Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-11-26

Mrs. l.. GRADER and Miss Margaret
Esch visited relatives and friends al
Dodgeville Sunday.
There's no end of fun in mindinp
your own business and it makes othe,
people like you better.
Splendid line of wool hosiery.
Good as mother aSed to knit. "-25c,
35c, 40c, SOC. e SVarlin.
Home Bakerysabread, saffron buns,
cinnamon rolls, detghnuts, pies, cakes
anc cookies, fresh-daily.
The 900" Card Club was enter
tanned at the home of Miss Mayme
Cummings Monday evening.
Out in Missouri there is man who
vowed he would cut neither his beard
nor his hair until Bryan is elected. Fine
side attraction for the Nebraskan to
take on his lecture tours next season. -
Cambridge News.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Palzkill have
been called to mourn the death of their
daughter Gertrude who passed from this
life on Tuesday morning after a sudden
illness Of few hours. The community
extends sympathy to the bereaved
family.
"A professor delivering a temper
ance lecture placed worm in bottle
of whiskey to show the audience how
quickly the worm was consumed. An
lrishman in the audience yelled out:
"Will you tell the name of that whis-
key? | have got worrums meself. F"
Two painters from Mineral Point
are engaged in painting the steeple of
the Methodist church. They swing
around in their seats as though they
thoroughly enjoyed it, and are much
more composed than the interested
groups vino watch them. Platteville
Journal.
This is the day Of the great Ameri-
can bird, the turkey. By the way, it
is argued that there is no other kind of
live stock that will return so large
profit to the successful producer as will
poultry, and no kind of poultry is more
profitable than turkeys when properly
handled.
The advance in the price of jack is
very encouraging to miners and operat-
ors. Mining forces are being enlarged
and all prospectors are trying to in
crease their output. If the present
price is maintained it is more than like
ly that the mines in this vicinity which
have been idle viii resume operations.
Miss Leila Heathcock, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Heathcock of in
den, passed away on Sunday, Nov. Is,
1908 at Greeley, Colo, where she went
two years ago with the hope that the
climate might be beneficial to her
health. She was 25 years of age. The
remains were brought to Linden for
burial.
The following citizens of this city
attended the Chicago Wisconsin foot
ball game at Madison Saturday: DR..
C. G. Hubenthal, Wearne Harwick,
Annie Hutchinson. Warren Jackson, DR..
&C. j. Fawkes, T. NJ. Priestley, W. r.
Smith, Rudolph Smith, ]. A. Meserole,
Will Chamley, Harry Collicut, Harry
Bennett, w. D. Drown, Ben Prideaux.
Gov. Davidson has appointed Cal
vert Spensley and Phil Allen of this
city as two of Wisconsin's delegation
of ten, to represent the state at the
next annual convention of the Ameri-
can Mining Congress, to be held in
Pittsburg, Penn, Dec. End to 9Th. r.
l. DugdaIe and A. w. Kopp, of Platte
vile, have been appointed on the same
delegation.
The annual convention of District
No. 80, Daughters of Rebekah, which
met at the Odd Fellows hall in the
city of Dodgeville recently, proved to
be one of the most successful since its
organization. The following delegates
from this city attended: Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Penhallegon, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Ivey, Mesdames Johnson, Penberthy,
Geo. .Huxtable, VIM. Huxtable, Bray,
Jacka, C. Cox, J. Anderson, and Misses
Hayes and Bray.
1t is sad to notice the disturbance
which attacks many peoples speech
when they attempt to talk through a
telephone, Instead of speaking in their
usual good clear English, they proceed
to sweeten up their utterance with
company tones and touch of Frenchi-
ness, which smothers their words al
the other end and leaves the language
of their message as confused as the
sense. Please remember that the best
telephone drops a good many Of tbs
sounds and accents of a communication
and was never intended to be an arts
tic delight.
Quite a number of deer have beer
shipped out of Phillips this week. L
| ,oar,s that bun+are have haan forth