The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-01-14
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
KEILY's ISLAND produced 100000 g

| M1SS ELLANLUOS III lEMSs
KEILY's ISLAND produced 100000 gal
ions OF wine the past season.
FIRE is said to be a dissipated element,
| because it goes out almost every night
The cream OF Cincinnati is in ecstacies
over a baS relief eXquisitcly wrought in
butter
AT Monte Vista, Cal, the apple trees
are now fragrant with their white and
pink bloom"
SoOT-ABLE presents-those which Santa
Claus brings down the chimney-C0m-
Hlsrcid 4drertiSer.
IN San Jose jury has decided that it
Is not a breach of the peace To call man
Il low-lived cur"
THE grandmother of the bride at u
wedding in Covington, Ky, recently
oflcIated as bridesmaid.
BosroN has successfully introduced
stoves and fires into street cars for the
comfort of passengers,
The difference between the cook and
her lover is, the one cooks the meat and
| the other meets the cook.
| SAN FRANCISCO is considering the fea-
| sibility yofintroduCiDg the prismolt.al, one
| rail- railway IN HcF streets.
THE Zions Herald thinks people are not
/ cutting down their personal and general
| cATons"S 1T home as they should
| A GALVESTON damsel has sued a young
| fellow for breaking her nose while at
tempting to kiss her against her will
! JUDGE WALSH, a judicial despot of
| Brooklyn, has decided that a woman has
no right to open her husbands letters.
| a LADY correspondent says " the young
men of Baltimore are the dullest, the
| iiattest and most Whoa, there,
| steady!
| No MAN can read about all these
| burglarics without determination to
| have his wife sleep on the front side OF
/ the bed
| Mr.. DoBBs says he has one of the most
| obedient boys IN the world. He tells
him to do as he pleases, and he does it
/ without a murmur.
! a GOOD deal of tall freezing can be
done between now and the 1st of March,
| remember. Ice-dealers may safely keep
cool in the meantime.
THAT Massachusetts, dam went out the
| other day because the contractor wanted
to save $40 or $50 on the amount of
mortar used. He saved it.
| A BOY who has lost the use of both
| legs and of one arm wants to obtain EN-
ployment in New York so that he may
assist his poor widowed mother!
| IL giving geography lesson down
! East, a teacher asked a boy what State
| he lived in, and was amused at the reply,
| drawled through the boys nose: "a
! state of sin and misery"
a SCOTCHMAN eighty years old was re-
Gently naturalized in Kaysville, Utah
When asked if he intended to obey the
laws he replied that lit isna worth
| while tae dae otherwise moo"
WHEN we hear, every now and then,
| that whole population are starving we
are moved to pity and inclined to ex-
press a hope that relief for the sufferers
will soon he forthcoming-HalJ Pa
| per. Should think you would.
| THE fact that twenty-seven men are
, wanted by the San Francisco police for
| deSCrtlng their wives indicates a change
of sentiment from the time when the
! first white woman was received in Cali
| fornia with procession. .-Erchdnge
The San Francisco Bohemian says:
Beneath the thin coating of tinsel
which glitters and shines, impresslng the
stranger with a favorable idea of our
wealth and prosperity, lies thick
| stratum Of poverty" Just so in many
| places.
Mrs. Ex-JUpGE PRATT, of San Fran
cisco, sues for divorce and alimony of
/ S1, 900, 900. If some of the wives of US
| fellows would only sue us for divorce
! and that amount, now, get both and mar
ry us again, what big thing it would be
| for the family-iS. Lo,tis Republican.
| JOHN WILLIAMS, an unwilling soldier
! in the British army, held three fingers on
"A railroad track, and train cut them
off. He calculated correctly that the
mutilation would disable him for the
military but is surprised to learn that q
| ourt-martial will very likely sentence
linn to more undesirable servitude.
IT is now proposed to use the backs of
railroad tickets for advertising purposes.
| For consideration merchants are to be
permitted to place their business cards
on the backs Of the tickets, which are to
be colorcd In addition to this the
| tickets will bear the direction: Enter
| the cars by the rear doors leave them
by the 'front.'
| A PENNSYLVANIA lady engaged a berth
in a palace sleeping coach. When she
was ready to retire she took from her
sachcl a gum bed, which she inflated
and placed in the berth she was to oc
cupy. 1t happened that her berth was
very close to the stove and the heat
caused the gum bed TO expand until the
pressure got SO great that it collapsed
with a tremendous shock, and the pas
! scngers jumped out of their berths in
their night-clothes thinking there was
collision. The force of the collapse
| threw the lady against the ceiling of the
berth, but did not hurt her
If we may believe our foreign critics
and commentators, Americans are fair
game for artist and artisan, and very
easily brought down. The latest joke
against us comes from Paris, by way of
England, and is after the style of Zeuxis,
his cheat. A French animal painter,
poor in every sense of the word. cast
about him desperately for a patron and,
after a total failure, happened to recall
the story of the clever z. He immcdi-
atcly began deeply pathetic and tragic
picture, THE Death of the Poodle and
every morning took his dog into the
studio, and, placing the unhappy Great
urc before the painting, administered a
stout whipping. Picture tinished-rich
American invited to studio-dog comes
| in-sees Death of PoOdle"-remember
stripes-howlst stumultuously-ric Amer
lean strikes attitude" IIa. deceived
dog-how true, how beautiful!"-buys
picture at a gorgeous priCe-is happy.
Artist is happyl Dog is happy!-Nep