The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-09-25
MISCELLANEOUS.

1t was Swift who said: ''You see what
God Almighty thinks of riches, since be
bestows them on the meanest of man.
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AT coroner's inquest at East Brady a
witness was asked "W hat was the last
thing seen by the deceased p ''Kere-
sene. was the raply.
A Kentucky editor speaks of local
genius who has been a preserving con
tributer to the office waste basket for
years.
No man is admitted to Georgia prayer
meetings until the presiding eldear
searches him for concealed shot guns
and carving-knives.
We desire to correct the possible i'm
preston that Louise Chandler Moulton'
new book of Bed Time Stories is 70
consist of lying tales.
Chicago pays up good deal of money
for educational purposes, and is vexed 70
see some of her prominent business men
hang out signs of Two wrent.'
BEST he had lever heern. After
the reading of the Declaration" at
Mound City, ILL.,, on the Fourth. man
rose and moved that the speech be pub
lished, as it was one of the best speeches
he had lever heern" in his life.
A few years ago an ingenius gentleman
managed to get drunk free of expense al
most daily 10 the streets of London by
falling down in fit. with a small placard
on his breast, Don't bleed me but give
me glass of hot brandy and water
A Georgia minister, in announcing the
exercises for next day, said to his congrs-
CATION 81 hope that all the congreze-
tion will meet at ten o'clock, for precise
| ly at that hour will proceed to the creek
and baptize four adults and six adulter-
esses"
A man s reputs ton is not in his own
keeping, but lies at the mercy of the
profigacy of others. Calumny requires
no proof. The throwing out malicious
imputations against any character leaves
stain, which no differentiation scan
wipe out. To create an unfavorahle i'm
preston, it is not necessary that certain
things should be true, that they have
been said. The imagination is SO delicate
texture that even words wound it.
A st. Paul woman who used to keep
three girls, now does her own work cheer
fully. She found her husband throwing
kisses at them.
The umpire who lately decided that
Miss Blank was the handsomest girl in
La Crosse is being looked after by the
relatives of thirteen other young ladies'
The only person On the coach recently
robbed in Nevada who carried weapons
was lady, who now rejoices in the su-
periority of her sex and the possession of
her money-bags.
The only article of female apparel worn
by one of the lady spiritualists at Vine.
land last Saturday was fan. We hasten
to add, however. that she was literally
dressed in mems clothes.
A young girl, living near Brighton, ILL.,,
has a pet rattlesnake, which she shelters
in her bosom. We wouldn't like to be
bruised by the heel of anybody, but it
wouldn't be bad TO be serpent.
A young man who keeps . collection
of locks of hair of his lady friends. calls
them his hair breadth escapes. If TIE
collection had been of Irvine, the escape
would have been more remarkable.
When we are alone, we have our
thoughts to watch; in our families, oyr
tempers; and in society, our tongues.
| Mems lives shonld be like the day.
more beautiful in the evening or like
summer, -aglow with promise like the
autumn,-ri with golden sheaves,
where good works and deeds have ripened
In the field.
Good men demand constant friction
with bad people to keep their goodness
in tone, and men who are trying to be
good need to sec the prize they aim at
| shining like star on the bosom of very
palpable darkness.
Wear your learning, like your watch,
in private pocket, aud do not pull it
out and strike it, merely to show that you
have got one. If you are asked what
o'clock it is, tell it, but not proclaim it
| bourIv ond un.sked lilo tho xyatobpon
Chesterfield
Some can walk very we'll along the
plank sidewalk of Gods gentle provi-
dence, and over the smooth pavement OF
| prosperity but when their path is rough
and stony, their feet stumble and they
faint by the way. Like Peter, they sink
when they tread the boisterous path of
| trouble and sorrow.