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EANITOWOC, WISCONSIN.
THURSDAY, MARCH 21. IS6T.
Fight Between a Rat Terrier and a
Swarm of Rats.
Wc find rhe following article in the
Milwaukee Sentinel. We infer that it
was, written for the first of April, but
“through the fault of the foreman,” as
in the case of the Governor’s Message,
was published a little ahead of time;
We hi ve to record a somewhat singu-
and almost incredible occurrence
winch happened here last week. It was
a terrific combat between a swarm of
rats ami tbeir natural enemy, a blaek-and
tan terrier.
Near one of our .grain warehouses, sit
uate! on the river bank, large swarms of
rats have been in the habit of feasting
ou the wheat which has been scattered
around. A few days since a Wack-and
tan terrier getting wind of the rendez
vous, ma lo an attack upon a couple of
rats that hid ventured too •fir into the
oi>en air. .Seizing one in its teeth, it
shook it vigorously. The rat squealed
piteously,:attracting to the spot a dozen
or move companions. These 011 seeing
the situation of att.iirs, joined in raising
the alarm. In loss time than it takes us
to tell the incident, the ice around was
black with a swarm of rats, numbering
several hundreds. The terrier, after de
spatching the first victim, charged into
: he swarm with the determination of serv.
ing ’heremainder in like manner. But for
once a terrier was doomed to meet with
fight from the poor animals he had so
long devoured at pleasure, and in a trice
he was surrounded on all sides by a swarm
of fei loos brut s, anxious to be aveng
ed for the death of their companion.
Then ensued the most frightful scene im
aginable. The rats swarmed around
their adversary, and fastened their daws
and teeth in hi- He. h. The dog enraged
by rhe pain, fought bravely, killings- tres
of id® enemies in his contest for life. —
But the odds against him were too great
and after a sharp conflict, which lasted
for about five minutes, he was forced to
succumb. His body was literally devour
ed by the rats, they seeming to take a
savage- pleasure in tearing their vanquish
ed enemy piecemeal. Scarcely a vestige
of the animal remained behind. The
terrier died game, however, for there
wc-rq al-ou. half a. hundred ruts left upon
the field, bleeding and mangled, and as
many more, more or less injured.
A singular instance of the kindliness
of dumb animals to their fellows was no
tice! at the conclusion of the combat. A
number of the combatants bad been
somewhat lacerated by the teeth of the
dog. . Their companions gathered in
groups around them baked the blood
from their wounds, and then ten lerly
carried them in their teeth t o their nests.
The be,l-gs of the -lain vv;v as teutl
cured for. One by one they were carri
ed away ta a hole in the ice near by,where
they were piled up. V, hen ail the bod
ies had been gathered together, the sur
vivors grouped around tliem. and one of
the number, mounting upon the pile of
bodies. : eemed to deliver a brief funeral
orati ■ the remain f their compan
ion-. The utmost stillness reigned among
the company during the address of their
. ief. m my then pro sl
ed to turni le their dead companions into
the water, where they soon sank from
sight. In half an hour scarcely a vestige
of the conflict remaint.d. This funeral
t inary in
stance of he kind we have yet observed,
and is le ady of nat
uralist-. The fight as a whole would
have delighted -porting men and dog
fanciers, i t was highly interesting to the
lew who observed it.
.—
V contributor to the Chicago Jour
nal. signing himself “Uommon tsense,”
fit cui shea the following upon the free
trade question which is now agitating the
public journals:
“What is fi ? An Engfish
maehiue for breaking down the mannfac
turics of other col ntries in order to mo
nopolize them.
What are the wages of free trade—
Sixpence a day.
Vv ho are benefited by free trade?
Those who import the raw material, and
exi the manufactured articles to sup
ply the e-- aurica from which the former
isoUah and.
A\ iio are the advocates of Free Trade;
The Mu. ’ish Ar?--t. ■ ■y, played out pol
itician- <>f tiie Am •rieau Democracy- and
the Soudr rn cotton lords. _
t\ .-at would Ire the effedt of Free
T. - .: b ? To hut up ail American work
shops, turn our artisan- and mechanics
out of ’.uployment, send several hnnd
1. o millions of dollars in gold annually,
tn fi.; pe, r.nd and prive our Government
of "1 may now received for duties on ini*
port -_-wr ; ;r-s> inch to pay lu* interest on
Yhepubiie debt.
Vla>us twenty miles irom Car-on j
City. Nevada, are some mmerai spring.-- I
called''team: oat Springs. from the noise I
they make, which sounds like several !
gtgj barging steam. These !
springs cover an area ol ahnnt three j
acre-. The water is boiling hot. and the i
escapin : -le.’.u he -■ eu for -ev •••! j
miles 1 'fore -unri-e. and the atmosphere !
in the vicinity is tided with the smell ot |
sulphur. t’aere are crevices in the rocks j
where the water can be seen bo liny at a \
depth of thirty feet. There i- also a
spring which is called Breathing Spring.
, It is shaped much tike a well. Tito wa
ter rev i to the depth of ion or twelve
f*et, aid remains calm for five minutes,
and then commences to boil, and rises
until it shoots into the air above ten feet,
ami In live minutes it W.gins to recede.
