The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-09
Leaynrd's EnIogy ON women.

Ihave observed among all nations that the
women ornament themselves more than the
men that wherever found they are the sal ,e
kind. civil. obliging. humane. tender beings
they are ever inclined to be gay and cheerful,
timorous and modest. They do not hesitate
like man to perform hospitable, generous
action; not naughty nor arrogant, not super
cillious, but full of courtesy, and fond of So
cicty: industrious. economical. ingenious;
more liable in general to err than man. but
in general. also more virtllous., and perform
ing more good actions than he / never adj
dressed myself in the language of decency
and friendship to woman, whether civilized
or savage, without receiving decent and
friendly answer. With man it has often been
otherwise. In wandering over the barren
plains Of inho.pitable Denmark, through
honest Sweden, frozen Lapland. rude and
churlish Finland unprincipled Russia. and
the widespread regions of the wandering
Tartar. if hungry, dry. cold, wet. or sick,
woman has ever been friendly to me, and uui-
formly so. and 10 add to this virtue so worthy
of the appelation of benevolence. these ac-
tons have been performed in so free and so
kind manner, that if I was dry drank the
sweet draught. and if hungry eat the coarse
morsel with double relish.
A country editor is enraged over some
specimens clipped from a Book Of Biogra-
ply" prepared by a person named ''Gris."
for the public school Of Cincinnati lie de-
elares that if the mind of youth is to be per-
tnI
manner, without any interference on the part
of the authorities, republcanism is failure,
and we might as well advertise for capable
and honest despot. with an iron heel Of
tyranny on his boot, at once. Here are
some specimens:
II was with Julius Caesar when he passed
the Rubicon. lie held good hand. and I
told him he had better order it up. but he
passed. The result is well known; he lost
the game.
Alexander the Great and mvselt were
schoolmates. We were brought up little
girls together. He used to amuse himself
/ remember, by smashing mp all the globes
that were In. school, and then sit down and
cry because there were no more worlds to
conquer. happened to be with him when
he cut the Gortlian Knot. Many others have
tried in vain to do IT,
columbus was mild, sweet disposition
ed, but exceedingly thoughtful boy. as | re-
member him at school. When we were
boys ont playing. he would sit and weep for
hours over the incompleteness OF the maps
OF the period. He felt as though something
was wanting. He wasn't satisfied with three
quarters of globe, such as W as employed
in the schools at the time. He pined for the
other quarter. | recoIlect Of his borrowing
one of me on two or three occasions.
''He used to tell us we were q continent
out, somewhere, and that. when he got big
enough, he meant to run away from home,
go on the canal and discover it; but we only
laughed at him. little thinking that he would
vet give his name to the State capital OIL
Ohio. lost.all traces Of Christopher until
years afterwarl, when the telegraph brought
the announccm mt of his having discovered
America, which. up to that time, had sue
ces.ftlly eladed the most persistent efforts
of our best discoveries. z
One J. L. Smith, arrested the other day in
New Orleans on charge OF having COM
mitted murder at Carrollton, Georgia, fif-
teen years ago, said he had had number of
unpleasant difficulties In his life but that he
could not remember whether he had killed a
man at that time at that place. II the police
would give him few days for reflection, he
added that he would try and refresh his
memory, and report accordingly.
osroNs DEATH TO L1cE.--Asa Baldwin
says that fifty years ago very lousy COW Of
his 4se ten or twelve onions, and In fifteeni
hours afterwarl the lice had disappeared. /
He has tried the same remedy many times
since with the same result 10 e1fh cases -.