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The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-10-26

He was fighting against most desperate
odds, knew it, backed into a corner, and
called for his irons One, red hot at the
end, was handed to him, but at the first
stroke the Ioness sent it wbirling, and hel
sharp teeth almost met fora moment his
thigh.
"Hand me something sharp with which
I can brain the bruteiH
/ Every thing upon which hands could be
laid was thrust to. him, but he failed to
reach them, and the danger was becoming
more and more imminent. The blood had
been Tapped up eIean--ali were mac. with
desire, the tiger and the leopard eroucbing
Upon him. Then the nejesty of command
asserted itself.
"Come, Samson
The old lion came forward at tic words,
seemed to comprehend that Something was
wrong, thrust himself between his master
and his raging mate, and, when she turn
ed upon him, sent lerrolHng with q blow
of his greatzPa S.
The lion Tanner might have escaped ;
but, bleeding, wounded as he was, he
would not retreat, ana turned hi. attention
10 separating the now tangled elnass Of
fighting animals. Picking pone leopard
after another, he drew them }ato {, farther
corner ofthe cage, dragging the tiger,
with the lioness c}insing 70 it and tearing
its glossy hide, thither, tore open its paws
BY main strength, hurled it baeAsand shut
the partition turned, realed 70 Tie door,
fell upon it,and was. dragged through e
safety even with the lioness. rafting be
hind him as twas closing.
4 few steps taken, and the Lion Tanner
fell fainting by the side Of his already IN
sensible wife, who lay with her afirighted
child hugged closely to her scarcely beat
ing heart,
Then the silence that had been as death
was broken by the most tumultuous shouts,
and breath was drawn again, and half
4a5nting women and fear-palsied men felt
as ifa mountain had been lifted from their
hearts
Lame, torn, and weak, the Lion Tanner
entered the cage the next day before the
most unprecedented crowd, it having been.
% o,f..,r4:e.I 4bo+ l. r.o,.fl a.. - -; II.
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CIRCULAR NOTES.

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fer tb,f fasb;an ;, frbo ~ - af.s.s., 49,. -
inc for ! While remarked - Lf,asa,f f
"AnJg18on,t believe Olfver CO. ....1I ~
lona5 his hor far 6 adm, ; l,atf1a = -.
kew IN t]e shed. when ba va b,,at;an alt.u
. =6o.saob oboo a;fb6rfi
raee,,t .dvart; ann onf soa+a H. e,l
LOWING. # tho aegtle,a.a Who Eeaas tho
sboe.sbop with the red-bead will ret,,ra
the umbrella of a Young laax with whale.
bone ribs and an ivory handle to the slate.
rooted grocer's shop, he viii hear some.
thing to his. advantage. as the same. i. the
eff Of deceased mother now no more
with the name engraved on it,,
A lawyer, noted for absence. of mind
was once Witnessing she representation Of
Macbeth 7 ard on the witches replying
t. the thaae inquiry, that thew were
doing deed without a name, ], catching
the sound Of the words. he started ap, ex.
claiming. to the astonislp1nerlt of the an
dience: a deed without 4 namef Wbv
its void + Its not worth six-penee lu
The friends of a young man who had
been seized with illness called IN the doc.
tor; but the patient positively refused to
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Selected Story.
THE LION TAMER.

