Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-02-17

We frequently hear of 3. slight" of
steps, but we have never yet been able to
discover where they "fy" to.
Lake Winnebago, in Wisconsin, is
said to be the largest body of water en-.
tirely within the limits of any Western
State.
The population of Cincinnati Is esti.
mated at 293,400 by the State School
Commissioner, and that of Cleveland at
76,456.
In discussion with a temperance
lectures, topper asked, "If water rots
your boots, what effect must i: have on
the coat of your stomach
"A pawnbroker having joined tenn
perance society, it was remarked that
there need be no fear of his not " keeping
the pledge
A ST. Louis hackman has been SEN
fenced to four years in the Penitentiary
for overcharging unsophisticated passen-
gers.
The Washington Life Insurance
Company of New York possesses com.
binaton of every desirable feature known
to the business
Over 5000 persons were confined in
the Pittsburgh lookup during the past
year, and nineteen-twentieths of them
were charged with drunkenness
"A vivid idea of the weakness of
chicken soup was conveyed in ways
query to his wife at dinner, Cant you
coax that chicken to wade through that
soup once morey'
--"Do you think" asked Mrs. Pepper,
that little temper is n bad thing in a
womang" Certainly not, ma'am," re-
piled gallant philosopher; =" it is a good
thing, and she ought never to lose it,
The Supreme Court of Kansas has
liable for cattle killed on their tracks, on
the ground that it is the cattle owners
business to keep them in enclosures and
off from the highways.
"A Washington Bohemian relates that
he lately prepared speech for a Con-
gresham, and, few days atterward, was
employed (by member on the other side)
to answer his own argument, which he did
with decided success
"A correspondent of the Bangor, (Me.)
Wig, who has kept daily record of the
weather for forty years, says that January
Just past has been the mildest for the past
forty years. The average temperature of
the month has been 20degrees above zero.
A Southwick, Mass, man, with a
wholesome horror of trichne, has be
nevolent way whenever he slaughters
any pork, of sending piece to neghbor,
He then watches the result and if the
neighbor survives, revels thereafter in fat
ness.
"A Western newspaper having repeat
ed the paradox that if two letters be taken
from money there will be but one left, the
| Vicksburg Times remarks: eve once
knew fellow who took money from two
letters, and there was none left"
"A Cheyenne letter says: Mayor
Burt recently got from a Crow Chief a
spicula of gold, as long as a ledpencil,
and half as thick as his finger. The In.
dians would never reveal where they got
their gold, but said there was plenty OF
it,"
a difident lover went to the Town
Clerk to request him to publish the bans
of matrimony and finding him at work
alone in the middle Of ten-acre field
asked him to step aside a moment, as he
had something particular for his private
ear"
We trust the day is not far distant
when the Washington Life Insurance
Company will become 80 widely known
and trusted, as it deserves to be, that ali
our ministers, secretaries, and business
men generally, will avail themselves OF
It's rich advantages.
Capital punishment
Old master Brown brought his ferule down,
His face was angry and red
| "Anhony Blair, 20 sit you there,
Among the girls, he said.
SO Anthony Blair, with mortified air,
And his head hung down on his breast,
Went right away and sat all day
By TIE girl who loved him best.
The Legislature of Maine has not
conducted itself in way acceptable to
Mrs. Jane =. Thurston since she bough,
the State, and she has declined to be re
sponsible any longer for its doings, and
once more offered the State for sale
"terms easy and good title given rs
was ever given of ship and cargo for
breach of the Revenue laws"
The Downievlle (Cal) Messenger says
that "a dozen Cinnamon organized them
selves into pack train, few days since
and brought to town from Shady Flat I
safe weighing over 1900 pounds. The safe
was slung on long pole, and 1t took {
day and half to bring it Gown" An ex
change is at loss which most to admire
the toughness of the Johns or the strength