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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-03-18
A Favored Prisoner.

'sShe's sorry, SIR remarked Bijah, as he
handed out Katie Worden, a black-eyed girl
with scar on her nose.
Eyes, am." she added, as she pushed a
tear from under her eyelid.
Il suppose so,' mused His Honor. ''The
officer says you were 50 intoxicated that you
didn't know wood pile from harness
shop, and that you created good deal of
trouble
TRY me-give me one more chance" she
pleaded.
'.Couldn't do it, he replied. ''You've been
here twenty times within year, and it is
time YOU understood that law can be clothed
in the fleece of lamb or the skin of a tiger.
You've come here once too often, and l shall
make it sixty days
80! Heav-oh! shall faint-oh-!"
''Be placid, Miss Worden," he remarked.
IF you should fall down in u faint Bijah
would have to cut your corset-strings, and
throw water on you, and fan you with the
dust-pan, and your present neat and tidy ap-
pearance would be destroyed
''But my heart beats so,' she walled.
eyes. Well, you may sit down on the
>half-bushel measure in the corridor and smell
of the carbolic-acid jug. It's favor we
don't grant to every one, but / want you to
understand that it is stern sense of justice,
and not personal malice, which influences
me.-Detrvit Free Press.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-03-18
Helena, Montana, Thursday, March IS, 1875.
Deer Lodge County Railroad Mass Meet.
ing.

Ing.
Among the proceedings of the people OF
Deer Lodge county on the 9Th inst, in mass
meeting assembled, was the adoption of the
following preamble and resolutions:
WHEREAS, 1t appears to US that very soon
Montana Territory will be called upon to take
some action in relation to the construction OF
a railroad to afford its residents and citizens
more ample and speedy means of communi-
cation with the rest of our country, wit the
object to facilitate the development of our re-
sources and to accommodate our commerce;
and
WHEEEAs, In the condition in which we
find our Territory, we believe some action on
this subject is advisable, and that such action
should be intelligent and carefully consider
ed; therefore,
Resolred, 1st. That this meeting confnc it.
self to the consideration of railroad of three
feet guGge, to be in all respects equal to the
Denver and Rio Grande narrow gauge rail-
road in Colorado Territory.
I'd. That the Montana terminus of the con-
templated railroad shall be established at some
point the most accessible by natural routes to
all parts of the Territory, and this point we
believe to be at. or near, the mouth of Black
tail Deer creek, Beaverhead county.
Sd. That public subscription be raised to
defray the cost of q preliminary survey, to-
gether with estimate Of the cost of grading
and tieing narrow-gauge railroad from some
point on the U. P. X. r., or c. P. R. r., or
U. n. r. r., to, or near the mouth OF Black
Tail Deer creek, in Beaverhead valley, and
that the contemplated Territorial convention
be requested to arrange for the collections for
this purpose in the several counties, of such
sum as it may deem sufficient therefor.
Res0lved, That we request of our delegates
to the Territorial Convention an adherence
to the line of policy indicated in these reso]u-
tions, and likewise the advocacy only of such
policy as will not involve the country in op-
pressive Indebtedness.
Resotued, That it is the opinion of this meet
ing that any bill that may be passed by the
Legislature of Montana providing for the con-
struction of any railroad shall be submitted to
the people of the Territory for ratification
before it shall become law
The following gentlemen were elected del
egates and alternates to the Territorial Rail-
road Convention: Granville Stuart, w. A.
Clark Col. W. l.. Irwin, VIM. H. Clagett :;
Otis Strickland, Chas. e. Birdseye +; Isaac
Dean, Chris Wiebold John Noyes, Nelson
Wolverton A. G. Wilhelm, N. McNish ; ].
Abascal, P. Woodlock Chas. Cooper, T. G.
Stark Frank Evans, Morgan Evans; J. NJ.
Merrill, J. K. Pardee.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-03-18
A Hard Bed to Fill.

