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Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-11-13
THE AVANT COURIER.

After very pcrplexing interruption, We
are enabled to present the COURIER to our
friends, and on basis not liable to be sum-
marily stopped as was done in September,
and which came upon US without warning or
preparation.
The course of the paper will be as hereto.
fore, which has been at all times directed to
the advancement of the material interests of
Eastern Montana, and development of all its
resources During the past year we have
earnestly advocated the opening up Of eom>
municatiOn with the East by connections
with Bismarck and Cheyenne. Our efforts
were continuous and earnest, and We haye
been gratiticd, as the result of our labors,
that the Government has at last acknowl>
edged its importance and intends to render
substantial aid in that direction. The mill.
tary authorities are, also, convinced of the
advantages of such connection, and the open,
ing up of route east Of Bozeman has re,
ceived the en- dorsemeut of Gen. Sheridan.
Regarding these connections as Of para
mount importance to the growth and ADJ
vancement of Bozeman and Gallatin county
in particular, and the whole of Montana Ter
ritory, the columns Of the Courier" will be
largely devoted to this great object.
Weare fully identified, by long residence
aud much hard labor in Montana, with its
prosperity. Others, like ourselves, have
toiled patiently in this Territory with the
conviction that bright and prosperous day
awaited ue, when our abundant resources
should te developed. Population and capital
are what has been needed to accomplish de-
sired results. Increase the facilities tor
reaching Montana, and these will naturally
follow. Every effort shall be made through
avenues to Montana.
The importance Of an eastern connection
caunot be too strongly impressed upon the
minds of our people for our prosperity in
the future largely depends on it. Every re-
fecting citizen must see that under the pres
ent disadvantages in getting into and out Of
Montana that we are not advancing, and that
facilities in connections must be improved, if
We desire growth in population and wealth,
and the improvement of our own individual
conditions. Therefore, every influence
should be brought to bear to open up the
country EAST of US. The attention of the
Government should be constantly directed to
this grand object, fraught with so many ad.
vantages to the people of Montana, and every
citizen who can exert any influence in that
direction, should WELD it.
We are satisfied from reliable sources that
next season will see something commenced
to clear the way for the connections we SO
urgently require ard need. We shall neglect
no opportunity to urge upon the Government
and others the importance, the necessity and
economy of opening up the proposed route
to the East, regarding it Of vital importance
to every interest and every class in Montana.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-11-13

A YOUNG man charged with being lazy was
asked if he took it from his father, IL think
not" was the reply. FATHERS got all the
laziuess ne ever had"
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-11-13

THE agricultural returns at Washington for
October denote that the aggregate wheat crop
of the current year is fully equal to or greater
than last years crop. The largest increase
was in the Pacific States, and the greatest
decrease in the districts of country ravageo
BY that nimbIe harvest>hand, the grasshopper,
But it is surely cause for self-gratulatiop,
that the promise for enough to eat the coming
winter is 50 ample. Now let us have
proclamation of thanks under tho great sal
Of the nation, that the clergy of each locality
NAV draw cuts for the honor Of dong the
spread>eagle of the day, rich people MAKE
elutlons Of themselves on roast turkey per
bead, and poor people have day for weeplng
hecause they can't. r. ;ss - 3aAe
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-11-13

HERE Is the last achievement OK tho rMla
delphis obituary man:
Dear Johnnys gone; he could not stay;
On heavenly meads he browsea,
And now We sadly put away
His little checkeyed trowsers.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-11-13

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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-07
Leech Ponds i'm Holland.

Among the most singular sources of
industrial production in the world, are
the leech ponds of Holland. Most of
these are owned by regularly organi-
zed company. The marshes of the
land, (which, if moored to its Shore"
are admirably adapted to the unlimited
cultivation of the leech, and the trade in
them is larger than imagined. A good
fat leech, Of powerful suction, is not a
thing to be condemned. BrockkIein is
the town most interested in this strange
trade, and owns stock in the company
mentioned above to the amount of one
million forms, and an immense reser-
volr has been constructed in which to
breed millions of voracious leeches, fine
brown-black fellows, warranted to hold
ON like Aquatic bulldogs. The leech
deposits it's eggs from May to Septem-
Der III the mud of shallow waters; from
whence they are taken and transferred
to artificial ponds, constructed expressly
to hatch them. What will make the
experiment profitable one is the fact
that the demand for leeches has of late
years exceeded the supply. The marshes
and streams Of Central and Southern
Europe are nearly exhausted. The
Dutch leech is superior to the Swedish,
which is now most generally used. The
American species used here comes
principally, we believe, from Pennsyl-
vania, where many hundred thousands
are caught annually.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-07
Danger from Bee Stings.

