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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-07-27
Farmers Fifty Years AGO,

Fifty years ago the farmers depended
almost wholly on the products of their
farm for the supply of their tables, and,
largely, for their clothing. A writer in
the Boston Journal thus sketches the
raising Of the raw material for garments
and the process of manufacturing them
at the farmhouse:
Every farmer kept flock of sheep,
and wool constituted large proportion
of the clothing of the family. 1t. was
carded, spun and woven at home, and
made into garments for both sexes. The
best clothes for the men and boys were
made of what was called ''fulled
cloth.''
This was made at home, of the finest
material, and taken to the mills known
as ''fulling mills" where it was put
through process of thickening, dyeing
and finishing. The women used to wear
gowns of cloth which was called press
ed woollen'
This was simply homemade flannel,
taken to the. mills aboye-named, and
pressed, so as to present a glossy sur
face
Every farmer had small patch of
flax. This was pulled and spread out
in rows on the ground, '.rotted," and
then ''broken" and .'swingled," and
was thus prepared for the combing,
carding and the s'little Wheel" as the
machine was called on which the flax
was spun, TO distinguish it from the
larger machine for spinning wool.
1t was woven into cloth for table
covers, towelling, sheeting and shirting.
The tow" which was the coarse por-
tfon combed out on the sshetchel,' was
spun into a coarse yarn. of which q
cloth was made for summer suits for the
men and boys.
The tow shirt, so commonly worn,
was then new, an instrument of torture
to the wearer, as it was full of prickling
spines left from the woody part of the
stalk.
The tailor of the old days, with his
goose, travelling from house to house, to
make up the clothes, for the men and
boys-or to cut and tit them for the
gossiping ''tailoress" to completes
not known to the present generation.
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Washington's Cup.
| How Col J. F. Claiborne Saw His Choice Brandy
| Disappear

How Col. J. F. Claiborne Saw His Choice Brandy
Disappear.
The following story was related to the
editor of the Natchez (Miss.) Demo
crat and another journalist while on a
visit to the sage of Dunbarton:
.'Many years ago, said Colonel Clai-
borne, '.when l had planting interests
in Madison and Holmes Counties, [ used
back, and as ! was in feeble health |
usually had in my saddle-bags bottle
of good old brandy. This / had to econ
omiZe, as it was not to be obtained on
the route. Stopping one day at the log
cabin of q good old mani viii call
him Shaw-before taking the dinner he
had prepared, drew out my bottle, and
of course invited my host to join me in
testing the virtues of my Otard. My
host, looking at the bottle, very considz
erately, as ! thought, declined my in
yitation on the score that there was not
probably more of the brandy than
would last me to the endo my journey.
Really appreciating the consideration
of my friend, / insisted on his joining
me in a drink, and, as a further induce
rlent, told him that the cup from which
we would drink had once been the
property of General Washington, and
that he would have the pleasure of
drinking from cup which had touched
the lips of the Father of his Country.
This cup, you say belonged to the
immortal Washington, the Father of his
Country? Then l viii take drink from
it So saying, he poured out a stiff
horn, and having smacked his lips over
it, a thought seemed to strike him, and
he called out, %! Mrs. Shaw, come
here, if you please Mrs. Shaw said
he, this cup was the property of the i'm
mortal Washington, and has touched
the lips Of the Father of lis Country.
You must take a sip of good brandy
from this venerable relic So she pour
ed out another drink from my bottle,
which was quatfed with a relish by Mrs.
Shaw. My friend again called out: %!
Polly Shaw, come here. my daughter.
Here is cup that once belonged to the
immortal Washington, and has touched
the lips of the Father of his Country.
You, my daughter, must take q sip of
good brandy from this valuable relic
Miss Polly did not object, and another
draft was made upon my supply of
Otard
~ here was now but single dose of
my precious medicine left, and l was
watching it with some anxiety, when q
new impulse seemed to inspire my
friend Shaw, and he cried out: Bring
Claiborne Shaw here Flattered by the
knowledge that a scion of the Shaw
family was dubbed with my own pat
ronymic, awaited the arrival of Clai-
borne Shaw, who proved to be a chub-
by little fellow of two or three years of
age. claiborne Shaw said the father,
here is cup which belonged to the i'm
mortal Washington, and which has
touched the lips of the Father of his
Country. You, my son, are too young
to sip from this venerable relic, but
your father will sip it in your stead
Saying which he poured the last drop of
my old brandy into tire cup anu dev0ur-
ed it, in honor of the immortal Wash
ington, the Father of his Country
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-07-27
Nothing Like Paner.

