The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-09-29

severe.
When the vain man hears an
other praised he thinks himself
injured.
Now is the season for mush-
rooms. The early hunters have the
best luck.
Farming and stock raising
about Superior pays as well as in
most localities in the west.
The next surprise party will be
at the residence of Vincent Cour-
noyer. 1t must be kept profound
secret.
The court house begins to look
a little rusty. A coat of paint
would add to its appearance. It IS
too good building to be neglected.
James Malloy, Esq, of SILVIA
ter Mimi, was in town several days
lately, on a visit to his sister, Mrs.
Ronald Mccormick.
The school boy is now deyising
new forms Of bending pins prepar-
atory to the commencement Of
studies for the fall season.
The contract for transporting
the Indian goods to Vermilion Lake
was awarded TO Edgar Folsom, of
St. Paul, at $3.971 per hundred
pounds.
Geo. II. Lewis, a we'll known
route agent on the St. Paul s. Du-
luth and N. p. roads, vas arrested
on Monday at ST. Paul for robbing
the mails. lie was detected by
means of deeoy letters.
Vandalism seems to be on the IN
crease in this community. a val
liable COW Vincent Roy received
a charge of shot q few days ago at
the hands OF an unknown party,
which may prove fatal to the animal
johnny lost his knife. After
searohingsin one pocket and anoth-
or until he had been through all,
without success, he exclaimed d
"Oh, | wish | had another pocket;
1t might be in that"
The young friends OF Mr.. and
hra. 4. Cadotte gave them a pleas
ant surprise last Saturday evening
Schutte's Hall vas taken possession
OF by the fantastic trippors, ana
good time was had for few hours.
Read Father Gcnin's letter.
Ills statement Of the number OF hos
tile indians is certainly startling.
But he can hardly be wrong, as lis
opportunities for knowing all about
the Indians cannot be excelled.
Victor Desimval having aban-
doned the mail contract between
Duluth and Superior, the duty Of
carrying it out has devolved upon
his bondsmen, Richard Relf and Fl.
L. Laffitte, who continue Nicholas
W elter as carrier.
"A good little boy who was
kicked by a mule did not say
naughty words or go home crying
TO his mother; he just tied the
mule within FIVE feet Of bee hive,
backed hun around to it, and let
him kick.
New York Sun: The kind of
verses that are read in Kentucky
school exhibitions:
eco, my son, and shut the shutter
his heard mother utter,
Shutters shut the boy did mutter,
1 can't shut it any shutter"
If there is anything in this
world that viii make a man lose
faith in humanity, and look upon
truth as hollow mookery, more
than talking politics, it is to read
the editorial puffs Of patent med
icines in the religious journals.
There is an old California cpl
taph that hes excited good deal of
Interest, both with the character it
describes and the question it asks.
The epitaph is as follows:
'Here lies old Thirty five per cent?
The more he had the more he lent;
The more he got the more he craved
The more he made the more he shaved -
Good God can such soul be saved 81
The Darlington Democrat is
informed that young damsel Of
Warren sent twenty-five cents and
. postage stamp IN reply to 81 ad-
vertisement that appeared in an east
ern paper of show to make an I'M
preston" and got an answer, "Sit
down IN pan Of dough-"
MIR. Golfers Ascending horse
was tracked by Alex Touryine to