Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-02-19

that | OBJECTED TO; II is the blowing of 10
that arouses Indignation.
The Nation has an article entitled
The Last Trace of the War" 1t must
have belonged TO the harness of an ar
tlllery mule
Probably die best man il, this world,
and the mckiest, is Old Mr.. Tilden. He
does AL his wickedness 10y substitute
Buffalo Express,
GEN. SPINNER says the climate OF Flor
ida cures his rheumatism Now, if he
could only find something that would
take the cramp ont of his Signature
4 WALKED the floor all night with
the tooth-acbe," said he; to which his
unteeling listener replied: Iou didn't
expect to walk the ceiling with it, did
yougH
WHILE in a western town Camilla
| Urso took her violin into the county
| poor-house and delighted the il mates.
Good girl that. TO play for nothing to
! poor houses.
! The NorriStown Herald indicates its
belief II the oriental origin OF man by
stating the well known fact that both
Inc poppy and the mummy come from
! the East.
! The plumber came down like a wolf Ia the fold
His pockets were laden with solder aud gold
| Aud for four mogIsl hours he mace love TO the
cook,
And seventeen dollars were charged up in tho
book,
| The Chinese Encyclopedia meets n
long-felt want; No family should be
without it. 1t is published in pckin,
and has only 300 volumes. Price,
81 800. Columbia Spectator
| "What does transatlantic mean,
mammal" Across the Atlantic, child.
! Hold your tongue, and ask no more
questions" Then does transparent
mean cross mammal
Aroan horse, driven by u lady, WAS
observed to be running away the other
day; .whereupon Spilkins remarked that
it was the only instance he had ever
known ola woman being unable to hold
her roam.
"Some things" said an excited poll
! tlclan, "can bo foreseen and foretold,
and | now ioresee and | will not torotoll
! that the day will soon come when our
| libertle s will be no more. This IS ~
certain, my felow-citi2eus, and it is NJ
sure rs that Romeo founded Rome"
| 81 propose TO have some decent sing
| ing at my funeral" said Mr.. Sam Cook,
of Alabama, who was hanged on last
| Friday, and he led the singing himself
-BuBd}o Express. The final strain,
however, was too much for him. PHI
adeiphid Bulletin.
81 say, my fren', can you (hic) tell
me where the other side of the street
is?' "Certainly,-just across the way;
why DO you ASK why (hic) because
minute ago asked another fellow the
same thing, and (hic) he said this was
the other side of the street"
An Irish agent having bcea instruct
ed to raise rents, called . meeting Of
the tenants and apprised them OF that
intention: "You can afford it," said
he; 'sec how prices have risen" 81
lence was broken by m old farmer,
who said: eyes; there is no denying on
that. 1t used to cost II pound TO get mn
agent shot, and nol,, be Jabers, 1t can't
| be done under two lhe rents have
not yet been raised.
o, do not think It's grief that makes
| This madden,ng pain within my breast;
! BY jingo, mol It's buckwhcat cakes,
| Which never, never will digest.
Jones' goat was stoned TO death by
some mischcvous urchins the other
day, and Jones, in the innocence Of his
heart, has been trying to calm his
tempest-tossed emotions by selling the
carcass. He thinks pebbled goat ought
TO bring y good price. Funny man is
Jones. Boston Transcript.
Last week was examination week in
most Of the schools, and the boy who
passed can easily be selected from
the boy who didn't. One of those who
didn't was on Saturday entrenching
himself on Ledyard street behind II
snow bank. seemingly waiting for some
ones arrival, and II man who had OBJ
served his preparation inquired: MAX
ing ready TO have some fun, buo %
"Well, it may be fun for me, but it'll be
tough on the other feller," was the re-
ply. "1hen You are expecting to have
n iight?' 81 just am that The school
teacher marked me down to iifty-seven
because | said Russia bounded Lake
Erie on the west and now when her
brother comes along I'm going TO bound
him on all four sides with the biggest
licking n white-headed boy ever got. =
Detroa Free Press.
A Good Account.