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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-03-27
sBaby's Letter.

The following letter, Fnrporting t5.he frnI
very promising sprig Of the rising renere+
Just three weeks cid, has been haniedus
the assurance that II is genuine IS wei
which We do not presume to doubt. 1fl
one has smarter baby, lei il be exhibited
Leroy, tNY.l Ga9ette,
Dear old unite,
dot oor letter
My cid nanny
She often better.
She every day
Little bit stronger. 2 ~
- Don I mean to be sick
Very much longer. e 40
FDaddyis sofat aaaI
Can't hardly stagger, Is
Nanny says he jinks
Too much lager ~ g~s,,
Dear little baby gt -
Had bad collie,
Had to take tree drops 80
Nastl faragolte!
loot a dose of tatnip.
Felt worse than ever.
onan tate no more
Iatnip never!
Nind on stomit,
Felt pooty bad
Worse tit of sitness
= Eyerd had = - r rFy
EverIhad belly-ate, g - g
Old Unite Bill?
- falnt no fun, now, III az
Say what 90 will
fused to sleep all day
And cry all night
Don do so now, frD ,
Cause faint yight
But I'm growing,
Getting pooty fat aait
tam most two pounds,
Only tink O. vat =!
Little fannin blankets, MI
Was too big before,
Nurse can't pin me
III EN- no more.
Skirts so small, it
Baby so stout. - ...gi
Had to let the plaits ..f,
In 'em all out.
Got head of hair -.
Jess as black as night,
And big boo eyes :.
Vat look very bright
My NANNY says
Never did see
Any ozZer baby
Half as sweet as me-
Grandma comes often,
Aunt Sarah, too
Baby loves zem,
Baby loves 90
Baby sends pooty kiss
To his untles all,
Aunties and cousins,
Big folks and small stf
Can't yite no more, ~
So goodbye,
jolly old until, .-
Wiz a glass eye!
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-03-27

The Taunton Mass Gazette says
q lady recently awoke from sleep to The IN
comfortable sensation of finding her jaw
locked in an open position. 4 surgeon
had = be called before she conid be reliee-
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MISS MARIA MARTIN

Late Of Cleveland, 0hio,) ),
TEACHER of the Guitar and Piano !.
L dence on Sixth street, at the resi-
formerly occupied by Thos. Robinson, Z,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-03-27

BlEEDING kANsAs.-A married woman
lately clipped with glass-eJed physician in
Kansas, and left tho following unique note
as comforter for the 'old man.: ,j
Dear Uubby-You'r re played out. !
ike Dr.-so well that | prefer going with
him rather than stay with you-you good
for nothing, degenerate cuss. It's none OF
your business where we've gone to. 1t
won't do you bit Of good to follow us, for
| wouldn't live another day with you tG
save your l;fe. You made big mistake in
thinking | loved you. negeY did,
married you for convenience sake. I'll
take the baby along, and IN take care of it.
You can sue fer divorce, or get married
as soon as you please. The woman who
gets you next will have healthy old prize.
Good bye. Be virtuous and you Il be hap
ny. Your D. +
LATE WIFE, u
We wonder how the Hubby liked it,
And wonder if he did not jaw j.
Becausethe Doc, with his crockery optic,
Crawled into his welded straw. ~.
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sg- 4 prominent gentleman of Stam-
ford, Conn, who married young miliner
about two years ago, has had wife and
two children appear suddenly to him frQp
Arstfalia she Vii ut tiim alsfe f5r
{. 81 TIE.
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CHARLES III. WALKER

A TTORNEY and Counsellor at Law
u on Eighth street, over the First Ma
Bank.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-03-27

rss- Counterfeit 10 S on the Maine VA
donal Bank Of New York. Ciiy--arc in Cir
calaiion. -
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.T.s .aii So 10 .heir dresses short

lis said they rear their dresses short
70 show ,heir pretty feet.
But il their shoes are No. as,
Extremes viii never meet
And when They wear their dresses long
And dragging in train,
| always think Of bcan-poles, with
Gored dresses on the brain.
All, we'll, this is curious world
False teeth, false calves, and oh
They speak Of palpitators, but
The truth | do not know
But let them wear whate'er they will,
Remonstrance is in vain,
For they are really charming, with
The fashion on the brain
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re- ,.rs. Cob. proposes, in ca -. her
Andy il convicted that he pardon himself
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-03-27
The RAIDS see the Handwriting On the
Wall.

