The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1873-10-11
Che Aew @orth.atest.
Saturday, October IL, 1873,
0bSERvATI0NS.
~ MAX ADEI.ER
Prom the Saturday Evening Post.

N MAN ADELEH
Prom the Saturday Evening Post.
A friend Of ours who was stopping q. An
interior town Il few days ago, went with \
companion into q small tavern near to the
railroad station. Sitting behind tho lar l"
rocking chair was The landlady, 5cading =
book, aud crying oycrit. When acustomcr
would come ~ she would turn the yolum"
down on the table, wipe her eyes, and dis
pcnsc the liquid pois,n, and perhaH abuse
evme one Of the drinkers for no. paying his
score. Then she would return to tic book.
and open the fountain OF her tears afresi'.
Presently . gentleman wi'h . vermilion nose
and ta,,cred garments came in, and after
obtaining . sip Of gin attempted to walk out
withou, paying for it. Then tia, land!ady
slammed her book down On the counter.
climbed over the bar. and engaged in single
comba, with the party of the glowing nose,
She came of the conqucror. but while the
conflict ragged, oar man walked over and
took look at the lille Of the book. II va
Mr.. Arthur affecting story. Ten Nights
in Bar roolp." This II n fnc'.
When brecch loading rifles were Alst IN
,ycduccd among tho Kickapoo Indians. To"
principle upon which the weapons arc con
S,rucied was no: exactly understood. jump
Ing Bear 20. hold Of one, the barrel OF
which opened at the rcar with Q spring and
was attached to the stock With hinge. The
chict got il open and put the cartridge in.
and then hr wns deeply perplcxcd how t"
get the barrel back in its place again. After
making sandry futile efforts, he abandoned
the nitcmp. md carried the gun around
with the stock hanging loose. lie thought
he would use il rs a club. nj any rate. even
II !, wouldn't shoot. One Cay, soon after
ward, he became engaged IN discussion
with an Arvnlai,oc Indian probably upo"
Ces,rism. or hired girls, or the price OF
mutton, Or something Of the sort, and h.
attempted u convince the other gentleman
OF the unsoundncss of his views by whang
ing him over the head with the delnora!izc'!
gun. Az the butt struck the LOb!e savage II
shut Oh the end Of the barrel with . slam.
exploded the. cartridge, and in less than II
minute that cxsspcratcd leader Of the Kick
1920 section Ut tie North American lndia,
race WAS browsing around In the happ.
hunting grounds in = condition Of un:cgn'
cd establishment. Ills bereaved family neg.
Iectcd to lou up that sacred relic Of thei'
dcpr ted head until they he'd taken . few
lessons. but now, when On Arrapa,oe In
dian presents herc.icsI opinions concerning
mutton and such things, they pcrfsrsse him
properly.
A Georgia bride Is described 4" one Of TIT
local papers - " booking . very lily cradles
In the golden glimmer IT so'ne evening lax.
IA foam iicck. snowy, yet sun flushed
crowning the rippIings Of some soft south
crn Sea-" She was really nothing but red
headed girl with cOrns and . phenomena
Epndness for her meals, and attircd In
bombazinc dress. The reporter was invited
to the wedding aud 1t Is supposed that b
became intoxicated by injddiciOus indu'
gcncc IN cake. lie was, however, more for
tunaic 10 his treatment Of the subjec. thar
tho r. aiding reporter who wss also invited
to wedding. This cnterprising jSurnnlis
came home aud while writing description
Of the affair, said that I" the bride made ev
cry one hapry with her shining face" Blu
tho compositor got the remark into print II
this shape: "TNc bride made every ON
hufry with her skinny 'atc." Since the
time the rotations Of the bride have betrayed
considerable anxiety TO meet with the
reporter. They want 10 see him sbou
something. But lie appears TO wish I
avoid publicity, and SO he writes hts item
NOW Q, the bottom Of Golfer dan, in til
middle Of the river. @ "
A correspondent, who processes to kno'
the American Consul ut Shanghac. says III
rlory published by us last week 70 the effee
that the merchants Of that city have pre-
scented tho consul with an umbrella Is a
absurdity He krows II is not true. Tbi
make no difference 10 ". II the Post Soy
the consul Lad Nh umbrella given to him,
Is So The consul may mol be aware Of III
fact ~ mnv take the most vi0le:.t hind a
Oaths that nc such ceremony occurred, bu
be 10 only 10 bc piled. When the I'o
asserts, for instance, that particular man.
esy George Francis Train-is dead, thu
man 10 all in,eut4 and purposcs Is . corps.
no matter what ne may think OF Il u
may still cat and sleep and move about, b.
he II nothing but mere inanimaic remain
lie 10 mistaken, nnd II he had the opnt
dcncc in tho psi ers which every America
q lao 0usht 10 have. he would csndMil
admit that he Is simply u csGaver, On
ou.h, 10 he promptly buried. This seen
ucccs, sry, II the publir pr . 10 10 comn'"u
respect. II every peseou wbomhwe pr
nouncc dcfuuc, IL tu be permitted 10 wa
around ., large. Insisting most shsu'dly tn
hc 70 alive In spite Of the pspers, journals
can NO longer command popular respse
When We have our way there will he Sta
undertaken, whose business II win he
hustle into the silent tomb every ma
whom the .uewsrspers decide 10 be dead.
THEY SAW SNAKES.