Saute of the penal sics which nature
in diets upon vice of different kinds, are
as ■horrible a- anything ever imagined of
infernal retributions. A well authenti
cated ease of spontaneous combustion oc
curred in Columbus. Indiana.,on the b'th
ult. Andrew .suite, a German, very in
tempo rue in his habits, was found dead
in his shop, his lip- entirely burned away
Scaring a ghastly hole, and ins tongue
charred to a crisp. His nose was also
burned, as if by tire coming out of his
nostrils, and the clothes were still burn
ing when found. Xo other part of his
Study save the our passages was burned.
An inquiring German has boon try
ing nitro glycerine internally, not for
blasting, but to ascertain whether it is
poisonous. In large doses it caused death
in annuals, acting chiefly on the brain
The experimenter, getting accidentally
more than he meant to, suffer? pretty
severely from headache, giddiness and
partial loss of eon.-eiousness, but experi
enced no very alarming symptoms. Ex
ternally, it produced no effect whatever.
Hence be, ormolu del that it is a sale ar
ticle to handle, so long as it does not ex
pio|p
Mr, Stomach" sends his respects to
Mr. Brain, rtanesting him, if convenient
not tu'quden ike any strong intellectual
effort uAo and arty- dinner, as he wishes
to bring the strongest pO'-ib'e coneenlra
tior|igA ltai power upon the meal Just
consigned to him. for it? proper digestion.
Artemns Ward.—A Scketch of his
Career.
From the Cleveland Plaii g, Dealer r ~ of
Saturday, the 9th inst., on piper’
Mr. Browne fairly began his
veer, we condense the following,lket<3i oft
his life; ‘
“It is a sad duty to announce the death
of a young man, for whom the future
1 (remised so much as it did for Mr.
Jrowne; and die little telegram that tclis
of his death w.U be read with peculiar
pain and sadness in Cleveland. It was
here that his genius for humor crystalised
in the “Arterarts Ward’ and It
was while a member of the Cleveland
pr<afc> that he received hi first kaarg^
ronnd of public applause. He commenc
e<} Ms career here, auj, hut for the en
couragement that his'early efforts receiv
ed from Cleveland friends, he would
hardly have achieved the wonderful sue :
that finally fell to his share.
‘"We well remember when Mr. Browne
first took the 'local’s’ post on the Plain
Dealer. It was in the summer of ISSS.
His experience as a prest writer had pre
viously been limited to a short appretice
ship as local editor on a Toledo payr.and
to stray communication® to Mr. Shiila
ber’s Boston Carpet Bag; upon which
paper ho worked as a compositor. About
the first humorous article that he ever
wrote —and it was one of his best —was a
description of a Fourth of July celebra
tion in a New England village. The
grand spectacle of the day was a repre
sentation cf the battle of York town—
George Washington and Lord Cornwallis
in character, tie fore the affair was over,
Washington get drunk, and had a despe
rate fisticuff battle with Cornwallis, and
came out second best. This article was
timidly handed to Shillaber, whom its
rich humor delighted. The paper was
also printed iu the Plain Dealer, soon
after ho commenced work upon it
Mr. Browne first worked upon the To
ledo Commercial as compositor; but two
or three comic scraps contributed to that
paper, betrayed his rare humor to the
editor, and a position in the sanctum was
the result. It was not lo.’g after that
Mr. -I. W. Gray, flic founder of the
Plain Dealer , effected an engage
ment with Browne. He became
local and commercial editor of the paper.
Asa more reporter he was decidedly not
‘a success, —lacking the necessary enter
prise and industry; hut he was literally
running over with humor, so that his
column was always a favorite with rea
ders, whether it presented any news or
not. One of his best hits was a 'take off’
on a ‘Bonnerism in the Ledger. Mr.
Bonner announced that the ‘ Lions of the
New York Press were all writing for the
Ledger,' Thereupon Mr. Browne came
out one evening with the startling an
nouncement that “The Tigers of the
Cleveland Press wore all writing tor the
Plain DealerV The next evening ap
peared letters —written in the broadest
burlesque—from the different Cleveland
editors. Mr. Benedict wrote on ‘Eti
quette,’ and Mr. Gray on ‘Dancing.’ IVe
cannot remember the subject of Mr.
Harris’ able article.
It was while on the Plain Dealer that
M . Browne adopted the non dr plume of
“Artemus Ward’’ —a character that he
indivi Inalized so thoroughly that the
old showman 1 as always seemed like a
veritable personage, even to those who
knew that he was but tiie creation of a
humorist’s I*lll. The W ard letters were
a great success from the first, and were
eagerly copied by the press everywhere.
Some of them traveled across the Atlan
tic, and made their author known to
English reader-. The best of these let
ter- appeared in the Plhih Dealer.
“In the wintei of 1 v>o. ‘AvtcmusWart!’
accepted an offer from tiie proprietors of
I'oV// io/*V,and, for a considerable time,
was a leading editor on that paper—con
tributing a continuation of the NV ard let
ter--. an i a number of burlesque stories,
the best of which was ‘The Fair Inez, or
the Lone Lady of the Crimson Cliffs.’
