The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-07-18
ODDS AND ENDS.

VUUS AMI EN- U0s
THE Central Park in New York bids fair |
81 become the finest repository of statuesqu
/ art insthe Norld. In fancy sketches Ward
Indian Hunter Is perhaps the most at
mired. wfiIo the eagle and her I Dung,
q 's'l'he Lioness and her Cubs and .sAul
Lang Syne" are very fine. Busts Of Hum
boldt and Schiller. both by foreign master.
are charmingly situated. The statue Of Pro
lessor Morse invites remembrance of tina
great man who has 80 lately LETT us. while tn
new Shakespeare monument Zone OF the fines
In the world bids us do reverence to hin
/ who was not only the first poet Of his ag,
/ but the first philosopher for all time.
A good story II told ola candidate before
county convention In Ohio. He was ou
electioneering. and stopping at a house or
Harris prairie. asked the lady who came Il
the door il her husband was at home. SIZE
replied IN the negative. The candidate ex.
pressed regret, as he wanted to secure his
vote for the coming convention. ..Oh. il
that's all, !" returned the lady, s'you needn't
give Yourself any uneasincss he'll vote for
you. There were seven candidates here this
morning. before he left home. and he prom.
ised to vote for every one of them.
Out In Kansas the other day man was
arrested charged with assault and battery
with intent to kill. Helllad shot tile platinum
through the thigh. and contended that there
was no intent to kill, because, with his repu-
tation for ideally aim, 'ahe couldshave killed
him if he wanted to. To test his skill lie and
the Justice retired to the rear Of the Office,
where the defendant, attwenty PAGES, put
six balls into the bottom, Of an oyster can in
IS many seconds. Upon returning to the
court the defendant was discharged on the
ground that such an excellent .'shot'' could
not possibly nave any intent to kill.
s. A MAN, enjoying the euphonious name of
Pigg, married a lady named Young. A few
days since child was born to them, and
rich uncle ofthe young one who, like Gilpin,
"loyes timely joke. promises to heavily en-
dow the boy if the parents would christen
him the maternal name. TIE fond but thrifty
parents consented. and the youth will hereaf-
ter be known TO his friends as Young Pigg.
The modern woman when she has nail
to drive doesn't wait for her husband to
come home. She catches hold of the nail as
she would into the hair of har recresnt son,
swings the hammer over her head and plunges
downward. Then she ties up her fingers as
well as she can, puts on her best bonnet and
goes right over to her mothers for good
cry, and her tea.
Friend Jones, 1t seemed, had very good
horse and very poor one. When seen i
ling the poor ore, he was asked the reason.
1t turned out THAT his better-half he'd taken
he good one. ''What!'' said banterinx
bachelor; 'how comes it you let your wife
'ide the better horse ?' The only reply was:
Friend. when thee best married, thee'll |
lnow.''
A worthy deacon lately gave notice, at |
of church meeting that was
Q DC held Immediately afterwards, and he |
,nconsci0usly added; There is no objection |
Q the female brstAren remaining This re-
minds us OF clergyma who spoke in his !
eA'D'' 80 = SerJ atISctHfS scene, where /
here wasn't a dyu tear in the house. -
Some exccrable wretch has spoiled our IA
orite dish OF garden sass'' by publishing
ne disgusting information that every Leaf OF
sttuse contains nineteen million worms to
he square inch! Nowif that fellow had died
'hen he was baby we wouldn't have
nown anything about this and would have
cen happy.
BoB-"Jiul, de men don't make such fools
themselves about women as de women do a.
out men. II dey look at de moon dey see
IAN in it. II dey hear mouse nihbling it's
man: and dey all look under de bed last
ming at night to find man. Why, nebber
,oks under my bed to fluid woman, does
our
The elegant coach and carriage now at the
diamond r warehouse. are the private prop
rty Of Col, Black, Of Bozeman. -. Coriass
eporter.
To PsEvRST KICKING. exchange says
70 saw a novel device the other day for pre-