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The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-03-23
ALessOn In Begging.

4 well-dressed beggar presented h1m-
self at bankers in Paris, who enjoyed a
great reputation for his charity and gener-
osity. LEND me hundred francs, he
said.
"But, my dear sir, answered the bank
er, II don't know you well enough to lend
you such sum-"
"What does that signify ?" said the
claimant.
1T signifies good deal, my friend be
cause, in the first place, | don't even un
derstand the grounds Of your request. In
similar cases / only give five francs, and
never more, unless the applicant is armee
with letter of recommendation from
personal friend.''
20" said the fellow, putting on his ha
with his grandest air, IF you are going t
give me lesson in begging, ! must reall,
wish you good-morning.'
IuJleGu.
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An Expensive Washing.

A few days ago a lady rooming at a
fashionable lodging house in Virginia City
was seized with the bed-quilt mania. She
determined to manufacture bed-quilt for
some of the church fairs, to be composed
# Ffn8 843 4 tR1ese tPeees iegpeetEe of the edgng
she gathered up all the old calico rags that
her neighbors were glad to get rid of, and
spent a whole day i'll cutting them up into
pieces, and at about FIVE o'clock she went
out to cine. When she returned the rags
were gone. The way th@t woman tretted
and worried about those old pieces OF
patchwork was espe tally enllvening to the
lod deers ON the same floor. She went to
see the Chief Of Police, called on the May.
or. all the Aldermen, and wanted every
one in the house searched. Yesterday after
noon her Chinese wash-boy appeared with
big bundle, which he proceeded to depos
it on the floor.
"How muchee, John?' p
''Eighty-seven dollar and six bittee."
A shiyer went through the womanz'
frame. The Chinaman unfolded the wash
/ ing, and there were those 6,843 pieces 0
patchwork and 1863 ragged edges which
had been cut of, all neatly washed, ironet
and folded. "--@.
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Something Sadly Significant.
TuJleGu.

AS d Worgd reporter was chatting with
q druggist on Ninth avenue the converse.
ten was interrupted BY the entrance OF
rather pretty young girl with . very pale
face, plainly and neatly dressed. She hes1-
tated at the door for few moments, then
came in with rnsh as if desirous Of enter
ING ere she could change her mind. 60
inc to the dark end Of the shop she waited
for the druggist to move towards her and
then carried on with him an animated con
yersation il whispers. What she asked he
evidently at first refused to give; then,
though she tried to conceal her face, u
could be. seen that she was pleading with
him, explaining, promising then, with ap'
parent reluctance and apparently many n
functions, lie made up and gave her 1T
tie package Of powder, which, after paying
for. she thrust into her bosom. Then she
hurried out, still averting her face, Whlet
was curiously red and pale By turns.
] "There IS tragedy ~ that girls faee,
said the reporter.
.sQoite probably. She wanted arsenic
] (which Of course
4 did not give her. She wants it Y
poison rats with, she says. Couldn't N
derstand why she should be refused i with
]. out doctors order, and wouldn't give he
name and address. Finally On her prom
|. ising to be very careful IN using il and no
to let it fall in the way Of any human b
ings, 4 gave her what she believes to b
arsenic: You saw how she hurried away ?
YES. Does she live near here g
sOf course not. She comes from th
J east side If she lived il this vicinity d
J would 90 oyer to some place On Third 2
!, enue. She w 90 home and take what
] gave her and Il will make her dreadful
/ sick. She Will hardly have swallowed
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A Bashful Barrfster.

At dinner lately given in London to
Mr.. Justice Hawkins, on his elevation to
the bench, with the view, perhaps, of en-
couraging the jnnior members Of the pro-
| fession, he related in amusing terms the
history of his first brief On his first visit
to the Hertford Sessions he was astonish-
ed at the offer Of brief to defend a man
| charged with stealing whee1barrow. He
surveyed the document with awe and ad-
miration, but expressed his difIidence at
his inability 10 do justice to bis client
The local solicitor assured him that his
task would be ofthe simplest possible kind,
as the prisoner was seen to steal the wheel
barrow, which was subsequently found in
his possession. "All you will have to do
will be to make speech to the jury"
urged the attorney, but the future Judge
was still 10th to undertake the response
bllity, and eventually the brief and the fee
were handed over to Mr.. Rodwell, the
present member for Cambridge. Mr.. Haw-
kins watched the progress of the case with
feelings that may be imagined but cannot
be described. In the result the prisoner
was convicted, and sentenced to seven
years penal servitude. As he could not
BY any possibility get d greater punish.
ment had he been defended by Mr. Haw-
kins, that learned gentleman took heart Of
grace, and made solemn covenant with
himself that if ever again he got chance
of defending prisonerfor stealing wheel
barrow or any thing else he would defend
him to the best of his ability.
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Mourning Customs.

