The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-07-08
NOTES FROM MISHICOTT

waukee spent the Fourth with rs.
Miss Elsie Melster of Milwaukee
is visiting in the village this week.
Mr. Louis Arnold of Milwaukee
spent the 4th IN this village.
NJ. Arthur lander of Centerville
passed through the village last Week
Miss Bertha Boehmer of Manitowoc
is the guest of Miss Ella Mueller this
week.
Miss Ida Qnistorf of Milwaukee is
home on ii visit to her mother this
week
A troupe of wandering MINISTRIES
camped for a few days in this village
last week.
A large number of people from this
village went to Lndington Monday
| with the excursion.
Mr.. Chas. Vollrath and brother
Walter of Sheboygan are spending a
portion of their vacation here.
Mr. Walter Runge, Miss Dora Hal
| verson. MIR. Henry Benlow, Miss Ella
Mueller, ond Eddie Mueller of this
village attended the state examination
at Appleton last week.
At this writing TUESDAY morning)
a veritable procession of teachers
rigs are passing by the house ont in.
to the country docking for schools"
Talk about "Overproduction," and
tell rs who Is to blame for this condi
ton of affairs.
A notice something like the follow
ing would not seem inappropriate to
a few districts lie this county. want
ed:-A teacher for month school
who is willing to teach for $40 a
month or lcss-if we can get i'm No
questions asked"
Mr.. Aug. Quistorf and family Of
Ashland are spending a short vaca
ton period in this village. August is
an old Mischicott boy and has not vi
sited his old home for we'll nigh 10
years. lie Is member of the Ash
land Fire Department.
An accident which might have been
serious, but which still had its amns
ing side, occurred here last Monday.
A bus load of summer visitors in
| charge of landlord Drews were start
| ing out on fishing excursion to one
| of the lakes. Among the passengers
were Messrs. A and z. of Milwaukee;
the former once called Mischicott his
home. While descending Clanssen's
large hill strap on the neck yoke
broke and the wagon and team lurch-
ed forward and would have shot
straight ahead down the steep hill
and over II foot embankment into
the rushing river below, but for the
presence of mind of Mr. Drews. He
together with Mr. Nelson who was
driving succeeded in upsetting the
bus before it had got way down, and
In a jlffy the bus load of well dressed
gentlemen and prim ladies were
transformed into conglomerate mass
OF bruised trousers, flying coat tails
and defunct petticOats When the
dust cleared away and the ladies' Of
euo parry Htu SOiueWudb recovered
their dignity and were shooting muir
derous glances in every direction fer
the possible detection of any one mean
enough to even smile at their predca
meut, Mr. A. who is an inveterate
| fisherman, had already gathered his
hook and line and was calmly fishing
from the bridge at the foot of the
hill, while Mr.. F., who is very partial
to the charms of a pipe of tobacco,
was taking a ''snap shot" Of the whole
party with a pocket camera. He said
he didn't remember having even
taken the pipe from his mouth once,
during the whole performance, but he
grew pale when some one mentioned
what the result might nave been if
the pipe had been Knocked down his
tlrDat
The whole affair turned ont very
luckily for all concerned except Mr.
Nelson who was driving. He had his
leg quite severely injured, but it is
rapidly healing under the treatment
of DIR. Karnopp.