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Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-03-11
Letter on Extravaga

The following is letter of Frank
lin to his daughter, written n 1871,
rebuking her expressed desire for
French fnery =
When [ began to read your account
of the high prices Of goods-''a pair Of
! gloves, seven dollars, a ward of com
mon gauze, twenty-four dollars and
that 1t now required fortune to main
tam family IN a very plain way,
expected you would conclude by tell
ing me that every body, as well as
yourself, were grown frugal and indus
triOus and / could scarcely believe
my eyes, in reading forward, that
"there never was so much pleasure and
dressing going on : and that YOU,
yourself, wanted black pins and feath-
ers from. France, to appear, | suppose,
in the mode
This leads me to imagine that, per
haps, it Is not 80 much that the goods
have grown dear as that the money
has grown cheap, as everything else
Will do when excessively plenty and
that people are still as easy, near
V, IN the circumstances as when a
pair of gloves might be had for half
crown. The war, indeed, may, in
some degree, raise the price of goods {;
and the high prices, which are neces-
sary to support the war, may make
our trugality necessary; and, as l am
always preaching that doctrine, can
not, IN conscience or in decency, en-
courage the contrary by my example
in furnishing my children with foolish
modes and Injuries. | therefore send
all the articles YOU desire that are use
ful and necessary, and omit the rest :;
for, as you say you should ''havc great
pride in wearing anything I send, and
showing it as your fathers taste" l
must avoid giving Won an opportunity
of doing that with either lace or feath-
ers. If you wear your cambria ruffles
as do, and take care not to mend the
holes, they viii come in time to be
lace; and feathers, my dear girl, may
be had in America from any cocks
tail.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-03-11

pable, just, true, and impartial-as
long as they are so, and wish to re-
tain their position, they shall be al
! lowed to remain IN their place by the
people 1t Is well known by those
who are familiar with the legal pro
fession, that a successful LAWYER can
not afford to accept the position of
Judge of the Supreme Court, without
making some pecuniary sacrifices -
If he has large practice at the bar,
it IS much more lucrative than the sal
airy of Judge of the Supreme Court.
In order to accept positisn on the
bench, he is obliged to give up his
practice entirely; and at the expira-
tion of six years, if he should be turn
ed out Of Office, he is unqualified to
resume the practice of his profession.
In the first place, he has no clients :;
and on account of having been upon
the bench for SIX years, his mind
framed itself habits which makes it
difficult for him to practice again at
the bar; and | say again, that after
man has served six years upon the
bench, and has shown himself able and
just, that because he has made a de-
cision freely and Independently.
against particular influence, and has
thereby made himself unpopular,
that he should not for that reason be
thrown from the bench. five should
pursue that course for any length of
time, Mr.. President, we should soon
find that we would have few men who
were capable of filling the bench who
would take it. l trust, therefore, Mr.
President, that this convention viii
again nominate for candidate for Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court, Mr..
Justice Dixon. Applause,
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-03-11
Obstacles.

/ Mankind Is never 1ess teasanable
/ than on the subject of Obstacles.
whether they stimulate our desires or
/ clog our activities. Some peooIe have
scent for them amounting to an in.
stinct. Nothing San be pronosed.
however simple, easy and Obvious, buS
they start a plausible difficulty. and
| the man, accustomed to dwell on oh.
stacles. never gets beyond them. Fv
cry obstacle has one quality in con-.
mon, TO wit: that once realized,
though no bigger than straw. Il con:
ceutrates the critical faculties upon
itself Till the obstacle IS overcome.
/ judgment and conscience feel them.
selves absolved from considering the
ultimate question indeed the obst..
Gle fills the whole vision and allows
nothing else TO be seen. 1t is not that
the mind desisnedly renounces action
1t only y assumes action to be impossi-
bic, so long as the obstacle holds nos.
session of the field, which, under such
circumstances, it is very apttto do
Some go beyond this, and regard ev-
cry article, as such, TO be final and
without appeal, simply an award Of
fate. An old and resident clerical
man once related how, soon after his
ordination, he had, upon certain oc-
easion, othciated at a village church,
and had been alarmed by a passing
sense OF talntness while reading the
Second Lesson. This experience was
told with such gravity that his hearer
felt 1t necessary to inquire if the sen.
satIon had ever returned on n like oc-
easlon. "Oh! !" was the reply, not
without an expression Of surprise i'll
the tone, Il never tried it again. -.
The dread of a recurring qualm had
acted through long and blameless
lite as an Invlncible obstacle against
all further ministrRtions
In very different natures we sec the
same supremacy OF an obstacle over
reason and Judgment; not so much
snothefihg suggestion as stavlng off
criticism. a girl excltes the wonder
OF her friends by encouraging the ad-
dresses OF young fellow whom her
father wont hear of" SO long n.
the paternal face IS resolutely set
against her lover, she beheves herself
to be violently IN love, and behaves
accordingly. In fact. all her faculties
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-03-11
Don't Dance.

