The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-05-09

CIippings.
Yhe Goldfish IN the wells of the fishi,
i smacks At New London have been frozen
4 stif that their tails ars used for bootjacks.
n Stranger Ito 4 Mormon): .sAre you sain
4 sealing MANY wives nowadaysa'I s.No.
4 are concealing those W. aifeaiiy have
o It is difncnlt to undsfstanl why some p,,
i pie exhibit 80 aach ss,llcitnde about The
: lunss when their lungs take air Of themse
4 yes.
Il is supposed that forty seven persons fli
every minute Of the day and night, reckoniu
for all parts Of the world. Cheerful stati.
{ ties. T.-''
'Massa Christopher Columbus was
qneer man, Z aaii . negsb orator. "A MOTTO
crossed him one day. and den he crossed 81
ocean,"
+ The Empress Engenie still steems anxiou,
70 turn all her effects into hard cash; she no
only sells her jewels, but all her Spanish es
tates.
Sometimes Beecher gives us golden words
aGod pardons.' he says, like mother whe
kisses the.oaence into everlasting forgetful
ness.''
a prominent saloon on one Of the princi
| pal streets Of Windsor, Ont, is is kept by
Matthew & Mark. the two bar tenders are
| named Luke and John.
little girl asked her sister what was
chaos, that her papa read about. The other
replied 1t was great pile of nothing, and no
place to put it in.
Missouri woman recently eloped, leav-
ing the following note to comfort the heart
OF her hnsband: ssDaar Nilliam--Good-bve
do not mourn for the children, because none
Of them are YOURS
Marion lfarland in ''At Last says; "A
woman who has been engaged, or as GOOD az
ssssesed, to six or eioht different men, can
not retain much purity of mind or strength
Of affection.
Seth Boy6len, a famous strawberry raiser.
said If he could lire twenty years he could
produce strawberry as large as pineapple.
and as delicious as the best field strawberry.
The Governor of Virginia is about to COM
mission four hundred CoIoneIs of militia.
The rest of the Virginians have titles alrea-
dy.
Sam Cosier-'''Ere! Ave twopenn' orth O.
donkey ride. Mara?' Maria (his Missis)-s
thank yer Sam! but I'd rather take it i'm IL
lnor if it's all'the same to yoi,!''
A Missouri editor advertises to take corn
n pay for his paper. He says he prefers to |
nave 1t in liquid state. bait will take it in |
he ear If he can't get it otherwise.
A woman Zoo ing ut a printing press at |
work. looked up in her companson's face
ND IN a most earnest manner. INQUIRED. I
'Arrah Ifm,an' tlem's the things as writes
he paper? Be's them what tn call editors?
foly mother of Moses, Do Americans abuse
ach other by machinery:''
play is enacted ina Chicago theater in
Fhrha man is hung for fun. The other
light the gearing got ont OF order and they
anne near hanging him for good When
hey cut him fiown.he said he guesse they
ad better get some one else to take his
lace. as chs neck was not talented enough
> play that part"
Two men employed at one Of our hard {
are stores We're engaged in putting up I!
owe for West street lady. During a | ,
eavy lift one Of them told the other to s.spit
n his hands, when both were asfonished by | &
'e lady hastily exclaiming 10. don't do
'at. here is spittoon.' So 3aa te
Mr.. Taylor. the late sailor preaehar OF =
oston. astonished a divine who had refused b
enter his pulpit because Unitarian min i
ter had been in it. by falling on his knees
the pulpit stairs and crying out: oil.
1rd deliver us in Boston from two things. !.
d rum and bigotry; Thou knowest which
worst. for I Cont f
A good story is told OF st. Louis nobby h
y-goods clerk who attended dance in the Il
raj district few evenings since. He d
're Cheviot shirt, and put ON great es
my airs. He was somewhat taken down, w
weyer, when he overheard one country al
- say to another: '',That st. Louis chap el
ngs on heap OF style, for fellow that q
'ars a betl-tick shirt - - lit
The Missouri Republican, says Of Lotta: m
sfhis little woman, has little pieces writ q.
! for her by some little dramatist who has NJ
lie else to do. and these she plays with 9,
t little re .rard to any Of those rules which ps
laily govern the profession. And yet L.
tia is.. one Of the best paying stars in ~
nerica Or Europe. who walked off not long u
ce with S11.00O fora months campaign III
New Orleans, and whose bank account In.
'tis said-already foots up $250, 900 oa the 81
dit side. OK
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