day evening said ....
Republicans who have Travelled through
the state express some apprehension about
the success Of the republican Judicial
ticket.
From the Grant County Herald, Radical.
1t would not aid the republican ticket in
the least if we should attempt a defense of
Judge Dixon course in resigning bis Office
a year ago, just after the legislature had
| increased his salary to SO, 800, then rCcelv
| ing . temporary appointment from the gov
en0r SO as to pocket the increased salary
and now asking an Endorsement and re
! election by the republican party to fill out
| the term for which he was elected, the
same to expire within a year-when we
| shall be required to vote for him again.
y party which even pretends to favor re-
| trenchment and reform cannot consistently
defend such a course as this, without dam
| aging its own pretensions. The republican
party masses mean more than prctense
| when they speak of reform and economy
They mean just these, aud upon such occa-
| sions as this will express what they mean
| at the ballot box. And it Is such masses as
| these who must save the party from de-
moralization. Judge Dixon, when elected
in the spring Of 1868, for a period Of six
years, agreed to serve the people in his
Office of chief justice for the annual salary
of 3, 500 per gear. But now he pnts the
party to the Inconvenience and hazard of
re eieeting him for year in order to put
81 600 into his pocket This is making
the people buy the whistle and then pay
above hepfice stipulated for the blowing
and keeping in repairs withal, q.king
them to affirm as right most dubious
transaction, involving some Indirect yio-
lence to the constitution and the moral
code.
Fire away gentlemen, the people will not
mourn if you do Kill of a few ofyour judi
cial candidates whom your eonscienccs will
not allow You to defend.
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and vicinity Oaico at Lo lis Zande1
Washington Street. All coils in Wills
country promptly attended to.
References : Doctors n s. Davis, WI
Byford and A. Anderson, f Chicago, an
| Easton, of Niauitowoc.
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Fashion on the Brain.

II seems TO me that women now
Dress'up most awful queer,
In narrow skirts and litfi ahoops-
low h,uny they appeal!
Their hair shey friz in tnney shapes,
| laughed and laughed again,
To see how queer the women look
With chign1n on thebraia
Last night 1 net little miss
Rugged up Ia wondrous style;
She had a iittle bonnet On
That really made me smile,
TW.>s smaller dian i cabbage leaf
Dried as tyr want Of rain
How very queer tife women look
With bonnet en- the brain.
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a.. G. GROCERIES. VI. d.
I W O E iv o r 9

0FFERS his service. to the citius
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Republicans who have Travelled through
the state express some apprehension about
the success Of the republican Judicial
ticket.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1868-12-03

to the ceiling and commenced shouting
FIRE, mardsr'ee. Thoroughly alarmed
he SprAug oat Of bed; but the distance
fully siI times what be had calculated,
he immsgined that be had fallen hity
feet, Fear seemed to strengthen his
lungs, aud be shouted like trooper,
proclAiming thai the house WAS haunted.
aud that The imp Of dSrknsss had altemp.
ted 10 hy away with him, The other
guests who had entered the room. cOldly
pointed to the bedslssd, saying that it
could not have moved but they we're
unOblo to shake the belief that his infer.
nal majesty had taken refuge in the
mysterious bed.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1868-12-03
THE MYSTERIOUS BED.

A traveller while vending his way
through the eastern portion of tho State
Of New York stopped oyer night &! t,N
villOge OFFS. with some friends, who
were great wags. In one Of the bed
rooms OF the house there wes bedstead
fastened by Pulleys 10 the csiI;ng, Nigh,
time came and the traveller wss shOwP 10
his room. A girl led the way, candle 10
hand, and after pointing out the bed,
departed with the light, saying that SIZE
needed it for the ether dodgers, Tho
traveller addressed, and grouped his TOy
to the bad, or TO the spot where /; had
seen it, but wOs omuz,d 10 int that it
had disappeared. From ccrrcr 10 corn
er he grouped. but the csa'ch was use
less. Somewhat frightened, be. COM
msncod shouting, prOr!oimiOs that the
houss was beWisChed. Tho landlord
aud two or three Of his gueCls, bearing
lights, answered his emphatic summons,
and Just az he was about 10 Tell the SlO-
ry Of The missing bed, be looked end lol
there il stood as it was before, lie tried
to inform them Of bis inability to 6nd !be
bedslOOl, but they only laughed at him,
telling him that he must be crazy.
As soon as they bad shut the door hO
made dive for the bed. and landed on
the aoor. He then began to hAlow and
yO! louder than ever, and darted for the
door, In attempting to descend the stairs
ho fell heudlong to The bottom, making
such o terrible nOiOo that all tho iumItcH
Fnshod 10 learn the cause Of the disaster,
Again he told his uIory but It was TO
cOived with rGicnle. To satisfy him
that he had been mistaken, one Of the
guoiT proposed to Ontsr tho room with
bin, and remain until hO ShOuld lall
asleep. Tho proposition was gladly Ac-
csplOd, snd 10 about twenty minutes the
traveller was sound asleep. The wagl
then geuly hOiStsd the bedstead almost
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Bound 10 Have Him In the Family.

