The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-07-20
The Fourth ct Mineral Point.

They seem to have had gay time in
Mineral Point on the 4th, we extract the
following from the Home Intell1gencer of
that live village:
In the afternoon, the "Rag- tags and
BobtaiIs, mounted on g fiery chargers"
paraded our streets, taking the citizens, if
not the citadel, by surprise. They elicit
ed universal applause, and nothing but a
sign painters brush can present any de
scription Of their grote-qae appearance.
Words are inadequate. An oralion was
delivered by Solomon Advise, Esq, from
the roof of Doctors shop on High street,
to an immense audience. The noise was
so great aud the orators voice so obstruct
ed by his mask, that bat few could hear
him and we, therefore, at the request of
the Committee, publish the oralion, which
will be found in another column. The
display was decidedly a feature Of the
day.
Rag Tugs and Bob Tails From the
roof OF these twin engines of destruction
guns and pills. have the honor to ad-
dress you.
Small Fry Cioilians. 1t is your good
fortune that | have allowed you al.o to
listen to the sound of my wordy trip ham
mer and drink from the Iinpid and gush
ing streams of eloquence that are now
about to flow flom my honored lips.
The theme | have selected for my dis
course is
THE FITNESS OF THINGS,
TO be found on the first page of the book
of nature. The fitness Of things. AL
nature bears witness to the fitness cftbings
The earth we live on .fts CREATION
Nations have exemplifed the same idea
and TT one another with the fitting weap
OBS Of death ever since Adam and Eve
YamooseI the rancho of Paradise.
Everything FITS. Tell me not misbe
lieyer that a certain pair of stogeS in yon.
der shoe shop will not FIT you. True
they may be too large, or, Perthance, tee
small for you; but, Oh shai ow minded
skeptic, You cannot see sufficiently deer
into the great aceU Of truM to understand
that it is not FITTING that those stog;e,
should FIT you, and that tlus the fitness
Of things is beautifully illustrated. Surely
this is clearer than.the mud which be;ime>
FITS itself to your leather covered Under
Standings.
The tiny hand Of yonder heart sick
maiden FITS snugly and confdingy into
The much larger list which even while |
speak, is exerting its squeezing powers
and that brawny arm exact y FITS i,8et
around that slender waist.
Everything repeat, that is, is FIT. In
every walk Of lie this truth IS prominent,
and even your little babies Lave FITS.
Tie mighty warriors, Heepan and Say
ers, recognized the great truth | am now
enforcing, and when they entered the
roped arena, to battle for tina. belt Which
FITS the champions Ioins, they We're FITTED
for the contest, and they FIT "like brave
men, long and well" The FrrNKs o.
their attire and of their condition elected
the admiration of the gazing thousands
who saw how well the " auctoneer" Of Sir
Thomas De Sayers FITTED itself to the
right peeper" of the Knight Of Benecia,
and the left Duke" of the latter TO the
'smeIer and potato trap" Of the former,
until the one was hardly FIT to see, and
the other oHly FIT for surgeon; when
tie rule of the fitness Of things was en-
fol ced at peculiarly FITTING time for
the salvation of Sir Thomas.
Every man is FIT for something, There
is no exception-for if you point me to
man who cannot succeed in any avocation.
| will show you one who IS tit tor nothing.
Nothing is a word-a word Is something
and therefore nothing is something ;
and thus having shown you man who Is
FIT for nothing, | have shown you one
who is FIT for something. Logic, my
friends, is mighty and will prevail
Without the knowledge of that science,
which | possess in so remarkable deglee
[ should, like yoh be cropping in the mazes
of ignorance. IT'S FIJI that the American
Eagle should dip one wing in the Allan
tic and the other in the Pacific, tickle the
British possessions with his tail feathers,
and champoo bis bald old head in the
Gulf of Mexico And it is FIT too, now
that we are all dry, after this, my demon
stration of the fitness Of things, it is FIT
that we should adjourn and liquor.