The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-12-11
MISCELLANEOUS.
What is - be "A verb.


What is - be PA verb.
The child who cried for an hour didn't
get it.
Cruelty to Misunderstanding physic
70 the dogs.
Newspapers are ordinarily nints or
graveyards. So says an exchange.
The first paper that publishes Beau
tiful Snow" this year, vii! be advertised
gratuitously
A Chicago lady complains of the I'M
love of her absent husband.
He never sends her any money.
The eager anxiety with which girls
rush to the seaside, suggests the first
stage of rubber at whist They cut for
partners.
The people of Omaha are variously and
pleasantly alluded to by outsiders as
"Omahogs, "Omahosses, "Omahor-
RIFLES etc.
Michigan moonlight is dangerous, We
should judge, from the statement that
two men were robbed in Manchester,
Mich, by moonlight
In letter to friend, young lady of
Illinois states that she is not engaged, but
she sees ciond above the horizon about
as large as mans hand
The Lawrence, Kansas, Tribune, edi-
ted by an EXPLOSION clergyman, calls a
brother of the Leavenworth Times, a
hoary-heaGed old hook-nosed- devil.
Western women are grumbling terri
bly, because the managers of the agricul-
tural fairs don't give at least a year 5
notice when they offer prizes for the
finest babies.
An old woman from the country, with
six unmarried daughters, went to Au-
gusta, Ga, the other day, hunting for
the Patrons of Husbandry. She meant
business.
An Iowa newspaper proclaims itself an
honest newspaper" ana in another
paragraph says: when man pro-
fesses honesty nowadays, keep your eye
peeled for thief
Some base calminator says: 1.-The
Indians first called the place on which
is built Observation-Disclosures. The trans
lation of it is the place where they al
got drunk. !"
Respect for cid age never had bright
er illustration than in the case Of the
young lady who always refuses to go tc
the wash tub when her mother or grand
mother is present.
General Washington family bible i:
advertised for SALE 1t is in three large
quarto volumes, and the public are
gravely informed that it was presented
to General Washington by the author.
A Memphis reporter who Photographed
the prevailing weather without ever
once abiding to the beautiful snow,
was promptly elected from the fourth
story window, as unworthy position OF
a frst-class journal.
A paper called the Interior is publish
ed at Stanford, Ky, and a correspondent
says that from his knowledge of the edi
tor, he is enabled to state POSITIVELY
that he will throw great deal of spiri
into his Interior.
A Chinaman came down one of tn,
main streets in Millerton, Cal, on cleo
ton day, in state of inebriation and O
joyful exaltation. and tn US delivered
himself: Hoop la ! me all same Nell
can man. Hair cut short and dunk Xix,
hi. Hoop la |"
A cowardly fellow having kicked ;
newsboy for Fostering him to buy al
evening paper, tie lad waited till anothe
boy accoste6 the gentleman" and thel
shouted IL the hearing of all the by
ISLANDERS, Its no use to try him, Jim, b,
can t read"
Thomas. said father to his son
don't let that girl make a fool of you.
Look sharp. Remember the adage thai
love is blind" 80, that adage won't
wash, said Tom, talk about love beins
blind Why, l see ten times as much
in that girl as you do -
A peculiar way of discharging printers
exists in the Dayton, Ohio, offices. Each
compositor has nail to hang his coat on
andwhen the foreman concludes to dis
pense with the services of one of the
hands, he takes hammar and drives thu
nail in to the head.
A man at Trenton, who found several
thousand dollars over two years ago, anc
has advertised it every day since tina
time, gets credit for his honesty. Any
man would have quit looking for al
owner long ago; yet this Trenton mar
keeps on advertising. But he owns The
paper in which it is advertised and pays
at full rates out of the money fund
After three years more of advertising the
whole amount will have been entirely
absorbed.
MARRIAGE.