Bound 10 Have Him In the Family.
A little incident occurred few days
I'sgO 10 an uP-lOwn boarding house.
which fortunately ended in few scratch.
es and some hair pulling. Among the
boarders in the house was a young man
Of rather prspOsses'ing appearance, and
young lady who is considered decided.
ly pretty, They ,u both poor, however.
the young lady being a music teacher,
and the young gentleman clerk in a
wholesale house, Living in the same
house, it is not singular that these young
people should fall in love with one su-
other Things progressed favOrObly,
and no one intsrrered with the lovers
Tie laudlady was delighted at the pros
pect Of a wedding at her house, and did
all she could 10 hasten the event. About
this limo, however. an unexpected event
occurred which materially changed the
complexion Of thiuSs, An uncle Of the
young man died, aud left him che snug
little sum Of $1,000. The lanJlOdy
opened her eyes. and for once in her life
began to think she had made a mistake.
The young man. she said, was too
soOd for the girl and ought not 10 marry
her, and she fpally began to cast insin-
uaIions on her good nSq0. Her reasons
ior this soon became apparent. She had
q daughter herself, and she determined, Il
possible, that she should have The benefit
Of that $1,000, The girl was away
from home OF the time, but she vas i'm
mediately scut for, and instructed to use
her best powers 10 ain the youth. But
it was oI no avail; the young mon con-
tinued true to bis first love and would
not listen to her, NOR would he believe
the unchsriable remarks made against
the girl Of his heart. The disappointed
dspssl then took o hand in the abuse
herself, and SO outrageous did she con-
due, herself at the dinner table last Fri
day thOt the abused young lady look her
te tesk about it, The mother here join
ed the disputan.s, and from words they
came to- blows. Our informant states
for q little while it wGs the livelisst "mill"
he ever witnessed. The girl came out
victorious, however, opt wiz soou be
united to the man abe lOSes.
s4Eanal. z.!Don,t desPile- a. paa Lha.
Fsor'a RAGGED coat" He may turn out
rich. y Nv 'York Csmn!erciai Adtertiser.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1868-12-03
A RoMANTIc ApYEKTIRE.

Some years ago, SayS the Chicago
POd, son Of one of our weathioSs and
most respected cilizsnl one day very
suddSnly left his hOmS aud Ovsy com
fort that wealth aud the mos, indulS'n!
and atIoetiOua,e pareuis could procure
and disappeared with lA%ellns eiYp'
troupe, The young mAD vss then near,
ly lweuly-ODe ysuB Of ags and seemed
to be prompted to this strange freak BY
pure dislike Of control end q desire to
see the world, Years passed away. and
no lidiugS we're heard Of lbe wandsTeT.
and the parents, now approaching old
age, bad begun 10 give up d hoPO Of
ever seeing or hearing Of him Agalu'
About 6 year Ogo, Si'izen Of Chicago
being in Savannah. Ga, chaaesd 10
meet the Irusnt upcaSas saSss'and as-
ecSlsd him by uame, The young man,
hoHeyer, denied his identity, but the
gentleman told him that it was need
lees to Try and deceive him. as he knew
him too we'll, and finally the wanderer
acknowledged his unme, He soon slip
ped Oway, however. and was again Lost
sight Of. The other day BaiIcY's Circus
Company pitched ttsir tent here and
among the performers was the long lost
son, who presently sought his fathers
house in company with his wife, a very
worthy young lady, who bed been con-
neclOd with Toe establishment, and whom
ho had married some time ago, They
were welcomed and made OF once at
home, and the young man has settled
quietly and Sensibly down after his wan
doring', and will cheer tho declining
years Of his aged parents.
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He tries to call on bis companion, who
has gene up into the ring SbOvSi a vhiS'
per in that deep silence would Sufhee--
bu, no sound comes from bis Iips-he il
voicslssU, The Sissrsmau comes down
into the car he sees his Oomrads 10 0
Swoou, and feels lis own senses failing
him.
He saw at once that Lille aud death
hung upon few moments, Ha seized
or tried 10 seize the valve, in order to
open it aud let out the gas. His handS
are purple with intense cold-Ihoy are
pSraIyEed. they will not respond to his
his will, He seized the valve wilh his
teeth, it opened little-ouce, twice,
thrice. Then the sWoonej mSrkSmAn
returned to consciousness, aud saw The
stsersmRu standing before him, He
looked at his instrument; but nov tbs
barometer was rising rapidly; the balloon
was descending. Brandy was used
They had been higher ObOve the earth
than mortal man or any living thing had
ever been before. Ouo minute more Of
incction--of compulsory inaciiOn-On
the part OF the steersmnn. whose senses
were failing him, and the ait ship, with
its intensely rarifod gas, would have
been floating unattended, with two
corpass, 10 the wide realms of space.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1868-12-03
SCIENTIFIC DARING.

