Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-12-25
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Cobb. present Democratic Mayor Of
majority of $4,000
The specie shipments from New York
to Europe on the 18th instant amounted
to $738, ,OO0
A dispatch from the City of Mexico
dated December 18th, says that Congress
has dccrced the suppression of the Order
of the Sisters of Charity.
There is none of Gods creatures for
whom the Recording Angel reserves q
larger share of pity than the man condemn.
cd to wrestlc with the average boarding
house sirloin.
A good many persons who couldn't be
hired for love or money to saw four sticks
of wood twice in two will sit down and
write all day on the ..lamentahlc whole
sale destruction of American forests"
It must make man feel mean to pay
an old debt because he thinks he is going
to die and then have the doctor pull him
through all right.
It is not those who are constantly crying
Lord. Lord but those who FILL the meas
ure of duty" in good works, that are most
acceptable to the Ruler of the universe.
General Sherman says there need be no
dispute about his religious faith. for it
can be given in few words. Says he
Il believe that if people only act half as
we'll as they know how, God will
forgive the balance" If he don't, we will.
Busy not thysclf IN searching into 9TH
/, cl II fy, the errors of tlaine own ~se aAose
than thou canst answer for. 1t more con-
cerns thee to mend one fault in thyself
than to find out q thousand in others.
While ten men watch for chances, one
man makes chances; while ten men wait
for something to turn up, one man turns
something up; so, while ten fail, one suc>
ceeds and is called man of luck-the
fayorite &c fortune. There is no luck like
pluck, aad fortund mos. favors those who
are most Indifferent to fortune.
Two of the cannon used in the Revolu>
tionary war. at the old fort at Campridge.
Abbeville county, s. G., were sold for five
each, last week and were sent to Charles
ton. The cannon were about three feet
long, with bore large enough to shoot q
lemon, could easily be carried BY muscu-
lar man.
Jennie June says men ought to pay their
wives for doing their household work just
tho same as they would by any one else -
A terrible precedent to establish, and one
fraught with untold dangers. The wo.
men would come down on US for back pay,
aud the panic that would ensue would
paralyze business for ten years to come.
Some American ladies were recently
turned out of the church OF les lnvalides
| in Paris for whispering during the service.
They probably forgot what St. Paul said.
that woman must keep silent IN the
churches.
The late Elisha Robinson, who died last
month at Parker, Pa, bequeathed 81 ,OOO,-
600. to be divided between the different
members of his household in . certain
manner, and accompanied the legacies
with a proviso that if any one OF the
children should ''grumble" at this dispo-
sition of property, the portion of that one
should be distributed in equal shares
among the others. Not q ''grumble' has
heen heard.
It has been stated that Archbishop Nc
Closkey of New York and Bishop Domc>
nee, of Pittsburg, are to receive the
honor of cardinals hats from Rome. The
distinction conferred on the first named
prelate was anticipated by public opin-
ion. but considerable surprise was mani>
tested by the friends of Bishop Domenec
Pittbsurg, the bishop not being at home
on receipt of the report.
GRAssHoPPRR GEN1Us.-They say Of
the grasshoppers In Kansas, that they "ate
peaches from the trees, ana they threw the
stones at the people as they passed." In
Wisconsin they say 'sthey stopped train
one morning, seized the daily papers, and
there, learning that = section had been
missed by them, turned back and finished
the Job" Stopping train is no Joke.
They have frequently piled themselves 80
as to cause the driving wheels t. stick to
their broken bodies. The ladies have az
aversion to them, as they cannot walk out
without capturing from fifty to two hun
dred, and bringing them home. In church
you can safely assume that every lady has
q few score hidden IN the folds OF hel
robes. A sudden twitching Of the feat
ures clutching Of the fingers, or faint
scream, will indicate that one of these
captives has ''struck for liberty"
ANOTHER VIcrIN-To.day Mr.. Kerr,
4 miner, receatly from Montana. arrived
from Corinn, and put up at the Overland
House. He had not been in town an hour
when he was .sspotted" by . gambling
hell .scapper" or .whipper in, who enter
ed into conversation with him and enticed
him TO the plundering trap. in Matthiesor
Block. The proprietor of the place. 10
torious gambler, ,spretended to be connect
ed with Kentucky lottery, and by Gun
ningly devised line Of sOphistry. MI
Kerr, who was perfectly sober, almost I'M
|. awares to himself, had placed 44OO, oil b
had except 80, upon the table, when, af
J ter . little manmuvering, the proprietor