Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-06-01
WAITS

WAITS
= Ii is often the case that man for the
sake of getting living, forget to iivessSs@
= An Irishman's repartee is generally like
himself-pat.
They make out about ten General Smiths
IL Is very General name Prentice.
= Mind you, child is not a wooden top,
that you can make come round, as you viii
BY whipping it. : '7ss .s,,s.ssssissasss
A person who as been trave ling sdovuz
East, says he saw plenty of pine orchards.
but no pine-appfes. ss'-r--zs
= The Prince of waIes- is credited with
the intntion of abolish ne the tail coat as a.
full-drees garment, and substituting fos Il L
velvet sack. --sse.s-.s.s
- An exchange SAYS: There is something
inexpressibly sweet about little girls. The
louisville Journal adds, And it grows on =
'em as they get bigger"
-" You bachelors ought TO be taxed" said
a lady to reSolute evader of the moose matri
nouial. Il agree with you madam V as the
reply "baehelorism is a great luxury, 80
- In "Sancho Panza," comedy by Dun
frem, the duke saws, at the beginning of the
third act, : begin 10 get tired of Sancho"
$50 do l." said wag in the pit, taking his hal
and walking out. This sealed the fate of the
piece.
- Why did Joseph's brethren cast him
into the pit asked a Sabbath school teach
err OF his class Because, replied one ing
lady, they thought it good opening for
Young man" s-z
A lady in an omnibus at Washington,
espied the great unfinished dome of the cap
itol and said innocently Il suppose those
are the gas works :" Yes, madam for the I.
nation" was the reply of fellow passenger,
to see Won" q Very well, Charley Come 3.
and take drink, old fellow. Tisn't often
we meet" That's fact, John-and when
We do it's met and drink -" s@
There are occasions when the gentlest
and most delicate girl should be bold There
ought 10 be in every young female bosom
reflection of that heavenly zsdiao in which
the lion shines beside the virgin.
A paper asks very innocently, If there
L. any harm for young ladies to sit in the
lapse of ages. Another replies that il de-
ponds on the kind of ages selected. Those
from eighteen to twenty-five it puts down IS
extra hazardous.
A exchange commenting on the fact
that number of Cincinnati Young ladies
have been married and carried away to other
places, SAYS no city has better claim to sup
ply spare ribs for the immense west.
If there is heaven on earth, ii is on q
soft couch by your own Preside, with your
wife one side, smiling baby on the other, a
clear conscience, dozen cigars, and knowi-
edge that YOU are out of debt, and don't fear
the tailor, sheriff or the devil
- . How many kinds of motion are there2'
said a Glaswegan professor of physics to one
of his very bright pupils. Three, sir,s
was the reply. Three; name them" The
retrogade, the progressive, and the stand-still
notion
- 4 little fellow, not more than five years
of age hearing some gentleman at his moth
er's table discussing the familiar line An
honest man is the noblest work of Cod
said he knew it wasn't true his mother was
better than any man that was made.
- Do YOU enjoy going to church now -
asked a lady caller of Mrs. Darlington. Law
me, do replied Mrs. ?. Nothing does
me so much good to get up real early on
Sunday morning, fix up, and so TO church,
and hear real smart minister dispense With
the gospel"