“After a comparatively short connec
tion with Vaultn Pair. Mr. Browne con
cluded to enter the lecture field. In iho
latter he was even more successful than
as a writer. Two campaigns in this field
lined hi- pockets with a comfortable sum
of money, and made him widely famous
a.> a humorist. He then went to Cali
fornia and Utah—lecturing and seeing
the sights. Upon his return, he wrote a
new lecture—about four-fifths burlesque,
and one fifth fact—and, with a M union
panorama, commenced evening cute’ -
tainiiieuts at Dodworth s Hall New York
city. C; v, Is went to see his pictures,
and tohoai his irresistible funny lecture,
and fin - a time he was the attraction of the
Metro poll-. Mr. Brown’s success was
not attributable alone to his humor; con
trary to the expectations of his friends,
be proved himself a most skillful man
ager —.seeming to possess an intuitive
precept ion as to the best manner of seevir
iug popular patronage. One of bis New
York advertisements consisted of a coup
le of men, attired in a costume, half
Indian and half Yankee, who paraded tip
and down B.oad.vay, decked out iu feath
ers, paint, ‘stand-up’ collars, moccasins,
and cotton umbrellas, and bearing plac
ards setting forth the attractions of l>od
wortii s liail.
After performing a few months at New
York, the panorama was taken through
the Unfed States —everywhere drawing
immense crowds.
“Artenms Ward” sailed for England
last fail with his panorama. The success
that awaited him there could scarcely
have been anticipated, even by the most
extra vacant of his friends. Almost from
the moment of hi - arrival in London, he
was one ul ike principal 'lions of the
place. The first week he spent as a reg
uhir contributor to Punch—a powerful
medium whereby to advertise himself to
the British public.
lie then opened his exhibition at Egyp
tian Hall, where he continued giving en
tertainments until prevented by the ill
ness which resulted in his death. The
London papers vied with each other in
their laudations of the American humor
ist. Even the S pectuior came out in a
two or three column criticism of ‘Arte
inns Ward, which was in the highest de
groe complimentary to him, Prominent
lit-rift' ms paid him attention ;and Charles
Ik ade. in his ‘Griffith Gaunt,’ mention
ed him as ‘ Artemius the delicious’.
“Mr. Browne was just thirty-two years
of age at the time of bis heath. We be
lieve that he had no brothers or sisters.
His mother is residing at Waterford,
Maine, on a farm pre-.tued to her by her
son. She will probably be the solo heir
of ids immense fortune.
“P. S.—There are some additional
facts in regard to Artemus that might
be recorded here. After two or three
letters on the ‘show hizness’ had appear
ed. they attracted the favorable attention
of Mr. F. T. Wallace, of this city, one
of Mr. Browne’s personal friends, who
inquired of him a- to their authorship.
Upon learning that he old showman
wa> no other than the Plain Denier s 'lo
cal.’ Mr. Wallace advised him to write
with care and fur a purrose, and with a
view oi eventually bringing out a humor
ous volume. Thus encouraged and ap
preciated, he said; ‘l’ll do it.’ After
that followed tH®Wrrd letters in regular
succession, and when the iti ate riel was
nearly ready for ‘His Book,’ Mr. Wall
ace pecuniarily assisted him toward illlus
trating it.
‘ Mr. Browne published two volumes.
! In the hook of travels, the bad spelling
i that had characterized Mr. Browne’s pre
| vious writing-, was discarded to a greTif
extent, which, in the estimation of many,
j made the secondjvolume a vtu>t improve
ment. " r -.i
DRIFTING.
j-' 8 fnVr ,
BT T. %UCHA?TIN READ
£, JL _■ jh —#- -r —| - fe.
Mvri! lorday ; '
. Is Tar n
felling the l&suviaii Biv;
& } My "Winged hon%
A bird afloat. X ■ jA j
Swims round tlfo purple peaks remote:
Round purple peaks
It sails, and seeks
Blue inlets and their crystal creeks,
Whprr'htgh rocks throw,
Through deops below,
A duplicated gulden glow.
Far, vague and dim,
mountains swim;
While on Viwurius* misty brim.
With ouutrutchod hands,
* 'The grey smoke stands
O’erlooking the volcanic lauds.
Here Ischa smile#
O'er liquid miles;
And yonder, bluest of the isles.
Calm Capri waits.
Her sapphire gates
Beguiling to her bright estates.
I heed not, if
My rippling skiff
Float swift or slow from cliff to cliff;
With dreaming oyes
Sly spirit lies
Undev the walls of Paradise.
Under the walls
Where swells and falls
The Bay’s deep breast at intervals,
At peace I Jie,
Bluwu guilty by,
A cloud upon this liquid sky.
The- day so mild, -
Ip Heaven’s own child.
With Barth and Heaven reconciled;—
f Teel
Around me steal
All murmuring to the murmuring keel.
Over the rail
My hand t trail
Within the shadow of the sail.
A joy intense,
A cooling sense.
Glides down my drowsey indolence.
With dreamful eyes
My spirit lies
Where Summer siege and never dies
Overveiled with vines,
She glows and sh’nes
Among her future oil and wines.
Her children, hid
The cliffs amid
Arc gamboling with the gamboling kid;
Ur down the walls,
With lipsey calls,
Laugh on the rocks like waterfalls.
The fisher's child.
With tresses wild.