The junior editor of the Gallatin - is
noted for his modesty. When schoolboys he
and the writer's were inseparaole companions,
probably because we both stood in such holy
awe of ''the gals" A pair of mischievous
black eyes would stampede US quicker than a
''big dog" One day Bob" was sent to
neighbor Shaw's to inquire about some straw
for filling beds, and of course the writer went
with him. Mr.. Shaw was the father of six
hateful girls that would rather laugh at fel-
low than not, and when we arrived they were
all seated at dinner I lodged behind the
corner, while Bob" edged carefully in at
the door, and, with scared look, stammer-
ed:
''Mr. Straw, can you let me have enough
Shaw to fill my bed?"
swell, Bob," said the old gentleman, glanc-
ing round the circle of astonished faces, 81
suppose so. There are six, besides the old
woman; but I'd rather you'd leave her, if the
girls will be enough. Take them all, and
God bless you."
Perfect shrieks of laughter went up from
those mean things and Bob took to his heels,
followed BY the writer and cries from the old
man to come back and he'd 'throw in the
old woman, too!"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-03-18
Asked God to HelD Her.

The Danvile (Ky.) Aduocate says: An
interesting little daughter of Professor c., of
this city, last summer, in eating watermelon,
got one of the seed lodged in her windpipe.
The effort was made to dis4odge it, but proy-
ed Intellectual, and it was thought that the
child would have to he taken to one of the
large cities to have all operation performed
by skillful surgeon. To this she was de-
cidedly opposed, and pleaded with her mamma
to tell her if there was no other way of relief.
Finally, in order to quiet her childish fears,
her Christian mother told her to ask God to
help her. The little one went into an ad-
joining room, and shortly thereafter came
running to her mamma with the seed in her
hand, and her beautiful and intelligent face
lighted UP with JOY In response to the eager
induiry of the mother, the little one said she
had asked God to help her, and while she
was praying she was taken with a severe
cough, in which she threw up the Seed"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-03-18

He is a solemn looking boy about ten years
of age, and lie wears a long face as he drops
into the Coroner's Office and remarks:
''Shockine murder, wasn't t?'' .
"What! What's that!' exclaims the Coro-
ner, springing up.
''Chopped her head clean off, continues
the boy, carelessly.
.'Where- re-when-what street,"
''And she was perfect LADY," adds the
boy.
''Come on-half dollar-other Coroner
get hack!'' calls the Coroner, getting into
his Overcoat
Il was speaking of Marie Antoinette, Queen
of France in 1793-regular put up job" de-
murely replies the lad. If you want to read
the particulars of the case I'll fetch over the
book"
The Coroner sits down and contemplates
the steaming end of the stick of cordwood
protruding from the stove, and the clock on
the desk goes shead with its labor of ticking
time into eternity.-Detr0it Free Press. ,',..
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-03-18
COurtin& In Colorado.

A case was on trial at Pueblo, Colorado !;
two of the witnesses gave testimony in such a
manner as to cast severe reflections upon each
others veracity. After they had given their
evidence they adjourned outside, and, after a
lively dispute, concluded that the best way to
establish their claims to truth would be to
fight the matter out in good, old-fashioned,
rough-and-tumble style. So at it they went,
and just as H. G. Thatcher was addressing
the jury somebody yelled ''fght!" and out
ran the Constable and jurors, despite the re-
monstrances of the Court and attOrney-the
latter having Just arrived from the States, be-
ing decidedly astonished at the abrubt depart
ure of those ''peers, upon whom he had been
lavishing the flowers OF rhetoric. The scene
outside the Courthouse was curious one.
One of the pugilists-the one on top-was a
friend of Constable Joe Cox, and that worthy
would call out: IL command the peace!"
and then STOPPING down, he would say to his
friend, in low tone: ''Give him h-ll!"
This state of affairs continued for some time,
until finally Joe's friend was turned by his
antagonist, and then it occurred to Joseph
that he ought to put an end to this outrageous
violation of the dignity of the Court and the
peace and quiet of the community. Accord
ingly, he called upon George Chapman. who
was standing by, to part the combatants,
which George proceeded to do, though sew
eral of the jury were so disguised at the ab-
rupt termination of the fun that they pulled
off their coats and threatened to thrash him
for his efforts in discharging his duty as
either. n.-Ente1pT5se. ..
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-03-18
Che Belle Of Sandusky's Shoe.

