Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-07-18
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oct the national good sense.
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:,rur WE OF THE ARK.-lnfidels have
ak ;actad =, III. size of the ark; have assert
ase that If i cher, to suppose that there e,
by could ho usa, INSTRUCTED large enou
~ to hold all the crea1.n 80 "n e ns. !. -
Deem placed in it, with sui. =.
les be for six or twelve months
10 nsh. corn for tbs four footed al. ~ -
no Tor the birds, and so on. Now we VII.
~ the dimensions OF the ark from the reco.
OF Moses, and calculate them Oil the loves
IN possible scale. There are two definition
or gwen TO cubit; one that Is egf1 cen inches
as or foot and a half. and the other is TIVE Mt,
he inches. We will only take it at the lowest
10 | moses states that the ark was 300 cubit.
long; this would make it $50 feet long. q,
70 anout the length of st. Paul's tathed:al
at London. The breadth he states to be 80 on.
, DTS; we have then rs feet i'm breadth. He
states 1t to have been 30 cubits high: so that
!, was 45 feet ini;ssh: In OF her words 1t was as
. long as st. Paul's Cathedral nearly as broad
aha half as high. The tonnage of the ark.
,a = the computation of modern
carpenters n,,st have pen en- $4,000 tons. The
largest English slip lot size unmanaganie
to those who have never seen ~ - o''0o WINS
burden; so that the AK must nave ecu
equal 10 20 first rate sti1 y "a W.. aAa
"ihed as such ships are, it w.
sa'neo beyond Is, 600 men. and pr s asaa,tsd
'aeih or Is months Button has 49,,
al iour footed animals NAV be req.
'h. :. anu lie birds to a still SMALL.
" A9o pau -. calculating. therefore, we shall
au,nue' ~ would have held more than
IN" .i'a' ~. ." -sary number of creatures.
hse sihee .'io = -. ,.s the required guam
and more than five tim, .,am fns,vs months
tity OF food to maintain T..
-. WV or1rr ESoucn.- We clip. the
following from a California lei tef 80. ~,
or, journal: A Dutchman and lns -.
travelled West and arrived at ~.
where they halted for few wee.As ana
Mor,,ons cot around the old Dutchmsh
900 vol him TO their ranks. After resurDih
one night to their canvas-covered wagon oeo'
flo GOOD Dutchman broke the matter 70 MS
better half. limiting to her that the Mornohs
fold him he had better ''stay, settle among
An, and take some more wives" "How
many wives YOU thinks yol vantsy asked
Katrina. The Dutchman thought "hle more
would make halt dozen already Wheie
upon tile old wife got her pawn bodalce' anu
SHINING from 1t what the Dutchman calico
rho ..nre.t-board, vch vas made OF Wisconsin
hickory vas very tough and she iaia Inc
hickory fierce and fast on the old man VINO,
shuffiug out of the wagon, fell IN oi1ch.
The old man got up, said his stomach was W;
yery cold. hut his back it vas warm. LIZ
| wife cried out .'how many wives you Inks
Won wants now ole fool? But the Dutcnm2h
felt and expressed that one was enough.
! A CLERGYMAN who enjoys the substantial
, benefits of fine farm. was slightly taken
r down while ago by the Irish plowman,
who was sitting at his pillow in tobacco
field resting his horses. The reverend gem
J, tleman being an economist, said: John,
e would it not be good plan for you to nave
# a stub-scvthe here and be cutting lew
r bushes along the fence while the horses are
), resting a short timer" John, with as serious
" countenance as the divine wore himself,
d said. .Woudn't it be well, sir, for you TO
e have tub of potatoes in the pulpit and
It when they are singing, to peel awhile 20 De
n ready for the pot2r The reverend gentleman
e laughed heartily and left.
| sesga5#l
A New YORK journal says that AZ the
of present time there are between 7.ooo anu
y. 900 children kidnapped IN Italy and held ~
), slavery in the large cities Of the Unlteo
#. states. New York being the great center
~ The children are brought here and sold daily
la At private auction. the prices va ying from
N 500 TO 500 Tor boys. and 500 to $500 fol
~ girls. Where the girls are exceptlona lil
er pretty the prices run higher Two little girl
le. who together play their violins IN wal
IL street. are said to have been bought by thei
IL nresent owner for ST. 800. Since the first Q
- April last 3l7 of these children have arrives
on at New York.
ses TIE Wheat ToTAL-According to tn
as. statistics furnished to the Milwaukee Cham
=" b.r OF Commerce, by the q. s. Commission
as ar of the Department of Agriculture, tn
eis amount Of wheat raised in the United State
aiu in the year 1872, lacked but one thoHsan
lad - '.o - 49, az r..r.oo,
bushels Oh TcACuIIlk lhC Cnoi iAAS'S 81 GO
'en 81 $50 millions of bushels. California raise
over one-tenth Of this amount. Next
me order come Illinois. Minnesota. Wisconsi
be and Iowa. none producing less than
, rs million bushels, the five combined producin
e. within s millions of 100 million bushels
- wheat in 1874 The total amount raised
ana the Union last year, was over ~ millions an
. = ouartar IN advance of 1871.
and - a ..-.-,;....,. :,
lite. An exchange a'l'ink ~ evin : .
nge Live Stock Journal says 80 Is eolted
Is, q man whose lead il Just chuck full Of u
| IS stock
hat ~ h,.,a.r. orc skinni,
not Toi1to uuSs a1u ~. ~.
the green things in ulinois,