The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-01-12
PITH AND POINT.

proud.
Mr. Van Dresar, Of Fond du Lac. publishes
notice tina, his wife having lief, lis bed and
board with just cause &c, lie will pay all
debts of her contraction &c. What husband
car beat thai for liberalitT7
Here is touching confession from the edi-
tor Of the Pleans Falls New York Republic
can: "Jur Thanksgiving turkey was fine
bird; ii had scales on lis back, and was taken
from barrel Labelled No. 8 Mackerel'
A young lawyer of Philadelphia wrote to
an old lihb near Chicago, thus: Is there an
opening in your part Of the country that can
get lnto?" Answer: There is an opening in
my backyard, about thirty feet deep, 10 curb
around it. If that viii suit, come on
An Illinois girl to keep off mosquitoes,
bathcd her face with benzine. and then went
to lamp to dry it. The minister who preach
ed the funeral sermon advised his hearers
never to fight the insects on thai line If they
bit all summer
A tombstone in South Carolina cemetery
was recently made conspicuous by some wag,
who painted on it the following lines
''Iterc lic,h the body of jeremiah Gordcn
With mouth almighty, ard teeth according:
Tread lightly, stranger DER this wonder.
For if he opens his mouth, your gone by thun-
der
, exchange lets fly the following: ':Pul.
verified alum and common salt put on place
Of cotton and chucked into a hollow tooth will
shut up its aching sc quick you will want to
hug US for telling you; but you can't unless
you have certificate Of good moral character
are married woman, and over twensy-five"
MARY Magaalenc had seven devils cast out
Of her. never heard Of man having seven
devils cast out of him. y growlcd an old bach
clor in the course Of discussion on the "wo-
man question: No they are not east out
yet, believe was the quiet response Of his
fair anita gonist
'Bacheiors,' says Josh Billings. '.are
always 4 braggin' Of their freedom! Freedom
TO darn their own stockings and poultice their
own sbinsl ] had rather be widower once
n two years regular, tn IN to be gruntinr,
Old har.dycd bachelor only ninery-nine
days.
A French lady On her arrival in this coun-
try, was careful to eat only such dishes as she
was acquainted with, and being on one occa-
sion pressed to partukc Of dish new to her.
she politely replied, No l shank you, | eat
only my acquaintance. She thought she
had expressed herself in admirable, English.
4 boy VAS scIt by his mother to saw some
stove wood out of railroad ties. Going out
doors shortly after, she found the youth, sit
ting on the saw-horse, with head down The
mother asked her hopeful son why he was
cast down, and why he did't keep at his work
Ny dear mother, find it hard very hard to
sever old ties
\ personal in a New York dlily, a week
ago, stated that ''if John Smith. formerly of
Philadelphia, will call at No-Blank street.
lie will hear something TO his Advantage"
John called There were about two hundred
and fifty of him, and he has been calling at
the rae Of forty-scycn per day ever since the
personal appeared.
II is said IN absent-minded prof.s sor in 60
ing out Of the gateway of his cottage, ran
against cow In the confusion of the mo-
mcnt, he raised his hat and cxcluilncd Il
beg your pardon, madam" Seen after he
stumbled against ladyin the SIR Get; in sud-
den recollection Of his former mishap, he
called out: is that you again, you brute -
c. untrymen was having a load of hay
weishci i'll Danbury, Ct, which seemed very
heavy cor lts size, when an linguistic gentle
man ran his hand into the side of it, and i'm
mcJiately there rolled out half dozen fine
looking paving stones. The owner couldn't
exp ain how they came there, but said he re-
me,nbercd that in turning ont for team on
Inc rod he ''druv pretty close to a stun
fence which was certainly very plausible
Here is quaint anccd ote from the bio
graphy of Dr. Marshall Hall: DR.. wilkins
had lent Dr. Hall the well-k nown book,
Body and Soul and, as ii was not returned
in due time, he sent this note: 'Dear doctor,
do send back my body and soul; cannot
longer exist without them The servant who
received the note read it as servants some
times Will, and, horror-strckcn, rushed in
the kitchen, crying, Cook, I can't live any
longer with the doctor /, 'tWhy, what the
matter7i Matter enough replied the man:
'our master has got Dr. wilkins body and
soul, and don't dare to stay where there are
such going-onI'
Husbands ought to keep out of the kitchen.
husband who did not, thus writes of the
consequences
II found fault sometime ago with Maria
AIMS custard-pie, and tried to tell her how
my mother made custard-pie. Maria nade
the pie after my receipt. 1t lasted longer than
any other pie we ever had. Marie set it on
the table every day for dinner, and you see /
could not eat it because | forget to tell her to
put in any eggs or shortening. 1t WAS econ
omical, but in fit Of gen:sbsity stole it from
the pantry and gave it to poor little boy in
the neighborhood. The boys funeral was
largely ATTENDED by his former playmates. /
did not 60 myself"
ELEVEN THOUSAND PERSONS KILLED By
SNAKEs.-An English paper says "a st.
Patrick is evidently wanted in India as much
as ever he was in Ireland. During the wear
1850 no less than IL ,4l6 persons in the Ben
gal presidency died from the effect of snake
bite, The return CIV ingsus this information
has been carefully compiled all the merely
sick and wounded have been omitted as well
as those sudden deaths which in India are