward whose term expires this spring
is a candidate to succeed himself.
WANTED:-Mana and wife to work
at Cranberry marsh Woman must ba
capable of cooking; man for general
work. Enquire of Arpin Cranberry
Co., City. tfd-tfw-Advertise
Judge Park sentenced Henry Prib
beneau convicted of being an habit
ual criminal, Wednesday morning to
IS months hard labor in the state
prison at Waupun. The sentence to
begin at noon on Wednesday and the
| first day at Waupun to be spent in
solitary confinement and the same
day of next year to be spent in sol
tary confinement
1t is reported that at Fond du Lac
and south of there the wind storm
did lots of damage In Fond du Lac
a house was blown off its fOunda-
ton and landed on the main line of
the 500 railroad and delayed the
trains for eight hours
Mr.. and Mrs. Rogers Mott left on
Thursday for a pleasure trip to Wash
ington, D. c.. They will meet Mrs.
Frank Garrison at Washington, D. C.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Smith, who re-
Gently sold their farm near Kellner
to Edward N. Pomainville, the real
Estate man are moving into the city
this week. In the sale Mn. Smith took
on the Beadle and Dunevan homes
on Washington avenue. They are go
ing to occupy the Beadle home. They
will rent he Dunevan home. Their
sonin-law and wife Mr.. and Mrs. OF
to Bushman and baby have moved in
with them. Mr.. Bushman expects to
go to Stanley where he will have EN-
| ployment Henry Smith, a son will
| help his father and mother get NOV
ed after which he will go to Stan
| ey to learn the painters trade
The infant baby of Mr.. and Mrs. E
S. Sparks that passed away on We'd
nesday was buried on Friday after
noon, the funeral being held from the
home, Rev. H. G. Logan of the NJ.
E. church officiating. Burial took
place i'm Forest Hill cemetery
Ryland Bo0rman who attends the
University at Madison is at home
Misses Bess Parrish and Beu-
lab Searls are home from Menomi-
nee where they attend college to
spend the spring vacation
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-27

Said polls will be open at 800 o.
clock in the forenoon and closed at
500 o'clock in the afternoon of said
day. Said election to be held and
conducted, votes canvassed, and re-
turns made In accordance with law.
Given under my hand and official
seal at the City of Grand Rapids,
Wisconsin, this 26th day Of March,
A D. 1918.
NJ. G. GORDON,
City Clerk
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-27
Ballot For Municipal
Election

Mark with (x) Of of
candidate
Of in the proper place
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-27

Chester Feaven of Shiocton has ac-
cepted a position in the Behrend bar
hos. zbpu
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-10
CHAPTER EIETY-ONE.

Wade found Stephen waiting for him
when he entered the office.
IL am sorry was detained, he said
smoothly. But the fact is I've been
to see Mr.. Benson. | took your aunt
there. | tell you she's trump. She's
the one person | know. who's just a
little more than match for him." He
threw himself down in the chair by the
desk and sought among the litter OF
papers for his pipe and tobacco
MY Aunt Virginia has been TO Mr..
Benson" cried stephen.
Yes, sir, | just sent her home in a
carriage" said Wade coolly.
IL should have been told about this,
Ben" said Stephen resentfully. 1T
was my right to know what you were
doing"
oh, sec here, Steve that's no way
10 look at it. We wanted TO spare you.
You can't muss up in this; you
wouldn't have cared TO go to him your
self"
Il? couldn't" said Stephen.
"Of course you couldn't, and so your
aunt did the trick" He began TO fill
his pipe. and as he worked the to-
bacco down with his forefinger, he de-
scribed the interview.
But what did Uncle Jake say"
asked stephen impatiently. He found
that after all he had counted much
on some explanation the lawyer would
have II in his power to make.
Say? Nothing" snorted Wade Il
didn't expect he'd say anything. What
would he say?'
"But he denied it,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-10
CHAPTER FIFTY.
(Contlnued)

