Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-08-18


Ipy to paak. us visit before be wen
home, and b. probably will, though b
didn't promise to right out. I wish you'
drop in'o JacksOn's secondhand furni
ture store and tell 'em I'll take tia
cheapest sofa bedstead l was looking a
last week. and 10 send il up to my hous
without urlsv,
We came out on very wide. pretty
street.
What . pity it is,' SAID l to = tall, min
ister'ai- looking chap, who vas wrestling
with . ham sandwich on the corner, lha
this beautiful street should be SO full q
stilOrs' boarding houses; and all then
underclothes hanging out of the window
to dry is re- lly painful sight
You arc under an error, my friend,
said the tall man, those are not sailors
boarding houses. This is Market street
and what you profaneIy call underclothe,
is the bunting of our beloved country
kissing the sweet breezes Of heaven il
this centennial yesr.'
Mrs. Skinner told me If l didn't lOol
out. l would be arrested for dtsloyalty
and confined in Fort Lafayette till tn.
close Of tie centennial year.
offered y boy ton cents to show me
where Independence Hall was. 1t wa.
here that Paul Revere hung out the Ian.
terms on tie tower, leading to the capture
of Major Andre, and the execution o1
B, nedlct Arnold.
This Is it, saya the hoy.
/ gave him the ten cents.
You are good boy said Mrs. Skin
ner; do you 20 to Sunday school!'
'Yessusn, saiG- b., 'and t. meetin,' anC
repeat the text all over To my little sister
who is lame and cannot GO
Poor thing.' said Mrs. Skinner, 'ha'
she been 80 longr
Born so, mum. So were my three othel
sisters, and ! have four blind brothers
We are Qrphings. mum. and pa he get.
drunk and beats us, and we Amt had an
thing to eat for four days and sever
nights
Mrs. Skinner WAS SO Overcome that sh,
took the blue cotton stocking in whict
she carries her money out Of h.r reticul,
and gave the boy twenty five cents. Wher
50" i.fs h0'... 80 A~A upward. vf o ".
dollars in that stocking that che saved ur
selling soap grease, but it's disappeared
faster than . cabinet officers character
before an investigating committee.
The first room We went into was a larg.
square room, and l knew at once 1t wa
the room the Declaration { independence,
was signed In.
'On this spot. Matilda Gays 1. impres
sive!y, stool those noble patriots who's,
names will be forever linked with Ameri
can freedom. On this spOt-'
This 10 not Independence Hail. said {
grave. elderly gentleman. who stood neal
by. This is the court house. Iudepend
eLce Hall is-'
But | didn't wsit to hear any more. ]
strobe out in gloomy dsgu 81. and haven
SAID word ab0nt Am. rican free 1om since
II find that boy there will be one NOR.
cripple in his family.
We found Independence Hall, however
and saw the famous liberty bell. Mrs
Skinner was disappointed in this. Sh'
had heard so much about 1t, she expected
to see great. handsome, shiny bell.
It's = reg'lar imposition says she
The old, r,ckety, brass thing. aad cracked
besides It sin't fit TO show to company
and wants good dose of soap-suds an(
elbow grease to make 1t decrnt.'
reasoned with her. Sad L: Mrs. 8.
this bell has . history. It is not vsluet
for its Intrinsic worth, but for the hall0w
ell associations which cluster around it,
ETC.. etc.
.Hsllowed fddlesticks!' said che. 'Yo,
always was An old IDIOT
Il will admit. said !. that at times Nv
hal idlo,ic spells. Twas only few bne1
summers ago that Was an srtlrss wid
over, beloved by I'll who knew me. Ny
first Wits tombstone was paid for, an.
had good head of hair. In IN evi
hour you. Matilda Jane Baxt~r shat was
went home with ne. Since them
But she interrupted me by stopping
horse cor. and inserting my ear bel wee'
her thumb and forefinger. 90 shOuldn'
loss her, We got in together.
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