Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1856-07-08

- -4oue9'E Is bii lne arr OF hiding one
vanity.
sS Traits of character which you seek to
conceal You had better seek to refo.m.
.B- stranger is received according to his
dress, and taken leave of according 10 his mer-
it.
~ The quickest way to acquire knowl-
edge of tanning" is to insult prize fighter
wife
IS Dr. franklin used to say that rich wild
ows were the only piece of second hand goods
that sold at prime cost
s8 Thackcry says, woman's heart is just
Ike lithographcr's stone-what IS once writ
ten on it cant be rubbed OUT.
sW-~ Ny lad, said lady to a boz carrying
out empty mail bag, are you mail boy ."
+ You don't think Sc female boy DO you p
+ IF The world would be more happy if per-
/ sons gave up more to an Intercourse of friend
! ship But money engrosses all our Differences
t and we scarce enjoy social hour, because we
think it unjustly stolen from the main business
Of life
sX- ! maiden lady of our acquaintance while
IN company the other evening, alluding 10 her
youthful precocjousness, among other thugs
said that at six months old she went alone. A
wag present, remarked Eyes. Madame-and
you've been alone ever since"
sS- The poor pittance Of seventy years is
not worth being a villain for What matters it
if your neighbor lies in a splendid tomb
Sleep you in innocence.
sH- An Irisl man in giving an account of
his life, said that he left his father when quite
young because he discovered that be was his
uncle
sTs- Let 4 woman have every virtue under
the sun ii she Is slatternly, or even inappropri-
ate in her dress. her merits viii be more than
half obscured. If being young, she is untidy,
OF, being old, fantastic or slovenly, her mental
qualifications stand chance Of being passed
over with indifference.
s#- correspondent of " The Ladies' Daily
Companion wants to know whether the steep
and thorny path can be travelled in hoops. Not
by barrel full.
.%- A pious African at Louisville stumbled
while walking, very dark night, and was
pitched head foremost down cellar which af-
20 -ded him open entrance. SprlnSing to
his feet he exclaimed, Dress de Lord dat [ lit
on my head If dis nigga had scraped his shins
so hard spec he broke his leg"
sy- Remember that every person, however
low, has rights and feelings In all contentious
let peace be rather your object than triumph
Value triumph caly as the means of peace
sS- The young lady who refused to go into
the rifle manufactury because some os the guns
had no Greechcs. is spending few days at Ma
hant looking ont for ship that Is said to be in
aays
eSy- Gen. jackson once said that over the
doors of each house of Congress, in letters of
gold, should be inscribed in words; The SLAM
derer Is worse than the murderer
s- Come here. sonny, and tell me what
the four seasons are?' Young Prodigy Pep
per. mustard, salt and vinegar, ITEMS what
nanny always seasons with.
s9s- 1t is an explicable fact that men buried
in an avalanche of snow hear distinctly every
word uttered by those seeking for them, while
their most strenuous shouts fail to penetrate
even few feet Of the snow.
eg A limb of the law, in passing chap en-
gagged in posting bills, addressed him thus
How do YOU do, William?" Ny name Is
! not William" "Ah, 1 thought Your name was
/ William. as l have heard them call you La'
I .Stickerf
ALLrrER ,T1oS-The naughty and feroelous
/ Cardinal Woolsey was the son OF butcher ana
from this arose the oft-quoted lines OF ailltera'
+ ton
/ Berot hy butchers, bat by bishops bred,
How high his honor holds his naughty head
+ Insults, saws modern philosopher, are Ike
counterfeit money; we can't hinder their being
offered, but we are not compelled to take them
The apcients were of opinion that Echo wa!
maiden who had pined away for love- uu no
, thing but her voice was left.
FoR rattlesnake bite, salve made of th
yolk of an egg, rendered stiff with salt, and ap
Piled to the wound, is an infallible remedy.
ScoLDIsG Is the pepper Of matrimony, and tn
ladies are the peppeT-pcxes- SO savs az at
tory bachelor