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The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-01-11

The human mind is like the ponddsssos....
engine. "A small point of iron at switch
on IIs proper cuursr purv1s.u4to *
train, crushing both in shapeless destruction
The sight Of some object, or word spoken
or read. will give ones train Of thought a
new direction, or some direction quite oil
ferent from what it would otherwise have
taken. Upon very small things depend all
of ones future course of life. Parents, teach
ers; guardians, in fact every one, may well
ponder this. We are all influencing each
other, giving direction to thought, every
day, every hour, every moment.
A family read a journal for year, and at
the end of that time do not recall any par
ticular advantage therefrom; but how many
new channels OF Thought have their minds
been led into BY what they have read! How
many plans have insensibly and Indirectly
come from what they have read How much
of vacancy there would be if they blot en-
tirely from their minds all the information
they have gained, and all the new ideas and
plans of their own, suggested only. and in
directly at that, by what they have read dur
ing the year! The truth is, men read and
think too much about his daily labor. II he
get one new piece of useful information, the
thinking developed by reading other mems
yeiws and ideas can be but useful in slim
ulatins him to reasoning, to intelligent labor
that labor in which his head aids his hands.
Labor without intelligence is mere brute
muscle in exercise.-Anserican Agr-icustaral-
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The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-01-11

A young woman Of Providence, Il l.. is
said to be one OF the best blacksniths in that
city. She works side By side with her father
in the workshop.
THE arrest Of Brigham Young was harem
scare'em sort Of business.
Ii Is said that Blind Tom cleared $4l, ,00O
last year. Tom says he would BE- glad to
aes one dollar of the amount.
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-01-11

ON HUNDRED YEARS BEHINp TIMK4--
When, in 1854, one If the friends Of the New
castle Chronicle sent for insertion the follow
ing advertisement. he little dreamed how long
space Of time would intervene before respond
ing applications would be made: ssWanted- 4
middle-ag ged woman (Who has been 3 SER.
want in genteel families. and can be well l'c-
commended for honesty, to take care ofsa
single gentleman's house In the country.
She must undertake cooking and setting ont
the table. 4 gardener is also wanted, who,
having but small garden to take care of
will be expected to assist oceasionly in the
house or stables. 1f q man and wife can u,l,
sdertake the abose places, provided that they
are not enounbered with children, It will be
more agreeable. Apply to the printer OF
this paper. ~ Yesterday, iii celebration oY
the centenary of the Chronicle. we iisributed
among cur subscribers reprints of No. l,
and of tWenty-nine advertisements whichit
contained. the foregoing stood at the head
The sheet had not been issued many hours
when q respectable, worthy oking couple
entered the publishing office. and advancing
to the counter, innocently inquired the ata-
dress of tile sssingle gentleman. u All tile
establishment was at fault. Its oldest III =
habitantn could not remember tbe name sf
the advertiser. The rustic bachelor was nil-
Know. No accounts stood against him ln
the books OF the Office. and theh0nest app5l-
cants who offered themselves sO nEex ees-
III in answer to this card were apprlsed, 20
their establishment, that theg we're one nun
dred Years too lAtc.--.Nssrcgsfas 1aroHsceS
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-01-11

10 5FtEE II I II
The WRONG NuMBER.--Nark Twain tell:
the following funny incident: s'Why Cap
tain, you happen to have bad cold.'' "Ye.
Madam said the Captain, who is fond q
working in the garden early in the morning
an his shirt sleeves, Il suppose deserve it
I caught it while breaking the seventh com.
mandnsent last Sunday" The party, male
and female, started and looked blank, and
the lady who brought out the remark said, as
yell a. coughing fit would let her: s.Well
upon my word, captain, considering the usual
circumstances OF the case and your present
surroundings it was hardly necessary for you
to enter into such full particulars When the
innocent captain got home he found to his
amazement that the seventh commandment
does NOT say Thou shalt remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy.n
CURIOUS ExPERIMkNT-Mr. Kfoeing
points out the following mode of determiJ-
ing u hich Of two objects seen from dis
tance is further off than. the other. Let the
reader sur pose two tIees, for instance, stand
ing in a. ifls with the eye; II he moves bis
eye to the right, the tree which is nearer will
appear to move to the left, and the other will
seem to follow the motion Of the eye. The
experiment is curious. and may be easily
performed, only taking care that the eye
move IN line perpendicul Il. to that in which
it previously was that is perpendicular to
the line which joins the two objects; then
t1,., g,;aaf ,uhich fo1lnsrs fIa srnntiflu of tho
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-01-11
Parts and her Shameless Fashions

