The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1883-04-07
CULLI>GS.

Charlie Ross's father does not give up
the hone Of finding hi, boy yet. lie mas
fnll faith in some sort Of a heir restoFeF,
and believes It is ''not a die.''-LoeeetI
Courier.
IN New York a new scarf pin called
"The Freddie'' is creating much am"Se-
ment. 1t is composed OF little gold doh-
XIV drawing a cart containing dictionary
and English grammar.
A busy doctor sent in a certincate o.
death the other day, and acct0eh'ai'y
stoned his name in the space for causes
of Death" The registrar says ne Wishes
the profession would be as accurate gene
rally.
recent dictate of fashion is important
to all married men. 1t is that SINAI
cheeks w. be en- regIe for spring and SUM
mer silk dresses. | generally takes such
large cheeks Hartford E'reRing POST
is said that when List Ved III Jena
no had at one time II bill against Linn OF
$35. 900 for wine and cigars. About 'ha'
fine he maestro must have mistaken NM
self for congressional funeral comm''-
tee.
Hand this round: If a man has TWO
forpfipeers, that's eight finge.s besides
four other fingers OH each paw, making =
total of sixteen 1ins ers, and yet the actl'a'
count is only ten. There's thumo-'lihg
queer about dgital enumeration.
The salvation army is passing through
PENNSYLVANIA TO the tunes. My or"ho-
f,ther's Clock'' and "My Father ana
Mother Were Iri-h.' A Pennsylvania
soul, it appears, can only b. saved oy INC
most extraordinary means.-CoafteT jour
nal.
An Arkansas legislator jumped into the
rive, at Little Rock yesterday and Was
. drowned We have no knowledge OF a
more deadly thing than the application OF
water TO Democratic mpmhe ota western
observation-disclosures City Journal.
"No gentleman, said Fogg, would
smoke in the presence OF ladies. on
sense" replied Brown; Il never allow
the presence Of ladies TO interfere with my
comforts" Very true, said Fogg; "ou'
that don't aft ct the correctness OF my oo'
servation. .- Boston Transcript.
The Edtoaton Chronicle, Georgia, has an
editorial with the title, rs it right TO senf
our paper to a negro?" We have looked
at the sheet very carefully, and think yol
might with propriety send It 70 negro y
YOU don't charge him anything tor IT,
Rochester Post Express.
A Philadelphia girl complains that sh'
got into such chilt while out slelghlns
some weeks ago that she has been ~ poo
health ever since. Experience teaches
dear school. Next time she will know
enough to &c sleigh riding with her owl
brother.-Camden Post.
Thoreau's "Week on the Concord an
Merrimac Rivers" did not sell well, ant
his publishers returned 706 copies Of a
edition Of 81 600. Thoreau stored them i
his attic, and then boasted that he had
library Of nearly 500 v iumes. Of whle
700 were books he wrote himself.-Loarel
Courier.
A witness who had been called to Civ
evidence as to the defendants characte
testified that he had always moved !
good society. "What do you mean b
good society?" asked the Court. "soe
ety in which it is fashionable to spea
evil" promptly answered the witness
Brooklyn Eaqle.
When Brown, after eating dlnner af
restaurant, asked the proprietor to chars
IL. the latter said he should b. glad to, b
he kept no books. Keep no books ~ e.
claimed Brown. "No," replied the othe
there is no accounting for tastes, Y,
know-aI least, not in this shop. .'-Bostt
Transcript.
Joseph Smith fell down the cellar stai
the other day and broke his left leg, /
right arm, two ribs, his nose, one iiagt
and cut his scalp, sprained his ankle, III
nut his shoulder ont Of joint. He Y
picked up insensible, and on recoverin
evidently WAS a little bewildered as
what had occurred, for his first qnesti
was "Whom did they nominatef'