Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1872-12-20
An UngratcftsE Duke

Alexis. the yenngstIie beautiful, las been
ftoastlng Us in the wine OF memory and the
f-yllabHb ef sush. Twas in Singapore he
did 1t. He protests that lie deth l.ys us
much and liks Romeo, hath lent love eyes.
This Is what he says IL MS: That ne are q
Feountry OF splendid nj en- and handsome wo-
men, aud that OF all things he wants TO visit
nsagaif,. He sleclar,,s that America has not
lnnly the most beautiful ladies in the world.
but more i,i proportion to any other country
Of our splendor and beauty We are already
well aware; II needs not that d cro Ssned heats
of ofielc, tyrannical. gnre-ssained and lnxu-:
lrions Yurrup should give us all this infurma-
[tion; still it's gratifying. Bur it Is With sor-
row and with compassion that We observe the
wild ingratitude OF tile duke toward ..news-
paper interviewcrs.n He says they are the
only things he doesn't like about us-that.
they are yery trying After all the pains
i Wy took With him too! WheR they even de-
seribcd how lie Parted his hair, aud what he
had for dinner. Told how much his L.as,kes
cost and what he thought of our Institutions,
land how many toy els he used Of a morning /,
i Is not everybody that eau b. interviewed.
1 alth such Gothic height ana breadth of VI
sion. We can tell him. Why. bscns, 5il why
these Braglan words Of disapproyal? Alas
this is not the first time that d larguid
1 and luxurious crowned aead has rnnapled the
it'lthers of the bird of freedom, and turned
Ia, an unpresressiye and saaiI-iike nose ut
me noble simplicity 81 our manners. Its to
be expected,
| California people. including editors. don,t
10 things generally, like their nlilder man
nered naighbors ON this side the mountains.
Local editors have their own way in slishing
up the news. The following with regard to-
the San Francisco Police Court wiia, answer
as an Illustration:
| = short-tailed bear sitting on an iceberg
"a one-cyed owl reflectiyeiy blinking at the
sl'il-- ring-taiied baboon 'pcnslvely rnuincl,-
ing his peanuts and scratching himself, are
respectively imperfect parspnations of dig
nifty. wisdom and dccency. Vet compared
with the human creatures who reflect the
same virtues III tlle San Francisco Police
Court, the above named animals are as al CHI
angels Of light cleaning in the glory of the
throne to hum p-backed negro ilaaa soal-eel-
lar. uliteracY, illsolence and brutality do not
Idisqnalify from the prosecution and sentence
ing of sirssnks md vagranfs. 'lsl,en Why do We
find Euat with the Police Conrt? we ao
lnot.
Here is anotler which tells Of the in
tend i enterprise of tie San Francisco Ca
idsts:
The appalling announcement is made that
the military lads known as San Francisco
Cadets are To exhibit themselves throttcho,rt
the Eastern States next spring as examples
Of California youth. We speed shrieking
into the breech to have this thing stopped.
IS it not enough that party OF our Pio-
neers only three years ago made am Eastern
tour. and instantly immigration came to am
end? Is it not enough that our most sue
eessfiil capitalists annually expose thelii-
selves 1T Eastern watering PLACES and smite
the inhabitants with speecnless wonder 2
Must we now trot our tallowy and scorbutic
yonngling bugs. eneasetl in an unutterable
garb. TO niakc.t Il spectacle of themselves be-
fore the world? Let the Emigration Com
missioners see to il, for this thing nnst NOT
10 on.
But the following cxeels IN its graphic deg
eription of a fMsaHliar phase of society, and
the dangers which environ the heashefr Chi
nee:
Here i rsShliesss astsaiii, yea. ilieiress ga
lore: On last Sabbath, a band Of voting fol-
lowers Of the meek ald lowly Jesus, after
performing their tlevotioaAF exeT cises, retired
from the sanctuary to Brannan street, near
Sixth, for contemplation and silent prayer.
Here they behcld a Chinese. One OF the lar
ger youths at once lifted his voice TO the
right hand of the throne with the hrief but
feryent appeal. s.Howly Jasus, here's i Chi
nee |" and. lifted upa brick I'M his own right
hand. This example of zeal was not lost
upon his young companions. Tbs. Holy
Ghost wrought upen their awakened hearts,
and they all lifted up stones. So they pro-
ceeded to make q prophet Stephen OF that
heather Chime. and stohel Him good. And.
about tile Same hour another band az Chris
tian hoprs who were on Fifth street, near
Mission, round also il atChlnaman, and the
4orc Of Their Savior wrought nightly I'M
their hearts, and falling on the pagan they
entreated HIN .spitefnlly. And the leader oi
the band said they had kicked hell ont of
him. tits at least certain that he was tlans-
figured before their eyes and his celestial
face glowed in rainbow hues. for there wgs
red and blue and yellow and green. Perhaps
the reader thinks they were goddess Hood.
dlnfns who did this? Not any they were
yeritable Sabbath school lads, veritably let
out from their gospelry. And Of suci, is the
of Christ in San Francisco. Sing.
a lady WHO Ind received severe bite on
her arm from a dog, vent to Dr.. Ahernethy.
but hearing Of his aversion TO hear the state
lnent of particulars she merely uncovered
The injured part, and held il before him ia 81
ence. Afssr examining III, hc said in an en-