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Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-01-31
BuYING A PEW.

"What'r they doin in there?" asked Mr.,
Moran, the carpenter, as ne passed the
church with his box Of tools on his Shout
der. He was about half full.
"Selling pews," said the sexton.
"Just what [ want" said Mr.. Moran, the
carpenter, and he walked in.
He bid ten dollars on the rear pew and
won it. He paid his money, and then took
off his coat and went to work. He had the
side of the pew ripped out before the people
noticed what he was at. Then a hand as big
as a clam-rake was laid on his shoulder. and
a voice wanted to know what he was doing.
'.Goin' to have a lawn party" said he,
IAN want to put this under the huckelber-
ry tree"
'.But you can't take it out of here" said
Deacon Doolittle.
Yes, | kin. It'll 60 out O that middle
door soon's / rip the back out. We eau
swing it around endways and jerk it out
through the portcnllis."
Then the back was ripped out of his coat,
he was swung round endways, and he was
ierked out through the portcuilis, and he
didn't have change enough to purchase a
bean sandwich after he paid for the damage
to that pew.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-01-31
JOSH BILLINGS "TRUMp CARDS."

have never known a sekond wife but
what was boss ov the situashun.
After a man gifts to be IS years old he
kant form amy new habits much the best
he kan do is to steer his old ones.
Emmy man who can swap horses, or ketch
fish, and not lie about, liz just about az plus
az men ever git to be in this world.
The sassycst man ! ever met IL a henpeckt
husband when he liz always from home.
The dog that will follow anybody amt
worth a cuss.
Thoze people who are tri eing to git heav-
ell on their kreed will find out ut last that
they didn't have Il thru ticket.
TOO long courtsl,ips are not allwass judi
cious; the parIys often tire out skoreing be-
fore the trot begins.
Young man, learn to wait If you under
take to sett a hen before she liz ready, you
will loose your time and confuse the hen be-
sides.
Nature seldom makes a phool; she sim
ply furnishes the raw materials, aud lets the
fellow finish the job to suit himself.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-01-31
GOLDEN SILENCE.

Speech is silver, but silence is GOLDEN,
saith the proverb. Certainly a talent for
holding ones tongue deserves high rank
among negative virtues. Many a man pas
SEES for wise simply by saying nothing, and
those who talk least make fewer enemies.
True, we sometimes may repent our silence,
but such repentance is rare compared to the
frequency with which we array ourselves in
mental sackcloth because of incautious
speeches. 10 adopt the rule once given to
a talkative girl by a friend who knew the
world, Never speak of yourself, and never
say anything which is unnecessary would
seem at first likely to make Carthusian
monks and nun of us all; yet it is to be
questioned whether the advice was not wise.
There are always people who like to talk,
and good listeners are rare. 1t is said Ma
cauly once rode half a day in a coach with a
deaf mute, whom he afterwards pronounced
a person OF remarkably sound political views,
and Madame de Stael on one occasion was
induced to harangue a wax figure for an
hour, under the impression that it (the fig
ure) was a gentleman who admired her wri-
tings, and had expressed a desire to become
acquainted with the author. These stories
may or may not be facts certain it is, both
OF the great ~personages in question were
emily egotistical not to notice whether their
remarks elected more than silent ,acQuies-
celce on the part Of others.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-01-31
MAKE A HOME.

Every man should regard himself as a
home-builder. He, who goes floating about,
homeless, is very generally neither worthy
the confidence OF his fellows or conscious of
deserving the good opinion of himself. The
young man of the present has q light task
in making Il home, compared with the work
of a few years ago. Making homes upon the
broad prairie with railroads bringing build
ing material and the Injuries and comforts
of city-life to your door, is quite a contrast
to pioneering in Ohio or Michigan; forty
years ago. Homes are easily made and as
lightly broken. 1t requires but the careful
boarding OF the spare earnings and the no
BILE work is accomplished. TO a young man
without a home, who is determined to make
his own way in the world, our public lands
are a benizen of fortune. Homesteads of far
greater worth than many OF those contend
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-01-31

animated by a disinterested wish to benefit
his fellow creature? Philosophers of the
utilitarian school ridicule such a, suppose
ton, and persist in beating about the bush
to find selfish motives for every word of adj
vice ever uttered in the world. Yet thew
are driven to the exercise of much ingenui-
ty. and to the adoption of some very far
fetched theories, to.account for things which
a belief in innate generosity in the hui
man breast would explain without diff
Guilty.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-01-31
GOLDEN HEAvEs.
Is the road very dreary
Patience yeti

