Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1875-05-07
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BOHEMIAN, MONTANA TERRITORY FRIDAY NAY . /

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u THE SELECT OF CHERRY
y CRANEY.
. Tabiecioths were luxury in Chen
K craney. Yet the ladies of that settl.men
,.lhad frequent gatherings where the hosp
E taliiies pf that region were dispense
s slwithontl ostentation or table. cloths. Tn
select Of Cherrycrsncy had encourage,
J e-|tEese gatherings, and, no doubt, derive.
from them pleasure and profit, too, asid
ffsOnsiis enjoyment of strong coffee, col,
e boiled ham and corn .brea
u Sister Doolittls Lad, upon one occasion
bought moderate quantity of bleachet
muslin, and the select had Wis ons Of th'
; customary delicacies spread upon SNOWY
whitencss. But no preparation had beer
, made for the arrival of two young rela
/ ltives whose sudden Advent and imperiou.
II requirements banished all thought of to
J, ble-cloths in tho more urgent calls of in
fancy.
Having shown good and suf1iclen,
reason why Sitter Doolittle could no,
cover her hospitable board with ever
bleachcd muslin, as the select expected
let US take . look at the dear babies.
That privilege vas accorded to the select
first. afterward to the unregencrate.
4 The sisterhood of cherrycraney were
seated around the supper.table. Chairs
were not at hand in abundance. and stou,
benches furnished seats on either side,
while Sister Buncm. the elders wife.
occupied an empty nailkcg a, the head of
The table.
The only silver teaspoon in Cherry.
crancy was the property Of Sister Doo-
little, having DESCRIBED to her from some
grand maternal relative, and this spoon
reposed in dignity beside the saucer of
Sister Burnem. The elevation of this
spoon was the signal for silence in the as
sembled select, after which followed a
vigorous and lengthy grace from either
Sister Burnem or some sister desi. mated
by her.
The grace concluded, the selec: at once
attacked the substantial delicacies before
them. The wan, Of sugar had been de-
lplored in that community, but some fertile
female brain suggested honey as substi-
tuic That discovery brought sweetness
to the coffee and satisfaction 10 the hearts
of the select With this satisfaction came
hat greater fema.c pleasure, endless small
talk.
Leaving the select in this state of Eappi-
ness, let US take the proposed look ut The
blessed babies.
BJt1f on 'em twins, mister. ,, remarked
"a n1an wlese features, voice, manner and
whole bearing conveyed but one impress
sion, extraordinary meckness.
lie did indeed raise his eyes mcekly to
the visitor for moment, but Immediately
fixed them a gain in patient contemplation
Of his charge
Two exceedingly small rc1-faced in
fants lay asleep in cradle peculiar to
CAerrycraney. An oil flour barrel, with
both heads out, furnished cradle as
soothing to infant nerves as the mos,
costly production If the cabinet artist.
The cradle was always right side up, and
the dear babies couldn't full out aud bump
themselves
Doolittle, the meek, was permitted toI
rock the cradle while the select took tea.
''Took coffee" would be the exact state
ment, but our English has not yet adapted
itself to that phrase.
The cradle was being rocked gently by
the meek Doolittle, who, having ventured
the information that they we're both twins,
into his customary silence.
The visitor gazed in admiration and ST.
lence also. Finally his pent-up feelings
found words:
TN the whole way from this to Caro-
lima thar's nothin' to beat this yer,
Then he gazed again in silent admiration.
'Cherted the piety out o. thar table-cloth,
loo, the little cusses!" and the huge form
was moved by visible chuckle.
''You a-cussin' afore them babies al
ready?" was the stern rcbuke of the mother
who stood by listening unobserved.
The profound regrets and apologies
which followed speedily pacified the in
Ilignant matron, and the visitor was gra-
ciously permitted 10 kiss the heads of the
sleeping infants, the faces being too fer
inside the barrel for anything else.
1nquisitive persons have already sought
10 find the precise locality of Cherry
craney. tits really and truly matter in
which idle curiosity should not be gratlfied.
Old French geographers before the days
of the first empire, on their maps Of Up
per Louisiana, traced out the course of q
river which they called the Gaegoigne.
Later days, with emigration and settle
nent. changed Gascoigne to Casconade,
which name it still retains.
in . little pocket made by the surround
ng hills, on the banks Of the Gasconade,
vas the settlement of Cherrycraney.
Shut ont from the thoroughfartf, and
ravel-fr0m the wickedness and vanity
II the great world, the dwellers in Cher.
'ycraney cultivated their little patch of
'ertile bottom-!and. hunted, fished and
worked few days IL the year raising the
ead ores which aboundsd IN The hills, and
lreamed of hidden mincs OF more preci-
,us metals, which. however. they never
hought Of digging for.
Happiness is sometime easily attained Il,
md Cherrycrsney seemed, in the eyes Of
u inhabitants, to possess oil the requisites
The wicked wsre not past oil hope, and
he truly good were ont Of the tempta-
iona and vanitica Of fha preaf world |,