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The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-02-06
Am Eccentric Waaa.

j He was a gaunt, shabby-looking man
about forto-eight years of age. His hai
was long and full ofchips and feathers, de
1 noting that he had reposed the previous
Il night either in ahen-coep or saWmill. Hi
hat he carried in his hand to keep it from
wearing out; he had no heels on his boots
and his coat was buttoned up to the top OF
his head to keep the world in ignorance. oi
the melancholy fact that his earthly pos
sessions didn't include such thing as a
dress shirt. He wore no srtspenders, but
Entrusted the proper attitude of his trows-
Eers to the omnipotence of a dog-chaisl,
which was wound around hisewaist several
times and tied into hard knot.
He sauntered into the restaurant with a
dolce far niente swagger, approached the
| proprietor who was manipulating the in
going shekels, and said: +
| Suppose an old, decrepit individual
should come in and say he was hungry
and wanted something to eat, what would
you say?'' @ @ %
"Kick him out.' responded the cashier,
savage1y. 5e .5s ta
"'Vouldn't you even give him a cup of
coni:e, which only costs you cent?"
ssNo, STRIP "
and ask you for a drink of water, would
you give it to herr"
No, sir!"
':If you owned a big store and one Of the
/ ctcriss lost his wife, would you let him off
to take in the obsequies?''
NO, sir; not much!"
"If you were under sentence of death, -
| continued the shabby man, and could
get clear for two cents, would you pay the
money or hang?'' "
''Get away from here" shouted the res
taurateur savagely, ''or I'll kick you inside
out ~ %
The man moved off a step or two, and
said:
II have just walked two hundred miles
without sleep or food" .a ~
! You can't get anything here"
Oil l. l. even HAVE crust iItH1 lIS
kitchen?"
"No, you can't; get out!
Albright" said the apparent tramp,
pulling q large roll Of bills out of
his pocket, II just wanted to see if you
were humane: I only patronize sentimen-
tai, good-natllred eatilig-holise men. Now
I'm going across the way, put on my dress
suit, and then am going to the opposition
hasll-house to invest III Il tive-dollar com
mutation ticket. That's the kind of a
Syracuse Convention | ami ~
\ careworn immobility rested on the
countenance of the restaurateur as the man
in the apochryphal clothes meandered. i
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Jenny Li1ad's Departure.

| The Louisville Colrie1-Journal is
moved by q story Of Jenny Lind, gray
haired, at her home in London, to print
the following editorial pastoral about her
departure from this country: 'sJenny
Lind's hair was a marvel of beauty, and
it framed q face which one never can for
get When this beautiful creature left
the United States, she had married little
Goldschmidt.. Did anybody ever explain
how she happened to fall in love with
that foxy little pianist? When he ste anne
left for Liverpool we forget how many
hundred Of Jenny Lind's admirers came
down to see her off. The wharf was
jammed. People stood on boxes and bar
rels. High upon the wheelhouse the
Lind stood as ravishingly lovely as the
Venus Anadyomene from the blue sea
waves. The wind was blowing freshly
from down the bay and caressed her loose
hair, which looked like an aureole in the
sunlight: Her dress, stirred by the wind.
chung about her form, and With one hand
she waved her adieux and pressed her
handkerchief to her face, for she was
weeping. Now beautiful woman in
tears is a sight to melt hearts of tyrants,
and on that occasion it might be written
in the stereotyped way, there was not a
dry eye in the house, except the little
eyes of the diminutive Goldschmidt, who
stood beside the glorious woman he had
won, with his arms folded tightly across
his breast, the lanceolated ends of his
long, yellow mustache bending to the
stiff breeze, and his gaze fixed upon the
maintop-mast of a neighboring vessel
Emotionless was little Otto Goldschmidt;
hard and stony looked Otto Goldschmidt
by the side of that warm pa1pitating ag-
gregation and concentration of female
beauty, whose sympathetic nature, ever
so attraetively manifested in her singing,
yielded to the circumstances and indulged
in passionate tears. So she disappeared
among the harbor mists and thronging
vessels out into the bay, out into the mus
ical ocean,
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Travelling in Sweden.