4 plain unlettered man from the
back country, in the State Of Ala
bama, came up to Tuscaloosa, and on
the Sabbath went to church He Sc
lected a seat IN a convenient slip.
and awaited patiently the assembling
Of the congregation. The services
commenced. Presently the music Of
a full-toned organ burst upon his ear
he had never heard one before. At
the same time the gentleman who
owned the slip came up the aisle, with
his wife leaning upon his arm. As
he approached the door Of the slip he
motioned the stranger to give place
to the lady. The movement he did
not comprehend, and from the situa-
tion Of the gentleman and lady, asso-
ciated as 1t was in his mind with the
music. he Immediately concluded that
a cotillion or a French contra dance,
or some other dance, was intended
Rising partly from his seat, he said to
him: d. Excuse me. sir, excuse me, ifyou
please I don't danceI
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-03-11

How THE FIGHr BEGAN.-A lively
local of Chicago. in recording the va
rious incidents of days experience
in the Police Court Of that bcnighted
city, thus epitomises from the tcstimo.
ny Of a garrulous witness, a dcscrip.
ton of how a genuine Irish dispute
with fists commenced -
"A woman is up for disorderly con.
duct; and, before word is spoken,
she colnmences-'G \ er Honor, / wint
TO Mrs. OFlaerty's to git a fish
Mrs. O'Flaerty stood behind the coun-
ter. Ses !, Good morning, Mrs. o..
Flaerty." Good morning" ses she.
Have 90 any fish 2" scs /. ''l-is'' ses
she. How much are they" ses I
"Two-pence, ses she. "They stink" 4"
ses /. you lie, scs she. "Whoop,"
ses | and she hit me over the mouth,
th'ouId dvil !"
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-03-11

THE L. s. Senate very properly
refused 10 receive a communication
from the Governor Of Michigan, urg.
ing that body not TO ialter in execut-
ing the law against the Executive
The members Of the Senate are sworn
in as a court, to be governed by their
oa.hs, the law, and the evidence; and
any attempt 10 instruct them IN the
matter is as much in contempt as If
directed TO the Judges on the Supreme
Ranch
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-03-11

A CLERGYMAN IN Southern Arkansas
had occasion recently to circulate a
subscription-paper, to obtain funds to
shingle the church ediice. Among
others. he called on Mr.. Ma mer-
chant Of the place, liberal man
where the object was praiseworthy.
who subscribed So Soon afterward,
the clergyman called for his money,
but Mr.. u having had occasion
to paw out all his funds that day, was
short, and asked the parson to call
again This did not precisely accord
with the clerical wishes; so casting
the clerical eyes around the store
they fell upon a kit of mackerel,
which he thought would be good for
ministers. How much for mackerelE
asked his reverence. Five dollars a
kit, responded the merchant. " Well,
if YOU like, I'll take that kit for your
subscription All right, parson;
but this is the first time / ever heard
Of shin.ling a church with rlackerel y
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-03-11

An editor in Illinois. having en-
gagged a new reporter, received the fol
lowing as lis first effort
We are informed that the gentle
man, who stood on his head under a
spile driver for the purpose of having
a tite pair Of boots druv on. shortly
afterward found himself n Chiny, per
fectlv nakud. without a cent IN his
pocket. He writes that it is his in
tenshUn of returning by way Of the
Paris Exposition"
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-03-11