Unto the smooth , bright am! beguiled,
With glowing lips
Sings as she skips,
Or gazes at the far-off ships.
You deep l ark goes
Whore Traffic blows,
To lands of suu to Ia mis 01 suow r s.—
This happier one.
Its course is run
From lands of snow to lam. 9 of sun.
Oh, happy ship,
To nc ami dip.
With the blue crystal at your lipl
Oh, happy crow.
My heart with you
Sails, and nails, and sings anew!
No mor -, no more.
The wurldiy shore
Upbraids mo with its wild uproar I
With dreamful eyes,
My spirit lies
Under the walls of Paradise!
TALE OF A MASQUERADE.
A Mischievous Widow.
[From c-o Milwaukee Wisconsin.] .
A masquerade would not be much of
an affair if there were not some ludicrous
scenes attached to it. or connected with it.
Last evening that oi the musical socicty
was no exception to the general rale, and
any number oi’ funny incidents transpir
ed.
No person failed to notice a conspicious
person, a g. ntleman dressed as a Span
ish cavalier-—a very neat and tasty dress,
set off upon a well-built and athletic
•frame. Thu gentleman, whom we shall
call X., paid particular —indeed, most de- j
voted attention to a pink domino, en
shrouding a sylph-like form, acting-as
her escort at all times, and paying no at
tention. worth noticing, to anybody else.
In promenading or in resting they were
in earuo.-.t conversation, and the ladies,
who could not fail to notice them,thought
he must lx; a duck of a fellow to pay so
much attention while the gentleman
thought she must be a divine little angel
to listen so devotedly to all his soft things.
Perhaps both of them were wst what
they had the credit of being.
The cavalier was a legal gentleman of
our city, and the pink domino was—no
matter who, just now.
The gentleman is married and has a
small family. He loves his wife, but
people do whisper that sometimes he
loves other people’s just as much. The
cavalier proposed sometime since to go to
the ball, but his wife insisted that her
liealth was not very good, and as there
would be something of a crowd present
:-he would not gc —to her, masquerades
were very tedious affairs at best. That
X. was delighted with the determination
there is no doubt. He did not say so,
however, but the day his wife decided
not to go he met in company a young
and pretty widow, and in tiie heat of the
excitement be asked her to accompany
him to the masquerade. The widow was
possessed of a bosom full of fan, and she
consented to go. X. fitted her out with
a costume and a pink domino, and as
everybody saw. who noticed it, very pret
ty and very expensive. Now, in conclud
ing to go. the widow had some object in
view, evidently, for yesterday, so runs
the story, she saw X. go away from home,
when she sought the presence of his wife
and told her the wiioie story, and in con
clusion, she said:
"Now you’ve heard the whole thing.
That good for nothing husband of yours
has been paying too many attentions to
me of late, and Ido not like it. If you
are a woman of spirit you will play a trick
on him for this, and if you are not, why
I'll—l’ll—just go with him to the mas
querade, and I’ll flirt with him all the
evening just a< hard as ever I know now.”
It is presumed the wife was not a woman
of spirit, for last evening about uine
o’clock,a carriage drove up to thewodow’s
house, and a Spanish cavalier, very gen
tlemanly, very devotedly, and very lover
like. assisted a domino into it and it
drove to Music hall.
At the*hall the couple paid little in
tention to flic funny scenes about them.
If they laughed at all it was at their own
wit. Prying eyes tried hard to find out
who they were. They sauntered abort
until tired. They took refreshments and
occasionally a glass of wine. They made
no attempt to peep beneath each others
masques, for it was evident they knew
each other well. At all times the caval
ier seemed whispering the softest things
to the domino, and a close observer
might have seen that occasionally :he
words were very soft, for they made the
fair domino, start and tremble just a lit
tle. but she seemed to have good control
of herself, but there is no doubt that could
her face have been seen, there would
have been traces of blushes.
It was not a very late hour when the
cavalier and the domino, had disappear
ed from the scene. When the masques
were removed at o'clock anxious ones
were looking to see who the couple were,
but they were gone, and all were disap
pointed. Let us follow them to the
home of'he widow, where they drove in
haste, the cavalier very happy, very
talkative, and almost beside himself with
joy—the domino very-nrjuict and very
reserved. They were shown into the
drawing-room, where the domino throws
herself upon the lounge. The cavalier
steps forward to turn up the gas a little,
but a pleasant voice says, “I will do it
for you, Mr. X.and the room is ablaze
with light. The voice was that of the
young widow, and the blaze of light
showed the lawyer leaning upon a chair,
perfectly aghast with astonishment, look
ing from the window to the domino, yet
unable to utter a word.
“Why, what is the matter, Mr. X. ?”
asked tne widow, "you look astoaiched.
I expected, you, and have been waiting
for you some time. Your wife told me
. t&e would some heta "
“My wife !” gasped the cavalier.
“Yes, your wife. Why, what is tie
matter with you ? Are you unwell ?”
The cavalier scarce seemed to knq*
whether he was unwell or not. He ton
ed to the domino. Bhc had removed hr
masque, and he sawhis wife sitting In
fore him. His astonishment was greater
than before. Still he could say nothin:.
The wife was too indignant to spoil
The widow came to the relief of both.