- NAN AoAAN VI NkOsShy :
Patience yeti
Rest will be sweetest If thou art aweary,
! And after the night cometh the morning CHEEKY,
Then bide q wee and dinna fret.
What is serving God? 'Ifs doing cool
to man.
Time enough always proves little en-
ough.
1t is wise to keep a secret and honesy
not to reveal it.
A mob's a monster; heads enough but no
brains.
Presumption first blinds q man, then
sets him Il running.
They that live without dying thoughts,
shall die without comforts.
-Idleness is hard work for those that are
not used To it, and dull work for those who
are.
There is no merit where there is no tria4;
aid, till experience stamps the mark VI
strength, towards may pass for heroes, AM.
faith for fal,eheod.
If at any time you are pressed to do a
thing hastily, be careful fraud and deceit
are always In haste; dltiidence is the right
eye Of prudence.
Mr.. Beecher, in last Sundays sermon,
thus answered the question, us there .
hell p "Yes, there is ; not only here, but
but hereafter. 1t does not stop here; and
those who substitute the mere tornali.ies Of
religion for religion itself will find that there
is a hell hereafter"
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-01-31

expression of the feeling OF the moment.
and a Jlltinge as a proper recovery from it.
Ihey trifie with the subject, and naturally
enough the fellows about them do not look
upon it very seriously either, quickly recov-
erlng from a disappointment, and taking on
a new love as a means CT amusement.
The practice of hiding engagements. and
OF having a sort Of half engagement, out of
which one or the--otller party may escape
without scandal, encourages trivoiity. 1t is
not very probable that the custom which
prevails among some of the Hebrews, of adj
Vertlsing an engagement like a marriage,
viii ever become the general fashion. But
there is a good deal to be said in favor of it,
Tor really the betrothel should be made of
Importance only secondary to the marriage
itself.
At any Fate, the fathers and mothers of
daughters who engage themselves will con-
ault prudence and propriety it they refuse
to lend their counIenance to any plans for
hiding the fact. Except in some rare cases,
If the engagement may properly be made,
it may with equal reason be made known.
Ii there is any d~elicacy about announcing
the betrothel, it is of the false sort; and it
the man or the wona is afraid to have it
talked about, they ought not to enter into it.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-01-31
THE BLESSINGS OF a CHEERFUL WEE.

What a blessing to a household is ~ mer-
ry, cheerful woman-one whose spirits are
not affected by wet days. or little disappoint-
ments, or whose milk of human kindness
does not sourin the sunshine of prosperity.
Such a woman in the darkest hours bright
ems the house like a little piece of sunshiny
weather. The magnetism of her smiles and
electrical brightness of her looks and move
ments infect every one. The children go to
school with a sense OF something great to be
achieved her husband goes into the world
in a conquerer's spirit. No matter how peo-
pie annoy and worry him all day, far off her
presence shines, and he whispers to himself,
Eat home / shall find rest" So day by day
she literally renews his strength and energy,
and if YOU know a man with a beaming face,
a kind heart, and a prosperous business, in
nine cases out of ten you will find he has a
wife of this kind.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-01-31

The Colorado Springs Mountainecr makeg
some trifling corrections in Lucy Stones de-
scription of Grace Greenwood's cottage. II
isn't a ''neat brick house," but Of wood.
There are no grapevines. There are no
"thrifty apple and cherry trees by the back
fence" Finally, s'Grace Greenwood' has
sold the cottage and all its beautiful sur
.roundings, gone Down East. got the asthma,
and to all appearances abandoned the "large
and profitable business of organizing and
arranging all the suffrage work of this
great State.n
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-01-31


ooh! oh! OIL" exclaimed Mrs. Podger,
"isn't.it pretty, and how much it looks like
its papa, too! Why, just exactly his nose.
could never mistake it anywhere. And
his eyes, too, and curly HAIR in Its neck, ex-
atty like him. Anybody who has ever
seen him would lot hesitatett to identity his
baby.
Dear me, do you think sop said the
baby's mother, family; sthat is Mrs. jones'
baby, who rooms next to me. It's lust
about the age of mine, and the nurse brought
It in to show bables,' but I don't see as it
looks particularly like my husbanl.'
The above leads one to wonder if the re-
sernblances of any young babies to their an
cestral progenitors is not very much mag
ination after all.
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PORTLAND POST OFFICE.
ONCE Hours.