Miss Murphy let the pen slip from
her fingers. II rolled across her desA'
and fell noisily to the floor. dioDs
half rose from his chair. and stared
at Virginia with bullying eyes fixed IN
a stare of unutterable establishment
Every scrap OF colour had ned from
Benson's smooth-shaven cheeks, ana
his thin lips twitched, seeAins 10 toi-
low her words with some utterance OF
his own: but no sound escaped them
Word for word he kept up this DUNE
show of speech, while his fingers play
ed nervously, absently, the while,
with some papers he held In his hand.
But of all, DR.. Ward was the first
10 recover himself. He uttered a
startled exclamation, once the full
meaning OF what Virginia was say
ing was clear TO him, and took step
toward her.
You're mad, Mrs. Landray!" he
cried.
Apparently he had 1t in his mind
TO stop her by some physical act, but
Wade put out his hand and waved
him away.
Don't you see--don't you under
stand-this Is a matter of business,
let Mrs. Landray go on. This Is no
concern of yours" he said In an un-
shaken voice, and glared angrily at
the would-be interrupter.
But Virginia had already finished.
There was a brief pause.
THE money, Mrs. Landray, you
have It in your hand, said wade,
grimly insistent that the farce should
be played out; and obedient to his
prompting, Virginia took forward
step and extended the bundle OF notes.
Benson raised his head and looked
at her. Then he said In the same
low voice in which he had before
spoken.
II don't know what you mean. Vir-
ginia. No, the sale of the land VIII
have to stand" and he turned I'M
perturbably TO DR., Ward.
HE has answered you, Mrs. Lam
dray. We will go" said Wade quiet
ly; and they moved back through the
outer office, past the astonished
Gibbs, and past Miss Murphy. II was
only when they reached the head or
the fight OF steps that Virginia spoke.
81 forgot nothing? | said all that
was necessary for me TO say?'?' she
asked.
He realized that she would have
been ready to return If this had been
needful
Indeed you did," he chuckled.
But as they went downstairs hex
gloved hand rested quite unconscious
" on his arm, and he noted how II
shook. and OWNED that the ordeal
through which she had just passed
had been perhaps greater than he had
at first supposed. When they reach
ed the street. she turned TO him and
said:
You need not go back TO the house
with me. ] really think prefer TO
go alone-cnly tell the man to drive
fast, please
But hadn't YOU better let me go
with you?" he urged.
No, you are very kind. And
please don't come TO see me until to-
morrow: this has been enough for
one day"
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-18
4E WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE
Boys and Girls Department

that the Hours the Days, the Months and the Years were the servants of beautiful Apollo, and that they put him to bed each night on couch of gold and blue,
 Diana, his sister had 8 chariot of silver, drawn by dusky, cloudy horses. and every night she made the journey across the sky. attended by her faith ful maids the Stars.
 Aurora, like dutiful younger sis ter, helped Apollo and Diana in their journeyings. She put away all the stars when Diaaa's need for them had passed, and strewed the mist of early morning on the earth so that ApOllo's rays would not strike it too quickly She lifted the bars of ADOllo's Sun palace so that his great white horses could rush out, and at night she closed the bars behind the flaming chariot and put the stars in their places. The last thing she did before she retired was to sprinkle the reviving dew upon willing flower and field.
 These three children are represented by the golden sun which smiled on Apollo at his birth. the silvery moon upon which Diana smiled when she was born, and the rosy northern lights called after Aurora. who was a blush ing maid. Apollo. the god of song and music drives his golden chariot across the sky by day: Diana. the queen of the night. is seen in her silvery chariot the moon, ever following her brother, but Aurora is only seen occasionally blushing in the sky
 This is a pretty picture of the imag- ination, and it shows how these an cient people adored the beautiful ob- jects in the heavens and kept them in constant thought
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-18

