Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-09-12
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Every honeymoon has a man in it.

Every honeymoon has Il man in it.
Editing a paper is like carrying an
umbrella on n windy day; everybody
thinks he could manage it better than
the one vino has hold of the handle.
The proprietor ola forge, not remark
able for correctness of language, but
who, by honest industry had realized u
comfortable independence, being called
ON at n social meeting for Il toast, gave
" Success to forgery
a mar shot ut n cat, and brought
down his wife the first time. The most
singular part is, the wounded woman
actually believes that he aimed at the
cat. One Of the most beautiful charac-
t~eristics of a wife is the answering con
tidcnce She places in the word Of her
husband.
4 very young miss addressed her pa
ternal ancestor at the breakfast table ON
Sunday morning, Poppy, want a new
hat and II pair ofnew shoes" dispose
so. What don't you want?' remark,l
the patcrnal. Well answered the
quick witted little miss, II don't want
any cigars
1t twas very careless leaving the parrot
in the parlor Sunday evening, but she
never thought anything about it until
Monday morning, when he reused the
whole house by making Il smacking
noise and crying, Darling Susie, Oar
ling Susie He kept it up all day, too,
and the old folks are much interested in
the casc.-ROHe Sentinel.
A naturalist claims to have discovered
that crows, when in tlocks, have regu-
larly organized courts, in which they sit
around and try oilenders-a sort OF crow
bar, 50 to speak.
Some one is attempting TO cast Il stain
on the reputation Of Christopher Column
bus by circulating n story that ON a GER
tain occasion he left his native land for
parts unknown.
Three Bashi- Bazouks, the other day,
in their wandcring3, came across the
body of II Russian soldier. They deter
mined to bury 1t, and were ON the point of
placing it in ahurriedly dug grave, when
the Russian came to his senses, and OBJ
serving their intention, remarked that
he was not dead. They looked ut him
lbI IL lew StttlltN, WITCH one ol llltlll re-
marked, Really, you Russians are such
horrid liars that it is impossible to be-
lievc anything you say. We found you
here dead, SO you must be buried and
they buried him.
He was sitting quietly by her side one
chilly evening last month, thinking of
something to say. Finally he remarked:
"How sad il is. we shall have n frost to-
night, and it will kill everything green"
%Thereupon the young lady extended her
hand and said in a sympathetic tone
Goodbye"
"IIow much do scz AK for twinty
threc-cint stamps ! dunno?' inquired
Barney Drumgoole at the ~postoiice
wicket. "Sixty cents replied the cru
pier. Don't yer make any rcducshin
at all for buying thin that way?' NO
Say half u dollar, now II can't make
any reduction ''Ill give ye iifty-fve
%cints." IF We don't want to buy stamps
ut the regular price, 90 away and make
room for other people" said the Official
savagely. well We. needn't get mad
over it," said Barney, as he handed over
the money. Sure, its mighty still and
stuck-up like them posht-otlice people
arel Faix, now. nv some av the people
as have money wud sthart an opposi-
ton posht-oflice an be more accommo-
datin, they'd take the heft ny the bust
ness away from them, Sc they wud.
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