Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1853-09-08
Darietl,.

When is a man not man? When he is a
saltseler.
If you give gifts to bad men, you make them
your enemies.
Attraction is-the look blue eyed girl gives
her lover.
There is no disparity in matrimony like un-
congeniality Of mind and disposition.
The gentleman who fell in love with shad-
ow was extricated with the loss OF his boots.
Inertia IS a feeling piece ofcaIico experien-
ces when leaning against canary colored vest.
II The number of volumes issued by the Amer
lcau Bible Society, during the past monJn,
l0I, ,652.
II It is estimated, that one hundred thousand
head Of cattle have been taken across the plains
this year, to California.
The adversaries of a good cause are like men
who strike at the Goals of large FIRE They scat
ter the Goals and propagate the fire.
When YOU run short of ideas, use high-falutin
words. To nine persons out Of ten, the bass-drum
affords more delight than the guitar.
The world viii always honor industry. The
useless idler is always despised: his scorn for the
honest laborer, is the warmest praise.
Good ground for divorce: Having husband
who presists in washing his feet in frying pan,
Better :-Cne who never washes them!
-OIdhorses should be driven by old people. Till
YOU have the rheumatics yourself you cannot prop
erly sympathize with the spavins of other people,
.4Siuec,re .95olisHel 1t is said that the aboli-
ton Of the coal agency by government, takes from
Howland & Aspin,yaII commissions amounting to
$4,000 a year.
/ The qualities of your friends will be those of
your enemies cold friends, cold enemies; half
frcads halfenemies; fcrvid enemies, warm friends.
/ So saith Lavater.
/ What is that dog barking at g. asked foP
whose boots were polished more than his ideas.
/ why because he sees a dog in your boots re-
piled bystander.
How many fond mothers and frugal house
wives keep their pretty daughters and preserves for
some extra occasion-some ~big-bug" or other,
till both tura sour.
Rum is like death; II levels all distinctions
legislator with "a brick in his hat would soon
fraternize with hod carrier as with the President
I Of the United States.
/ ~ The lette- mail made up at the Post Office
in San Francisco for transmission by the Steamer
Oregon, contained 10 421 letters, and all but 400
were for the Atlantic States
I The humane Magnanirnity Society of Troy,
offers reward Of fifty dollars for the best method
of preventing sea a-sickness on the canal Jacobs
recommends walking on the towPath.
I The length of the Michigan Central Railroad,
Is two hundred and eighty miles, made at cost
/ of S. .s5O,0 600, or about $4,000 per mile, The
gross receipts OF the year as stated have been l.,
10000.
DIR Franklin, in summingup the evils ofdrunk-
enness. saws: Houses without windows, gardens
without fences fields without tillage, barns with
out roofs. children without clothing, principles,
morals, or manners.
\ 4 Prrper Te7di1-A man was drowned near
New Albany. in Indiana, lately. and the coroner
Jury brought in a verdict that he fell from Ach-
reIs mill while intoxicated. and that he got the
/ Hqtso- at George Keissr's'
4 IL The Maine Law States continue &c adrer-
tse iails to let Thus IS property rendered worth
less and great business ruined. Grass viii grow
M where constables and their subjects have 50
long gone in. When we have been at the ex-
pense Of erecting such buildings, 1t is clearly a
loss not TO have them filled. O4v city fathers
look to this branch Of the public interest and a
precept and example, here little, and thereby
good deal encourage it-[Cayuga Chief