~ t''l'en,s n"o qose1 lasas "0o''
A14o"1 ''''ss 'o1 ue@a' nc hsyp'1ah WOMEN
.aa ss1'o'sA 'he ss1ss.s. sfy'hs' WIN 'R,l
-, gSsoAs = 'osso sAao ea4es1 nss's oisot0e1e0'
nc Aie'aAs tegssaeo mourning as ea'nsn.
" aAu eoMpehso men VINO went 'aso
mourning 70 put on ,emaie garments N
ofeeee' "hen q popular general aleo' the
"no1e arm J Cut Oh shelr hs''r anu ens names
u sne'r aofses' At the present oay, the
A[aolaa women siam thelf haoos ana 1eet
WIN aaoiso' Wnleh ehey suleF 70 remain
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Singing and Spinning.

Miss Nena sturgis has an article in Serb
nerl. for February, on the "Traaitional
Music of the French Pyrenees," accompa-
MED by the words and notes of some of
them, which have now been for the first
time gathered and published. The author
lite:
Almost throughout these mountains the
spindle and distah are used for spinning
in preference to the wheel, the women be-
ing able to walk and gossip in the balmy
air with the former, while the latter con-
fines them to the house, and the noise is
too great to allow Of much talking. But
occasionally, in some of the remoter vii.
lagos of the Higher Pyrenees, such as Ar.
geles and Luz, the wheel is still to be seen
and heard, and forms a pretty accompani.
ment to the songs that are shouted out In
to the still air.
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An Examination.

A good old colored man named Uncle
Jim Hill set himself up as phrenologist,
and barber was his first subject He
placed the barber ON chair, felt of his
head for q long time, and then remarked,
William, you is too sanguine. When you
lend money you expect it back. You are
bilious. You want to be honest, but you
hasn't the necessary character; you ism t
hopeful you is bowed down with grief
most OF de time; you has an ear for mus
ic; you has de worst feet on Kentucky
street; you is de right sort of a man to
wheel coal down hill for big wages" Will
liam rose up, pitched Uncle Jim over the
stove and under the bed, and split panel
of the door as he went out. The aged
phrenologist was at the City Hall next
evening to get advice from the police, and
when advised to go out of the trade, he re-
piled, "Seems like shall have to, for 1'ze
getting too aged to be frown over cook
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Selected Story.
MP. Pe0Vit On The Root.
4 TALE OF THEBI SNOW

