The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-09-09
A MERRY CREw.-The Delegates

KITTY Snaohe to take them to the Con
vention, and started on her at about II
a. m. The Delegates were mostly Ger
mans of the true Democratic stamp-not
one of them weighing less than $50
pounds. Ten Eyke Olmsted was one of
them. On going on board, all at once,
the little boat came near capsizing, and
the boiler bursting by the load being all
on one side, which caused quite scrab-
bic for few moments. the Captain be
ing obliged to order them each separate
" to a certain station, to keep the boat
in trim, and this order had to be kept up
during the entire voyage to the great
trouble and Inconvenience of the poor
delegates who, however, would have been
a great deal worse off had it not been for
the new Pilot of our Democratic fellow
citizen, brother Treat, who, being small
and light was allowed the privilege of
the deck and was thus enabled t" pass the
Democratic argument-the only one, in
fact. containing any spirit-from one Of
the poor sentinels to the other, and thus
proved himself a great blessing to his
thirsty fellow passengers and q Treat in
deed. There was another comfort: the
weather was pleasant and the lake per
fectly quiet and smooth, so the passen-
gers could stand up very comfortably. 1t
NO, n h. hot ~ he,
attempted to sit down on the rail, for the
little craft would careen so fearfully that
the Captain had to forbid them to sit
down singly but that two, one on each
side, should do so at the same time.
Toward the end Of the trip many of the
poor delegates had a great desire to lay
down, but that was out Of the question
the space between the engine room anc
rail being too narrow to admit Of then
obesity. The tug reached Milwaukee il
dae time and without any serious acct
dent, and the tired passengers were safe
ly landed one at time with the necessary
precaution, to their great relief. as also
| that Of the Captain, his crew, and espec
Tally Of the little tug which had never
| borne such a load and which rose two
feet out of the water when she was re
lieved. That she did not go to the bot
| tom with such load Of Democracy Is to
Us the most striking evidence that there
is no desire for the death Of sinner but
that he may repent and hre. May the
admonition not be in vain.
MIsHICoTT. Having occasion to visit
this little village, we repaired thither re
Gently as much for the purpose Of finding
one or more local Items as to see the
sights in that extensive 5urgh. Arrived
there we found that genial old landlord
of the "Mishicott House Mr. L. Da-
mon at his post as usual, aud after en-
joying hearty dinner gotten up by his
| estimable lady, we started on a tour OF
inspection. The first object we saw was
that benign looking individual known as
10. Rankin, surrounded by a dozen OF
more other small Juveniles, flying a kite,
as, in the absence Of Lafe Smith (who by
the way, has been hired by the town to
teach the young idea-not to shoot-but
to ay kites he was the only one who
could r's3a fast enough to make the thing
go. +" Leaving him in his glory we
dropped in upon Ira ucgept ''Pui1er, -
and found him busy selling goods in the
store, and exhibiting a stock which for
variety and price cannot be beaten in
Manitowoc County.
Mishicott, on the whole, is about as
lively as usual, but for a summer resi-
dence, for pleasure, We wouldn't recon-
mend it very highly.
The mills are on the ''full co. and
business we were informed, was pretty
lively So much for Mishicott. During
our ride to and from this village, we
could not fail to note the splendid condi-
ton of the crops. Where the grain had
not yet been harvested, it stood in heavy,
rich masses, and promises a most abund
ant yield. Every body was busy on the
farms getting in the crops while the fair
weather lasted, and the whole line of
road presented a scene varied and pleas
ant, which, in connection with the good
condition of the roads makes it one of the
pleasantest drives to be found in our
County.