The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-04-30
Cold Water Treatment.


lie came in with an IN Interrogation roin.
enc eye ard stick in one hand. One
ye sas covered With g handkerchief and
arm IN a cling: fEs bearing vas that
bl nan with settled purpose in view.
II wan. to see," says he, ".hs man that
puts things into this paper"
We intimated that several of Us earned
frugal Livelihood in that way
well. I want 70 see the man which cribs
hings out Of other papers. The fellow
who writes mostly sith shsas, yop under
stand" s EEAMaF8
We explained to PIN that there were
seasons when the most gifted among us.
driven to frenzy by the scarcity Of ideas
I'D events, and By the clamorous demands
pt an in.atfatle public. in moments OF EMO
,ionsl insanity plunge the glitterng shears
into our exchanges, lie went on calmly,
hut in . voice tfsmulous with suppressed
feeling and iadistincs through the recent
:. loss Of halfa dozen or SO of his front teeth =
Gus so. presume so. don't know
rnnch about this business, but want to Zee
a man, the man that printed that little
piece about pouring cold water down 4
drunken man'sspine of his hack, and rzak-
Ing him instantly sober. IF yon please, l
want TO see tina. man. ! would like to talk
with him." W." :"
Then he leaned his stick against our desk
and mosteaed his serviceahle hand, and re-
sumed his no ID co the stick as though he
vas weighing it. After studying the stick
/" minute. he addel, in somewhat louder
.ooe:
''Nioter, I come hare to see that ere man,
want to see him bad
We told him thGs particular man was
not III. = 40
,'Iass SO. presume so. Thev toiq ;.e
before come that the man wanted to see
wouldn't be anywhere. I'll wait for him
live up north, and I've walked seven miles
to conEsFsa With that man, guess III 81,
down and wait"
He sat GOWN by ths door and re1ectively
pounded the floor with his stick, but his
feings would nos alcw him to.keep still.
Il suppose hone Of you didn't ever pour
much cold water down drunken man.
back to make hiua instantly sober per-
haps." +" " '''>'''''''' .''''' = '"'''-
None Of is in the Office had ever tried
the experiment. wv.
Just so, | thought just like as not
you had not. N'ell, mister, ! have. ! tried
i Yesterday and Fave come eereu miles
on foot to see the man that printed thai
piece. It wasn't much Of piece, I don't
ching but want 10 see the man that
i'ri ted Il, just a few minutes. You see,
John smlfh. he liVes next door to my house,
when I'm tic home. and he gets how come
vou SO every little period. Now, when he's
sohsr, hes al RICH. If you keep out of his
wv. but when he's drunk he goes hone
AMI breaks dishee. aud iips over the stove,
and tLsoSs the hardware around, and makes
il inconyoniens for his wife. and gets hi.
g1n and goes cut calling On his peighbOrs,
and it amt pleasant.
Not that want to say anything about
Smith but me and my vile don { think be
ought to do 50. lie came nome dunk yes
terday, and broke al, his kitchen win
out. and followed his wife around w,th a
carving knife, talking about her lives, aud
after . while be lay down By ,ny fente aid
vent to sleep. l had been reading that
hstle piece 1t want much OF @ piece, and
! thought if could pouirl: some water dow, +,
lis spine. on his back and make him sober
i would be more Comfortable for his wife,
and 60 uare thing to do gil around So
poured buckle. of water down John
Smiths spine of his back"
WEE" said we, a. our VISITOR paused,
did it make him sober." Our visitor took
Armr. hold of his stick, and replied With
Increases emotion:
Gus SO. ! suppose it did make him as
sober as Judge in less time than you could
cav Jack Robinson but, mister, 1t made
him mad. Il made him the maddess man
Lever saw and Mr. John Smith is big
Ter man than me and steuter. Bs-bles,
h:m. never know he was half 80 stout til
yesterday, and he's handy with his fists
too. J should suppose he's tee handles
man with his fists ever saw"
Then he went for vou, did Ia 7" W.
asked inrocentIy.
Just so. Exactly. suppose he wen
for me about the best he kne~. bit dom
bold no grudge against John Smith. / sup
pose ne amt good man to hold grudgi
against, only want 10 see that man wha
printed that riece. ! want to see him bad
feel a. though it would soothe me to Sc.
that man. | want to show him how
drunken man acts ahen you pour waite
down the spine of his back That's wha
] came for 49,. "-
Our visitor, who had poured water dow
the spine Of drunken man. back remain
ell until about 6 o'clock in the evening, an
then went up street to ind the man tina
printed that little piece lie man he
looking for started for Alaska las, evenin
for summer vacation. aa4 will not be bac
before September lS.I8.." ''
THE untimely taking of" on che lin,
of / cottonwood ot's gsntlemar in Sa
Fiiipo. N. NJ. is graphically described b
the Golden Crescens ot that town "wha
our esteemed fellow uit;ss:a 2 edrc has,
Esq. called the roll for hr.akfsst on va
terdsy mornins be found b inasH one ca
short. That maa vas HIM self. Friend. {
ths corpse viii God c Geld lcnch at .te, re,.