The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-04-03
Clippings.

. In one of the old Dutch settlements of
Che Mohawk Valley a very honest farmer
was elected Justice of the Peace 1t was
not supposed that the Squire had amassed
much legal learning, but he was quite noted
for his uGsophisticated honesty and frank
ness. 1t happened tbat his first ca. was
quite holly contested by lawyers on both
sides. They summed it up deliberately,
and after they got through, the bar room
of the hotel his otficej being crowded with
eager spectators TO hear the first decision OF
the new Justice, the old man deliberately
folded up his docket, put it under his arm,
lit his pipe and said well, shentlcmen,
| shall take four days to decide, but shall
effentualy find shugment for the plaintiff, >
What stone should have been placed at
the Garden of Eden after the expulsion
Adam ain 'tin (Adamantine)
The man who never loved pretty woman
was lately seen by some Greenlanders going
round the North Pole, an icic!e yard
long hanging to his nasal organ aud sharp
nor-easter after him whissling, ooh,
never fell in love ~
Why do girls kiss each other, and men
not? Because girls have nothing better to
kiss and men have.
An old minister up town the other day
asked woman what could be done to in
duce her husband to attend church. Il
don't know" she replied, unless you
were TO put pipe and jug OF whisky IN
the pew.
When IIindoo priest is about to baptize
an infant, he utters the following beautiful
sentiment; Little babe, thou enteredst
theworld weeping, while all around thee
smiled contriye so to live that you may
depart in smiles, while all around thee
weep
EPIrApH or DoRG
Paws stranger, paws Here lies poor Jack;
His case was truly hard /;
A dorg that over four feet stood,
Lies buried in yard @
BREAKING THE ICE. aia9gc-
1t fell, of course, upon day,
And she fell when the snow was falling
If haply I'd not passed that way,
She would have come to grief appalling.
But as it was. she only missed
Her footing on the grating cruel;
And though the earth she ight have kissed,
She fell into my arms--the jewel
The man who hesitates is lost,
fell across straw and clawed it, ,l
My life seemed very like a frost,
And yet q lady's football thawed it! T,
Though she was short and was tall,
al luckily played Mars to Venus
l broke by accident her fall, ,4gt, 80
Her falling broke the ice between us
SIS this what the ladies wear around
their waists?" asked country youth of a
friend who was clerk in dry goods Store
in the city. '.Of corset is, returned the
counter jumper, with mischievous wink.
"Why is kiss like scandal? Because
it goes from mouth TO mouth
None but the brave deserve the fair, I"
and none but the brave can live with some
Of them.
An exchange says: 1.-The Pope is max
ing crusade upon the improprieties of
dress, and, we learn, lays the blame on the
shoulders Of the ladies' The Pope is at
fault. We have examined the shoulders
Of the ladies, and haven't found blame
thing there.
3 Why DO young ladies admire the moon ?
Because they think there is marin it.
Mr.. S. is a very presenfaJte your g
man" said fashionable lady to Mr.. B.
- Certainly said the latter, by grand
jury
Can man who has been fnel by tie
magistrate again aud again be considered a
re fined man?