The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1873-12-04

Gen. Washington family bible Ii ad-
vertised for sale. It It's in three large quarto
volumes and the puhljc are gravely inform
ed that It was presented to Gen. Washing
ton by the author.
1t was oue Of the numerous Beecher
family WHO used 10 pray. 80 Lord. keep
u. from de.pising our rulers, and keep them
from acting so that we can't help it.
The Neu York SIM had an article The
otI er dsy hea,lei. "Mr. Beecher's doubts
Of the truth Of religion. AMI how he over
eome- them" Which causes TIE Courier
Journal to remark, "The man who coull
not overcome all such doubts on salary
and perquistes oe $40, 900, must be grea-
ter doubter than vas St. Thomas him
self
A good mother was trying TO explain to
n Young hopeful the other day about fight
ing against the devi. After telling the
little fellow who the devil was, and how
hard he was to successfully resist, lie turn
Ell around and SAID: Mama, I'd be scar
ed of the old devil, bat if was to crn,e
across ono Of his little devils Id knock the
stufing ont Of him"
Stephen Girard's will prohibited clcrsy-
men from ever entering the doors OF
Grsrd college. At a recent visit Of the
Knights Templar OF Boston to the iusts'u-
ton one Of the knights, a weIlknown ply
stefan who wears white necktie, was
passing in, when the .janitor accostcd him,
saving, "You cant pass IN here, sir; the
roie farbiis it "The III can't" re-
piled the Ihysician. "All right, sir," re-
joined the janitor, ''pass right III.
The PcrtlaHd Transcript say. thst the
railrla nea Of Maize have Kept their tenn
per pretty well in tie midst of camp meet
ing crowds. The che conductor who srorc
at the rions .fronG that jastisd him re
minds that paper Of the sexton OK one Of
the Portland ciiurciles, VINO was overwCrk-
eli by the extra evening meetings Of . revi-
val season he overheard him swearing t.
his place another year at his present salary,
and run the risk Of a revival
Bows who disturb camp meeting BY cry
ing Amen in the wrong place, and re
marking ''Glory" with more zeal than
L. 7 i ~, "a.
Of thirteen small boys in Kansas Those
thirteen ill-adyiced boys We're guilty, 81 the
story goe., of disturbing Ramsay camp
meeting by insisting ar IN shouting 4 men ~
when very muscular preacher, who prid
ed himself on his voice was singing hymn.
The preacher bore it for some time, but
finally becoming filled with righteous wrath
he descended from the pulpit and, never
cnce interrupting his hymn, successlvely
reversed and spanked the thirteen small
BOYS. As his avenging hand NEED,
and the dust of the small boys filed the
air, the rest of the congregation shouted ia
t rapture and encouraged him With loud
, cries Of "GO on, brother; 20 ON Then
/ he returned to the pulpit, still singing, and
E those buv- vent half mile away, behind
. a hay stack, and laid down with their racss
to tie ground, weeping bitterly.
4 recent visitor to Rhole Island has
O made The discovery that Napoleon was
mistaken when lac said shat Providence
. was on the side of the heaviest artillery
: for the hea.est artillery is at Fort dams,
i and Providence is on the ether side.
1t is ,ntimated that young Bennett has
been IN fit of almost hopeless iespon
:. dency for several days past because 0'kel-
= ley, the correspondent whom he tried s.
hard TO get killed in Cabs, wa. got capsur
cd on board the NirEinu.s and shot with
the rest.
Scene in q Western Court: Julgc-
Have you anything to offer 10 the Court
u teforc the sentence i, passed on YOU:
: Prison,r-'No, Judge; had SO, tut my
lawyer took that
O A Iu'.iorous mistake happened some in
, ago at funeral in Mare lie bone. The
: clergyman hal gone on with the service
: until he cpme to that part which says
3. "oIr deceased brother sister" withou
knowing whether the deceased was nal,
or female He turned 20 enc of the mcur
u'rs aad asked whether It was 4 brother OF
h sister The an very innocently rcrhed
n No relation A. all, sir; only an acquain
. lance
e Inc written confession of John I. Ir