The Bloomington Pantagraph says: Mr..
Damon, a gentleman selling shoes for lead
ing mandatory of Worcester, Massachusetts,
Was in the city yesterday, and in addition to
his other baggage brought with him and ex-
hibted to few aemiring friends shoe that
has done good service on the foot of the reign
ing belle of Sandusky, Ohio. This delicate
souvenir might well he placed in comparison
with the glass slipper that compressed the
instep of Cinderella. The Sandusky bellies
is numbered '17, extra large" is only four
teen inches from toe to heel, and six inches
across the broadest part of the sole, and its
former occupant is not happy, for the other
shoe is just like it, and her feet grow one size
every year. She is only sixteen years old
just budding into womanhood. We shudder
as we contemplate the result, should she live
to good old age and keep up her pedal de-
velopments.
In addition to the main edifce there is q
bay window on the east side Of the galter to
accommodate few exotic bunyons, and an
extensive corn patch to the west. A back
porch has also been constructed on the heel,
to protect growth in that direction; while
one tiny toe nail has cut cash like spade
slash out into daylight on the northernmost
point of the structure.
The girl only weighs eighty4tive pounds,
and has received a commission to go west
next summer to tramp grasshoppers in Col
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-03-18

A grocer stepped out of his door just as =
hoy had filed his pockets with apples from
barrel, and he shouted: ''Here! you have
been stealing apples-rolice police J"
that nv pocket wouldn't hold three old sock
ers, and l was just trying to see. I'm open
to such bets every day in the week.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-03-18

Don't crowd, the world is large enough
For You as well ~ me;
The doors of all are open wide .
The realm of thought is free.
In all earth's places you are right Ala
TO chase the best you can
Provided that You do not try
TO crowd some other man.
Don't crowd the good from ont your heart
By fostering all that's bad.
But give to every virtue room
The best that may be had;
TO each day'e record such one
That you may well be proud,
Give each his riRht-gfve each his room'
And never trv to crowd.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-03-18

When you wish to know what the wealth
er is to be, go out and select the smallest
cloud you can see. Keep your eyes upon it,
and if it decreases and disappears it shows
the state of the air which will be sure to be
followed by fine weather; but if it increases
in size take your great coat with you If you
are going from home, for falling weather is
not far off. The reason is said to be this:
When the air is becoming charged with cleo
tricity you will see every cloud attracting all
lesser ones, toward it, until it gathers into
shower; and, on the contrary, when the fluid
is passing off or diffusing itself, then a large
cloud will be seen breaking to pieces and dis
solving. Iaa .r..ta-nr or lille II
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-03-18

''Where are you going?" asked little boy
Of another, who had slipped and fallen down
on the icy pavement. ''Going to get up, :"
was the blunt reply.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-03-18
Intra, Nintra, Cutra, Corn.

AOVuSs
BY THE REV. J. X. NUTTING.
Ten small hands upon the spread,
Five forms kneeling beside the bed,
Blue-eyes, Black-eyes, Curly-head;
Blonde, Brunctte-in glee and glow.
Waiting the magic word. Such tow.
Seven years. six years, five, four, two!
Fifty fingers all in line
yours are thirty, and twenty are mine,>
Ten sweet eyes that sparkle and shine.
MOtherly Mary. age Of ten,
Evens the finger tips again,
Chances along the linc-and then
''Intra, mntra, cutra, corn,
Apple-seed and apple-thorn,
Wire, brier, timber lock,
Three geese in flock,
Ruble, roble, rabble and ruut,
Y,O, U, T,
Out!'
Sentence falls on Curly-head;
One wee digit is 'gone and dead,
Nine-and-fOrty left on the spread.
"Intra, mintra," the fiat goes,
Who'll be taken, nobody knows.
Only God may the lot dispose.
Is it more than childish play:
Still YOU sigh and turn away.
Why? What pain in the sight, pray:
All, too true: "As the fingers fall.
One by one at the magic Cal,
Till at last chance reaches all.
80 in the fateful days to come
The lot shall fall in many home
That breaks heart and fills tomb;
'.Shall fall, and fall, and fall again,
Like Law that counts our love but vain
Like Fate unheeding our woe and pain.
zone by One-and who shall say
Whether the lot may fall this day,
That calleth these dear babes away?
True, too true. Yet hold, dear friend;
EvermOre doth the 10th depend
On him who loved, and loves to the end;
''Blind to our eyes the fat goes,
Who'll be taken no mortal knows,
But only Love will the lot dispose.
"Only Love, with his wiser sight;
Love q one, in His infinite mite;
Love, who dwells in eternal light"
Now are the fifty fingers gone
To play some new play under the sun
The childish fancy is past and gone.
So let our boding prophecies 60,
Az childish, for do we hot surely know
The dear God holdeth our lot bclOW2
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-05-21
The Advantage of an Education.

