The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-05-25
LOCAL A-FFAIR
Rain, wind, mud, sunshine.
boiler has come +!

try paper that has special CORE
spondent at the great Exposition.
How can five men divide five
eggs so that each man shall receive
one, and one shall remain in the
dish? One man takes the dish with
the egg.
Governor Smith has called the
legislature of Wisconsin to meet in
special session on Tuesday, June 4,
next, to review and adopt the re-
vision OF the statutes.
Prices are not so very much
down.-The sleeping car porter is
still backing boots at 25 cents a
palr, and making no charge for his
society.
The Lake Superior country
ought to be the favorite resort for
hay fever sufferers. The disease
speedily disappears in this climate,
and never originates here.
"A Sunday school boy at Mays
vile, Ky, was asked by the super
intendent if his father was a Chris
tian. Yes, SIR" he replied, "but he
is not working at it much"
"A fellow at Chippewa Falls
who has gone into the saloon bust
ness explained to his friends that
he could make enough off his own
drinks to pay the rent.
"A west hill boy wandered into
Jefferson street drug store, and
wanted to buy 10 cents worth of
fly paper ''to make kites off,
Haackeye.
-Clothes-pins can now be bought
for two cents per dozen, and there
is no longer any excuse for hanging
linen pants on the line by knot in
the legs.
For RENr-The clearing on the
land known as the esBurbank place."
situated on the. Nemadji river about
three miles south Of town, will be
rented for the season of 1873. APP
ply to JAMES BARDoN, Agent.
-"I was not aware that you
knew him." said Tom Smith to an
Irish friend, the other day. "Know
him = said he, in a tone which com
pretended the knowledge of more
than one life-"I knew him when
his father was boy"
A few of our citizens have
planted the early amber sugar cane
in their gardens. We already raise
our own tobacco and whiskey. and
when we get to raising sugar and
tea this community will have reach
ed self sustaining point far beyond
the influence of European wars or
che price of Douglas county orders.
Several wide-awake Michigan
lumbermen are now in this country
looking over our timber resources.
They express themselves as amazed
at the extent and quality of our
pine. 1t would not be wonder if
some of them would lend Us a hand
in manufacturing few millions of
it.
An india-rubber baby, that
squeals like a human infant, has
been invented. And now every
old bachelor can enjoy the felicities
Of married life without any of its
torments. He can get up at 8
o'clock in the morning, and parade
the room with squealing baby in
his arms, and, if he feels so disposed,
can SIN III the baby's head against
The stove without fear of an angry
mothers interference.
Mr.. John Lynch this week
packed up his household goods,
boarded up the windows of bis
houses, locked his doors, and took
his departure for Detroit, Michigan.
DIR. Lynch was one OF our oldest
and most respected citizens, and we
are sure that while everyone in the
community wishes him good luck,
yet all feel sorry to lose him, as an
honester man or a better citizen
never left the town.
Judge w. r. Perry, cur worthy
postmaster, is, we are sorry to state,
confined to his bed from the effects
of a severe cold contracted while at
work on his farm west of town, and
aggravated by general prostration
of the physical system incident to
the season and his advanced age
"a years, we believe. DIR. Graham