The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1870-09-15

ana if g thunder storm were to come up
AMI thai house which le felt a personal in
lcgest in stood there 8ih nothing Oh earth
10 protect it Jut siyteeI lightning rOds---.
LET Us have peace {" | shIIoEel. Put
up = hundred and anyl Pat some on the
kitchen! Pus dozen )G the barn Put
couple en- the cowl Pit one on the cock ?
scatter them all over tie prosecute ed place
till II looks like zinc phted, spiral twiste /.
silyer~moQnted canc~bake Novel Use
up all the material you ,a0 yet your hands
on, and when you run out Of lightning
rods, put up 1an rod, cam rods, stair
rods. piston ryds-auytE.ng lha; w:!. pan.
der to your dismal appetite for artificial
scenery and bring respite. 10 ny raging
brain and heallgg II my !o,cratcl soul
Wholly Unm8yol-turther than to smile
sWeotiy-this iron being simpy turned back
his wristbands daintily AMI laid he would
now proceed to hump himself. Well,
all that was nearly three hours ago. 1t is
questionable whether am clm enough yet
10 wife on the noble theme of political
economy, but L cannot resis the desire to
try, for 1t is the one subiec.that is nearest
to my heart aud dearest to ny brain Of all
this World s philosophy. !
Political economy is heavens best boon
to man. " When the loose ,ut gifted By
ron lay in his Venetian exile, be observed
that II 1t could be granted lin to go back
aud 1--we ais lnisspent life ,ver again, he
would give his lucid and unntozicated in
| tcrVals to the composition, MT OF frivolous
| rhymes, but OF essays upon political ec)ns
| omy. Washington loved his exquisite
science such names as Baker, Beckgith,
Judson, Smith, are impershabIy linked
with it; and even imperial Homer, in the
ninth book Of the Had, has said
!, Fiat justitia, ruat celum,
| Post m0rteia unum, ante bcllum,
| lite Jactt hoe, eX-pare res,
| Politician, esc0nomioo est.
| The grandeur Of these conceptions Of the
poet, together with he felicity If the
wording which closes them and the sublm-
lty OF the Imagery whereby they are illus
trated, have singled cut that stanza and
made 1t more celebrated than any shat
ever
| :" Now, not word out of you-not a
single word. Just stae your bill and re-
lapse into impenctrabIt silence for ever and
ever on these premises, Nine hundred
dollars? Is that oil? This cheQue for the
bank in America. What is that multitude
Of people gathered in the street foI?"
How ?-'looking at the lightning rods !!
Bless my lie, did they never see any
! lightning rods before? Never saw such a
stack OF them on one establishment, did
understand you to say? will step down and
critically observe this popular cbullition of
THREE DAYS LArER.-We were ali
| about worn out. For fourand.twcnty hours
ba toii- nd
wonder Of the town. The theatres Ian
guishcd, for their happicst scenic inven-
/ tons were tame and commonplace COM
pared with my lightning rods. Our street
was blocked night aud i y with spectators,
and among them were many who come
| from the country to see. 1t was & blessed
relief, on the second day, when thunder
storm came up and the lightning began
! to Hgo for my house, as the historian Jose
| phus quantity phrases it. | cleared the
galleries, SO to speak. Ia five minutes
| there vas not a spectator within half a
mile OF my place but all the high houses
! about that distance away were tull, win
dCW5 roofs, and all. And well they might
| be, Tor ali the falling stars and Fourth Of
july fireworks of a generation put TO
! gcthcr and ralnGd down simultaneously out
OF heaven IN one brilliant shower upon one
helpless roof, would not have any advan
tage Of the pyrotechnic display that was
making my house SO magni6ciently con
spici0us in the general gloom of the storm.
By actual count the lightning struck at my
establishment seven hundred anG sixty four
times in forty minutes, but tripped on one
Of those faithful rods every fine and slid
down the spiral twist and shot into the
earth before 1t -pr9has,!V, HAD 'inea tte lse
And through all that bombardment only
one patch of states was ripped up, and that
was because for single instant the rods in
the vicinity were transporting all the light.
ming they could possibly accommodate.
! Wei, nothing was ever seen since the
world began. For one whole day and
! night not a member of my family stuck his
head out Of the window but be got the hair
! SnatChed of ii as smooth as a billiard ball.
and if the reader will believe me not one
Of US dreamt OF string abroad. But at las.
the awful siege came 10 an end-becauSe
there was absolutely 10 mere electricity
left in the clouds above Us within crap.
ping distance of my Unsuitable rods. Then
| L sailed forth, and gathered daring work
men together, and not bite or q nap did
we take till the premises we're utterly strip.
ped of all their terrible armament except
just three rods on the house, one on the
kitchen, and one on the barn-and behold
these remain there even unto.th day. And
then, and till then, the people ventured to
use our street again. will remark here,
in passing, that during that fearful time
did not continue my essay upon political
! economy. 1 an not even yet settled enough
in nerve and brain to resume it.
| To WHOM 1T May CONCERN-Parties hav-
ing need Of three thousand two hundred and
eleven feet Of best quality of zinc-platcd
! spirtl-twist lightning rod stuff and sixteen
hundred and thirty-one silver-tipned points,
all in tolerabIc repair land, although much
worn by use, still equal to any ordinary emer-
gencyl can hear of Il bargain by addressing to
the publishers Of The magazine The Galaxy.
Democratic Majorities.
State elections have been held in the
following States in 1870, since the passage
/ nj he n-nro,