The sting of a bee prevents, more
than any other thing, the advance of
bee-culture. Old bee-keepers laugh at
this, but it is no light matter. Death
often results from bee-sting. I was
assisting friend to hive swarm, once,
in July. It was a very hot day. We
got them hived but just as we were
leaving q bee stung my friend on the
temple. [ pulled out the sting and we
went on into the house. In five min
utes, the effects of the sting were fear
full. He broke out In little pimples all
over the body, and said he felt as though
a million needles were running into
him. We were alarmed and sent for a
doctor. The doctor came and succeed
ed in overcoming the poison, but it was
some time before he felt like himself
again. We attributed this curious effect
to the state of his health, and the heat
he was in at the same Unconstitutional
Bee Journal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-07
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
The Potato.

The Journal of Chemistry, in discuss
ing the deterioration Of the potato, sug-
gests that, if some person of the requi-
site skill and knowledge were to pro-
ceed to South America-the home of
the potato-and, seeking the healthiest
locality of the plant, and the most Wig
orous specimens to be found in wild
state, bring them by good cultivation
to proper degree of perfection in their
native habitat, he might be able to
transplant to our climate seedlings Of
original health and vigor of constitu-
ton. The species which now exist
among us have suffered SO many changes
of condition durin2 the years they have
been under cultivation, they have lost
their vitality, and are hopelessly debili-
tated and diseased. The only hope of
recovering the crop seems to be by
importing fresh stock direct from
their native wilds.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-07
Damage Done by Alkali Works on the
Mersey.

The alkai works in England, which
are distributed along the banks of the
Mersey and the Tyne, do serious dam
age to the vegetation, destroying the
trees and crops in the neighboring
country and rendering it almost unin-
habitable. The value of land for Guilt
walton is thus reduced, and it is thought
that the cattle are injured by the deposit
of poisonous acid on their food. The
various manufacturers causing these
nuisances are those of soda, evolving
muratic acid gas; of sulrphuric acid,
evolving nitrous acid; of ammonia salts,
evolving sulphuretted hydrogen, and
the process OF smelling copper, evolving
large quantities of sulphurous acid. A
bill providing for the condensation of
these harmful gases under the supervis-
ION OF government inspector, was
read asecond time in the House of Lords
IN the last session, and it viii probably
become law before long.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-07
them her father separated from his first

them her father separated from his first
wife, and was again married, on which
his mother, taking sides against him,
pronounced with dreadful emphasis
this curse upon her sons children
" Ills daughters shall die in sorrow, if
not shame, before they are 90, and the
sons shall be cut off in infancy" She
said that for some time Lauraina had
constantly dwelt upon the subject of
the curse, and the more SO, recently, as
she was nearing the age of 90, and she
had done and said things which had
caused her to think her daughther
meditated suicide And her room
mate testified that only week before
she had spoken of it to her, and alluded
to the fact that she was over 10 years of
age, and if the curse was fulfilled, she
had but short time longer to live.
The fact that some of her brothers died
In infancy tended to strengthen the
superstition SO that insanity and death
were the consequence.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-07
POlitqness Extraordinary.

When the "Te Deum " for the victory
was celebrated, Theirs and Mcmahon
both attended the solemn ceremony in
the church at Versailles. Two arm
chairs had been plared near the high
alter, one for Madame, the wife of the
Marshal, the other for Nine Theirs, wife
OF the President Of the Republic Nine.
McMahon, born Duchess of Castree,
understood her position, and knowing
that the right was the place of honor,
modestly seated herself on the left.
While the Duches was still kneeling,
Nine. Theirs arrived. "Dear Madame,
your chair is on the other side !"
you are too good, Madame Really
L cannot consent.
Take it, beg p
"Since you desire it ; but really YOU
embarrass me p And Nine. McMahon
rose from her knees and betOok herself
to the right and continued her prayers,
while Nine. President Theirs knelt os-
tentatously at the left. The ceremony
over, Nine Mcmahon expressed her
acknowledgements for the courtesy of
Nine. Theirs
"You have nothing to thank me for, -
the latter replied. "You did not know,
of course, when I came in you were oc-
cupying my place !"
"?our place! On the left, Nine.
President. ?"
Certainly, Nine. Marshal. The
Queens of France always placed them
selves at the left of the alter. It was
the only place, indeed, where the
Queen did not seat herself on the right
it is SO in order that the Queen might
be first under the hand of the bishop
as he turns to give the benediction."
The gratitude of Nine Mcmahon,
born Castree, for this lesson in royal
etiquette which the daughter of M.
Dosne had condesdended to give her,
may be imagined.-Ihe Gazary.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-07
A Darkened Life.
From the Boston TRANSCRIPT

