Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-02-11

"a Comparisen with = Neral
But most of them 1.-THE Indian Ring] be
gin to realize the fact that their wiShe'
and predictions are destined to ignobl'
failure, and that they themselves are very
|apt 10 play OUT Ito use one Of their owl
favorite expressionsl long before th'
Times. They realize the fact that thu
Times upder the management Of unpur
CHASED and qppnrchascable individuals
will be the organ al the people Of eastern
Montana, and that the corrupt scoundrels
who have swiudled the Government, thu
Indians and the whites, in their oftlcia
transactions, justly tear exposure from
this paper. The issue has been made and
we shall zee who lives the longest-tht
birds of prey. which have 80 long robbed
the whole country; caused oil the Indian
massacres and robbeyies in Montana and
the whole western country-or the Times,
They may rest assured Of ons thing: The
Tines a the Indian Ring organ says, il
mot afraid" Of them or any of their miser
able lick splttles who are content to grovel
in their sunshine, and eat and wear 1.-THE
wages Of SIM We know the fact that
until the day Of retributive justice over
takes them, they are enabled BY the storea
of public plumber they have gobbled, tc
hire tools to defend them, AID that thest
latter nd. in defiance Of public opinion
anu .famon decency, defend them; but
!. day vii! come, and that speedily, wher
icy will al (pFincipsls, agents. .-ssan.
=. tools. come tn grief, They neeo moi
think that, because they have ''stolen th'
livery of hesver 70 serve the devil M
they can defy the pubic opinion or public
justice, or Congressional investig -!ion and
exposure. And we shall not hesitate Il
rob them of their lions skins, and cxros,
them, ears and all, naked to the world
They have in times past made issue will
the editor Of this paper, who had called
the attention Of the Grad Jury of Levi.
and Clarke county to the fact that they
had the right and it was their special pro
vince to indict persons for violating tt.
laws in the Indian country, and the result
was, some of the law-breakers went to the
penitentiary! There Is an unpublished
history connected with this that we may
think worth while to make public in thu
course Of our editorial duties here.-l Boze'
man Times
Were Charles Dickens alive to-day and
allowed to read the above quotation, i
would without doub. be the proudest mo-
ment Of his life, SO perfectly his art wou!c
be verified in them. His description o.
two rival newspapers In Pickw,ck Papers
10 to their very spirit and expressions Il
true to nature. Had he been enabled &c
have secured copy Of tho Rozeman
Times, without doubt 1t would have
been treasured in the archives ct the Pick
wick Club, the Pickwick Papers would
come out 10 new edition, = ith appendix
and fresh and renewed applause would
have rung from the adminn2 world
We quote:
1T appears, then. that the Eatanswil
peopl', like the people Of many other
small towns. Considered themselves of the
utmost and most mighty importance, and
that every man in Eatanswill conscious Of
tile weight that attached to his example,
felt himself bound to unite, heart and
soul with one Of the two great parties
that di, ided the town. the Blues aud the
Bluffs. Now, the Blues lost no oppor.
lunlfy Of opposing the Bluffs, and the
Bluffs lost no oppor tun.ty Of opposing the
Blues; and the consequence fwas, tina,
whenever the Bluffs and Blues met to-
gcther at public melting, Town-H Hall ,
fair, or market, disputes ana high words
arose betwt en- them. II the Bluffs pro-
tosed to new sky light the ,narket-p place,
the Blues got up public meetings, and de.
nounccd the proceeding; II the Blues pro
posed the erection Of an additional pump
in the High street, the Bluffs re sc as one
man. and stood sghast 1t the enormity.
Of course it was essentially and indispens-
ably necessary that . b Of these power
full parties should have Its chosen organ
md representative and, accordingly
there we're two newspapers in the town.
The Eatanswill Gazette and the Eatans.
will Independent; the former advocating
Blue principles, and the latter conducted
On grounds decidedly Bluff. Fine news-
papers they were! Such leading articles,
and such spirited attacks!- Our worthless
the Gazette That disgrace
Tul and a>tardly journal, the Jndepend>
,nt'--' THAT vile and slanderous cslumni>
ltor, the Gazette;' these and other spi, it.
stirring denlnciat ions were strewn plenti-
fully over the columns OF each, in every
and excited feelings OF the most
intense delight and indignation In the
oosoms OF the townspeople.
Mr.. Dickens has il t shown US how much
hese flaming articles went towards SELL
xo the papers TO those poor fools who
lelight to iced on sensation and gossip
which alone have birth il the highly col
,red jmagina.iOns Of the successful editor.
But had the second edition been publish
d we should have known It al; the world
would have been emil ghtened-civllization
advanced. For the lack OF
which, sud world, it must ever weep.
But here We have Wilkinson im.nortal-
red: Pickwick's conversation was In
prrunfa.1 hv the enfr anc0 Of the editor OfI
he EAaaa s~ill Gazette This was tai,
hin, nan, with sandy.coll red head in.
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