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The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1878-01-11
The Rival Bows.

A couple Of diminutiye speci-
mems of the genus small boy were
together on Court Street, one spin
ring a gorgeous.eolofed hunming-
top, aud the other gazing on the
TOY with look in whichza com
bination Of admiration and envy
was plainly depicted. Finally the
owner Of the top said to the other
boy
Why don't your dad buy you a
top like this 2
Carse | wouldn' havea top like
that my dad 5 sent off to san'cisco
for q top what plays an organ like
there is up at the Methodist
Church, aud sings Hold the Fort,
and Yankee Doodle Dandy
., shet up yer mouth !; your dad
couldn't buy a top like that; cause
/ heard my mar say he couldn't pay
his store bill, and that your mother
had to turn her last years alapaea,
to look half way decent at church
last Sunday
Well, | don't care, any way,
sobbed out the topless boy, our
baby's got fits, and your folks amt
eTen got 10 baby 70 have en-
Then the boy with the top
shook hands across the bloody
ehasm by lettiug the other boy spin
his top jest once.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1878-01-11

notoriety. Soon after he had IN
trodueed his subject, the cry OF
fire! fire | FIRE. in the street very
much disturbed the congregation,
and many were about to retire,
when an elderly lay brother rose
and said 7:
IF the congregation will be com
posed, I will step out and see i
there is any fire near, and report
The congregation be came com
posed, and the minister proceeded.
Taking advantage oftheioccurrenee,
he called attention to fire that
would consume the world Ia fire
that would burn forever in the lake
that IS bottomless land had just
concluded 4 sentence Of terrible
import, and not without manifest
impression on his audience, when a
voice from tile other end Of the
church, as if in fiat denial Of all he
had said, bavled out
It's false alarm !!
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1878-01-11

You are a physiognomist. Well
what, for instance, can you read
now in ny face p
! can see, said Verdier, prom +.
", that the old wound in your
side has broken out again
'Nonseuser Numbered ont the
general.
But
No but after | assure you, sir
Perhaps YOU do not like to speak
Of it; perhaps duel
Diable! You won't believe me!
What will you bet?'
Any thing you please, general
Five hundred francs,
The gentlemen present are wit
nesses.
With those words, the general
at once proceeded 10 divest him
self, without mnre ado, OF his coat
and shirt, and a scrutiny By all
present revealed the fact that there
was no trace Of a wound by sword
or ball.
'Yon have lost the bet, Verdier 7
shouted the general, resamlng his
garments.
4 have lost. indeed, this once.
Men may err sometimes. Here are
Your five hundred francs
With chuekle the general put
the money into his pocket.
After he reached home he 1T
once wrote to his old chum, the
general in command of Verdier !
former regiment:
Dear friend, the story Of Yer
dier's luck is all humbug. He has
just made a bet for five hundred
francs that | had a wound in my
side, and Of course lost it,
The answer come back
Y our naivete is truly charming
Your winning the five hundred
francs cost me two thousand, which
Verdier bet me, on the day Of bis
leaving, that he would make you
on the first evening Of meeting take
off your shirt IN the presence of
your fellow-oAfeers, and th-t you
yourself would inform me Of it.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1878-01-11

dred leayed rose, and death himself
seems to enjoy It.
And how happy he IS to feel that
she is there. He pretends not to
see her. He remains bent over his
work, as if ahsorbedin It. But his
heart gains the upper hand, AID lie
exclaims
My darling do not mufle your
steps. Your movements are har-
mony, your voice a melody which
enchants my ear. Your presence
sheds its influence upon my work j;
it will be adorned with.your grace
and glow with the fame Of my
paipitating heart.
Without seeing you, l guessed
you were here, by tile increased
ardor Of my work, by the light
which over<pread myspirit.
A thousand years from now they
will say His is yet live book
all warmth and affection And
the eason of it all-she was beside
you when you wrote it,
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1878-01-11
It 5 a false alarm I
President Grant and cold Jane

It is one OF the purest pleasures
Of great men to revisit the humble
friends of their childhood who have
not changed, and who never fiat
ter.
ExPresident Grant, Just before
starting to Europe, in company
with Commodore Ammen, paid "a
visit to Georgetown, Ohio. his
town is the birthplace Of the latter,
and the home OF the former, from
the age Of one year to seventeen
the time Of his departure to West
Point. After visiting the many
points Of interest, reviying the re-
collections Of schoolboy days, they,
in company with an old friend, call
ed to see two Of their old towns
women, called old Janeand Polly
where occurred the following
Jane, this is President Grant.
What did you say 2
This is President Grant-Pres-
ident OF the United States
Who? Lys Grant ? Laws, how
you've groved 2
And this is Commodore Ammen.'
Laws, is that Dan Ammen 2
The two old maids we're ten
dollars better off than before the
visit, and from the dual laugh which
followed the Introduction, the Com
modore and ExPfesident were
more highly delighted than they
ever were at any Of the State recep
tions given at Washington.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1878-01-11
Sneezing q Coed Omen.

