Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-12-07

house this is?' asked solemn looking
old man of bright girl seated on the
church steps, "Yes. sir, it's Gods, but
He amt in" she added, as the old
emil emau was about to walk up the
cps, ''&nd His agents gone 20 Europe"
a clerk OF an enineutly respectable
house, the head of which is a deacon,
was instructed TO prepare an advertise
men, and have It inserted in the pa
psrs. He prepared one which read:
The pot scoopedl We hold four aces
to the bob.tail flush Of any other house
IN town on dne table cloths"
and Oh, by the by, my son tells me
you don't make his shirt collar stiff
enough. He's IN the guards, you
Know and they so in for being very
particular "Woll, ma'am, all / can
say II, I've got n son in the guards
myself, and | alters washes for i'm
when he comes ome, and he don.
make no complaints"
mo- haven't known Won LONG
enough, she said, hashfully shrinking
away from him into one corner of the
sofa, and elevating her elbows in an
attitude OF self defense. Besides, I've
been eating peaches, and my lips are
All sticky Nevertheless, the daring
youth kissed her. Whether the fierce
hres of resentment were kindled in
her gentle bosom nobody will ever
Know but what she said was: IF you
say 50, I'll 50 up stairs and wash
them"
Il soc that your son is out of the
penl'entisry," said II man to am ac.
quantanCe. "Yes; we proved that in
Sanity was the cause of him killing the
ieiloW and they turned him out on pre-
patton" How is that?' "They said
that they'd let him stay out day or
Two and II he acted like crazy man
t.ney'd let HIM stay out permanently.
Wen, he acted like he was insane and
reckon he'll stay OUT Chow did he
act like he was insane2" "By killing
another man"
Mr.. Peet, rather diffident man was
unable to prevent himself being intro.
duced one evening to faseinatino
young lady who, misunderstanding h;s
name, constantly addressed him AS
Nr. refers, much TO the gentleman's
distress. Finally, summoning courage,
ne bashtully but earnestly remonstrat-
ed: On, don't call me Peters. cali me
Feet. All, but | don't know YOU
well enough, Mr.. Peters, said the
young lady, as she playfully withdrew
part way behind her fan.
The council for the railroad eomnanv
mas been settling with the widows ri
two guards who had been killed in Tho
companys service. "Oh, sir.n sava ono
%ldow, ut seems to mey you could al.
low me more than that" ave can
not madam. Your husband was a
guard, like the other, and he came Do
ms death under similar circumstances.
| they were both run over and instantly
killed" II know, but he was kilod
by the lightning express aud the 9th ~
man was run over by the way freg ht
There 10 custom prevailing among
me inhabitants of the Sandeman
Islands which may throw little light
jfpoh-tt1e civilized rIse OF wedding caEe
When q native girl, whose exceptional
beauty has brought her many suitors
10 knocked down with q club and car.
red OIL by her accepted lover. the we'd
ded par within forty eight hours of the
wedding send a cup of poison distilled
from the hula-hua. tree TO each and
every ono Of the brides former adj
mircr7. II any recipient feels that he
cannot become reoonciled to the mar
rage, he drinks the poison and djes.
but II he decides that he will survive
the loss OF his intended wife, he throwa
away the poison and feels bound in
honor never TO show tho slightest sign
OF disappointment. BY this admirable
system the husband is spared the pangs
OF Jealousy, and is able to live On friend
~ terms with the surviving admirers
OF his wife. Now It is quite possible that
weddlng-cake was in its origin precisely
analogous TO the wedding poison of the
Sandeman Islanders. 1t may have been
more swiftly fatal in prehistoric times
IMAM 1t IS at present, and it may have
been used solely with the view Of secur-
ing newly-married people in the pos
session OF undisturbed happiness. At
present 1t fails to accomplish this pur-
pose because no one ever dreams of
eating it.
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