before. Nobody had entered theToom since for people around about were too much taken up with their own wretchedness to bother about this Wo- man and child.
 The woman felt no bodily pain now she was past that--and her mind was going back dreamily to the days before her husband had taken to drink and they had been happy. Then sud denly she seemed to hear q voice of infinite sweetness saying:
 Come unto me and 1 will give you resi-
 A strange and beautiful peace and joy stole over her and she seemed to be floating calmly and serenely out on the waves of that wonderfully love ly voice. Then there was one less soul in this world to bear patiently with a drunken husband and there was one more soul in Heaven.
 Unsteady steps came up the stairs and the Womans husband entered the room His glance fell on the crouch ed up, motionless figure Of the woman and with a curse he staggered toward her, All Of a sudden before his drunk en. fevered, imagining eyes a grim skeleton rOse-a figure in black with leering, burning eyes-and stretching out ghastly hand motioned him away. The miserable man shrank back. The skeleton laughed, a hol- low, soundless. mirthless laugh.
 "I'l1 come for you soon.' he said, take care for your soul" and in his right hand there suddenly appeared, written in letters of red fire:
 There are no drunkards in the Kingdom of Heaven" A dunno ter TOT gripped the man.
 Mercy" he moancd. Mercy" and the wind outside echoed moaningly, Mercy, mercy
 Had you mercy on your wife" ask ed the figure and vanished.
 The man sank to the floor and closed his eyes as if to shut out the hor- rible' sight; out another vision appear ed. He saw a great black pit, and on the edge of it the black figure stood beckoning, and the man felt himself drawn forward by some Irresistible power. Again the skeleton laughed
 Your time has come he said, and he toached with his fingers the drunk ards brow Down in the pit the man saw bottles and bottles of intoxicating drink and he heard q shrief as of d thousand demons go up.
 It was q dream but the man never awolIe. There was one less soul in this world, one less drunhard in this world, but the angels of Heaven knew that the soul was lost.
 Which death do you prefer?
 ANONYMOUS. Age 15.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-18

has been ill and as she is always good to us 1 stayed in her room with her and at last a strange thing took place She had in her hand a nice large sheet of what they call paper It was smooth and cool for my feet. so I was putting myself to rights on it when she spoke to me. l stopped just as l was with my back legs on the top of my wings, I was so startled and glad
 Then ] knew that what the fairy flies said was true and the terror of it went through me from wing-tip to foot
 After that I never went far from my friend, and as she had by her bed a c1ln. from which she kept slipping thought it would be civil on my part tO tasta it. too. And then came my bad luck. fell in, and as she had gone back to her paper I thought I should die before help came Just as I was giving 11p hope I was lifted out, and found my self resting on soft white cambric that soaked up some of the stuff. hut alas, two of my legs were so stuck to each other that I could not get them free My friend lay quite still to watch me only now and then giving me a touch with a fine pointed thing that helped to lift the sticky stuff away that clogged my wings. Once, when she said T think you'll come round now" she began to laugh gently as if my antics were funny. Perhaps they were, they tired me badly, At last I had to ask another fly to help me. He came and slipped the stuff from my two helpless legs. and at last. after q long and weary time l half fled, half hop ped onto the Wing1ess ones pillow. | felt l must tell her what the old biue- bottle said. and the great cloud of tiny flies, and how 1 did not think all of her kind were cruel so my friend said she will write down for the young folks how the fly helped me. You may be sure l am very wary now when I taste things. My friend may not be there te save me next tlme, l.. H, F.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-18
STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE
 AWAkES.
MeIIy's First Accident.

I am a tiger kitten, and I live in Q house where there is plenty of milk. My name is Molly. I have two brothers. We love each other great deal There are three little girls where we live. These little girls pick ed LIS out for their owp.
 Ire little one picked me out, She lCvcss me very much. 1 am going to tell you some of the things that hap Pt ned to me
 The first accident I had was one day when they had all gone out for a ris.sa- l was asleep and they didn't see me When I woke up I found that was shut up in the house. I looked f1' something to eat and got up on the table. I saw something so I put my paw on it. I couldn't get my p<w off Then I sat down and couldn't get up. 1 jumped off the table and got all tangled up. l was wound up in stCT from my ears to my tail When they came home the little girls saw Tnfe the first thing and cried;
 "Oh. mamma. Molly is ali stuck up in fly paper1'
 They got a tub and filled it with warm water. They pulled the fly pa- per off me and put me in the tub. They gave me a bath. Then they put me in the sun to dry>and I felt better.
 EVA ALPERIN.
 Mansfield Four Corners.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-18
Two weeks at camp Meetina.

