Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-08-20
The mans an ignoramus,
Or, lower vet, n scamp,
Who writes Tor Information
And sends no postage STAMP.


And sends no postage stamp.
A little boy, proud of his new jacket,
informed his sister that he was six.
button kid.
Smith, the tallow chandler, saws life
at the summer resorts isn't worth its
scandal.-Bost0n Transcript.
No Hottentot is permitted to marry
more than eight sisters out of one fam
lily. This is right Somebody else
might wan: n chance 49, Phladeiphia
Chronicle.
A little girl years old, seeing the
moon one evening Just rs light cloud
was passing over it, said. "Oh, papa.
guess the moon is crying; see, it has
Just wiped It's eyes with It's handker-
chief"
a newspaper article speaks Of coax
ing man into fortune" Probably
the Involvement held out were Decent
chances To draw ~ pn.cushion at
church fair Turner's toRs Reporter.
Paul Boyton's bri q, if she takes an
ocean into her head, besides wanting n
watered silk dress, should have high
tide shoes, and water waves in her hair,
and be thankful she hasn't creek in
her back
a recent picnic was turned into "A
hollow mockery 10y every fellow remem-
bering - bring a corkscrew and depend
ing on somebody else To furnish the
bottle -Des MONIES Register.
Solomons wisdom was never more
apparent than when he warned not to
lose sight Of the rod. Misplaced
switches have wrought great evil to the
race in these latter days 49, Pajiddelphid
Times
A certain young lady who was II little
behlndhaud In her summer outfit, sur
prised her parents the other day by
asking why She was unlike George
Washington. When they gave 1t up,
she told them because she had no little
hat-yet.
One woman in fishing party will do
more TO scare away all the fish than
ten packs Of iirecrackers. Besides that,
no man wants TO pu, the neck Of bottle
in his mouth when women are around
to misjudge his motives. Detroit Free
Press.
The base ball ever is raging in Rhode
Island. The only difficulty in playing
the game there is that the center and
right tielders have to stand in Massa-
chusetts, and the left in Connecticut,
while the catcher is in constant danger
of backing off into the Atlantic Ocean.
Boston Commercial Ruitiia
The young man from the city now
goes hunting In the woods and loses
his way In this dilemma he deter
mines to trust to the instincts Of his
dog, and follows the sagacious animal
at mad pace through underground
and across gulchos, and finally up at
a woodchuck's hole in the heart of the
forest and as much lost as ever.
A teacher, endeavoring to famliarize
"A little Girl with the various countries
of the Western Hemisphere, with little
evidence of success, finally asked: "lf
| were to bore hole through the
earth, and you were to go through mt
this end, where would you come out2'
"Come out ?' replied the child, "why,
I'd come out Of the hole, miss"
State Assessor Briggs says that if the
permitted to tax humbugs, enough
money could be raised in one year to
wipe ont AL the state, county, city and
village debts, refund all the money con-
tributed to build the Midland railroad.
and give to every man, woman and
child in the state bGll pup, n velocl-
pede, and silver-plated assegai.--
Albany Journal
Don't ever whip your baby boy.
I'll he's old enough to spank,
Don't force MIN TO the treadmili work,
TIL he can tnln the crank.
Don't attempt TO air yolr knowledge
Till you're old enough TO know,
That potatoes don't amount TO much
I'M lheY'YN had time 10 grow