The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-05-06
NOTES OF INTEREST.

Emerald Dixon, young man living
/ III Grand Ledge. Mich, aud a student
! in the high school, has completed Ills
| tenth year in attendance at the Baptist
! Sunday school without missing Il single
week. 1t has been inconyenent ut times
! for him to go. but he never missed. Once
/ he was absent visiting in Canada, hut
! reached home by the last train Saturday
! night. At another time he had the
mumps and could not 90 to school, but
! Sunday found him in his accustomed
! place at the church
So engrossed were the guests in the
wedding celebration in progress IN
! Michael hOdOiky'S home ut no IObdCll
street, Wilmington, bel. that they failed
! 10 discover that the house was burning
over their heads When the fire compa
MES came dashng to the scene the male
portion of the gathering prepared ~
put mp "A fight. thinking the hremen had
! been called in order to dampcn the en-
! thusiasm with which the nuptials were
being observed. When they were told
+ the house was burning each guest con
/ sidcred himself or herself salvage
! corps, and, Selling piece ol furniture,
soon had the house cleaned out. Inc
! ire started from a defective Hue AND
! burned out the back portion of tn" hulid-
! ing. Later il broke out again, ana the
/ The pretty little town of plougastrL
/ So well known to tourists IN brittany
/ during the summer, was recently the
/ scene of Il quaint ceremony. when, ac-
curdiug to ancient custom all the cou-
/ pies who have become engaged during
the last twelve months were married to
/ gcther.
There were sixteen couples. The WON
on wore the most lively and picturesque
costumes ranging from scarlet to APP
pie green, but the most gorgeous part
, of their rniment consisted OF their "Ia-
/ huratcly embroidered and shaped aprons,
After the sixteen couples had gone
/ through the ceremony III the presence
of the mayor aud had assisted at mass,
/ all proceeded to the great tent which
had been erected according to ancient
custom. in the fields in memory of the
! time when u0madic tribes inhabited the
district and lived in tents.
From time mmcmoral it has been
! the custom for cousins 10 lntcrmnrrN at
! Plougastcl. and the majority of those
married were cousins. The fact does
not seem to have had any evil effect,
for Il finer race Of people than the in
| hahitauts of llougastcl does not exist
Mrs. Lucy Lee, who became known
to secret service men guarding President
I Roosevelt MS the Woman in Blue.
made her first call on President TAFT the
other evening. Size entered the white
house executive offices late and was rec
ognizod by Secret Service Agent Sloane,
who was the guard of Mr. Roosevelt
At quiet suggestion from him she
bowed and smiled and went away. rms
mysterious woman lives Mt Great Neck,
L. J. She tried TO see Mr.. Roosevelt
many times. Usually she is dressed III
blue, but on her visit to Mr. Taft she
10, l,.,1
That there are some irSt-class blind
readers" in the postal service in addition
20 those in the dead-letter office was evil
dcnccd few days ago when letter,
mailed at AbhcviIlc, Ga, and bearing no
other address than Sky of Tufts, u. :.
A." was delivered promptly to the person
for whom il was intended. The postmas-
ter at Abhcvillc sent the letter through
to Medford, Mass, where Tufts college
Is located. Familiarity with the students
had taught the postmaster there that
SKY" was the nickname of Irving
Tollcs n junior. The letter reached
Tollrs at his frat house and he admit
ted that it was for him.
As joke. Frederick Adams, n youth
of Burlington, VI, bid 10 cents for an
old trunk put up AZ auction ut public
sale held at the home of Mrs Edward
Kigg. Chagrincd when. the auctionecr
held him TO his bargain, Adams exam
ined his purchase, and found in the false
| bottom Of the trunk secret drawer
stuffed with banknotes and gold coins
amounting To SlGJ. The trunk is said TO
| have belonged to old Christopher Rigg.
once "A rich resident of Burlington, who
| had little faith in banks. The result of
Adams find has set every purchaser of
goods nj the sale at work examining
! their purchases.
IIoratio MahOn Fairfield, y. J..
! farmer, was plOughlng field when an
other farmer cume along and bargained
| for one of Mahon'S cows. When the deal
went through Mahon took the 800 he
received and showed the bills as he
! thought IN n pocket of his trousers and
| resumed his work. When he had FIN
| ished he felt in his pocket for the money,
but it was not there. He then discovered
that he had placed the bills not in the
pocket, but between his oyeralls and
trousers and that they bad slipped down
| to the ground, where they were prob
ably buried 10y the plough Mahou
| searched for the money without result.
He then went 10 work and planted sew
ernl bushels of peas, and hopes to raise
mixed crop OF peas and grceubacl,s
Three train loads Of homcscckcrs ON
| the NJ. Is. " r., passing through Mus
kogcc, Ok, for Texas, stopped for
| lunch. In one of the coaches was an old
| man with two sons. One of the Young
men poked his head out of the window
ami calling policeman. asked:
| say, oihccr, ls there any danger here
| DO you think the Indians will get US
| If we leave the trainE The youth was
! satisfied, but the father was not.
bin. You stay right in this eur until
! We get TO Texas, then you can get some
| thing to eat I've been rcadn the pa-
| pcrs about Crazy Snake and mother
would he worried to death il she thought
you'd leave the train in this lndiun-up-
| rising country
The boy remained. and presumably
went without food until the train
reached Bcuison.
Annoyed beyond measure by Il Jack
| the lluggrr, the Young Ladies' prutrr-
tive association Of Educational hill, Steel.
ton. Pa, has formed rules for protection
| Each member is equipped with hutpin
at least II inches long and a paper of
red pepper that can Toe numbered and
fired on the instant that Jack" tries IA
get in his work The members are
pledged 10 use pin and pepper ON any
Jack the liusgcr' who makes any al.
vance, attempt to caress. kiss. hug
fondlc. pinch. address, liirt with, wink
at, or walk alongside of them War has
been declared ia Stcelton
| Less than year ago Rev. Jerome /.
| Goodrich. Il Latter liay Saint minister
| wooeI aud won a widow IN tolumbuS