Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1872-12-12
SELECTIONS.
First understand; then argue.

Iilcy HHu.
It costs more TO revenge wrongs than te
bearthem.
/ lie labors vaiulY who endeavors to please
erery person.
Greater IS he Who causes good deeds than
he who does them.
He. who fravs for his neighbor, will be
heard first for himself. Il.
Passion is at first like thinthrcad, by-and
! by it bebnmcs like cable.
The noblest thug on earth is the man who
rises to the dignity Of self-mastcry.
I Kind words are az refreshing to the bur-
dened heart as rain to the parciled ground.
/ Pride can grow as well upon orr virtues.
as our vices, and steals upon US on all occa-
sions.
The door between us and heaven cannot be
opened, if that between us ard our fellow
men is shut.
One step backward is equal to two steps
forV ard; hence retreating from duty is com
pound less.
A regular trade in toaels is carried on III
Paris. They are soaght by vineyard owners
for their insectyerolls propensilies.
Always be good-natnrcd if you can. A few
drops Of ok will do more to facilitate tls
movement of stubborn machinery than rivers
OF vinegar.
Strange we do not realize how, day by day
we are crystalizing! Every thought. every
act. every emotion, whether good or bad
tending to the one point-crys,alizatio ol
character!
Home Cheerfulacss.--Many child goes
astray. not because there is want of prayer
or virtue at home, but simply because home
lacks sunshine. A child needs smiles as much
as flowers need sunbeans.
Said Gov. John a. Andrew 1.-THE field il
too wide. the harvest too great, the world too
broad and lu ranity too precious, either for
DELAY, for jeaieusies or for strifcs. Indeed.
| this human is all TOO short to allow The
Indulgence Of vain regrets,
..You are very stupid, Thonlas,'' said a
country teacher to q little boy eight yeats old.
You are L little donkey; and what do they
do With little donkeys to cure them OF stupid
ity 2" They feed them better and whip
them less, 2 said tie arch little urchiil.
/ Speak kindly in the morning; it lightens
he cares Of the day, and makes the l,ouse.
hold and ali other affairs move along more
| smoothly. Speak kindly at night; for il
may be that; before the dawn, some losed
one may ssil his er hr space Of life for tliis
world, and it will be too late to ask forgive.
ness.
How simple it would be if mans word
were as good as his boud ! if we never had to
weigh It and siit it, and see one man and an
other. and inquire about it, and find out by
the hardest work whether it is true or not
| II mems STATEMENTS could be relied upon,
and men could trust each other, what an ial-
petus would be given to the worlds progress.
-Beecher.
II is told of The Vicar OF Wakefield that he
had hung in his parlor beautiful pictured
face which he called the portrait of his wife,
not that it did really at all resemble her. but
that she should strive by her life to grow in
to such an expression of ofcountenance. SO it
seems to me it might be well if we had framed
some Of the beantlfnl things that good friends
say of MS, hut which we, certainly could not
say OF ourselves, that we may grow up to
the picture they draw of us.-Jutia Ward
Hospe.
\ If home is the place where faces are sour,
and words harsh, and tault-fint'ing even in
the ascendant, childran will spend as many
hours as possible elsewhere.
Nothing is more refining than the culture
OF flowers. Flowers are nature in her best
estate. They aret perfection OF color and
form. No painter can equal the tints of tile
rose. No sculptor can rival the grace of the
flowers inseIisibiy acquire something Of their
beauty. The eye is cultivated more than 1t
can BE by pictu e.. Whit adds more to the
home taan a few bright flowers and
climbing vines?
AN NEMBARNAssING SITUATION Max AdeIcr
says: That little affair OF Needhams that
some of the papers have been telling about
was certainly Lnpleasallt--at least to Need
ham. Needilaln owned a deep-moutied
watch dog which always bade h M welcome
home. and snatel.ed mouthtulls OF chops out
UI lfe legs OI strangers. NeeutlaIn took That
filifnl animal alang with Jiisn ;une day to
guard interchangeable he went in swimming.
NeeuilaiH baIlled tor All hour. and meanwhile
tile dog went to sleep on Needhani's Il garments
When Needtaih came slII the dog not recor-
nizIng him iii his nude condition. refused
To let him come near his garments. Every
time tiiai Needllaln would grab for sIls-
pender or a snc tile dog wouls bite a mouth
fnI Of his arm Or leg, and whenever Needham
would make Il dive fora boot or .tfndersliirt
tia: aiiaAal wouia size him by the catf and
shake him. So Needlia,n sfoUl there in the
sun pretty nearly roaslrd, and he spent the
afternoon dnd glng in and ont of the water t.s
avoid The Dorc;ls societies and female students
ut the boarding school and the factory Girls
coming down the road. At last when the |
dog went 10 sleep Ncrdiianl got most OF his |
clothes upon his bleeding body and limbs |
aisel the dog came silIing up TO him looking
as ii he TX pectttl tO be rewarded tor hls ex- |
rigiIance. And yet they say /
that the dog Is mans best frieIsu.
cuP of coffee il Il sure barometer, ii you
allow he sugar to tlTvp to the bottom of ii |
tilp aud wafeil the bubbles arise without dis /
turbsng the coffee. III Eiie bubbles collect lii |
die middle the weather will be fine; IL they I
adhere to tie cup. forming ring. it will BE-
rainy; aud ii the bubbles separate without |
any fixed position. changeabie |
weather may be * xpectet. Try II.
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A MODEL BILL. Ins.sie out BY an old farmer
against his ..elgIibpr, rratls as follows = I
: NeigtshDf A Dr. TO B. 60 horse and wagon. +
pO.ns "a, milf once since and twice before.