Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-03-20

no longer a sporting character; much 10 the
satisfaction of her husband, who has a pleasant
country living .-Dietfenbach has long Since re-
| tired from medical practice, and the drapoon.
now a captain, is quartered few miles from
Wiesenthal Oxen pets baby instead of &
snake. The painter has thrown away his un-
profitable pallet has taken TO agriculture, and
lives with his tather-in-law, whose estate he
manages Such are the satisfactory results Of
my 'Courtship under Difficulties
|
Esg The following question is now before tho
| Tilliefudlum Debating Society: Is it wrong to
cheat lawyer!
EB~"Did he hit you on purpose'" asked the
magistrate Och, no, yer honor, he hit me on
the head, sure.
EYeHezekiah says that If his landlady kneo
beams she wouldn't buy the article called burnt
and ground coffee"
ES~ person who had beeE listening to very
dull address remarked that everything rent ,usiI
especially the audience.
~ A newspaper contains an advertisement
announcing as lost,a clcth cloak belonging to n
gentleman lined with blue.
gs~ IT is supposed by Dr. Francis, that the
first person who had the itch, was the devil
hence his title, 1.-THE Old Scratch"
~ Mr.. Du Pre- died in the Queens Bench
At|
ekeration of forty -four years, for debt
~ There is lawyer down east SO excessively
honest th8tshe puts all his flower pots out over
nght--so determined is he that everything shall
have its dew.
~ An INDECENT boy being asked by his teach
err who came latest to school, replied, indeed
sir, cannot say; for l did not get here early
enough to Sec"
~ Iron shipbuilding is making rapid prog
ress on the Tyne, and other rivers i'll the north
of England, and promises in few years to pro-
duce quite revolution i'll the carrying trade of
the country
Ey"Bob you say that you believe that most
diseases contagious How long have you
entertained such notionsl"
Ever since sat alongside of blue-eyed girl
and caught the palpitation of the heart"
MASTER AUGUsrUs.-"And must leave
thee dearest Angelina"
Miss ANGELINA-"Yeth, dear Guilty. YOU
bether take n turn with NTH Timthon, iusth to
keep people from talking. You can come back,
you know.
HEADS UP.--"why don't You hold your
head up, as dol" asked an aristocratic LAWYER of
a sterling old farmer.
esquire" said the farmer, "lool1 ut that field
of grain; you see that all the valuable heads arc
Down down while those who have nothing in
them stand upright"
rg'A correspondent writing from Bourbon
Co, Ky tells about family the father of which
is native of Maryland, and is now in his 10th
| year. His height is feet inches, and no
weighs 300 lbs. They have children boys
and girls. The tallest measures . feet eleven
| and half inches, and the shortest six feot two
inches.
CosT OF WILL.-Mr Thos Cubbitt lato-
ly died in Scotland, and left an immense estate
His personal property alone is estimated at over
s. 100000. His will covers 1856 folio sheets,
requiring SO skins of parchment. The stamp
duty upon it was emily $4,000. His widow ii
provided with an annuity of $4,000 year and
| a large amount of real estate.
PROPOSED ORGANIZATION OF STATE Gov
EMINENT IN MINNEsoTA.-A joint resolution
has been introduced into the Council Of Mime
sofa providing for territorial Convention, to
be held in June 1856, to frame State Consti-
tuition as preliminary to asking for admission
into the Union. The population of the entire
Territory is between 90 and 20 thousand, and will
no doubt be amply sufficient to form a State by
the time designated for holding the Convention.
~ The Hutchinson Brothers, sage Life IL
Illustrated, are going to settle III Minnesota after
their long rambes. They, in company with
other gentlemen of kindred spirit, have pur-
chased tract of land on one of the forks of the
Crow River and there they have already found
cd the town of Hutchinson. The town is to be
built and governed partly on the association
principles; that is some of the buildings to be-
| owned and used in common, such as the Town
Hall or Assembly Rooms, the Library, Reading
Room, and others.
HEAVY DAMAGES.-At the Ulster y. Y Cir
cult last week,a suit tor breach of promise was
tried between Miss Jordon and Mr.. Jenkins
both residents Of Gardener, in that County
The contract of marriage and its breach were
clearly shown, and the jury gave the plaintiff
! s. 900 damages Both parties are said to DO
highly respectable, and the only assigned
for the failure of Jenkins to fulfil his engage
ment, was the opposition Of his mother. He is
boy about thirty years of age
ABOUT thirty miles above Wilmington North
Carolina, lived three fellows, named respective
ly Barham, Stone, and Gray, on tho Banks of
the North East River. They came down to
Wilmington iii small rowboat, and made fast
to the wharf They had time OF it in the city,
but fearing they would be dry before getting
home, they procured jug of whisk c y and after
dark, of n black night too, they embarked in
their boat expecting to reach home in the morn
ing. They rowed away with all the energy that
three half-tipsy fellows could muster, keeping
up their spirits in the darkness by pouring the
spirits down. At break of day they thought
they must be near homo, and seeing through tho
dim gray Of the morning house on tho river
side Stone said:
Well Barham, we've got to your place al
last"
"If this is my house." said Barham, "some-
body has been putting mp lot of out houses
since went away yesterday but III go ashore
and look about, and SEQ where we are, if you'll
hold her to-"
Barham dsembarks takes observations, and
soon comes stumbling along back, and says
well, I'll be whipped if we amt at Whining
ton here yet; and what's more, the boat has
hea chi cd IN ha W narf n Mi
1t was the fact and the drunken dogs had been
rowing away for dear life without knowing it.
HaFpey's Magazine.
PATS IDEA OF CHEAP NEwsPAPER.--A
gentleman visiting his estates in Ireland, was
standing in field noticing work that was being
done when he overheard Phelim telling Pat Of
some terrible intelligence from the seat Of war.
The news seemed very astounding that Pat
couldn't quite make up his mind to swallow the
whole of it without further authority; no
inquiries
IAN faith where did ye get hold of the intel