Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-12-04
A1TH1 B.dLDX,S .r0Tr~e
THAT COSTLY MOAN

LITTLE R.dLDY,5 voTrs'
THAI COSTLY NOSE
m haysecd is ranchine. Her.roho
rne other day he visited tho metr p p,sa!y
Eastern M6ntans. He came VIII op2:s o.
GMunta'ning twenty bushels sc nn.. maaot
80 s3ep was firm and elastic "a s; s
sounaed musical in the r1onn,. ."r =. rs voice
.1nserlIy Whispered to his near al ia = ne
| oet up there, you Brigham :" ana 'I pu9
nam gave his tail dirt and for auu Dig
swsyed against his mate. Tvs. : ~ ms'n ..s
moved on. Hayseed went into n ""u ' ne,
on arriving in the metronoIis ef".a. up
anu Coy told him he didn't want o ona
!aeoes. II an sorry" says Hays,ed y Z ~ -.
irrigate." Brigham md ill.,. sse a.. lets
slowly down to Maae,s, and after : 1 I;.,,a
sharp bargaining me Gran hec.n,a n e..e
worthy Teuton'a potatoes At 5f1 con, vu :
ousael- Hayseed was upon the no;n. .s e
leaving with his ten dollar when NJ, ~
!Moee was his dos) looked beseccl, :; Ia ni.s
mo MS face, - much as to saw. ..OlI T',y
AMI you going to trcati' Then ten cont.
Invested in cold liver became Mose,s fsas,
Ouf Granger friend went to see The -.
ana Nose still crouched at the banonet;n !.
BOARD. At last his reoast Was f,r;shai.
ne licked bis chops and without wa;.;n ,
20 call for toothpick .Iwent in quest Of his
master. After, placing his nose unon the he
boots and running 1t up to the knees nf
every one in the house, he became satisf; Oh
mat his master Wss mon est in ventna, 1tt :
Greek for not in.) He calmly SURVEYED
the situation, and taking it Ia at a planc.
and an extra slice of meat from the ta1lc
ne made hop skip and jump. and presto
coange, went through one of Mapei:s win
COW nghts, and Was at his masters feet
dcvourlng the delicious but unpaid for
extra. Haysced was waited upon: .sVel
GOT dog. he slump dro nit mein yinder
pane, und It stole some uder meat besides
py tau."-"WEo, the window pane 2n-
Men got! It was dem teller, dot Teller
dog!" How much IS it," asked Hav.eed
pulling out doller bill. .sVel. | shoost
charge you nit the glass and for sticking
him once more nit butty" swell how
much? vel. do glass, be cost Inn fife
dollar, und sticking him in is dot one dol.
lar more, und you say fife dollar. l takes
him und no get mad bout dot broken dog.
und not dot glass he DONE" Haysced
paid hlm five dollars, and with msurnful
and distracted look par;ook of Hot
Scotch, and in q detected manner passc, /
out into the street. While wa king in the
vicinity Of the Jail, his revolver feIl out Of
his belt and before he could restore il to
the scabbard it went off and Nose. poor
Nose, winged his fight to the Dogs spirit
land. Hayseed sat down with feelings Of
rcmorse on snow covered log, and IS he
looked over the contents of mis- pocket
book, his brain became wild and nothing
passed through it but potatoes at fifty
cents buhhel, a five dollar pane Of glass.
poor, kind, faithful Nose. and then he
wept-Hayseed wcpt because Nose didn't
pass In his checks six months sooner
LACK OF ENTERPRIzE.
Several of our leading houses have a
dead cat in front of their respective places
of business. This is conmendable. While
the good FORK Is going on, why cannot
the remainder Of B)zemaa's merchant
princes stow away in front Of their es;ab.
lishments defunct feline duadrupcd? If
they are poverty stricken in the cat busl~
ness. We have six to spare from our mid.
night orchestra.
POETRY CLASS
Miss Amarintha kept school. She run
% poetry. 1u addition to other studies
The formed class in poetry. 1t WIS usu>
u for her to give out word for her eu,~
0ry0 poets, and it WAS usual for them to
'aise their hands when they hi, upon
word that would rhyme with the starter.
Instead Of calling her pupils Jack. Bill
md Tom, she designated them by the
names Of Byron, Shelley, Tom Moore, &c.
)ne day she gave OUT the world Iimbuc>
Aniarintha requested him to proceed. lie
lid 50, as follows:
I'm Africa lies Tim5uctoo-
The people arc HACK and savage too"
Miss Amarintha was delighted, and |
n flowing language predicted 4 brilliant |
uture for Shelley. and was expatiating at |
,reat length on poetry; how it raised NOR
ais nearer the angels, sc, when Byron
'roke with miss Am1rintha, l think |
an see Shelley and 60 one better" .'PIo
eed," sa:d she, and he didin this manner:
IF was one of the missionaries
d try to be both good and true.
I preach from Maine to the Ca1arics,
rom Whoop>up up to 1imbuc:oo.
Amarintha was delighted. She was in
cstacies to think that here was one who
7ould make the world ring with his fame
Q pOet in after years, and she, she the
ne who brought to light and caused to
ourish this poetic germ. At this juncturc
tile pugnacOus Tim Flanagan, carrottv
eaded, pug noscd Tim, but known as
,onl Moore, arose and raising his little
lack palm eaid, ''Plaze nam, think
IN bate the l0ikcr Of that," and he turned
rose with this beautiful stAnza
Shure lin and l whit down TO Eint,
nd found the Dutch boys in tint,
nd divil 4 thing we had tn do,
o buckcd one and Tim buck'd-two;"
The poetry class dissolved and Tom
[0ore went home with fever in both cars
I'sE GOT LEGION.
Adam-not he who organized the first
range. and feasted on the apple crop,
ut Adam the colorcd genius who pre-
des over wood piles came last Sunday
ieht 10 saw wood for the Courier Office.
ur devil and Adam thus spake: Devil
Adam. why in-in-, why didn't you
,mc and saw wood for US sooncr?"
Boss, You see de fac is
re got 'ligion. Deyli-..What has that
Ot T. do with saving wood?" Adam
ole YOU it l saw wood on Sunday dc
hurch folks sees Adam, and 'tole you
les wa: until daylight done gone, and
81 comes and saws de wool, jes after
hrist 90 to sleep" And Adam sawed
n wool 10 the nIghs time.
WHY is it the women speak so often 81
&c man, ~ Shaw, and the men never
se his name.
DR.. Nathaniel NJ Miller died in Novem.
u. at Leaycnw0rth. Kansas. He was
= father of Major Robert Miller. lnsur.
nee Agent Of thu place. He was Assist,
Il Postmaster General during the admin.
trattons Of Presidents Tyler and Polk
or three years the Doctor and his ac>
,mplished wife presided ct the White
,ouse, President Tyler being his brother
l>lav and at that tims : widower. ".