After the last heavy snow-storm Mrs.
Peewit discovered that the roof leake d,
and that afternoon on her husbands re-
turn from the Office mentioned the fact to
him, together with her belief that great
damage to the ceiling might be averteI by
his going up after dinner and shovelling
the snow off.
"Confound the old house, any wayJ ne
exclaimed, tossing his hat in one corner,
his coat down OH the lounge and his rub
bers into the coal-scuttle.
"Whats the use Of swearing?' asked
Mrs. P, as calmly as summer noon.
"It's enough to make saint swear; you
can't look cross-eyed at the old shebang
but something gets out Of order, !" he scold-
ed.
II never knowed livin' man with such
frightful temper that didn't fetch up on
the sallows," said his spinster aunt, sourly.
"You 60 t thunder!'' he shouted. "You
sre always snaI ping somebody up"
After he had finished his dinner Peewlt
paid visit to the roof, accompanied by
the family shovel, and succeeded in scrap
ing an inch of skin off his shins against the
ladder in his ascent.
"Well, by the jumping jingo! that's
pleasant" he remarked, as a gust Of wind
darted around the corner OF the chimney,
lifted his hat playfully off his head and
carried it into his next door neighbor S
back yard, where a woolly and sharp-tooth.
ed spitz dog Immediately pounced upon
and commenced relieving it of its crown,
while Peewit bound handkerchief around
his head, shouted himself hoarse, and
opened bombardment upon the dog with
suow-balls, till the cook, hearing his yelIs,
came out, rescued the hat and threwit over
the fence, where Peewit on going down
found it, with the crown half chewed out
and the rim looking like the top of a pep
per.box with teeth holes.
Then Peewit waxed wroth, iammed bis
seal-skin cap down over his ears, and tiee
il on SO tight with towel, that he couldns
open his mouth to let the profane expires
sions that were seething through his mine
out, and at one time was in imminent dan
ger Of exploding and blowing the shove
and himself into a land where it's general
ly conceded to be too warm for snow
storms.
When he got hack On the roofhe bueklet
himself right down to work, and shove'
about two hundred weight Of the feather
fakes down on his minister's head, VII
was bidding his wife ''goodby'' ut the from
door.
Then they carried the man Of peace int
the house, laid him on sofa, bathed hl
face with water, held hartshorn under b
nose, poured whisky down him, and drol
ped al the keys and knives IN the nous
down his back, and burned bis monstaef
off holding candle too close To him 70 y
if he breathed. He came back to consclou
ness finally, and they Strengthened the bi
gest dents out of his hat, busted all u
snow they could reach out Of bis shirt-bo
ON, and sent him home IN hack, smelliI
like distillery, and with 4 very indistin
recollection Of how It al happened.
All this time PeeVit, in blissful ignoran
Of what had traukpired below, had be
gathering another snow mountain togeth'
which be now Launched over ii time
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At Angeles, when I was there, saw two
sisters named Jeane and Gracieuse, who
lived as nearly sal fresco'' as was possible.
They sang from morning till night, some
times aloue, sometimes in duet, and some
times alternately, as they kept time with
their wheels. Ny windows were just near
enough to allow me to catch the vhir Of
the wheel as mild and subdued accom-
paniment, while their voices rang out
sweet and clear as bells in the air of the
quiet village. The prettiest songs they
sang we're s.Da Rose de Provence and a
patois called "Lous Beroyas" The pretty
sisls.)
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Speaking sharp practice At ! poultry
show, Scotch paper says: The fine
pInmage ofone ofthe fowls attracted atten-
ton, and one ofthe judges particularly ad
n1ired the tail. II looking Il this elegant
appendage and pointing out its merits, be
happened to handle It somewhat roughly,
when, much to his CONSERVATION, It eams
away ii bis hand. On further examina
ton, ii was found thar the tail had beer
gummsd %.
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The snanish ladies use the following pre-

The Spanish ladies use the following pre-
paration to give polished Whiteness to
the neck and arms Infuse wheat bran,
well sifted for four hours in white wine
vinegar; add to it i've yolks Of eggs and
two grains Of ambergris, and distil the
whole. II should be carefully corkea for
twelve Or fifteen years, when i vii be ft
for use. It's an excellent preparation 70
give lastre to the skin. An Albany man
has tried ton . pimple, and what vas once
an nnaightly object is now % polished thai
it shines out ike headlight O loeou1o
] t1s.fa
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Poetry.
TOM SCRIRBLES.


