The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-07-04
MSCELLANEoUs. ITEMS.

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Wilson, the celebrated vocalist, was
upset one day in his carriage, snear Etlin-
bnrgh "a Scotch paper. after recording
I The accident adds sWe are Happy to
state that he was able to appear the fol
lowing evening in three pieces a.
There is Wit, as we'll "a. practical good
sense, in the remark Of Lord Dudley,
when he heard of SCOTS pecuniary dis
saster-ti1at IT every one to whom he had
given delight would give hiln six pence,
he would soon be richer than Rothsehild.
I knew young lady fsays a well known
alderman who said she edidn' like turtle
soup. .Atfectionately rebuking her. l was
answered. piteously, that she didn't so
much object to the taste, but that she
thought 1t SO cruel and wicked to Kill
turtle doves.
AngoldgIrish officer, after a battle, or
sdered the dead ana the diving to be bur
led peli NELL Being told thatssome were
alive and might be saved, ''Oh, bedad,"
said he. it you were to pay any attention
to what they say, not one Of them would
allow that he was dead '@s st'8 =
WHr IT CAN BE PREVENTED. Some
graceless chap, evidently of pfofane
turn OF mind, Is responsible for the fol-
lowing conundrum:
" by can you not prevent the Mississ-
lppl from overfowing its banks? n
Because dam 1t you can t. liK}
COSTLY EXPERIMENT. A Pennsylva-
MIA has paid fine of $50 for putting his
arm around lady's waist without SAYING
by your leaTe-Er
The above is caution to all tender
hearted galiants to be sure and utter the
tallsmanic words by your leave" before
venturing on such liberties.
In the depth of the sea the waters a: e
still;I the heaviest GRIEF is that born In
silence; the deepest. love flows through
thezeye ana touch; the putrest 10y is UNI
spcakable: the most impressive prayer is
silent; and the most solemn preache~ at
an tneral is the silent one whose lips are
cold, ~8&as tfSS 80 - SAss 80 "a
John Newton once said: THE art of
spreading rumors may be eemparedto the
art Of pin making There is usually some
truth. which | call the wire: as this pas
ses from hand to hand, one gives it a DO
lish, another a point, Others make and
put ,on the head, and at last the pin is
completed. y - =
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The modest department Of those who
are trnk wise,s when contlasted with the
assuming air of, the young and ignorant,
may be compared to the different appea :
ance of wheat, which, while its~car is.
empty, holds upsitsr head provtily. but as
soon as it is filed with grain, bends mo
destly down and withdraws from ohser-
vatl9n- ID. 1890 -4bts ai-es sss=71 1rdgid
A remarkable confession, for newspa- 4
per to make, is found III late number of.
the Iaaato Ne,o Era. The editor says: /
If the Era this morning is less spicy /
than usual it is becauce we received but
few exchanges yesterday, and they were /
rather bare OF news. We give no editor |
ial, for the simple reason that We have /
nothing to write about. When We have 1
anything to say our readers win be sure
to find it out IzH
An Irish Tbrickiayer was one day |
brought to ahos.sita, severely Injured by |
a fall from the housetop. The medical |
man in Attendance asked the sufferer at /
what time the accident occurred. Two /
} clock, yer holio~, was the reply. On |
being s.,ei how became to fix the hour
50 accurately, he answered, Because / |
saw the people at dinner through !. win |
low as | was coming DOWN
We noticed iately,' says the Sat
+ Il, la l.
over the entrance u Goddard S Provision /
store. 1t was a pelican Of the desert, !
lad Was killed near Brigham City, Ill the /
Vicinity Of Salt Lake This bird mea t
sures nine feet from rip totip Of its wings, /
body FIVE feet long, weighs about twenty
i've pounds, and has bag beneath Its /
1ili capable oi holding City pounds Of |
ish. ri fFfFr-E Il
Robert Otfarson who died at Spring
vale, Pa, last week, had been insane for !
thirty years, but recovered his senses on |
his death bed. and conversed intelligent
IL of acturrenecsth hat tranSpired the day
and week previous to his insanity, max
ing inquiries about yoke OF oxen which |
and of the old neighbors who had been
spaceswas "a perfect blankin his memory.
The Duke Of Nassau, while walking on
the banks Of the Rhine, near Mayence,
asked boatman whether the river con
timed to rise. You stupid donkey !''
replied she boatman, you have been
an hour here and ask me wheth-
err the water rises I" The duke walked
away LAUGHING" $50 you know whom
you have beentalking TOP asked another
boatman of the first. No; who was he?
''Why, it was the Duke OF. Nassau
''Well, | am glad / was not rude!'' was
the conglacent reio .,1der. w E2sE
On trial fov assault medical witness,
in giving hi evidence, informed the court
thar. ON examining the prosecutor, he
found him suffering from a severe con-
fusion under the left orbit, with great
extra vasation Of bloc and ecchymosls in
the surrounding cellular tissue, which
was in tUmefied state There was also
abrasion of the cutice.
Judge-Iou mean, | suppose, that the
man had q bInek eye? Witness-fes.
}udge-Ihen why not say SO at once?
4 writer in an English Journal says
mat nntning so mucn tenuS 10 give a
man presence of mind as the being con- 1
eerncd in few railway accidents. The ]
first time he Is, as it were, knocked stup-
i'd the second time he begins to reason;
but the third time he decidedly objects,
aud the first chance he has he is cut OF
che train and doing his best te assist his
fellow passengers. The writer adds: I
had exceeded this stage by two or three
accidents. and had gained considerable
stock of presence of mind, which | was
prepared 10 use in an emergency.