The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-06-29
LOCAL AFT AIRS
is no name for it.

fourth OF July next Thursday.
The town is having the side
walks repaired here and there.
The clover fields and the
flowers exhale their delightful per-
fume these days.
Another suit against the county.
1t is upon county orders, and for
5000.
The man out of office thinks he
can hold it little better than the
man who is III. To make the peo-
pie believe that is the sum and sub
stance of political science.
Very few people go into an
argument in order to discover the
truth OF the matter. They want to
hold their own and rout the enemy.
Hence the general loss of temper.
"A man is said to be absent
minded when he thinks he has LETT
his watch at home, and takes it out
of his pocket to see if he has time
to return home and get it.
Another landmark gone. This
time it is the old bell tower erected
many years ago by the Methodists
in the rear of the building on the
corner of Second street and Becker
Avenue.
Hotel guest, on retiring: 81
want to get up at o'clock" Face
tious night clerk: "Have not got
one, sir" Guest: "Not got what?"
Clerk: GA potato clock"
"A Brown county editor bought
his ink by the Jug full, because he
could get it cheaper, but his wife
went to fill the inkstand one morn
ing, and found it wasn't ink by a
jug full.
Town Clerk Cadot.e called us
up from peaceful slumber the 9TH
er morning about o'clock with the
joyful exclamation: "1Ve'ye got
new baby at our houser Enough
said.
The Board of Review met on
Monday, and after looking over the
roll, and discussing matters a little,
adjourned till Saturday. Assessor
Hoicomb presented roll that we
think very little fault will be found
with.
Mr.. Corcoran, one of the most
liberal patrons Of art in America, is
about to add TO the Corcoran Gal
terY OF Art, in w ashington, school
OF art, with an ample endowment.
The endowment which Mr.. Cor
coran bestowed upon the art gallery
yields an income of 100000.
DO not run away with the idea
that you were born genius and
that by single stroke of the pencil
you will some time imortalize your
self 1t is better TO dig away un-
der the impression that you are a
Ounce than to loll on the sofa wait
ing for an Inspiration. 1t was Tur-
ner the great painter, who said, Il
have no secret but hard work"
When you go to Duluth to buy
groceries and provisions, or to sell
eggs, potatoes, fruit, vegetables,
ETC., and want to deal with a square
man, who sells at the lowest and
pays the highest market prices,
call on James Ready, at his store on
Superior street, in the stand former
ly occupied by Peter Dean. Read
Mr., Ready's advertisement in anoth-
er column.
In church festival in Ken
lucky, meals were sold at 81 piece
at two long tables. A fine repast
was served at one table by negro
walters, while at the other exceed
ingly plain fare was dispensed by
the prettiest girls in the village.
The choice was hard one to make,
and the eaters were about evenly
divided. The pastor ate plain
food.
County Surveyor Chase who
visited the St. Croix pineries in
this county in the interest of the
assessor, returned few days ago.
He reports the weather hot down
there and the mosquitoes fearfully
savage. He says the potatoe bugs
are numerous, strong and sancy at
Isaac Staples. Moose River camp
farm.
Truth is always consistent with
itself, and needs nothing to help it