Tenn ScEibbaeg WAS bankers clerk,
On salary rather smaIl;
60 that he seemed forever short,
Though he was very tall
OF handsome forEn and winning ways,
He loved to cut dash
lie Kept the bankers cash account
And cften kept his cash.
One day the banker said to him,
Friend Tom, much depiore
That though Tn buyingssstock all day
I've never much in store.
In fact, know, beyond doubt,
With me you've been too free;
And, as you give me drafts for checka,
III check your drafts on me.
You must have thought me very blind,
Your errors not to see;
But took note oryou, and find
You've taken not Of me.
Your services need no moro,
Your tricks will never do;
Tou long have made the change for me.
I'll make the change for you.
Another matter, Tom, feel
70 speak of would be right;
Although your habits are 60 loose,
They often make you tight
And when you should be at your work
With all your might and main,
The figures which you try to pen
Are MI pcnned in your brain
In hops that you would alter, Tom,
I've kept you here this long
But, though you do write we'll, at time
l"u're oft'ner doing wrong.
10 tell the truth, cannot now
4 word speak in your praise;
Vet It's not strange took witt, you,
You have such taking ways
You're at discount now, and
No interest take in you;
Your time is up-I'lI not extend
You're more than overdue"
Alas for Scribbles there he was
OF friend and place bercft
And as he could not stay and write,
He turned away and left
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The Christian Life quotes from one of
its English eotemporaries the statement
that there eighty thousand widows in India
between the ages of six and sixteen. "A
..earful picture indeed is this Of female
misery in India. Not one Of thousand
of India widows is ever remarked.
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4 paper in South American city re-
Gently published a lengthy and very eulo-
CYSTIC obituary notice Of one ofthe leading
citizens Of the place. The next issue de.
clarod that it had one important thing to
retraet in this complimentary efusion-
the man wasn't dead
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I
the possessor of "pawn which can easily
hold seven eggs at q time.
The ex-Empress Eugene wears blonde
. wig which she waves low on each side O
her forehead, and carries cane which she
doesn't use.
The light that flies from Beauty's eyes
is never more grateful to susceptible
young man than when it flashes in response
to his deposit of pint of peanuts in Beau
tvs lap.
A Virginia bridegroom over seven feet
high is announced. The affair created
considerable sensation, but it is believed
she only married him to go chestnuting
with
What this country needs, says one of our
downtown ladies, is a religion which will
make man feel that it is just as cold for
his wife to get up and build fire as it is
for himself.
Fred Douglass passed through Kansas
City, the other day, aud the next morning
reporter gives the following information
to the world: Fred Douglass is we'll
known as Uncle Tom,' the hero of Uncle
Toms Cabin"
Some people who are fearful of edge
tools will risk their mouths in the presence
of a table knife in rapid operation without
the slightest apprehension ofdanger. But
their courage utterly forsakes them in the
presence of wood-saw.
Persons with corns must be careful and
not sit under the blue glass rays, for they
make all vegetables grow prodigiously.-
The same applies to those with b-unions.
A lady, who was more favored by for
tune than education, at party she gave
desired her daughter to play that fashion
able new malady she got last week.
aWealth begins in good pump that
yields you plenty of sweet WATER" says
philosopher. Many opulent milkmen owe
their fortunes to knowledge of this fact.
An immense stampede to the Black
coast coast are a. expected to c6nsrphire 1argvy
Il is foolishness for man TO try to make
game of boarding house chicken by look
ing at it, under the impression thata steady
gaze of the human eye will make any ami
NAL quail.
Mrs. Cora Bland is lecturing on "The
Women Who Think" If the lecture in
eludes those who thi k about dress and
beaux to the exclusion Of every thing else,
it must be about fourteen nights long.
te1t is not good to be alone, say the phil,
osophers. IF one of these philosophers
were to find himself in the company of q
lively and entertaining bull in a two-acre
lot, surrounded by high fence, he might
change his opinion.
A witty writer has observed, with mucl
truth, that every man is, IN sense, three
different men, In the first place he IS th'
man he thinks himself to be; in the seeonc
place, he is the man other persons thinl
: him to be j; and finally, he is the man h
really is.
.:We1l," soliloquized q tramp, as he say
pet poodle trotting along all trlcked ou
with fnery, there is a man starving tor
square drink, und there goes a dog in
noint lace collarand fur.trimmed overeoa
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FORT BENTON, NJ T, FRIDAY, MARCH %, 1871

Of peril BY fire the dear departed was the
superior of us all"
Smyrna times., 1877-06-13
THE MARKETS.

DELAYS ARE DANGERoUs.-If this axiom
is true respecting the ordinary affairs of life,
still more obviously is it so asregards the ex-
igencios of approaching disease. Unques-
tionably Yet how many neglect to practi-
cally recognize this plain truth when health
is in the balance. OF the many premonito-
ry symptoms of disease a hacking cough is
the most prophetic of peril. Arrest it at the
outset with DR.. Wishart's Pine Tree Tar Cor
dial, and SO avoid Consumption, Bronchitis,
Inflammation of the Lungs, Coughs, Colds,
and, indeed, all Affections ofthc Respiratory
Organs are entirely cured by this sovereign
remedy, which also eradicates Dyspepsia,
Gravel, Piles, Nervous Debility, Torpidity of
the Liver, Urinary Difficulties, Constipation,
Palpitation of the Heart, Scrofulous Affec
tions, and the infrmaties peculiar to the
gentler sex. This cordial derives its virtues
from the vegetable kingdom, and is infinite
ly to be preferred, both on account of its
superior efficacy and freedom from nauseous
and injurious properties to the official drugs
so often administered with no other effect
than 10 offend the palate and disorder tie
stomach. The Pine Tree Tar Cordial can
always be relied on to do what is claimed
for it. Sold by all druggists. Principal
Depot No. GIG Filbert Street, Philadel-
phia. nov l5-ly
Smyrna times., 1877-06-13
MARYLAND ITEMS.