I from the London Telegraph
Paris has learned nothing, forgotten
nothing. and she sends out to-day styles OF
attire as shameless In their iminodesty, vanity
prodigality and defiance of true feminine
grace as anything which scandalized the last
years of the Empire. She .avenges herself
on the modest German women with book
of fashions which is calculated to ruin all
moderate revenues, to put chastity and So
briefly to scorn, and to drive even Queens in
to Courts of law. Those prodigious trains,
those senseless appendages, that huge mass
of dead hair, which no longer so much as
affects to be natural; the countless LOUNGES
and furbeloWs, scrolls and ruches. which are
the negation and the death OF drapery the
hats and bonnets which have ceased to be
more than a lndicrous caprice; the piled up
patssn,ente,sc and costly inartistic trimmings
--all these, with high heels, breeding corns
and bunions; black lead under the eyes,
causing early blindness and tout e,ssens5le
which would make modest women blush, il
poadre de perples allowed its re what we
get from Paris, where so little apparently has
-si3rxkilxad a xnpptr t1,asce-yTfts,
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-01-11
The First Rebel Treasury Note.

During the trial OF civil case before the
City Court in Montgomery, Alabama, Few
days since, the first rebel treasury note ever
issued was introduced in evidence. 1t was
the denomination of $50, payable in one
year, and was issued to Alexander B. CIither-
all in April, 1861. The Alabama State Jouy-
nal, which supports General Grant for re-
election, in the course of some "reminiscences
suggested by the production OF this note, in,-
proves the opportunity to enforce good
lesson. It says
''While NE gazed, the dark days Of the
bloody contest again came UP betore.us, with
the boom of cannon, the rattle Of musketry,
the sbrieks of the wounded and dying, and
the soDs of the poor heart broken widows
and orphans. Like nightmare cenvulsing
the nation, this noloch of human suffering
has passed away for ever, and we are blessed
with peace. We honor the nlemosies Of
brave men, from North and South, who died
in the defense of what they deemed right,
He who would do less is wanting in the
ia4s- n - -zsa- 80
he who would now stir the embers Of its
hatred into flames again Is laise IS nan and
e..,-esss mas .nrarrg pzsseu away tts nsfksrsJ
waves are rapidly subsiding; the rainbow q
peace pronlisingly spans the horizon OF our
future. Let US mutually forgive and forget,
and each and all strive to render our common
country blest and happy.
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-01-11

A mans own good breeang is the best se-
curity against ether peoples III manners,
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-01-11

"A few days ago an old gentleman in Mis-
souri,, where the drouth has been severe, and
Who has been hauling water for the last three
months. on being asked BY an acquaintance
ii he thought it would rain, remarked, II
hope not, for il it does. it will spoil the roads
20 cannot haul water
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-01-11

No nation. no religion, no class, no party.
no race ever prosecuted another without
finding the day Of retribution come upon it,
self. It may not always come through All
uprising of the prosecuted people, but it
comes from some agencies. in some form,
with the certainty Of final Judgment for all
crimes.
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-01-11

