Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-01-17
Whole No., 321
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Which is the oldest tree known? lhc
elder tree, of course.
! 1t is strange how crowded two vo,ln e
men will make the largest pallor seem OF
Sunday evening.
! We live for those who love us,
For those WI know are true.
That's the kind Of Il hairpin we are,
What Kind OF a one are YOU?
"A young man sent sixty cents to firm
/ in Michigan who advertised i recipe to pre-
vent bad dreams. He received slip o :
paper on which was written: Don't 90
to sleep"
An unSophisticated New England COM
merclal traveller. on reading the sign Ger
eral Merchandise on Il store. walked in
and asked if he could see the General.
When a man detects missing button
after getting on Il clean shirt no one in tic
house is aware of the feet. lie takes off tho
shirt and puts on another. quietly smiling
all the While. lie never, never speaks OF /.
to a soul.
10 sit on a sofa between two pretty
girls. one with black eyes. jet ringlets and
rosy cheeks. the other with soft blue ewes.
sunny rin"lets and red cheeks and lip,
both laugIing at you at the same time.
There is nothing more trying.
An English witness. on entering the
box. had testament presented TO him. but
he declined to be sworn. Being asked his
reason for refusing. he nn;vely replied
I'll tell a lie wi ony mon i England, bu
III not swear to it,
Happy is the man who marries full
fledged orphan. He can walk on tapestry
carpets with unwiped boots; he can invite
a friend to dinner, and dine abroad upon
any occasion; he can pet his own children
and vote the opposition ticket, for she is
not.
-lfa young MN is undetermined as to
his true status and would like to have the
opinion of Il representative person on the
subject. an excellent plan to get it is to sit
down on his sisters new hat The amour,
Conformation often obtained by this means
is appalling.
Louisville Couri9-J Jo,09aal: \ letter
in Philadelphia paper speaks of the death
Of IAN artificial India rubber toy maker
This rather beats the steam man. and ii is
certainly Il pity that such an extraordinary
person could not have been kept alive.
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Boston who had six or seven very cOrpll-
lent daughters. When asked how many
l,;I L., T.
something of this kind: Il have three
boys. and about thirteen hundred weight
of girls
Pull out. Bill" shrieied an Ell .;neer's
son to his Playmate. Il brakcsman's son
who was Tin imminent danger of getting
smashed by his tiothrr. who was coming
after him. Cit on the main line and give
her steam. Here comes the switch engine
But before the Juvenile could get in motion
she had him by the ear, and he was laid up
with Il hot box.
"A cOckney at the tails of Niagara, when
asked how he liked them. replied: They're
'andsome, quite so; but they don't answer
my heXpectatons; besides | got thorough
ly vetted. ond lost my at. prefer to look
1T 'em in an hen3r;lsing in 'ot weather, and
in the 'Ouse.''
An Oakland. Cal. man bought mul
for $40. and after trying for days to pr,
his harness on, using the second story WI
dow us Il base of operations. lie finally Sc.
him to the city authorities for Sl4. I.c
.ity will USE him to suppress riots--it is cs
timated that to put him right end forcmo2t
1t riot, he will equal two Gatling guns.
"A man noted for his cloSe-!is.cd p:o-
Densities was showing an Oil coin to q
leighbor. lien the latter asked. "Where
lid you get it, Il dug it out of my gar
lem was the reply. 1T is pity you did
lot find it in the cemetery" said the neigh
)or. why so?'' asked the coin owner.
Because you could have saved the hole to
DC buried in
why is this called Jacobs ladder
,sked Il charming woman us lie and her
we're going up the steepest portion of the
Mount Washington Railway. because,
re replied. with look that emphasized hi
words. there are ang,L ascending and DE-
sending occasionaiy.' lie squeezed he.
and.
job Printing. job Printing ex-
laimcd Mrs. Partington thu other day, as
lie peeped over Ter spectacles ut the at
'ertising pages of Il country paper. Poor
lob. they've kept him printin :. week after
week. ever since lean to read; and if lie
wasn't the paiientest man that ever was,
le never could had stood il so long, no
low."