Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-12-26
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The MaeMahon coon climbs down at
last, chattering, d-d-don't shoot y
C!ay Crawford rises vehcmently to re-
mark that he is not osman Pasha--not
nnith
There Is hint of unspoken pathos. "A
touch OF patient suffering and resigna-
ton, IN the birth notice from the Marys-
VILE AppeoL In this city, August 9,
to the wife of William Lea. son-not
tMns this time.
An advertisement in New York Jour
nal for corset presSers' brought replies
rom 261 stalwart young men who earn
| estly offered their services gratis. They
may have misunderstood the matter
Stanford Advocate.
Edmund kimhall, of Chicago, is the
champion wipcr-out of church debts.
lie got Chicago church out of n debt
$4,000 deep, II few weeks ago. in eight
hours work VIII Brother kimball
please come down to Burlington and
sit up with the subscriber four or five
hours p Darlington Hamk,yc.
says Sambo, "neah's dnei De streams 4
run with goah.
right straight frew
If Conkling kin kerrett i'm right on de Senate 40
Every time he happens TO remark what isn't
! true"
/ One OF the most versatile ladies that
ever graced Deadwood stage" has packed
her kit, "lt out from the land of the
bowling Wilderness, and is en- route for
! Chicago, where she will "chaw" scenery
and "whoop il up ON old TerpsichoAc.h
SO says the Black Hills newspaper.
Senator Davis has introduced n bill to
establish n Court of Appeals. That is
what TINS country needs; something to
suppress this neElrous traffic in apples
that are fair 10 look upon in the top
Layer, while in all the rest of the Ibarrel
the worms have such a mujoaity that on
/ Il DIVISION Of the house they can out
vote the apples seven to one. B,ulnQ-
tom HaHkeye
A little Ottawa miss, taken to church
for the first time, was duly impressed
with the necessity that she should keep
las still ~ II mouse" She behaved
| herself until the preacher became warm
ed up to his work and then she raised
her finger, and, looking straight at him,
cried; See here, don't you make SO
much noise
1t was ut y charity ball; the girl was
pretty and exquislteIy dressed She
sad; Now, Mi, don't put my
name III the paper nor tell what | had
on. have Worn this dress once before,
and it's horribly old. was going to
have Il French dress from Worth's but
II didn't get here, SO had to wear this
Now mind don't put my name in the
paper but, if you do, send me six
1t seems to be the ambition of all
young wives to look we'll when any one
calls Yesterday II South Side bride
heard II ring at the front door. The
maid was out, and she rushed up stairs
TO ''iix NJ" II little before admitting the
caller. There was n moment Of light
ming work before the dressing ease.
Quicker than it takes us to tell it, "A rib
bon was fastened at her throat, II flower
stabbed in her hair, n flash of powder
on her face, and she was at the door, all
smiles and bushes. The gentleman
said he had walked from Memphis, and
couldn't remember that he had tasted
food since he left Cincinnati. oil CEtu
Derrick.
A lovc-sick chap, who gave himself
away to Barnums fat girl last summer,
sends the following to the Graphic:
My darling one
Weighs most Il ton
Ii must be fun
To hold that bun
Die on your knee
.f | was large
Az Mount kearsarce,
With her discharge
From Bnrnums charge,
I'd happy be.
1t is remarked by the Washington
! Republican that 200 newspapers have
died in that city Drop a tear-don't
smilc,-Scveral yoars--quite while
Evermore onward. Into the Valley Of
Bust 1ramped the Two hundred Dead
beats TO right Of them, Dcadbeats to left
Of them, Doadbeats in front of them.
Mumbcd and maunderod; Editors crazy
made, Spent ali the stamps they had
foolish two hundred Oh the wild
charges they made Oh, the bills Con-
gress paid! Hence they didn't seem
afraid, They would run ona shoal, Where
they'd be foundered; Dollars-what
heaps they had Some of them ''of our
dad, Paper bills just as bad Paid for
'goy'ment ad," Got by pure cheek
from the Nation they plundered. Yet
they are gone. Oh, sad Lovely Two
hundred
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