Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-02-11
Miscellaneous.

Misc eilaneOus.
-Spurgeon sometimes comes out with
a good thing. Brethren" said he, elf
God had referred the ark to committee
on Naval Affairs, it's my opinion it
wouldn't have been built yeti"
MEASURING HAY.-The following meth
cd of ascertaining the amount of hay in
NOW we find recommended for those who
may live distance from hay-scales -
Multiply the length by the breadth, and if
the hay is somewhat settled, ten solid
yards make ton. Hay will take ten to
twelve solid yards per ton.
- Col. Robert Johnson, son of Cover
nor Andrew johnson, has raised and
organized a fall regiment of cavalry from
loyal Tennesseeans. The regiment
was reviewed at Louisville, last week,
preparatory to marching to the field.
TEE CULTURE OF FLAx-English papers
are agitating the subject of an increased
attention to the culture of flax as an offset
to the scarcity of cotton. 1t is well known
that machinery has been perfected for its
manufacture both in this country and Eu-
rope, and a permanent prosperity will no
doubt result.
DESTINY quaint old gentleman, in
speaking of the different allotments of men
by which some become useful citizens and
Others worthless Migrants, by way of illus
tration, remarked, So one slab of marble
becomes useful doorstep, while another
becomes lying tombstone"
- Hon. Henry J. Raymond, of the N.
Y. Times, had a brother in one of the New
York regiments, and went in pursuit of
that brothers remains. The circumstance
is very funny. Several days ago Mr.. Ray
mond received the following dispatch !:
"Your brothers corps is at Belle Plains"
He fastened TO the army as quick as steam
could carry him, to perform the last offices
of affection. Arriving at Belle Plains he
was a good deal astonished to find his
brother not only alive but in vigorous
health. The original message had been.
Your brothers corps is at Belle Plains"
a FURNISH PARAGRAPH.-In the Illus
tration OF the powers of Imagination, the
case of the old lady who watched the vane
to see whether her rheumatism was going
to begin, Is not equal to that or the store
keeper, who painted the lower part of his
stove red, and saved twenty-five per cent
in the consumption of wood thereby dur
ing the winter. The illusion was so COM
plete, that one man tried to make him pay
for pair of boots that he had burned on
the stove.
a VLLAINoUs DoDGE.-The Burlington
Haarkeye states that Gen. Augustus Caesar
Dodge made a speech at a Democratic
caucus meeting in that city, last Saturday
night, Is in which he said that Davis was q
much honester and better man than Abra-
ham Lincoln-that he Dodge esteemed
him higher-and much more of the same
sort"
GRAVE LEGAL QUEsTIoN.-A cute Cleve-
land lawyer has started the grave ques-
ton whether, in case children should be
born to Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Thumb, they
can legally inherit property from the
parents, because of the legal Latin maxim
de ,minimis non cuTdntur lea, which, being
interpreted, means that the Flaw takes no
notice~of small things
THE Posi- OFFICE BILL.-Senator Cola
mer's postal bill empowers the Postmaster
Gener; 0 appoint all pestmasters whose
annual salary is less than 81 1000 requires
postmas,ers, mail agents, and persons en-
ployed in the General Post Office to make
oath to their fidelity and loyalty. and
awards the compensation in four classes !:
the first between $4,000 and So 600; the
second between SO 900 and 81 600 the
third between $4,000 and $1,000; the
fourth between $1,000 and 500, and the
fifth less than 800. TIE salaries to be as>
signed by the Postmaster General from q
comparison o. the average salaries OF the
four preceding years, and may be readju5t
ed not oftener than once in two years.
The salaries to take effect in July next.
In, "a - Il -
is proposed to allow just and reasonable
sum for the cost OF rent, fuel, lights,
clerks, Sc, and also to the offices o. the
offices of the other classes which are dis
tributiug offices for clerk hire.
All box rents and other perquisites to
be accounted for by the postmaster, the
box rents and postage to be always pre-
paid, and an oath made to the quarterly
returns on the penalty of perjury. The
Postmaster General is to regulate the pc
RODS during which dead letters shall re
main in any post office; those containing
valuable enclosures to be registered 10 the
Department, and when not returnable to
the writers, or the persons written 10,
shall be included IN the receipts, and be
subject TO reclamation. Letter-carrers to
be appointed, and receiving offices and
boxes established, and provision made for
carrying local newspapers and small pack
ages. The rate OF halt-ounce letters 3
cents. drop-letter 2 cents, and no carriers
fee allowed; registered letters to pay a
fee of 20 cents; the newspaper postage on
weekiies per quarter, 5 cents; semi week
lies, 10 cents tri weeklies, IS cents; dai-
lies, six issues per week, 80 cents; four
ounces TO be the standard =eight OF peri.
odicsls, small papers, sent in a package to
oae address, al the same rates.
THE New SENATOR FROM VIRGINIA. -
The Legislature of Western Virginia on
Friday elected Judge LeE2r9l j. Bowden,
of Williamsburg, Eastern Virginia, Sena-
tor to succeed Mr.. Wiley. whose term ex-
pires the coming 4.h of March. 1t may
excite some surprise that Mr.. Wiley was
not reelected, but it is sufficient TO say
that numerous letters were received by
members of the two houses from that gen
tleman positively declining to be candi-
date for reelection.