4 correspondent of the London Times
travelling in Sweden speaks of the genera
well-to-do condition Of the country. Each
Of dozen small towns which he visited
had its school-house, it's church, its news
paper, and most of them had their public
garden; the streets were paved, and lighted
with Oil lamps swung across as they were
in old Paris; the houses were trim and
neat. The people were as neat as their
houses. He did not meet half dozen beg
gars since he had been in the country.
Even in Stockholm he saw no signs of
poverty, while crowded opera-house,
overfowing cafes and brilliant shops be-
tokened an easy opulence.
There lis a general level of comfort in
Sweden without any violent contrasts.
The army and navy of Sweden cost only a
trifie. The national debt is only $4,000,
900, and has been solely employed III the
construction Of railways Eli the children
go to school, and over ninty per cent Of
the people can read and write. The sub
division of property is such that in the
country the greater part of the population
own their own farms. Near Gothenburg
a friend pointed out from hill near his
house forty properties, thirty-six Of which
belong to present owners, themselves the
cu1tivators Of the soil.
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q Old HH

five knew the heart histories of many
old maids We,should find them character
lied by the purest pathos and life's most
elevating discipline.
Often does a woman remain single be-
cause she is faithful to ali idea. Perhaps
some happy dream Of girlhood was broken
BY death or angement-perhaps she
has never met the man who fully realizet!
her inspirations, and whom in perfect
fealty she could feel herself able to love,
honor and obey. Whatever men may
think on the subject, that last word s'obeys
has a grave meaning to thoughtful wo-
man who, conscious of "a soul Of their oWR,
are little terrified at all obedience may in
volye Other women there are Of gentle
and more yielding natures who have
formed All ideal which in real life is never
approximately reached, though this class
only desires to find the idol worthy Of theif
alteration and obedience. At any rate the
woman who remains single rather than
make5a shalf-hearted malliageis is worthy
of all honor.
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NEana's a gee

Few men die of old age. Almost all die
Of disappointment, passion; montal or bod
lily toll, or accident. Passion kills men
sometimes, even suddenly. The common
expression, choked with passion, has little
eNaggeration in it for even though not sud-
denly fatal, strong passiou slortens life,
Strong-bodied men often die young !:
weak men live longer than the strong, for
strong use their strength and the weak
have none to use. The latter take care of
themselves. the former do not. AS it is
VITA the body so it is with the mind and
temper
The stronge are apt to break, or like the
candle, run out: the weak burn out. The
inferior animals, which live, in gene raj,
regular and temperate lives, have general
Is their prescribed number of years. The
horse lives twenty-five years; the OK ff-
teen or twenty; the lion about twenty the
dog ten or twelve; the rabbit eight; the
Guinea pig six or seven years.
These numbers all bear a singular proper
lion to the time the aulmal takes to grow
It's full size. But man, OF all Tie sttlIIlals,
Is cne that seldom comes up to this aver
age. He ought to live hundred years
according to this physiological law, as five
times twenty are one hundred; but instead
of That he scarcely reaches, on an average,
four times his growing period3 the cat six
II anH ha nir oh ia
standard of measurement. The reason is
obyious-man is not only the most iIregu-
lar and most intemperate, but the most la
borious and llardworking Of all animals
and there is reason to believe, though we
cannot tell what an animal secretly feels,
that more than any other animal man
cEle;ishes wrath te keep warm, and con-
sunles himself with the fire Of his own Sc
Harm ffao
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'H'Eae Hidden Stores of Romance
E1R Every Heart.

There are few souls in whom sentiment
does not hold d citadel. Somestimes it
gains absolute sway, and drives out all
temperate qualities which is raised against
its extraVaganees of thought o., expression,
a warning finger; sometimes it conceals
itself from view entirely, and nlasqnerades
for a life time, in the guise of indifference
or cynieism. Its always there, however,
whether it parades in public, or turks in
some secret recess. 1t is there, living,
synapathizing, huugering: 1t Graves the
romantic, the passionate; the tIlriIIing-
sometimes the morbid. How universal
and how strong is this quality, is known
only to those whose professor it is to help
supply the public with poetry, The most
reticent spirit in the world is willing that
his sentimental hymns shall be fed to the
public, ifhe is permitted to keep within
the shadow of seclusion: We have reached
the decision that no mortal ever lived who
could read and write who did not write
poetry. Many will doubtless deny the
charge, but we suspect them all the same.
Those who affect to scorn rhyme and sem
siinent are sure to be the guiltiest of both
weaknesses. The slightest assurance Of
sympathy with the secret vice of poetry,
which the whole world is addicted to, will
cause the most desert soul to blossom like
the rose, and impart his sentimental con-
fdences as freely as flower bestows its
perfume.
What boxes of rhyme the most secretive
will show you, under the influence of SYM
pafhY? What gush and iuxuriant tender
ness he has been guilty of on paper
Perhaps he is hard-headed and money
loving in business, and is the grimmest
elder in the church In prayer-meetings
no doubt he maintains the prosiest dignity.
Yet he has his weakness, and it is the
weakness Of every other soul-whieh must
and will exude in rhyme. He is proud Of
it., in a secret way, too, He feels that it
lifts him above the common herd. He is
mistaken. The common herd are all
guilty of dtanapozis Herald.
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Am EsypfaiIa Dinner

