The Montana post., 1869-01-01
THE CIT Y.
Prom the Daily of Friday.
A Christmas story.


The following composition" came to
hand through the post-ofice, and is supposed
to have been written by some good little boy /:
''Cbrismas only comes wunse a we're. There
might be more i think because there are plen-
ty of Chris's and plenty of muses.. May be
its not constishuhBDal to have moTe'n one. /
asked a democrat about IL and he said had
better take a walk, and then be kicked. /
used 10 think Christmas was made for chill
dren, but it ain't. Pap says be is going to
have a jolly old tare. l know what tha
means, and man has the bottle yet with vim
egar in IL. i hung up my socks on a nail the
night before Christmas, and they are full of
things In the morning. i wish bad big feet
like some n.sn know they would hold
more. Big people don't hang up their socks.
Nam mnkrs my pap put his outside of the
house at nights Kitty says Santa Claus comes
down the chimney with things but he don't
because we haven't got no chimney. Pap
buys them az the Novelty Store, and then
man pays for them on Monday. The big
boys and girls go cut sleigh riding more ON
Christmas than Sunday. i have a sled, but
would rather have sleigh and horse and
girl. / don't think anything beats a nice
girl, but some of the men beats their horses.
with sometimes 1 had been girl and then
/ don't, cause they can't get an Office or
smoke or play pool OF swear, and lots of
things. know some girls that swear when
they are by themselves and then they promise
not TO tell. When l get big l will have
quartz and play pool, but don't think il is
smart to steal them IItle balls and give them
to children for marbles. Kitty Is going TO
have a Christmas tree. 1 would rather wait
and have girl when | get big. Pap says L
may go TO the Theatre tonight. Bell and
me get on the front seat IL is lots of fun
1 would rather go to the Theatre than TO
school or TO church. 1 don't think 1 will
any more now.
Observation-Disclosures the ed inst,
the installation of officers elect for Helena
Lodge No. 3, Morning Star Lodge No. 5, and
King solomon Lodge No, Q, took place with
private honors in the Masonic Hall. NJ. w.
G. n, w. F. Sanders officiating. On the
same evening and place, the same ceremony,
but in public, took place for the installation
of the chosen officers of Helena Cou3cl r.
and 5. NJ, Past Thrice IIlustrious Master j.
r. Boyce, ST. presiding. The attendance du-
ring the public ceremony was large. It is
rarely that so many officers are installed at
one communication. Masonry in Montana is
now in a flatteriug condition, and the lntelli-
gent and Jealous brotherhood gives assurance
that it will so cr- tinue. The Helena Lodges
are among the largest and most prosperous,
well oficered, and give promise of good work
in the future.
SALVADOR BEER, as will be noticed
in another column in to-dayis issue, is on tap
at the Union Brewery. This is a beverage
far superior TO the common Lager. of greater
specific gravity and of plsasanter taste. 1t
originated in Munich. in Bavaria, and is there
considered inferior only to the genuine Book
Beer, bat not as intoxicating As the former.
We have tas;ed il ON the other side and
quaEf~d it he-e, from keg prsseuted to the
POSr by Biuzel & Hamper, of the Union
Brewery csn 6nd no di ference and recon-
mend il tn the consideration and trial of our
beer drinkers
PoULTRY.-The peculiar adaptation
of turkey TO Christmas is one of those evi-
dsnees Of special design on the part Of Prov
ideoce in the creation. Christmas without a
turkey Is much like ghosts without Hamlet.
Last yeaT turkeys were shipped, We under
stand. from Salt Lake TO Helena. but this
CHRISTMAS very In &c number of this humor-
ous bird have been raised in Montana, and feS-
toons Of Turkeys ornament the doors of VA
TinuS restaurants These command rather
"foul" prices- patriarchal turkey calls for
about S25 iitde tuksY can be secured for
$40. Thi~ u hut rea-oDable considering the
fact that it is Christmas.
We follow fashion ciosa upon the
LEADER heels in all architecture. We
are bull ing m"nY houses. some of them
costly yer there J. not house IN Montana
builI with Nausafd roaf. The style is all the
GO in th- stare and ir Eur"pe. liz Is tasty,
elegant rrd iHexp-nsiv-. combining beauty
and economy Of room. aud Is susceptible of
greater variety of nina1neufsl designs than
any other. Belle. iI l. French. Francois
Mansard. cplrhrated PaTi-isn arcbirect. bav-
ing ersefed tha ffrt one about the ye.r 1880
II j. vaIiously known The Orb. French
and MAnsaId roof, and Is Just the thing for