Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-08-22
NUMBER 81.

seen or heard from. He was a
steady industrious young man, per-
haps 80 years of age, and has a wife
and two children. He had been at
work for VIM Bergman, a reighbor,
for long time, aud on Tuesday
afternoon said he wanted "a 10 some
work for himself and left Mr..
Berryman's, since which time he has
not been heard from. On Wednes-
day the neighbors quit work and
| turned out en- masse 20 hUnt him.
1t is reported that he was met in the
road by a neighber just after leaving
MIR. Berryman's, and that he jumped
over the fence aud ran through a
com-held. Ills friends hope he may
be found aud that somo rational
cause may be given for his seeming
eccentricity.
The Teachers Institute for this
county convened in Dodgevile on
Monday of this week with the larg-
est attendance Of any institute ever
held in the county. The exercises
were conducted by Prots a. j. Hut.
ton, of Platteyille, Alton James, of
Darlington, aud b. w. Gillett,
county superintendent. Almost all
the teachers Were present at the
opening of the Institute md re-
manned until its close. Tue pro-
ceedings were unusually interesting,
and the teachers appeared To be
unusually Interested, aud rutered
into the spirit of tho WORK with
uncommon zeal. The whole number
enrolled is 1874, Of whom lnere are
2i males and l3 female Of those
attending ~ hold drsr grade Ger.
tiicates, II second grade, and "a
third grade The average age OF
the teachers is 2 yclrS aud 3S Of
them have never taught school. $
have attended College. ~ Normal
school, i09 High school, and six
common school. There are 1913
schools IN the county oWside of
Mineral Point, requiring 1853 teach
ers, and there are ~ teilhcrs ia the
Mineral Point schools.
NJ Kate Siddle was attacked by
| w. . Grants COW last SUNDAY
morning and would have been killed
had her cries not been heard. Mr.
Penberthy proceeded to the rear of
| Grants residence aud SAW the COW
hooking and paving the prosuAted
form OF the lady lie picked 40 A
club and struck the COW such blow
as stunned her aud then no picked
the lady up. Fortunately sho was
not dangerously hurt. She stated
that as she was picking a chicken,
the COW came up behind her aud
nearly knocked her down. She
partly turned, and the COW ms!c
another rush for her and struck her
on the shoulder with one horn, and
the other striking her in the mouth,
knocking out several teeth. She fell
TO the ground, when the COW made
another rush 10 her and bruised her
on the legs and body. When taken
up she was almost inseusible. The
COW was never known TO hook be-
fore, but nevertheless sho viii lose
her horns. Highia1d correspondent.
FRUITS BETTER THAN MEAr. Some
people are afraid TO eat fruit, think
/ ING that fruit and diaThel are
always associated, when, it they
understood the true cause of
diarrhBa, they would know that il
was caused by eating meat. In hot
weather meat putreiiss very quickly,
and during this process alkaoids are
1 formed which are very poisonous.
acting as emetcs aud purgagyes
/ 'Ils true fruit eaten green or be-
tween meals will interfere with
digestion aud cause bowel troubles;
but use fruit that is perfectly rlpo ID
mealtlme, aud only beneficial results
will follow. Acids prevent cal
careOus degeHeAu1ns, keeping the
bones elastic, as we'll as preventing
the accumulation Of earthly matters.
This IS because Of the solvent power
Of the acids; but manufactured
acids are not harmless, 80 are those
which nature has prepared for us ia
the various kinds of fruit Fruit is
perfect food when fully ripe, but
|if it were in daily use from youth 10
age there would be less gout, gall
stones and stones iu the bladder.
Stewed appio-, pears and pluns arc
fayorite articles Of diet. For break.
fast or luncheon, ia Che dining room
or In the nursery, there ars few
table dishes more wholesome aud
more delicious than welIstowed
fruit served mp with cream or Gus
tard. There are many persons,
however, who cannot n 10 on
account either Of the aciditr Of the
fruit or the excess of sugar neces-
sary to make it palatabIe Sugar
does not, Of course, cOunteract
acidity; it only disguises il, aud It's
| use ia large quantities Is calculated