The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1879-07-31
COOpERSTOWN.

Ransch, came to It's termination last
Thursday.
hfr. Wilmer, venerable and highly
esteemed citizen of this place, died last
week after a protracted fit of illness,
which confined him to his bed for several
months. His loss viii be deeply mourn
ed by his numerous friends.
What has become of our executive
officers? Are they defunct Ii not
enforce the /. bylaws, and gain
honor, which can only be obtained by
strictly performing the duties deyolving
upon you; but then if you are working
for mere pecuniary consideration and
have desire to become popular, never
mind enforcing the peurile acts of your
democracy, or you may find your Offices
rather untenable.
What is the calamity that is going to
befall us? Judging from the appearan-
ces of some grain fields, we are led to
say that wheat forms an excellent con-
ductor for electricity. How to prevent
lis being SO we do not know. The Col
orado beetle has been at the mercy of
man ever since Paris green was intro
iuced; but now we pave the chinch
bug here in his incipieney. His rayages
viii, in all probability be limited; but
like the yellow fever the few sporadic
cases may yet spread into a very destruc-
tive plague. To prevent this, some one
suggests the idea Of pouring boiling
water on the infected patches; bat the
idea is not recognized as q great panacea.
Keep them down IN any way for the
present, and i'll the future we will endea
vor to inaugurate committee of ento-
mologists whose functions shall be to
examine with the closet seeming all the
insects in the town, and only such as are
strictly beneficial TO mankind shall be
allowed TO remain. And then il we can
only find modern st. Patrick We well
make him pecuniarily Independent for
life if he viii Danish the remainder into
FAIRIES lake, y out of which there shall
be no redemption.
Most of our people are noted for their
integrity, and their veracity is almost
without parallel. Give to every man
what is rightfully his is the motto they
have adopted. and to which they adhere
with undertaking tenacity. Being Of q
very cool temperament they are not u.s.
ually indignant when claim is present
ed; but couple OF our personal friends
gave great amplitude to their expressions
few days since when a courteous agent,
representing the interests OF a very &c
centric insurance Co., presented them
with premium notes, claiming that they
could be collected Notwithstanding that
the terms of insurance had expired some
ten or q dozen years ago. But the
bountiful provisions Of the law shielded
those, who would otherwise have been
the dupes Of the company. Gne got
clear On the ground that he had only Il
homestead; the other owing to the fact
that he had willed his property to his
rightfnl heir. the county has undoubt
edly felt the pang Of the hard times,
and in order to recover from its financial
prostration resolved to tax the fortunes
of some unwalY grangers, Farmers can
not he 100 gigilant or their interests, and
the only means to escape the depreda-
tons of these legalized swindlers is to
organize home insurance company, and
by being thus banded together tiley will
be able to meet the loss of any unfortun-
ate. By having this integrity of purpose
in view they viii have mutual sympathy
for one another, and these VIII be no
necessity OF trusting IN the probable
honesty of outside companies, which
finally become nothing more than high
toned mendicants.
Mr.. August Gauger buried three
children during the last week. There
was a rumor aiioat that their deaths
We're caused by diphtheria; but later
developments by DR.. O'Connel, We are
told, go to show that the children drank
some impure water, which caused death.