Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-07-09

-LlVeryman Penberthy departed on
yesterday mornings train for Chicago.
de won't be gone long.
Rev John Treseder will preach
morning and evening at the Methodist
Episcopal church next Sunday.
J, W Moody left here on Monday
Tor Lacrosse. From there he will 90
TO the west on business trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glassen and DR.
Shrup Of Dubuque spent the Fourth at
the home of Senator c. Spensley.
Miss Mamie Bishop, supervisor of
drawing of the Oshkosh public schools,
is home for the summer vacation.
Congratulations are in order at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. O. Ruhoff of
DePue, ILL.,, on the arrival of son.
Mrs. Freeman Shepard and daugh
ter are visitors at the home of their
uncle, Mr.. Sam Dobson. at Eau Claire.
"A Kansas editor says this: Ladies
should take off their hats at church.
NO preacher can inspire man who is
looking into lop-sided congregation of
dead birds, stuffed weasles, sticks.
straws, corn tassels and thistle down.
1t makes sinner feel lost in the
wilderness.
"A dance was held in Chamley's fine
new barn near Livingston Thursday
evening. The popular barn dance"
was very appropriate. Ice cream and
waters were served on the lawn. light
ed by Japanese lanterns. About twen-
ty-hve couples were in attendance. So
reports a correspondent of the Fenni-
more Times.
Candidates for office are springing
up every day now. When the average
man hears the buzzing of the political
bee nothing in the world will satisfy
him until he has taken a chance" in
the game. Usually, however, he af-
forwards wonders how he happened to
be so foolish, and he is also very apt to
wish he had his money back.
While fishing at the five mile dam
at Chippewa Falls last week, H.
Andrews waded barefoot into the
stream. The water seemed to be boil
ing hot and he found his feet apparently
terribly scalded. The physician who
treated him says that he has been
poisoned by invisible animalcules which
sometimes frequent the water.
The city of Platteville recently
passed an ordinance providing for the
regulation and license of shows, cir
cuses, theatres, concerts and other ex-
hibitions in that city. Each circus will
be charged S25 for each performance,
except during the week Immediately
preceding and the week of holding the
Big Badger Fair, when the license
shall be $1,000, which is practically pro-
hibitive.
"A huge swarm of several thousands
of bees took possession of the intersec-
ton of Stephenson and Chicago streets
at Freeport Friday afternoon about 3
O'Clock, almost paralyzing traffic at
that important business point Many
interested spectators gathered to watch
the swarm sway in an irregular circle
from one side Of the street to the other.
The bees are said to be the property of
John Splitter, of Douglas avenue. 90
Galena Herald.
William Mau, a farmer near
Monroe, was fatally injured in singu-
lar way while engaged in unloading hay
in his barn. He slid off the hay-mow
and fell upon the handle of hay fork
that was standing upright against the
NOW beam. The accident occurred on
Saturday forenoon and he died on
Sunday afternoon. The handle of the
fork had penetrated his side. Mr.. Mau
was forty years old and leaves a wife
and three children.
Here is a bit of advice that seems
to have been overlooked by many a
young man in starting out on his career:
'My son, follow not the footsteps of
the loafer, and make no example Of him
who was born tired, for verify | say
unto you, their business is overstocked,
and the seats in the corners are all
taken, and the whiting places are all
occupied; it is better to saw wood at
two bits cord than to white in a
loafing match and cuss the government
Argyle Atlas.
Mothers and sisters, cousins and
aunts are often worried and fretted be-
cause the little boys and girls get so
dirty while playing out-of-doors in the
summer time, and they are inclined to
insist on the little ones keeping clean "
or being punished. Cleanliness may be
next to goodness, but the maxim does
not apply to childhood, for dirt is as
natural a plaything for the young as
mud is for ducks. The sunshine and
fresh air is good and wholesome, freck-
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