The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-12-11

Ius sNtelGSI bh1 oaA Va lOoAA'
sH,re are volumes of very great va'u,,
Aud youn be re markell ARE well versed;
Now. supposing a firs should break out here,
Which book would you try 10 save firs.f
~ wJuli seiz,'-all she grew quite ex-
cta1,
And then she grew ter. IDLY cllm-
II would sci re pa pa's poc'ietbook first, sir;
That's the kind OF a book worm / ami"
ANECDOTES OF JOSH BILLINGS.
Personal "Reminiscences of the Late HUI
norIst, with Specimens Of His Fun.
Philadelphia Times
] was sitting down TO lunch ons III Drhing
at Delm 2nicos with literary friend wlen
there entered gaunt, tall man, with st)o0
ing shoulders, a slouching walk, iron-gray
hair AMI a pair Of keen, bright eyeI VIII
deposited himself heavily upon a chair at
the nearest vacant table. Ny friend touched
my feet to direct my attention t. tho nsw-
conner, AMI softly said: ID you know
who that Isl" mo" That's Josh Bl.
lings," h, Whispered. "Tll ask him to join
US"
My friend arose, went to his table,
graspel his han aid in another instant
wa intro iuc,d to the author OF vast
amount OF mi sDt,t wisdom "How's every
bone in your bJIyF sa.d Josh to my friend.
Then, turning to M, he said: Cad to see
You, 81; jus arrived from ElGlani |, ca
Bring my cutie aid coffee hare h. went
ON, addressing the wait'r, a. he inserted his
ong lean legs un Ter our table.
Before left New Yor': | called on josh
Billings with an album, AMI mo le,tlv so
II tied bis autograph He took iG on his
knees, gave his mouth comical twist, and
wrote:
"1hrlee is BIZ armed who hath bis quarrel
lust" BARD OF Avon.
"And four times he who gets his blow in
fust." j. BILLINGS.
Josh was extremely fond Of ANIMALS, and
had a cat at his house in Albany which he
gravely ADDRESSED as william" | sug-
geSt ID that that was dignifei name for
Iu'S as cats were usually called Tom" OF
Tip" or quick short cog lomea.
Blu that 3 SPECIAL swell, blue-biooie1
specimen Of the feline race, ! wish you ID
know rejoinel the humorist Recently,
poor fellow, h. has had fits, and since then
l call him 'Fitz. William"
"A pOOl SbOFg Is JOl vi the Dsiuk
thrown, on one occasion, among batch OF
students in a country tow ner New
Haven. He was tramp pin; along with
rusty y,llow dog. an enters thu barroom
Of hotel for some refre III nclts grouE
of the Yale II Is chanc,i to lie the " on
frol!c an Immediately iuterviewtl Bill
ling whom th.y evidently mist ok Tor a
farmer They inquired with nffs tie IN
tere,L ate" the health of hi w"e an clil-
dren, and Jojh, with counterfe tel sim
Pile ~, gave them graphic cunt o hi:
fam ] and farm
'Of course you belong to the church"
askel one of the boys.
''Ye', the Lord be praised, and my fath,I
and grandfather b 'fore me-"
Now, / suppose you woul1 no. til
lie sail one of the students.
Not for the world
What will you take for tina dogf p1iut.
ing to Joshs cur, which was croucIlng he
meath his chair.
Il won't take twenty dollars for thai
dog
Twenty dollarsI Why, he's net worth
Twenty can't"
" Il assure you would not taks twenty
dollars for Inn"
Coma, my friend" said tn, submit
"bo. WIN MS comp III OuS, was Del on
having sem fun with tn, oil / maj Now,
you ga you won't Tell liz for the worl !.
L,t m, see If you will not do it for twenty
dollars. III give you twenty dollar for
for vour dog"
an not take IT,
You will notf Herel let me see If this
will not tempt you to !ie,' adde he stu,
dent, pr oducing IA small lag OF half dollars,
whic- he butt ~ in.o small piles on the
table. Josh was sitting by the table, with
his hat in his hand, apparently unc cerned.
There" ad led the stu lent. there are
twantn--1~4br-rne nntmnr Josh quietly
raisei his hat to hs ed 70 OF tIbl, !, AMI.
a. qlick a. thou CIR, scTapcl all the none
into IL except on, hllf ,ilar AMI thea ex
claimed
>''l won't TAX, your twenty dollar; Nine
teen and n half is as much as that TO-; /.
worth: b i your prope tyr
A trem m louI shCut from his FELLOWSHIP
dents clearlY shovel the woul 1 be waz tn n
he was co npletely sold a1d that he nal
not leo for sympathy from that quarter
80 b, good nlturelly acknowledged himself
bta.en.
1t was Josh who originated the phrase
tina Is now a national expires sion-''The
bns.n 'