Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-06-06

How n Hole Can Hurt.

a negro was convicted in our Supcrio
Court, the other day, for hitting anothe
negro with an AK. A party of colore,
savans were discussing the case IN ST
presence.
! "What [ wants to kno'." sail one O
them. lis jiss diss: How ken man hi
anudJer man wild de eye oh an aX?''
! why kant he-tcll me dat - said olC
ST.
''kase it stands ter reczen, don't We
see. for de eye oh er Ak is whar de handle
goes in. an how is or man gwine te
'sault anudler man wild or contempt t.
murder by hittin' him on de he'd wild e.
hole:''
This was a clinchcr the other daTtie.
thought: bu, oil 81 remarked:
Fore de wah me an you used to worl
in de same cotton yard, didn't we:''
"Ies. we did
'Well. | s'pose you members wher
Massa Threikill. down dar at Griffin. useC
ter lam Yer bout like tohty wild dat paddle
dat he had: 2"
"Oh. you 90 way.'
''Well, dis are de pint: When lie used
for ter paddle yer, an yer used fer to
gronc round an complain OBJ de blisters
what he raised on yer, WIZ it de paddle
or de holes in de paddle what raised de
skin an made de sore? Now wiar's yoll
scicntitty argymcnt?''
The case was seitled-nobody in the
egative.-htlanta Constitution.
An Incident Oh the Missouri River
in 1874.
The story Of the first steam whistle on
the Missouri river is amusing. Its intro
duction dates back TO lS44. At that time
the settlers on the Missouri river were in
the habit Of making regular visits to ST.
Louis. to do their trading for themselves
and friends. They were not provided with
daily intercourse with the outside world.
and many of them who lived back from
the river seldom. if ever. saw a steamboat
more than once year. 1t happened dur
inc the fall of lS44. the new steamboat
Lexington started up the Missouri river.
lea led down TO the guards with freight.
Among the passengers were Judge Joseph
G.. Ransom, now of this city; Theodore
Warner, Of Lexington: Ben. Halliday.
afterwards the famous overland stage pro-
prietor; Colonel Pomeroy, of Lexington.
and planter of Platte county, named
YOcum.
The steamer Lexington was provided
with steam whistle the first used on the
Missouri riyer-and, as it happened, no
one knew about it except Warner, who
was a wag and a lover of a joke. The
night after leaving ST. Louis the passen-
gers We're collected together playing cards
(tor fun in the cabin, when the talk turned
upon steamboat explosions, then very COM
mon.
IL feel perfectly safe on this boat said
Warner. as he dealt the cards.
why" inquired Yocum, the planter.
"Why," echoed the rest of the COM
pany.
IL will tell you,' said the wag. carefully
studying his cards. ''This boat is provid-
ed with new patent safcty-valve. which
notifies the passengers on board when it is
about to blow up. 1t is concern which
makes most unearthly noise, and when
you hear it, it is time to get back aft or
jump overheard"
Notwithstanding the fact that Warner
told his story with the most solemn and
earnest countcnance. some were skeptical.
Not so, however. with the planter. Next
morning. when the Lexington was steam
ing up the long. straight stretch of the river
just below Washington, Mo-, the passen-
gers were at breakfast. The meal had
been called, and all had been busily en-
gagged in doing justice to the kind of meals
they were accustomed to serve on steam
boats in those days. Suddenly the whistle
commenced to blow, the first time OF the
trip. The passengers looked at each other
moment, and horror and disnhay spread
itself over their faces. The first man to
realize the situation and act was Yocum,
the planter, who, with hair erect and
blanched face, jumped up. crying. as he
pulled over one after another of the pas
sengers:
Run, run for your lives; the things
going to bust. Follow me and let's save
ourselves"
OF course there was q stampede for the
rear of the boat. and it was only by the
eXertions of some of the crew that the more
excited were restrained from jumping into
the riyer.-Kansas City Times.