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Connecticut western news., 1883-07-11
Bill Nye on Spring.

Spring, gentle, touchful, tuneful, breezeful, sootheful spring is here. It has not been here more than twenty minutes, and my arctics stand where I can reach them in case it should change its mind. The bobolink sits on the bass wood vines and the thrush in the goose berry tree is melodious as a hired man. The robin is building his nest, or rather her nest, should say perhaps, in the boughs of the old willow that last summer was busted by thunder-I beg your pardon by lightning, should say. Strawber- ries are like 8 bald headed mans brow they come high, but we can't get along without them.
 I never was more tickled to greet gentle spring than l am now. It stirs up my drug-soaked remains and warns the genial current of life considerably, I frolicked around in the grass this after noon and filled my pockets full of 1000 legged worms and other little nemen- toes of the season. The little barefoot boy now comes forth and walks with a cautious tread at first, like blind horse: but toward the golden autumn the backs of his feet will look like @ warty toad. and there will be big cracks in them and one toe will be wrapped up in part of bedquilt and he will show it with pride to crowded houses.
 Last night I lay awake for several hours thinking, when the loud and violent concussion of revolver shot near West Main street and Cascade avenue rent the sable robe of night. I rose and lit the gas to see if had been hit. Then l examined my pockets to see if I had been robbed of my lead pencil and season pass. l found that had not BOOnlerGng.
Connecticut western news., 1883-07-11
Vests and Cut-Away Jackets.

There is @ return to vests and cut away jackets in the tailor suits of serge, cheviot, flannel, or cloth made for trav- cling, seaside, and mountain dresses. The vest may match the jacket or be of contrasting color, red cashmere vests being much used with blue, green, or brown dresses white pique vests are also used. and liked for their appearance of coolness. Kid and chamois-skin vests are made by London tailors, while those seen here are of russet leather, bronze, or else of the natural alligator skin with its ecru brown shade and fine marking The leather vests are made very narrow, and are sometimes merely sham vests set on a like border on the front of the jacket, but those of cashmere or pique are genuine in shape, being sewed to the shoulder-seam and under-arm seams of the jacket. The skirt of the soft wool dress worn with these jackets may be laid in lengthwise pleats from top to bot tom, and be entirely without drapery or overskirt, and if the wearer is slight and tall, there is usually short tablier dra- pery which serves to enlarge the hips. Clear dark blue, brown, and gray are the colors most seen in the wool dresses for long journeys on steamers, and these are accompanied by close turban, made of the dress goods, laid in many folds and wrinkles, and without other trimming Ha,loer's Bazdr.
Connecticut western news., 1883-07-11

{ lost during the winter of '79 and 80 was
 enormous; and the suffering of the cat
 tie that preceded that loss, what of that
 No man of sensibility could possibly enjoy money earned by the sufferings of dumb animals committed to his care
 Ownership of cattle implies more than the pocketing of the profits of a herd. It implies, imperatively implies, protective care of the animals.
 have seen cattle during cold spells, when the hfe-sustaining water was ice bound, gather around their accustomed watering places and moan for drink. l Some of these thirsty cattle, that were too weak to search for running water. would stupidly stand around the frozen pools until they fell and died from in- tiammation of the stomach. Ihave opened some of these cattle, and in all cases found the contents of their stomachs a hard, cake-like mass, and the stomachs highly inhamed. The sufferings these poor creatures endured before death re- l1eved them must have been frightful. They were crazy with pain. As long as | they had sufficient strength to stand they attacked every man who ventured near them. have seen COWS so weak that they staggered as they walked give birth to calves in the most sheltered spots they could find. After the exhaustion of labor they arose and lovingly licked their offspring dry. This act performed, they braced themselves and coaxed the calf to nurse. Then lyiug down, reaction occurred. The first flush of maternity had passed, aod they were unable to again arise. .The starving calves bleated pitifully around their dying mothers. In answer to the calls of their young, the dams repeatedly endeavored to arise. They were so weak that when they were partially up they pitched forward on their heads. They struggled and struggled until their chins and foreknees were skinned. They died trying to perform their duty. The brutes who live in log cabins that stand by the banks of creeks that flow through the plains did not per- form theirs. They regretted the loss of money that represented the value of the COW. That was all.
 Is it a matter of surprise that cowboys are cruel and brutal It is but step from cruelty to dumb animals to murder our brutality toward unresisting, because surprised, men.
 I$thiek hear it exclaimed that gen tlemen who are noted for their humanity engage in breeding cattle ol the plains Do they? A man who deliberately abasess cattle; who buys brad with avowed Intention Of allowing it to starve, because it is cheaper to lose some than to feed all; who for the sake of pecuniary gain premeditates a. murderous act of cruelty toward unresisting animals, may have the manners and speech of a gentle maa, but humane gentleman he is not. FRANK WILKEsoN.
Connecticut western news., 1883-07-11
The Jersey Waist.