B FIGHT BETWERNA MAN AND DGG.--AbOut
half-past eight o'clock yesterday, boy run
ming along Leavenwortli street, through tlio
rain, kicked a dog lying on the walk ill his
way, and the savage brute springing to his
feet, Immediately attacked him, threw him
down, aaand was only prevented doing further
damage by.a heavy blow from the boot of
.passer by, large, powerful looking man.
The ANIMAL thoroughly aroused and infu-
rated by this second kick. turned on his az
salient, and severe struggle insued. The
man lost his footing by the impetus oftths
dogs first spring, and they both rolled tlEeT
and over i'll the vet and mud, the man suc-
ceeding in selling the brute by the throat,
from which he never lost his grip. a dray-
man.driving by stopped his drsy, and pulling
out one Of the stakes stood over the combat
ants, endeavoring to get i'll a blow, but such
was the danger Of striking wrong, the raas
himself called out for him to desist.
The fight had lasted probably three militit-
es, and two or three men were iust hurrying
up the street, attracted by the cries of the
boy who had run into garden for safety,
when noise was heard like the breaking OF
dry chips, and the dog stretched himself sud
denly and stiffy out; his tongue hanging,
black and swollen, from his mouth, and the
man came to the top once more for the last
time, one hand still hold Of The animals
throat and the other outstretched for the dray-
mans weapon, receiving which he rose swift
ly to his feet and struck the dog heavily upon
the head once or twice. There was conyul-
sive quivering Of the animals frame, a rush
of blood from his mouth and nose, and the
fight was over. The mans wrists were bad-
" lacerated, but beyond that, owing to the
strength of his grip, he had received no iniu-
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-01-11
DON L. BYAM,

RCLECTIC PHYSICIAN,
At his residence on Middle Creek.
ss~ Go to the "woodbine,s and get d Rum Pune
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-01-11

A Card is Five Lines; asquare Ten Lines, of this
type.
Local Notices % cents per line for the first nser
lien and Is cents for each additional insertion,
II transient advertisements must be paid for
In advance, and all Job Printing when the work
delivered. Z t7h EI VS. s3 q
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-01-11
6oyernor. :. ....
Hecrefary, .....,.
Chief Justice.
Associate Justices


u. S. Dist. Atty
Surveyor General.
Register of Lands
Receiver
6up't Indian AIRS
u. s. Marshal.
Assessor Int. Rev.
Collector 90 "
Collector Customs
U. 8. Commission.
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-01-11

OF enormous eaplLdl. III Gne HAHue "a lHS tHosI
powerful corporation on the continent, will
determine that there is nothing here now
which may not be speedily overshadowed,
and the Capital of the Territory can then be
removed to permanent locality and our
public buildings erected; without dollar Of
expense to the Territory. Meanwhile, its
temporary location here will cost nothing. +
If, however, the present session determine
again to submit the question of location to
the people, it will inspire new combinations
between different parts Of the Territory.
founded upon disgraceful bargains, and the
new location will win its honors only by
fraud and dishonesty. Instead OF being able
at the next session to command means to
erect our Territorial buildings, the entire
session will be occupied in the effort to in
volve the Territory hundreds of thousands Of
dollars to erect them in place where per-
haps the Capital. as was the case in Nebras-
ka, will not remain three years. -l,.
Mr.. Editor: Our Territory is in too unset
tied a condition to render any change OF this
kind beneficial to its interests. Eet the tax
payers consider it well. At the close Of this
session, necessarily involving the Territory
to considerable extent, our Territorial in
debtedness will be largely increased. a
change in the Capital will. before we can pay
this debt, involve us IN more than double the
amount to pay for public Improvements, and
then. after all is done, we shall find that We
have been mistaken, and that the Capital
must he again changed.
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-01-11

special attention paid to collecting claims and to
entries Of land In Galatin County under the Home,
stead and Pre-empfion Acts. P1ats, records ana
weekly reports can be seen Mt our office. II
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1872-03-01
MethOdism in Hartford County.

