Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1910-12-08

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Mrs. A. P. Smith left Saturday
for Pittsburg, Penn, for an indefinite
stay
George Ayers left>Monday for
weeks visit with relatives at Maxwell,
Iowa
Mr.. and Mrs. George Jeuck attend
ed the funeral of Mr. M. A. Thoreson
at Woodford Tuesday.
W. F. Vivian left yesterday for
Freeport where he win undergo an
operation for eye trouble.
Mr.. James Hutson of Manchester,
Iowa, was the guest of his aunt, Mrs.
Judson Beardsley, this week.
Prof. c. E. Lamb, supervising prin-
cipal of the Linden schools, made the
Tribune a friendly call Saturday.
Mrs. j. Bixby and son Gerald of
Cobb were guests of Mrs. A. Mcneil
Friday and Saturday of last week.
Miss Eta Meditation, who has
been visiting relatives here for some
time, returned to Monroe Saturday.
Don't forget to inspect the fine line
D of Eaton, Crane & Pike Go. fancy Hol-
Aday Stationery at the Metz Pharmacy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Whitford
left la week for Richland Center
where they will make their future
home.
Raymond Mess, formerly in the
employ of DR.. F. NJ Bailey. has ac-
cepted position in the drug store of
Alex Metz.
Mrs. John GRADER arrived here
Thursday from Riverside, Cali, to visit
Mr.. Thomas GRADER, who at the present
writing is still very i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. N. Curry and
daughter Mrs. C. Dancey, and Miss
Pearl Harris departed Tuesday to spend
the winter at New Orleans.
The members of the 500 club"
were very pleasantly entertained by
Miss Florence Pierce at the home of
Miss Ana Waters Monday evening.
We are getting just sloshings of
advice for Christmas buying these days.
And we will go and buy as foolishly as
we did last year, and the year before,
and the year before that, just the same.
Some things are not subject to reform.
A Los Angeles man is said to carry
5000, 600 in cash about in his pockets
and to kick because it knocks the shape
out of his clothes. We know where he
can apply to be spared the humiliation
of having to wear such shapeless gar
ments.
Holiday goods have put in their APP
pearance at the local stores and now is
the time to do your Christman shop
ping. Mineral Point has the best stores
and sells the best goods of any town
within radius of fifty miles and it will
more than pay you to come here to
trade.
To furnish pupils in first year Eng
lish in the high schools with interesting
literature in one volume, Miss Margar-
ct Ashmun, instructor in English at
the University of Wisconsin, has edited
a book entitled prose Literature for
Secondary Schools" Besides contain
ing stories, the book shows how high
school pupils can write compositions on
similar subjects and gives them sugges-
tons for so doing. To encourage pupils
to do more library reading, lists of
readable books to be found in most
school and public Libraries are also
given.
w. H. Thomas of the town Of
Ridgeway made his usual trip here
Saturday to bring his children home
from school for over Sunday. Mr.
Thomas recently acquired the Blake
farm of 100 acres, which tract his land
joined on both sides. Mr. Thomas now
owns three good farms all in one big
tract Of 700 acres. He occupies the
homestead, and his son Fred one farm,
and the new place will be stocked and
rented Mr. Thomas is a very success
full farmer and much Of his success is
due. to the persevering enthusiasm
which ne puts into his work Dodge
vile Sun. This Mr. Thomas is a SON
in-law Of our townsman Edward Fitz-
simmons.
is there bigger living fool than a
hen? Every automobile owner will con-
fess that he knows Of nothing in the
fool business that can beat hen and
her son, for when perfectly safe at the
side Of the road. they will start to
cross ahead Of the auto at the risk Of
their lives. No one ever saw hen
try to cross in the rear Of car. When
the first chicken was made brains had
evidently become q scare article.