Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-06-03
TOUGH ToNGUE-TWISTERs.
Try These on Yourself ana Your Friends
If Your Tongue Runs Easily.

II 1OuE Tongue ItullS Easily.
over $1,000 tongue-rangled postcards
have reached Us in our recent competi-
ton, and here we give some Of them
to oL- readers to try their skill upon
says London Tid-Bits
Having carefully tested the tang
lers" ourselves and on our friends, it
seemed to us that one sent in by the
Rev. A. b. Orr DENLY Yicarage, Hud-
dersfeld," "A growing CLEAN glowing
green" and another The bleak breeze
blighted the bright broom blossoms, &"
by c. y. Adams, Small Heath, Bir-
mingham, positively defed quick repe-
tiion, and as their tripping merit
seems equal, we have divided the
prize and forwarded checks to each Of
those gentlemen.
Read the following aloud. repeating
the shorter ones quickly half q dozen
times in succession:
Six thick thistle sticks
Flesh Of freshly-fried hyingdsh.
The sea ceascth and it suficeth us.
High roller, low roller lower roller
Give Grimes Jim's great gilt gig
whip
4 box of mixed biscuits, a mixed
biscuit box
TWO toads, totally tired, tried to
uot to Tedbury
Strict strong Stephen Stringcr shared
Sticky six sickly silky snakes.
She stood at the door of Mrs. Smiths
fsh-sauce shop welcoming him in
Swan swan over the sea; swim,
swan, swim; swan swan back again;
well Swum swan.
1t is shame, Sam, these are the
same, Sam 'Tis all a shame, Sam,
and a shame it is so, Sam
A haddock a paddock, black-spotted
haddock a black spot on the black
back Of a black-spotted haddocll.
The provost of Ruglen's wee room
rid lums reek briskly. Che provost of
Rutherglen's little round red chimneys
smoke brisl;ly)
Susan shineth shoes and socks; socks
and shoes shine Susan She ceaseth
shining shoes and socks, for shoes and
socks shock Susan
Robert Rowlcy rolled a round roll
round; a round roll Robert Rowley
rolled round; where rolled the round
roll Robert Rowley rolled round?
Oliver OgIethrop ogled an owl and
oyster Did Oliver Oglethorp ogle an
owl and oyster? If Oliver Oglethrop
ogled and owl and oyster, whore is the
owl and oyster Oliver Oglethrop ogled?
Hobbs meets Snobbs and Nobbs;
Hobbs hobs to Snohbs and Nobhs;
Hobbs nobs with Snohbs and robs
Nobbs' fob. THAT is" says hobbs.
'the worse for Hobbs jobs" and
Snobbs sobs.
As | was going down the street I saw
two bo0thlacks- one was a black boot
black and the other was a white boot
black. and both had black boots as
well as backing and backing brushes.
The black bootblack asked the white
bootblack to black his. the black boot
blacks black boots with backing
The white bootblacll consented TO black
the black boots Of the black boothlack
with backing, but when he. the W lite
bootblack had BACKED one boot of ti.a
black hoothlack with backing he the
white boothlack, refused to black his,
the black boOtback'S other black boot
with backing unless he, the black boot
black, paid him, the white boot3lack,
the same rs what he. the white boot
black. got for backing other peoples
black boots, whcreupon the black boot
black grew still blaciler in the face,
called the white hootblacller a black
guard, at the same time booting the
white bootblack with the black boot
that he, the white bootblack, had al
ready BACKED with backing.