The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-04-08
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Broom CORN was introduced into our
country by DR.. Franklin While ex-
amining corn whisk dmported) he ac-
cidentally found single seed, which he
planted in his garden, and from which
the corn was propagated.
A YOUNG Tennessee lady died recently
at the weight of 450pounds. Everybody
who attended the funeral was weighed
down with grief, and the pall-bearers
felt as though they could scarcely stag.
ger through it and live.
WITH the approach of the opening of
navigation the Lake Survey Department
of the Government service are making
preparations for the seasons work,
which, it is expected, will be confined al
most exclusively to Lake Ontario.
PETER MCNAMARA, of Rochester, who
thought he could mesmerize a bull by
looking him in the eyes, changed his
mind when he found himself Oh the
woodshed roof a moment afterward, and
saw his wife coming with step-ladder
and a club to get him down.
EIGHTY years hence, when youth of
fourteen summers asks his great-grand-
father if he ever saw such cold winter
and so much Snow, the oldest inhab.
liant" will put his hand on the boys head
and reply: my son, you should have
lived in the winter of 1S74-75."
C,ffuus rui 4 4 knuw~fwny Herrruerr.-
allow him to call on his sweetheart on
Saturday night. He would better let
the dear girl rest during one evening of
the week. He can make up for lost
time by staying at home an evening oc-
casionally after they are married.
IF correspondents would observe a few
simple rules, many efforts might have q
better destiny than the editors waste
basket Always write briefly, write
plainly, write truthfully, write on but
one side of the paper, and when there is
nothing of special interest TO write
about don't write AT all.
He didn't tell the young man not to
come around any more; he didn't bid his
daughter reject the suit; he didn't sit up
at night with a shotgun, or let the fire
go out in the front parlor. No, no; he
knew plan worth two of those; he hung
out smallpox flag every evening at
dusk, and that did the business cfectu-
ally.
A REMARKABLE case of family longev-
ity is that of the Bridges family, OF Cas-
tine, n Y, three brothers and two sis-
ters, all born in the vicinity of Castine
and all well to date, their ages varying
from eighty five to seveDty-two years.
Their father lived to be ninety-two
years old, and his mother was I0l when
she died.
WHILE the ladies of Oneida were
working at the polls for the election of a
nc-license Board of Excise, one of them
received the following note: My Dear
Wife i have washed the baby, put her
to bed, and stirred UP the pancakes;
what shall 1 do next? Your loving hus-
band" Such a man is handy TO have in
any family-Ronae (N. ~ Sentinel.
BUSINESS seems to be dull in San An
tonic, Tex, just now. The Herdtd says:
"Timcs are so hard that when the boy
who goes out Oh Saturday to collect bills
for dry-goods establishment comes
home with seventy-five cents and has the
ceiling of bis pants worn out by the
boots of the customers from whom he
has collected it the proprietor regards it
as good day for collections"
DONALDSON has not abandoned his
idea of crossing the Atlantic in balloon,
and it is said he has contracted for the
building of an air ship of sufficient size
and strength to make such voyage.
| He proposes to start from New ork be-
tween Oct. and Nov. 10 OF this year.
Gentlemen in Cincinnati, New York,
London and Paris, it is said, have agreed
to defray the expenses OF the trip, and
if the voyage is successful Donaldson is
to receive $4,000 upon his arrival in
London.
MIR JOHN G. CHAPMAN, of New Haven,
who philanthropically provides postage
stamps for ali unpaid letters from the
/ in bat oft hac n ct rgHpiVnH
a New York gentleman who was the re-
cipient Of one Of his favors lava cigar
stand of extra large size, the cigar-re-
ceptacle filed with fragrant llavanas,
and the match-safe with postage stamps.
| The stand was adorned with the figure
of fox head upon pile of books IN
| the same lava material.
Why, one would hardly recognize the
old poem of:
| II had a donkey who wouldn't 90
| Do you think I'd wollop bin? Oh, no, no.
| I'd give him some wuts, and cry, Gee wo!
Gee hup, Neddy"
in this elegant version OF 1t;
| IL / had an animal avcrse to speed
| Do YOU think I'd chastse him? NO, indeed!
| would give him someo and observe " Pro-
| Go on, Edward" !"
| L He main UDJeCtlon hVS' PN'PiN 40
to sending communications on postal
| cards is that the writing is, of course,
| open to general perusal A good way of
avoiding this officially is to use sympa-
thetic ink. A solution of ten grains
hypcsulphite of soda in sixteen teaspoon
f11ls water is the simplest fluid for the
purpose. Use perfectly clean pen and
after writing 60 over the letters with
| smooth papercutter 10 remove all traces
of the salt. Exposure to the heat of a
bright coal fire turns the writing black
Scientific american.
WHEN young man in Patagonia falls
! in love with q girl he doesn't visit her
six nights a week and twice on Sunday
and feed her upon mclasses candy and
| gum drops and sit up until two O'Clock
in the morning gaping and burning the
old mans oil-and that sort OF thing.
! Not at all. Courtship in Patagonia Is
| much more simple. He lassoes tie girl,
drags her home behind his horse, and
that's all the marriage ceremony neces-
sary. Such marriage ceremony will
never become popular in this country,
| however, because SO many of our young