The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1876-05-05
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What i better than i promising youn
nan2 4 paging one
| y man who sat upon a paper of earpe
nails said they reminded him Of liz ii
! come tax
The man who gives his children habit
ofiadustry, provides for them better thar
BY giving them q fortune,
The man who said two poroupines MAKE
one PFicbly pair, is a knight Of the quill
and pct : professor Of the higher mutbe
lnaties
4 mans wife is his best lawyer, his best
counsel, his best judge, his best adviser
and also the cheapest and most reasona.
Bile.
| a man once went to an eccentric lawyer
to be qualified for some petty office. The
lawyer said to him. '"Hold up your hand.
I'll swear you, but all creation couldn't
qualify you"
Which IS best a good appetite, or rich
food? Which Is best, little pleasure
daily, lasting as long as ourlives, or few
i years Of sprfeit and lifetime Of querulous
dyspepsia?
= bachelor sea-eaptain, who was remark
ing e-day that he wanted good chief
officer was promptly informed by young
lady that she had no objections to be his
first mate. He took the hilt--and the
lady.
eliza, my ehild,' said an old maid to
her pretty niece, 'if the Lord had intend
ed your hair to be curled, he would have
done it himself" $50 he did, aunty, when
was baby, but he thinks I am big
enough now to curl it myself"
One Of Franklin's maxims in Poor
Richards Almanac was this: "A man
must ask his wife to thrive" Nothing more
true. IN vain shall a young man, without
much capitaI, toll md deny himself, If he
has wife who squanders his gains, and
takes no interestin bis career
Talking about crows, Henry Ward
Beecher says: Take of his wings, and
put him IN breeches, and crows would
make fair average men. Give men wings,
and reduce their snartness little, and
many Of them would be almost good
enough to be crows.
The latest sensation at Cincinnati
Theatre IS blood and thunde melo-drama,
which includes q Montana huntsman's : fight
for life with United States military. With
Indians on the War-path; with border
desperadoes il q gambling saloon, with
rival for the affections Of d squaw, and
finally With ! grizzly bear.
The Louisville Com,ier-Jounaz answers
a contributor, as follows: 'sYour com
munioation, sJunius Junior is declined.
Il is quite too full.ofquotahons and Italics
You should not honor with quotation marks
every stale, haekneyed sentence yop choose
to borrow. Aud You may often write for
half a day without finding the use for
single Italic letter, Give your reader
credit for some intelIigence-for at least
enough to know when word needs to be
emphasized without having the fact thrust
down his throat BY a tipsy squad ofreeling
Italics"
5l7lEe e54fg 7o1It5sn = ! tie pr
part Of the county who can be seen il the
region Of Pleasant Valley, flying about the
hills On horsebaok, leaPing yaWning
ehasns and ravines, and riding % the pre-
cipitous hil!sides, vherean ordinary eques-
trian would think it impossible for horse
to geta j foothold She throws the lasso
with precision, and can turn tie stoatest
bull over On his back with as much ease
as 8 cook would flop ! pancake. Contrary
to what might be supposed, she does not
ride D ID clothes pin, but il the insecure
side-saddle fashion. This woman whose
performances create deserved enthusiasm
il her region, Is apparently not over tven-
#Iy-tnfee years 81 age.
Dear Friends Some people are con
tinually acquiring dear friends Ladies
Of Al irrepressibie natare.have been known
10 add two Of three to their list every week
during the season. Men are not, general
IL speaking, s. apt to rush into friendship
as the more an1iable SEX set many of Is
contract friendships II haste, that We re-
pent.of At leisure. True friends are scarce
articles. They can not bespieksd up ike
pebbles. viii the ladies excuse Us for
saying that mems friendships are, II most
cases, stronger than theirz2 The charming
young creatures who walk with their arms
linked around each Others waists and ex-
change kisses and condolences daily, are
not, q . general thing, % closely welded
together bs natural affection but that envy
Or jealousy may part them 81 even make
them enemies.