It is time-honored custom, OBJ
served all over Europe, for one
person when another sneezes to
salute him with God bless you.
Something like this custom is met
with among sayages. De Soto, the
famous Spanish explorer, during.
his expedition into Florida, en-
countered native chief. The chief
happened to sneeze, whereupon his
retinae burst forth into a chorus Of
blessings. 'Iaoyou not see,' said
De Soto, pleased to meet with a
familiar custom, to his men, that
all the world is one 2
Among the Zulus ofsouth Africa,
when a native sneezes he says, /
am now blessed The Idhlozi IAN
cestral spititf is with me i; it has
come to me. Let me hasten and
praise il, for it is it which causes
me to sneeze! ia child sneezes.
they say to it, Grow, considering
the sneeze a sign Of health. They
believe that a spirit, .one Of the
ancestral ghosts hoTefing around
them, causes them to sneeze. So a
Zulu Jocks upon sneezing as a re-
minder that the spirit has entered
into him and abides with him.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1878-01-11
The Elders Silence.

4 story is told ef a Scotch elder
which illustrates the fact, already
too we'll known. that ingenuity is
much stronger II some men than
conscience. II Scotland il IS the
custom to stand n public prayer.
One sunday i worthy elder hap
pened to fall asleep while standing
at the head of his seat during.
prayer, and unfortunately he made
> further sip b falling I'll his
lengta a.olg the passage. Instead.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1878-01-11
The Indians Shot.

President Hayes, speaking Of
the proposition to introduce Indi-
ans in the army, doubted if it could
be done to any. great extent. He
added ! had three Indians in my
corps. As scouts they were un-
eqnalled. We could do nothing
with them as soldiers. They would
not drill, they wonId not keep rank,
they would do nothing except in
their wild Indian way. We were
troubled by a sharp-shooter who
had picked off our men. and we
could not reach him. I sent for one
of these scouts. He came to my
camp IN slonchy way seemed halt
asleep, and was wholly Indifferent.
" When I told him what I wanted,
his face glowed, his eyes sparkled,
and he Strengthened himself up like
a crested snake ready to strike,
rolled his troWsers up to his thighs,
his sleeves to his shoulder blades
to be as much of a savage as pos
sible. He took his rife, several
rounds Of ammunition. threw him
self on the grass before there was
any need Of it, and wound himself
along with the velocity and silence
Of snake. Three shots brought
the sharp-shooter down, when the
scout returned perfectly exhilarat-
ed.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1878-01-11
Ar. .aynhanna sars 7

An exchange says, Two New
Orleans lads quarrelled, and one
stabbed the other with red.hot
nail Yes and it might be re-
marked that this bad boy had been
standing on the street corners for
two hours shiyering, with the red
hot nail in bis. hand, waiting for the
other boy to come up and be stab
bed.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1878-01-11
"A French Yarn.

An officer named Verdler was
celebrated in his garrison IoE win
ming every bet. None Of bis com
rades could boast Of ever having
been successful, and at last no one
care to bet with him. One day
Verdier was transferred to another
regiment but the fame of his peeu-
liar luck had already spread before
him. Aftera supper rendered him
by his new comrades on the even
ing Of his q. rival, nd when chs m
payne made Its appearance, Gen.
B. called out
Is it really true, Verdier, that
you win every bet
Yes, general
But how the deuse do youdo It :?
"a, very simply I am : phys og-
nomist, and bet only when ] am
quite sure.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1878-01-11
ADVERTISING RATES.
Poetry. ?
WHAT rs LETTER :

A silent language uttered to the eve,
Which enyious distance Would in vain
deny;
A tie to bind, wherescircumstances part ;
A nerve of feelingy stretched from heart.
to heart.
Formed to convey, Ike an electric chain,
The mystic aash-the lightning Of the
brain.
And bear at once al ng each precious link
Affections life-pulse in drop Of ink.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1878-01-11
She Felt Anxious.