“I tell you what it is, Mr. X,” s|e
said, “Y ou’vo one of the Lest women jri
the world for a wife, and you abuse lifer
worse than any man I ever knew. I just
wish I was in her place for about five
minutes now.”
The cavalier looked as if he wished
nothing of the kind. The widow went
an
“You insulted me in asking me to go
with you. _ If I had had a lag brother
able to whip you he should have done it,
and it it had not been that a yomau can
not do those th’rgs, 1 would have dene
it myself. You deserved it any way yon
yon ugly monster. As I could not do it,
I, told your wife, and we determined to
punish you. and I guess you‘have had a
pretty good lesson, and one which will
last you some time. I know by the way
your poor wife blushes, that you have
said all sorts of insulting flings to her,
thinking it was me ; but it wasn’t, and 1
guess you have found it all out. You’ve
had your lesson ; now go home, and if I
ever hear of your neglecting your wife
again or running off after other women,
I'll tell the whole story, and have it pub
lished in the papers, with your name in
great big type —eh ! you monster, you I y
Poor X. was suffering terribly. He
had never been caught so fairly before
The perspiration was pouring down his
forehead, and the air of the room seemed
terribly confined. He mentally cursed
masquerades, dominos, bewitching will
ows and his own stupidity, and it was a,
relief when his wife, who evidently felt
that he had been punished, intimated
that they had better go home, and the
poor cavlier slunk away like a whipped
school boy. Wo trust the lesson will be a
lasting one to him.
A Nameless Lad Saves a PassengerTraln
from Destruction.
A praiso-v.ovthy action of the day
previous came into our possession yester
day- morning, which it gives us pleasure
to record.
A meue lad, probably a resident of t he
vaeinity, in walking along the track of the
Illinois Central, near Council Hill, on
Friday morning, discovered the end oi a
rail thrown out ol the ‘‘chair’ in such a
manner as to form a Y at the point of
displacement. Scarcely had lie’ made
the discovery,when he heard the moru’ng
passenger train thundering along with
almost lightening speed toward the ter
rible place. The little fellow fully realiz
ed the position, and with eairer steps he
ran toward the train, waving his tiny red
handkerchief, which he luckily had in
his pocket, as a warning of the danger
ahead. The train was speeding swiftly
on a down grade. Fortunately, the en
gineer saw the noyks signal, whistled lus
‘‘down breaks, and the precious invoice
of human freight was stopped on the
very verge—it may have been,of destruc
tion.
Without alarming the passengers, the
rail was replaced, the hoy s name secured
by the conductor.and the train moved on.
It was not until the train had nearly
reached the Ounleith station, that (heir
narrow escape from injuries and death,
and the brave boy’s.act, was learning by
the passengers. Then they would gladly
have given him a memento of their grat
itude,'but the conductor declined to dis
close his name, and they were loft to
feel the gratitude which they would have
gladly expressed in pecuniary reward.
Undoubtedly the conductor’s motive
for concealment was, that lie preferred
his company should reward the noble lad,
than that those whose fives and limbs he
saved should do it. That lie will be so
rewarded, who can doubt? We shall
watch diligently among our exchanges
far his name, if we should otherwise fail
to procure it. Such a boy’s name is de
serving of “honorable, mention.” — Du
huque Times.
_ . o ——
A Beatieii, Sentiment. —Clasp thy
hands meekly over the still breast —
they’ve no more work to do; close the
weary eyes—they’ve no more tears to
shed ; part the damn locks —there’s no
more pain to hear. Closed alike to love’s
kind voice, and calumny’s stinging
whisper.
O, if in that still heart you have mth
lesly planted a thorn ; if from that plead
ing eye you have carlessly turned away;
if your loving glance, and kindly word,
and clasping hand have come —all too late
—then God forgive you! No frown
gathers on the marble In ow as you gaze
—no scorn curls the chiselled lip—no
flush of wounded feeling mounts the
blue veined temples.
God forgive you 1 for your feet, too,
must shrink appalls from death’s cold
river—your faltering tongue askes:
“flan this be ‘death?’’ Your fading eye
lingers lovingly on the sunny earth, your
hands feel its last feeble flutter.
O. rapacious grave ! yet another vic
tim for thy voiceless keeping! What!
no words of greeting from the household
sleepers? no warm welcome from a sis
ters loving lips? No throb o ’ pleasure
from the dear maternal bosom.
Silent al 7!
tV if these broken limbs wore never
broken up ! If beyond death’s swelling
flood there were no eternal shore ! If fur
the struggling heart there were rw port
of peace! If athwart that lowering
crowd spanned no bright bow of promise!
Alas for luvr*, if this be all,
Ami naaghi beyond.
“A Delicate Husband. ” —Not many
years since there lived in the interior of
Vermont, a very queer, exceedingly timid
chan (not overstocked with common
sense) by the name of Eli Snidpool.
