The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-02-23

The tax payers soliloauy: 40
pay or not to pay"
Buds sprouting and leaves
shooting.
Francis Murphy eUght to visit
Superior.
The saddest words our young men say,
Are these: 81 swore CT New ears dayr'
The difference between boy
and a barn is that shingles are ap-
piled to the roof of the barn.
Yesterday was Washington s
birthday, and legal holiday for
everyone except the poor printer.
-HeIl-oquence is what the Wor-
cester Press thinks the latest pulpit
sermons amount to.
The ice is honeycombed and
rotten, and unless people are very
careful there may be accidents this
spring.
"A bill has been introduced in
the legislature to abolish all mill
tary titles in Bayfield, county, ex-
cept those earned in the Ashland
railroad war.
The Chicago Tribune remarks
as follows: 'FUp to the present time,
there has been a great deal of doubt
as to whether this winter was next
spring or only last fall"
Bismarck is to have a bank,
with w alter Mann and w. r. Mer-
Ram, of the Merchants National,
ST. Paul, President and Vice Presi-
dent respectively.
Mr.. Snyder has joined the
grangers, and is clearing up a block
near the river just east of the GENE
terry. Many others might follow
his example with profit.
The Chinese do everything in
an opposite way to Europeans,
even to lighting matches. They
always scratch them on the front oil
the trousers leg.
Mr.. Mich. Welter came near
losing load Of hay on the ST. Louis
bay this week. Two of his wagon
wheels broke through the ice, but
the whole concern was rescued
after some difficulty.
allow does the new COW an.
?" asked one man of another
who had lately purchased a COW.
II really can't say" he replied
''for I've meyer asked her any ques
tons"
We are sorry to learn that Mr.,
George Bertrand youngest son of A.
e. Bertrand, ESQ, the other day
fell from the top of a load of hay
and struck the wagon wheel with
his face, breaking several teeth and
cutting his cheek quite severely.
"A correspondent writes: "Do
you think it is wicked to smoke -
Oh, dreadfully, awfully, sinfully
wicked! Send your cigars to this
Office and let US burn them up fo1
you, while you swear off and reform
before it is too late.
An original Pennsylvania ed
itor comes out fairly and squarely.
lie calls his paper can airy old
sheet, devoted to wind, wickedness
and other religious matters. Toa
P2puIuS Vos Beelze5u5."
"A woman in Allegany county,
N, Y, hasn't used soap in her
kitchen in five years. She heats
the water and then pours in a little
milk. This softens the water, gives
the dishes fine glow and doesn',
spoil the hands.
d. Geo. Morrison lately received
from his friend E. Denau IL San
Francisco, sample California
orange. 1t weighs two pounds four
and q half ounces, and is about al
large as an ordinary muskmelon
1t came safely through the mails il
tin box in nine days time.
Rev. Father Buh, of Duluth
held divine service in the Catholic
church on Monday and Tuesday
On the latter day he celebrated
High Mass in memory of His Holt
ness the Pope, the late Plus the
Ninth.
Somebody has stirred up the
oldest lumberman in northern Wis.
c,,nsin. who says the winter of 1916
heat this winter. No snow fell at
all. and they had to send to Mil
waukee to find out when the spring