Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-04-07
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| AN exchange says Adam was Mormon
because ''he married all the women in tbs
| world"
How many apples did our first parent,
eat in the garden of Eden? Eve & and
Alan 2
AN exchange wants the government IN
| issue stamps for Kerosene inscribed, "pre.
pare to meet thy God"
A YOUNG man at recent fire in Rutland
VT, threw away pail OF water because 81
was too hot to do any good"
ONE of the sages says: Don't 90 la,
unless you have nothing to lose; LAWYERS
houses are built on fools heads"
JOHN CHrNAMAN writes to his countrymer
in San Francisco, "Me Likely Texasy; plep.
ty worky, plenty pavy, plenty eaty."
AN exchange speaks of 'the language O,
n classical bore, and the Boston CONNER.
cal Bulletin thinks this must be the "hop
lltiu" we read about.
DANIEL DREW, yshe founder of the Metho.
dist Theological Seminary at Madison, N
j., proposes to endow 1t more largely and
make it University.
AN INDIANA lawyer recently charged
client SO Tor collecting SO, but said be
would not press him to pay the other dollar
for a week or two, if not convenient.
A PHILADELPHIA woman called at house
and asked where Mr.. Brown was. and Mrs.
Brown replied with pail of hot water tina,
has created three months sickness.
A LADY asked pupil, at public exam.
| nation Of Sunday school, What was the
sin of the Pharlsees?' Eating camels.
| marm," quickly replied the child She
| had read that the Pharisees "straii ed al
gnats and swallowed camels."
A TRADRsMAN down town objected, the
| other day. to receive from one OF his Gus.
toners note at thirty days, on the ground
that he might die before that time. Die 20
exclaimed the customer, "wbo ever heard
OF q man dying within thirty daysp"
A CLERGYMAN remarked over the grave Of
| a tricky politician, who was never known to
! do ANYTHING without some sinister purpose,
| hat it "would be great consolation to bis
friends If they could have ascertained HE
motive in thus suddenly leaving them"
AN Arkansas sheriff, who could not ge.
carpenters to build gallows, to execute
criminal, had the cheek to tell the criminal
that if he was In hurry to have the show
come off, he would have to turn in and
help build it. The man declined, and told
the sheriff not to hurry on his account.
AN elderly Baptist lady, living up the
Muskingum writes q private letter to a
friend ave cant get to meeting this
weather, but the minister staid with us
three days; we gave him ten pounds of but.
ter and ham, and you better believe We
kept him praying while he staid. "-Ma,iettC
Register.
A LITTLE boy in Hudson, n. Y, on re.
turning home from church. was asked by
his mother tc give the text. After
thoughtful pause, the little fellow replied,
Il don't hardly remember but it was some.
thing about hawk between two pigeons
The text was, why halt ye between two
opinions?"
AN old gentleman of eighty-four having
taken to the altar damsel of about sixteen,
the clergyman said to him, "rhe font is al
the other end OF the church.
what do | want of the font2' said the
old gentleman.
ooh beg your pardon, said the cler.
ical wit, 81 thought you had brought this
child to be christened.'
"TI1KET, SIR" said railroad conductor
passing through one of the trains the 9th
err day, to passenger "My face is my
ticket" replied the other. "Indeed !sald
conductor, rolling back his wristband and
displaying most powerful bunch of fves
swell, my orders are to punch all tickets
passing over this road" 'And my buSi-
ness as director of this road" quietlyre re-
piled the passeng r, sis to see that conduc'
tors do not knock down. ;" The conduc'
tor readusted his wristband.