:
State Convention, at Madison, Fs5r,t
arg 26.
Mr.. PRESIDENT Il desire to pre-
sent to this Convention at this time
for nomination as a candidate for
Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court
the name of Luther s. Dixon, the
present incumbent. Applause.
And | beg to say few words, Mr..
President, for the purpose Of explain
ing why | urge the nomination of the
present inc umbent. | have heard it
said, Mr.. President, that it was very
little matter. tins election Of Judge OF
the Supreme Court but, indeed, Mr..
President, the election Of any Judge
| consider a matter of great import
ance and certainly the nomination
Of almost any other officer of the State
government, and the reasons are -
Flrst-because the judiciary of the
State ought to be above all party
strife, and kept as free from wrangle
as possible and as capable men should
be elected for the position as possible,
and, secondly, Mr.. President, because
/ officers are elected for longer period
of time than other officers of the State
| Government. There has been, l be
1;a,-a . ,,r;,,c;,1a adbarod - b,- +ba
| po,,,l1;da, IT :, tba o1oc4;o,, or
judicial officers, that / hope viii not
he danorta5 from at This time. and
that rula j. this. whenever iu9ici-
u orFcar who shall have hoan elected
Jpdoe Of the Sunreme Court of the
/ State of Wisconsin. and shall have
/ been found true worthy canabIa and
/ inst that he shall IF he desires IA ba
! retained in the place. be permitted TO
remain If nv recollection serves
/ me correctIv Mr.. President there
have been but two changes made dur
| inc the history of the State since we
/ have had the new elective judicial
system for the election of Judges of
| the Sunreme Court bv the people.-
Roth If these iu1gcs wore nut aside
for cause. The people had reason to
believe that the then incumbents
were not proper nersons to keen in
the nIace Ioncer and therefore. | be-
Iiave the chances were made But
whenever we have had on the bench
men who have been upright, who
have been honest. who have been ca
nabIe. who have been faithful in the
DISCHARGE Of their duties, that so long
as thew desire to remain. they have
been permitted to do so. and it is the
maintenance Of this principle that I
wish to URGE ;pon this Convention.
when ! favor the gentleman who is
the present incumbent of the office of
| Chief Justice Of the State Of Wiscon-
sim 50 l am in favor of Justice
Paine, whose name will be presented
at the proper time for Associate JUS
tice. and now upon the application of
this imnortant principle. and on this
occasion. Mr.. President. | turn to
the Republican party Of this State
and inquire of its representatives
here assembled, if Chief Justice Dixon
has shown himself capable; has he
shown himself impartial and honest?
I have vet to learn. Mr.. President.
that there has ever been any objection
on these grounds urged against him.
I have vet 10 learn from the lips of
anv man that he does not possess
these important qualifications. And
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-03-11

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he cand;da,a or nat csnd;Ia+a e.
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la,lt r.h;"b %"b Il aniia5 s"e o!i.
into existence. and knew that i d;d
eyist and exert q nowerfuI inRnarca
/ The men in whose favor the decision
was made. or in whose favor tbe de-
cision could he made. were not resi-
dents of this state while the farm
mortpaoors were residents of This
state and were effected hv ii
Eotwitbstanding all tL;s ad,-arsa
influence fiat decision was
rendered unon other no nrincinIe
than that Of law. If he had looked
aside from his dutv to obtain other
reasons mon which to render HE a..
cisions IN tbasa casas ba would bar-o
ronnd nIantv of reasons to decide il
fayor If tLc influential Class &c nor.
SONS IN this State and aaainst tbosa
who reside ont Of the state and had
no Interest or control IN It's affairs
whatever. And | say now that it IS
wroDo at this time to uroe sucb rea.
sons as this AGAINST these men who
have made these decisions. because
tbev cou]d not be swerved bv anv
considerations other than those of the
truth in decidiro. as they snnposed.
in accordance with the law of the
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-03-11

How earnest Is the desire Of the
Democrats for the immediate admis-
sion OF the Southern States, was late
" shown in the Ohio Legislature -
4 Republican offered resolution re-
Questing Congress 70 restore the reia-
tions Of Alabama to the General Gov
ernmeut OF once. and every Democrat
voted against It.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-03-11

OvrR $40 tons Of iron. for the St.
Joseph and Denver City Railroad. ar
rived IN this city yesterday. and the
work cf construction VIII commence
At once.-St. Joseph (Mo) HeraH.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-03-11

