The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-07-01

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Darlington home, after considerable
! questioning, admitted that he was her
! best fellow and had come to the house
to pay her a call.
Inspired 10y the thrilling act Of a per-
| former with n circus a few days ago,
| who leaped from n considerable height to
an inclined chute. down which he trav-
| eled upon his stomach, lO-year-old Cleve-
| land Drth of the east end. in New
/ York, tried to emulate the feat and al
/ most lost his life. The boy had impro-
vised Il chute out of rough boards, which
he placed some distance from "A high
board fence. Calling upon admiring boy
! friends to watch, he leaped for it. head
/ foremost as he had seen the performer
do. Fortunately. he did not miss the
| boards but they gave way under his
weight. and he fell to the ground. Be
sides sustaining severe bruises several
! splinters were driven about two inches
! into his body. They were removed by a
/ physician.
The city Of Marshall, Mich, kept its
| ordinances in n key Of nails for twenty
one years. Because the city recorders
| had been lax about writing the new
ordinances into the ordinance book Re
corder Gauss this spring started to work
/ to look them up. None had been copied
I into the book since 1889, and of course,
couldn't be enforced. The city engaged
/ '. \. Lepper to search for them, with
! the result mentioned. There are more
! than fifty of them, and they are now
! being copied. 1t took two weeks TO find
! them. They were all clipped from news
! papers and pasted upon blank sheets of
! paper, with the proof of publication at
! tached.
! Andrew T.. Whalcu Of Clinton, y. j..
! says Il wildcat of immense size attacked
him rs lac was driving along RoSeland
avenue. lie says he was attracted by
the breaking of twigs in a tree at the
side of the road. Looking up, he saw
! the animal preparing to make n spring.
! lie struck the horse sharp blow with
the whip, which caused him to leap for
| ward. The cat. having Jumped at the
same time, missed the carriage Look
! ing behind. Whalcu says he saw the cat
! crawl across the road. Thinking he was
clear of il, he pulled the horse down 10
"A trot again. About Il mile farther on
he was surprised To see the cat cross
the road about 100 yards ahead Of him
He whipped up the horse. and as he
was passing the place where the cat had
| crossed il was in the act Of climbing a
! tree. Whalcn believes it was getting
ready for another attack on him. The
/ animal, lac says, was light gray in color
heavily built, and was twice as large rs
"a domestic eat. Whaleu kept MP Il fast
drive until he reached his destination.
Swearing when the Savannah base
| ball team is losing is entirely justifil-
! be said Recorder Schwarz in dis
missing John Brown, business man.
arrested at the Savannah, Ga, bali
park Tor cursng where women could
hear him. Brown when arrested adj
mitted that he had INDUCED in some
profanity, but lie said he couldn't help
IT, rs Savannah was behind aud still
! slipping, and it made him 50 sore he
| had to express himself.
"As n rule" said Recorder Schwarz.
Il don't approve of swearing, but it is
permissible when the home team is los
| ing, Neither Brown nor any other man
! would he a good American if he could
sit quiet and see the home team lose"
There are number of pretty little
| ponies ANA cart tUrnoutS in Woodbury.,
! \. j., but none that attracts more at
| teutlon than that belonging To the child
! rem Of Lawyer and Mrs. Norman Grey
of Evergreen avenue. BESIDES being an
amusement for the little folks Mr.. Grey
uses the turnout every morning i'm con
yeying him to the station, where he
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! den, and the pretty feature of this trip
! is that the pony is taken home by
! "thinck,' one of the homelieSt of dogs,
| and another favOrtc of the little folks
! but one of the most intelligent dogs in
| the city. Mr. Grey merely alightS from
| the cart, turns the ponys head toward
| home, and the dog leads the way To the
stable. The pony has such Il mass of
! FUR and hair about It's head that it is
/ difficult 10 distinguish the features of
| his pretty face.
! Missouri farmers have found that the
| College of Agriculture of the University
! Of Missouri does graduate the city farm
erS who carry an umbrella to work. Many
! farmers are in sympathy with the sci
ontItlc work and are anxious 10 Introduce
/ the latest methods on their farms. They
wrote here for some Of the advanced
students to work during the summer
Some seniors and post graduate students
! have taken jobs at from SIS to 500 a
month and board. These men say they
prefer work on Missouri farms to work
/ in the wheat fields of Kansas. Kansas
wages are higher but the farm expert
ence is more general. One graduate stu
/ dent. Fred :. Putucy, who has taken
| bachelor and master degrees in the Uni
ynrsity Of New Hampshire and the
! PENNSYLVANIA Agricultural college. will
] IL
/ farmer who said he wanted IAN honest
upright, Industrious hoy 10 do chores
! during the summer months for $50 n
( board
Gov Stubs of Kansas has received
/ pathetic letter from a man. 26 years old.
/ who has had but two weeks of freedom
/ since he was ! years old, He is now in
I the Kansas peuitentiary aud asks the
\ governor to give him one more chance
! to make good. The governors office does
not give out the names of pardon or pa
| role applicants until the matter is acted
/ upon. so the name of this prisoner is
withheld. For nineteen years be writes,
/ he has been in prison. excepting two
! wcekS-frst in the reform school, then
/ the reformatory and then the peuiten-
tiary.
! For 4 broken tooth. caused by pebble
/ i'm slice Of ruiSin bread she was eat
ing Mrs Ida NJ Boyer Of Boston. Mass.
was awarded 80 damages against 4
/ Wholesale baking company lay Judge
Burke in the municipal court She had
bought loaf of bread made by the de
PENDANT from a retail store, and in some
way "A stone had got into the loaf i'll the
making of it, She sued the maker of
the loaf fot damages for the broken
tooth. upon the ground of negligence in
not properly sitting the -four in making
the bread
Returning from their honeymoon late
at night. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey X. Mol
were unable To unlock their boarding
house door in Bethlehem. Pa. Mr.. Mon
left his bride out front and Went 10 the
rear door, calling for n key. and Il