The old adaga used to be, nothing
like leather" 1t should be nothing
like paper" Paper is used for almost
everything. Among the things made of
paper exhibited at the Berlin Exhibition
not long since, were paper buckets,
''bronzes, urns, asphalt roofing, water
cans, carpets, skirts, whole suits of
clothes, jewelry, material for garden
walks, window curtains, lanterns and
pocket handkerchiefs. The most strik-
ing of the many objects exhibited in
this material was, perhaps. fire stove,
with cheerful fire burning in it. There
were newly-invented railway carriages
and carriage wheels, chimney pots,
flour barrels, cottage walls, rooiin~''
and bricks and dies fr- Ines
made OF nsr~- stampinr. all
.-pur. Attention has frequent
~ oeen called to the value of ordinary
sheets of paper as substitute fer bed
clothes, or, at least, an addition to bed
clothes. The idea seems to have sug-
gested the fabrication of ''blankets"
from the cheap material, and if all that
is said of them is true, they ought to be
extensively used.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-07-27
Before and After.
BY r. A. JACKSON.

An old man bowed with years, whose many
storms and burning suns
Have shattered, twisted, scared.
A blooming youth. The present is his time:
his swift hope runs
Forth eagerly. The future is unfeared.
Frosts of old age and shadows of the past can
find no dwelling place
with mornings sun and maHhood's dawn.
What wonder that the youth should say with
half contemptuous face,
Poor wretch, 'twere well that he were
gone''
Another gazes on that feeble sire-he, too, q
youth:
But in his past enshrouded is bier
With what wistful tenderness he looks and
signs,
III mine were only hcrer'
o magic death! thy wand transforms not only
those who die.
II touches with sweet memory's spell the liv-
ing ear and eye.
Music, that others cannot hear, doth lend its
softening powers,
And dusty paths TO other eyes are blossoming
Ger with flowers.
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found in the Ground.

While engaged in improving the
ground around the old Catholic Church
in Ysleta, New Mexico, some parties
dug out of the ground large silver
lamp. Investigation and research
proved that it had been brought over to
this country from Spain about 1915 by
Cordovan, the well-known prospector
and settler. The lamp is of the very
finest silver and very heavy and valua-
bic. 1t was sent to Santa Fe, New Mex
leo, where it was cleaned and FURNISHED
and returned to the church, an object
of curiosity as well as valuable relic
and ornament. This church was con-
structed in the year 1880, under the au-
spices Of the Franciscan friars. -El Pas0
Times.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-07-27
MrE, parLingron.

~--s,on attended an enthusi-
astic meeting for endowing a soldiers
home. Quite furore," the President
OF the meeting remarked to the dame,
who sat beside him. "A few roari,'' she
replied. her spectacles flashing with ex-
citement. Il should call it a good many
roar. and everybody seems willing to
exhilarate the movement How much
we owe the soldiers who made sacra-
ments of themselves for us, and laid
down their arms and legs only when the
Union was Saved!'i
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-07-27
FRED. SEEGER,

OFFERS TO HIS FRIENDS AND THE PUB
" lie generally, choice selection OF Fresh
Meats, Salt Pork and Beef, Smoked Beef and
Hams Shoulders, Sausages, Iallow and Lard at
the lowest rates. Market ON Commercial Street.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-07-27

A LADY in the Cleveland Leader
inquiries whether 'fthe day will ever
come when lady can go through the
streets ef that city on Sunday unmoiested
by Sunday saloon patrons" To which
the Detroit Free press responds: ''Don't
wait for it. Come to Detroit, where
they get SO drunk that they can't bother
anybody"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-07-27
BARBER SHOP.

