The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-04-11
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THINGS WISE AND OTHERWISr.

Does 1t hurt Joke TO crack X
A burst Of Eloquence-An exploded
idea.
Step on an orange peel if you wish to
make quick trip.
How to get good wifc--take q good
girl and 60 TO the parson.
The young lady who took the eve Of
everybody has been arrested for stealing.
Handsome apples are sometimes sour.
In prosperity caution; in aiversits pa
tience
IL that speaks i'll Of other ue,. saI..x
his own tongue.
We should not retain the reren,brsrss
Of faIits we have once forgiven.
4 Connecticut sign reads, ''Caks AMI
Bere, for sale here, end Barber Shop ia
Guiding.
1t i. doubtful if any man could BY pos
sibility do his modest, or think his deepest:
without preparation of suffering.
A city constable Of Troy, n. Y, retarn-
ed summons the other morning, With
this endorsement: "Not served, because
there are three cases Of small pox in tho
house where the party lives"
The Importance Of surrounding tho
young with cheerful objects is seldom suf.
sclcntly recognized. How often is the
nursery the dulless room in the house! II
should be the mos, cheerful, and have.
both literally and fgurativels, o sunny
aspect.
A lady asked a gentleman, who wss
suffering with the influenza, "My dear
sir, what DO you take for your coli".
Five pocket -handkerchiefs day, ma am
A dwarf said to giant, I'VE have equal
rights. " Very true. my good fellow
replied the giant; "yet thou canst not
walk in my shoes" Ditto" said tho
dwarf.
An exchange, describing f.,shioLahls
party, speaks of a gallant who whispessi
to lady and took her apart" 1t is no.
very difficult feat to take q lady "apsrl'
these times but there is very little left Of
her afterwards.
A teacher in one of the schools in Bel.
mont had up class of four an | FIVE year olis
and was trying to teach them the names Of
the days of the week After practising
them while, she asked a FIVE year Ole girl.
What day is this?' "Washing day."
was the quick reply.
Lord Dundreary has given his opinion in
regard to that much vexcd question
marriage with a deceased wifc's sister.
D." / think" he says, marriage with de-
theathed wife's thithter is very proper and
economical, because when fellah marriott
his dethcathed wifes thithtcr ho--he hath
only one mother-in-law."
Olive Logan commenced one Of her lee
lures at Newark, recently, with the re-
mark, "When ever | see Il pretty girl,
want to clasp her in my arms $50 do
We shouted the boys in the gallery. Fer
moment Olive was nonplusscd. but, re-
covering her sclfpossesion, she replied,
Well, boys, don't blame YOU"
A gentleman Of Indianapolis, whose wife
died eight or ten days ago, has since erected
at the head of her grave pine boari
with cross painted on it, AMI presented q
fine piano to the girl he has his eye on.
Such beautiful devotion to the memory VI
the loved and lost ,s not uncommon among
the widowed hearts of indianapolis.
The minister in the Methodist Church
at La Crosse, last Sabbath, electrified both
the sleeping and waking members of his
congregation by crying out in the midst of
his exhortation: "Deacon +. wake up,
the best of the sermon is to cou.el'' This
appeal bad the desired effect, and not did
only Deacon T., wake up, but dozen or
two of the lesser lights all giving the strict
es. attention till the close Of the sermon.