/ lgFbo+ T;cnooc will Ne tbn daa+h af rot
vst Joan
"psbavf,, and roa Il barlv stba Tior
70 ,or,, of 1aroa tra va1I;na circns langh
al 81 tba nrod;ot;ons of liz ass;stant
uYou nav la,,ob u mncb - Won n7ease
bnt some dav Won viii find / am riobt and
H.. - IN -. tl,ar,.b H.. III !
too late >
~ bovo ,arfo,r, "a v;tb all The animal.
for soma va.rs and nayar had anv d;f
fonltrn
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bnonabt tbaa, to.sr,}iaot;an
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hoa = ,hosa -. arlaat:,,a - ,sa,..r5s ,,S -
notsat - ! I'm ona anar,,, ~ 11].al.s e.
into H. Ill.,
~sbe III ] dsv;I of tac,,,ar nban i !
mis- t1a n-ost traaoberons baast + avar
fad o. had anv tb;n@ ! l. u;tb bora
hoon vo+ob;no bar olosa 8, oon,la =
davs c,nt;,,naa H. ass;staa+ ..aad l,,,o,n
sbs !. ,,,;ol,tr oroso .r.;na9 g. dananl
nnon # van ara go;no = bsva teonbIa ),
~ don,t sea WV n9ors tbon 81 onv otbar
time
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than, .If + ,nas o,,r.,1.on ID, J.
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. oroma bos aa+ba,ad }.
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,,ovor b.va ~ A. onasba1c +ba.a u H.
L;us -ponar ! oboon f. III 7,,.,.,a,, IL
! nraoions Tbinl. bon 2oorlr ID -,
,,,or1d Iaora zo,r =; {. aa5 sl;15 :
,bino sbon15 b.nnan ! a. and zhat
uonId l,oooaoo y ~. ,,.;f, i 90. h:s
sbonld bonaon = +ba ob;id 81
uDonot ,,snt;on ~
Tho r,o,, r.bo baa zboadloa ,ad ta.l
and tovad with tho ov.ao baasts.as ftban
bod .l.ean barn, Isss ,it+aas ,roanod ,Iond
- tba tbanabt ,,a, i. tba : .,,ost....,1ar.
even .nassionate natrra ba howed down ~
vorsbin i b;s wife and Iiftje girl And
that day il had been advertised that be
would take his child and ! nail .of blood
into tbe cage with him
II VA i very daring fooIbarav nro;ac+
at the best; but how much more sa when
tbe.beas1s we're aopbIy sarana and ont 81
t. enoner-wbep +be sIiaBtesf tbino aiobt
arouse them to all their pristine f,,rv and
Tie fierce blood oftba wilderness assert 4.
self in all It's tempestuous wrath
But the husbandlY and fatberIv emotions
was soon conquered. The habit Of vears
and his natural strength gave him self
reliance: and il would take more Than idle
words to. turn him from his nnrnose NO
Is-rss22lsss.
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AFfHoPRIATs NAMES a printers
wife, Em for q sports wife, Betty; for a
lawyers wife, Sue; for q teamster's wife,
Carrie for fshernan,s wife, Netty; for
q ashoenakers wife, Peggy for . carpet
mans wife, Aattig.4 for an auctioneer's
wife, Bid5Y; for chemists vile, Ann
Eliza; for an engineers wife, Bridget; for
a hattet's wife, Hattie,
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FORT-BENT0N- NJ 7. FRTDAY@ 0CT0BEF26 1871

with their answers. The former was one
day taking his usual walk, when he met
his friend Pat, and asked, 'What teime
might it be now -. Pat, having a short
stick in his hand, gave Darby a sharp
crack oyerthe head with it, and said, It's
Just struck wan Darby looking. up a lit
tie surprised, but always ready, said,
"Troth and its lucky Job I wasn't here
anhour sooner!
4 man remarked one of his. physi-
clans that the concert. on the previous
night was. very good, to which he replied,
warmly, It was. indeed, most excellent
the best thing Of the kind that ever hap
Epened.n .tBat how do you know all that !?
II ou were not there, were you Q" "IknoW
II wasn't there, butt happen to know that
nearly everybody that was there lis. under
treatment for rheumatism, neuralgia,
pIaeresy, or Influenza. ! have about IF
teen cases myself and al respectable peo-
pie Who pay their bills. The performance
was truly excellent"
Aea happy spot where 4 number Of
negroes reside, an old negro was heard
calling out to his vife, aNanda Is you
got them chickens shut up IN Dc smoke
house like Told yer Il, NO an / Ike
ter know Whatas.de matter wId you, dat
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But even as he spoke fate turned and snrled
The long sought fair his eyes rejoicod to see
Munching Il cocoa-nut, fond Natures child,
She sat, dream Of beauty, up tree.
lie wooed her~with piece Of saline pork;
Caught his sweet prize and started for New
York
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Dsiyd WoRDs. person, in the course
Of some remarks IN i prayer meeting, hay.
ing several times observed that it night be
well for him to repeat them !; Whereapon
with some hesitation and scratching Of tile
head, he said they had slipped his mind.
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| |.

Long has he wandered, fearless, yet alone
r. Save for some frtendsamong.the found.
VOL to the gay giraff cur hero's known;
The tiger ouceor twice hath ta'en him round:
50 intimate he, he even says "old hos"
10 the elephant and the rhinocsros,
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VOL. III.

