Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-01-03
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A hotel bill may well be called inn
debtedpess.
A snow pillow is no pillow when there is
no snow.
The demand Of the hour is q burglar
proof grave.
A clear case Of body-snatching-A
dog stealing sausage.
81 am monarch of all |, sir, weigh,
remarks the Gowanda Enterprise.
Weshall soon see the boy mounte-
bank with his sled.-NeV York MuH.
The reigning prints-The latest fash
ION in Calico.
Ballet dancers gain only bare exist
ence III return for their labor.
Bismark is said to be an excellent
cook. He generally cooks the goose OF
his opponents.
The corner in grain is not Il success ;
people have heard this wheat buy and
buy too often.
Mr.. Stewards body has been missing
for SO long that we are afraid it is like
IN old book-not worth recovering
"Put not your trust in kings" Three
aces and jack will skin them every
time.
The tramp question-"Say, kin yer
give Teller su'thing' ter eat ?'-Boston
Traveller.
"Corn bread, )" said the Irish waiter,
1--WE haven't got; an isn't it corn bafe
We name !"
What u tremendously long stocking il
would take to hold all the expectations
Of the little chlcks.-Nep Hapen Register.
"Sand" color is the latest color in
Paris for travelling dresses. 1t is said to
look us sweet rs sugar.
Mrs. Darlington declares that she
does not wish to vote, as she fears she
could not stand the electrical franchise.
Ii cannot be that call flesh is grass. +"
| Grass gets it's deW-abOut the only
thing that does in this world Hartford
! JourRdi.
Christine Nilsson has been made n
Mason. She thought that she would
goat while she was young.-Dttroa Free
Press.
From age toage cheese has skippered
on, one Of the miteist forces Of the
press, winning its way.-NeW Hdrea Reg
lister.
An Irishman tells Of a fight in which
there was only one whole nose left in
the whole crowd, "and that belonged to
the tea-kettle."
In the bright lexicon of the modern
farmer there is no such word rs fail.
All the threshing is Gone by machinery.
EoweR Courier.
The Lowell Courier thinks that the
competition among the steamship lines
for business is destructive to freight
earn-all feelings.
"Don't you feel nice when, after hav-
ing lost your collar-button, and bought
new one. you find the old one in your
boot. Lynn reporter.
The Wheeling Leader proposes fencing
the Ohio river to keep the milkmen
away, and thus have high-water all the
year round.
The vice Of gambling is said to be in
ereasing in Philadelphia What can
you expect of city that is laid out
like q checker board?
The horse which Wilkes Booth rode
from Washington after the murder OF
President Lincoln is nowowned in Pom
fret, Conn, and is Is years old.
A very fat man sent an order to the
office for two seats III the coach for him
self. The clerk engaged him one seat
outside and the other inside.
Probably about the best way to put a
stop to this grave-robbery business
would be, in every case where grave
is riff ID, to fill the vacancy promptly
with medical tudent.-Burdete
Just rs soon Is young fellow over
III Europe settles down and thinks he i
i trst-cass king, some knave comes
along and tries u ply the deuce with
i him.
All sorts Of old materials are used in
the manufacture of pocket books. We
have never heard of eatskin being
used, but should think it might answer
for the purr purse.
List is in Rome. Coliseum when