Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1850-05-10
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like an old family friend seems the paper
we were accustomed TO read in our youth.
The very sight of it seems like a familiar
friend of by-gone days, bringing to our
mind MANY agreeable "reminiscences of
many pleasant hours spent IN reading its
well filed columns. Then we eagerly de-
voured every item of news-scannede every
paragraph-and in it looked for our stan
dard of belief on political and religious
matters, and formed our opinion Of pub
lie men from what we gathered from its
pages The advertising columns also re-
| ceived our special attention-we amused
ourself in specializing upon the appear
ance of the various Objects-of the stu
alton and condition of the persons whose
names there occupied such conspicuous
! places, and almost claimed anacquaintance
with them When our friends visited their
vicinity, we were eager TO know if they
had called on such and such firms, seen
such and such places. When by chance
/ the name Of any one We knew appeared
in print, it seemed invested with double
( Importance, and we were proud to claim
his acquaintance.
FORMER TMEs-lIen often look back
on the past and think the times were bet
! than they now are This is a mistake
/ for with respect to stature, longevity, men
/ tai and physical strength, and many other
/ things. men are now much as they have
/ been for three or four thousand years,
and with respect to science, diffusion Of
right principles, personal comforts, and
/ especially spiritual knowledge, men are
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CAvDoB-If thou hastanythingagain
q friend, or knowest that others have, tell
it Of him freely yet kindly; by so doing
you may incur reproaeh, but you may save
his reputation
CHANGE Change is written on every
thing earthly. Fashions change, seasons
change, friends change, scenes change, our
/ bodies change, but God changeth not, he
continueth ever, the enemy Of sin. but
the friend Of man.-C0r Of tie Morning
/ Star.
! To REMOVE WARTs.-Wash them with
strong solution Of pearlash and let it dry on
/ the warts. If this is done two or three times,
! the warts will disaPper.
! DISTRESSING SUGcIDE.-Mrs. Lucas, a Ia
/ dy aged twenty-five or three years, during
/ fit Of insanity, Jumped overheard from the
! Belle Creole, on the Mississippi, about two
O'Clock Oh Wednesday last, in Tuuicl Bend,
and drowned. Mrs. Lucas was placed on
! board the Belle Creole by Mr.. Twigcheh at
! New Orleans, to come to this city and reside
/ IN the family Of Mr.. Capt. Smith, on Seventh
/ street. Nothing was said TO the officers Of the
boat about her being Insane, nor were they
I'LL, &. L
/ fatal deed was C0mmirtcd. We learn that
! bef.re jumping overheard she kneIt down in
he cabin and prayed for some time. then
went 10 her b-rth, changed her clothes, and
when the attention Of al We're called from her
/ sprang from the cabin guard into the water
and drowned. without rising to the surface.
/ ST Louis IHtsLigencer, 25H uH.
A WABxIsG "A San Francisco corresDou-
dent Of the Albany Erening Journal writes
wv hat have witnessed l know. There is
much misery in California from want and
sickness. /. therefore, advise no friend Of
mine to cmi crate 10 California ifhe can live
( in the States let him remain there. No PER-
son should emgrate who has not a profession
or occupation inlependaut OF all expectation
from gold digging. Were it not for my ex
perience aud knowledge in navigation which
! ird now an Invaluable resource, would re
turn home Ia the next steamer.
THE WEBSTER CAsE.--A dispatch from
Boston to the New York Globe saws
"Farious rumors are still afoat respecting
developments 10 be made. that will throw
more light upon this Mysterious affair.
The avidity with which Litflefeld grasped
the reward, has already begun to produce
revolution 10 public sentiment, and suspicious
are already directed towards him, rs one who
knows moro about it than has yet appeared.
CoTToN MANUFACTUREs.-Hon y. Apple
ton, IN letter to The Secretary Of the Treas
ury, relative to the cotton manufacturing in
Terest in the United States, estimates the an
nual product Of all the mills at 100000 900
yards, and the consumption Of cotton at COO.
600 bales-l00,00O Of which are consumed
south Of the Potomac and in the West States.
The value of this amount of cotton W hen man
utactured, he estimates at SCI 500, O0O
The Lower Glasses.
While dining al public house, a very pro-
fame man was leading the conversation, and
very Indignantly alluded to, some previous
remarks made in reference to the lower class
eS.
With an air Of confidence, accompanied by
| an oath, ne remarked | should like to see
some Of the lower classes"
A person sitting near him at the table re-
marked,
"If you viii not be offended, will tell you
who they are.''
81 o no, not at all, should like to hear
/ The other coolly replied, They are gen.
orally addicted to profane swearing.
Silence ensued, and the man Of profane
words exhibited no further desire to see come
Of the lower classes.
The Propeller Manhattan went up on Satur-
day (29th) to the SauIt, to be hauled over land
into Lake Superior. She carried good car
60 of provisions, and supplies to the mining
regions.-UiL Sen.
RICHMOND, April PC.
The returns from this State show the gain
Of one member in Petersburg aud one in Nor
folk for the Democrats.
The polls are opened at this place for three
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