There will be lively times about Centre
Vile ut harvest. The Buckeye reaper
challenged the Champion to cut match,
and now Mr. p II. Frddcman, agent for
the Wheeler reaper challenges both Cham
pion and Buckeye.
RpJJcy.-On Sunday night 4th inst, the
store Of Salcoe Il Son, at North East, Cecil
co., was entered and robbed of goods and
money to the amount OF 5000 to 500. 1t
is supposed the goods were carried away in
vehicle. \ bag Of specie, containing
about $50 was taken.
.SYcctagAjs FmeralStra,oa.-S -Sluyter Harris,
who recently died in Cecilton in his S5th
year, selected his text for his funeral
short time before he expired, viz: "And
thou shalt go to thy fathers i'll peace; thou
shalt be buried in Il good old age" 1t is
from the 18th chapter of Genesis.
" "B;rers," according to a decision of the
Court at Easton, last week, may be sold
under the local option law for medicinal
purposes, but not as beverage. Their
sale, therefore, in grocery stores and res
taurants, is decided to be Illegal, and sub
iects the seller to the penalties prescribed
10y the law.
r. Z. c. Downes, of Church IIill is an
nounced by "Many Noters,' as an indie
pendent candidate for Register of Wills
for Queen Annes county. lie is the second
Independent candidate, Mr.. Hand being
the other. Now, if the Democrats make a
nomination, it is thought Mr.. II. may get
in between the regular and the indepen-
dent Democrat.
Aga5, IN TouJ1c-Charlcs c. Fisher, son
Of = 4
was again in trouble last week. lie was
before the authorities of Baltimore city,
charged with the larceny of S25 from John
McLain, Il young man from Richmond, Va.
Fisher and young man named Phelps
who was charged with completely in the
larceny, were committed in default of
$1,000 bail. The grand jury investigated
the case and found preScntmCnts against
Fisher and Phelps. Fisher conducted his
own defense successfully and was dismissed
by the justice.-DH,tou Union.
4 Spree at 81. Mchacls-Last Monday a
big row took place at ST. Mchaels, Talbot
CO. There was an excursion from Balti
more and the eXcurSioniSts and citizens got
into a fight Oyster shells and other mis-
siles were used in the melee. One man
seized Justice Sparks, of St. Michaels, by
his immense whiskers and struck him
when it is alleged Mr.. Sparks drew a pistol
and attempted to shoot the aggressor, but
was prevented by John Charles, of Balti
more. Mr.. Charles III his efforts to prevent
bloodshed was knocked down. During the
disturbance at the wharf the ladies and
children were much alarmed on the steam
ers, and did considerable screaming. \
man was knocked overheard, but he wa!
rescued. The sale OfwhiSlly on the steamer.
caused the trouble.
Smyrna times., 1877-06-13

All kinds of Mill Work, Sash, Doors,
Blinds, Shutters, Mouldings, Brackets, &C.,
at Worden's, on the Hill. Cheaper than
ever.
The rush for Johnson's Shoe and Hat
Stores show there is money coming in and
people know where to spend it to the best
advantage.
! do not know what shall do if this
Lot weather continues. Why do as have
done, 20 to John L. Phillips & Co. and get
one of their Summer Suits, with pair of
their India Gauze Under Shirts, and also
a pair of Jeans Drawers and put them on,
and take my word for it, they will make
you feel as cool as q cucumber.
We are trying to avoid all classes of
shoddy Shoes in our trade this Spring.
Though there is money in them just for
the present, in the end they prove dear to
both seller and buyer. " He who buys too
cheaply, pays dearly for his bargains" "
II. NJ. & w. r. johnson.
We are the oldest Clothing House in this
section Of the country. While others have
come and gone we still stand and the
| large class of custom that we have we are
sure will bear us out in the statement, that
for fair, honest dealing, good, reliable and
cheap Ready Made Clothing, the Popular
| Clothing House of John E. Phillips q Co
stands unexcelled.
r. NJ. & w. r.. johnson have made quite
an improvement in their store to enable
them to carry the largest stock they have
ever handled. They sell good article a
bottom prices.
Since the arrival of our new stock on
sales have been larger than they have eve
been at this season of the year and the onl
reason that we can assign for it is, that ou
goods are more stylish and cheaper tha
can be found any where else. John
Phillips & Co.
MURDER WILL OUT.-A few years ag
august Flower" was discovered to be
certain cure for Dyspepsia and Liver Con
plant, a few thin Dyspeptics made know
to their friends how easily and quickly the
!, had been cured by its use. The grei
: merits Of Green's August Flower becam
heralded through the country by one su
ferer to another, until, without adyertisln
its sale has become immense. Druggists
every town in the United States are sellir
: it. No person suffering with Sour Stomac
? Sick Headache, Costiveness, Palpltation
4 the Heart, Indigestion, low spirits, et'
can take three doses without relief. Go
!. your Druggist-Jas. p. Hoffecker, Smyri
I land get a bottle for 75 cents and try
Sample Bottles 10 cents. nov Sly