IARL PANGBURN1 1S Barbershop in BarI.s'
Z CbIa ck on North Eighth Work done in
good taste Particular attention paid 10 Ladies
and Children's hair cutting and shampooing. By
ali means call and see Carl.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-07-27
WILLIAMS HOUSE.

II a. REUSS, PROPRIETOR, CORNER
Ii. Eighth and Franklin streets, Manitowoc
This house has recently been enlarged and refEr-
lished ana otie.s every inducement TO the travel
no public
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-07-27
WILLIAM LYNCH.

FASHIONABLE TAILOR. ALL GOODS
made BY the subscriber are warranted to lit
the form. Prices, reasonable, and am bound to
p.ease those who give their custom. shop
on York Street, two doors West of the Windiate
HOuse.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-07-27

Young man (wishing young lady to
notice his embryo mustache) We'll. I've
been trying 10 raise :. mustache for the
last two weeks Young lady-..I am
sorry you had it shaved off before | saw
it.' Young man faints.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-07-27
4ney complaint
IS iron Ritters. Tt conf

"ao IEOH BIltefB. it contains
just such life giving properties as are
needed in female diseases. and is super
ior to all other preparations as a true
medicinal tonic, for giving health, siren
9Th and vigor to every part of the body
Ii you are weak, nervous, and debilitated,
or suffering from dyspepsia, Brown s
Iron Bitters VIII surely cure you.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-07-27

GIVEN AwAY.-We cannot help MOTTO
ing the liberal offer made to all invalids
and sufferers by DIR. Kings New Discoy-
cry for Consumption. You are requested
to call at Robinson & Hinrichs' drug store
and get trial bottle free Of cost, if you
are suffering with consumption, severe
coughs, colds, asthma, bronchitis, hay
fever, loss of voice, hoarseness, or any
affection of the throat or lungs. 1t viii
positively cure you.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-07-27
CHARLES HOYER.

MERCHANT TAILORING ESTABLISH
wi ment on Sth street, near south end of Bridge.
The tailoring department is complete, and con
tains large assortment of fashionable cloths and
Gert's furnishing goods constantly on hand
Please call and examine before purchasing else
Whefe.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-07-27
MRS. Il, KERN,

WORK STREET, AlANIToWOC, WIS, DEAL
Y er in Dry Goods, Groceries, Crockery, Fancy
Goods, Glass ware, Boots aLd Shoes, Ready made
Clothing, Paper Hangings, Hats, Caps, Toys, Chill
dren Carriages, Live Geese Feathers, BIRD Cages,
Kerosene Oh and Lam ps, &c, &C. A share Of pub
PATRONAGE is solicited.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-07-27

A religious tract, called ''Put Not
Your Trust in Princes was thrown In
to the saloon of a simple old German.
he read the title, and soliloquized:
..Nell, don't put some drust in Brinces.
Dey must pay der cash in his shop
ehust der same as yite mans.n
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=. d. NAGLE. NJ. D.,

physician AND SURGEON. OFFICE On
Il South Eighth Str, one door south OF Nag-
ner, Rand Il CO. Office hours, 10 Il a. IL. to .
p. NJ. Night calls promptly attended 10. jul zi-ol
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-07-27

MANUFACTURED AND DEALERIN BOOTS
INl Shoes, Leather, &C., sc. shop ON Buffalo
Street, near the corner of Eighth. Repairing
neatly and promptly executed.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-07-27

GoD BLESS THE WoMENl-THE best
interests OF all humanity depend on the
good health of our women folk. Wo-
mans best friend for relieving the pain
ful weaknesses with which so many are
afflicted, and as general family medicine
for warding of billions attacks and cnr'~
stomach, liver and k;a~-
:. D..,-,.,,- --AoS
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a q. FRASER. nj. D., @. NJ.
s. SANDERSON

physician and Surgeon, successor to Doctor II.
L Coakley. Office or York street. near Eighth,
Manitowuc, Wisconsin. sepI0
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-07-27

FIRE destroyed the round house of the
St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad at
Vinita, I. T., in which there were two
engines. Loss, $50, 900.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-07-27
WINDIATE HOUSE.

