The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-10-17

''Shure, which. is the entrance out %
asked an Irishman at a railway station
the other day.
An Irish absentee is said to have sent
this comforting message to his steward ::
Tell the tenants that no threats to shot t
you will terrlfy me.
Wear your learning like your watch,
IN a private pocket, and don t pull it out
to show that you have one, but If you
are asked what o clock it is, tell it.
Complete returns of the election for
Laporte county, Ind, are in Captain
Phelps. republican candidate for sheriff.
has a majority of sol, being gain Of
about 500 over last year.
THE THREE GUDEs.-A sound head,
an honest heart and an humble spirit,
these are the three best guides. they
viii ever suffice TO conduct us In safety in
every variety of circumstances.
A laborer while breaking stones on the
roadside, having d shade over one eye "a
q guard, was thus accosted by a conlpan-
ion, / say, Tammy, hast 'ee lost IN eye ?.
W hy? replied the other; hast re
found one ?''
As many as fifty thou and tons Of soap
used in silk uIanuiacture were formerly
allowed to pass OF TO waste in the oioine
Most Of this is now recovered BY the aid
of' SuIphuret az carbon, and is used again
III manuals use.
During the late bathing season. a
pompous individual walked up to the
office OF seaside hotel, and with consil-
cradle 4ourlsh, signed the book, and In
| loud Voice exclaimed, L iii lieutenant
Governor oil. hat doesn t make
! any difference, says the landlord, you ii
De treated ust as well as the Others
Ii illustration Of the perfect condition
- when the working OF the Atlantic
stH.e has been brought, it is mentioned
nat re1eutiy, IL the business Of three
81 ire IS, during which messages were
| transmitted containing a 80 letters tor
f6, $50 letters when doubled for repeti-
ton, the repetitions showed a mistake
OF only one letter, consisting in the sub
stitat;on Of Pattiesoa for Pattescn.
\ lady in Nashville was making visit
| TO the pententiary, and was permitted to
!
roon she saw three women engaged IN
sewing, and farming to the keeper who
vas showing her about, said to him, in
an under tone: Dear me, the most
| vicious looking women / ever saw in my
life What are they put there for? u
They are here, madam" was the re-
ply, because am here. Those ladies'
are my wife and daughters.
\ person in Paris noticed a poor man
with wooden leg walking past his hot
aud gave hlm a franc. The next day
he saw the supposed beggar. but he had
changed his wooden leg from the right
TO The left. Enraged at the deception,
he Went up to the man and exclaimed
Oh raseaf, you had the wooden leg or
the other side yesterday You are not
lame At ali Monsieur. was the re-
Spouse witn dignity. / never said / was.
( Wear wooden les for economy, 50 d,
not 10 Fear Out my trousers, and change
the - 70 prevent one leg of the trousel,
wasr.-g out before the other.
Many years ago, when most of the
North I1lvef sloops came in at Cpentie:
Slip, the Levant, packet from Fishk!ll
anchored off the Battery, to wait tos
change OF tide. \ passenger, who foI
he irst time had been ona sailing vesSe!
and who dnring the trip down, had beer
aHyIoas 10 steer the craft, not noticing til,
vessel was at an anchor, was told h
might take the helm He took ho.d, tn,
.aptain caaioning him. as he was going
Yellow, to keep clear of other vessels
fhe tide went rushing by, causing tn,
'hetmSman 10 believe that the boat wa
making prodisious Roadway After
while the captain thrust his mead out o
the cabin door and inquired how b,
was getting on ''First-late by water,
was the reply; but r,yy stou by til
taad! ~
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