Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-06-25
PHUNNIGRAMS.


-" For twenty long years" says New
Jersey paper "the wolf stood at this
poor widows door" To keep wolf
standing that long is nothing less than
cruelty to animals.
"A Milwaukee boy has swallowed half
a dozen steel buttons and his mother
doesn't have to scream for him when he
is out on the street playing with those
CluckerSon boys. She just brings IA mag
net to the door, and he flies to it like n
needle to the pole.
II tell you" said bercaved man to
Il neighbor next day after burying his
wife, when came to get into bed, and
lay thar and not he airing Lucinda iawing
around for an hour and "A half, it Just
made me feel rs if I'd moved into
strange country
THE Louisville Couyfcr-J6praal says
the Washington Fire Department wasted
10000 gallons of water to amuSe n com
pany of Indiana editors, Great Heavens!
Did il undertake to wash that crowd -
Iad{aaapoFS NaCS. "Wash the dickens,
We said g0ii6HS of waterfront A0gShgdds.
and an utter eNhau Stion of the soap mar
ket was not even limited aL'-Couisr-
J0UrUdt
A short time since a little commercial
drummer Glanced to get into the same
railway carriage, III England, in which
the Dukes of Argyle and Northumbcr
land were travelling. The three chutted
famliarly until the train stopped at AIN
wick junction, where the Duke of North
cumberland got out, and was met by
train of ilunkcys and servants. "That
must be Il great swell said the drummer
To his remaining companion YES re.
sponded the Duke of Argyle, abe is the
Duke of Northumberland. y BLESS my
eyes," exclaimed the drummer; land to
think that he should have been SO conde-
scending to t3co little SaobS like u.s. "
"A tall, portly and dignitied citizen of
the Quaker persuasion, well known in
Philadelphia, arrived in New York the
other day, and having no baggage but a
light travelling satchel was utterly oblivi-
Gus TO the appeals of the hackmen ms he
emerged from the railway station. The
traveller, looming up like IA ten-pin among
vinegar cruetS, and face as placid as Il
pan of milk, was calmly and silently
moving away from the crowd of iarvies,
who looked after him with something
like amazement, when Il sudden thought
o'tlllt't W Oh I'M biiN, WIZ, running hlltl
him, seized hold of one of the handles of
his travelling bag, with: q" Deaf and Dumb
Asylum, sir? Coin right up" This was
too much. Dignity relaxed into II laugh,
and the hack-drver Il fare for down
town hotel
A recent number of Il health
journal says One of the strongest
arguments against the paper currency
now in circulation is that il spreads dis
ease Thousands of persons annually
die from smallpox taken from money
that passes through their hands, This
is dreadful, and after reading il feel
disposed never to touch another dollar
of the money again But other people
are different know that the statement
will appear Incredible; | know people
will scott at the assertion, | am aware
that | make myself liable to charge Of
frightful mendacity, and yet it is an
absolute truth that | can lay my hand on
"A reckless daredevil of man who will
stuff his clothes with all the paper money
he can get and take his chances with the
epidemics. 1t may seem strange that
such foolhardincsS should exist, and vet
this man of mine would indulge in il if
he had chance. some men are born so
that they can face death without shud
der,-Nar -idcier.