Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-12-15

A DRUNKARD AND WIFE-~ Yer drunk again,
heyr" said the wife
No, my love, (hic) The fact is, nv dear.
some body has been (hic) rubbing the bottom of
my boots (hic) till they smooth as dim
pane of glass.
GoLD and silver are metals quite too heavy to
be carried TO heaven; but in good hands they
pave the way to it.
Mr.. Bell, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama who had suf-
fered eight years from cancer in the nose, was
lately cured by the of cranberry poultice.
The remedy Is simple enough
METHoDIsTs N ESGLAND-A late census of
the Wesleyan Methodist makes the number of
that sect in Great Britain and Ireland to be 49,
454 showing decrease of 4, SCI since last year.
VEnDIcT.-A man in England, named John
Evans having died of excessive use of tobacco,
the coroners jury gave the following strange YER
dict: Death by the visitation OF God, accelera-
ted by the excessive use of tobacco 1t appears
to ms that they have mixed up causes and effects
IN this verdict very strangely.
LIFE-ITs TRTA1s-To find one who had pass.
cd through life without sorrow you must find one
who IS incapable of love hatred, of hope or
iear-one that has no memory of the past or
thoughts of the future-one that has no syrn7a-
thies with humanity, and no feeling in common
with the rest Of the species.
the Rev John Gates, Mr. John Post 10 Miss So
phia Rails Ii this match don't make a fence Of
the first quality, we should Ike TO know what VIII
bristol Mirror
In 1875 there were in England 100000 landed
proPrietors IA capae who EyeIe reduced in 1918
TO 10000, and they do not exceed 10000
In Scotland there are only 5000, and in ireland.
6444 land owners IN capae, so that It may be said
1874 sway power over 300oo,000 persons!
UyToS TWO Metals WITHOUT Haircut
circular piece of gold Leaf, called dentists
gold, about half an inch In diameter; drop upon
II globule of mercury, about the size of a small
pea, and If they be left for a short time the gold
wll lose its solidty and yellow color, and the
mercury It's liquid form, making soft mass, of
The color OF mercury
Tive BIrrERs MAKE = SwzEr-Tt has been
discovered that mixture of nitre and silver viti,
hippo sulphate Of soda, both of which are remark
ably bitter, viii produce the sweetest known sub
stance.
There are some human tongues which have
two sides, like those OF certain ouadruDeds. one
smooth, the other very rough
PATRICK HENRY.-The following is tbeclo-
sing paragraph III the will of Patrick Henry
q have now disposed of all nv properly to
my family; there is one thing more | wish |
could give them, and that is the Christian re-
hgIon. If they had this, and had not given
them one shilling, Chey would be rich and
If they had not that, and had given them all
the world, they would be poor
- The Rev. Mr.. Spease. formerly Of New
\ Crk, has become Pastor Of the first Presby
terrain Church in Galena.
LoUIsIANA.-This Stale gives majority of
3,l26 for Taylor.
ALABANA.-The official majority for Cass
IN Alabama, is ST..
The official vote of Missouri stands thus.
For Cass, 1927; for Taylor, 2.67I. Casss
majority, 1906. The vote for Governor stood.
King, 1891; Rollins, $3.50.
70 One third more hogs in number. saws
the Era, viii be cut up this winter in St. Lou
is, than many past season.
The Cincinnati Atlas estimates the popu-
Iation of that city at l07 ,000-an increase of
10000 within nine years.
A saying Of Madam de Stael is now quoted
as applicable to the French. They 90 tire
tf5erty.'
BY Telegraph despatch from a member of
Mr.. Clay's family to one Of tie Cincinnati
editors, we learn this DISTINGUISHED Statesman
IS gradually recovering. 1t IS also stated that
his present sickness has been more severe
than ever heretofore experienced by him.
Gen. Taylor receives the vote often Of the
old thirteen States, to wit: Massachusetts.
Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey.
Newly ork, Pennsy lvania, Delaware, Mary
land, North Carolina, and Georgia.
The Cholera has spared ireland, so far
Scotland, but no cases Were reported in any
part of Ireland up to the last accounts.