The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1879-02-28
NEW NOR -WEsTERs.
Whoever heard oysters whoop
-Kiddapping-Infancy in slumber.
The feathered tribes-The Indians.

Whoever heard oysters whoop
-Kiddapping-Tnfancy in slunber.
1 The feathered tribes-The Indians.
Bar silver" Sample room change.
/ -Neat's-foot soiI-The mark left by :
natty little.boot
The man who was tclose at hand ,
was nigh witness.
Good puns travel all over the country
but who ever saw poor pun-stire
-Elihu Burritt, the learned blacksmith
is in very feeble health at his home in New
Britain, Conn.
1 -Messrs. Sharpe and Jennings are two
| young Mormons the sons of high officials
who are about to enter Harvard.
"A boy writes wishing to know what is
the hardest of known substances. Proba.
bly, the editorial page of a Canada news
paper
| An advocate of affection says "Next
to mothers, there's nothing like sister, s
love-" Correct, especially if it's some-
body else's sister.
Editing a newspapers like carrying an
umbrella on windy day-everybody
thinks he could manage it better than the
| one at the handle.
| Kick sanotimonious old frand, and he
| will squeal that you have struck blow at
religion, when in reality you have only
| struck blow for religion.
Mrs. D. G. Croly (Jennie June) is 60
ing to lecture before the young ladies of
| Lasell Seminary, Amburndale, Mass, on
| the I" Esthetics of Dress"
-"The First Prayer Meeting in He'll +"
is the somewhat striking title of q sermon
preached by the Rev. Mr.. Jones, Metho-
dist clergyman of Providence, r. /.
The japanese hold that man was once
frog. and they believe he could jump50O
feet and hit the right mudpuddle every time.
There are plenty of old croakers left.
-"Do you mean to call me liar ?" asks
ferocious old gentleman. "Well, no, not
exactly" temporizes his young friend !;
"but if saw you in the company of Ana
Mas and Sapphira, should say you were in
the bosom of your family"
Mr.. Lincoln has often been credited
with the expressive phrase "Of the people,
by the people, for the people," It was not
original with him, however; Theodore
Parker first used it, and often used it dur
ing the last decade Of his life.
Montana is about to demand admission
as State. A new paper has been started
in New Mexico called the Thirty Eight.
Dakota is counting her population with a
view to become State. Verify, the Terri
tories are getting ambitious Neoada
State journal.
An Irishman found a government
blanket recently, and rolling it under his
arm walked of. saying, Yis. that i mine
~ for Patrick and s for MeCarty. Be me-
sowI, but this larnin ,ssa foing ElIng, as me
fayther would say. far if hadn't any edu-
cation wouldn't have been after findin'
me blanket"
The Government printing Office has just |
done the fast type-setting on record. Last
week the Senate ordered the documents
accompanying the Presidents message on |
the New York custom house to be printed. |
1t made 44O pages, two-thirds of them in
small type, with rule and figure work, but
in less than "a hours they were up.
A soap that would float upon the water
would be often very convenient the water
would be often very convenient thing.
Somebody has patented such an article, |
which is made by simply inserting piece
of cork into the center of the cake. The
same result might be obtained by forming
the cakes with a small cavity in the center.
The axe given to Mr.. Gladstone ON his
Goth birthday is an exact copy of the Amer
iean axe he uses in his wooderaft. The
head is of solid sterling silver, weighing 50
ounces, and bears the following inscrsption:
"Presented to the Right Hon. w. e. Gald-
stone, NJ. T., by a few admiring friends"
The handle is of ebony. The axe is in-
closed in case of polished oak, lined with
velvet.
Henry W. Longfellow, the poet, had
five children. Onslow, the eldest, is mar
ried, and man of business in Boston;
Ernest is rising young painter, studying
abroad; Alice, the eldest of the girls, is
pleasing writer, unmarried /; Edith is
goldenhaired young lady of 25, who has
just married the third son of Richard r.
Dana, Jr., and Anna is decidedly literary in
her inclinations.
This story comes from the local depart
nent of the Arkansas Gazette: "Newspa-
pers pasted on wall in room where there
is sick man are sometimes the cause Of
much trouble. To prevent the patients
reading, the papers are generally inverted.
Even this didn't work well for the other
day sick man killed himself by standing
on his head attempting to read an inverted
paper pasted up near his bed.
Rev. w. f. Checkley, assistant minis
ter of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, in To
ronto, starved TO death about two weeks
ago. Though his pay was nominally $500
q year he received about $500. HIS family
consisted of six children Zone, the adult son,
having lost both hands), two children OF q
dead brother, and an invalid sister, After
Mr. Checkley's death it was ascertained
that the large family had lived on bread
for two years. During that long period of
meat had not been tasted in the
An ample fund win be raised
for the widow and children.
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CHASED NINE MILES BIT i LOCOMOTIVE
Jim Wyatt giories in the ownership OF a
horse that can beat the Central Railroads
best schedule time. Last Friday night he
negro On the animal in question
and sent him to Loveioy on an errand.
Returning, he was overtaken By the II
o'clock through freight, which 20 frightened
tha horse that he became perfectly wild Il