The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-12-14


of horses who, with all their toll, doubtless
enjoy infinitely more of the solid conf
of existence than their unfortunate driver.
But such is life. Rascals enjoy the rose
wood and velvet while Intelligent worth too
often "walks the earth with bleeding feet. y
The weather has become intensely cold,
and in twenty-four hours every skating rink
and park in these ATTITUDES will blossom
into its fantastic winter display of eircling
forms and firtations on Ice. The water
begins to stick in the half-frozen pipes like
the amens in Macbeth's throat. and the
public fountains are covered with the frosty
beard of the dying year.
Thanksgiving, for the first time, was
celebrated as a national anniversary, and
the people, having their bone to pick with
the annual turkey, picked it clean. Mill
ions Of the patron saint were martyrized.
| The stores were closed; business was hid
under bushel, and the few wavfarers on
the streets, hurrying homewar,ls, looking
as if they were taking a lingering meal
with their eyes, on defunct gobblings.
/ The unfortunates in the Public Institutions
were treated to an extra dinner; and hilar-
/ ity generally drfted from its moorings,
and for the nonce travel around loose.
The theatres are in full blast, and pre-
sent unusual attractions; Nilsson, Capoul,
/ Wachtel in opera; Edwin Booth in Hamlet;
John f. Owens in Solon Shingle. Anne
in Opera Boufe; Sothern as Lord Dun
dreary, besides dozen lesser lights are
drawing fine audiences.
| The partial panic resulting from the
suspension of the Bowling Green, the
Guardian, and Stuyvesant Banks has abat
ed. All of the institutions making better
showing than anticipated: and the deposi-
tors are reassured and hopeful. 1t is
thought that pecuniary complications with
some Of the disgraced public officials may
have had something to do with the "run
which compelled the banks to close their
doors.
The Mace-C Coburn prize fight is regarded
here in the unchristan parlance of the ma
tives as "put up > job aud disgust at the
results extends even to the virtuous swells
! Of the Upper Tendon. Why Coburn, the
party of the first part, did not, with his
left dike PROFOUND such a proposition
H.. 7 ln,1.- l. g
for that distinguished gladiator an obituary
notice while in the zenith of his famc: and
why Jcm Mace, as a party of the second
part, aud true type Of the muscular mis-
sionary, did not plump one bunch of
fvcs" into thc bread basket and with the
other assault tlie spcctaclctar-p probocis -
Of the aforesaid Coburn, in such rishte-
Gus manner, as to call for a fr>t-clasS
funeral, are questions which disturb this
religious community. They don't under-
stand tie ways Of Providence.
Ten japanese princes are at one of the
IS''J =, .--.-s,ssou. They are minus pig
tails and oriental drapery; in manners are
evidently gentlemen by nature, and III
speech gentlemen by culture. Their COM
mand Of English, especially when under
sail among the vowel,, is admirable in view
| of tue fact that they learned it in their own
country, but when they strike an archlpel-
ago of our Anglo-Saxon consonants they
trpt awf1llv wrecked and act very much as
if they had very severe attack of dipthe-
ria, or piece of beef in their throats.
Three cannibals are also en- route-FeJee
Islanders who have been dieting on the
broled clergymen. New York is IN doubt
how to ovate them, and DelmonIco is in
despair at the prospect of being ordered to
serve up some Of his boncd frlends-thc
politicians. pERsoNNE.