Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-07-25
OUR VISITOR.
By U. H. )


i was in sling, His bearing was that of
man witlIa settled purpose in view.
i want TO see," said he, 1.-THE man tina
puts tbil gs into this paper
/ We minated that several of us earned
frugal livelihood that way.
WELT want to see the man which crib
things out OF other papers. The fellow VIII
writes mostly with shears. yon understand,
4 We explained to him that there were seas
ons when the most gifted among us, wer,
driven to frenzy BY the scarcity of ideas ant
events. and by the clamorous demands Of al
Unsuitable public, in moments of emotiona
insanity plunged the glittering shears int
onr exchanges. He went on. calmly. but in
/ voice tremulous with suppressed feeling, ane
/ indistinct through the recent loss of half
dozen or So of his front teeth.
''Jnst so. presume so. I doR't know
much about this business. but / want to sec a
man. the man that printed that little piece
about pouring cold water down drunken
mans spine of his back and making him in
stantly sober. If you please. want to see
2 'Ai"s hsi. SaOutd ihS ~ lain ~ Iiiitl
Then lie leaned his stick against our desk,
and spit Oh his serviceable hand. and resumed
his hold on the stick as though he was weigh
ing it. After studying the stick minute he
added In a somewhat louder tone:
sinister. came here to see that ere man,
| want to sec him bad''
We told him that particular mar, was NOT in.
Just SO. Ipresumes so. They told mo be-
fore come that the man | wanted to see
couldn't be anywhere. III wait for him.
live in Hyde county and I've walked several
Mills to converse with that man. | guess
I'll sit d WIN and walt.'
He sat down by the door and retleetivcly
pounded the floor with his stick. but his feel
ings could not a low him to keep still.
Il suppose meme OF you didn't ever pour
much cold water down any drunken mans
back to make him instantly sober perhaps r
None OF us in tile office had ever tried the
experiment.
just SO. Ithoaght that just as like as not
you had not. Well, mister, have. tried
it Yesterday. and have come seven miles on
loot to see the man that prin'ed that piece.
1t want much OF piece. don't think but
| want TO see the man that printed it. just
few minutes. You see, John Smith, he lives
next door TO my house. when I'm home, and
lie gets how-come-you-so every little perio ;.
Now, when he's sober, he's all right, ii You
keep out OF his way bur when he's drunk,
he goes home and breaks dishes, and TIPS
over the stove, and throws the hardware
around, and makes il inconvenient for his
wife, aud sometimes he gets his gun and goes
,ut calling on. his ueighbors, and it amt
Not that | want to say anything abort |
smith; but me and my wife don't think lie
ought to do so. He came home drunk yes
trday and broke ALI the Kitchen windows out
# his house. and followed his wife arou..d
With the carving khiie talking about her liver,
md after a while he lay down by my fence
nd vent TO sleep. ! had been reading that
title piece; it want much OF apiece, and
lrought il could ppur some cold water down
he spine OF his back. and make him sober. ii
would be more cnminrt,hle tar his ui4naa4a
square thing to do all around. So poured /
bucket of water down John Smiths spine
/ his blck.''
well. said we. as our visitor paused ..sdiei
make him soberI' Our visitor took IA firmer
old Of his stick and replied with increased
motion.
DUST so. / suppose 1t did make him as
ober as judge in less time than YOU could
ay Jack Robinson; but mister, ii made him
sad. 1t made him the II addest man | ever
&c, and Mister John Smith is a bigger man
ban me and stouter. He is a good deal
touter. Bla-bless him neyerk knew he was
alf so stout till yesterday, and he's handy
nth his fist too. Ishonld suppose he is the
andest lmsn with his fists | ever saw
''Then he went for you, did lie 2" we asked
5=a
Just SO. Exactly. / suppose he went for
re about the best he knew, but L don't hold
Q grudge against John Smith. Isuppose he
int a good man to hold a gruage against
My want to seq the man who printed that
iece. want to see him bad feel as though
would sootlc me to see that man. / would
g. - & & K |
how yon how drui, ken man acts when YOU
our water down the spine OF his back. That's
hat come for.'
Our visitor, who had poured wafer down f
ne spine Of q drunken mans back, renamed
MIL D p. NJ, and then went up tie street to
nd the man that printed that little piece.
he man he is looking for started tor Alaska
st evening. for summer vacation, aud will
OF be back before September, 1878.
MICHIGAN boasts Of two sisters, residing at
attic Creek, in that State. who are an orna-
ent to the sex. The names Of the young
dies are Elizabeth and Lydia Taylor. For
We years they have been employed as COM
ositors in the Office of the Journal of that
ace. They have made from So to $50 per
eek, have SUPPORTED widowed mother,
i've kept a house handsomely. have bought