Dear Uncle Jed I will write and tell you about my trip to Willima&y~ tic Camp Ground.
 l started from Packer on the o'clock train. We got over to Will 'limantic a little after g. We had to wait about an hour for our trunk. We went over to the camp ground in an auto. l stayed there two weeks. I liked to go to the children's meet ings.
 There were quite a lot of squirrels there that were tame i went over to the playground quite a lot There is a tennis court, q croquet set, two seesaws and a swing over there. There were lots of children at play
 The first meeting is at o'clock. There is an 8 o'clock meeting around to the houses, a preaching service at 10. The children's meeting is at 1; a preaching service at. }, and a young peoples meeting in the evening.
 There was 8 thunder shower while I was up there and two trees were struck with lightning.
 You would have laughed to see the people going to get splinters of the tree to make toothpiclls of. They went before it stopped raining. holding their umbrellas over their heads.
 They had a bazaar and sold things I bought a dolly and named her Lena
 Our school begins Monday with a new teacher.
 WINIFRED BRIGGS. Age 10.
 Packer
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-18
THE TALE OF A FLY

It Is not every day that you meet with a soul who will let fly talk as h It. too, had many lives. Why, if it were not for piece of bad luck Cor was it good ? l had today, I could not ba telling you this tale
 l am not an old fly. but I have seen some queer things in my time, and heard more. When l was quite tiny an old blue bottle gave me some of his life talk, and it was sad to hear He said the great wingless flies who build the big nests they call houses are hardly ever known to be kind to flies, or to take a hint from our wiSest ones Yet, he said. we never stop buzzing round doing our best for them, eating up their bad smells and trying to warn them as well as we can.
 The house I live in is not in a town, but near enough for town news to reach us now and then. It has a gar den round in which we flies go in and out of all day long. One day I was so happy and skippy. as if some nice thing were coming to me, and, sure enough. I heard such a sweet singing, and flew out of the open window to find myself in a great cloud of flies They were not strong, black fellows like me. but ever so small. with wings and bodies like fine clear gauge, I said they must be fairy flies. The sound of their wings was like the hum of light wind in cSGe silk harps the spiders buii@ in the flowers. They told us they were going to teIl the great wing less flies in the town that the river was nasty, and all that day our garden Was thick with them.
 They told me much that I can't begin to repeat ii: Of the fate of f1ies every where, and how the big humans give neither help nor pity, but spread traps that torture us This l could not believe. as I had never seen one thing in our house that was meant te hurt R fly But l must get on with my tale. One of tha winsIesS ones in our house
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-18
POETRY.
Willie Broke a Window

willie broke a windowI" You can hear it in the street. Hear the children marvel at the most pr0edigiouS feat Willie broke a window pane they shout the news along, And Willie IS the hero of large ad- miTil7g thrOng. Didn't go 10 do it, but the stone it kind of slipped. Kind of sailed cuL cFoOkedHke and through the pane it Zipped- And ali the little girls and boys they raised a I1igaty yell ~NllsTe-s broke . window Iigh4s Don't anybody tell-'' Willie broke the window, and he hol- legsd good and loud When mother took and strapped him. but he's feeling pretty proud; And father while his language was a little b5t prOf9ne, Fathers kind of proud himself that Willie broke the pane. D JlSr baby yesterday, creeping on the 6oor, Staying close to mothers side or playing around the door. Now he's broke a window and his mothers heart is sores Growing up to b0ya0od, he's her little babe nc mere
 Newark flN. Jl News
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-18

