Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-08-24

oWs.
"My bis rat" "My own darling green
rabbit" THE idolized pig Of my
Dreams" ETC., was what French wife
wrote to 4 captain of artillery, and her
husband has asked for separation.
The higher civilizations: "a law
Just passed in Denmark provides that
all drunken persons shall be taken
home in carriages at the expense of
the landlord who sold them the last
glass" Now, that is civilization.
Cause and effect are illustrated III
the following incident. A lady riding
out with friend in the park noticed
nouveau richie bowling along III fash
ionable dog-cart: "What a splendid
whip he Isl" she exclaimed. "No
wonder" was the reply; "his father
once drove a butchers cart"
1t is sincerely claimed by Bradford
editor that young Lady in charge of
n local telephone Office has such dull
Get tones that when she is talking
through the instrument the wire be-
tween the stations becomes an .Eolian
harp, and little birds fly out to roost
on the line, in order to learn new
music for their songs.
A girl was thrown out OF wagon
and seriously hurt on the day before
her wedding at Media, Pa. Therefore
the ceremony was performed while
she lay in bed, with the bridesmaids
grouped around, and as many of the
guests in the room as it would hold
AS a qualification to the company, a
sister of the bride wore the bridal cos
tune.
"Why, what sort of wallpaper is
that that you've been buying? Green?
Why, its full of arsenic!" $50 found
out after it came home, and my hus-
band wanted me to send it back, but |
thought it would be pity to sacrifice
the deposit we had paid on it, so III
put it up in the spare bedroom-the
guest chamber, you know! From the
French.
Satisfactory either way: While the
convention was in session two ardent
Roberts men met on the streets of Aus
tin. One of them, who is noted for his
convivial tendency, said to the other
Suppose we get up grand coMpli-
mentary banquet to celebrate Roberts
nomination" eyes, but suppose he
slips up on the nomination." Then
let the complimentary banquet be in
honor of his defeat"
''Can pa make a circus, MAJ 81
don't know Johnny; suppose he could
if he had great deal of money to buy
horses and wild animals. But why do
you ask, johnny 80 nothing much.
Only | saw that CASTOR fellow that you
told Sis to have nothing to do with
standing with his arm around her at
the back gate last night, and he said to
Sis, 4 s'pose if yer old man came
along now he would make a circus
and Sis laughed and said, You betp"
"Oh my! Is this the placer"
A good blocking young lady stood in
the door of the editorial rooms and
looked carefully around the apartment.
81 want to see an editor" she con-
tinued-'the one that writes those
lovely articles in the Sunday papers
about Satin de Lyon will be much
worn this fall and Cape May fash
ionables do not consider striped bath
ing suits fashionable and all those
other sweet editorials about people
who are going away for the summer,
and everything Ike that, you know"
II guess you are looking for the So
ciety editor" said the horse reporter.
''He is out Just now, but if you want
TO know when Goldsmith Maid trotted
in 2164 or what the two, mile record
was in 1872 | could tell you all about
it. What was it you wanted to see the
society editor about?"
"Well," said the young lady, 81
really hate to tell you about this mat
ter, but mamma said the best way
would be to go right to newspaper
and see what | had better DO, because
ever since papa died we haven't had a
q man to put us right about such things,
and mamma thinks just as | do that in
a case like this a man would be ever
4 so much more apt to decide right on
what was best to do, because women,
YOU know, always let their feelings run
+ away with their judgment, and fire.
quently make mistakes IN matters that
perhaps affect their whole future ex-
istence. / told mamma that it seemed
awfully queer to me to talk to a strange
man about any such thing as this, but
she said editors were persons of great
experience, and since dear papa was
4 dead it would be good deal better to
find out what some man of experience
thought about it before / went any fur
ther.'.
''Were you able to talk when papa
MD the last hurdle?" inquired the horse
reporter.
"Oh, yes. | was nearly when he
died"
Your father must have left a large
property"
"Well, he did, replied the girl, "but
what made you think so?"
"Oh nothing" replied st. Juliens
faiend, "only | have noticed that lucky
men are generally rich
"WelI, OF course l don't know any
thing about that," said the young lady,
'put anyhow mamma thought | had
better see some of you gentlemen about
my affair. | am in love, you know,
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