The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-02-17
Feb. 18th, ls7l.-valentiue d.v :, no,h.

Feb. 18th, 1S7l.-valentiued av Il moth
ing more than dodge Of the P. O. Dcnart.
mcnt to increase business. and il entered
into with zest and relish by Post Masters ia
swell their returns and get their salaries re-.
adjusted. While Congress il in the wav Of
repe"ls and snnulments We want the House
Committee on Territories to offer q bill re
pea'lnH Valentine Day m SO far a. it relute,
I" Montana. making it u m,sdcncauor II
serd any missivcs on that day. It may le
all very nice for gushing girls to get thos,
wherci" a beautiful embosse female in
Store Clothes is receiving the protcs,a,ions
OF an equally embossed young man. down
on both knees, and supposed To he making
arrangements for wedding. after which
nc will have to rustic for living in darncd
stockings. Aud it may he all very well to
have Two very Zig hearts skcwered like glib
tets on mn arrow. shot from huge bow by
little lincnless man child who ought to
DC IN bed with dose of worm medicine in
nm. But 1t is just such nonsense rs t.is
that is running American society, begctting
an idea of extravaganza, and n taste for the
horrible. ard the Black Crook. Let any
one examine the statistics Of our State pris
ons and the Land office Report for the las,
year and see If this is correct.
We would not have any one think for q
moment these remarks arc instigatcd by any
personal spite. 1t is true we did receive n
Nalcntinc-a miserable. scraggy, rcd. vel.
low and blue wood cut Of an editor, with
II poc:ical cxlloriation tn throw up the
journalistic sponge and go into the wood
saving business on the individual plan
But our opinions are not Influenced by sucl,
trivial mattcrs-althouyho our Valentine was
one of that kind that induces man to
think harshly Of his parents for producing
HIM in All age when such decorations of his
finer sensihiltics arc not punishable by
death. We have spoken imi,crsonally Of
tins subject, d.vcstiny it Of all self cnnsidc.
ration just rs the dear departed spirits of
American citizens might speak in the cars
Of their loved ones. And it the spirits were
seeking the ears Of the dcspicable person
who sent US that Valentine. they conldn't
well mss them. We never knew any one
10 be wiser or more religious (cvcn from an
Indian agency point Of view by receiving
Valentines. We never knew any one to
get married, or rich. or respectable or even
fat by sending them. and We have known
people to get ''cusscl" for it in q manner
that puts in eclipse Uncle Tuby's CURSE
of cut finger. In this connection VIC
might again mention the unpleasant person
who Nalrn,inclus, but we WON'T
Looking at Valentines Day as S,uckpolc
& Johnson did, and rs all the young ladies
did. and as We presume nearly every other
person did who has not given this subject
serious c0nsideration-and received comic
agonizcr-it was success IN Deer Lodge.
Small boys made repeated inquiries ut the
z. o.; large girls staid ut home nursing az
expectations; and toward evening
nrariy everybody hal q laugh or lovers
greeting. while. rs tradition hath it. the
birds had mated for the summers c0nnub-
alilics, and. celestial bliss settled down SC
rcnc!y from Hymcnial skies ON tho loved
lad the loving Of Garth.