This genius much to the astonishment
of everybody who knew him. plucked up
sufficient courage at the age ol forty, to
get married. He proved to he a very
meek and dutiful husband, and in due
course of time became the father of a line
healthy infant. During his wife’s con
finement he was very solicitous in regard
to her health, but could not be induced
to enter the sick room or look upon his
h Ir apparent. At first the nurse ap
preciating what she supposed to be the
extreme delicacy of his nature, forbore to
urge his presence, but as day after day
passed without the consolation of his at
tendance to the convalescent mother, the
nurse at last indignantly insisted that the
recreant husband should go with her to
the sick chamber. He at last consented,
but first absented himself from the house
fora few minutes, returning with a large
bunch of dried tansy in his hand. Then
reluctantly ascending the staircase, he
timidly knocked at the door, which on
being opened he eagerly seized and nearly
closed again, and there and thus he stood,
while with ghostly pallor, his bunch of
tansy tightly pressed to his nose, and
trembling in every joint.
To the astonishment of all present, when
urged to “come in" by the feeble voice
of his hewer half he replied with the
greatest trepidation, and without for an
instant removing the tansy from his nose;
‘ bVo / iVo ! My Dear! I dare not erepose
myself, for fear of catching the disorder.
The use of buttons so made that
they can be attached to the clothing wi h
oat stitclnng by needles is becoming quite
general, and an extensive use thereof has
, satisfied the public of the real value of
the improvement. The man who has no
wife, may now step into almost any store
buy buttons of any pattern and attach
them to. his dress in a twinkling. Due of
the , earliest niajmfaotaridg companies;
that enjjfcgedHn this sort of button mak
ing is said to be now in the enjoyment of
the princely profit of $250,00U a year.
Singer Sewing Machines. —Anew
invoice just received at the Franklin
Bookstore, where may besgeu the follow
ing styles:
Letter A Family Machine, new style.
I .letter A Family Machine, old style.
Letter A Family Machine, half ease.
No. 2 Manufacturing Machine, Lon
Stand.
Those interested in sewing machines
are respectfully invited to call and ex
amine these. O. B. Smith & Cos.
GO TO
THE FRANKLIN
BOOKSTORE!
IF YOU WISH
CHOICE GOODS
IN THE SHAPE OF
BOOKS,
STATIONERY,
G:QL; FESi*
And many other articles too numerous to
mention.
GREAT REDUCTION
IN PRICES.
Wo nre telling many kinds of merchandise
at loss figures than the same can be bougl t for
n Chicago.
OUR BOOKS.
We have many new volumes, consisting of
Histories, Poetry, Works of Fiction, <tc.
STATIONERY.
The largest stock ever brought to Manito
woc, which will be sold cheap by the tjuire or
ream. And as to
GOLD PENS
Wo wil l bind ourselves to sell as good an ar
ticle as can be foa.i i in Chicago and at a less
price than it can he obtained there. In tbo
U.. 9 of
3f*azicy CS-oods,
We have much to admire. Some vcrynice
Portfolios &Writing Desks
AVe have also a good assoitment of
Of every Lind.
Bat the most useful article that can be pre
sented to a Lady is a "
SINGER SEWING MACHINE.
We have nil kinds at Manufacturers prices.
We are also Agents for
PIANOS AND MELODEON3
By giving close attention ♦.< business, by pry
ing Cash for all we purchase by selling our
goods at a very
SMALL PROFIT
andby giving closa attention to the wants of
our castorac s, we hope to merit a liberal share
af the public patronage.
O. 15. SMITH & CO.
Manitowoc, November 2S, 1566.
LSIIEUMAN & CO
dealers in
BOOTS, SHOES
LEATHER AND FINDINGS
E 5 GISTH STRE IFF,
Manitowoc Wisconsin.
Would respectfully inform the Public that
they have removed to their NEW STORE ex
pressly fitted up for their business, and that
they have now and will constantly keep on
hand the
LARGEST %M) BEST
Stock of BOOVg, SHOES, LEATHER and
FIX DINGS, and at as
XjO'W a Figure
nr the lowest market prim.
We have in our employ the BEST OF
WORKMEN, aud all wora of our manufacture
will be
WARRANTED
not to rip.
The Highest Market Price
paid in cash for hides.
L. SHERMAN <t CO.
Manitowoc, April 23, 1866,
The Military History Of
Wisconsin.
Every|Sldier should have it. Call at the
Bookstore; O. B. SMITH & CO
SUMMONS —Manitowoc County Circu
it Court.
Lizzie Hubbard, Plaintiff, against Hen-y
Hubbard, defendant. Summons —For Keliet
—(Com. not served.)
The State of Wisconsin, to Henry Hubbard,
the above named defendant.
Sir: You are hereby summoned and requir
ed to answer the complaint in this action, ot
which a copy is herewith served upon you, and
serve a copy of your answer on me at ray o!-
fioe in the Village an I County of Manitowoc,
Wis., whh : n twenty days after the service
hereof, exclusive of the day of such service;
and if you fail to answer the complaint as
aforesaid, the plaintiff will apply to the Court
for the relief demanded in the complaint.
Dated February 25, A- D. ISB7.
CHAS. H WALKER, Pl’tffs Atty.
A copy of tbo complaint in -this action haf
this day been filed in the office of the C.erk os
the Circuit Conrt of Manitowoc County.
February 28, 1867. 46 6w
CHAS. H. WALKER, Pltffs Atiy
The American Conflict.
BY HORACE GREPLY.
May be had at the Franklin Bookstore.
O. B. SOUTH & CO.
. AffenM.
Smalley it Co’s
Agricultural Depot.
MANITOWOC, WIS.
