Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1875-09-03
Miscellaneous.

Miscellaneous.
The quantity Of books in . library is
often q cloud of witnesses of the ignorance
of the owner.
The gardener who hung an old coat out
TO scare birds away. and afterward found
ia young brood in one of the pockets
writes asking for::another remedy.
When man sees cat moving unsus-
pec,ingly along, within sasy range, he
will invariably look around tor stone,
however good and noble he may be.
Spurheim was once lecturing on phre.
nology. "What Is to be conceived ~ the
organ of drunkenness" said the professor.
1.-The barrclorgan, suggested Bannister.
"sir," said an old Judge to a young law.
yer, you would Go we'll to pluck some Of
the feathers from the wings of your imag.
nations and stick them in the tail of your
judgment"
Phiggs says his wife's nameis Flora and
that's the reason why when he gets within
about block of his house at O'Clock in
the morning he begins to feel like night.
blooming serious.
A nice home for lady guest would be
u residence with Georgetown (Pa) FAM
lily, which consists of father, mother and
six children, all of whom have been deaf
and dumb from birth.
Empty is the life of an old maid. Never
has she felt the maternal rapture of tucA-
ing away two curly headed cherubs, and
hear one say, "hands of, Jim, or III butt
you where you live"
When ten yearold young man comes
home at night with four CORY toes, q
scratched face, bleeding nose, and seven
tons of mud on his trowsers, you may
know that mumble-te-peg is in the ascend
ant.
A resident of Pottsville, Pa, has coir
which is pronounced to be q Hebrew
shekel. An attempt has been raae to prove
that it was given old Bill Allen in change
at Jerusalem 354 years B. e.
There 10 Jersey farmer who ought to
get rich. Whenever he sees neighbor's
boy squirminx down the road with his
hands clasped across his stomach, he al
ways goes out into his watermelon patch
and counts the melons.-IBrooklyn Argus.
A woman will reach up and pull at .
window sash for few seconds quite good
naturedly, but when 1t doesn't come down.
and she turns around and sees her hus-
band looking comfortably on, she mental.
ly asks herself, "Is civilization failure!"
and wades for him.
The clearest window that ever was
fashioned, If it is barred by spiders webs,
and hung over by carcases of insects, 30
that the sunlight has forgotten to find its
way through, of what use can it be: Now
the Church is Gods window; and if It is
20 obscured by errors that its light is
darkness, how great is that darkness.
On dit, one of the changes that will be
most in vogue next season. and found
moreover very effective, will appear in
stripes of divers widths united in one COS.
tune. Very wide stripes will be used for
the skirt. medium for the 0verdress, mar
row for the waist. and very narrow for
revers and trimmings.
Whoever has had occasion TO find out
what high prices are charged by dentists
in Paris will appreciate this story: A lady
went to one of the fraternity to have
tooth extracted. He did the work in
moment, and she gave him ten francs.
lie looked at it in disgust. us this for my
,ervant?" he said. mo. sir" she answer
% !, it is for both of you!"
There is on exhibition in Danville, ILL.,.
"a piece of large petriied snake which
was found in the western coal mines. In
this vicinity, fifty feet below the surface
If the ground, embedded in the black
,late formation which covers the coal beds.
The piece is about foot in length. and
some six inches in circumference. The
ridges in the back bone are perfectly dis
inct, as are also the pores in the skin.
"They met, twas in . crowd" He
thought she would shun him, but she
lidn't-nary a time. She walked straight
up to him. and, after affectionately taking
his left ear between her jewelled fingers,
he remarked: ''Charles Augustus, get
thee hence; fly to yon cottage on the
banks of Spooner river, and. when there.
take good care of your offspring, for I'm
going to sec the cirsas OUT
When q Cass avenue husband went
home the other night and handed his wife
gold locket, she reached her arms
around him and exclaimed: "Oh! you
dear old pippin! there was never another
man like your Next day he went home
and found her getting ready to 60 on IN
excursion, and he put his foot down and
told her to remain at home. She threw
her bonnet on the floor, kicked over .
chair, and remarked: ''Mo:her always
said I'd marry the meanest man in Michi.
gam
THE Esquimaux have On ingenious way
of killing bears. They sharpen the ends
of piece of whaleboDe, . to0t or more
long, then bend it double and wrapit
closely in fat meat, which Is exposed to
the air until il freezes. These treacherOus
pellets are thrown to the bear, who bolts
them whole. They thaw in their stomach.
the bent whaleoone straightens and the
sharp points pierce his vitals whenever he
attempts to move.
A Parisian druggist prcscribcs a. an
infallible means OF extinguishing inflam.