Alta dinner in ancient Egypt, small and
low circular tables were used, standing on
a single pillar, with dilated base; some
times one of these was apportioned to every
guest; tie viands being brought round by
the servants suceessively. from large pill
lar-table which had been brought in and
set, by two men. Round and ob1oi1g cakes
of bread tlattened and pricl1ed in patterns.
a goose, leg Of a kid OF antelope, bask-
cts of fig and other fruit, were crowned by
a huge bunch Of the lotl1slily. Under the
tables were bottles Of wine placed on stands
III a series; and crowned with a lotus gar
land, upon which was thrown a long Nithe
of what seems from the tendrils a vine,
loaded vi th clusters of gr6p9sj as well as
fhickIv si-t with foliage, ss5-
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Frangipanf.

: + q a n aE
Lets begin with the pudtlings and make
sure Of them,' as little boy once re
marked. Well, then, in former times,
Franggipani puddings were Of broken
bread aud their queer name is made from
two words, fraagi, meaning ITO b1eals, 4
and pa,sus, bread IL j; but after some time
these puddIngs were made with pastry
crust, and contained cream and almonds,
Frangipani scent. howe was named al
ter d great Marquis who first maae.It. get
ting it from the iesamine plant. And the
Marquis got his name from an ancestor
whose duty it had been to break the holy
bread or wafer in one of the church ser
vices, and who, on that account was called
sFragipani,o or Breaker of Bread I
Now, this way Of explaining how words
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RHARRYHNG Bx TELEGRAPH.
Some Awkward Questions RAISED Esy
A Wisconsin Lawyer.

|
Relative to the event reported in the
| Wisconsin of last evening, under the cap
ton Of fsEyired Into MatrimonY," lawyer
correspondent Of the Wisconsin Lego
Nears writes as follows.
In the daily press appears an account o
an alleged marriage which is supposed K
have taken place Thursday evening. On'
Of the contracting parties and the oficia
ting clergyman were stationed in tele
graph Office III Milwaukee, Wis, and the
other party to this sSflasty marriage wa:
Sc ated iii Il telegraph office III Owatonna
Mimi. The bride aud groom were very
distant from each other; this is patent, az
the responses were communicated by tele.
graph. Now, before it is too Late, vii
your readers who reside in this State anG
in Minnesota warn these parties, if they
are known to any of them, that they are
not very much married?
1. Section 2 ,33l of the revised statutes
provides that an ordained minister's au.
| thoritY to marry extends only Throughout
the State. Consequently, as the groom
was in Minnesota, only the bride is really
| married.
| 2. Section 2 1885 provided that the dec,
Iarations Of both the parties shall be made
in the presence of the minister. Even by
| the aid of the telephone it would only have
been IN his hearing.
3. The same section provides that there
shall beatleast two witnesses present be,
sides the person performing the ceremony
| The Hon. Geo. W. Peck and DR.. Kafne
| were on hand, ostensibly as witnesses, bu
the most they could do was to kiss tht
bride. How could they sign the certificate
of marriage as witnesses, when they saw
no one but the clergyman and bride, unless
they understood she married the telegraph
operator?
| A.. Section 2 1856 declares that the per
son solemnizing the marriage shall give t
leach of the parties a certificate specifying
the time and place ofsuch marriage. Wha
is the locus in quo here !? 4s
/ ). Suppose that either Of the parties Il
this Edisonian feat should die before they
see each other, what law Of Inheritance
would apply Would the alleged wife
surviving, have a dover interest IN the
Lands of the deceased
G.. Suppose both should live, bnt neVel
See each other, what would he. the status
The case is remanded for 4 new trial. =
I llfslsgaases Wisconsin.
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Poetry.
r7T HIM THAT STANDETH TAKE
HEED LEST HE FALL