\ COUPLE Of aPple-women, getting
into quarrel. the other day, the pre-
cocious son of one Of them exclaimed.
q Hurry. Mother, and call her thief
before she calls rou one
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-03-11

A Mad Doc SroRY.-A good story
is told Of one Of the baggage MASTER
Of an important station between
Worcester and Boston, a fat good
natured, droll fellow, whose Jokes
have become quito popular on the
road. His name Is Bill. \ few
mornings since, while in the perform
ance Of his duties in checking bag
gage, an ugly little Scotch terrier
got in his way, and he gave him a
smart kick, which sent him over the
track yelping. The owner of the dog
soon appeared in high dudgeon, want
ing to know why he kicked the dog.
{" Was that your dog f" asked Bill,
with his usual drawl.
Certainly it was; what right have
Won to kick him p
" He's mad, SAID Bill.
No he's not mad, either, said the
owner.
d" Well, I should be if anybody kick
ed me in that way" responded Bill.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-03-11

ENGLISH papers give to the world
the important information that Queen
Victoria does II hash. Hash should
now become very fashionable in this
country.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-03-11

The WAYS and Means Committee
have finally decIded not TO report in
favor Of reducing the tax on whisky.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-03-11

THE hosting Of the name Of Gener.
al Grant. for the Presidency, by the
New Orleans Tribune and the Rep1lblt-
can and fdrocats is rot the least signit
icant indication Of popular sentiment.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-03-11
a Wife with a Heart.

" Il wife with a heart only reQuir-
ed !" a heart? Wherefore a heart?
\ many stringed-instrumen tuned to
agony; a thrilling, throbbing thing to
be tortured by a sneer and broken bv
an estrangement fountain OF tears,
volume Of memories, wind-harp of
moaning All tender troublesome
smiles are appropriate.
. A wife with a heart u A woman
whose face would be ever full of an
eager, trembling petition for affection
-one who would not accept with
estacy a costly dress in lieu of an
afTectionate manner, nor keep back
the cush and quiver of sudden tears
when glittering sarcasm answered
a girlish thoughtlessness.
\ wife with heart - What
would she do with it when her worse
half was ." down town " or reading
the news?
How hush It's complaints when my
lord comes home cross and didn't
want to be bothered 2"
How silence the troublesome com
modify when he scowled at her Eek
trayagance, and left the fearful face
unkissed for whole day?
\ wife with a heart? Nonsense!
Could a man be expected to waste his
precious time petting and soothing
her. and if he didn't do it, would tears
improve her complcxior; or enhance
the beauty of her bonnet strings, or
add to the lustre or the sprightHness
of her expression. or in short have a
vivifying or beautitying influence in
any respect2
A heart indeed Nice commodity,
when Monsieur IS attentive to other
ladies and Madame IS cast love-fam-
ished among other gentlemen, who
are willing enough to atone for a hus-
bands neglect,
Comfortable thing then, this heart
susceptible to sympathy, hungry for
appreciation. starving for food and
athirst for tho honied dew Of affec-
t:C~'s tones. Nice affair, to be sure
a something that must be fed, and
will not die without a struggle, even
though its food be flched by unlaw-
full means. \ heart Very nice thing
for the honeymoon, but fearfully an
noying thing when matrimony be
comes tame, and a man cannot hIrt
without having it dissolved in tears,
and prate Of constancy, and dl We him
to the verge Of destruction by threat
ening to break without further prov
ocation or warning. 4 wife with
a hearth Pah Advertise for ter
restrial comet, wooden meteor, a
flying wheelbarrow, quart Of bottled
moonshine. a baboon with half doz-
en- heads, or any other improbable
and utterly useless affair, but as for
a wife with a heart, that's an absurdi-
ty. The article Is obsoletei
Modern improvements have voted
it a nuisance, and the man who
would so advertise, other than satir-
ically. commits fraud upon the in
stitution for feeble-minded males ev-
cry hour that he remains at large.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-03-11
Remarks of Ex-Goy. SaIomon,

