Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-03-08

|. How can you look me in the face as la,
8 raised family and four of them twir
and never went agin you in all my b'e> Sc
lite for I've beeI -"
f Said he, lnterruptin' of me- as wss nC
I called for. for there he Law without
J b'essed stitch and a. holding of his shirt i
one hand aud the Kerosene lamp in III
t o'her-said he, ''Git into ted and she
e your trap aud don't te a botherin' of IN
as is bound to lay on this ide side IF th
!, bed. twins or no swi..s''
Il Said l, "It 9 q burning shame fer yo.
10 talk that away wheE the twins IS your
and children any man might be proud of
and you a settln' there as NIX Il rs Ow
and no fire in the room-do you once
j think"
M rindy," said he, ''you keep you
twns to yourself and say less TO me who
meyer wantetl twins as Is the cause Of al
the neighbors laughing-now come tc
ed and stop your CAB, and take your
own side If you want to sleep this night
Said Il won't il never sleep, SAID
l." and
But Samuel bcin' stronger than me
along of my bein' hurt, catched nc by
The neck and hauled me in, and me q
ugglin'-and first he on top ana then
me on top and apitchin' and tossin' and
the bed a crackin', when sudden down
went the Stats and We fluunder;n' on the
floor. Jest tEen awful howl set up from
Jock for that pe>ky dog always would
settle under The beh, and the critter was
thai frightened hr c,ught Samuel by the
leg and tlt him to tie very .rrer, and
Samuel Was so agonized lie caught me ty
the halr and we all rolled out together,
Samuel a pullln' and Jock a-hangin' on,
and me a-gnsshin' Of my teeth and kick;n'
right and left as is natural when in trOu
Ible.''
1t did'nt take long to make tn room
as is always kept in order look like earth
qnakes had been down the ctiinney-anu
when that dog let go there WASN'T a
whole piece of nothin' left, and all the
chiny smashed and not Gu .lr with legs
to stan on.
When I come to aud got my sight there
TODD Samuel by the stove with not a
blessed Coal into it, nor the vestige of a
stick in sight, arubbin' of his leg and
looking like he'd been shot out of Il gun.
Sad lie. will you taLe your side of the
be - said he
Il !! not" said l. Nor never and you
IS stand there ased La ought to be that
lsilam of yourself for all the world
Ike Alan and Eve and you'll take the
back side, or my name haint MerinGa"
INV. s-e here Mrs. Jonesv' said he,
gct,in' d,gnlfied like-'!sce here Just y.u
ii. into that there bed and do it quick and
40 more 'aik!'
Says l. Samuel Jones, dol't you order
as is your wife for here II stand 'lil II
81! k into the floor ii. st and all the iawyur>
in Ameriky can't bulge me not onc inch.
Samuel jones'" id l, land III sleep
here standin' like boss before iii take
Lhe back of that bed!'
With that that man took ME by the
n'ck and doublin' ne up by the heels
Jest naturally chucked me into that bed
and sot down on me on the back side of
hat bed aud lit his pipe; and there he so
till mornin and is there no law in the
Uuit. States that nothin' is done when
,ech things can be and a woman has nc
lights in her own house and has to be put
own in the presence of her own child
en- and them twins? VESUVIUS.
How the Indians Climb b Trees
Appleton's Journal says: I'm South
America even tie weakest woman may be
not uncommonly seen plu'klng the frui
It the tree tops. If the bark S so smooth
md slippery that they cannot go by
climbing, they use other means. They
make hoop of wild vines, and pu'
;lng their feet inside they use it as sup
port iu cI'moiog. The negro of the west
coast Of Africa makes larger hoop
.rou.,h the tree and gets inside it. and
erks it up the tree with his hands. lit
lie at time dra Wing his legs up after il.
The Tahitian boys tie their feet together.
:o,ir or five in, hes apart. with a piece Of
aim bark, aud with the aid of this fetter
20 up the cocoa palm to gather nuts
he native women of Australia climb
he gum tree after Oppossums; where the
lark is rough they chop holes with II
latchet, then one throws al 1T the tree
ope twice as long AS will 60 round it,
,uts her halchet on her croppei head, ana
, acing Ter feet against the tree and
,r spin. the rope with her hands, she
litches it up by jerks, and pulls herself
I'D the enormous trunk almost as fast as
man will climb q lad err
Taxing Mines.
So they are to have Mining Bureau in
Colorado. The Mining Review, printed
II Denver. gives the following figures:
For the Commissioner annual salary
md clerk hire. IS OOO, the two assistants.
81 500 each; fitting up labraiory, $500;
,Iiice rent, fuel ana lights, $500; office
furniture. etc. $5OO.
This is about the coolest thing we have
lad this cold winter, tor here is a tstal of
10, 500 TO be paid by the farmers, mines
'eing exempt from taxation; and at the
sme time Chaffee is trying to rob the