Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-02-25
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large millinery establishments, thus
thoroughly versing herself for duty
upon her return to this city, which
will be soon.
| keep your money at home by
| patronizing home Industries. Before
you send away for goods give your
home merchant an opportunity to
figure on what you want. These are
two good notices to follow.
President McGregor of the State
Normal school at Platteville has re.
signed his position, to take effect at
the close of the school year, He has
been connected with the Platteville
chool for thirty seven years and is
one of the ablest educators in the
State.
The intensely cold winter has
killed many of the game birds in
Wisconsin, particularly the quail.
Woodchoppers find clusters of these
| delicious birds herded under piles
of brush and frozen to death. Next
summer quail will be an expensive
luxury.
| An exchange asks: "Who is the
| happiest, the man who possesses
100000 or the man who has seven
| daughtersfn to which another ex
change replies: The man with the
seven daughters, of course. The man
with the money is not satisfied and
wants more. The man with the seven
daughters is satisfied-he has enough.
The attention of home readers in
particular is respectfully called to
the communication in another col
umn headed "Y. M. c. A." That to
establish some such organization in
our city would be wise there is 30
room for doubt, but to carry it out
on so extensive plan as therein
outlined seems beyond the POSSIBLE
tiles of a place this size.
| AT recent fire in a neigh boring
town a Young woman kept getting in
the way of the firemen. Finally one
of them exclaimed: "If you don't get
out of the way III turn the hose on
you.7 Blushingly the maiden re-
piled: aIf you just wait I'll turn
| them on myself when get home. I
was so excited when l heard the fire
alarm that didn't notice which way
l put them on"
South winds, rains and floods
will prevail over the whole northern
section of the United States during
March, if Indiana prophesies are
fulfilled. An early spring is predic-
ted by the red man. He says that
during the time the next moon is
full and afterward there will appear
those unmistakable evidences of
spring, such as south winds, warm
weather and the advent Of the swal-
low and other spring birds.
With potatoes at a dollar bush
ell, wheat that much or better, corn
at 90 to 80, oats 30 to 40, barley pro-
portionately high, and wood at $3.50
per cord the Wisconsin farmer with
an abundance Of feed for his stock is
in condition for pleasant dreams this
winter. II has proven season of un-
expected prosperity for all who fol-
low agricultural pursuits. Under
such conditions there is no danger
of any commercial depression so far
as this state is concerned.
During the last two weeks one
hundred and seventy farmers, from
forty counties in the state, have been
taking course Of lectures and prac-
tical instructions in the college OF
agriculture at Madison. The course
embodies instruction in every branch
of modern farming and is held this
year for the first time. There is little
doubt that it will prove invaluable
to the farmers of the state, especially
when taken in conjunction with the
work of the Wisconsin Agricultural
Experiment association.
Two loads of Dodgeville human
ity took possession of the NJ. +. par
sonage last Friday evening. Their
coming was in the form Of sur
prise. Rev. Hurd and his estimable
wife gracefully surrendered, and in
fact made it so pleasant for the score
or more of unannounced guests that
they express themselves as being
doubly paid for the venturesome
eight mile ride DER corn stubble and
through chug- holes during zero
temperature. The party was made
up of the Epworth Leaguers Of the
county seat
1t would be well for drivers of
wagons to remember that all United
| States mail carriers have the right
of way in public highways when On
duty. They cannot be driven into the
bitches by heavy loaded wagons
without violation of the United
States mail law, and if a collision is
made by so doilg and the mail de-
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