The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-02-08

enemies as those old members OF Congress
! who spent Ihe period OF rebellion in Wash
ington. : If our soldiers can honor the dead
| rebels grave, cannot we agree to pardon
the living one? The long years Of peace, ii
nothing else, have condoned his etfenses
against his country. He wants citizenship,
the right to make the laws which he submits
to, the right to stand on equal ground with
his late slave. 1t is not much he asks for, nor
more than generous people, who have won
the victory, should be willing to grant. Tile
greatest people are not those who are strong
est in battle, but those who when the battle
is won, can forgive the vsnquished enemy.
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Kansas paper reyiVes alnslsingly how
General Sherman failed as oanspiouously i'm
law ashe succeeded brilliantly in, war. In
the early 'jay-hawkinga days, the General
made slender livelihood in Calhoun county,
and once, swhen he had prepared himself most
selaborately, tits reporied that a long, laak,s
lean genius leaving his OK team, came be-
fore the court as his scompetitor The Gem
eral summed up grandly, quoting freely from
an immense pile Of books placed carefully
before him, and citing the English common
law to prove his point The ssbullMhacker''
followed him, and ridieuled his precedents
and secuted at his books. He said it was an
insult to the court to read from ssthe common
law OF England aud declared that . if we
were compelled to take any Of that aristo-
cratic British law he wanted the Every best
Her Majesty had, and none Of her comnor
law That was enough; the Justices fsoe
was set and the General lost has case. It Has
the last he ever tried iii Kansas.
NOTHING LIKE GRAMAAR.--Notling like
gramnariF bettcr 20 witlioutiaeow than 20
without that. There are nllmberless profes-
sors who 80 tramp, tramp, my boysi ''f
around the country. pelldiing weak article.
by which in twenty days they guarantee to
set 4 man thoroughly up in the English Ian
guagc. An ih&tance hi point comes from
Greenvilie, Alabama, where 4 arrofessor had
lRbored with the youth OF that people, and
taught them to tiote on grammar according
to Morris's system. During one OF the lee
lures the sentfnce, Mary milks the cow
WAS given out ,sbe parsed. Each word had
been parsed, save one. which fell to Bob
+ 80. . sixteen-Y Year-old boy, near the foot
of the class, who stands ths,s -
j . Cow is d noun, feminine singular num-
Der, third pc son, and stands for Mary
{ :. Stands for " ary said the excited pro-
fessor, :. how do you make that out ?'s IS
/. Because, 2 answered tFle ii bfe pupil If
the COW didtit stand for Mary, how could
Mary milk sher'?' Il WV
1t1Asslaz1 4Gi.11lAlz--zlz ILL a9.Issal 1lEs5ss
MORE Than He RAagAITsn r Fon.-W Wen 1
dell Phillips. ii his lecture To street Lie
III Europe tie Other Ii gave ore I;tslea
ilistaiIee ef street life il Aineriicas afsaek-
erav, on his visit here many years ago. vas1l
anxiosls 10 zee = gehufne Hewsry boy, and Ii
friend pointed OUT to him one of those now
defntlct specimens leaning against a lan!-
post. with his hands In his pockets, his soap
locks careft,lIy regnlated over his eyebrew,
and his cigar tilted upriglt t'betwee,l his teeth.
fhackeray was delighted and determined to
interview the = monster. 2 SO He strobe, with
bis manly. sweeping gaif. carving that ever
present benignance of expression on bis
face, mp to tie boy and remarked, very insle-.
Gently Sir, excuse me. but would like TO
70 to BroadWay.'a The boy returned the
look with one equally benia anant, andtreplied:
sWell, Why III hi don't you go'? !"
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FARN MAeHls ERY.-.In reply to a young
'arnner who asks Z win farm Iaachinery pay
Il first Mr.. Harris replies in, the Aassriean
4 gricalL Lsurist fsas sfs s5aa
fls.I should bny as little machinery As possi-
ole. ]. asked farmer who has had consider
,ble experience with machines IL they paid.
III bought with good utsgment, he replied,
and used with great care. think they do.
4 farmer can lose more By using broken,
fork. a dull hoe. q worn-out axe,
md I abatferedup spade. than he cxn save By |
1sing machine 10 saw wood OIL reaper 70 I
,dt his grain. A smsll farmer had better hire
lis work done with machine than to buy
he machine himself. 2 - SIS
A minister Of the Kirk Of Scotland once
discovered his vile asleep III the midst Df his
lomily On the Sabbath. So, psusing IN the.
teady and possibly somewhat m0n0tonouasI
low of LABORATORY, be broke forth with this
,ersenal address, sharp and clear but very
eli6erate = = snsaia ~ Susan opened ner
yes and ears in atwinkling, = did el other
reaIners iii the house, whether asleep q
wake. !. Susan, dinna marry ye fOr wealth,
in, " had none And dinna marry ye tor +
our beanty, tilit the hail Congregation can