Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1911-03-30

from Menominee to spend her spring
vacation with her parents.
-Richland Center sweet girl gradu-
ates this year have agreed to abolish
the expensive commencement gowns,
and will all be neatly and sensibly at
tired alike in black skirt and white
shirt waist.
The Cuba City News Herald takes
all the romance ont of the story that
an English nobleman had been killed
at the Mills mine. He was just
common every day man and his re-
mains were buried at Hazel Green
not shipped to England.
Two foreigners (Belgians) working
in the mines near Cuba City, got into
row last week, and one carved the
other about the face in a shocking
manner. The slasher was arrested and
taken to Lancaster, where he awaits
the October term of court.
"A stranger succeeded in selling
several boxes of a new corn cure -salve
along Dewey avenue yesterday. A
small box cost ten cents. Later the
buyers discovered they were hoaNed as
the boxes contained axle greese pure
and simple. -Galena Gazette.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Lutzen left
Wednesday morning to make their
home in Mineral Point, MIR. Lutzen
having been transferred to that end.
A fine young couple and the best of
citizens, they will be missed by their
many friends in Highland. Highland
Press.
Mr. and Mrs. Neal Simons arrived
here with their household effects from
Mineral Point Monday and they will
make this their future home. They
were former residents here but removed
to Mineral Point some five years ago.
The people of Highland welcome their
return. Highland Press.
Auto drivers Of the state want
state law to make riding on country
roads at a reasonable speed, with no
limit in miles, With the elastic word
reasonable for the auto fend to bangle
before the judge next morning the
pedestrian and equine driver will have
nothing left to do but buy accident in
surance.
Last Saturday evening, the young
ladies' of the White House dress-making
department, accompanied by Miss Ruth
Treyillian and chaperoned by Miss
Wayne Luttrell enjoyed a pleasant
drive to the home of Miss Kate Wilkins
at Linden, where a bountiful supper
awaited them. The evening was en-
joyably spent by all.
1t is fact in human nature that
those people who do little that brings
gain, and depend on the work and liber-
atty of others, are also wasteful, so
that 1t takes more to feed and clothe
and otherwise keep them in standing
than does their Industrious providers.
One would naturally expect those who
know they produce nothing and their
cTn course is proftless, would econo-
mize and conserve what they do have.
But they do not
In the year 1910, 1854, 537, 900 Gig
arettes were made and sold in the
United States. This nation of ninety
odd millions IS, indeed, a nation of Gig.
arctic smokers. Nearly 100 cigarettes
are produced for every man. woman
and child in the country. This does not
include imported cigarettes and those
rolled by the smokers themselves. I'm.
ports of cigarettes are large, but. Oh
course they amount to but little in pro.
portion to the output Of American
factories.
When a woman was missing some
time ago her relatives published de-
tailed description Of her. 1t contained
this sentence: Small toe of each foot
missing. " As it was very unlikely thai
both toes had been amputated by acci
dent, some one asked the woman,
mother to account for the lost toes
After a gallant effort to evade tn,
question the old lady reluctantly con
fessed that her daughter had had tn,
/ toes severed to enable her to wea
very small shoes.