Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-05
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.


The difference between country and a |
city greenhorn is that one would like to
know everything and the other thinks he |
can tell him
A yoIr.;G lady from the country called
at a book store, the other day, and asked
for "a deck of them new postal -keerds-
double headers"
Two CRIPPLED soldiers, one from the
Confederate and the other from the Fed
eral army, have formed a partnership for
running a hand-organ in New York.
TIE Oldest blast furnace now in Mary
land is the Catoctin, built in III, and re-
built in 1877 Pig iron was exported from
country not allowing at that date any kind
of iron except pig to be made in the colo
neS.
THE young married man who found
himself at the theater, the other evening,
with feet encased in steel-colored boots,
from liberal application of stove-black-
ing, in the dark, wants to know "how long
this house-cleaning is going to last, any
how
Two CLERKS in the postal car of a train
on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad
were badly scared recently. On opening
the bag containing the Florida mails, two
lively young alligatOrs sprang out, and the
clerks quickly took refuge in an adjoining
Car. The young reptiles were eventually
captured, when it was found they had es-
| capped from cardboard box, in which
| they were being sent as present to gen
tleman in Louisville
THE porter of Detroit store heard
voice in the alley as he was locking up the
other night, and he investigated to find
that an old man had taken possession OF a
hogshead for the night, and that he was
praying. The old fellows petition went
| right to the heart of the porter, and he
called him out, questioned him, and finally
gave him dollar. He went to the front
of the store to lock it, and while he was
gone the hogshead man stole his new coat
| and pair of boots, and made good his
escape.
A LITTLE schoolgirl in Danbury has
| lately had her dinner stolen. No clue
could be obtained to the thief, although it
was sought with tears. Finally mild plan
was hit upon. a tempting doughnut with
filling OF cayenne pepper was placed in
her pail, and the result watched. Before
noon a little boy was seen at the pump
working it in lively manner. 1t seemed
| if he had had two hundred pairs of arms
| lS IoulIi ldNC uSCN tiiSIH IhC hit vas
put out, however, and enough of the
structure saved to take across the knee for
| a few Misunderstanding Ne,cs.
| THE celebrated "cow-tree" of South
| America has lately been imported into
may be acclimated This wonderful tree
yields a good quality of milk. 1t flows
| freely from incisions made in the trunk,
| and is commonly used as an article of
| food by the inhabitants of districts where
| the tree is abundant The tree grows up
| ward of a hundred feet high,
with smooth trunk six to eight
feet in diameter, and without branches
for the first sixty or seventy
feet of its height. If it would only
grow in the open air in this climate what
| a blessing it would prove to those who are
dependent upon unconscientious milk
meni
THOSE who visit Vienna need to be
wide awake, and understand the customs
of the country, or they find themselves
taken in" An American having settled
himself at his hotel, and wishing for a
| bottle of ink, rang for the servant to get
one for him He was informed that he
| must send by irregular porter. In front Of
each hotel in Vienna are scores of men
whose business it is to perform such com
missions as this. The gentleman, there
| fore, sent a porter on the errand who
brought him a small bottle of ink, for
which he demanded ninety kreutzers,
three times its cost On being interro-
gated respecting the matter, he simply eX-
planned by saying that sixty kreutzers was
the price of his own service, or the com
mission.
A WRITER in the Science Gossip for
April gives an account of the singular
hardihood of the bat: Having caught
bat in my bedroom, and being anxious to
preserve it without injury, | got some
spirits of wine and putt in a glass for about
two hours, until | thought it was dead |
afterward wrapped it up in a handker-
chief and put it in box in a drawer Be
ing called away from home the next day,
and having remained away for three
weeks, when | came home | went to the
drawer expecting to find the animal de-
cayed, when, on opening the handker-
chief, out flew the bat, as well as when |
first caught it" This phenomenon needs
to be explained.
THE following letter is from female
lawyer in Colorado, in reply to a letter
from an Eastern party soliciting informa-
ton in regard to one DR.. Clutton. She is
simple girl, evidently: "To NJ d. t.
DR.. Clutton is my family physician; was
in my office few minutes ago; he was up
in the mountains yesterday, and got snow
ed under all but about four feet of him;
he expects to return to that region about
the 4th of July, with an armful of shavings
to try and thaw out his horse and buggy.
| am an attorney and notary public; send
me your interrogatory and and | will
attend to the matter in good order.
You've no idea how much it costs to live
here; soup bones have gone up to 20c;
butter S71ac per pound. Whisky holds
its own, notwithstanding the town ordi-
nance prohibiting its use 70 all but in
valids Yours, ELIZABETH LUCE"
LET children grow. Give them time
for slow and natural development. Give
them freedom and liberty in things not
positively and permanently hurtful. What
matter if all their daily behavior is not
quite pleasant orperfect, if they show i'm
provement and progress. Sow good seed,
anxious parent, cultivate with care. but
rait patiently for harrest if you wish good
fruit. Suppose a child does not sit as
straight as ramrod at table; suppose a
cup or tumbler does slip through its little
fingers, the food below deluged the COB
let smashed, and the table-cloth ruined
do not look cross, and break out with re-
proof of what was unintended as if it were
willful wrong. Did you never let
Il II, H.,