Many young lady, Har2oer's Bazor tells us, finds the Jersey waist becoming | to her, and seven of these waists com
 plete the dresses of her summer outfit. There is Q jetted silk Jersey to wear with
 black skirts; one of pale blue wool for
 striped wool dress that shows blue,
 olive, rose, and cream color in the stripes;
 a beaded scarlet Jersey for white, red, | and black dresses; a brown wool Jersey
 that forms the waist to her travelling
 dress that has checked wool skirts; an
 ecru Jersey for pongee skirts; another of
 white wool to wear with blue and white
 flannel skirts in the country; and still
 another of white silk with crystal bead ing to wear with evening dresses. Since
 the Jersey has been deprived of it's scant
 look and improved in shape by American
 modistes, who have added collar, cuffs, pleatings at the back, and s1metimes narrow vest, it has become both popular and fashionable garment.
 Those Jerseys made with sewed seams, forming French back with some pleats in the middle seam, are preferred for slender figures, while those woven in the plain Jersey shape are liked for larger women. They are made without darts, and the single breasted fronts have an English collar notched like the collar of 8 gentleman's morning coat, and above this is 8 high standing collar. Small cuffs are turned back on the sleeves and hemmed, and there are curved slits for pockets on each side. Modistes make waist like this as a part of suit and attach it permanently to the lower skirt, or else there is sash like that of the lower skirt sewed on the edge of the Jersey; this style is liked for young ladies and school girls. Older ladies have the Jersey represent an out side basque simply hemmed on the edges, and finished in the back with ribbon bow and loops over the pleating, or to make the back bouffant when there Is no pleating. When the webbing IS not thick it will show the white cor set cover if tightly drawn over it, hence a cover of silesia or of thin silk the color of the Jersey cloth should be worn be- naatfl if
Connecticut western news., 1883-07-11
I'm the Field.

Joaquin Miller says that Gen. George Crook first came conspicuously to the front, at least in the estimation of the Pacific coast, as early as the spring of 1857, and in connection with the first great Pitt River war.
 It was a formidable war and numbered it's dead, on one side at least, by thou sands and had many hero in it's day be- sides the great General at the head of this paragraph.
 The Indians had risen and massacred all the settlers in the great rich valley of Pitt River, lying under the majestic presence of Mount Shasta to the south east. and all Northern California for hundreds of miles around turned out in arms at the dreadful news.
 General Crook was then stationed at Fort Jones, in Scott's Valley, land and lacation not at all unlike the other great valley, but two hundred miles away and quite on the other side of Mount Shasta.
 The volunteers were, of course, first in the field, and had butchered about thousand women and children, as we'll as few warriors before Crook with his regulars came around the great peak of snow through the pines and established something like discipline and code of civilized warfare.
 Fort Crook was built at the head of Pitt River Valley, the rough and bloody volunteers sent back to their respective mining camps, and Lieutenant Crook conducted the campaign vigorously and alone with his handful of regular soldiers, and before long had an honorable and substantial treaty with the savages.
 To those familiar with the geography of that land it may be important to know that he fought over the same ground, and, in fact, fought the same Indians with his very few soldiers that held the now famous Lava Beds nearly twenty years later against nearly the whole Army of the United States. He had but one company, and that, if I remem- Der correctly, was less than half full. Besides that, it Is safe to say that the Indians were at least fifty if not one hundred fold stronger numerically than when led by Captain Jack, chief of the Modocs.
Connecticut western news., 1883-07-11