Saturday forenoon . Detroit WON
an about forty years of.age appear
ed at The foot Of Woodward Ay=
enne, and inquired Of This and that
oneregarding her husband, sailor
When She was a5out giving up her
search, a stranger came along and
asked
Were you hunting for Tom 2
Yes, sir Fam afraid he's ship
ped on some vessel, and vii be
lost.
Hes al right, missus. left
him in a eoalshea up here, drunk
is i log, and he won't ship on
nothing.
Thanks thank you very much,
size pleasantly replied. | was anz.
ious for fear he'd take berth on
some boat for a last trip but if he's
drunk, he will go home along il.
the night, and I needn't worry.
She thanked him again, aud went
away without further thought Of
her husband, who was u the con
dition described By his friend.
4 false Alarm.
A large congregation had as
sanhlad fn hear a sfrana ar aI some
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1878-01-11

4 thousand towels were stolen
this summer, writes q well-known
Saratoga landlord 'boaraers show
a fondness for all sorts Of furniture,
but especially towels They love
not wisely, but towel.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1878-01-11
Selected Story.
CHRISTMAS EVE.

I'll HIS 4 MAS II y Do
You'll find it wild walk, mis-
tress, this bitter evening, cross
moor'-such had been the greeting
of the last wayfarer whom | met
upon the lonely path into which |
had struck on quitting the hard,
firm road. The wind had risen as
the sun went down behind the
rocky Tors to the westward, and
the piercing gale that now blew
brought with it such snow as only,
think, does fall on Dartmoor III
midwinter. Chilled, in spite cfthc
warm shawl | wore, by the biting
blasts, and dazzled by the thick
flakes that whirled and glittered
as they swept by, pressed on,
quickening my pace homewards.
| had fingered too long in the
village street, whittier / had gone
10 make some few final purchases
needed for our merry Christmas
dinner, and now the moorland
stofm had set in with all its fury,
and the homeward walk TO the farm
would be difficult, and might even
be dangerous.
One hesitating look threw back
IT the lights Of the village far be-
hind, and then, remembering that
I should be anxiously expected at
home, pushed resoIuteIy on across
the snowy moor, the darkness APP
pcaring to thicken at every instant.
Faster and faster fell the snow,
clinging to my wet hair, dancing
before my bewildered eyes, and al,
most obliterating the cartrutS
which alone indicated the rough
road that | had to traverse.
Often ha1 | listened by the fire
side to stories of belated travellers
lost upon the moor. Should once
stray from the track, I might wan
der over the boundless waste until
my strength failed me, as theirs
bad done, and, as they had done,
lie down exhausted to die. AS it
vas, by the time | had walked two
miles through the storm, | began
to grow feeble, my stepswere slow,
and the light basket | carried Oh
my arm seemed to have grown
strangely heavy. Bufeted by the
raging wind, tottered YEARLY on
through the snow heaps.
The farm, to the best Of my be
lief. was but about half a mile off
but began to doubt, benumbed as.
] was by the intensity of the cold.
and spent with the toll Of strug
Cling with the tempest, whether
should ever reachit. I felta heavy
drowsiue~s, oppress me, and longed
to lie down and rest for but few
minutes, before resuming the bat
tle with the wild weather. But
rest insuch a case means sleep; and
sleep, death. Something Of the IN
stlnct which makesa hunted animal
strain every nerve to die at home
urged me On, and / continued to
press forward. AS | did so, a cry
reached my ears-the cry ola child
ID distress! It was repeated, and
turned towards the quarter from
whence came the sound, and then
hesirated. Well I knew that if
expended the last dregs Of myI
strength in plodding through The
drifts, the chance Of my reaching
tie farm was small indeed. Ana
1aen it might not be . child that
had uttered that cry, but merely I
the bleating Of . stray sheep. Pfu
dence warned me to hurry an home
wards.
No, no, no / dared not hearken
q the whispers of selfshness, dar-
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The effect was iadicrous in the
extreme. The old man returned ];
but the inopportune response spoil
ed the force Of the eloquent appeal
from the pulpit, and even the
preacher could scarce refrain from
joining IN the universal smile that
passed over the congregation.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1878-01-11
I DanbnrY nan describes

