Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-11
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/ htfI ana MIS-. Abuldu Dtol- tdtll
nearly 50 years Of age. We're run over
4 by the cars and killed
An aged Indian hermit, named Iso-
ma living on the Cherokee track, was
murdered on Sunday night by four
! persons, who secured $1,000 in sill
yer.
/ The accidental discharge of rockets
/ in the Pellvue Gardens at Manchester,
England, caused the destruction by
fire of the panorama Of Tel-el-keber,
valued at 100000
| A boy says in his composition that
onions are the vegetables that make
you SICK when you don't eat them
yourself"
The difference between a bakery and
a printing office lies in the fact that in
the former the pie is formed, while in
the latter occasionally the form IS
pied
well, | swan, Billy. said a blunt
old farmer TO an understood nephew
who was visiting him, when you take
off that ere plug hat and spit two or
three times, there amt much left of
you, my boy, is there"
Tell MS not in mournful numbers.
That this life is but dream,
When a girl that weighs one hundred
Gets outside of quar- Of cream
And then wants more.
4 say Bill, growled a tramp to
his pal, what yer going to do for
winter quartersl' Amt got round
to them yet, was the reply; I'm go
ing for the pennies now; I'll take up
the quarters by and by
a lighmingrod contractors house,
which was itself unprotected, was
struck by lightning recently, and the
only child of the contractor was kill
ed. A clear case of "sparing the rod
and spelling the child"
When an Oakland (Cal) girl goes
into a shoe store with sweetheart,
she winks at the clerk and asks for
"Langtry twos.n Then they take her
into the back yard and try them ON.
A fashion exchange says that short
dresses are almost universal We fail
to see how that can be so. We should
Judge that the shorter the dress the
less universal it would be- But per
haps we err.
Nothing more disgusts a party of
Newport fox-hunters than to have an
old cow get ahead of them and go
racing and sporting along with her
tail in the air and terror in her soul.
1t looks as though they were chasing
the COW, and that's not an English Gus
tom.
When yon hear a hen cackling
about the premises as if she owned
them, it is safe to assume that she has
laid an egg. In case you fail to find
it, however, it is more proper to as
sumo that she has mislaid an egg.
Still, somebody may have poached
it.
An indiscreet son-in-law: " Your
mother-in-law appears to have pain
in the side Not at all. She has a
toothache. But every now and then
| see her put her hand on her side, as
though she felt a pain there THAT
is because she has put her teeth in her
pocket
On the stage or in real life, a man
always puts his arm around a girl to
protect her Now, unquestionably, a
man with one arm occupied in hug
ging q girl isn't in the best form to
ward oil danger but still it's good
custom, which we wouldn't for the
world see go into disuse, the danger is
so often imaginary.
Speaking of the house OF a lady who
does not intend to spoil her children
by sparing the rod, somebody remark
ed how neat and clean everything was.
Yes, p said Fogg. everything is like
whacIs work.
The window of a dentists Office
came down while he was out and
caught cat by the tail and fourteen
people who would have waited for his
return, on going upstairs and hearing
the cats voice, decided to 60 home
and stand the pain of the toothache.
A female pupil in a New York
Grammar School had a shrieking fit
Tuesday. during which a cry of
Fire. was raised, and the depart
ment arrived Had not the exits to
the building been plentiful, a horror
would have resulted.
Late tuesday AFTERNOON, on Jue
shore of Long Island, Charles Mitch
ell and William Sheriff, alias the
Prussian. fought seven rounds in
thirty minutes. at the end of which
the referee declared the battle a draw,
because of darkness. The contest was
a hot one. but the men managed to
avoid being distigured
At some of the western 1alrs this
year a great secret Is sold in sealed
envelopes at 10 cents apiece. The fol
lowing is the secret: Never buy am
article before examining it, If you
had known this before. you would not
have paid 10 cents for a worthless en-
velope when YOU could have got
dozen good ones for the same price.
Her face" writes Mr.. Richard A.
Proctor, tells of "a remote youth-a
time of fiery activity Look at her
features. streaked, unged and wrin-
i5led they tell us of century after CEN
tury of disturbance Mr.. Proctor re
fers to the moon. and not a ballet-gir,.