One dull day 10 August, ju" after.
noon, balloon aI2se ip the air a! the
loot Of CIOet Hills, on the western edge
of the central plain of England. IIwss
inflated with the liGhtep! of gases which
scientific skill could produce, aud it
arose with omazing velocity. A mile up
and it..enersd stratum of clouds more
tpsn thousand fee, thick. Emerging &
from this, the sun shone brightly upon
the Hi.-sbjp; The sky overhead WAS Of
the clearesl aud deepest blue, and below
lay cloudIsud-an immeasurabls expense
Of cloud, whose surface looked as solid
os that Of the earth not wholly lost in
view. Lofty mountains and deep, dark
roVineG, appeared below; the peaks and
sides Of those cloud. mountains next the
SUI, glitLered ike snow, but casting
shadows as black as if thoy were rolid
rock. Up rose the balloon with lremen.
dOus velocity. Four miles above earth
q pigeon was let loose; it dropped down
the air as if il bad been a stone. The
air was toe thin to enable il 10 fly, /,
was ss if bOrk laden 10 the deck wore
10 pass from the heavy waters OF the
sea into an inland unssline lake; the
bark would sink ct once in the thinner
water. Up, up. still higher! What q
silence protOundl The heights Of the
sky we're IS still as the deepest depths
Of the ocean, where, as was found during
the search for the lost Atlantic cable,
the fne mud lies as unstirred from year
20 year, 90 the dust which imporcoptibly
gathers oa tao furniture Of a deserted
house. No sound, 90 lius-ouly the
bright sunshine falling through SKY
which it could not warm.
Up-dvO miloS above oOrtb!-higheT
than the inaccessible summit of Chimbo
rSyo or DavauSiri. Despite the sun
Shinc, IOVorything frOOseS, Tho all
grows TOO thu to auppot lirO, even for Q
few minutes. TvO men only arO in thai
adventurous brlloon--ths ons steering
tho Dir chip, tho other Watching the ssi:
OnLi6o instruments, and recording them
With r,pidity bred Oflong Practice
Suddenly, 90 the latter looks at hiS in,
StumentS, bic uighl grows din, he takes
q lena 10 help his sight, and only mnrkl
from tho falling barometer iha. they nr
rising rapidly. A lSsE of brandy lIs'
within foot Of him; hO IriOH to reach il
! but bis Vrm' refuse to obey his will.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1868-12-03
A TOUCHING LOVE STORY.

At the mature ego of fourteen | had
become being Of dark imagiuings on
whom the freshness Of tho heart had
long ceased 10 fall like dew, in cOuse.
quenGs qf my entertaining . fruitleSS
passion for charming cousin Of mine,
seven and half years older than myself.
One September morning, when l was
about to return TO school, came to the
fatal determination Of declaring my pas
siou;' and, with that view, ran her to
earth in summer-house, which over
look The lake 10 her fathers grounds. |
rushed in and fell on my knees before
her and bluried out my !ove in an inCo,
herent spesch, %hiOh~gOy, ,bgye lasted
three minutes, or three qaarIsts Of aa
hour, as far as am able to state at
this distant period, l love 10 think of
her now, with a moderate amount -oi
gratitude, because she did not Sleugb,
bot helping smsup. aud kissing me %
the forehead, she 'aid' Poor, dear boy,
and SO you are going pack to Wihcbe't
er. are yOu' Mind youAre good at your
.IossOns. Don't gel aogsed, Uhicb, ,YpaId
grieve me very much; and hero fSd half
sovereign for you. and-and | think you
bad better not keep the carriage wait
hg,'
To this day | cannot help thinking
that it must have been excess Of emotion
which caused me TO run away as bard as
ever l could, with the coin safely stow
ed away in nv wsist-coat pocket.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1868-12-03
TO A BRIDE,

