Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1909-11-25
Local Overflow.

Bishop & Stephenson sell furniture.
Pay less and dress better Buy
your clothing of G. Variin.
Sweet Cider at Gorgen's.
Fresh COW wanted by John U.
Oates.
Business called ]. P. Hawkins to
Madison on'Tuesday.
DIR. James and wife of Linden were
callers here on Tuesday.
DIR. W. M. Gratiot was in Milwau-
kee on business Tuesday.
The Badger Rubber works of this
city will resume operations next week.
Mrs. F. w. Matson enjoyed the
pas. week with relatives and friends at
Gratiot and Dunbarton.
Anton Lutz returned on Tuesday to
his home in Chicago after a several
weeks visit with relatives
VIM. Lynch has moved from his
farm to this city with intentions of be-
coming permanent resident.
If you want to look well fed eat
nothing but our Yankee bread. For sale
only at Toay's cafe. 23tf
The Tribune home is in possession
of one of the finest specimens of apple
ever seen in Mineral Point. 1t is of
the Spitzenburg variety and came from
the orchard of Sam'l Penhallegon in
Washington.
There is no way of improving a
place so much as by encouraging good
merchants, good schools and good peo-
pie to settle among you, and this can
not be done unless you spend your mon
ey at home.
The Highland Press reports that a
change has been made at the M. P. &
N. roundhouse to accommodate another
engine, so in case of deep snow an ex-
ira engine and snow pillow will be on
hand for use.
Archie Shipman has resigned his
position with the Mandt Mfg. Co., of
Hollandale, and has accepted position
with the Noble Medicine Co. at this
place. He commenced work Monday.
Blanchardville Blade.
With horses commanding from $3.50
to $3.50 each, the farmer, who has
horses to sell, as well as a bunch of
fine steers, soon has a nice bank ac-
count. But remember the bank ac-
count will be only an aggravation I'M
less judiciously placed.
The new Catholic church of Hol-
landale will open its doors today, Nov.
25th. Rev. l.. P. O'Reiley, Rev. S. l..
Dowd, Rev. M. H. McNulty, Rev. j. J.
McGinnity and Rev. j. F. McGinnity
will assist Rev. j. Barry with the SER
vices.
"A record-breaking wagon load of
hogs was received in the Shulsburg
market last Monday, VIM. Clayton, who
resides about eight miles from this city,
being the lucky man. He hauled in
one wagon load of hogs that netted him
the sum of S152. The load consisted of
five hogs, and they weighed just one
ton. He received $3.50 per hundred. -
Pick and Cad.
The girl who is made conscious that
her own gowns are better or poorer
than those of her schoolmates, and
who is elated or depressed in conse-
quence, is growing up with false stand
ards of life and cultivating the ele-
ments of pettishness and unhappiness.
The boy who judges and allows him
self to be judged by this test of cloth
ing, pocket money, the ability to
command material pleasure or indul-
gencies, is developing the very ele-
mepts to render him overreaching
overbearing and perhaps even dis
honest when he goes into life for him.
self.
An exchange puts it this way
eve live in a land Of high mountains
and high taxes, low valleys and low
wages, big crooked rivers and big
crooked statesmen, big lakes, big
pumpkins. big. men with pumpSr
heads. silver Streams that gambol il
the mountains, and pious politicians
that gamble in the night, roaring cata
racts and roaring orators, fast trains
fast horses. fast young men, SHARP
LAWYERS. sharp fanciers and sharp toec
shoes, noisy children, fertile plains tina
lie like a sheet of water, and thou
sand newspapers that lie like thunder.