The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-08-15

gnats were given at dose, just ds
three grains of calomel might be given
| now.
| When q Roman wished to perma-
| nently ALLEVIATE the property of BAN
| ished foe, he dedicated it to a god.
very neat way Of combining revenge
| and religion.
a young man obtained employment
on ranch in Truckee, Cal, the other
day, and was discharged just because
he tried to unscrew the oXen's horns to
get Their harness off.
Prof. Cook of the Mich. Ag. College
advises wheat-groWers where the Hes
sian Fly prevails, either to pasture or
NOW the infested fields after the eggs
are deposited and before they hatch.
Landlord, that's a dirty towel for a
man to wipe his face on "Fell, you re
mighty particular; sixty of my boarders
| have wiped on that towel this morning,
! and you are the first one TO lind fault"
The water for garden plants shonld
not be ve-y cold; rain water is the best
| ing hOgshead standing in some place
out of sight, under a spout connected
! With the roof.
| \ person visiting the London Mus
cum, was shown the Skull of Oliver
! Cromwell. at is extremely sman.n
said the visitor. ''Oh," said the guide,
"iL was his skull when he was a little
boy"
| Educated farmers and educated me-
! chanics, who are in good circumstances
and do not need office for support,
nor make politics trade, will stand
the best chance for honesty amongst
the governing classes.
& young lady said to her lover:
Charley, how far is it around the
world?' "AbOut twenty-four inches,
my darling" ;" replied he, as his arm en-
| circled her waist. She was all the
world to him.
| Pastor Thomas preached, i'll the
Lutheran Church, OF SowpurU, OnIo,
| that there was no he'll. The trustees
/ met Immediately after the services, anG
adopted a resolution requesting him to
| resign.
A newly married gentleman Of Mrs
! Us acquaintance on being asked the
| other day, ''What was the difference
between Il bride and a bridegroom?n
Immediately replied, "Why, one is
given away and the ether is sold"
st. Paul's Cathedral, London, was
begun and finished by one architect,
Wren, under one master mason, Strong,
and during the episeopate Of one Bish-
( Cp Of London, Compton.
/ The famine in India is slowly diving
! out everywhere; the survivors are re-
/ covering health and strength, and the
small quantities of food imported show
that the people have a sufficency of
| grain,
! Mr.. David Geer, regular down Eds
ter" headquarters, Boston, age seven,
ty, is reported worth 100000, all made
by peddhng honey through New-Eng-
land, often having eight to ten wagons
on the road at one time.
Exercise your patience for a while
and you viii get practice" said the Old
physician to the young doctor who had
recently ''put cut his shingle." eyes,
but don't have any patients to exer-
else, " was the reply.
Here is a recent Parma advertise
ment: ''To be sold, or let, for July
quarter, a church with bell, sacristy,
pulpit, altar linen, tapers, incense,
burners, &C., all in good preservation.
Apply &C."
"A bigger man than Edison" is the
inventor of a 'cross-eyed" opera glass,
by means of which you can stare at any
one in the audience you please while
appearing to be directing your gaze in
an entirely different direction.
A Baltimore pic1Ipocket defeated an
attempt to take his photograph for the
rogues' gallery by making wry faces.
Thereupon the police labelled him
Thief and marched him up and down
a crowded street until he promised to
sit quietly before the camera.
a correspondent writes from Parma:
There's always something to charm
the eye, delight the ear, and stir the
soul in Italy. The introduction of the
scrubbing brush would make it para
disc"
a pack of cards contains 3G5 spots,
one for each day in the year; the num-
Der Of cards are iifty-tWo, one for each
week in the year; twelve picture cards,
one for each month in the year; there
are also four suits in a pack, one for
each Of the four seasons.
To find the area of triangular sur
face by the length of its sides, from
half the sum of the three sides subtract
each side separately; then multiply the
half sum and the three remainders con-
tinually together, and the square root
of the product will be the area. r.
There was a little fellow who knew
) Mother Goose better than he knew hi:
Bible. One Sunday he was asked in his
class, "Who were thrown into the fiery
' furnacer That was too much for him
! The question was passed; the answer
> came promptly, 'Shadrach, Meshacf
, and Abednego.n This was mortifca
ton 10 the little fellow; and when the
, next question came, "Who put ,hem
. in?" he answered with jump, Il title
Johnny Green"