Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-09-19
Odds and Ends.

When doctors disagree, undertakers
know all about it.
In Germany the finest flour is being
made by mill-stones o: glass.
Six Chinese converts were baptized at
the First Methodist Church, Oakland, Cal,
lately.
The grape crop. not only of Los Angeles
county, but Of the whole Of California, is
unprccedentedly small this year.
When lOafer enters the sanctum OF a
busy editor, and the editor says, 'Glad to
see you're back" what does he mean?
The first preacher into the Black Hills
gold regions was murdered by Indians, the
first schOol-teacher was assassinated by
parties unknown.
The important question to every young
man about his family is: ''Have my par
ents and relatives reason to be proud of
p" not, "Have 1 reason to be proud of
my family and relstivcs?''
At Liverpool. $4,000 damages were given
in breach OF promise case. The parties
Sau OCCu SouI tiiifS AItCCn yCdIo siIIu 1OuA
illegitimate children had been born.
One fly in five minutes will take twenty
seven years accumulation of christianity
out Of man. We have no desire to dis
courage tie ministry. but this is fact
which can be backed up by figures.
Health 10 better than wealth any day.
MANY man is rich without money. Thou
sands of men with nothing in their pock-
cts are rich. A man born with good
heart and good limbs, and a pretty good
headpiece. is rich. Good bones are better
than gold.
Duchess of Oldenburgh apples grow in
Minnesota to be eleven inches in circum-
ference. A few years ago it was authori-
tatively stated that Minnesota would never
grow fruit. Now its Montara's turn to
try it, an she has just as fair prospects as
did Minnesota 20 year ago.
kimball. the church-debt raiser, was
persuaded to attack the debt of New
York daily newspaper few days ago, and
he was thrown seven 10 eight. He sus-
tanned a sprained back and fracture OF
the left clavicle. lie says he is not a
Samson.
Dan VOORHEES, in his college days was
an enthusiastic Methodist. and on account
Of his eloquent facility at praying, was
usually called upon to open the exercises
in literary meetings. 1t is said that his
supplications at the throne OF grace were
fully rs fluent and impressive as are his
verbal offerings now to his greenback
god.
1t is asserted in an article in Colenan's
Rural World that hogs can be dressed by
skinning quicner than by scalding; that
the former process lea"as the carcass look
ing as well as the latter; that the skin has
marker yalue-though where, how much
and for what purpose is not stated-and
that the ''hide and hair" OF 2OO-pound
pig weighs aboutI2 IL pounds.
1t is stated that it is now found that the
grasshOppers. which, were regarded as such
pests, have greatly enriched soil where
they persisted in such immense numbers.
e fields where they deposited their eggs,
" n were desr Dyed by the wet, cold
weal. r. of last year, are now said 10 be
benefited more than If thoroughly coated
with the best fertilizer Colorado
Farmer.
A story Is current to the effect that .
Yankee dairyman found one morning .
large bullfrog sitting patiently on roll Of
tresl, butter in one OIL his deep cans Of milk,
placed in the spring the previous evening.
The theory Is that the butter was cl.urned
by the continuous strokes Of the prisoner's