Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1847-10-22
NUMBER 8.

lsI Pigs 10000 | ls44 Pigs 634,6ol
1912 1879 Is45. us. 500,
IS43 534,I3I Is46 672,42O
The greatest amount of lead shipped in
any one year., was in 1916, being ST.
495, 900 lbs, W hich, at an average value.
in New York. would be worth 50 ,245,I94,
The shipment of Copper from. the Up.
per Mississippi, was in
IS43 Lbs. $4,000
lS44 $4,000.
In 1916, amount not known, but had un-
doubtedly largely increased.
FIRE AND SMoKH.-A wet silk hand
kerchlef, tied without folding oyer the.
face, it is said, is a complete security a.
gainst suffocation and smoke it permits
free breathing and at the same time ex-
cludes the smoke from the lungs. It has
been efectualiy tried.
Raymond & Warnings elephant broke
from his fastenings in Cleaveland, and
was found next norning,i in "a garden near
by, deliberately stuting his trunk with
cabbages.
IaoN IN Mass eHUsETTs,- huge
veins of Iron oar have been discovered in.
Hawley, Mass. worth G3 per cent. of pure
metal, land easily wrought. Arrangements
are making for erecting furnace.
A paritioner complained to the
parson that his pew was too far from4
the pulpit, and that he must purchase
one nearer. "Why!" asked the parsonr
-" can't you hear distinctly -" Oh.
yes, ] can hear well enough" Cant
you see plainly" Yes, can see per-
fectly WELL" well, then, what can
be the trouble ~ "Why, there are so
many in front of me, who catch what
you say FIST, that by the time your
words reachmy ears, they are as Hat
as dish-water..
d. One of two punsters happened
to strike his foot against a small pail
in the street, when the other drilv OBJ =
served, Why Sam, YOU have kicked
the bucket oh, no, he replied, Il
have only turned a LITTLE PAIL.
&C. Those persons who intend to ,
plant out fruit trees of good variety,
should now see that their ground is In
order. Avoid cold and wet grounds; :
and select piece for your orchard in
Ginning to be light, warm, rich and mel F.
low.
!, STOLEN GooDs.-A negro in jana
ca was tried for theft, and ordered to be
fogged. He begged 10 be heard,
which being. granted, he asked, .If
white man buy stolen goods, why he
be no flo-ged too!' ssWel!;'' said the
Judge, $50 he would. Deere den re-
piled Mungo, is my massa : he buy
tolen goods; he new me tolen, and YET >
he buy me-
MEMoRy.-Cyrus, King of Persia,
was said to have known the names of
all the soldiers in his army. Lucius
Cornelius Scipio was thought tofknoW =.
the name Of every man in Rome.
The Turks differ from us even in
their most trifling habits The barber
pushes his razor from him, the carpen-
ter, on the contrary, draws the saw
to him for all the teeth set in; ours push
cs it out from him, for all the teeth are
set out, the mason sits while he LAYS
stone, ours always stand; the scribe
writes on his hand, and from right to
left; ours always write on Il desk, and
from left to right; but the most ridicu-
lous difference consists in the manner ..
OF building hOuse-we begin at the
bottom and finish at the top; the Turks
begin at the top, and the upper rooms
are finished and inhabited while all be-.
low is ike lantern.- Scientific Am.
To CURE HAM.-IIousewive are gen
orally proud of the cXcellency of their
dishes, and feel a laudabIe pride in ,
having them praised. Good ham
a more excellent article when prop
crly cured, though rarely seen in that
perfection of which It is susceptible:
Such of our readers as NAV be dcs.-
rous of preparing it for themselves,
may be benefited by the following
receipt
Take three gallons pure water, four
pounds salt one half fine - the other
half coarse, one and a ha If pounds
0 f brown sugar, and one pint best.
Havana molasses. To the above in
gradients, add-two and half ounces
saltpet:c, and half an ounce Of perlash.
Mix and boil, car, fully freeing the
liquor of the scum as it rises, and
when cold, put in your meat. Ham
cured in this way is excellent, and
may be kept sweet for a much longer
period, it is said than when prepared in
any other manner.