CORN BREAD.-Here is new way of making corn bread, and if carefully pre- pared and baked the bread is delicious. Mix together thoroughly by putting through sieve or other wire one pound of Indian meal and one pound and a half of wheat four, two ounces of baking powder, and table spoonful of salt 1; then beat together three ounces of sugar, three ounces of butter, and four eggs i; add this to the flour and make a stiff batter, using warm milk in winter and cold in summer bake in small tins.
Connecticut western news., 1883-07-11

always tender of the feelings of others
 always watchful, lest he wound unin- tentionally-always thinking, when with others, of their pleasure instead of his own. He casts but few shadows. Be gentlemen-ladies, or-in 8 word that includes all graces and excellencies- Christians, for it is the Christian who casts fewest shadows of all.
Connecticut western news., 1883-07-11

A BAD LoT.-Two young men of ex- cellent address, with their wives of equally good appearance, offered their services as clerks in a Missouri store. AS they showed familiarity with 'the business, and were willing to work for half of the usual wages, the four old em- ployees of the concern were dismissed to give places to the strangers. One dark night at the end of a month they .disap- peared with $9, GOO worth of goods.
Connecticut western news., 1883-07-11

THOSE EYEBROWS. girl with singu- larly arched eyebrows attracted atten- tion, and, as her hair was pulled back hard from her forehead, an observer guessed that the taut skin was respons- ible for the peculiarity. You're wrong entirely" said his companion; ''she's wearing what the girls call Surprised eyehrows.' It's done with a touch or two of black pigment That's going to be the rage this summer.n
Connecticut western news., 1883-07-11

ROASTED ON RED-Hor SLAB-La- fayette Bruder and William Thomas quarrelled at the Tredegar Iron Works, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The former be- ing powerful fellow raised Thomas like a child and laid him on his back on red hot slab of iron, holding him there until burned nearly to death. Bystanders in- terfered and prevented horrible mur- der. Thomas's head and back are liter ally roasted, and his injuries may yet prove fatal.
Connecticut western news., 1883-07-11

A NEW JERSEY organ factory turns out one instrument every hour. And yet we wonder at crime and marvel at the crowded conditions of our insane asy- lums.
Connecticut western news., 1883-07-11

IF the people who are always imagin- ing that they arel sick would only imagine that they are well doctors would live on small incomes.
Connecticut western news., 1883-07-11
SUMMER EVENING.

Ton ragged cliff looks gentler down,
 The twilight aims it's grisly scars; Flushed earth awaits that second dawn The morning of the moon and stars. Far, dotting clouds-unguarded flock And pleasure rove the painless sky, While brightest eyes of waters still Look up and count them passing by. The joyous birds, from paths of air,
 Into the closed boughs have gone; The little minstrels of the field
 Alone their tireless pipes play on The nimble herds that take the hill, The sober droves that crap the dell, All beasts of toil, with creatures wild, In universal shadow dwell.
 John Vdace Cheney, in Century.
Connecticut western news., 1883-07-11

A CATFISH CAUSES TROUBLE. For several days the Rock Island water-works have been practically useless. The au- thorities telegraphed to Ira Holly, and he having concluded an examination, made a special report to the City Coun- Gil. He found that the pumps were working with power that should produce 27,OOO, 600 gallons per day, but that the city was only getting about 6,Ooo,O 900 gallons. Taking the pumps apart he found in them a catfish feet inches long and weighing 50 pounds. Upon removing the fish, which had to be done in sections, the pumps worked all right.
Connecticut western news., 1883-07-11
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Connecticut western news., 1883-07-11

was talking with an old planter in Arkansas bottoms about watermelons, and he threw away his "chaw" and re- marked:
 Wall, I dunno. was in watermel- lyons four seasons, and lost money.
 Didn't you have good crops ?'
 "Right thar was the trouble, sir" he replied. The fust year kinder let the
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-07-19
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TRUMAN 81COCFER, MANITOWOC

