The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-11-21

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The greatest thoughts, it has been said
sIrIns- from the heart ; but the maxim
Is far more true with respect to the mobiles,
ACTIONS. Ole IVA r0Osf
IN SPAN, out of population of Is, 6133,.
Q9es according to she last census, no les
than 1900, 900 could neither read nol
write.
At a school at Wallsend, near New
castle, the master asked a class Of boys
the meaning OF the word appetite.
After short pause, one little BOY said,
Il haow, sir when IN eatin | III Apply,
AMI when I'm done I'm tight.
A French marquis was riding out one
day when he passed an aged priest riding
along coatentedly on donkey. Ha,
ha exclaimed the marquis, how goes
the ass, good father ?" ''On horseback,
my son. y replied the priest. sd
The lancaster (Ohio) Gazette says
that the wine makers are now busily at
work, and it estimates the wine product
Of the country this season at not less than
I3,oo0 gallons, notwithstanding the fact
that hundreds Of bushels of grapes have
been shipped and sold beyond the limits
of the country.
Curran one day having violent argu-
ment with a country schoolmaster on
some classical subject, the pedagogue,
who. had the worst of it. said, in a tower
ing passion, that he would lose no more
time, and must go back to his scholars
DO, kimy dear DOCTOR" said Curran,
''but don t endorse my sins upon their
backs. -
An exchange says Babies resemble
wheat in many respects First-Neitler
good for much until they arrive at ma
turity. Second-Both are bread in the
house, and are also the flower of the fam
iiy Third Both have to be Graded.
Fearth Both are generally well -threshed
before they are done with. -
Bitterly ingenious epigram is that of
an old Greek poet on marriage In
translation it runs thus
Two happy days in marriage are allowed
wife insweding CARL, and in her STROUD
Sure. then, that state cannot be called accursd
i sNhere the last days as happy as the first
There Is nothing that is properly evil
that can befill q good man; for reason
has armed him against ambitious, pros
poets, unsuitable avarice, and low and
sordid actions. Prudence and integrity
are above accidents, and draw good out
OF everything (; and the constancy and re-
solution of the good man are the grace
and dignity of the picture
At Mason village, n. H, few DAYS
since, while some small children were ut
play. an immense golden eagle swooped
down and attacked one of the children.
with the evident disposition to carry it
OF. A woman ran from the house with
a broom, when the eagle let go the child
and attacked her with ferocith. At this
lnoment a man cunning in the vicinity
came to the rescue and shot the eagle,
breaking Il wing, and captured him.
20 An ingenius Frenchman has patented
ali illuminated cane for those who return
hs.ne late at night 1t is to be used ex-
lively BY bachelors.
= Horse oil, instead of butter, is fire.
qaelltly used in dressing vegetables in
Paris. The first taste Of it makes man
feettike trotting away from the table.
I'm editor became martial, and was
created captain. On parade. instead of
two PAGES in front-advance !" he un-
consciously bowiel oft, 'Cash-two dol
lars 4 yelr-a,ifaIce!
il one OF Josh Billings latest papers
h happily says, The sun was going to
begis andthc heavens fur and near was
blu hing at the performance
: nee Horace Greeley went bail for
Jefferson Davis, seven or eight twhitel
laat.s have been named after him in
Ala. anna.
Six months ago a Boston house sent a
cEge OF five hundred hoop skirts to Japan
as venture. The Japs put cover on
them and used them Tor umbrellas.
\ Boston Yankee has invented ket-
tie which oc:Ip es lut Que cover of an
ordinary stove, and cooks nine different
articles at d time-not boiling them all
together, either.
A schoomaster was once asked,
lily are cream and sugar put into tea ?''
t. wnicn he ans Ecred, 10 render the
acute angles of the tea more obtuse.
< Justice, better versed in law than
tfs>5ei, not long since married couple
III ti;;s way: Hold up your hands. You
soiemnly swear that you will perform he
duties of your Office, Jointly and severally,
according toyour best skilland judgement.
80 help you God fee one dollar.
An application was made at one of the
Banks IN Augusta, Maine, some time
since, by a man Iho inquired, Have
yops any. stocks for sale?'' Certainly,
Sir, what do you wish, T. S. 7-30s p
! eli want good durable stock, the
rieht snsth for my nechr' He mistook
The Aiiid Of stocks dealt 10 ut that bank.
All men employed at the central shaft
osthe iioosac Tunnel have been discilafg
cd, aud Mallory has made two descents
in,o the shaft since Monday, but found
~ signs Of the dead miners In both
c9sos he tainted aud was clean goae"
aaaa drawn up. He has been down
tolrs times and been drawn up in an in
scnSable state three times.
aes,How. said Mr.. A. to friend who
wIshe,: 10 convey Il matter Of importance
to lady without communicating directly
w.thsiier, ahow can you be certain of her
reading the letter, seeing you have direct
ed is to her husband y That | have
nfanaged without the possibility Of fail
ure, was the answer; she will open it
to certainty, for | have put the word
private III The corner.
~ say. friend, that horse you sold me
was a regular sell !" As how, says
Nantuekian why, sir, he WASH t
worth his cats; bought hinl for a good
war horse, and couldn't get him off a
walk TO save my life We1, sir, y
repisssi aautaekian, u sold him to you
as good war horse, and he was. He
would Rather die than run y
4 youth was lately leaving his aunt 5
after y visit, when, finding it was begin