beauty they gladly gave all they pes- seSsed for another leek.
 Nowi after this had continued for some time, the king Whe ruled this country hstieed tAat each year the naeney ts that caIn1e into the treasury eemplalhlhg. ef hard times. Investiga- tlen sfieWed that the people were speHaihg their sneaey te buy 8 glance in the sefeefess' mirror,
 =; At length things grew SC serious the King Offered d reward to anyone who Wenka bring the mirror to the palace.
 At this the seFeeress was SC much amused that she offered to give the nlrreF te anyone whe. having gazed Tn 1t, could do so.
 Many set out on this quest. but each of them, having once gazed in the mirror. was so enraptured with hls appearance that he offered all he possessed for another look. So things grew worse instead of better,
 Now, the king had a little daugh- ter, who was unusually beautiful Fearing that she would grow up sell f1sh and vain, he had her brought up Tn part of the palace in which there were no mirrors, so that she had never seen her own reflection. One day this little princess met the sorcer ess by the roadside, and the sorceress, as was her custom, showed her the mirror, When the princess looked in 1t she was frightened. She did not ask for another look. instead she ran away home as fast as she could. In vain the sorceress ran after her and begged her to look again. The prin- cess only ran the harder, and finally hid in her room. When an hour had gone by and the princess had not again looked into the mirror, the sor- ceress was obliged according to her offer, to give it up, and. after the king had it locked safely away, peace try
 GEORGE FARRELL, Age 13.
 Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-18
The Eagle and the Cat.

Once an eagle in search of food spied 8 rabbit near a barn,
 Now for dinner" thought the eagle, as he bounced down upon the rabbit. Before he had gone far he had discov- cred his mistR&e-the supposed rabbit was cati
 The eagle rr1ed to drop the cat to the ground, but the eat was too quick for him and she buried her claws in his breast, Then began furious struggle in which the eagle was weakened by loss of blood.
 The eagle finding all his struggles in vain, at last cried out to the cat: Pray let me go!'
 But the cat only said:
 'If ] let you go I will be dashed to pieces on the ground below and, be- sides that, you thought to have me for your di1ner, but now you must be mine"
 Slowly the eagle fluttered to the <earth, where he met his well deserved fate.
 Moral: Those who seek to kill others will one day find their match
 ASA LYMAN. Age 12. Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-18

a drink he set his glass upon the table and, smacking his lips, said that 1t was superior to anything he ever tasted
 No" said comrade. you are quite mistaken. There is one thing in which both our estimations far surpassed this in the way of drink"
 What was that?" asked Wood worth.
 His comrade answered: '"The pure cold water that we used to drink from the old oaken bucket after our return from our labor in the field on hot summer day"
 Tears glistened for moment in Woodworth's eyes True, true!" he replied, and soon after he quilted the place.
 He returned to the office, grasped his pen and in half an hour The Old Oaken Bucket had been composed.
 HELEN MALONE, Age 14.
 New London.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-18
My Trip to Hartford.

How many of the Wide -Awakes have heen to the capitol in Hartford? have and think it is very nice. I saw there some very interesting things.
 There was one cannon wheel which has been in a great many battles-one part of the hub has been shot off One cannonbaH shot off a piece of the rim of the wheel.
 also saw a lot of buttons-all col ors. all kinds and sizes.
 The battle flags are torn. except the Spanish American ones--they are as good as new.
 cum There was a lot of Indian money and old chairs there; besides many other ancient things.
 RAYMOND WELDEN. Age g.
 WilHmantic
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-18
The Sea Acorn,

This is a very common jellyf1sh in deed; yet hardly anybody ever sees il. That is because it is very small and very transparent 50 that as it swims about i'll he water it is almost invisible. And if 1t IS flung up on the beach it dries up in very few minutes. But if you want to look at it, you can very easily do so. On a warm, still day, when the sea is quite smooth, just dip a small net into the water and work it gently to and fro. Then lift it out and examine the sides carefully, and you are almost sure to see three or four little Jumps of jelly, not much bigger than peas. These are sea acorns, and if you put them into a glass vessel of perfectly clean sea water you will very soon find them swimming about. They look like a tiny rainbow dissolved in the water,
 LILLIAN BREHAUT. Age 15.
 East Norwich, N. Y.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-18

but this did not dampen their ardor in the least
 Benny's mother at first would not let him go. His pleading finally pre- vailed, and she put him up a lunch. The woods were reached in an hours time, and as it was noon they ate their lunch.
 In the afternoon they played Indian, and did not notice the sky till a clap of thunder drew their attention, Off they started, but the thunder grad ually increased BennF's playmates saw an opening in ledge which proved to be d cave. The storm soon abated and they started home. V hen they got there Benny resolved to go on no more outings.
 ANDREW BELLEFLEUR.
 Norwich