Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-10-03
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We know good many men who are
anNlouSy ivocating the payment o(
the national debt that forget all about
those contracted 10y themselves
EInird GGssits
" Bless me, Emily, Yen don't look as
well AS uSual-indeed, do not think
ever saw YOU looking as old Ms you look
to day. My dear | never was rs old
AS am to-day"
Woman is y delusiou, madam, ex-
claimed cruSty old bachelor t. n witty
young lady And man is always hug
ging some delusion or other" was the
quick retort
The duel between women At Union,
Tenn, was sad affair Both fired to.
gelher, and one hit hoy ON the fence
ana the other killed calf i'll field.
Then thcs pulled hair and jawed each
other until one tainted away.
It being elaimodhy one If the sterner
sex that man was INSIDE first and lord
o. creation, the question was asked Ivy
M indignant beauty how long he re-
manned lord Of creation, Till he Sot
n wife, was the reply.
And now the returned city people
write 10 their country cousins, with
whom they have been staying, that they
arrived safely, but found the city infeSi-
ed with smallpox, which is likely to last
all winter Boston PoS.
A little New London girl, the other
night, said her prayers MS usual, but,
happening to remember that there was
another girl ot the same name III town,
added her own street and number, so
that no mistakes should be made.
Ii is related OF certain clergyman.
who was noted for his long sermons,
with many divisions, that one day, When
he was advancing among the teens, he
reached ut length kind ot resting
place in his Discourse when, pausing To-
take breath and asking the question:
And what shall say more voice
from the congregation earnestly re-
sponded. "Say amen
\ Georgia colorod debating society
was lately discussing (Which is best
for the labonng man. 10 work for
wages or part OF the crop - An old
"unele' spoke the sense of the meeting
when he said "Rofc was dc best, Of
dey could only be hruuG togeddcr some
how
A friend and neighhol has Il relative,
Il practical Christian, who has n praCu.
cal way of putting things. Recently
the subject OF death-bed repentance was
under discussion, when she said "Some
men think they can live any kind of n
life, yet save their souls by " so.oalled
repentance few hours before death +;
hut have my douts RS To how that kind
of washing will dry when hung on the
hedun!y ciotltShne. - Boston Transcript
Is there letter here in scented
envelope for my wife," he asked the
postmaster, while the green fire from
his eyes made the Office look like II
leafy forest. Yes, sir" answered the
postmaster M he handed il out. The
Jealous man tore il open ut once, when,
10 and behold it was the milliner's bill
for $50. No succeeding chapters.
Mimbcck Gdaeac.
A Dutehman, the proprietor Of Il
Colorado line of stages, WAS collecting
- apiece from the passengers, by wny
Of fare. All had paid except one,
and he drawing n large revolver, and
pointing it at the head Of the collector,
hoarsely asked won't that pass
me2' Perfectly unmoved, the Dutch
man said. ooh no; we eats dem
tngs here. Two tolars, please"
See " said reverend gentleman,
here Is an illustration. AZ one time !
ahonld have sworn awiully at this fly
but, look now" Raising his hand, Ia
said, gently. "Go away, fly, go away"
But the fly only ticklcd his nose the
more. The reverend gentleman, rails
ing his hand with some vchcmcncc,
made grab Mt the offender, and, being
successful, opened il to throw the insect
from him, when, in extrome disgust, lie
exclaimed: " Why, d-n il, it's II
wasp !"
A sad event, says the Norristown mr.
aid, has occurred in the family Of aster-
oids. Hilda is lost. One OF the nearly
two hundred members Of the planetary
slsterhood revolving between Mars and
Jupiter can no longer he found in her
accustomed celestial haunts. II is not
known whether Hilda has clipped with
her fathers coachman or has run away
and joined a travelling" Pnafore" troupe.
We have predicted time and again that
If Hilda's parents didn't keep close
eye upon her she would give them trou-
BILE. Being revolver, il is not strange
that she has gone of"
The train had pulled out. a young
man rushed breathlessly in. The oil
City Derrick tells the rest Of il: "Got
left, did YOU" "Well, amt here p
he responded. Then one said he could
90 across the bridge and catch it, and
another told him when the next train
would go, and made various sugges-
tions. The chap looked OF the disap-
pearing train few moments, when
somebody asked "Where were you
going2" Then the wicked fellow said
"Ohl wasn't going on it, but there was
fellow on that train to whom prom
ised TO pay BILL Tabeau.
An English writer has been sharply
criticising the management Of the Lon
don public schools, known AZ the
"Board Schools" and produces the fol-