The following letsr was written by
an old friend to young lady on the eve
Of her wedding day
al have sent you few flowers. to
Rdorn the dying moments of your single
life. They are the gsnllosI types Of a
delicate and durable friendship. They
spring up by our SidsS when others have
deserted il; and they will be found
Watching over our graves wbeu those
who should cheIish have forgotten US.
II seems that . past so calm and pure
as yourS should expire with kiudfsd
sweetness about It; that flowers and mo.
sic. kind frie de and earnest words. should
conSOcrate the hour when S9n,imenI is
passing into sacrament.
Tho three great stages Of our bsing
birth, the bridal, and the burial. To
The 6rpt We bring only weakneSS--for
the last we have nothing bat dustl But
here, al the altar, where life joins life,
the pair como throbbiug up TO tie holy
man, whispering the deep promise that
arms each the others hsSb, 10 help 90
in the life struggle Of care and duty
The beautiful will be there, borrowing
new beauty from the sceus. Tbs gny
end tho frivolous, they and their aOun-
oss, will look solemn for once. And
youth viii come, 10 gaze on all its sacred
thoughts pant for, ana age will toltcr
up to hear the old words repeated that
10 their own lives have given the charm.
Some will weep over it as il it we're a
tomb, and goBe laugh over it as II it
we're Aipks; buttE9 must ssaad.byiE
for it Is fate, not fun. this everlasting
locking Of their lives!
sand now, can you, who have queen
ed it over SO many bending forms. osn
you come down at last 10 the frugal diet
Of a single Loorl? Hitherto you have
been clock, giving your time TO all
Iho world. Now you are watch buried
in one particular bosom, warming only
his breast, marking only his hours, and
licking only TO the beat of bis heah-
where lime and feeling shall be in UNISON
until thsSe lower ties are lost 10 that
higher wedlock where all hearts are uni.
ted around the gtsat Central Heart Of
all.
Hoping that calm and sunshine may
hallow your claspsd hands, sink silent
ly into o signature. y"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1868-12-03

The other day poorly clad urcbin
picked up a pOhu OnnOiO inadvertently
dropped by dchly dressed lady on a
street 10 Buffalo N, Y, and running Sl
ter h0r uppriSOd ber Of the loss, Mercy
mOr cried the lady eagerly snaIching the
article, 'Ihero is over hundred dollars 10
that pOrimOnnaie!' and forgetting ell
about the hOnoot' minded little chap, who
stood shivoring in bis rags. she looked
to assure herself that none Of the money
was missing. Finding lha! all was right,
che turned y go. whom, happening
to OEpy the lad, she cOrolo'sly tOSScd him
an apple, saying Here little boy, horO
10 an apple for your honesty.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1868-12-03

RAD FIE,-An exchange says; a
ueighbor who had repeatedly been urged
BY come female aequuintaucsS to accom-
psny them to a skSliDG pond, at last
yielded, no longer to resist The blnndish-
mcuU ofbis bswitOhiug tOrmeDtors. lie
went. He said he put on pair Of
skates aud S'sucE bOlPIy out and the
next thing he knew wOS himself 10 bed.
the minister sitting beside him singing
q psalm, 'he doctor cOurtiDg bis vile, aud
the uudersOksr measuring him for wal.
nut coflin.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1868-12-03
NbYERTIsINCeRATEs.

Professional cards Of lines or less one year
s. 90.
Advertisements must have the number Of in.
Isrtious marked on the copy, or they will be
ksps in "t!ll forbidden, and char eel accord
ipGiy.
All casual or tranGient advertisements must
ke ptia fer in adYGpce, 10 insure thGF inser'
zion.
Yearly Advertisements to be paid foE bali.
yearly in advance.
Short notices Of deaths will be inserted free
d charge. Obituary notices and tributes Of
respect will be charged half the advertising
rates. Marriage notices Inserted gratis.
Loaded editorial notices willbe charged 70
cents line, and half price for subsequent in
ESrtious.
Religious notices and short advertisements
for benevolent associations, inserted gratis.
Calls uron gentlemen 10 become candidates
will he charged ut advertising rates.
Thrre dollars will invariably he charged fW
rnsauneirg capdts ates for County Offices. and
Ten dolaes for announcing candidates for State
sad United States Offices.
Tls Insertion Of personal cards will Ls left
y the option Of the editor. but when inserted
Vill'he charged double price.
hailavits will not be made 10 orders OF
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There will be no deviation from the above
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