Il, WINDIATE, PROPRIETOR, YORK ST.
L. This irst-class House is in excellent condi-
tion, and the Proprietor is confident that he can
give perfect satisfaction to the travelling public.
Bus viii always be ready to take travellers to and
from the boats. A GOOD LIVERY STABLE Is kept
In connection with the House.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-07-27

MARR-Who had that little lamb
Had teeth as white as snow:
She always brushed them twice day
With "TEABERRY'' you know.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-07-27
Manitosupe gilnt.
ADVERTISING SCALE
ONE INCH SPACE MAKES A SQUARE.

Business notices 10 cents per line. When COZ
tinued more than one week, half of the above
rates for each subsequent week.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-07-27

DENTAL PARLORS BUDOLPH'S BLOCK
~ Corner Eighth and Franklin Streets, South
Side, AIanitowoc, Wis. ONCE hours from A. NJ
6P NJ. ieD-l
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NJ ETTENUOFFEN.

NTORTHW STERN not SE, FRANKLIN AND
IN Ninth streets, ManitoWOc. Travellers Will
here ind the best Accommodations, Sample rooms
attached.
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WM. N. SEEGER,

DENTIST. OFFICE UPSTAIRS IN ANDER
IL sons Block, Corner South Eighth and Quay
Streets. ManitOwoc, Wis. Prompt attention vii
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TERMS, TWO DOLLARS PER YEAR.
O. A FORREST

a TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
n Offlce in Carus' Block, first floor, in door
leading to County Judges office, South Elgntn
Street Manitcwoc, Wiz Collections promptly
attended TO. Jnl2o
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A TToRNEYs ANDCOUNSELORS AT LAW
"A Ofice over First National Bank, Eighth ST
Collections promptly attended TO.
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WHOLE NO. 1247.
WIT AND HUMOR.

1--WE old maids, ~ remarked Miss Stib-
bins, ''love cats because we have no
husbands, and eats are almost rs treach-
erous as men"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-07-27

TToRNEY AND COUNs ELOR AT LAW,
n Onice, corner OF Sth and Quay streets, Man
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-07-27

have opened a new Meat Market on York street
So te shah keep constantly hand all kinds of
.resh meats By fair dealing and Just weight hone
" ,r,.eo ,u.edVs sa 2 share Of your patronage.
JOHN PITT,
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T. S. LUHMANN. NJ. d.
NASH n NASH.

AW INSURANCE AND ABSTRACT OFFICE
1 4 Franz Block, South Eighth street, Manito-
woo, Wis. Collections promptly attended 70.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-09-28

Almost every store in the country
has on it's counter, show case of DR..
Days medicines. BY glance at the
display, it will be seen that direct act
ing remedies are offered for many every
day complaints, and as they are all the
results of study and experience, their
worth may be relied on.
DR.. Days Liver Pills are taken in a
different way from any other pill, and
only trial is needed to prove their
great superiority in all cases of liver
complaint and constipation.
Dr. Days Cold Medicine has great
power over colds and sore throat, and
persons subject to quinsy need not
have their tonsis break if they take
this remedy I'm time.
The show case contains a number of
others, but special attention is called to
DR.. Days Cure for Piles, as having a
greater curative influence over the
parts implicated, than any otherm medi-
cine known.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-09-28
Are Ofa Voter.

