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TAKING TOLL.

A gentleman of an au5obiographical
turn relates how he was instructed in
the custom of taking toll, by a sprightly
widow, during moonlight sleigh ride
with merry party. He says:
The lovely Widow L. sat in the same
sleigh, and under the same robe, with
me.
ooh? oh? don't, don't!" she exclaimed,
as we came to the first bridge, at the
same time catching me by the arm and
turning her vailed face toward me, while
her little eyes twinkled through the
moonlight.
'Don't what?'' I asked, "I'm not
doing anything"
'Well, but Z thought you were to take
TOLL replied the widow.
''TollI' I rejoined. ''What's that?"
"Weu, declared" cried the widow,
her clear laugh ringing out above the
music Of the bells, ''you pretend you
don't know what toll is!''
'Indeed I don't then" said, laugh
ing; ''explain, if you please
s'You never heard, then," said the
widow, most provokingly-''you never
heard that when we are on q sleigh
ride then the gentleman always-that is,
sometimes-when they CROSS q bridge
claim kiss, and call it toll. But I
never pay it!''
I said that 7 never heard of itbefore
but when we came to the next bridge ]
claimed the toll, and the widow, strug-
giles to hold the vail over her face were
not enough to tear it. At last the val
removed, her round, rosy face was
turned directly toward mine, and in the
clear light of a frosty moon toll was
taken, for the first time in my expert
ence. Soon we came to long bridge
with several arches; the widow said i
was no use to resist man who would
have his own way, SO she paid the toll
without murnlur.
'sBut you won't take toll for every
arch, viii you?" she said, so archly tina
L could not fail to exact all my dues
and that was the beginning of my court
ship
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INNOCENCE ABROAD.
Mark Twain Makes Trip to Niagara
Falls and Interviews the Hotel
Likewise the Red Man.

Niagara Falls is one of the finest struc-
lures in the world. have been visiting
this favorite watering place recently for
the first time, and was well pleased.
A gentleman who was with me said
it was customary to be disappointed in
the Falls, but that subsequent visits
were sure to set that all right. He said
it was SO with him. He said that the
first time he went hack fares were SO
much higher than the Falls the latter
appeared insignificant. But this is all
regulated now.
The hackmen have been tanned, num-
bered and placarded cnd blackguarded,
and brought in subje ;tion to the law,
and dosed with moral principle still they
are as meek as missionaries.
They are divided into two clans now,
the Regulars and the Privateers, and en-
ploy their idle time in warning the peo-
pie against each other. The Regulars
are under the hotel banners, and the
Privateersp prowl darkly on neutral ground
and pick off stragglers at half price
But there are no more outrages and
extortions. That sort of thing cured
itself. 1t made the Falls unpopular by
getting into the newspapers and when
ever a public evil achieves that sort of
success for itself it's days are numbered.
1t became apparent that either the
Falls had to be discontinued, or the
hackmen had to subside. They could
not dam the Falls, so they did the hack
men. One can be comfortable and hap
py there now.
I drank up most of the Americana Falls
before I learned that the waters were
uot considered medical. Why are peo-
pie left in ignorance this way2 might
have gone and ruined fine property
merely for the want of little informa-
ton.
And yet the sources Of information are
not meagre at Niagara Falls. Ycu arc
something in doubt what you must do,
but you are seldom in doubt concerning
what you must not do. If an infant can
read, that infant is measurably safe in
Niagara.
If you room at the hotel you viii find
your course marked out in the most con-
venient way, by means of placards on
the wall like these
'sPull the bell-rope gently, bat don't
jerk"
"Bolt your door"
"Don't scrape matches on the walls
or furniture. :"
Turn off your gas when you retire. %
cite up your dog"
''If you put your boots outside the
door they viii be blacked, but the house
| viii not be responsible for their return. >
This is a confusing and tanglesome
proposition, because it moves you to
deliberate long and painfully as tc
whether it will really be any object to
you to have your boots blacked unless
| they are returned.
"Give your key to the omnibus-drivel
if you forget and carry it off with you.
Outside the hotel, wherever you wan
der, yon are intelligently assisted by tn,
signs. You can not come to grief a.
long rs you are in your right mind, Will
so many instructions to keep track of.
For instance
''keep off the grass"
"Don't climb the trees.
''Hands off the vegetables"
"Don't hitch your horses to the shrub
berry"
''ViSit the Cave of the Winds"
''Have your portrait taken in you
carriage
Forty per cent in gold levied on al
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SAM AND JOE.
BY SALLIE A. BROCK.

