The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-05-27
NOTES OF INTEREST.

From being in receipt of an income
of $500 day from 3OD-barrel oil
well, which he struck last fab in Penn
township, Pennsylvania, Harry Holman
has less than $4,000 to show from the
sale of his eleven wells, which were re-
Gently bought 10y Samuel Shahner for
about $4,000. Mortgages agSregating
about $1,000 were held by local banks.
Hoffman mas now located on small
farm, for which he paid $500. Once
he had visions of opulcncc. He declares
he will do no more drilling.
\ strange and unusual case of adop-
ton is reported by Charles SuudbcrE,
II farmer residing in Brown county.
South Dakota. one of his cows has
voluntarily become the foster mother
of two little pigs, which for some reason
were diSoWncd by their mother, who TT
fuse to have anything to do with them.
When the orphan pigs become hungry
they follow the COW around and Justify
Squcal until the COW ohligiugly lies down
aud permits them to Sucklc. This uc-
ours AT frequent intervals, aud as re-
suit the little adopted pigs are thriving
nicely and promise 10 develop the gen.
! erous proportions of other porkers.
Northbridge, Mass, has a ghost, or a
ghost has Nurthbridgc. residents of the
heretofore peaceful village are uncertain
which. For several nights, at about the
same hour. mysterlOuS light varying
in size from small bulb To that Of Il
hushc' measure has appeared and per
formed queer antics ON the high ledge
near Wayside. First treated lies II joke,
| continued nightly rcpctitions have caused
the phenomenon to become a serious
reality and the village and its neigh
horhood are discussing the affair, while
] 81, ,,I ~ 10 rifyht
cnod. At least three families are packing
up their household goods with the am
nouncod intention of moving out of
town. The other night about = o'clock.
fully 200 persons assembled in the Vi
| cinity of the ledge, but when the light
appeared many women screamed and
hurried home, evnciug no desire to con
unuc the investigation. Half io1ru
armed men had the tcmerity to go to
the top of the ledge, and, in close for
nation, shoulder, TO shoulder, tried to
catch up with the light. Like will
| 'o-the-wisp the light zigzaggcd along the
ledge, climbed up the trunk of a tall
pine tree, from which point it was WISH
bic for a considerable distance, descended
rapidly within few yards of the watch
ere and, mounting crest of the hill,
disappeared in the near 10y pond.
Louisa Boyer Of ll2G East Fourteenth
street, Wilmington, Del, who is lOl
years old. takes "A long walk every day.
goes to church every Sunday. does heavy
! houscwork and i'm other ways howiIdcrs
/ her friends, has developed a new pccu-
! liarity She is growing Il complete set
; Of new teeth and several of them have
already broken through the gums. "Auu-
tie Boyer says the new mOlurS cause
/ her no pain aud she is jubilaut over
| the fact ut acquiring them, for her sec
ond set of grinders had long since dis
/ appeared. "Auptic' was born FChru-
/ AIRY p, lNOS, in Caroline county, Mary
! land.
Here's Kind word at last for the
/ pearh-hI~krt hat. ono Of them saved
show girls nose from being skinned
| lay acting as a buffer when the girl was
| thrown head first through the glass wind
shield Of New York taNicab. Even
/ the preachers vino rage against the latest
| styles of hcHdgrar will admit that n
snow girl with skinned nose would Ice in
u most unfortunate prcdicament. II hap
pcu"d in Central park about ! O'Clock
in the afternoon, BESSIE Ryan and Ruth
Rand, Of the "lIHyHna' company, were
riding down the west drive in the taxi
| when their chauffeur, George \. South
ALL of 80 Seventh avenue. had to decide
between running his machine into tree
hy the roadside or being crumpled ~, in
the path of northwam speeding tour
ing car filed with JOY riders. With the
uuicknoss of fire engine driver in SINH
lar emergencies SuuthnlI chose the lesser
evil aud SW"rycl the taxi toward the
tree. Fortunately he was running at
slow speed. because the snow girls had
told him that they wanted to 20 that
way SO they could better enjoy the shrub
berry and songhirdS. Although the front
of the taxi was badly damaged the
rLnuiipur pSruppl i'm iurN and 81 did Miss