"SWEEPSTAKES”
ThiesHing Machines.
Wilh sillier “CARtY” or “COMPENSAT
ING” 9oh 10 bone powers. The BEST
3fACHiyE made in Ameri'a.
Combi iierf Buckeye
REAPERS. AN9 MOWERS.
Grant ami Mayic
STRAW CUTTERS.
Bnckcye
GRAIN DRILL S.
CHAMPION
HAY TI.VK^S.
Cast steel, and Oast-cast steel, Peekskill N0.21
A 22,Buckeye,Meadow C, Corn and S veepstakes
I s x. o w s ,
SCRAPERS,
Kettles, of all sizes,
Cultivators, &c., Slc,
Any farm tool wanted, from a stump machine
to a plowpoint, either or. hand or ordered.
NORTH SI DC,
At tlie Sign of the Plow.
13-lltf
CITY DRUGSTORE
O. 11. BACON <fe CO., Apothecaries, £
' Next Moor to First National Slunk,
EIGHTH STREET, MA?IITOWO3, WISCONSIN. *
DEALERS IN ®
V
I*ure Drug’s, ftgucilaffe, 03
Patent Medicines, Snunti; CQ
-Burnett’s Extracts, Td-J;> o.
Dyestuffs, rVuwlaes anclOiEs
Toilet Articles, IKaaniSy Groceries, 'm*
Sponges, *kc., &e. s &c.
Particular attention given to Prescriptions and E-’antily Helpc* O
Elghili Stß*eet 9
North ?ide of River. 12-42
The Patent Silver
AND
COMBINATION SKIRT.
. SS3.
ffsSS^Pw
tmsea&am.
(Patented March 7, 1f65.
-'lore Durable, 53ore Plastic, More
Graceful, And will keep it*
Shape and retain its Place
JIUTIEUTHAN ANY Ollll.lt SKIKT.
This new and beautiful style of Skirt was
awarded by the Great American Institute Fair
held in New York City, October, 1565, a
SILVER MEDAL.
The Highest Premium ever given
for a Hoop -Skirt.
The Steel springs are wound with a fine
plated wire (in place of a cotton covering,)
which wiii net wear off or become soiled, and.
the whole Skirt may be vash / icilhout injury
or fear of rusting and will be as good as new,
THE
COMBINATION SILVER SKIRT.
This invention combines with the ordin ry
cotton Skirt the advan tngfts of our SILVER
SKIRT; the bottom hoops are the same as
those used in the Silver Skirt, the covering of
which cannot wear off, whit the upper ones
are covered with cotton. No lady having i-iite
worn one of our Sirts will be willing to wear
any-other, >i. the lower hoops of all ocher kinds
are soon injured and soiled.
The best materials are used in tbeir con
struction, and from their durability and neat
ness, they are destined to become
A FAVORITE SKIRT!
Look t our “Pride of the West,”
Manufactured solely by
The Silver Skirl and h ire Manufacturing Cos.
22 Cortland Stcet. N. Y.
17 Bra. T. S PERRY, Sup’t.
Agents at Manitoww,
GCODENOW & BARNES.
Ray’s Arithmetics,
WiXllKeyf to Higher and 3d Part, have
been received at the
FRANKLIN P^OKSTORE
GOODRICH'S History of United State*
Mad Mitehels Geography at the
Franklin Bookstore.
O- TORRISON
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
The People's Store
WHERE MAY BE FOUND
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES,
CROCKERY,
G LASS W A RE, Ac
NEW GOODS !
Fail and Winter Styles.
GREAT REDUCTION IN
PRICES!
FRENCH AND GERMAN
DRESS GOODS
IN GREAT variety.
Just received the best assortment of English
and German
CARPETS
Ever brought to Manitowoc.
ALSO
Hats & Caps,
lainen Coats,
Linen Pants, &c.
Kerosene Oil and Lamps.
Hardware,
Table and Pocket Cutlery.
A general assortment of all kinds of
‘ farming utensils
constantly on hand, and all kinds of goods re
quired by the Farmer, and hi. wile.
Wanted
In exchange for cash or merchandise,
Shingles, Lumber, Wood,
Lath, Pickets, and all
kinds ofl'Aßtl PRODUCE
Call and Examine Prices.
Corner of Eighth and Commercial Street,
Near Hie Bridge,
13-4 Manitowoc, Wif.
MANITOWOC
GKOCEEY
AND—
I S ROVISTOTST
S T O It E,
STR.EET
(Brick Block, North Side.)
W. 11. HORN,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
miQmmm
AND
PROVISION S,
Flour, Feed, Corn Meal, Tea, Sugar, Pork.
Ham, Fish, Svntps, Vinegar; Kerosene Oil,
Soap, Candles, Salcratus and everything usual
ly found in a FIRST CLASS GROCERY
STORE.
Also, alway on hand anr for sale as
C XT E A F
as ean bo bought nrhot of Milwaukee, all
kinds of
FARMING UTENSILS
Such ns Shovels, Spades, Hoes, Bakes, Forks
,vc. Milwaukee LUMBER WAGONS, con
stantly on hand.
Salt. Clover Seed, Nail.-, Sash, Glass, Paints,
Oils, Bar, Pitch, Oakum, Lath, Yarn and Ropes
for sale at LOW RATES.
