Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-10-02
Odds and Ends.

H. 1t too often happens that in pursl,in;
It happiness we are, rs it were. only chasin.
'e a pig with CREASED tail.
y The deputy L. S. marshals will take tn,
next census. 1t will show not only tn,
population but the number OF acres unde,
cultivation, the number Of acres in wheat
bats. corn, etc
Better lay in your coal now. Professor
j., Scllatfer, of Pottsrille. in lecture before
the Society for the Advancement of Science,
, says the anthracite coal fields will be ex-
!, hausted in the year 2OG5.
The New York World all,ules to sthe
, ingenious precaution of the moral member
of congress from Massachusetts who al
ways went into Washington gambling
house backward. so that people who met
him ,nig.,t think that he was coming out
after vain attempt to reclaim IN errinc
triend'
The editor Of the London Truth. while
in parliament, had an easy way of arriving
at solution Of any question affecting Ire
land. When such question came up he
always retired to smoking-room, and
when the house divided he voted with the
irish members, on the ground that he be-
lieved they knew better than he what wa,
best for Ireland.
Alfred Tennyson is the heir-at-law Of his
elder brother recently deceased. In order
10 possess the estate, Glassby hall and
some neighboring farms with Il rc11t-rolI of
El.0OO to $4,000 per annum, he must drop
his name and assume that of Turner.
This of course, he will not do, despite his
weii-known love for money. and so some
distant relative will have to be looked up.
The public schools Of New York opened
on last Monday for the year 1879 so. 1t is
believed. from the number of pu .)ils then
present, that there will be an increase of ,
five per cent. over last years average at ,
tendance. which was 10000. There are
$40 public school-houses in New York. !.
and 3.21G teachers. The appropriation for h
their support this year is $3,4G0.OOO. The
annual cost to the public is trifie over S25
Tor each child taught. "
Joliet and other suburban towns COM ii
blamed OF the Chicago stinks that came to
hem through the canal, and were molli- ff
leu oy the assurance that they could be G
ccounted for hp0n scientific principles.
The canal being frozen over, Il great part II
i the distance, the foul gases had not is
cen consumed by coming in contact with
le oxygen OF the atmosphere. Having 81
scertalned the c"nse of the stinks the SUBJ
fDan towns were entirely satisfied. There
nothing like science except soft soap.n %
\ Western editor quotes the Sentinel as -, :"
brilliant sheet, whereupon its brother, ,;o
ie Post. remarks regarding its rival: The ~;
rewels OF the country have employed II,
low named Schade to watch legislation ;e
the capital. and in order to disguise his ~
Hing ne prints what he calls a newspa- ~. ~
II once in II while, which is mainly made ~
OF cuts of improbable beer-barrel bungs ~. ~
IL Incredible bottle-stoppcrs. The type M 81,
generally set with a shovel, and the edi- 20 :"
IN worked of on a Bit of smooth con- 49,.
:" e''''e' u us'1ei' tax
1t occurred in Bodie, that city of whisky, W.
,alti and wickedness. A case on a trial to
the Justices Court, and during recess wo
e of the interested parties approached lar
or and said: Say, boss, if that ar suit fire,
es agin ME I'm nigh on $4,000 loser in the
min property. Now Ill give you an sep
IN $500 to hang that jury" The incor- so.
ofible scion of American liberty reflected
moment and replied: '.It'd be a cussed
sartin job for one man to take rope
strangle that hull gang, an I'm afraid A
re got through inout dance jig un- hun
1t myself; but il it's all the same to that
l, pard. mout wade in thar with SIX guis
'o;er an wipe out the crowd. Thet'd blig
more TO my hand than hangin' and the dow
could be done quicker 1t that's satis- ture
oryy, produce the coin an Ill git to coul
TX. .',--L."eka (Nee.) Sentinel. aero