The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-12-29
LOCAL AFFAIRS

HAPPY NEW EAR
Taxes are coming IN slowly.
It's early in the season yet.
DR.. Tanner may be set down
as the fastest man on record.
TO man full of questions,
make no answers.
Nine men out Of ten, when you
run against them in the dark, will
say Hello!
Keep out of debt, out of quar-
rels, out of damp clothes, out OF
reachsof liquor, and out of doors all
you can in good weather.
TO bring forward the bad ac-
tons of others to excuse our own, is
like washing ourselves with mud.
"A good education, like a good
building, should have a solid foun-
dation. Learn to spell, read, write
and cipher.
twenty-five passenger trains
leave st. Paul daily on the various
roads centering in the metropolis of
the northwest.
Smallpox has made its appear
ance in forty-one different localities
IN the state during the past two or
three weeks.
They tell of Western man
who denies that he ever scalped an
Indian except to oblige parties in
the East who wanted trophies.
"A home paper, at any price, is
the cheapest paper man can take,
through no other channel can the
local news be obtained.
Can it be possible that he
blames us? A subscriber writes
"My oldest son died in terrible
agony last week, after reading the
last number Of your valuable paper
Saltwater has shown marvellous
growth the past year. The list OF
improvements foots up over $780,
100000, most of which has been ex-
pended in manufacturing enter
prlses.
Bits of copper muzzles and
leather collars were found in Mil
waukee mince pie the other day, the
discovery casting a profound gloom
over the entire community.
Nothing unnerves the average
small boy SO much as to be obliged
to steal cookies out of crock. To
his strained senses the iarring of
the cover sounds like the crack of
doom.-Da,s5ury Neacs.
A year has rolled around since
the TIMES came into our hands.
Within that time its circulation has
very nearly doubled, which shows
that the paper is appreciated-a
fact highly gratifying to us.
There Is good deal of sound
wisdom in the suggestion of the
farmer: "1f you want your boy to
stay at home, don't bear too hard
on the grlndstone when he turns
the crank"
-"How to tell mad dog" is the
title OF an article that is going the
rounds. We haven't anything to
tell mad dog that we couldn't
send to him on a postal card.
"A Minnesota man has had three
wives in four years. He traded
one tor farm, another for a pair
OF horses, and the third for a mule.
lie Is only 40 years old and expects
to stock his farm entire if he has
luck.
The Chippewa Times has the
following: "Last week we said
the city tax was four per cent. It's
a mistake, it's seven per cent. We
hope the good Lord will forgive the
heavy taxpayers, for they will no
doubt use big words when the city
treasurer presents his BILL"
Very quietly, pleasantly and
soclably was Christmas observed
here. AS usual the children hung
up their stockings and Santa Claus
came down the chimney and stuffed
them with good things, and several
had Christmas trees. The old folks
either spent the day socially at
home, or went to Duluth 10 attend
church.
An Oshkosh four year old was
observed making queer movements
with its elbow. His aunt asked
him what be vas doing. "Crook-
ing my elbow" said preeocious.