500 BARRELS
MICHIGAN LAND PLASTER,
FRESH and DIRECT from the Mills, which
I will sell at a SMALL MARGIN if applied
for soon, as my motto is quick sales and small
profits.
Would also call the attention of the farmers
of Manitowoc and surrounding counties, to_a
very choice and well selected or
1000 APPLE TREES,
These trees are from the well known O’BRIEN
NURSERY of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, having
been replanted, trimmed and the best atten
tion paid tbooi for several years. I venture to
gay they are as tine a lot of trees as can be
found in Wisconsin, which I offer at a bargain,
come and convince yourself.
WANTED
Shingles, Lumber, Wood, Lath and Pickets,
Wheat, Rye, Barley, Oats, Pork, Potatoes,
Butter, Eggs, Rags and Seeds, and every ar
ticle marketable, for all of which I will pay
the
Highest Market Price
IN CASH.
13-1 ly _ W. H. HORN.
GROV ESTEEN & CO.,
Piano M'orte Manufacturers,
400 Broadway, New York.
These Pianos received the hipest award of
merit at the U OHLV’S FA IK, oser the best
makers from London, l aris, Germany, the ci
ties ol New York. Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Boston ; also the GO- D METAL at the Ame
rican Institute, for FIVE successive years!
Our Pianos contain the French Grand Action,
Harp Pedal, Overstrung Bass, full iron frame,
and all modern improvements. Every Instru
ment warranted FIVE years. Made under the
supervision of Mr. J. U. Groteiers, who has
a practical experience of over thirty-five years
and is the maker of over eleren thousand piano
fortes. Our facilities for manufacturing enable
a.- to sell instruments irotn 5-100 to $2OO
cheaper than any first class piano ic rte.
•h-’MI-B
ANEW SUPPLY of all kinds ot
Thread and Needles for Singer*# Sewing
Machines, at the Fiauklin Bookstore.
AWARDED A GOLD MEDAL
AT THB : >
Am Inst. Fair,
OCTOBER 19, 1865.
In d’rect competition with all the leading
Rakers in the country.
“FEIiOUBET"
ORGANS AND r
MELODEONS!
Peloubet,iPelton & Cos.,
31 a unfa cturcr
Respectfully invite lb , attention ofpurchaser#
the trade and profession, to the
Following Instruments
Of their manufacture :
PEDAL BASE
ORGANS,
Five sizes, Five Octave, one to Three Blanks
of Keys, throe to eight setts of Reeds,
Pi •ices to $6OO
SCHOOL ORGANS
Twelve styles, one to four sets of Reads
single and double bank, Rosewood and Black
IValnut cases,
Prices $l3O to 400.
MELODEON?.
Piano style and Portable, Twelve "Varieties
from four to six Octave, Single and Double
Reed, Rosewood and Black Walnut Cases.
Prices #65 to 250.
Every Instrument is made bv oompeteo
workmen, from the best material under our
persona] supervision, and every modern iw—
provement worthy of the name, is introduced
in them. Among these we would call attention
to the TEEMOLENTB, which has been so
much admired, and can b found only in lu m
struments of our own manufacture.
From among the very flattering Testimo
nials of eminent Professors and Organists, w*
give the following extracts :
“ The pedals I conceive to be unapproach
able in their beautiful smooth quality."—Wat
A. King.
“It is a grand, good Instrument, and doer
credit to the builder."—H. C. Folger, Troy, N.
Y.
hey are among the finest Instrument*
manufactured either in this country or abroad,'
—Wml Borg. J. Moeenthal, Aptomas.
*' They have given universal satisfaction.”—
W. E. llawley, Fond du Lac. Wis.
“ There ’s a peculiarly sweet and sympa
‘hetie tone which harmonizes charmingly with
the voice.”—W. 11. Cooke.
“ I am particularly pleased with the arrngc—
ment of the difleteul registers.”—Wm. H.
Bradbury,
“ No other instrument so nearly approached
tho organ.”— The Chorister, bV. •
%
“This instrument has a clear superiority
over anything yet introduced among us.”—
Independent, N. Y.
“ The tones and the action are excellent.”—
Rev. W. S. Leavitt, Hudson, N. Y.
“ The more we use it the better we like it.*
—J. B. Haue, Hudson, N. Y.
“ The two Bank Organ Harmonium is real
ly a gem.”—J. Kinnicutt, Boston, Mast
“ We have found them excellent in all point*
constituting a good instrument.”— J, C. Cook,
T. J. Cook. ♦
•‘lt looks and sounds splendidly."—B. B-
Saxton, Troy, N. Y.
“ Tie most perfect toned Melodeon X ever
sw.”—Way F. North.
“ They fail back on r ueh substantial merit*
as superiority of workmanship, beauty of tone
and reasonableness ot price. And we must say
that in all respects thev are well worthy off
praise,” — Mimical Pioneer, ahq. ’65.
Every Instrument is fully warranted,
and Voxed and Shipped in New York city
without charge.
Circulars, Cots, and Piice Lists, 4c,, seat ta
application to
PELOUBET. FELTON & C 0„
841 Broadway,
NEW YORK*,
Or to any of our agents in thfe principal cili*
of tho Union.
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