Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1875-03-19

sanguine responses Of the people,. -
Deer Lodge and jefferson counties hav
so far done nobly, the former in the reso
lutions of her committee evincing earnest
ness and zeal permt ated with wholesom
prudence and becoming caution in so In:
portant an undertaking; the latter will
equal care, and evidencin2 still NOR
stern determination to quickly hail tn
iron horse at all hazards.
Helena will not be found derelict in he'
duty in this respect. Whatever else Q
complaint may BE- made against her, hcl
thrift and public-spirit will not be deniet
her. TO her ungenerous traducers, whose
bad taste and still worse choice Of word.
make them, when speaking Of her, per.
vent the word ''enterprise' to that o.
'sel6shness." it may be sand, examine
her brief history Of great calamities' ana
casualties, and look then upon her re-
built streets, her thoroughfares and com.
merce; see her various public buildings
intended for, an adapted respectively to-
the cause Of justice, tie service of God,
the friends OF the devil. the comfort Of
he blind, halt and infirm of the sane ar
va, verify, the in-ane. as also for the
young, who will hereafter be our states
men. Her court house, churches. jails,
~. s. and county,, hospitals public
and Private), insane asylum, and numer-
Gus academies and school houses, al! !,
all, declare trumpet .tongued that Helena
when told to 90 and prosecute public
good, stands not on the ceremony Of her
going. but goes Tut once), and does it, too,
whatever her cost, II only within fair
and reasonable taxation. Incidental to
the latter sentence, our county does boast
OF excellent officers, of variegated politics,
among them . good Board of County
Commissioners. ever 1vatchful OF the
public interest and never failing to secure
its maintenance; also an experienced,
energetic and exacting assessor, who
leaves nothing und0ne in the novels Of
the poor, in the counting house of the
rich, nor anywhere along the intermedi-
ate vista occupied by the busy bone and
muscle of operative life. But! our off,
GERS WERE NOT ALWAYS good; that is, in
the opinion Of an ex.officer, or, the ex-
officer, in the opinion Of our present Of
ficers, is NEVER good-ADvICE. The ex
has had the medical care of the county
poor lately, located In the ''Sisters"
hospital, but the Sisters prayed too much,
and 10, the 3D." (nOt D. D. nor d-l)
objected; made his objection the subject
Of an official report to the county board.
and indirectly naming the religion of the
Sisters of Charity and its ceremonies as
obnoxious to the physical and spiritual
care Of the patients, while, in reality, the
D. apprehended that the cure of his pa
TENTS would be effected, not BY nostrums,
pills, poor mans plasters, or squiIls, but
by faith. The D., seeking authority to
support his theory, IN the report quoted
from Florence Nightingale. The quota
ton deserves its merit, not so much from
iis extent Is the intrinsic value OF its
opinion, which, to the casual snd unob-
is almost astounding In its mo-
doctrine, while to the medical
and the more learned therein.
it must be gre tied - an augurv of y
new era. Let US trsnscribe carefully-:t
is, ''that the first. duty Of Z hospital is to
do no injury to its PATIENTS"
- Oh. old Mother Hubbard, :+.. i
You're always 80 frowatd;
,Whypeep in the cupbosfd,
And leer ct Dock -?