b,rsre! the heights are slippery. He whe neld
4 ann age, the Nations sacred trust,
s,sy lie, to-day, q strong oak newly felled,
S,,i'b al1 his glory trailing in the dustl
.or,cd Yesterday leader brave and Just,
Asai,bfuf to executes as wise TO plan
ko.norroN stigpatizcd as one whose lust
4 ,r wealth and power his patriots zeal ontran;
Hailed as a god, and spurned as less than man!
Ef,kle il worldly favor al the best;
rdhe who sails upon its shining tide
nav look Il. be condemned where once caressed-
l. he dcba4ad where he was dei1ed.
,ore happy they whom Fortune hath denied
\, walk the dizzy heights of earthly fame; ."."
,rure from al the lures of pomp and pride,
l. 60 their waya, free from reproach and blame,
i Ith peace the worldly great nay never claiml
Ine 4 Truths oracle. The hour will como
Ihoo all this darkness shall lie ttirned to light
Id false acCuscrs shall be stricken dumb,
nd Wrong shall fee before the face of Right,
I nd he who hath a conscience clean and white,
sor man. approval may afford to wait;
mt Uo unto the guilty for no night
MACK enough 10 hide him from the Fate
sbatbriugctll all to Justice, soon or late.
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Sun AND SEA.

The sun cried to the laughing Sea.
sLeayc thy sweet wiling! ~
Hast thou no depths oflove in thee
Too deep for smiling7"
But ever, till the day was done,
The Sea turned laughing to the Sun.
But in the darkness and the storm,
Could he discover
What tcrrors toss, what fears deform
IIislaughiug loycrf
Obi yainly love prays love be sad,
When bis mere presence makes heFgtad.
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a SCENE ON Washington street,

j.
Ton-we will just call him Tom-Ton1
came to town on Thursday last with a load
Of corn from --- township. Betsy, his
Wife--we will just call her Betsy-rode in
! with him.
Tire arrangement was, when Tom sold
/ the corn, Betsy was to purchase a few
/ things for the children. She said they
wanted lots Of things Benny straw hat
and pair of shoes, .Naneie a new wrap,
Matte, just blooming into womanhood, a
new bonnet with feather like city girls.
Tom, large, awkward hoosier, with heart
as big as a barn, said, "All right, Betsy,
LII sell the corn and give you the money
Tom left Betsy on the corner, hauled his
corn to q livery stable, sold it and got
the money. Ever drink? queried the
man Of horses. We'll, hardly ever, - re-
spends Tom. ..S'pose we imbibe?" .Nuff
said, says Tom, and down goes three fin
gers Of Bourbon straight. Tom felt elated.
In ten minutes he was as rich as Cresus.
lie had forgotten Betsy and home-Benny,
Nancy and Matte. His great heart
sWelled and throbbed. He said he was as big
as Indiana and the hoodlums chuekled.
Tom at once began to treat, and his corn
money disappeared rapidly. Betsy, tired
and anxious, at last discovered Tom. Her
great brown eyes were filled with tears.
She exclaimed, "Oh, Tom!' Tom saw
the points once and exclaimed, ''I'm
fool, Betsy, but by jingo, I've got some of
the corn money left yet" Here, and he
rolled out several subsidiary coins. But
Betsy's tears flowed on.
She pulled her white sun-bonnet down
over her face, and her delicate form trem-.
-bled like a Leaf, Tom was sober in q min
ute. His great arms, like the arms of a
derrick, swung out and would around
Betsy. And the great fountain of his low
ing heart was broken up, and he sobbed
like a November rain.
At Last, gaining control of his tongue, he
ejaculated: Betsy, | have been a darned
fool, have spent six bits of my money
for Ticker, but | amt drunk, Betsy, and
right here | swear off, Tom inquired
for a purple ribbon man: His search was
successful. Give me the pledge, says
Tom, and a ribbon as big as the American
flag. No more Bourbon for me- and sure
euough Tom took the pledge and the blue
ribbon was tied in the button hole of his
jeans coat. Betsy knew that TOMS word
was as good as his bond. The tears were
brushed away, and smile, radiant with
10y, irradiated her features. There was
enough left Of the corn money for the
shopping, and as Tom drew up his lines
and cracked isswhip, he looked back over
50 long as Betsy lives, and some one said,
God bless a good wife" =s
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Memories of tFse Past.