4 Danbury man describes a
church.festiral for raising money
as an operation wherein one halfof
the church buys berries at fifteen
cents a quart and sells them to The
other half for q dollar.
General Grant has not Jet mss-
tered the rernacular sufficiently to
hold polite conversation in
French, but be smokes aaently IN
that langu sge
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1878-01-11
FORT BENTON, NJ T, FRIDAY, JANUARY II, 1878.
Il fIIl|I4l
y j


ed not salve my conscience with
the plausible idea that the CRY
which | had heard was not ahunan
one. | could not shut my ears to
the plaintive appeal that had reach
ed me, and, praying to God that |
might find mercy for the sake Of the
dear ones at home, / turned to-
wards the tiny suppliant. Yes,
sure enough, there were the prints
of little feet, already half bIotted
out in The snow and following on
the track, | came at last to- . high
bank, and a deep, deecy drift,
where in the white hollow crouch
ed some score Of sheep huddled
together, and amongst them, ap-
parently asleep or dead, a little
child, her pale face pillowed on one
of her wooIly companions. An
then | knew henry own, my only
one, my little three.year old darl-
ing, our Rosie, that | thought so
safe and warm at home and | stag
gered forward, and knelt and took
l.her to my bosom, and chaied her
1-cold hands, and wrapped my shawl
Iaround her, and then-and then ali
grew dark.
How long the lethargy brought
on by extreme cold may have, ii
my case, endured, | never knew
But | rememoer that [ heard q
rough, kind voice call out, Keep
Carstone back Don't let him look
they're both dead, poor things !
Ard then tie swoon came on
again, and the blank, black dark
ness swallowed up all.
But when | came back to life it
seemed like foretaste of heaven,
so gay and cheerful was the look
Of the warm cooey homeplace, with
its glowing fire. ofcrimson peat and
blazing wood and wherever neigh
noriy face with which | was well
acquainted. | lay on bed that
had been drawn close to the blaze,
wrapped in cloaks aud blankets,
while near me knelt strong man,
Frank Carstone-dear, good Frank
my own brave, kind young hus-
band, to whom | had been married
but four short years, since first he
brought me to the moorland farm.
And there was Rosie, darling, blue
eyed Rosie, no longer, as when last
/
| saw her, lying like a dead white
lamb among the sheep and drifted
snow, but we'll and strong, and with
her dear blue eyes fixed lovingly
on poor mammals pale face. Then
must have tainted agar, but it
was from surprise, net pain and
soon / could speak and stir, and lie
as ore af the waking world again.
We had a merry Christmas din
ner next day, after all, the merriest
I ever knew. with Rosie's tiny
char drawn close to mine-I could
not bear to be.away from her-and
Frank beside me, blithe and Low
ing, and thankful too for the wife
and child that had been spared to
him. Rosie had wandered out, il
seemed, following the strayed
sheep Of one OF those very neigh
bors who bad joined with Frank N
seeking for the truant out had ]
not come up when 7 did, the child
could hardly have survived ill
rescue came. That happened years
ago. Happy Ch istmases have
come and gone since then, but
never can I think 0ithouta shudder.
OF that Christmas Eve upon Dart
moor.
A French Tarn.
An officer named Verdler was
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1878-01-11
The Risll0n's InI,e.

Bishop Clark, Of Rhode Island.
always will have his joke, and its
always worth having, too. Once
upon a time his brother was visit
ing him, and the good bishop show
ed him TO his bedroom, ii due
course of time. Goodnight III
put my boots outside the door,
said his brother. AL right, Sam,
replied the bishop; 'nobody'll
touch EN- By the way, thatsame
brother Of Bishop CLARK was one Of
the wittiest men alive. It runs IN
the family. He once went to see
one Of his pari~hioners, a lady with
prodigious family which had re
Gently been increased. AS he rose
to leave, the lady stopped him with,
But youhaven't seen my last baby,
No. he quickly replied, and |
never expect TOT Then he fed.
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sTEwER.Y Z

Special pains taken in fitting speetacles and Eye
Glasses to secure glass suited to the eye. Orders
fromths country filled with care Watches and other
goods sent for selection on receiving satisfactory refer
enco. w. G.. BAILEY "
Helena, II. 7. :
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4 False alarm.

IA large congregation had as.
semb!ed to hear a stranger OF some
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-08-29
Good Digestion.

