Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-12-05

Sea? How lorg would Adam have re-
manned perfect if he had eaten mince
pie eve y night before he retired? Or,
say, hare slept in room SKI with the
windows down."
Mrs. Roy Penhal!egon of this city
spent Thanksgiving with relatives in
Evanston.
The celebrated Regalia 1Oc Cigar
has never failed to satisfy the most
fastidious smoker.
Frank Brewer and Warren Jackson,
academy students, came down from
Madison to spend Thaksgivsng at home.
The Modern Woodmen of this city.
in regular session Monday evening,
voted in favor of tax levy of ten
cents per member for the purpose of
establishing sanitorium for the benefit
of unfortunate brethren.
Adolph Wepking of Fennimore has
sold his farm and holds sale of per-
sonal property on Tuesday, Dec. 10.
Among other things will be about thir-
ty head of recorded Shorthorn cattle
They are said to be good herd and
those wanting catalogues can secure
them by writing Mr.. Wepking Or F. E.
Davisson, auctioneer.
The Kewanee Qll.) Star is moved
to remark that no one knows where
lightning and postcards viii strike
next. Says the Star: A few weeks ago
man over in Iowa was lying on his
deathbed when he received the follow
ing cheerful message on card: "Cheer
up old man the worst is yet to come. "
But this was not all, for the day he
died his wife received The following on
another card: MANY happy returns of
the day
The Belmont Success tells of a
farmer who started for town with load
of hogs and lost them all out of his
wagon along the road without knowing
it before he got to town. This is a
parallel case to that of certain bus
driver of this city who, on Friday last,
went to the western extremity of our
city for lady who desired to be con-
veyed to the depot, three-fourths of a
mile distant. When backing up at the
gateway for the lady to get in the
driver learned by referring to his time
piece that it was only four minutes to
the time for the train to depart. He
gave the word hurry" and applied the
whip just as his passenger was mount
ing the steps at the rear of the bus.
On went the team pell-mell for the
depot. The trip was made inside the
four-minpte limit, but not until he ar
rived at the depot did the bus driver
discover that he had no passenger. The
lady was left at the gate, little the
worse for backward jolt upon trying
to get into the bus. 1t has been decid-
ed not to give the name of the driver
in this issue of the Tribune.
A PORTION of Lake Mendoza was
whitened recently by three great focks
of whistling swans, says the Madison
Democrat. There were some 300 or 400
of the stately creatures enjoying brief
rest after night of travel to the
southwark. They rode the waters
gracefully half mile or so out from
the city shore safely beyond the range
of any murderous gun and between
seven and eight O'Clock, with large
splashing of wide reaching wings and
quite musical interchange of opinion
among themselves, rose from the sur
face slowly, gradually swinging upward
as they neared the east shore, instinc-
lively knowing where civilized man,
their worst enemy, might perhaps be in
ambush, and so, on and up and elong-
ating, till they were like thin silvery
strip in the sky; and, appearing thus,
the dainty visitors finally disappeared
in the distance.