Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-16
Fun F0' Our Friends.
MARY 5 LITTLE CORN.

! I Nsf'dtN 4 "Ats
And to the cooling oceans shore
1t followed her one day;
But the little ache corn was so sore
She couldn't play croquet.
Island Rscieie.
3" What makes the corn hurt Mary sos"
The other players creu,
Because she wears her boots so tight
a looker-on replied.
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" Aud you little lump upou
Your toe can grow to suit
by putting on y nyc-elEed foot,
number two-Sized boot"
Boston Trdeeisr.
| And so the doctor dug IL out
Which made poor Mary sob:
And now no corn she knows about,
Except what's on the cob.
", Y, Graphic
! When the collection box threatens.
an audience would sooner disperse than
dispurse.
! Everything will turn when trod upon,
even the treadle. 1t turns the grind
stone.
An editor in speaking of new book
says, =" 1t is bound to sell" Isn't that
what they bind all books for generally ?
Hang that gate" yelled old HEX
DRY, as he scraped his shins against it in
the dark. And after supper he went
out and hung it.
Afternoon marriages are the present
style in England .-Ex. Can't be.
| There never was marriage before
Eve. What, never? No, never
A mules head does not contain a
brain capable of culture and refined
rearing, but it is wonderful To what an
extent the other end Of him can be
reared.
The Tribune says Lord Beaconsfeld
not only knows everything " but much
else besides" 1t should have said
but much else also in addition be-
Sides"
An Illinois man writing to the clerk
of the supreme court of the state for n
license to practice law said: off you
have two sizes send me the largest
one"
Adolphus-" Angelina, why it'll man
cutting wood like melting thnow?"
Angelina" can't tell, Dolly. Tell me,
dear" Adolphus - " Becauth he'th
thawing.'
The civilized Indians of the Cherokee
nation are organizing n brass band, SO
there will be no further use for the quo
tation, " Lo the poor Indian, whose un-
toot-ored mind"
Can you ride backwards without
any Inconvenience travelling man
asked his companion, rs he turned the
seat. ought to-" his colleague nut
tered gloomily, GIVE travelled that way
all my life"
Does prohibition prohibit?" asks an
exchange. We don't know. Now stand
still while we give YOU one. Does APP
plication apple? Or, if you want an
easier one to begin on, does emigration
Emma?
An English boy was beating II donkey
numerically, when the minister of that
parish, coming up, censurod HIM for
his cruelty. The boy rcsentfully re.
torted: "Im sure YOU need no care;
its name of your congregation"
When man is hanging by his toes
from the cornice Of high building, and
expects momentarily to drop, nothing
so completely treasures and 80 thor
oughly satisfies him as the sudden dis
covery that he is safely at home in bed.
Will science please stand up and tell
us why girl who freezes to death ev-
cry time she sweeps OIL the front steps,
can ride fifteen miles in a sleigh with
nothing around her but some other
girls brothers arm, without ever get
ting blue nose.
If you are too poor to get telescope
tn at will discover planets invisible to
the naked eyes. buy pair OF club skates,
strike out boldly en- the ice, and when
your blood is up and your heels are
also up, look right into the blue sky, and
the planets will come right down and
play tag around the tip Of your nose.
"Is there anything that will make
grain come up quick?' asked rich
amateur farmer OF an old husbandman.
DWELL, no, / don't know nothing that
will do it," was the genial old fellows
reply, "uness it be books" Then the
amateur farmer wanted to know where
he could get some.
A man once went to purchase horse
of Quaker. "Will he draw well !"
asked the buyer. "Thee will he pleas
ed to see him draw" The bargain vas
concluded, and the farmer tried the
horse, but he would not stir step. He
returned and said, "That horse will not
draw an inch" 81 did not tell thee that