The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-03-25

Nan With Twenty 9o00L
peculiar Names, and Why
were 30 Namod-A 9inGu.
freak Of Nature in the
Distribution Of i yeo.

.hcp. ",;.iruce If the Sheriff, the nev
s'M ,s,lse, ard . very fine looking nev
virl. hotel. where the meals are misers
pre s.% ,he rates high. A population q
be a a,w thousand is claimed, which ma,
i~e" ":.,.t or it may not be. This city 4
W. ,i,itis.l, however, but that a
No.. If fire is a source Of an immens
a:al n,.t of fun and excitement for near
a'n ~" cn.ire population, who rush on
.hs streets at the sound of the bell
und sca,nler to the scene OF the cenfla
s ,,stion as though each man, woman ant
:S;,J had :1W,HN,WO in unregistered
; lands in the place ab'aze.
ANAS WITH TWENTY SONS.
since arriving here I have heard seve
ii very interesting stories that have
"a .",er iern in print. There Is o gentle
'. here named John Gallagher Whose
:'.ncr was in the hat bu -iDess from 49,
.aiS:. when he died. The old gentle.
"a, was named Richard Gallagher
.nJ he was one Of the pioneers. Every.
'"iv likes to hear pioneer stories, SO
"s,.o.c to tel! one that VS. told to me
~ Mr, John Gallagher.
I'm 1871, there came into I'D Mr.. Gal
,.,her's hat store man who asked to
TX At 4 cap. He was shown q number
't",,s, and, sclc citing one that suited,
no .,ai-,l that he would take four Of
.,en,. The halter was somewhat as
,nnishei to hear the man ask for four caps.
=, once, especially as he said he wanted
Them a.! the same size.
"iIsve you four sons OF one size:"
ii Mr E,llasl,pr
"Yes, s:r, have; and I've got six
,.n Others BESIDES" answered the
nan.
"Wherc arc they" inquired the
h.tter. who was now all torn up
BY Curiosity st the strange state
"They are down here at the market, !"
vas the reply.
Bring them here" said the halter,
and I'll make them present Of hat
naeh.'
The man went out, and shortly re-
,urne,i chasing iuto the store . drove of
ioys that looked something like the f.
nous staircase band you might see in
the theatre if you ever visited such .
Place.
"Hyer they Ike, mister. These by my
Ioys, they be-"
swell, well, we'll, / never! Doesn't
that icat all!" calculated the old halter,
rs he gazcd in wonder 1T the group OF
.ankling young fellows who stood there
in all sorts Of awkward attitudes, some
staring about in an absent sort Of way,
others sigy!ing like schoolgirls, and
the RS! getting all tangled up with each
aher in cn.:eavOring to keep from
ramping on the boxes aud Oil-cloth or
rstti,l. on the floor.
'';'o:ue in lx;ys, come in and make
yourselves ut Eon,e," shouted Mr.. Gal
hgher, III the string blocked up the
doorway. And lie was soon busy "fit-
ting their lates with caps.
This 'cre's Thomas Dittimus," said
the happy father, dragging forth the
oldest Of the gang. "He's the first-tn'rn
and = mighty good boy he is, too. He's
about 5 years old"
He was speedily suited with cap and
told to stand aside.
This hycr one" said the old stock
niser, lis the next oldest. His name Il
Christopher H0llnes." And the father
grabbed another of the drove ~ though
he were a big sheep. ''Ef you'll notice
&ssnger, you'll see that the first boy has
sus black eyes like mine, and this one
hos blue eyes like his mother" 1t was
but the work Of y second to slap q cap
m the blend head. and he was pushed
over By the side Of his older brother,
Win the injunction not to get mixed up
win the others till every fellow had got
h's now cap.
''Step out here, Peter Dialander,"
commanded the owner of the bunch Of
ecys. At this third young man am
me' out in front of the delighted halter
VINO enjoyed the experience beyond de-
Gnpt'on. 'Hyer's another black-eyed
Joy, remarked the H,y-builder. "Ycu
w every other one 10 blue-eyed and the
nst il black-cyed 80 far, and this helps
= Keep the run Of them, hut If you un-
"erstotM the system, when you come to
30 Through the whole system you'd get
mixed after the first ten. rs I'll explain
.".y"u further along. Now thus one Is
calender JONES'" and making dash In
among the mob the daddy brought out q
~, Sar!h son and almost held him up ny
.ae hack Of the neck. A cap was passed
s"wn over his head, and he was assign
"a place among his seniors.
Number five was fished cut Of the reg
'a.ent and introduced as Eecy Icy. He
IN ms zap and went to join the others
m .nat We're already fitted out. Then came
NY, NY Nceslly, followed next by George
"amM'n, then ShawnO Cato,
-, Klnd {" sort o. try to keep 'em d.
u!uel int" lots of five, you see, by giving
."e'n names Of q different natur' yet
""eth'ng alike; for instance, 1nj9n
lame" %SSa.les all come together. But right
~, r"'ut hycr ! always get mixed when l
M, Mi!M pick the lads out according to
~" .;:s'! ages, cause, you zee, the eyes be-
gu 20 change along about the tenth h.
a., mat comes. Commencing with the
~, %.s', who, ~ you raw, had black eyes,
S!sse nam; OF color keeps on black, then
. I.e until it gets down to the tenth OF
,,u''. when there IL q change right
iI' IN, the other way. For instance:
:" "I se',t;' being blue, the eleventh ought
i". ~ black; then the others start out
n; r." opposite to the way they first began.
ti,.. t Is, You will notice, how strange
; "a. me sce." unused the father, try
i% s losing lc"ut the proper one Eyes, the
;fu''h. who should have had blue eyes
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