1T is announced fiat the Telepbone
Company vii. be taxed on it's property
III "',aukee. There seems to be no
-eason why it should not be taxed every
where. If poor man scrapes little
money together and buys house and
lot or a few acres of land he is taxed no
matter how much he may be indebted
on it. Why should the Telephone Com
pany be exempt9 Manifestly, if for any
reason it is because it is an immense
corporation worth millions of dollars.
The city of Oshkosh took the initiative
step in taxing this new species of pro-
perty, and the Telephone Company anx-
ious to prevent recurrence of any such
audacity promptly tore down its wires.
The cities of Wisconsin need not be very
much alarmed about this however; if
they keep on taxing, the company will
soon grow tired of demolishing. The
tearing down of the wires in Oshkosh
was an act more calculated to excite the
ridicule of the people than to scare them.
When the Telephone Company comes to
find out that it is shifting off its nose,"
only ''to spite its face it will become
reasonable again and put back its wires
and pay its taxes.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-07-19

THE Wisconsin State Teachers Asso-
citation which assembled at Sheboygan
last week ended up its session on Thurs
day last. 1t was largely attended by
teachers from all over the state and by
many from outside. The organization
numbers among its members practically
all the able educators of the state, and is
doing much to promote the cause of
education. The exercises become more
interesting at each successive meeting.
The opportunity of attending these
gatherings should not be neglected by
persons intending to pursue the vocation
of teaching. The suggestions and dis
cussions of so many able men cannot
fail to materially benefit the prospective
teacher. An interchange of opinion
benefits none more than the pedagogue,
and the teacher who places too much
reliance on bis own opinions is liable to
get eventually left in the race for ped
agogical honors. Self reliance is q good
thing but there is such thing as having
too much of it. Another opportunity
which the teacher should avail himself
of is, that by attending such meetings he
gets acquainted with his co-laborers in
by no means ignoble profession and in
this way may be able to reach an emin-
ence in his calling much sooner than he
could otherwise attain it.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-07-19
PARIS GREEN at Robinson & Hinrichs'

If the people of Manitowoc County
would retain the veteran teachers who
have made their debut and pursued their
vocation here for a number of years,
higher wages must be paid them. A
number have quit the profession because
they thought it didn't pay, and nearly
all the rest of the male teachers at least.
have gone to outside counties where
many OF them are making their mark
and all are securing better pay than they
could here. Some of the best schools
IN the county are as yet vacant because
a suitable teacher cannot be secured for
the wages which the district boards are
instructed to pay and they may eventu-
ally have to take any one they can get
in preference to running the chances of
not getting any one.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-07-19

ONE of the most destructive of the
many terrible cyclones which have visit
ed the west this summer, passed through
southern Wisconsin on Monday last
The storm was preceded by the heaviest
rainfall of the season. The width of
the tornado varied from 400 feet to three
quarters of a mile. The city of Fort
Atkinson suffered most severely. A large
portion of the city was laid in ruins
Houses, barns, churches, school houses
and factories were demolished, and tels-
graph poles strewn in all directions. A
great many persons were seriously iniur-
ed and few were killed. The cyclone
travelled eastward following for a short
distance the Madison division of the
Chicago and Northwestern road, doing
al immense amount of damage to crops
and buildings in its path.
The storm was also exceedingly severe
in the neighborhood of Des Moines,
Iowa, and the village of Pekin, Illinois,
a few miles from Peoria, suffered severe
ly. Much damage was also done in the
vicinity of the cities of Reading and
Eacton in Pennsylvania, by storm which
visited those places about the same time.
1t is impossible to estimate with any de-
gree of accuracy the amount of damage
done by the gale.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-07-19

