The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-01-05

dc that be had become convert to the M
le, cess. She at once telegraphed him, ssl
right, 60 ahead, have your ashes return.
sh 6. o. D., to me-
in All !vat a blessing ze cole winter be,
n zen he kill all Of ze skeetare and fes
Zen till ze spring time warm vedder sa
y, bring,
Monsieur Moskeetare, no more Won Vi
sing.
Although Maggie Mitchell Is turne
thirty, in disposition and appearance sh
IS, and perhaps always will be, a child 9
twelve. Her long, graceful waist, her flow
ing golden hair, her Cinderella feet are tn,
adjuncts which help to make "the ugl7
Fanchon'' as.she calls herselfin the play
more bewitching than ifher face were as
beautiful as Penelope's.
Upon my word, my dear, don't know, !,
replied Mrs. NickIeby "Roast PIG: let
ne see. On the day five weeks after YOU
were christened, we had roast-no, that
eoaldn't have been WAS ! na;. 2 -.,ve''use !,
carve, and your poor papa and I oan15 y
a;as as.s' nave thought of sitting down to two
plss-f!'ey : must buve been partrid oes
l lsossss pig hardly think we ever conla T
= - se mad one, now | come to reno,aha
TOR yOur na1,o. aI7 iii5efi
Of them nl Il Pafa tfe fa sfoPs ana USED % say ta
they always put him in mind Of very little
babies, only the piss had much fairer ON
plexions and lie had horror Of little
babies, too, because he couldn't very we'll
afford any increase to his family, and had
a natural dislike to the subject. It's very
odd, now, what can have put that in my
head | recolleet dinner once at Mrs.
Bevan's, in that broad street, round tie
corner by the coachmakers, where the tipsy
man fell through the cellar flap Of an
empty house nearly a week before the quar-
ter-day, and wasn't found till the new ten
ant went in-and we had roast pig there.
It must be that, I think, that reminds nen
= = arneeieallxas there was AE5le bird n
bird, for it was parrot, and he didn't sing
exactly, for he talked and sWore dreadful
"; butI think it must be that. Indeed,
I am sure it must. Shouldn't you say SO,
my dear ~ Mrs. Nickze5y, III Dickens
q NicHoI0s NicE1ebaf.''
@What are your intentions young man2a
That was the question abruptly propound- |
ed to a bashful fellow by mother Of two
daughters residing on Resaeea street, the
other night. He had been calling to see
one of the young ladies for upwards of
seven months, it would appear, but it was
never his fortune or misfortune to become
acquainted with his intended mother-in-laW
until that evening. He is represented to
have been chatting in a merry mood with
his dulcina, in the parlor, when her mother
appeared at the door, and without any
ceremony, startled him by asking the ques-
ton above quoted. He answered her by
saying, Il intend to get my hat and go
home and suiting the words to the action
he departed, leaving the daughter dumb
founded Reader, this IS secret, don't
tell any one.
There is a good deal Of humanity IN q
mule after all Or perhaps it is better to
say thatthere is a good deal ofmule in hu-
manitY. A writer in the Atlontic gives a
/ very racy study Of the mule, and he speaks
as one who knows the animal long and
well. He says "The depraved mule re
ioiees in his heart if he can make some one
miserable. It is trait for which in the
West they have a specific term. They call
it pure cussedness. When d mule de-
votes his whole life toillustrating this idea
he finds thousand opportunities and
achieves a remarkable success Who can
not recall people Of their acquaintance who
have this trait prominently developed
Again: Sometimes the wanderer takes
it into his head that he can sing. So long
as he keeps this idea to himself nobody
can complain. But mule who has such
q eoneeit is sure to publish It. One who
has aever heard music solo can form no
idea Of the rare eacophony it involves. No
musical gamut can describe il. IT is one
Of the grossest outrages on the public
peace ever devised. Happy for the heare1
# the bray be confined 70 one mule; but
when two or three hundred happen te
meet together, and soae base promptel
among them says Brethren, let Us Bray,
the antiphonal response, which is nevel
refused, is perfectly overwhelming. I re
member one poor mule who lost his fft
because be would persistentlg exercise thil
gift IN an Indian country, aud 50 betra1
) the command to the enemy. He was sho
as . traitor and d nuisance Alas tha
Ve cannot dispose of sone human mules
who have this same hallneination abon