The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-11-09
KEEL.

customs.
Mrs. Burkhardt, an old lady about 80
years of age, died last week and was bur-
led in Rockville on Friday. Mr.. Eller
preached the funeral Grafton.
Diphtheria has made its appearance in
town but is not of very malignant type.
One death, however, occurred this week.
In all other cases the parties recovered.
but care has been taken to allow none of
those who have recovered to enter school
yet, for fear of spreading the disease.
E1-SuperintendeDt Grogan and wife
of Sheboygan spent portion of last Sat
urday in the village. Their business
protracted their stay to late hour. but
a balky horse less tractable than dele
gate tested Grogan's patience.
Mr.. Fred Meyer of Mill Home has at
last removed to Kiel and taken up his
residence in his new house.
Kiel 'lawyers" report dull business.
But parties from Meme are expected to
be in town soon to have little litigation
and have justice dealt out to them by q
Justice, the purity of whose ermine will
never be questioned.
A horse trainer who came here last
Sunday for the purpose OF training John
Voss' horse was the cause of some wild
suspicion for about day for it was tho't
that he had run away with the horse as he
absented himself 80 long and disappear
ed so suddenly from Voss' premises
But all the wild fancies were dispelled
this morning when he returned with the
horse to the owner.
A new milliner shop has just been
opened here by Mrs. Dirrit Schumacher
who will fill all orders on short notice
and in manner that will reflect credit
on her and give look of beauty to her
customers.
John Voss, who is an oracle on many
things, has just elaborated in the crucible
of his own capacious mind theory OF
taxation which would shock the sensibil-
tiles of the most confirmed socialist
John reads an occasional copy OF Ford s
paper, a sheet from which we took lessons
which we long ago unlearned, and this
alone accounts for the present visionary
speculations of the unusually stole, John.
We will not make positive declaration,
but we will with considerable confidence
assert that Kiel can out-distance any
place of it's size in the county in the
number, punctilious observation, and de-
lectable character of its birthday celebra-
ticns. Their celebration assumes all
forms voluntary assembling of urinvited
guests, gathering at invitation of party
and taking the victim by surprise. On
Wednesday evening about fifty persons
surprised G. II. Simon by telling him
that they came to celebrate the thirty
second anniversary of his entrance into
this vale of labor and mingled sorrow
The party then marched to the Kiel
House where they enjoyed themselves
until dawn. On Thursday evening Miss
Helen Helms entertained large number
of her young friends, and thus inaugur-
ated the beginning of new year full OF
promises of good things to come.
Reseburg's syrup factory has again
been started up, and the sweet odor OF
boiling syrup now fills the air. The rails
ing of cane and the manufacturing of its
juice into syrup are new industries in
this region. Last year cane was Guilt
waited for the first time, and so satisfac-
tory were the results that it was resolved
to renew the experiment this year.
About fifty acres of cane have been grown
this year. and considering that we are so
far removed from the land of sugar cane,
its growth has been attended with con-
siderable success.
There are two kinds of cans-amber
| cane and orange cano-the former grows
to height of eight feet and is an inch in
diameter; the latter is not so tall, but is
much thicker. The farmers bring the
cane to the factory and pay twenty cents
per gallon for manufacturing its juice
into syrup. Three loads of cane make q
barrel OF syrup. When the juice enters
the first vat it has dark green color
sickening to behold and it is disgusting
- A. .a,,,o 80 cvoon Int ~ Io,,r, }oil
ing and skimming which it undergoes in
two other steam watts, it turns out capt.
tai syrup pleasing to the sight, fragrant
to smell, and agreeable to the taste.
But yet, although the cane can be sue
cessfully cultivated, it never promises to
become a growing industry here, and
even now it is far from being profitable
industry to those engaged in it. The
labor of cultivation and the cost of man.
ufacture together make q margin consid-
erably beyond what like, if not superior
article of imported goods can be bought
for. Yet local pride and the love of pro-
lection to home industry will foster its
continuance; for the small cost of manu-
facture is about the only item considered,
while large outlay of time and consid-
cradle expenditure of energy which
should be taken into consideration are
left out in computing the cost.
Of all the characters deserving the
censure of public criticism the aspirant
to positions of public trust who is q dis
sembler merely to foist himself into
favor deserves the vengeance of the voter.
But though there are individual dissem
blers in society, society itself is very lar
from being free from the intolerance of
the pest. What better proof of this
statement is needed than the fact, that
whenever election time is at hand, when
ever man rises to assume duties in any
public capacity, his birth and nationality,
his religion and his liberalism are made
the themes for the strongest argument
L. L.,