Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-10-07
Miscellaneous.

Great men insure in the Washington
Life, of New York
"A store in Denver City has sign as
follows FyNe KUT 2. bak o.
How could" Old Dog Tray " be faith
full, and at the same time beTray9
-Consumptive Joke-People who take
a bad cold often go off in a coffin fit.
"A Hartford court he's decided that it
is not cruelty to animals to tie the legs of
calves together.
"A young French butcher allures GUS
toners to his shop by announcing on a
glaring sign that he slaughters hogs
ike his father"
Two cripples, one with a shortened
\ leg and one with club foot, ran race
in South Boston, for $3.50 side. The
club-footed won by minute in half an
hour.
The Scientific american reports cure
of lockjaw In the army, during the war;
by applying mois, tobacco to the pit of
the mans stomach Every muscle was
relaxed by the consequent sickness.
Papa" How is it, Alice that yOU
never get prize at SCHOOL," Mamma
"And that your friend, Louisa Sharp, gets
so many" Alice Gnnocently)-"A All !!
but then Louisa has got such smart
parents!" LTableau.
The annual report of the National
Grand Lodge Of Odd Fellows shows that
41,000 were initiated the past year, making
a total membership Of 260, 0O0-an increase
Of $4,000 The order has $4,000, 900 Of
capital invested above its present need.
Mark Twain thinks that soda water is
not reliable for steady drink. 1t is too
gassy. The next morning after drinking
80 bottles he found himself full of gas and
as tight as balloon. He had not an arti-
Gle of clothing that he could wear except
his umbrella
"A marriage license, issued by Ken
lucky county clerk, Aug. 5, 1910, was
returned to the office of the clerk, by the
minister who celebrated the marriage a
few weeks ago, after a lapse Of more than
20 years, in accordance with the law which
requires it to BE returned within go days
after the marriage ceremony is performed
This must take rank as one the longest
engagements on record.
A man on the day he became one hun
bred years old went to have pair of shoes
made, remarllng that he wanted them
built substantial, with plenty Of hob-nails.
The shoemaker suggested that he might
not live to wear such pair Of shoes out,
when the old gentleman retOrted flat he
commenced this one hundred years good
deal stronger than he did the last one
Baby propellers--which are pushed
irctao1 ~ leo ,,rn orn n,,,J.innnI 1,v cd.
ical authorities The child always desires
to see the face of its attendant, and is es-
pecially uncomfortable IN the street amid
strange faces if it cannot, Also, when
thus shut up under the carriage, out of the
immediate observation Of the nurse, ii is
liable to many accidents, such as falling
out receiving too much sun in its face,
etc,
An old farmer, having lost a quantity
of vegetables from his garden, thought he
would endeavor to catch some of the Of
tenders. Placing a large dry goods box in
a convenient spot, he, one night, got into
it Just as he saw the offenders coming.
One of them, large boy, crept up to the
box very cautiously, and suddenly turning
it upside down with the old fellow in it,
leaped upon it, After the boys had got
all they wanted, he got off and was out OF
sight before the old man could extrieatc
himself.
The excellence of the Washington
Life Insurance Company Of New York
cannot be too warmly acknowledged It's
story is the story of a noble success of 2
wise and generous design, prudently and
thoroughly accomplished 1t was organ.
led on q nunciple Of novel and peculiar
iibcrality. II proposed to give all profit.
to the insured, paying only legal interest
en- It's capital and it has accomplished It's
pur80@p III ca~apr ne nrOUTazg attn.