In Nashua, N. H., resides young
girl whose pitiful lot excites the deep
est sympathy, yet for whom sympathy
can do but little in alienation of the
sad misfortune which has darkened her
life. When child she was terribly
scalded about the head and face, and,
although she survived her injuries, she
was thenceforth disfgured for life, and
the rosy face of childhood was changed
to mask-a travesty on the human
countenance-absolutely frightful in it's
hideousness. In Lowell, Mass, where
she once lived, SO great was the horror
excited by her appearance that she was
forbidden by the authorities to show
herself on the streets. At Nashua she
ventured out the other day, and several
ladies tainted at sight or her, and
call is now made upon the authorities of
that place to forbid her appearance on
the streets. What mournful fate is
hers to live through the terrible phys
ical suffering only to endure hencefor-
ward keener mental anguish in the
kowledge that she is thing of horror,
to be abhorred and stunned by human
kind, with no hope in the future except
the grave, which shall hide her deformi-
ties from the gaze of her fellow-being
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-07
An Interesting Relic.

| Our late fellow-citizen, Mr.. Alexan
der Duncan, has lately caused to be
made for the Massachusetts Historical
Society copy of q very remarkable
portrait OF Washington, now in the nos-
session of Lord Albemarle, in England.
The portrait was painted in this country
as is supposed, in 1779, and was de-
signed as present for the Stakeholder
OF Holland. It was entrusted to Henry
Laurens, who, in the latter part of that
year, sailed for the Hague, as the Min
lister OF the United States to the Stadt-
holders court, and when Laurens was
captured by Captain Keppel, of the
BRUSH Navy, and sent to the Tower of
London, the picture became the prop
erty OF the captor. Captain Keppel
presented it to his uncle, Admiral Lord
keppel, from whom it descended to the
present Earl of Albemarle. The picture
has long been known to exist. and great
interest has been felt concerning it. on
account Of it's history and of the period
Of Washington's life at which it was
painted, and also on account of the
broad blue ribbon which he wore over
his breast, and which gave rise in Eng
land to the belief that he had been
made Marshal of France;
The name of the artist is not known,
and the merit Of the execution is not
high, but the picture, such as it is, will
complete the list of the portraits of our
great countrymen which are known to
exist. 1t will also possess extraordina-
ry interest on account Of the destina-
tlon for which it was designed, its his
tor1c association with the capture of
Laurens while sailing in neutral ship,
as an ambassador of the United States,
and also of it's singular fortune during
the long period which has since elapsed.
At the foot of the picture are emblems
and categorical illustrations designed, it
is supposed, to disparage the valor of
England. The broad blue ribbon
across the breast of Washington was
the designation of the Commander-in-
Chief, fixed, not by any act of Congress,
but simply by a military order issued
as early as It's, when he first took
command of the army in the environs
OF Boston.-Provadeaace Journal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-07
A Monster i'm the Mountains.

Our readers will remember that about
two years since wild man was seen on
the WEIGH Mountains, near Morgan
town, In this county, and created quite
an excitement at the time A CORE
spondent from Bethel township sends us
the following description of one of the
most hldeous monsters in human shape
ever seen in that section. It is written
by reliable gentlemen, and the story
seems to have the foundation of truth
On a recent Sunday while three
young men were out on the Blue Noun
talns, near Swatara Gap, they met an
old gentleman named Jos. Feshter, who
resides in small hut near the noun
talns. He informed the party that
about an hour before monster nearly
seven feet high, and weighing over two
hundred and fifty pounds, came within
twenty yards of his cabin, and gave an
unearthl y yell, when Feshter looked
out and saw the creature on all fours in
the middle Of the road, making all
kinds Of gestures. His hair on his
head was very long, and his face cover
ed with hair. His hands and feet were
to all appearances double the size of Or
binary hands and feet, and altogether
he presented horrible appearance.
Feshter asked him what he wanted, and
received merely grunt for an answer.
He says that he heard a noise on
Saturday evening, about midnight, in
the rear of his hut, but paid but little
attention to it. In the morning when
he got up he found that two pigs, about
ten weeks old, had been taken away,
and also three lambs. He could not
imagine what became of them, Is he
had no neighbors within three miles.
The monster, after sitting in the
road few minutes, gave another yell
and maniac laugh and leaped some
ten feet on his hands and feet near to
him, when Festher became uneasy and
ran down the road. He returned and
found that two more of his lambs were
gone, and the stove in his cabin over
turned, and the fire burning the floor.
He put the fire out and locked the cabin,
and then started for his nearest neigh
Dor for assistance, when he met the
three men, one of whom was your COR
respondent. We all went to house two
miles distant and procured two guns and
other weapons. We searched the noun
tains until five o'clock in the afternoon.
When we were about to return to the
cabin, and when within mile of it. and
passing through a deep ravine, we
heard some noise upon the bank, and in
looking up discovered the monster grin
ming like a wild beast, and before we
had time to take a second thought he
gave one yell and jump, and when we
reached the top of the bank, nothing
could be seen of him. A party of some
twelve are going out on Tuesday, and
will remain until the brute is captured.
Eagle, 18Th uh.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-07
Drops of "Punch.o