My heart is strangely sad to night
The past hangs DER me like dream;
And bark with fresh trimmed sails,
My thoughts are gliding down the stream.
All, those were jocund days my friend,
The old, old days of long ago,
Though sometimes shadewed by cloud,
When you We're sam, and / was Joe
see our honesteads side by side
CLEAN white amid the leafy shade:
/ hear the brawling of the brook
1 smell the perfumes through the glade
/ feel the dear ones all around
And some have crossed deaths stream, you
But sorrow lightly touched our hearts,
For you were sam, and WAS Joe"
Our tutors form appears again
His clear, calm eyes, his frosty hair;
His checks all seemed like Withered fruit
His lips on which q smile rare.
Those truthful lips but time, to him,
was cruel in its ebb and flow;
Yet little rocked we of his grlefs,
For you were SAM and l was joe
OF discipline we ill approved,
And i'll approved of Latin verse
With classic Greek held bad commune,
And physics laws held in ScOrn;
And mathematics too, was slow
And he would sigh, and we would laugh
But you were 'Sam, and was Joe
And then our college years come up,
So filled with SpOrtiye prankS and wileS
The nights so often glad with mirth,
The days all dimpled DER with smiles;
More lllchleSS WigntS than We're we two,
The college records did not know;
But glad we put dull care to flight,
And you Were Sam" and was Joe
Our early loves You mind them well P
The months which fitted by like hours?
The walks, the talks ?-the rides. the drives P
The bows that bound the bunch of flowers !?
The ringing of that old church bell
One morn, which made earth heaven below :?
For we had each a treasure found
Though you be SAM" and L was Joe"
And we were men And manhoOd's cares
Have thickly crowded on our path;
Our children cluster round the boards,
And we have felt atfiiction's scath;
Yet would we not with manhoodS joys
Return to days of long ago,
Though bright the beaker of our lips,
When you were sam" and l was joe
For manhoOd'S joys are richer far
Than backward glance to boyhoOd sees:
Than youth, with all our youthful hopes
We now drink wine upon the lees.
Yet we to each must always be
The same as then, come veal or woe,
Though you are Fane's, the laurel mine,
You still are SAM and am joe
-Appletor's Journal.
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EIGHT CHILDREN ABANDoNED.-As sad
case of destitution was discovered in
Swanton, VT, on the Both uit Two
families had recently come into town
and occupied shop together. Sunday
the two men We're seen to go away, and
Tuesday the two women went. The
neighbors seeing no sign of fire from
the chimney, went to the place and
found eight small children. two of them
less than one year old, without fire OF
food. The only apology for bed was
a bundle of straw in one corner. They
were all huddled together, each with an
ear Of dry corn, trying to satisfy their
hunger. The town VIII care for them.
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On aultry Sunday morning the pas
tors little girl, Of nearly three summers,
became wearied at the length of the SER
mon, and in low tone Of voice, but
very earnestly, said, to the great amuse-
men5 of those who sat near: ''Come,
papa; that's enough. Let's go home"
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GUST.aP FEHRS,

NATCHMA WA IL EHS anu q II W II IIsL1.. VI
w fers his services for repairing all kinds
Clocks and watches Has a fine and well selected
assortment the latest and best styles of Clocks,
American English and Swiss It Hatches also of Gold
aud plated Jewcry at his new Brick Store sth
treet South side door south of Kremers. Mani
owec ely
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f.. R,fESCH,

VEWELER and photographer. All
81 kinds of work in the line of my business prompt
attended to- and warranted to give satisfaction.
have inst received a Wing & Ornsbeys Multiplying
CAMERA OBSCURA, with which l can take small
pictures of the finest order for one dollar Dozen
Photographs taken of all sizes. Albums aad Frames
onstantiy on hand. York Street. 13-4tf
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E. KERR.

WORK street, ,MaiiifoWoc. Wis: DeaI Iers =
Glass ware, Boots anu Shoes. Ready made Clothing,
Paper hangings Hats. Caps Toys Children Carriages
Lamps &C., &c. A share of public patronage is soii
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FRED SEEGER.

OFFERS to his many friends and tn e
~ public generally, choice selection OF Fresh
Meats Salt Pork and Beef, Smoked Beef and Hams
Bhoufers Sausages, TaIIow and Lard at the lowest
,stss Market ON Commercial Street. Oily
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s. S.aNDEESOT,

MANUFACTURER an: Dealer In
HI Boots Shoes, Leather, &C., &c. Shop on Buffalo
street. the corner of Eighth. Repairing neatly
and promptly executed.
Manitowoc, September 30, 1865.
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CE.4REES EEGf.ER.

MERCHANT TAILORING EST 4 h
M fishment on sth street. south end of Bridge.
The tailoring department is complete and contains
large assortment of fashionable clothes and Gents
furnishing goods constantly on hand Please call
and examine before purchasing elsewhere. 1921
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II. IA. PaEF.E, VI. Id.

Homeopathic Physician, Surgeon
1 and Acconcheur, late resident Physician at the
Hahnemann Hospital, Checago has permanently To-
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III. CU.aREEr, VI. ID.

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and county of Manitowoc. Office over j. A. KRhlers
sters where night calls will be attended to.
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DE.I'TESTK II,

DR A. +. PATC1IEN, Dentist. Office
In Sherman's building, on Sth Street.
Manitewoc Wis.
rs Teeth extracted without pain.
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"1be man named Gen. Schenck, who, iull Of
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q deck of cards in America because the game
used to be most often played on the decks of
western steamers in the intervals between ex-
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disgraced abroad by chieftaio of the gamb-
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The Montpelier Female Humane Association;
chartered by the Legislature Of Virginia and
the Circuit Court Of Orange county, proposes,
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Destitute Ladies of Virginia" at Montpelier,
the former residence of President Jas. Madison.
The Association is under the control of Gig ght
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References by permission: His Exccllcncy,
James l.. kemper, Governor of Virginia; His
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Hon Robert Z. Withers. Lieutenant Governor
Of Virginia and U. S. Senator elect; Hon. Robt
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