The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-11-14

DtlSllpSS Oh universities would seem 10
consist in training sports. Why not COM
menre confering honorary degrees on
such men as John L. Sullivan.
Negroesz,f North Carolina who recently
organized a railroad company have be-
gun the equipment and construction of
their line This was Il more sensible
move than the colored convention re-
Gently held in the interest Of war of
races. from which the colored man could
expect nothing but unnerciful disaster
NY son William said fond mother,
custer be pretty wild as boy, but since
he went west he's sprter turned over Il
new leaf and got steady. He is getting
along well. too, for see his name in the
papers-they say he's been a road agent
doing large business. and that his fell
low citizens organized necktie sociable
in his honor recently. am so glad that
Williams getting up in the world
At wedding recently in Canton
parson. who is generally ready at rcpar-
tee, was knocked off his balance and
completely nonplussed by an addition
to the ceremony by an aged matron,
who, Immediately after hearing the
words, "Whom God hath joined to-
gether let no man put asunder." ex-
claimed with great earnestness: ''Or no
woman, either for they're just as bad as
the men,
The mlzzled catcher: How refresh
ingly ingenious feminine intelligence dis
plays itself at ball game. What has
that man on his face, a mAzle?' Why,
no, that's protector" Not chest
protector? "Oh. no. the idea. You
see when the man swings the stick
around and it don't hit the ball, this man
is obliged to PIT the mlzzle on. That's
part of the game. don't know how
much it counts
4 Stratford. Connecticut woman
dreamed that she saw her husband kiss
ing Il nei hbor's wife and she awoke and
struck him across his face and broke his
nose The next night he ate mince pie,
Welsh rarebit dried apples, and wedding
cake to have dream and get square
with her.
''How is it YOU can tell srlch whop
pers?' asked a caller, addressing the
editor of the fish story department.
"Well, you see" replied the editor, 'our
wife's name is Anna" What has that
to do with it," "A great deal When
we are writing fish stories we usually
have Anna nigh us to help us" The
caller was carried to the hospital.
\ man died in New York Il few days
ago, at all advanced age. who Was called
"Nestor of the prize ring" and who is
said to have umplred more tistic en-
counters than any other man living.
The fact that a move has not yet been
made to build HIM monument throws
considerable doubt on the story that he
was such prominent and worthy mem
Der of the community.
It is said that there are now more
army officers charged with swindling by
duplicating their pay accounts than any
other period in the history Of the army.
There must be curious system of hook
keeping in the office of the paymaster.
We notice that when weary. sad-eyed
newspaper man steps up to the cashiers
desk in the counting room to draw his
miserable pittancc, there is no chance
for him to duplicate his pay account.
Not any None in the least. 1t is a
stand-off sometimes between waiting
another week for his pay and taking an
order on the drug store.
1t is now pretty definitely settled that
Mary Anderson did not snub the Prince
of Wales with an awful snub that echoed
around the world, and neighboring
journal says: What an awful amount
of sweetness has been wasted on Mary.
This reminds us of the old man who re-
buked his boys for drinking peach brandy
"There's been an awful amount OF sweet
ness wasted on vou," said the old man !:
when Won get cid enough to really ENJOY
peacl, brandy, you'll feel sorry that YOU
anticipated time in this manner and will
wish Won had saved the stuff up where it
would have grown better and sweeter as
the long wears winged their silent tight