The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1867-03-16


doubt the existence of the sun, when
passing cloud hides it from your view.
Ii says the Republican party endorsed
the policy of Andrew johnson in 1865,
and that it proposes, in few plain state
ments, TO show that the Republican
party, and not Johnson, has changed,
and then in the most amusing manner,
doesn't show anything about it. If the
Democrat office only had a few quaint,
queer and interesting" wood-cuts to
illustrate with, PUNCH would be totally
eclipsed. 1t says: THE party should
stand by our paper, and not give the
Posi-, or any other radical paper, a stick
to break their own heads Whose
heads-the papers or the party's? Well,
this amusing strain is kept up until the
strain becomes too great, and it bursts
out in a boo hoo and sheds tears that
nothing but greenbacks for which
it supplicates most Piteously-can wipe
away. By the way, one of the most
amusing features of the paper is that the
same story is scattered through several
articles. 1t says: "The Posi- and Her
aid have four times as many subscribers
as the Gazette and Democrat" and " if
il had not been for the Public Printing
the patronage to the Democrat would
never have paid the expense of running
it." Most lamentable admission. The
proprietor of the Democrat has had the
same experience as quartz men; any
thing run into the ground . costs fear
fully in Montana. Again, what horri-
bly, ungrateful party it is" We know
prominent Democrats who hold office
and who will want to get Office from the
hands of the democrats, that have never
taken a number of the Gazette or Demo
erdt, or paid dollar to the support
of either" There is nothing strange
in that. We know plenty of per
sons who love music and dan
cling who don't throw greenbacks
to every artist on hand-organ that
plays in the back alley or have a hurdy-
| gurdy in their front parlor. We refer,
red to it's weeping over " the present
ate of its condition ;" here it vindi-
Gates its right to do so. THE Demo.
cratic party has, in all elections, shown
double the numbers of the Republican
and 10 Is a crying shame that they do not
support their party papers" Here again
: little admission that the Gazette will
A har 1x- q F,,- H.
our subscription list is so small that we
are almost ashamed of il, and we learn
| that our friends of the Gazette, though
having larger field, have not been able
to clear their teeth" Tooth-brushes are
to be had at the principal drug-stores oi
both cities. See advertisements in the
PosT. Lastly it says: In order to en-
courage subscriptions TO the Democrat
we will take greenbacks at par" The
Democrat may not appreciate the sym
pathies of the insane" Editor of the
PosT but, really, we would like to sec
the Democratic papers of this Territory
little more literally patronized. We
do not know anything that would secure
us such large increase of subscriber
as soon as the first three months would
expire. We are very much obliged
indeed, our gratitude is too much for Us
to express, to our neighbor, for publish
ing the article from the Posi-. Accor
ding TO it's own account, very few, i
any, will ever see it; but it shows good
intentions. We advise all our patrons
to send for No. Is, vol ?, of the Demo
crdt. 1t contains between six and sever
columns of United States laws in regard
to telegraph line, etc, in Kansas. i
is very spicy-and well written-con
tanning as many names as the Book o
| Genesis.
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