The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-03-09
Wednesday afternoon.

Lent commenced w eQneSQay.
Awful hard to find items this
week.
The Indiaas say that the maple
sap runs freely these days.
Brooks new steamer is on the
stocks and begins to show her ribs.
Commodore Saxton now comes
over from the Light House in his
skif.
Systematic your business, and
keep an eye on little expenses.
Small leaks sink great ships.
-"Pray, madam, why did you name
your old hen Macduff" sBecause,
sir, I wanted her to lay on"
Mr.. Richard Relf returned
home on Saturday last from Brai-
nerd, having completed the big
map for the N. p. company.
Improve your opportunities"
said Bonaparte to school of young
men; "every hour lost now is a
chance Of future misfortune"
Mr.. Herman Boetcher and wife
left yesterday for their Northern
Pacific home, attended by the good
wishes of host of friends.
--Tramps out this way live on
the choicest meats. Every one of
them gets warm tongue at almost
every house.
Mr.. J. B. St. John, who recent
ly broke one of his ribs while at
work in the woods, is we are glad to
say recovering nicely.
The mail carrier now wears a
lantern, pike pole, side whiskers
and a pair of goggles. He will
soon need a bateau on each foot.
-"Summer in the middle of
wint."- That's what the French
man said long time ago, and it's
what we say now.
-Duluth's funny friend, the Hon.
J. Proctor Knott, delivered a lee
ture in Baltimore a few days ago
on "Practical Patriotism"
Mr.. J. Fl. White an old and
highly respected citizen of Duluth
died last week in that city, after a
protraoted illness.
"A bill has passed the Wiscon-
sin legislature requiring that labor
ers shall be paid in honest money
and not III orders, as is many times
the ease.
Another social time at Mr..
Schuster's Monday evening. The
boys and girls kept up the fun till
the clock struck one three or four
times.
Let it be recorded that on Sat-
urday March 2, 1873, small boats
commenced to cross the bay in
open water between Minnesota
Point and Quebec Pier, Superior.
Bankers generally roll their
lard money in paper, and make it
look like so many spools. We rolled
our hard money up the other day,
and it looked like button.
Dishonesty often defeats It's
own purposes. This occurs very
forcibly to a man when he sneaks
down the alley to get drink, and
meets his pastor just coming out of
the back-door wiping his mouth
with the back Of his hand.
The unpleasant rumor that
Albert Wieland vas probably lost
on the lake while making trip be-
tween Beaver Bay and Duluth was
happily dispelled by the arrival of
Mr.. Wieland in Duluth, safe and
sound.
Our town authorities could not
do a more acceptable work than to
extend the clearing of . few of the
avenues westward into the woods,
to enable citizens to conveniently
secure fire wood and reach the lands
outside of town.
"A delegation of Muscovite gen.
tlemen is in the west seeking a
location for Turkish colony of TO-
coo people. The claims of Douglas
county as a suitable home for these
exiles ought to be brought to their
attention.
--'But, Paul, how can the spirit
be in US and We in the spirit at the
same time ?" SAID young man to
o venerable darkey. ooh, dar's
puzzle bout dat. It's like dat poker;