Those that have an education are tho only
ones that can realize the advantage of it.
In my opinion education can be divided into
three parts. First; A common school edu-
cation in which the scholar is taught Rrith-
metic. grammar. geography, reading, spell
ing and writing.
Secondly: An academic education In
which the scholar is advanced still farther
IN his studies embracing algebra, book-keep-
ing and perhaps Greek and Latin.
Thirdly: A collegiate education which but
n few OF the many thousands of our people
obtain.
Education has many advantages. 1t en-
ablcs us to read books and papers and know
what is going on in an outside world II u
person understands English grammar he
will not be afraid of being thought vulgar If
he goes out in company where there are
great scholars. If the people of n nation
were uneducated, they are but little better
than heathens. for how would they know OF
that Supreme Being who supplies all their
wants,
Let us then endeayOr to give our children
good common school education II nothing
more; 1t is as good Il legacy rs we can give,
for they cannot spend It or lose it.
barnet, Nay, 1875. JACK BRAND.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-05-21

The grangers are getting plaster through
the state agent for seven dollars per ton.
Farmers who are not Patrons, why do you
continue to lose these opportunities for saw
ing your money, which extends to nearly
everything you have to buyP Then, when
we consider the benefit of cooperation in
telectually. TO say nothing of the social and
frNternal benefits which are the browning
glory of all, 1t really is wonder that so
many farmers and their families arc still
outside instead OF inside, of this social,
charitable, intellectual, respectable, profita-
BILE, and in every sense desirable institution,
so much needed and so we'll adapted to the
wants of all who are engaged in our profess
sion. The grand principle OF this society is
the same as that which every American cit
izen is proud of, for 1t makesus what we are
the greatest, the most prosperous, tho purcst
the strongest, and most glorious nation on
the face Of earth. 1 alludo simply to the
word Union, united action in good cause
And this grange society is in my opinion des-
tined to be second only to our American
union; that is If the farmers will only awake
TO their interest, make accurate observations
and be actuated by sound good sense which
will continue to keep the great ball rolling
which increases so fast in magnitude. 1t Il
destined to accomplish much good worl
which was not conceived by its originators
for what is there that man is capable of tina
cannot be accomplished by this great prin
ciple, cooperation in thought, in word anC
action.
The farmers are mighty power in ou
land, IL they will act in concert, being large
ly in the majority and owning tho most o
the United States themselves. 1t Is gener
ally conceded that we are In the main quiet
peaceful. law-abiding citizens. noted NOR,
for eur industry, practical common sens
and substantial worth, than for great scheme
such rs are practiced by rings, ciques an,
corporations composed of different classes @
men whose grand object it is to profit by tn
industry Of the producing classes and avoi,
taxation rather than to help the substantial
worth of the nation. They run great risks o
borrowed capital, depending on making cor
ners in flour, or gold or railroad or othe
stocks or by some monopoly, or to oppres
the people rather than exert their energie
to increase the products of the country, lik
farmers.
lrepeat that such being the facts why is
not best for the farmers and manufacturer
to step forward as Patrons and Sovereign
to develop themselves intellectually so this
our country may be governed by an intell
gent majority instead of u scheming. ounnin
minority which is generally the case nov
and bring the financiers of our land out;
cash system instead of the present wretche
state Of affairs which we are now enduring
WtliiSton May Is, 1875. N.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-05-21

