The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1873-02-27
and amazemens the old lady Was alive and
the panther was dead on his return.

steel trap W uisCOsG ~uAs OeC"uo VI nAs
chickens, found his mother-in-law griev.
iously lacerated next morning. Since then
the demand for steel traps is said 70 be
something unprecedented in the hardware
trade Of Georgia.
Il am not used TO begging said a little
girl to h.dy whom she had asked aims,
because only two weeks ago my father
was merchant r 'Why, child how could
he be reduced to poverty SO soon my
father took a Dad two-dollar bill at his
peanut stand, and it ruined him. sobbed
| the child.
An Oregon paper says: Everything
promises splend,dly for brisk spring trade
Nine new saloons are going up, and two
stage loads of beautiful fri1lle- haired bar
tenders are expected next week from
Frisco which will set things moving in
town.
A new star in the lyceum ornament is
Mrs, Margaretta b. Moore, dramatic
reader. The Springfield (Mass.) Republi-
can describes her as young lady of twen-
ty, quite beautiful, and more accomplished
than Mrs Scott Siddons.
| Wommcn have an inalienable right to
/ look beautiful, and arbitrary Interference
/ with their frlls, ringets, embroidery, and
| tue like, looks like an invasion of their
most cherished and precious prerogative.
| This is precisely what the governing board
Vassar College at Poughkeepsis has attem-
pied. 1t has issued a decree eliminating
! collars and cuffs from the academic ward
/ robe. 1t is not yet known how the sweet
| gIr!s' receive this harsh mcnkish decree
| but as there is no court Of appeal and no
means of evasion (cxpect by looking them
selves in their dormitories and wearing tho
! interdicted muslin in sccret) it is to be in
ferred that they will weep away their in
dignation, and return heroically to their
tasks denuded Of their sartorial high
lights.--New York World
Tho following record of female avoca-
| tions in the United States is taken from
the recent census returns: Independent
of women farmers, there are As female
stock herdcrs apprentices to BARRIERS, "A
dcntit's, . hostlers, professional hunters
and trappers, 5 lawyers, 525 physicianns
and surgeons, G. clergymcn, . scayengars,1 !
sexton, 10 'canalmen, l9G 'draymen,' l
pilot, 6 guano laborers, gas-stokers, 33
gunsmiths, gunpowder makers, and l6
ship riggcrs.
"Disraeli, how can you live with that
old woman, your wifc?" brutally asked NJ.
p. of the ex-Premier, after having LIBERAL
ly dined. "Because," answsrcd Disraeli in
his most cutting manner, Il possess a vir-
tue of which you are ncapable-gratitude
A certain young lady Of an inqnirin &
turn of mind would like to have some one
explain how it is that a Bridegroom pledges
himself in tho marriage vow to 'endow'
the bride with all lis worldly goods and
then leave her only one third of them when
he dies. She says she must nave II unuer-
| stood that 'alr don't mean 'one third, be-
fore she promises to obey any man, 10
matter how many goods he may pretend to
own.
A Michigan husband left note be
queathing to his wife the rope with which
he hua. himself. Not being one of the
sentimental kind, she uses it for clothes
line.
Much of the plesure of shopping must
be lost by American ladies while ma
king purchases in Cairo. A writer in
the New York World says, regarding this:
You nre expected to purchase. while, to
look over the goods for the mere enjoy
mcnt of it, is not permitted with any de-
gree Of gracefulness.'
Somebody has utilized pet and other
names thus: For printers wife, EN-;
for q sports wife Betty; for q lawyers
wife, Sue /; for teamstcr's wife, Garry
for = fisherman's wife, Netty; for shoe
makers wife, Peggy for II carpet mans 8
wife, Matte for an auctionoer's wife
Biddy for chemists wife, Ann Eliza;
for an engineers wife, Brijgc-it.
The Fiat Sheep
Some twenty five years ago, when | was
n pastor of church in, took occa-
sion one evening to visit a social meeting
in the church One after another gave in
his or her experience. After a time man
in humble circumstances, small in stature,
rose, and in an cffeminat,e sqnoaking voice
gave a piece of his experience, which WIS
done in the following manner:
"Brethrcn, | have been a mem Der of this
church many years. | have seen hard
times. My family have been much Athlete
ted but have, for thetirst time in my life, SO
see my pastor or the trustees of the church
cross the Threshold of my door"
No sooner had he uttered this part of
his experience than he was interrupted by
one of the trustees, On aged man who rose
up and ssd in a firm, LOUD voice.
"My dear brother you must put the devil
behind you.
On taking his scat the pastor in charge
arose and replied to the little man as fol-
lows:
MY dear brother you must remember
that we shepherds are sent to the lost sheep
| Of the house of Israeli
Whercupon the little man arose again.
and in answer, said in very loud tone of
| voice
eyes, and if I'd been fat one, you'd d
have found NE long ago
The effect upon the audience c.n better
be imagined then described.
OBITUARY EXTRAORDINARY.
Mysterious Disappearance ofThomas
! Mast.
From the New York SUM-
| Few men will he more more missnl from