On presenting the name Of lion Luther s.
Diron, for Chief Justice before the
State Convention, at Madison, F'o5r1s-
arg %.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-03-11

nRACTICAL MARBLE WORKER. manufacturer y
/ Tama stones Monuments Mantle pieces, Table
s7ps &c. Shup-Htsh street. one door aaoys Presay-
ser5.u CuaEea Mineral Point. xii
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WILLIAM PAEEFEELD,
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Atteads TO all BUSINESS on short notice.
M ala, January 5oth, 1855 su
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IatIE.S u unEEE-r,T.
SIDNEY r.. SHEPARD,

DUYsICIAN AND SURGEON. oaice in Motstts
l. Drug Store, high street. Mineral Point xxi
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HUDSON RIVER AND HARLEM RAIL


ROADSIDE and after MONDAY, Nov 25 1861, trains for
Albany aud Troy connecting with Northern AID Western trains VIII
EeN-l a. follows:
~ Exnrcss Hudson River Railroad Thiethst and
Buffalo Suspension Bridge without charge
AID connecting Troy with trains o Saratoga Rutland Barg
and the North
Express via Hudson River Railroad connecting Abauy
he West aud Troy with trains for the North
n Express train via Harlem Railroad IwerU,siHthsi and
Chatham with Western Railroad for Lebanon
Springs Pts6e Albany with Western trains and a, Troy With
Saratoga, Rutland, Burlington, and the North
D. ~ Express Railroad connecting
Albany with trains and Troy With trains for Montreal with
sleeping attached.
4 Express train via Harlem Railroad connecting at Chatham
with Western Railroad for Lebanon Springs, Ped &c aud at
Albany attached az hlOany
Express train via Hudson River Railroad with seepagess
attached through Buffalo and Suspension Bridge without change
Of Also sepngcar day excepting Saturdays csd
NewYok through Ogdebae without change via Ron W.
s RMoad Connection Tor Troy will be made at EAss Albany
This lrain will n o SUNDAYS
II D. No. train River Railroad with sleepngcas attached
connecting AbAny With early trains for Buffalo aud Suspension Bridge
md az with trains for Saratoga end points North
viii be via Hudson River Railroad from New YORK
Ponghksepse snd iueneda stations leaving York at
RetaDng leave Poaghkeepe at arriving IN hewfork at o;tn
Also Sunday via Harlem Railroad leaving Forty seoncst AZ
arriving Mlerion at $40 Returning leaves Miller
ton at $50 p NJ, arriving at Newly ORR al u NJ
NJ H. VANDERBILT Vice President
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ave- Entrance Twenty seyenth-st
TRAINS LEAVE NEW.lORK:s
New Haven aud Bridgeport 100 800 (EIl. II 10 4? Is
UN), $50 ~, AS 40, aud 800 (l1) y.
Milford shatio Fairfield Southport and WespOrt TOO l3o
M. AS 40 p.
For Norusl zoo 400 r) 600 H. m iel5 (EI) 400 CE1
AS 40 tBrl $50. SEQ tEK.) p. No.
For Darien 5oo, 200 il9o a ~ at5, 10 53opm
stamford 100 900 (Er 800 II 20 hl5 tEr ais 30
(Rr), as 40 (EI), 40. 80 $50, 500 (Er.) D.
For Greenwich and intermediate stations 100 500 LIN AIS
345 ga, a3D go
CONNECTING TRAINS
For Boston via Springfield 8oO Tx D. 400 (Exl AGO D.
For Boston via Shore Line, l2l5 (EI y 400 p. IN.
Por Hartford and Springfield. 800 (Br 25 400 (Exl eco
D. m.
Fo Connecticut River Railroad 400 N. (Brl i2sp Mon
tTeA, 400 p. IN. 90 Northampton
Hartford Providence rshkl Railroad (RI) ~ iais
p M.
IL Is 400 400 II. q
For Canal Railroad. IL IS p m. TO Northampton.
For Honsstohio Railroad 500 A.. IN. 400 IN.
Nor Naugaiuek Railroad. 900 g. IN, 800 N.
For Danbury and Eorx ak Railroad a H. A30p.
,onnodious Sleeping Cars attached to AGO train
JAMES H. H0YT. Supt.
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NEW YORK and NEW HAVEN RAILROAD.

Passenger station NewYork Twenty and
Entrance on Twenty .seyenth-st