Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-07-09
Wit and Hnmor.
summer

mere - co'ilor' Tor splnsters i'm Scr;u
ture, when tells them that Naonio
I'VE hundred and eighty years old Wa was
she married. The veterans NAV "n at:I
hope. sun
Weston will lecture. There is no
IN conceallng this any longer TN Tse
country might as well know The NE ane
boston Globe "ois'.
The contented rustic: "Well po.
your crops must be ruined hv ~
timely ramp "Yes your honor uii-
thank heaven so are my neiehbor. ;,
When young man goes to bsv. n,
mustache colored it is very hum;iat;n
to have the barber ask if he bromns,
with him,-Ne'o Orleans Picayune ~
Several notable happy MARRIAGES hou.
zen made on two hours courtshin. hnt
1T Is pretty safe rule to know OIL fos
at least three days and a picnic.ED.t,o;,
Free Press. '"0"
When New Jersey mosquito enters
mans sleeping-room his first imnras
sion Is that there is brass band nndo.
his window, and that he is called an 10.
a speech. - Uncle Sam. ' 'oi
Swell-''I want to look at some nacl,
handkerchiefs, please" Shopman-,
"Ah yes, yes! These will suit Won for
spring wear. They are verv eenteelY.
have a set myself. - Horuard LoDapoon
Ben Butler is trying to obtain tbe
Democratic nomination for Governor of
Massachusetts, and the Democrats are
looking over their almanacs to see if il
is Buffers year to be Democrat
--Peck's Sun.
Says sententious wri err: "Tbev ara
never alone that are accompanied win
noble thoughts" Wonder if he is tho
party that went off accompanied with
our Shakspeare.-B0stOn Transcript.
A parlshioner OF Berkshire pastor
was asked what the color of the parson'
eyes was. He didn't really knows
for, he said, when he prays his eyes
are shut, when he breaches | GEN
orally shut mine"
Why is 1t that boy OF ordinary mind
would prefer to go in his every day
clothes and sit on muddy bank fish.
ing all Sunday rather than to sit on
nice dry seat in Sibbath-school for g.
hour dressed in his best bib and
tucker? Girls amt that way.-Ste,tbea.
ulHe Herald,
Another Illustration of the ups and
downs of literary life. A new brand of
smoking tobacco appears with some
verses by Mr.. Longfellow printed on the
back of the package. 1t is not long since
poems from his pen were cheerfully
published by the best magazines.
our little Sallle to heaven did 90.
b tby life so sweet is
She was afflicted with cere bro spinal meningitis
| It's hard to lose our Sally so,
But the reelection sweet is,
That she is gone where there Is no
More cere pro spinal meningitis.
Christian at Work.
When Benjamin Franklin was an
editor he was in the habit Of wr ting to
the young ladies that sent in poetry,
saying IN honeyed language that owing
to the crowded state Of his columns,
etc, out ne would endeavor to circulate
their productions IN manuscript. And
then he tied the poems to the tail Of
his kite for "bobs. - Uncle Sam.
Araminta was understood to be a
delicate eater "Pa," she would say
"what is the use in my gong to the re-
| fectory?" She had been heard to muir
muir in her choicest grammar, Gone
wing of the bird is all | can possibly
eat" Charles believed her to be
ethereal. The expense for food after
they should be wed, he felt would be In
considerable. 1t would be embarrassing,
even, to meet the butcher. Would he
send his little order? He would dine IN
the city, but Aramnta, she might not
get even a wing. They were sitting IN
the parlor together. The door was aJaf'
1t was now past the regular dinner houf;
The folks were away. He had intended
going an hour before, but somehow ne
fingered. A step on the stair without
and a query: "Will yer have your
corned beef aud cabbage now or walt
till yer feller's gomez Boston Advertiser
Didst ever meet the hand,hakIng bore!
He called in the other day, happening
| first in the press room. Seeing nun
coming and knowing bls pen
chant, the pressman prepared HIM
self for the ordeal by sly smearlng ms
own hand with printers ink, Inc WIS
itor came on, all unconscious OF ms AYE
reached out his maudible and received
pressure ana an impressions at the SANE
time. But ali, the artfulness OF the Ter
lowl He spike not. he scoWled h'"'
he made no sign. He simply walked
round the room and through the various
rooms, and with engaging impaitlahly
he shook the hand of every one, edlt2'.
in-chief, local" the scissors-man, tne
foreman, the intelligent composites .Sdn