The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-08-25
PITH AND POINT.

There arc 2S7 Incorporated colleges
In the United States.
Some of the newspapers are shocked
that Napoleon should hang around Nan
-cy and leave Eugenie to occupy "the
front of danger.
A telegram from Paris says: The
French army IS in ..fine" condition.
The same great truth is applicable to
hash
The total number Of cows in Illinois
used for the cheese business is So, $50.
valued at $50 each. Total capital In
vested 81 ,6!6, 900. Amount OF cheese
made Is, U93. 900 pounds.
The Rocky Mountain Neacs tells of
an enthusiastic young Missourlan. who.
eulogizing the beauty of his. gal. said ::
ON be doggoned if she ain as pretty
as red wagon.
The wheelbarrow, for simplicity OF
construction, strength, courage and moral
excellence, is the superior OF the veiocl-
pede and ought to be encouraged.
Here's man fallen into this
slough!" exclaimed one iaborer to al
other hurry, for he in up to his an.
kles. eff that's all there's no hurry J"
eyes there IS for he's fallen in head
first
Since the death of Dickens a great
many people have come to the conclu-
sion that the least known and least read
of his novels The Tale of Two Cities
is his best.
How much trouble would be saved if
people would heed the following sentence
in Lothian. Never you sign paper
without reading it first, and knowing
what it means.
An Irishman, who was found guilty of
stealing lot of coffee, was asked by the
magistrate what he did with it? Made
tay with it.
II say friend. your horse is little
contrary, is he not % mo, sir. y wv hat
makes him stop, then?" ooh, he's
afraid somebody'll say whoa, and he
shan hear it.
A belligerent Prussian, who recently
appeared with dark cloud above his
right eye, in reply to the concerned cues
tionings of a friend as to how he had
cone by it, said he had received ''bad
news from Germany. The explanation
was deemed satisfactory.
Some BAD boys at Oshkosh, Wis,
put hornet under the cushion Of sofa,
IN church pllpit LAST Sunday morning,
and when the minister sat down, after
reading the hymn, he got right up with
out being told. He concluded not 70
preach that day, and dismissed the con-
gregation
The New York Herald perpetrates
scandalous joke thus: THE sacrifice Of
late battles can hardly be compared with
the trightful German mortality in this
country for, while in Europe probably
not one in a hundred bit the dust, here
every live German came to his bier. -
In front Of the theatre at Oxford
there are some gigantic figures, the date
and subject of which are alike buried in
uncertainty. Two sailors were walking
past ''Who are these fellows, shipmate?"
said one Of them. The twelve apostlesl'
replied his friend. Twelve Apostles!
How can that be Why, there's only
six of EN- well, " reioined the in
formant, ''ye wouidn't have EN- all on
deck at once, would We p
On the move from Swift Run Gap,
at the beginning Of Jackson 5 celebrated
Valley campaign, his army marched I'M
till very late the first night, and through
a terrible rain. About midnight, Col.
BAYLOR, Of the Fifth Virginia. heard one
of his men. DufchuIan, grumbling and
swearing to an Irish comrade. He wound
up by saying: Il wish all de Yankees
vas in he'll. emmy how" swell, don t
thin" sadly Paddy. ''Der tuyful you
don't, and vat der reazun % Begoora,
and wouldn't ould Jackson be after havig
us before day agin, wild three days ra-
shus, pursuin' ov emp
Policeman, spare that dog. touch not
a single hair, he worries many hog from
out his muddy lair. Oh, when he was a
pup, so frisky and 50 plump, he Tapped
his milk from cup, when hungry, at a
jump. And then his funny tricks, so
funny in their place, SO full Of canine
Hicks, upon your hands and face. You
will surely let him live 0. do not kill
hirn-iad he wacs his narrative, and
prays for lfe-not lead. Go get the
muzzle now and put upon his mouth. and
stop that bow, wow, WOW, and tendency
to drouth. He is your ehildren's pet.
companion of their joy; you will not kill
him yet, and thus their hopes destroy.
No, policeman, spare that pup, touch
not single hair: O, put your pistol up,
and 90 aWav from there