The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1876-05-12
MISCELLANEOUS.

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it, will never have one Of his own to show.
The New York Times regards the most
important issue that can be brought be-
fore the American voters this year is that
Of general reform. =.@
Qualities not regulated run into their
opposites. Economy before competence
is meanness after it. Therefore, economy
is for the poor; the rich may dispense
with it.
The gold and silver mines recently dis
covered near Pixies Peak, have proved
very rich, and stamp mills and smelling
works are about to be established at Colo
RADIO Springs. .--...-
The greatest defect Of common eduea-
ton is, that we are in the habit of putting
pleasure all at one side, and WEAKNESS on
the other all WEAKNESS in study, all pleas
ure in idleness.
The city Of Custer, in the Black Hills,
celebrated It's first funeral and began its
first graveyard. In the whole city only
one Bible was found. 1t belonged to a
girl, daughter Of one Of the miners.
I swear" said fellow to his girl the
other day, you are very handsome" IT
suppose you would say that whether you
thought SO or not" she sweetly replied.
And I imagine you would think SO
whether said it or not" Unanswered.
Alta meeting recently held in San
Francisco by a society for the promotion of
the Christian religion among the Nor
mons, e1-Gov. Wood of Utah and Oregon,
the Chairman, said that the best method
Of carrying out the object of the society
was to court martial the Mormon leaders
and then hang them as criminals.
4 lite girl was offered three cents By
her mother if she would cease initiating
those cherubins who continually do cry.
hastily revolving the matter in her wee
blonde head, she replied: No, it's wuG
morn free cents for me to cry" And with
a fresh Hboo-hoo" she started d whole row
of shingles on the roof
| One Of the latest reports is that the In
terror Department supplies kettles made
Of common tin to the Indians at $3.50
each The bill authorizing this expendi-
ture provided for the payment for a nest
of iron kettles at $3.50. The Department
under Delano managed to construe it to
mean that amount for each kettle, and
when that point was reached went q little
further and accepted tn foriron.
| Not long ago Mrs. Mary A Livermore
visited JetfersonFille prison, Indiana, and
addressed the conYicts, FIVE hundred il
number. In the outset she touched every
heart n the large hall By her simple my
dear brothers" !" and before she had finished
her kindly and earnest appeal, there rat
scarcely dryeye n the house. When tht
chaplain asked for some silent testimony
Of approval from the men, every hand va
! raised.
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chance, and when tie discoeerer has IL
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