Lovelier than maiden ever was before
~ loVes hef more 1nall hlostal eti'ias s'sss
iA.
" But one word Y, ana with an q 8EFsn ? grace
she rose and stood before the ehiitiihs'oli'
The light Of her high purpose ln her lace:
And if thon think st am too quickly Won
I'll frown, and be perverse, and say thee nay
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III
at gtili, Of all tho popnlaliOn, one

Bat still, Of all the population, one
Glass most desired eudes his constant quest:
'No fair gorilla maid," he mltrmurs, "None
Appears to still the longing Of my breast.
Would / were that balloon, the monkeys sister
Who we'd, and snracked his labiaIs ere he kissed
herr
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While thus he buzzed the unrosponsiYe air
And interviewed unanswering vacancy,
Musingly seated in his study chair,
His wandering eye Lit on his Darwin-"Je-
Rusalam :" He reached the book down from the
shelf:
III cyolute awonlan for myself -.
III. @
Fierce energy, all obstacles that rout5
Smithington Simms inherited from his sire,
Nor yet had MATRIMONIAL course Of sprouts
Tanned his high spirit or subdned his fire;
With him all thought in action quick bore fruit
And lac determined to evolute.
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4 vag suggests that suitable opening
for many choirs should be, 20 Lord. have
mercy upon Us miserable singers.
\ svallov-tail doesn't make ! gentle
man, aay more than . asWallow makes a
samf4er-or q drink
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CANT0 THIRD.

And now behold the Simms returned again,
And settled III 4 trouig rooraI cot,
Far in The traeklass waste of YorlSvile plain,
And exc supplied with water cold and hot
Modern Improvements all that heart could seek:
Also a nansard roof that didn't leak
il.
Here IN a rooTly cage strong bamboo
He holds his yet uneyoluted bride,
Whose conversational powers now range from
Hoo =
TO "Waow ~ The Iivelong day he sits beside,
Watching her educational slow advance,
And turning on her loves esctatic glance
"Tlle first step, argued sirnms, 'to syolute her
l. Naturalization Pies's the means
Whereby hernind set faeiie, viii tutor
TO love these strange and unaccustomed scenes
"Ah, she shan learn, was smm's hopeful cry,
t'To rastlo with the Great American Pie"
Twas said, 'tgas done. andoll ltoosoonthep national
Dyspepsia caught her in its fearful iaugs:
More pie rut one more step 10 reach the ra-
tional J"
Cried Smithington, eXulting in her pangs.
"Ifthis goes on, ere long the little cussu
Yell fora bonnet and patent bastIe'
tits not noedfuI to describe the plan
Snithington worked on, But it did no. fail
And soon the most important change began
Absorption ofths hereditary tail,
Next like Aphroditets grew her limbs
And success. smiled On scientific sttnms.
BY slow degrees to womallhoaa she grew;
Her eaptor watched her, blooming, as . flower
pnfoldsits tender petals 70 the dew,
And waIes fair and fairer every hour.
This was the blooming Of tae grand idea;
Siams christened her Samantha Dorothea,
a VA
batl No reckless man inquire The fashion
IN which sjmnrs eyolated from an ape
2 perfect woman. 1alpitaht with passion,
sonaqmnate beauty realized inshape
I9eit Fgere toid all ouE subarban villas
would soon bs filled with ipgsnne gorillas.
VIII.
sallce i then TO say, one year has passed
,ioce hrs his prize simms brought unto our shore
sue stands before him, perfected at last,
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94E sN8s= Is
It Is . remarkable fact which We cannot
explain, the boy Who does not know that
the ean i loaded, IS, nevertheless, always
e be found q. the safe end Of the gun
man never knows hov many friends
b has mil he embarks II the saloon bpsl.
ness aHd sets up . free lunch.
Western ediiot throws Up tie sponge
with the remark that it doesn't pay "a run
paper IN taaa where business men
read alhaanaes and pick their teeth with
the tail Of . herring
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TuEBALLAD OF SEiITRINGTON
sTEEHIS.

SERA FAB
CAET0 FIRST. Mill
/.
smihngton Simms he was bachelor ....
man distrustfuI of all womcn's truth
And verify not without some reason, tor
lie had been Tilted In his early youths
And. as the ancient adagc we'll hath said,
The soaldod feline doth the water dread.
Wherefore the fco-crcam dealer knew linn not,
Nor knew him he who 1elt i'll valentines,
lie asked no gentle maid to share his lot;
But thought the entire sex harbored deep de-
signs
Against the heart that once went nigh to break
Thus he CAV femininity the shake
III.
Yet. steel our hearts against her as we may,
Must Lovely woman enter in our lives ~
And unto Sm1thington there arrived the day
When he too envied men with wives
Pcrchance the happy men-such things mas be
Cast looks Of envy upon simlns the Free.
"
However that may be, in Slmmss heart
There stole strange desire to bea fool
To yoke himself to the domestic cart
And curb his freedom meath uXorial rule
Tired Of the rigors Of lonely life, he
Resolved TO have pity itty wife
.r,.+ t,- &Io nh whore" 0ur hero cried in doubt
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And now behold the Simms returned again,
And settled IN a trouiv rooraI cot,
Far in the tfaekless waste of YorlSyille plain,
And exc supplied with water cold and hot
Modern Improvements all that heart could seek:
Also mansard roof that didn't leak.
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Poetry.
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Shutters, ETou1ttizags, Etc.
SCROLL BNUING.