ALu,aar Obseruatio,-Old sailor Ito
parties looking through his glasses -
"Distance O the mewn from the earth,
twenty-four millions O. miles |" Coun-
try excursional standing by)-"Lunks
wh'heaw ever cal thee tell that, sir %
Old sailor" How can we tell? Bless
your life, cause we've measured it to a
hinch, sir!
Old friends aUith o. Neav Nunne-(I isle
of Wight.) Nearsighted tourist 'What
lot Of Bluebottles! Never heard such
buzzing in my ife!" Waiter Gin
dignantly)-" Bluebottles, sir! There
amt such thing as bluebottle to be
found in the 'ole island" Nearsighted
Tourist Then what on earth are all
these?" Waiter (whose face is horri-
bly, swollen, by the by)-"' Mqsketers,,''
sir, gents calls 'em. We used to call
'em .gnats.'"
"Bus-Measure, BUS Driver: "Ney-
er see the comet? Why, wherever
could you a. (notices shortness of
" Gentleman's" hair, etc. land hesitates),
Howsomever- Passenger (reliev-
ing his embarrassmenD: Where
abouts was it?" Driver "Well, I'll
tell yer. It was about the length O.
this yere bus from the forradest leader
in the great bear!'
a la Mode.-A farmer, in full Sun
day go-to meeting costume was observ-
ed walking behind one of his own cart
loads of hay. Being asked why he got
himself up to such an extent, he point
ed to the cart, and replied: ''My. da' alter
tells me I hain't in fashion unless fol-
low the moved 70 here be follow
in the finest moved as you'd see in
~ >oo 3oro 40
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-07
Snipe on T0ast-"Sixty Cents.v

a soJourner In a large city, who is al
the mercy OF restaurants where YOU are
treated with a big bill of fare, and very
little food on your plate, thus hits Il
on:
SDipe on toast would be almost too
hearty food to feed people on who had
been floating on a raft three weeks,
feeding on old boot-legs.
Says [ to the waiter, "Give me snipe
on toast"
By-and-by he comes in and put down
some toast, and kept on reading about
what donkey Grant was, and what a
ridiculous set every one is who is run
ming for office; and [ sat there for an
hour. Then [ rang the gong. The
waiter entered, and says I, "Where in
thunder is my meat p
Says he, "They've been on the table
more than an hour"
Says [, 81 didn't order plain toast; I
want snipe on it."
Says he, "There is snipe on it."
Then [ drew close up to the table,
and L saw little black speck on the
toast
Says ], "You swear that's a snipe?'
Says he, eyes"
Says ], "You'd make a good linen
buyer, you would
Says he, cts snipe on toast, any
how"
Says ], GLOW did it get on %
Says he, "That snipe is all right. It's
a full-sized one, too.''
Says ], &C I'm glad you told me that's
a full-sized snipe; for do you know,
young man, when I sat out tn ere reading
L saw q black speck on the toast, but
took it for fly, and I'm glad to be in
formed it's snipe-a full-sized snipe.
Now you can take that snipe away and
bring me turkey on toast. I want a
full-sized turkey too"
[ hain't hankering after that snipe
since that episode. I could have blown
that snipe through putty-bIower with
out hurting the snipe, or the putty
blower either. Snipe on toast may be
game, but it's mean game.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-07
Windsor Castle.

A writer On Windsor Castle, in the
Chicago InterOcean, says '"The Cas-
tie is situated on the summit of hill,
one hundred feet above the Thames, and
forms conspicuous feature in the land
scape for many miles around. It is an
immense structure, covering seventeen
acres of ground, and is said to be the
largest castle ever built In Europe. It
contains seventeen magnificent state
apartments, seventy-nine bed rooms, six
ty-fve sitting rooms, and forty weight
miscellaneous rooms, including kitchen,
pantry, confectionery, and store-rooms
In addition to these there are apartments
for the accommodation of two hundred
and forty servants. Having been COM
menced by William the Conqueror in
1866, with additions built by every sue
ceeding monarch down to the time of
George w., there was strange inter
mixture in many parts of the castle of
the earliest and latest styles of Gothic
architecture, and excepting for the beau
ty OF its situation-which can scarcely be
surpassed-Windsor possesses too much
the appearance of an ancient fortress to
make it very attractive as place of resi-
dence. Yet there is sort of mysterious
grandeur about the cold, stately pile,
which seems to impress all those who
approach it. When the Queen is not re-
siding there, visitors are admitted to the
court yard, state apartments, st. George
Chapel and cloisters, the terraces and
Round Tower, or keep Those who
are fortunate enough to have friends at
court can see much of the castle other
wise inaccessible to the common herd. ,"