The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-03-02
KILLING DEER WITH NAP
EI\S

u ltlmDefman VINO was Il neOpnVte,
! as it were. in the art of deer Staying.
knowing which he armed himself with
a Winchester rifle and took an armed
Indian along for luck. The first days
bushwhacking beat up no deer, and
our lumber hero with his faithful
guide bivouacked beneath the silent
stars, Early the next morning, upon
opening his eyes. he beheld two deer
standing on knoll not far away gaz-
| ing curiously upon the camp.
Snatching up his trusty repeating
rifle and quivering with a suppressed
Case of malignant buck fever, he was
about to open a fusilade upon the
game when the naughty Indian struck
up his iirelock with:
''Um! Waugh. No shoot UNI! You
soo Kill um. Me fetch uni"
| Taking off a red napkin with which
| he was begirt this son Of the forest be
gan circling it about The deer caught
on. The eyes followed the gyrations
Of the rag. They approached. They
came nearer, still following the mo
tions of the clout As circled the rag,
50 circled their eyes, then their heads,
then their bodies, till with one mighty
sweep Of the napkin these antlered
kings of the forest turned a somer-
sault and fell dead at the hunters
| feet. Their necks were broken. They
| had been stalked Our hero had saw
ed his powder his reputation and his
meat
In a lecture at st. Louis Saturday
night Rev Thomas L, Sherman, S. J..
son OF the late Gen. w L. Sherman,
made the statement that his father
was once suspended from his duties
by Abraham Lincoln on the ground
Of insanity. Father Sherman was
lecturing on his fathers domestic life
and after making the above statement
he added that Gen. Sherman's father
in-law, Mr.. Ewing, and other friends,
| rs soon as they heard of President
LlncOln's action, went to Washington
to investigate the matter. Presi
dent Lincoln showed them some in
| coherent reports made by Gen. Sher-
man and stated that tie general was
certainly insane. Closer investiga-
| ton showed that the reports were not
the original papers, but had been
garbled in copying. The case was re
opened and the general restored to
duty. The statement Of Father Sher
man has aroused widespread interest
among union veterans of the late war.
One Of your contemporaries the
other day spoke Of a certain Judge.
not 100 miles away from this city.
who refused to swear & witness until
he rejected "a chaw or terbacky.' He
must be blood relation of that other
Judge In the new State Of Washington
before whom an ex-soldier Of our late
civil war appeared as witness.
Hold up your right arm" said the
judge.
Cant do it,
"Why not?"
Got shot in that arm
Then hold up your left"
Can't do that nayther-got shot in
tother one too"
Then hould up your leg No man
can be sworn in this court without
holding up something"
DR.. Adler tells good story about
a verbal sparring match between the
Emperor Hadrian and a rabbi Said
the emperor: why your God is
.represensed as thief. for he surprised
Adam IN his sleep and robbed him Of
one OF his ribs" The rabbits daugh-
ter craved permission to reply and
when her request was granted she
SAID: Let me implore thine imperial
protection. 4 great outrage has been
inflicted upon Us" What has hap
pened?" asked the emperor. She an
swered; In the darkness Of the night
an audacious thief broke into our
house. He took silver fagon from
our chest Of plate and lefi a golden
one in It's place. Would that such
robber would visit M place every
day" said Hadria0, and was not the
creator such a thief as this?" retorted
the girl, for he stole from Adam
rib and il lien thereof gave unto him
a living, lovely wife,
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