Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-07-22

SeDSeiess. a bolt also struck the
NJ. K. church parsonage tearing off
a cornice but no one was injured.
FROM exchanges we notice that
sections of the Southern part of Wis
consin are over run with tramps. We
suggest extra vigilance on the part
of the officers, and that severe meas
ures be issued out to all of the first
corners as a warning to others that
are apt to follow.
Mr.. AND Mrs. JOHN HORN are en-
joying a visit from their sons Will
and Albert. The former halls from
Chicago, where he is employed by
Jas II. Walker & Co., while Albert
comes from Ogden, Utah, where he
is meeting with success in the prac-
tice of law. Their many boyhood
associates also enjoy meeting with
them again.
ONE of the unfailing ways to
work the normal temperature of the
body up to the melting point in this
kind of an atmosphere is to think
about, talk about and fret about the
weather. Ask every man you meet
if 1t is hot enough fer him, and
then smile over your original wit.
The effort at smiling at such re-
mark ought to cause enough friction
to raise the temperature a half
dozen degrees.
Platteyille Witness: At the cele.
bration of the 4th of July, Richard
Bell, aged ~ years, and VIM. Perry,
laughingly agreed to run in foot
race for prize. They started but
only ran a short distance when Mr..
Bell stopped, walked to a green
bank near by, sat down and expired
almost instantly. Mr.. B. was a
stout man subject to heart disease
and his death is attributed to this
cause.
a MAN from Boston would not
confess astonishment at an ything he
saw in Wisconsin. As he was pass
ing a hotel in Calamine the cap blew
from one of the chimneys. 1t was
circular piece of sheet-iron, painted
black, slightly convex, and the four
supports were like legs, The wind
carried it down street, and it went
straddling along like living thing.
The Boston man asked what it was.
A bed-bug from the hotel, was the
reply. "By George, | never saw
anything like that" ne began and
then added, a" outside of Boston"
ANY industrious person not a
specialist who knows how to APP
portion his or her time among the
objects of interest ought to be able
to see the fair pretty thoroughly and
satisfactorily in a week. OF course
it can be seen much better and with
less fatigue in two weeks, while to
the student and specialist two
months is none too long. The great
point is to utilize the time at the
visitors disposal. Those who under.
take TO see the fair in groups Of
four or five will spend one-half the
time in looking at the exhibits,
while the other half will be exhausted
in looking for each other.
The decision of the postmaster
general to abandon the maintenance
of three styles Of postal cards will
be generally approved. The small
cards were adopted as an expert
ment, on the supposition that they
would be in favor with the ladies.
But the ambition of every lady who
uses a postal card is to get onto it
as many words as possible, and
every husband whose wife commits.
stoned him to buy postal cards for
for her and who brought home
small ones fell victim to feminine
displeasure and heartily cursed the
experiment of Postmaster-Goneral
Wanamaker as tending to destroy
the peace of families.
Few people who have been search
ing the heavens with earnest gaze,
aided by field and opera glasses, try
ing to find the new comet whose
discovery has just been announced,
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