A MAJOR DAsHNELL became very much
enraged at q policeman the other day in
Milwaukee, and wanted to shoot him
awful bad. One of his friends tried to
cool his ardor and finally said loosely
that he didn't believe he had a revolver,
whereupon the major whipped out a
Smith & Wesson and shot him over the
eye. The ball glanced off without do
ing much injury. Inasmuch as the ma
ior's action in the matter was controlled
entirely by Milwaukee lager beer and he
became very repentant as soon as he
became conscious of what he had done;
no steps were taken to prosecute him.
His friends will be little cautious and
keep shy of him the next time he gets
drunk.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-07-19

A FATAL accident occurred in Center
vile yesterday. Henry Schomberg, his
wife and two children, started from the
barn for the purpose of getting load of
hay. Almost as soon as the team start
ed up the neckyoke came out of the pole
of the wagon, and the wagon in running
forward struck the horses and frightened
them, causing a runaway. The wagon
and rack tipped over, carrying the entire
family under and killing the elder boy,
aged seven years, breaking Mrs. Scom-
berg's collar bone and hurting the other
two occupants, but not seriously. The
boys skull was fractured. DR.. Schweich-
Ter set Mrs. Schomberg's collar bone
and says that otherwise she is uninjured
and will get we'll in due course of time.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-07-19

TIE State examinations began last
Tuesday. Miss Solberg and Messrs.
Sims, Patzer, Hewitt, 81. G. Walsh and
Whitman, from this county, are in atten-
dance. The three first named are appli-
cants for limited certificates, the latter
three secured limited certificates two
years ago and will now write for unlim-
tied ones. 1t is safe to say that no other
county in the state, except, perhaps
Milwaukee, has furnished within the
last few years SO many successful candi-
dates for state certificates IS Manitowoc.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-07-19
DEATH OF BYRON l.. OAKLEY.

A telegram was received here yester-
day morning announcing that Byron
Oakley had departed life at Denver
Colorado. Mr.. Oakley was young man
In the prime of life who resided during
the greater portion of his existence in
Manitowoe Rapids. He began his career
as school teacher and followed his
vocation almost to the time of his death.
He was one of the ablest and most sue
cessful teachers which the county has
produced. Last fall he was engaged to
teach the Amigo school but was unable
to complete his term.
He was married to Miss Veroqua
Sheldon a well known and successful
teacher of this county last winter and
contracted about that time severe cold
which finally developed iato consump-
ton and ultimately brought him to his
grave.
About a month ago accompanied by
his young wife he sought the Sunny
South hoping that it was not yet too late
to ward off the fell destroyer. The
disease however was already too well
developed and all attempts to check it's
ravages proved futile. The trip in all
probability acceler ated, rather retarded
its progress. Mr.. Oakley read law in
the offices of Nash & Nash and Esta-
brook & Walker for couple of years and
was admitted to the bar year ago last
June. Had not his health failed him he
would have opened law office in Man.
itowoc in the near future.
1t is long time since death occur
red in the county which was as generally
lamented as his will be. He was &C
quainted all over the county and had
warm friends wherever he was known.
His sparkling and guileless wit, his
genial manners and his light hearted and
whole souled nature endeared him to the
aged and inhrm as we'll as the young
and the gay. Few men are gifted with
as much natural ability and such an
inexhaustible supply of wit as that
indigenous in Mr.. Oakley. He was
self made man in the true sense of the
term and had he lived he would no doubt
have attained an enviable eminence in
his chosen profession, if he was not
destined to reach giddy height IF
independence. originality, honesty and
ability are the forerunners of success
then success was assured him.
1t seems like harsh decree of fate
that one 80 young and SO brilliant should
be hurled into the illimitable realms of
eternity at the outset of useful career.
But the ordinations of fate are inscruta-
BILE and mortals must submit.
On Wednesday morning the lonely
funeral cortege left Denver and will
probably reach here tomorrow, when
all that is mortal of one of the brightest
intellects which the county possessed,
will soon be enshrouded by the soil by
which it was fostered, and laid away to
mingle with its mother earth until the
great day of Judgment.