sMcmory--how fondly the soul loves to linger
Through the dim shadow-1and wandering
away.
How many sweet recollections come tt
everyone when the past is brought up te
the review Of faithful memory.
Although our life may ,c darkened by
deep care and trouble, still all, without ex-
ceptoI, have once lived in sunshine, i
only for short time. How we love to dwell
on those happy times, gone, never to re,
tuIn. --
In our trials and har6ships it is pleasant
to remember the joys of the past, or is 80
sorrows crown of sorrow remembering
happier things?''
Who is there that would wish all the
past blottec out? Ask the wretch if he
would have the waters of oblivion effact
all the past, the joys as well as the sorrows.
His countenancc will brighten at tht
thought Of forgetting his wicked life ant
once mere being free. He cries:
GILL with forgiveness!
Fill high the oblivous bowln'
Give him one moments time to cast (
glance backward. There will come tt
him visions Of dear faces. He hears agai1
soft, gentle voice long stiled in death
Was it a mothers; sisters, or one wht
was dearer than all else on earth?
Once in the current of the past he forget
the present and is carried back to hi
innocent childhood's days. Weary ane
tired his mother folds him to her bosom
showering kisses of fondest affection upol
his pure, innocent brow. He is kneelins
again at his mothers knee, lisping will
childish accent the prayer she taught him
When he grew to manhood and went ou
in the world to Struggle with the tide
how she clung to him, praying heaven tt
bless and guide her hoy. All these ant
more rush over his mind. With star
he aWaEes to the dread reality-the pres
ent. lie heaves a deep sigh. The tear
trickle down his pale and sunken cheek
and he sobs like a child.
s:For their sakes, for the dead whose image naugh
May dim within my heart
For their sake ask not to foreet.''
Time cannot blot out the past Wht
would wish it? Some recollecti0ns WI
might wish to erase, if possible; but whel
the pleasant and unpleasant reminis
cences are weighed, we will find in mos
instances that the pleasant viii out bal
ance the unpleasant.
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q CEnEarcFa.Goiaag Horse.

We have been told of many intelligent
mules and horses. One case we remem-
Der Of a mule going into a blacksmith's
shop to have nail pulled FROM his foot is
only eqtaled BY a story ofa religious horse
that we we're told Of recently: He ID
owtied BY Mr: alexander; Of UsWtchee,
Ala, who rides him to church on preach
ing days, which is twice a month. On
other Sundays he is turned out to Craze,
and it is on these days he is SO religious.
He goes down to church, stops at the tree
where he is generally tied when there is
preaching, and, with his head towards the
church, remains about an hour and a half.
He then walks leisurely home. This is a
fact, and will be vouched for By any of the
people of Oswichee.
During the last century a famous Pari-
sian financier gained great favor among
the nobility, because when he gave a din
ner every guest found Under his napkin q
reu1eau Of louis d or, and sometimes at
dessert large plates full Of gold were
brought on the table to which each person
could help himself, the same as if they
were nuts. In Paris an American has just
taken it into his head to have his menu
engraved on elegant little silver plates,
bearing the name of each ofhis guests, who
are invited to keep them as a memento.
The cost Of these is not ruinous, and the
idea is not bad one. Menus in nickle or
other materials will become objects dart.
There is, says the Des Moines Iowa)
Leader, at the Given. House a strange case
to physician and metaphysician, a Mrs.
Shade, of Guthrie county, on her way in
charge of her husband to the insane asylum
at Mt. Pleasant. Last March, the lady be-
came Suddenly crazy and quite violent, and
continued SO until the 18th Of June, when
she passed into comatose state and has
been apparently sleeping ever since. She
has aWoke but once during the whole per-
iod, last October, when she revived enough
to converse, but not eoherently, and the
next day Went TO sleep again and has not
since awoke. She is fed by forcing her
mouth open, to which she makes no resis-
tance, and shows no relish for the food !;
her breathing is regular, but quicker than
it would be IN her normal condition of
health. Its hoped that careful treatment
by the scientific gentlemen at Mt. Pleasant
may resuscitate her and eventually cure
her.
A hotel ina western village having for
sometime beer infested with skunks, the
other night the employees, armed with
guns, laid in wait for the pests and sue
ceeded IN tlispatehing two Of them. III
the morning an English guest, who had
been sojourning at the hotel for day or
two, approached the clerk and remarked
1'Irather like this place sort of rustic,
You know. But you have such shocking
noises at nj ight-gg uns. and pistols, and all
that sort Of thing. The most peculiar
thing Of all is that the powder OF those guns
has the most internal odor, you know. Z
a woman that successfully hides her
age Is educated beyond her years.