All kinds of fancy moulding and scroll work kept
constantly on baud made to order Will contra
for the erection improvement of private and public
buildings Our facilities for executing first class work
at short notice aud upon reasonable TERMS are superior
to those Of any other firm in Helena
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Lovelier than maiden ever was before,
lie loves her more than mortal e'er.may guess:
''Shall We be wed? She siglis, and murmurs Yes y
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,rwa. said. txas done aadaIl oo.oontAe national

by slow degrees to won,uihoad she Crews
Her eaptor watched her, blooming, as flower
gntoIdsi its tender petals to the dew,
And waXes fair and fuirer every hour
This was Che blooming Of the grand idea;
slmnis christened her Samantha Dorothea
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Hoo Y
TO "Waoww The livelong day be sits beside,
Watching her educational slow advance,
And turning ON her loves esctatic glance.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-09-13
POLITICAL,

The state convention of the indepcnd-
ent greenback party OF Pennsylvania has
been called to meet at Williamrport, on the
10th Of September.
The New York prohibitionists have
nominated state ticket and resolved that IL
is the duty Of all to extirpate the crime Of
selling intoxicating drinks.
The central Ohio executive committee
of the Workingmen's Industrial union have
issued an address setting forth the platform
OF principles of the workingmen's party,
and recommending that conventions be held
in the several counties to nominate county
officers, and establish industrial union clubs
in every township and voting precinct.
At mass-meeting of the workingmen
held in New York, resolutions were adopted
sympathizlng with the late strikers. The
meeting was held under the auspices of the
furniture.makers, who are agitating the
question of an increase Of wages to the ex.
tent of twenty-five per cent. Their present
week.
The New York state central commit
tee has issued call for state ndedendent
convention to be held on the 10Th of Septem
Der. The call demands the immediate con.
sideration of the platform adopted at In
dianapolis in May 1876 denounces the re.
sumption act and assists repeal stgmatizes
the issue of Az per cent. bonds as a bare.
faced robbery of the people to the extent Of
$lS,000,000. 1t also calls for laws to sustain
labor and control railroad and other monop.
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Female BOllemians.

Lola Montez was a latter day has
rOgues, the most successful and world
wide. An Irish girl with any amount of
fathers, her liberality Of moral style and
action was about her only heirloom, save
a face brimtul of expression, fine eyes
and mutitudinous hair. AS dancer
and actress she won half the hearts of
Paris, and married monarch-the art
mad Ludwig. She lived then as beg
gar on horseback, and by her absurdities
succeeded admirably in running her
husband to the ragged edge of ruin, from
which he was only saved by his people,
who threatened revolution if she were
not expelled from the kingdom. Here
ditary pride and ambition overcame an
old mans foolish love, and Ludwig
assanted to the demands of his ministers.
Heart broken he parted with Lola, who,
with light fantastic toe, tripped blithely
over to London, and, after a couple of
years of success as an actress, followed
the star of empire in its western course,
toured the United States as an actress
and lecturess, made money and was
popular, lost it all and ceased to draw,
was defrauded by every one who could
get chance TO swindle her, and
finally, in New York second rate
boarding house, just sixteen years
ago, the footlights of her life's drama
hickered out, and in Trinity church yard
she now lies, with the simple inscription,
Elizabeth Gilbert, died in New York,
aged forty.one years" to mark her rest.
ing place. Adah Isaac Menkens was a
less successful, but more socially popular,
woman than Montez. Menken was a
Louisiana Jewess OF rare beauty and
exceeding brilliant ideal intellect. She
was rattle-brained, good-hearted adven.
turess, giving to mankind what was
meant for an individual party, te.wit, a
husband, and if she sinned greatly, may
be forgiven, for she loved much. She
accomplished her stage popularity more
by reason of beautiful face and marvel.
lously symmetrical iguge than from
stage ability. She married John {.
Heenan, the prize-fghter, first; then
poor Orpheus c. Kerr fell in her arms,
and they we're married. He truly loved