A correspondent send us the following
statistics in relation to Methodism in Hartford
county:
The Methodist Episcopal Church in Har-
ford county is represented by 90 Churches
the value of which will aggregate all mi 500
900; four parsonages, the valuation Of which
is about $4,000 The total mem!,,rs;a nj
the present time 1000. There are seven
travelling preachers now stationed in the
county, distributed as follows:
Havre de Grace station, Rev. M. l.. Smy.
ser; East Hartford circuit, Rev. Charles A
cult, Rev. George M. Berry and William G.
Herbert; West Hartford circuit, Rev. J. G..
Hagey and Mr.. Afford. There are also ten
local preachers. There are in connection with
the church, twenty-five sabbath schools, at
tended during the summer season by about
1000 children. There are in the libraries of
these schools about LOO volumes The
largest membership is on Hartford circuit
where during the ministry of the present pas.
tor, the Rev. Geo. M. Berry, Ais have been
added to the church. The total membership
is something over 700.
Hartford county is indeed Methodist histor-
ical ground. At Abingdon, now embraced
within the bounds of East Hartford circuit,
was located the first school of learning in tho
connection (Cokesbury College,. The Wat,
ters's Church, on Thomas's Run, within the
bounds of Hartford circuit, was erected in
ITO. At the approaching session of the
Baltimore Conference, which is to assemble
at the Eutaw street Church, Baltimore on
Wednesday, the 2Sth inst, it is expected
that all the preachers now stationed in the
county will be removed and Others take
their place.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1872-03-01
Business Law.

1t is not legally necessary to say on a
note, "for value received"
A note given on Sunday is void.
A note obtained by fraud or from q per-
son in state of intoXication, cannot be
collected.
If Il note be lost or stolen it does not re.
lease the maker; he must pay it.
An indorser of a note is exempt from Ii
ability if not served with notice of its dis
honor within twenty-four hours of its non
payment.
A note by minor is void.
Notes payable after date, bear interest
only when stated.
Principals are responsible for the acts
Of their agents.
Each individual in partnership is re-
sponsible for the whole amount of the debts
of the firm.
Ignorance of the law excuses no one.
1t is a fraud to conceal fraud.
The law compels no one to do impossi-
bilities.
An agreement without consideration is
void.
Signatures made with a lead pencil are
good in law.
A receipt for money paid is not, legal
ly, conclusive.
The acts of one partner bind all the
Others.
Contracts made on Sunday cannot be
enforced.
A contract made with minor is void.
A contract with lunatic is void.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1872-03-01

inviting him to become an inmate OF the
family, and direct the studies OF those three
young men while prosecuting his own.
He could not but accept so opportune an
Invitation. He resided in this family some
twenty months, winning the cordial es-
teen of every member of it, and receiving
from the experienced lawyer the most use
full, paternal, assiduous guidance in his
studies. Forty years after We find him
writing to the benetactor Of his youth in
terms of the most affectionate gratitude
Indeed everybody loved him and took
pleasure in helping him; for he must have
been as handsome as pleasing, as joyous,
rs brilliant young fellow as ever captiva-
ted human affections.
He was twenty years Of age. A friend
informed him of an excellent opening for
a lawyer in Culpeper county, Virginia,
and he fastened to seize it, carrying with
him, as he used to say, his whole library ;
which consisted of Blackstone's Common
taries, two volumes of Don Quixote, and
a volume Of Tristram Shandy. Having no
case himself young Writ shares in small
cause that belonged to friend of his, who
was also to make his first essay. His friend
began by making motion which, though
legal and proper, was not usual in that
county. The old lawyers objected, and
put their objections in by no means the
most friendly form. Writ rose indignant
at what he conceived unworthy treatment
ola beginner. His fears forsook him, and
he defended both the motion and the mov-
or of it with warmth, and sustained his
point so we'll that one of the old lawyers of
the county came to the assistance of the
young gentleman, and their motion was
granted.
He soon had considerable practice, mar
ried into respectable family and made
his way in due time to wealth and renowp.
The young lawyers in those days used to
ride about on setback from court to
court, amusing themselves as they rode
with pleading imaginary causes and other
games, keeping it up, too, late at night at
the taverns, oyer their wine.
Wirt's magnificent display Of oratory at
the trial of Aaron Burr gave him national
celebrity, which led to his appointment to
the Attorney Generalship Of the United
States, which he held, during two admin
istrations, and in which he acquired solid
distinction. He would have entered the
public service before if he could have done
so without sacrificing the interests of his
family, whom he loved with peculiar ten
derness and devotion. He died in 1884,
having preserved his buoyancy Of spirits
and all the winning traits of his character
to his last days. Like so many Others of
his countrymen, he was lured in his old
age, into standing for the Presidency, as
the candidate Of the Anti Masonic party.
He received seven electoral votes those of
the State of Vermont.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1872-03-01
Gems of Thought.