"Give us this day our daily bread" and
good medicine to digest it, is both reverent
and human. The human stomach and liver
are fruitful sources of life's comforts; or,
disordered and diseased, they tingle misery
along every nerve and through every artery.
The man or woman with good digestion see
beauty as they walk, and overcome obstacles
hey meet in the routine of life, where the
dyspeptic secs only gloom and stumbles and
growls at even imaginary objects. The
world still needs two or three new kinds Of
medicine before death can be perfectly abol-
shed; but that many lives have been pro-
longed, and many sufferers from Liver dis
ease, Dyspepsia and Headache, have been
cured by MERRELL's HEPATIEE, is no longer
doubt. 1t cures Headache in twenty min
utes, and there is no question but what it is
the most wonderful discovery made in med
ical science. Those afflicted with Biliousness
and Liver Complaint should use MERnELLs
HEpArInE. It can be had from Simpson,
Reid d Co.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-08-29
A CARD.

EDITOR INTELLIGENCER: In the last issue
ofyour paper observed the nomination OF
myself by the Bolton Democratic Club for
the Office of Coroner. nm duly grateful
for the compliment, but respectfully decline
the nomination for the following reasons
1st. The offico of Coroner is not vacant.
1t is rather hard upon my enthusiastic
friends, but such is the fact.
End. The list of candidates is sufficiently
large without bringing out more for place
where there is no vacancy.
3rd. am not ambitious of Office, and do
not consider myself qualified to fill any
position of Importance in the public service.
4th. The duties of Coroner might require
ne to deal with some of my respected
friends by reason of their suicide from men,
tai causes; or, were the Shcriff's duties i'm
posed upon me, in more public and dis
tressing manner.
With assurances of profound regard for
the partial friendship which prompted the
honor of such a nomination, / am, sim
ccrely, yours,
n. X. SULLIVAN.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-08-29
A Man Of n Thousand.

A Consumptiye accidentally cured.
When death was hourly expected, all REM
edies having failed, and DR.. H. James was
experimenting with the many herbs OF Cal
cutta, he accident ally made preparation of
Cannabis Indiea, which cured his only child
of consumption. His child is now in this
country and enjoying the best OF health.
Desirous of benefting the afflicted, the Doc
tor now gives the following Recipe free, on
receipt Of two stamps to pay expenses.
There is not single symptom of Consump.
ton that it does not at once take hold Of
ard dissipate. Night sweats, peevishness,
irritation of the nerves, failure Of tho MEN,
cry, difficult eIpectoration, sharp pains in
the lungs, sore throat, chilly sensations,
nausea at the stomach, inaction of the
bowels, and wasting away of the muscles.
Address Craddock & Co., 1882 and 1884 Race
ST., Philadelphia, Pa, giving name of this
paper. 6A
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-08-29
An Undenlable Truth.

You deserve to suffer, and if you lead q
miserable, unsatisfactory life in this beauti-
full world, it is entirely your own fault, and
there is only one excuse for you-your un-
reasonable prejudice and skepticism, which
has killed thousands. Personal knowledge
and common sense reasoning will soon
show you that Green's August Flower will
cure you of Liver Complaint, or Dyspepsia,
with all its miserable effects, such as sick
headache, palpitation of the heart, sour
stomach, habitual costiveness, dizziness Of
the head, nervous prostration, low spirits,
&c. Its sales now reach every town on the
Western Continent, and not Druggist but
will tell you of its wonderful cures. You
Gun buy Sample Bottle for 10 cents. Three
doses will relieve you.
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Tribute OF Respect.

The following preamble and resolutions
were adopted by the Methodist Sunday
School:
Whereas, it has pleased our Heavenly
Father i'll tho dispensation CT His proyi-
dencc to remove from among us our es-
tcemed and beloved friend, HATTIE E. MUIR
RAH; and whereas, while we bow in humble
submission to His Divine Will, we desire to
give expression to the esteem and respect
which we entertained for our departed friend,
therefore, belt
Resolved, That in the death of Miss Hattie
Murrah, our Sabbath School has lost one of
il. most faithful and jealous members-one
who was an earnest and consistent Christian.
Resolred, That we deeply deplore the death
of our beloved friend. and tender our sincere
and heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved fam,
ily in this their hour Of affliction.. And
though we mourn her departure, yet, know,
ing her humble Christian life and peaceful
death, we feel that this our bereavement IS
for her eternal happiness.
Resolved, That copy of these resolutions
be furnished the family of our deceased
sister, and that they be published in the
Anderson papers.
NORA G. HUBBARD,
Rosa WEBB, fCommlttec
EVA NARDIN,