Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-05-02
mit, Sentiment, 81.

Tut, 5ffltllne1lt, 81.
Notes On the falling dew of eve,'
Are pleasant sounds in poets songs:
But notes on ere Of falling dia,
To those to whom the cash belongs,
(And who not getting it, will sue,)
Are like the noise of harshest gongsp
going people
"Attend your church, the parson cries,
To church each fair one goes;
The old 60 there 10 close their eyes,
The young to eye their clothes.
HoNEsr-" VIII you take a glass of whiskey
with me a. asked topper of dister.
mo, l don't drink" was the reply
"What-yoa make whiskey and won't drink
it,"
Not is only made for such fools as your'
replied he, coolly-N T. Organ
Many young lady who objects to be kissed
unier the mis'letoe, has no objection TO be kissed
under the rose. stupid compositor made an
error in the above, rendering it to say, has no
objection to be kissed under the nose
Wesley said that ten thousand cares were no
more weight TO his mind than ten thousand hairs
were on his head Was it he or Whitfed, who,
when asked whether mar was accountable for
bad thoughts, replied, & | cannot help the birds
flying my head, but | can prevent their
making nests in my hair"
If our Maker thought it wrong for Adam to
live single when there was not woman on earth.
how criminally guilty old bachelors with the
work. fall o. pretty girls
A most interesting sight to see, is that of
young lady with lips ike rubies,7 and with
teeth of pea,y whiteness, and with cheeks that
have stolen the " deep carnation of the deathless
rose with her mouth full of gingerbread
Say twice, without mistake, Peter Pipers
peacock pecked peck of pepper out of pewter
platter; if Peter Pper's peacock pecked peck
of pepper out of pewter platter, where's the
peck of pepper Peter Piper's peacock pecked a.
II" You fatter me, madam said 2 fo?, upon
being told by lady that his hat very fine
Not at all, sir, replied she, Il only praise
the halter Had the head or face been worth no.
tice, should not have thought of the hat"
1t is proposed TO light the streets of a village
not a thousand miles from Syracuse with red
headed girls! If we lived there we'd play tipsy
every night, and hug the lamp-post.
Physicians rarely take medicine, lawyers
seldom go TO law, and ministers steer clear OF
other parsons churches. Editors, however, read
all the papers they can get hold of.
Specie is SO scarce in Schenectady, that
man was arrested on suspicion of being bank
robber because he had three shillings and sxpence
in his pocket
There are men in whose presence we feel
no pleasure. If they speak disguised
and even if they say nothing. they annoy
People become i'll by drinking heaths He
who drinks the health of everybody, drinks away
his
"A lady was dreadfully affron,ed the other
day because gentleman accosted her as an old
acquaintance.
comprehensive and inconceivabe to such as are |
deprived Of them
There are lying looks as well as lying
words, assembling smiles, deceiving signs, and
even lying silence.
A genius in New Bedford is fitting up steam
er for the purpose of towing icebergs 10 India,
where they sell for six cents pound.
A lot of fellows went on deer hunt the other
day. in Arkansas, and in less than three hours,
captured five girls and woman.
Silence is thing oiteu difficult TO keep in
exact proportion il is dangerous not to keep.
A violin is an instrument that fortunes many
for the enjoyment of one
Remember that custom in infancy becomes
nature In old age.