Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-03-24
IN A NUT SHE'LL.
Garfield is James Y.

The dwarfs Louis f. Wigand and
Miss Ella c. Kirkland have been spend
ing their honeymoon in Chicago.
A sleeping-car costs, on an average,
about So, 900 and earns about 81 900 a
month.
They tell us matches are made in
| heaven, but somehow they never smell
that way when you strike EN-.
"Ah, my son, did you know it was
sinful to catch fish on Sunday" Who
ketchin' any fish,"
Mary Anderson, the actress, travels
in a special palace-car, IN which she
has an upright piano, small library,
a file of papers and n swinging ham
mock.
| A writer says, justly, farewell is
sad word, but if we could only contrive
to say it to some of our bad habits, we
should be much happier"
Ida Lewis, who is now keeper of the
Lime Rock lighthouse, off Rhode Island
has been presented with medal by
the Massachusetts Humane society.
Lawrence Barrett's three children are
at school in Germany, and he will, dur
ing his summer vacation, have them
with him in London.
Cincinnati is making large prepara-
lions for the reunion OF the Army of
the Tennessee to be held in that city
April s and I. Sherman, Sheridan,
Hancock, Pope, and many other of the
government officers of the old Union
army will be present.
A red nose is suspicious facial orna-
ment on man or woman, and some
times gives small boys handle to play
with An urchin who had begged n
penny of an old topper in vain, reward
ed him with this advice-"Dont you
carry that nose Of your'n near to no
powder fact'ry, or they might play the
hose onto yer"
The following ludicrous sentence is
the result of compositOr's erroneous
punctuatlon: Caesar entered upon
his head, his helmet upon his feet,
armed sandals upon his brow n cloud
in his right hand, his faithful sword in
his eye, an angry glare
Anna Dickinson is going to play
Hamlet. And when she begins that
celebrated soliloquy, "To be, or not to
be" what if some fellow in the gallery
yells out just in the nick Of time--"a
mani That's the question" 1t might
confuse the gentle Anna.
A wicked Connecticut man being re-
Gently taken i'll, and believing he was
about to die, told neighbor he felt
! the need of preparation for the next
world like to Sc some proper person in
regard to it. The friend Immediately
sent for n fire insurance agent.
A grand ball: They had grand
ball at Leadville to celebrate Washing
tons birthday. Over four hundred
We're present. six barrels of liquor were
consumed, and seven men killed at free
fight, which was excellently managed,
The whole affair was very reCherce,
and will be remembered rs one Of the
most delightful social affairs that ever
was enjoyed by the best society of
Leadville.
The late SenatorCarpenter, after he
had been president pro tenn. of the
United States senate, said of Senator
Edmunds: you may pu. me in the
chair bllndfolded and can tell whether
or not Senator Edmunds is in his seat
by the character of the legislation that
is brought up. fit is known that he
will be absent for a few days, every bill
with Job in it is brought to the front
and pushed, whereas if he is present
nothing is said about them"
BIsMARK is said to have played the
Canadians very mean trick. Having
learned that large number Of Germans
were leaving for the Dominion, he
published copies Of Canadian laws
against beer and music on Sunday and
scattered them throughout Germany.
The result was that the emigrants
came to the northumberland they
were probably coming anyhow.