Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-12-15
Wit and Humor.
The rising at Paris-Balloons.

I Wit and Humor. -
/ The rising at Paris-Balloo
A TRAIN of fancy-George Francis.
Nor poor gift--a gift to the poor.
WHAT is it that Adam never saw, new.
er..possessed, and yet he gave ito each
OF. his children Parents.
CONSCIENCE has been called that eel
estial harmony which vibrated in the
ears of the martyrs, and soothed their
sufferings.
sis molasses good for cough p in
CURED youth with heavy cold. cit
ought to be, it is sold for consumption, .
was the reply.
Mrs. MoCDLER says she never could,
for the lie Of her, understand what q
| high chnsc Imam was until she heard OF
a French minister being mp in a ballo-
! on.
A GOOD sort of man was recently
asked to subscribe for chandelier for
the church "Now," said he, whats
the use Of chandelier! After you get
it, you can't get any one. to play on it, y
A RAILWAY station agentin New Hamp-
shire, having been reprimanded for al
lowing car to be SO heavily loaded that
it broke down, replied, "Mr. G. what
lido You expect man to know for $40 a
month ~
A GENTLEMAN of dramatic proclivities
at his boarding house, the other day,
was heard to humble, as he attacked his
mass of indigestion in the shape of a
beefsteak; " Would that this too, too
solid flesh would melt
| 81 find Dick, that You are in the hab-
it of taking my jokes and passing them
off as your own Do you call that gen
tlemanly conduct ~ '"To be sure I do,
Tom. A true gentleman will always
take joke from friend.
A PLEASANT slip of the tongue is re-
corded by a French paragraphist A
lady was enjoying the society of her
lover, when the bell rang, and the ser
want announced 1.-The doctor" "Tell
him Pm i'll, and can't see him, " was ma
DANES reply.
"Do you believe in the rod as an in
strument of discipline z" asked mother
of school teacher in Nevada, to whom
she had sent her unruly son. 'No,
madam" ooh, I'm sogladl What do
you substitute for it," "The revolver,
madam" Exit mother and unruly son.
| MARK TWAIN has this advice for young
men with literary aspirations: Write
without pay until somebody offers pay
II NOBODY offers pay within three years,
the can iidate may look upon this cir
cunstance with the most implicit con-
fdence AS the sign that saving wood is
what ho was intended for"
| THE wife of manufacturer in an in
land town, whose daughter was about
| to be married, sent notes to her friends
requesting that, if they intended to
make wedding presents of sllverware,
| they would send the money instead, as
she was about to visit New York, and
| would prefer to buy the articles herself,
"fll it will be so nice to have the things
usl cn you know.
HE Roston Transcript says; "a
slight touch of liver complaint, II habll-
| ity to disease of the lungs, or a consti-
| tutional tendency to disease OF the
heart, may perhaps lend a certain charm
to the character. 1t may tone down the
| eyuberant spirits which are apt to dis
quit us in perfectly healthy men,.
JUDGE PoRrLY says the hveliest time
he ever experienced was ON issuing the
| first number of a newspaper i'll a western
town. The people wanted something
stirring He published the personal
history of the leading politicians as fur
nished by their friends. The Judge
says that for the first hour they all rush
ed for the paper ). the second hour they
went for him.
Arkansas paper, describing avoiding
trousseau, says: 1.-The bride is to have
trailing nightgowns; oh, such beauties,
with ever such long trails-tive feet, at
| least One chemisette that our gossip
ing friend showed us had over fifty dol
lars worth of trimming on it, that Is only
one of half dozen"
81 GUESS you mean to bring up that
ere one to be pretty sharp at bargain ~
said fellow to a woman who was rock
ing and singing with all her might to a
little responsibility. "Why2" cause
you keep bawling by low, baby, by
ow, baby into his ears all the time"
EsS~ A New ADDITION TO OUR NATIONAL
4 BILL or FARE-The committee of ladies ap-
pointed by the Farmers Club Of the American
| Institute. among whom was an eminent medi-