The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1865-05-06
Ar,emu. ward on Ro..on.

drtenus tnus writes 10 hls"pear Betsy"
concerning his late visit to the s.siodern
Athins:n
The winder of my room commands ex.
hileratin view of'Copp's Hill, where Cotton
Mather, the father of the reformers and
sieh lies berrid. There is men even now
who worship Cotton, and there is wimmen
who wear him next their harts. But
don't weep for him. He's been dead too
lengthy. ! amt going to be absurd, like
old Mr.. Skillins, in our naborhood, who is
ninety-six years oe age, and gets drunk
every Election day, and weeps bitturly be.
cause he haint got no Parents. He'sa nice
orphan, he is.
Bunker Hill is over yonder in Charles
ton. In lis thrillin' dramy was acted
out over there, in whichthe 'Warren Com
bination" played star parts.
Old Mr.. Fanuelis ded, but his Hall is still
in full blarst. This is the cradle in which
the Goddess of Liberty was rocked, my
Dear. The Goddess hasn't been very well
durin' the past few years, and the nuE'ris
quack doctors she has called in didn't help
her any; but the old gals physicians now
are men who understand their bisness, Ma
jer-generally speakin', and | think the day
is near when she will be able to take her
three meals day, and sleep nights as
eomf'b'y as in the old time.
The Common is here as ushill; and the
low euss who called it Vacant Lot, and
wanted to know why they didn't ornament
with some Bildins', is unhappy outcast in
| Naponsit.
The State House is filed with statesmen,
but some of'm wear queer hats. They
| buy m, Itake it, of hatters who carry on
| hat stores down stairs in Dock Square, and
whose hats is either ten years ahead of the
prevailing style, or ten years behind it,
| Jest as an intellectual person sees fit TO
think about. had the pleasure of talkin'
with seyrl mambers of the legislator. |
told 'em the Eye of 1000 ages was onto we
American people Of to-day. They seemed
deeply impressed by the remarks, and
wanted to know if / had seen the Crate
I origin? f
Harvard College. This celebrated insti-
! tootion of learnin' is pleasantly situated
/ in the Bar-room Of Parker's, in School
street, and has poopils from all over the
country.
! Iwens ever to Lexington yes'd'y. Ny
Boosum hove with solim emotions. "&
this, ;" said to a man who was drivin'
yoke OF. oxen, s'this is were our revolution.
ary forefathers asserted their Independence
, and split their Bud. Classic ground"
i "Wall," the man said, sits good for
white beans and potatoes, but as regards
raisin' wheat, t'ain's worth dam. But
hey' you seen the Crate Origin ? y
/ returned in the Hpss Cars, part war.
A pooty girl in spectacles sot near me, and
was tellin young man how much be re.
minded her of a man she used TO know in
! Waltham. Pooty soon the young man got
out. and. smiiin' in a seductiv' madner, I
said to the girl in spectacles. s.don't re-
mind you of somebody you used to
tknow?o
'sYes," she said, eyou do remind re of
one man, but he was sent to the peniten-
tiary for stealin' a Barl mackerel-h died
there, SO l conclood you amt him" /
didn't persoo the conversation. oniey
heard her silvery voice once more during
the remainder of the jerney. Turnin' to q
respectable lookin' female of advanced
summers, she asked herif she had seen the
{ Crate Origin.
We old chaps, my dear, are apt to forgit
that it is some time since we was infants
! and ct lite food. Nothin' of further iht'ris'
|, took place on the cars excepta colorcd gen.
! tleman, a total stranger TO nae, asked if I'D
{ lend him my diamond Brestpin to wear to O
, funeril in South Boston. l told him
: wouldn't-not a puspass.
Altho' fur from the prahayries, there il
abundants of wild game in Boston. such ..
t quails, snipes, player and Props.
!, Iment to have allooeed to the Crate Or.
' gin in this letter, but 1 haven't seenit. Mr
s Reeveer, whose tavern stop at, informs
: me that it can be distinctly heard through
e a smoked glass in his natiy town in New
e Hampshire, any Clear day. But settin tbs
: Crate Origin aside (aHd indeed don't thinl
g / heard it mentioned all the time wa.
; there's Boston is one of the grandest, sure
: footedest, clear-headest, comfortablest eli
f ties on the globe. Onlike every other larg,
s city was ever in, the most Of the hackmer
Q don't seem to hay bin speshully iatendet
j. by natur for the Burglery perfession, anC
e it's about the only large city know O
j where you don't enjoy brilliant opportu
: nifty of bein' swindled in sum way, FROM
|. the risin of the sun to the goin down there
Eof. There4 say, loud and continnerd ap
A plaus for Boston!