ness Of the season is the general excuse
among landowners at Oxford and Auburn
for squandering time in hunting for miner
ais.
NEW YORK.
Prof Morse has uuearthed the remains Of
q mastodon at Otsville, N. Y.
George Albert Mason, the counterfeiter,
has been sentenced to twelve years in the
Albany penitentiary.
The shepherd dog Of Mr. Henry Gates, of
Caldwell, discovered the roof Of the house to
be on FIRE the other day and alarmed his
master, who thus had time 10 save his home
from being destroyed.
The Planet carpet mills, Brooklyn, large
lour.story brick building, was destroyed by
an incendary Monday night, causing loss
of over half 4 million dollars. The mills
we're owned by Buchanan & Lyall who EN-.
ployed about 400 operatives.
A short time ago it was reported that
John IL. Conner, who has a stock farm at
Goshen, Orange Co., N. Y, and was treas.
urer Of the Jersey City Stock Yard Compa-
ny, had absconded with the company's funds
to the amount of $4,000 and that his
property had been attached as part security
Now it turns out that he has Just volun-
tarily returned to New York after an abb
sence by sickness; that upon satisfactory
explanation and settlement the charge of
default by the Stock Yard Company was al
once retired. All debts Of Mr.. Conner, il
any, will be paid in full, and he has beer
reinstated in his old position and EN- poy Of
the Stock Yard Company. Mr.. Conner
advertises in the FARMER, and pays 10 ad
| vance
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-05-21

when they can furnish good security, but not
with every person who wishes 70 engage in
trade on the credit Of others. Men lacking
the moral courage to say no when their cred
II Is solicited by friends and neishbors wish
ing to engage in speculation arc, to say the
lonst, unworthy Of sympathy II they get
lurchcd Call me utterly inhuman." call
me what you will; am opposed to this
puslllanlmOus and detestablo practice OF
signing bank notes with friends " near and
dear when you are not sure of their finan-
cial solidity, because you dare not shy no.
The fundamental and essential truth is I'M
deniable, that one-half of our failures spring
either directly or indirectly from the absurd
indiscrinination in signing notes; and il
was discrimination, not inhumanity, urged
by the essayist. F. EUGENE RICHARD.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-05-21
The Post and the Oranges.

The last Post is in trouble about the
oranges, in a sort Of satisfactory way, like
many other papers that have no particular
regard for them. The Post thinks the "nov-
city Of the thing is over and as soon as
the busy season comes on, the " meetings are
liable to dwindle, and the interest to die
out" 1t thinks Vermont has had " high
fever" too much gush," stupidity" &c.
Now we presume the Patrons are very much
like other folks. They are liable, like all
other mortals, to fevers," to gushing"
and sort of general enthusiasm. But that the
interest of the oranges is dying out in Yer
mont we know is not true. Ga the contra
ry, if there has been any fever" about
them, it has already turned, and they have
now settled down to the real work originally
designed for them. We have never seen the
time when we felt more confidence in the
work Of the Order, than now, we would
say to the Post that it might be better to
wait awhile longer before deciding that the
interest is dying out. If the day ever comes
when the oranges die, everybody will find it
out, of cosrse, but at present they are four
ishing, as all its members well know, and
are quietly doing good work.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-05-21
Duties of the Hour.

Ia an ago like this, so fraught with impor-
tant changes in all the departments OF life,
it would be we'll for us all to exercise great
caution and moderation. In those matters
wherein we feel specially interested, we are,
more or less, liable to extravagance Of speech
and action. One of the best things that can
beflll any man is self-control. Such man
keeps his balance, and is not easily thrown
out of gear. All matters that come before
him for investigation, he endeavors to look
Mt impartially, and for the sake Of the truths
they contain. 1t is II duty we all owe to our
selves at the present time to cultivate our
manhood, and to strive to keep il untarnish-
cd by anything mean or vulgar. For when
one loses his manhood he loses about all he
possesses of any value. 1t is n manifest duty
of the hour to carry into our business rea-
tons, not studied continuance, and policy,
but straight forward, honest manhood. Our
laboring men, who have gained some inn
portant advantages within few years,
should not use these advantages as subjects
Of boast and braggadocio, but should, rather,
exercise more humility and thankfulness for
blessings received, There are many good
things yet in store for the laborlng classes II
they but exercise common sense prudence
Excitability, and rushing forward UNI
thoughtfully upon any subject, will never pay
in the long run. The chief duty of the houl
is to keep our balance, use our best Judg'
ment, ever standing up for that which is just
and equitable. +. V. p.