-Amuddy stream, flowing into one clear
and sparkling, for a time runs along by it.
self. A little further down they unite and
the whole is impure. So youth, untouched
by sin, may for time keep its purity in
foul company, but little later and they
unite.
"A good, finished scandal, full-armed
and equipped, such as circulates in the world
is rarely the production ola single individ-
ual, or even of single coteric. 1t sees
the light in one; is rocked and nurtured
in another; is petted, developed, and at
tains its growth in third; and receives its
finishing touches only after passing through
a multitude of hands.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1872-03-01
VARIETIES,

"A coroner's jury in Minnesota recently
declared a man to have been severely froZ-
en- to death"
"A person passing through certain
town and observing upon door the name
of "Haswell," remarked that the gentle
mans name would be as aceU without the II.
-"Ah, how doth you like my moustaohe,
Miss Laura ~ lisped dandy to merry
girl. ooh, very much. 1t looks like the
fur on the back of a caterpillar"
poor thing" observed tender heart
ed Bridgeport lady, in speaking of the death
of a young friend, "she had just got forty
dollar set of furs, and beauties they were;
but she don't need such things now"
Hungry boarder-"Some more bread,
if you please; l always cat good deal of
bread with my meat Sarcastic landlady
$50 see, sir; likewise good deal Of
meat with your bread,'
1t is Montgomery who says:
"Leaves have their time to fab
An likewise so've !;
The reason, too, 8 the same,
1t comes o getiA' dry:
But here's tn difference 1wiXs tn leave.
falls moro harder an more rrequentlee,"
"A Green County farmer reck lesslv pub
fishes the following challenge: III will bet
42:25 that my hired man oan take longer
to go to the harvest field, get back to din
ner quicker, eat more, do less, and bear
down harder On panel of the fence, than
any other hiEed man within fifteen miles of
the flag staffin Jefferson"
An Irish soldier returning from battle
in the night marching little way behind
his companion, called out to him, "Hallo,
Pat, l have taken prisoner"
Bring him along then bring him
along
"He won't come"
swell, then come yourself"
"He cont let me-"
About three months ago young fell
low went into Lowell factory and offered
to marry the girl who could jump the high
est, The 900 girls there employed at once
began the spring-board exercise, and they
have been jumping ever since. Some of
them have come to equal Mark Twain's
Jumping frog, but the wished for man fails
to put in an appearance.
An interviewing Raleigh, N. c., report.
er visited the prison, and questioned big
black fellow why he was there, who answer
ed: " Stealth chicken, bors." Chow long
are you in forg Tree monfs, bors." "Seems
to me that is long time for so small
matter?" Eyes, sair; and it wuren't much Of
a chicken needer. An didn't steal lin, too.
But dere wur lot said did. Dere wur
a heep more swore didn't steal it,
While Butler was in command at New
Orleans he rather forced the oath of allegi-
ance on Confederate officer, who was very
i'll. After taking the oath tho Confederate
asked Butler, "Aint as good Union
man as you now, Gene,al 2" "Yes if you
live up to your oath" rejoined Ben. "And
can abuse tho South as loud as the worst
of you ?" inquired the officer; "to your
hearts content" replied the gallant But
Ter. "Well then, General, added the sick
man, rising in bed, and fixing Butler one
with his two, "if you and ! had that darned
old rebel, Lee, in our hands, aooxlc,,at pesteal
has aoatch ?" The oath taker got four days
in the guard house, but he said he was sat-
isfed with the price he paid for it,