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PORTLAND, ME-, Oct. z, 1873.
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MISERABLENESS,

The most wonderful and marvellous SUI .cess.
in cases where persons are sick or pinipg away
from a condition Of miserableness, that no one
knows what ais them, profitable patients for
doctors) is obtained by the usa of Hop Bitters
it up until perfect health and strength is re-
stored Whoever is aft ,cted in this way need
not suffer, when they can get Hop Bitters
See ''Truths" and proverbs" in another co..
umn. novl1d1w
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STATE OF MAINE.
COURT OF ms vLvENCY,

CUMBERLAND, SIS: November 9th, A. D., 1878,
tIHlS Is to give notice that on the iOurtn day of
L November, A. d. 1878, a warrant in Insolvency
was issued by Nathan Ceaves, Judgs OF the Court
OF Insolvency for said County of Cum berand against
the estate OF Edmund f. Mayo and Charles Il Stick
new residents in the town OF Gorham in said County,
individually and as copartners under the name and
style OF Mayo q Stickney, adjudged to be Iusolvent
debtors, on their petLion, filed the nineteenth
day of October, A. 1878; to which date interest On
claims is to be computed. That the payment of any
debts, and the delivery and transfer OF any prop
erty belonging to said Debtors, to them for their
use as individuals or copaItners aforesaid, and
the delivery and transfer of any property by Them
forbidden by law. That meeting as inoividuals
and copartners aforesaid of the creditors of said
Debtors, prove their debts and choose or more
assignees of heir estate will be held Court of In
solvency TO be holden at thes Probate Court Room in
Portland, in said County, on MONDAY, the egh-
tenth day of November A. D. 1873 at twelve O'Clock
NOM
Given under my hand the date first above written
r. BROWN, Deputy Sheriff,
As Messenger of the Court of Insolvency for said
County of Cumberland. 2tno6&I3
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BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD.
FALL ARRANGEMENT.

On and .fter Monday. Oct
..ssssaesssszH . tn, 1S1S, trains will iEAVE
s-=ss.ss.s5s37PORTLA4SD FOR BOSTON
-I 6.f5, S.45 o. NJ, 3.45 D. m. arriving
leave Boston at T.30 a. M, 1885, $50 D. m arriving
at Portland 12.10, $40, SEQ, m.
For Scarborough Beach and Pine Poiut
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3.15, 8 80 p. m.
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For Kennebunk at 6.15, s.45 a. m, 3.45, $50 D.
For Wells, No. Berwick, Salmon Falls.
Great Falls, Dover, Newmarket, Exeter
Haverhfil, North AKte0ver, Lawrence.
Andover and Lowell 6.15, 8.45 q. M, 3.45
p. m.
For Rochester. FarmTu gton and Alton
For manchestes and Concord tvia New
market Junction. at 615 a. m, 345 p. m, (yia Law.
rence) at s.45 s n.
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uerning Trains Will leave Kennebuuh
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gor, Rockland, Mt. Desert, Mac las, Eastport.
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Grand Trunk trains at GrGnd Trunk Station, and
Maine Central ana Portland 90 0gdensburQ trains at
Transfer Station.
All trains stop at Exeter ten minutes tor refresh
transfer Station, Exeter, Lawrence and Boston.
JAS. L. FUkBEk, Gen, STUNT,
D. T.. STEVENS, Gen. Agent, Portland.
oc5 diff
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POETRY.
The Spinner.
FROM THE GERMAN OF JOHANN voss.

FROM THE GERMAN OF JOHANN voss.
sat and spun before my door;
1t CHANGED nice young man came by;
His cheeks with red we glowing DER,
And laughter lit his deep brown eye.
stole glance at him, but one,
Then bashiul sat, and spun, and spun.
"Good morning" then he kindly said;
And, ere knew it, nearer pressed.
trembed so. 1 snapped my thread;
My heart beat faster in my breast.
fixed The thread that 1t might run;
Then bashtul sat, and spun, and spun.
Gently be pressed and smootted my hand,
And vowed that never sucn as mine
Had tairest lady in the land,
1t was so white, so round so fine,
By pI aise my heart was quickly won;
bashful Eat, and spun, and spun.
Upon my chair he leaned his arm;
Bent down 10 praise the thread so fine,
His mouth so near, 50 red and warm,
How fondly said. "sweet maiden mine!''
While cen his eyes to speak begun;
! bashtul sat, and spun, and spun.
His handsome face approached the flame
Ofmy hot cheeks of burning red;
Then our two heads together came
As stopped down to seek thread.
All! then he kissed me. When twas done
bashful sat and spun, and spun.
Sharply child his forwardness;
But he grew bold and free the more.
He dared round me bis arms to press,
And kissed, and kissed me DER and Ger.
o! tell me, sisters, tell me how
Could keep spinning-spinning now?