The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-04-25

Iowa, which has slitUezedt three fetlla1esst'
aeathA Y s ~ ~
a lady editor in the East says that If me
Z want their children to ooid ike them, TIN
fewer jaunts they make to California Til
hetter. gM &s @F9sSS q ssf z ~
GES. JosRPH ID. JOHNSTON Is said to b
engaged 10 writing history Of his owl
campaign during the late war.
IxsrRucroR--..G entlemeti. vi, have -,
idea how completely man may be absorbet
ia study like entomology. can remember
going around with My head full Of bugs and
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THE latest fashion at weddings is for :
gentleman to present his daughter with 4
check for 4 large amount. which Is displayed
with the other presents, but taken back BY
the indulgent pare at the close Of the recep
ton. fAk
Women. under the ilame of assistant pas
tors,,' do pastoral and missionary work for
several of the st. Louis churches, and receive
compensation therefor.
4 countryinan in Savannah observed a
gang of darkies laboring on the streets. each
wearing ball and chain. He asked one why
that ball was chained TO his leg. ITO keep
people from stealing it," said the darky;
cheap Of thieves about here"
IT is recorded of yenison and turtle fed
Alderman Of London that, on being impor-
tuned for aims by - starving woman in the
street, he exclaimed, s.Go away, my good
woman, you don't know how you distress
me. I'd give. ten pounds to have your appe--
tite.'' 3st., 49, ss
Col. WIZ. r. KoRERTs, Of the Fifth dis
trict 81 New York, has rendered catetship
to the only son of the late General Thomas
Frarcis Meager, and the young man has
arrived lii New York to enter the Military
Academy atWest Point. He previously de-
clined the somination, but accepts it from
Colonel Roberts. this being the desire Of
many of his tatlier's friends.
Alphonse karr, the gardener poet, was
lately presented at a banquet gwen by the
disciples of Hahnemann. Toasts were gwen
to the health of every medical celebrity by
everybody, when the president remarked,
Monsieur Karr, you have not proposed the
health OF any one" The poet rose and
modest replied. Il propose the health OF
The sick"
The reporters have reached the highest
notch in the region OF pure imagination. as
will be seen by the following brilliant par :
graph:
"A Connecticut boy swallowed three mar
bles and four bullets recently, and being
Of bony structure, is now util-
zcd by the neiglbors. who borrow him as a
to amuse their babes and suck
ings."
"A handsome young gentleman walked into
he Adams Express office the o her day and
lssired to express q package letters to a
ady, to whom he desired to. return them.
What are they worth'n asked the clerk,
rho in making out bis account desired to
now what was the risk. The young gentle /,
nan hesitated a moment, then cleaning his
hroat from certain huskiness, replied:
Well, can't say exactly. but few weeks |,
go | thought they were worth about four
undred thousand dollars,
A Cleveland dressmaker has turned the en- I
rnous pannicrs now In vogue among the
luxurious daughters of fashion to the service :
matchmaking mothers. Under its ample +
lids she conceals steel-trap which, when a
,me curled darling Of fortune squeezes the $
aist OF the wearer, catches the squeezing q
1grante de5sctu. arm in Ofcourse the various.
lembers Of the squeezed one's family pounce
upon the squeezer, and, unable to fight or |.
,, he is forced to pronounce the words
hich give him right to squeeze sine die. :,
A Texas colored jury were told By the n
ldge to retire and find ii vsrSfict.', They Il
emit to the jury room. The Sheriff and 9th In
9 standing outside heard the opening aud b
lutting OF drawers, the slamming of doors. t,
I'd other sounds of unusual coinmotion. Att b
st the jury came back into thesco when q
le foreman rose and said, .Massa Judge, u
e have done looked every whar in the draws d
ID behind the do, and can't found no YER b
e.. 1t warn'tin the room.', XII b
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LvKRYTHfNG IN nature INDUCES iii amuse- y.
ent Of some kind. The lightnings play,
e wind whistles, the thunders roll, the s,
lQw flies, the winds and cascades sing and /
Ne, the waves leap, the fields smile, the ii
creep and run, the buds shoot. and the >
have tops to play with. But some of 4
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