Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-03-28
t0it, Sentiment, ST.

loon AByrDE If young man wants tC en-
gage in business that will insure him in middle
age the greatest amount of leisure time, there
IS nothing more sure than farming. Ii he
wants to engage in healthy occupation let him
tall The soil. Il he IS of an independent turn of
mind. let hin; be farmer Ia short If he would
Be independent let him get spot Of earth; keep
within his means, TO shUn the la0yet be temper
ate 10 avoid the doctor be honest that he NAV
have clear conscience; improve the soil SO as
10 leave the world better than he found it; and
then il he cannot 1--we happily and die contented
there is 40 hope for him.
An Irish gentleman having party to meet
al tavern, exclaimed, on arriving and finding the
room empty: SO | am first after all" The wai>
ter informed him that be was mistakeu-that his
friends had been there and had gone Yerv we'll =
replied the HibeTnian, then | have a6l rs mis-
taks; for. as they were all here before me rrely
VS. not mistaken in saying was FIRST after all ;"
Since it has become the fashion for men to
confess their past very freely In books ii is
boldly asserted that there is no material difference
between an autobiography and naughty biog-
raphy
Mountains are considerably up and doan in
Vermont II is related that coacfrnan driving
up one, was asked if il was as steep on the other
side Steep" lie answered, 4 chain lightning
couldn't go down it without breeching on
See here, Gnpy, understand you have su
perior way of curing hams. should like TO learn it
WeeI, yes-I know very well how to cure them,
but the trouble with me just now. is to find out
way to pro c1oe them.
The Toledo Blade publishes the marriage OF
Mr.. John Paddle TO Miss Mary Canow, and adds
that the happy groom can exclaim with the poet
- paddle my canoe!7
Lord John Russell says that there is one BIT
OF truth in the Austrian treaty, and that is at the
end, where the name of the Representative OF
England IS coupled with the words, Done at Vi
enna'
The best contTivance for keeping people
awake in church, is clergyman who is wide
awake himself
/ Mrs Partington says there must be some
of kin between poets and pullets, for they
always chatting their lays
A person who undertakes to raise hin1seli
DT scauGalzing otlers, niSat as wei slt uo"E OF
a wheelbarrow, and try 10 wheel himself
/ A fellow in Jail wished 10 have the smallpox
so that he could break out He tried everything
/ else
Why is soldier like vinef Because he ]:
| listed has ten-dTiis. trains and shoots
Why are the names of Jewish tribes, like th'
serpents in India1 Because they're found II
Nuai5srs.
| The a;ost remarkable fountain in the worl'
is that of Chstsworsh, the seat of the Duke OF De
von.hire, which plays 10 height OF 367 feet
as high as Trinity steeple.
The young woman who tainted away, Ia
bee:. told by her family, that it would be NOR
delicate for her 10 faint at honas-
Women are like old-fashioned houses, wit
many doors and few windows. Il is easier TO ga.
entrace into their hearts than to through them
/ "A late number OF the Knickerbocker has tn
following ungallant hit upon poetess with re
hair
Unfortunate woman, how sad IS your lot
Your ringlets are REQ, and your poems are not.
-A wise man never grows old in spirit;
marches with the age.