Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-03-30
Waits.

Walls.
What word would give sorrow 20 the
mechanic and JOY to the prisoner Discharged.
What kind of fruit grew on the tree OF
knowledge The fruit of inquiry, of course.
Family jars concealed are half recon
ciled. 1t is a double task to stop the breach
at home and mems mouths abroad.
-s' think now see a new lecture in this
case as the lawyer said when his client in
formed him that he had plenty Of money.
Why is a ship like the politest thing in
the world? Dye give it up? Because it
always advances with bo,o
-Anciently men thought, and we're marble
statutes; now they act, and are steam en-
gines.
A wac passing by retailers shop, and
seeing him measuring out molasses, called
out to him, ''Sir, you have street rla, of bust
ness.
- DR.. johnson compared plaintiff and de-
. PENDANT IN action at law, to two men ducking
their heads III a bucket, and daring each 9TH
ter TO remain longest under water.
= The proprietor of bone mill advertises
that persons sending their Owl bones to be
ground viii be attended to with punctuality
ana Dispatch
A Dutchman summoned TO identify a
stolen hog, being asked if the hog had an
ear marks, replied-"The only ear mark vat
Jaw vas his tail cut Off"
\ man sitting on the verandah of an
~ country inn. hailed one Of the "oldest in
ha5itants" and inquired the denomination of
the church upon the opposite side of the
road The reply was-''WaIl, she was
bard shell Baptist, naturally, but they don't
un her now"
ssWhat j. polygamyn asked Ike, who
had stumbled over the word in the paper
Vr- Partir2ton looked severe. ''PCivgamy,"
said she, 'sis where men have az al E5crtias
privilege Of marrying pleurisy wives. God
bless en-, when they can't take care of one
lis she ought 70 be, with cotton flannel forty
cents a ward, and flour at fabulous prices"
Ike was satisfied, and immersed himself in q
notice of CIark's skates.
Illustrating the idea that one should
adapt his language to his hearers "a story L.
told Of d woman Hho was handling a pair of
artificial plates In Il dental Office and admiTing
The fueucy with which the dentist described
chem, asked HIM . Can body eat with these
thiags z" = Ny dear madam, mastication can
ue performed with them with facility scarce
f. ezeellcd bv nature HERSELF responded the
leuti-t. :. Tes, know; but can body eat
sta them 90 replied the woman.
"REMINISCENCES or MARGARET FvLLER.-Bobt.
Browning gave me, the other day, some ac-
count of the acquaintance which he aud his
re cui0veI with Margaret Fuller, at Flor
nee during the SIX months Immediately pre-
a-5iuE her em5arkatjon on the fatal voyage.
they saw her constantly, and deeply appre-
..atgd her wonderful gifts. There was some
scandal as 10 her marriage with Count Ossoli,
H.ra the noble descent Of whom the Brown
lgs we're acquainted; and TO whose high
.uaracter, simplicity of manners, and excel
ant qualities, Mr.. b. bore witness, which |
gas glad 10 hear. Margaret was anxious to
.angaiu I'M Florence, but her efforts TO pro
#ure such literary engagements in America
.5 would enable her TO do so had failed and
She was of so independent a spirit that she
could not accept the freely proffered aid of
friends 1t was matter of economy that
She embarked for America from Italy, instead
i s.. going through England. She indicated a
i 81 1bt uneasines At hearing that Ossoli had by
! SOME tortuae-telleT been IN sarly life warned
against the sea- but the Count laughed at il.
Two or three days before that fixed tor her
i departure Mr.. and Mrs Browning visiting
her, found hex with letter which, she said,
BAD II been received "A week earlier, would
have kept her lu Italy. They entreated her
70 remain, but she declared that she had
made . contract with the captain, and he had
made alterations IN the cabin for her, and ia
ken woman alouG to assist her. The even
ag before the departure she spent with the
brownIugs, and at parting, Mrs. Browning
pressed upon her finger ring with carbun-
Gle she was unaware of Margaret's supersti-
sion with regard 30 the CaTbuncle, which she
always wore because they are male and fe-
male. Margaret received the gift with tears
ana declared that she would wear il to her
wing day Some weeks afterward, Mrs
. Browning received from her melancholy
81 ,ter wrItten--or scratched, rs ther-at
q Gibraltar in which she told the sad story of
.He suffering 10y small poN, the death of the
captain, and the cruelty Of the quarantine,
which would not suffer them TO land, but
4 forced them 70 voyage on with the dreadful
disease stiH lurking IN the ship, and only the
mate for captain. Ii was the last letter Mar
.aret ever wrote. The rest of the tragedy Is
. saown, ana remembered too painfully Cor me
iuf.uldttm doLaysH