Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-07-12
CENTENNIAL ITEMS.

"A merchant went home the other
night and said cheerfully to his wife:
Well, my dear, I've failed at last"
"Oh, that's good"' exclaimed the
wife, with a radiant face; 'now we
can go to the Centennial, sure"
Aiken, SC. expects to be repre-
sented at the Centennial Exhibition by
knocking birds singing by note--tanght
by Prof. Brown, of that town. The
birds have already mastered the bars of
Yankee Doodle and Star Spangled
Banner
They had a Centennial breakfast
out at a North Hill boarding house,
yesterday-United States flag hung up
IN the dining-room, bouquets of red.
white and blue, and a spring chicken
an even hundred years old. Burling-
ton Haack-Eye.
-"Old Abe" the Wisconsin war
eagle, holds place of honor in Agri-
cultural Hall at the Centennial.
Americans speak of him as a GLORIOUS
old bird" Flenchmen mistake him
for "unparrote," while the English
visitors readily recognize him "blarst-
ed Hamerican beagle"
Mrs. J. l.. Regain, widowed lady
who lives in the eastern portion of
Terrell County, Ga, has Il powder-horn
that was used by her great-grandfather
during the Revolutionary war. 1t is
very large, handsomely carved, and
bears the inscription Liberty or
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quart cup. which was used by the
ancient soldier.
--Spilkins has discovered that his
stepmother has cousin whose daugh-
ter married a man that has half
brother living in Philadelphia in a
large, roomy residence quite near the
Centennial grounds. Proper steps
have been taken to establish the rela-
tionship, and Mrs. Spilkins has ordered
three new Saratoga trunks accordingly.
n. Y. Commercial.
There is queer fellow in Phila-
delphia on a visit to the Centennial.
His name is Joseph Vardi, and his
home and native place is in Bethlehem.
of Judea, whence Christ came. He
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red cap, a long red and yellow striped
frock reaching, below the knees, and
white leggings and brings with him Il
curious collection of crosses, relics,
beads and miscellaneous jewels. He
converses freely in English and Ger
man.
Day before yesterday one of the
ri observation-disclosures in Hort isnlt nra1 hall
on the Centennial grounds, got loose,
devoured its keeper, and then, mad
dened by the taste of blood, bounded
across to the cage of the rhustoxico-
dendron, which it dashed over withone
blow of its terrible paw, freeing its
furious inmate. when the most sangui-
nary and terrific combat ensued be-
tween the two. The awful battle was
finally checked and the Infatuated com
batants parted by one of the keepers,
who, mounted on a powerful and we'll
trained cypripedium spectabile, dashed
in between them. Huntington Ha,ck-
Eye.
The woman walked slowly around
the grounds. She was alone, but she
saw things through her own eyes, and
companionship counted for little. She
glanced in the New Jersey State
House, she looked in the windows Of
the kindergarten. and saw the children
putting on their little linen capes get
ting ready to go home. She turned her
head, and saw a small brick house
pushed against the Woman's Building.
There was something in it that looked
like patent stove, and ayoung woman
stood near it who seemed to be attend
ing to it. She walked to it and looked
in the door steadily, but she said moth
ing. Miss Allison, the woman engi-
neer, quietly endured her scrutiny for
some time, attending to her work, then
asked: :" Are you interested in steam
engines 2" mo" she replied, Il am
not. never did care for chemistry.
1t is too hard. "-Neac Century for
Woman