A voter is of legal age, and entitled
to vote on the day before the twenty
first anniversary of his birth. In
other words, man born on the 9Th
day Of November, 1861, can vote, on
age at the next election on the 7th of
November. The Phila. Times gives
the legal authority for this statement,
as follows:
Chief Justice Sharwood's Black
stone says, vol. p 464: Full age in
male and female is 2l years, which
age is completed on the day proceed
ing the anniversary of persons IS
birth" In note the same high au-
thorty says: IA person is Of full age
the day before the wenty-hrst ami
versary of his birthday" Legal au-
thorties uniformly sustain the point.
among which are l. Salk, A; l, Id.
Rayon, 4SO; Howard's case. I'd Salk ;
Dana, 297, and Sd Harrington, 557.
The case reported on Harrington was
that of Clarke, who was born on
October 7, 1919, and voted in Della
ware OH Oct. 6, 1910. He was arrested
for illegal voting, and Chief Justic e
Bayard quashed the indictment on
the ground that Clarke was p years
OF age and entitled to vote.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-09-28
The Absent Minded Man and his Box,

TOh Sli SltS DelIich'J
II was going to Kinzua, when a
young man got on Mt Warren and sits
down side of me, and bym'by says he
I've little box here 1 call my bean
box With that he pulls out little
round box an shakes it, an hears
something rattle. Now says he,
's'pose we just bet the cigars on there
being odd or even beans in that box
'All right, says I, it's odd.' You've
lost says he. Yes says L; Well get
the cigars at Kinzua.' And then we
falls to talkin' about something else a
long time. until all ut once says he. Il
Just want to show you a little bean
box I've got here; an he pulls out that
box again. Says he, Let's bet the
cigars or something on odd or even
beans in this box Thinks | to to
myself, you poor absent-minded critter
cant remember that you showed that
to me a minute ago. And / says, 'Allt
right; s'pose we make the bet five dol
lars thought I'd just teach HIM to
remember things. 'I'li do it, says he;
now what is it? Even says I. He
opened the box and" "Well what
then?" says the reporter, as the Col
onel paused.
> HE wasn't so absent-minded after
ALL" said the Colonel. "There was
seven beans in that pox."
81 found out sfterward that the box
had no bottom, or rather had covers
both ends. On one of the covers was
fastened three beans, and there were
four loose beans in the box. When
the man who bet said odd, the cover
to which the beans We're fastened was
ken off, and when he said even, the
lother end was lifted"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-09-28
State boundary Liues.

THE NEW LITTLE MONUMENTS THAT
SEPARATE NEW YORK FROM PENN
eYLvANIA.
tFrom the Elmira Advertissr.l
The dispute between the two States
over: the boundary line between New
York and Pennsylvania, as is we'll
known, was finally settled by both
States accepting the old boundaries.
for the principal reason that many
farm line fences formed the boundaries
and much labor was required to
change tax assessments, etc. But the
old boundary was i'll understood, it
being Just 100 years since the boundary
monuments were erected, and many
Of them were broken. covered up or
lost sight'of. For the purpose of re-
newing the monuments q corps of
laborers under charge Of Engineer
Major H. w Clark, of Syracuse, was
set to mark some time since on the
most easterly point where the two
States come together on the Delaware
river, and they have completed their
labors as far as the plank road In Il Q
town of Southport, in this county, a
distance Of fseventy-nine miles. They
expect to finish, the work by January
!, 1884. The monuments are made of
Quincy granite, and are about four
feet long and six inches square at the
top. They are dressed one foot down,
that distance being left above ground
Heavy creases are, cut at right angles
across each. The letters Pa. and N.
Y, which are about two inches long.
face Pennsylvania and New York
respectively. At highways, street and
railway crossings the top of the stones
are one foot. by six inches in size, and
In. other particulars, like the Others.
Those of the ordinary size are set just
one mile apart and will be of benefit
to assessors and, others residing near
the line. For some time to come they
will establish the permanent boundary
lns between these States
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AGENTS WANTED.
FOR
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; Wonderful Shooting and Riding
Wild Life in the Far West! Ek1- 100
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I@-Write at once for agency, or terms
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