Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-07-16

wednesday.
Mrs J. H. Parsons of Denver.
VIM. Croft. ''''n' u new
Miss Margaret Kieffer Of Chicago
VISITED with relatives and friends in this
city last week. "
For tornado, windstorm and fire
insurance, see H. S. Well Four first
$50 companies. 26w4
The Badger dancing club held its
laSt dance of the season Tuesday night
II was the last but not the least.
viii Chamley, Jos. Fielder and W.
D. Brown were Mineral Point repre-
Sentatlyes in Highland last Sunday.
Mrs. John Francis and daughter
GRACE We're visitors in Dodgevile last
week They returned home Sunday.
Mrs, J. Moreland and daughter
Eleanor and Sarah and Mrs. L. Mosher
We're entertained by Cobb friends from
Saturday till Tuesday.
Mrs. Cynthia VIM and daughters
Bernice and Mrs viii Toay and child
ren left last Thursday for a visit with
relatives in Oklahoma.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. G.. Penhallegon
returned yesterday from an extensive
wedding tour including Denver and
other interesting points.
Miss Emily Weber of Pittsburg,
kas., and Miss Ester Lanyon of Chica-
go are guests at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Sam Hooking this week.
Rev. S. A. Bender, pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal church, is home
after a successful operation for appen-
dicitis with bright prospects of being
restored to usual health and vigor.
Mrs. J. A. Spratler and son Louis
of this city, and Mrs. j. NJ. Reese and
daughter of Dodgeville, spent portion
of this week at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Spratler at Evansville, Wis.
What is the simplest pocket rule?
The change in your pocket. The silver
quarter measures three-fourths of an
inch in diameter, the half-dollar one
inch, and the dollar an inch and a half.
"A Milwaukee suicide left directions
that his body be cremated and the ashes
sent to a young woman to be used by
her as tooth powder. Which at least
shows that the silly fool had one re-
deeming quality of sense in trying to
make himself useful to the last--EX.
While rambling over his old home
farm in Ohio, where he had spent his
boyhood days, Andrew Lifiler, now of
st. Louis, came across a land turtle up
on which he had carved his name and
the date thirty years ago. 1t was
the first time he had seen the turtle
since he had carved his name upon its
shell.
-Four minutes and eighteen seconds
is the record of VIII NJ Mohns, a
GAINESVILLE butcher, for dressing a beef
at contest at a butchers picnic held
at Legion, Wis, July 4th. His nearest
competitor performed a similar task in
four minutes and twenty-eight seconds.
Not so slow. This is the world
record
An old criminal was once asked
what was the first step that led him
down to ruin and he said: THE first
thing that led to my downfall was
cheating an editor out of two years
subscription. When | had done that
the devil had such a grip on me that l
could not shake him off. Orange
vile Courier.
They object to the attire of athletes
in Appleton and protest against their
appearing on the streets lightly clad.
And it probably would be safe to make
a bet that some Of the fair ones who
are clamoring the loudest against this
are the possessors of peek-a-boo gar
ments which look as though they might
he related TO a sieve.
Young men are taking to the young
womea's fashion of going bareheaded
and bare-armed out in the sunshine.
You shouldn't do it young man. You
viii be sunburned and brown like wild
men. The feminine epidermis may
meet the outdoor sun and wind storms
and not be scared, but yours can't You
are not tough enough.
Miss Annie Haines, an employe Of
the Fosgate hotel at Elgin has not been
outside of the hostelry since she secured
ernnloyment there twenty-eight months
AGO. She has only left the second floor
seven times during the period named.
Miss Haines explains her peculiar ac-
tions by stating that she does not care
for the world and its affairs but prefers
her own companionship
A gentleman driving an automobile
on a country road, met an old-fashioned
cnnnle Thev Jumped to the ground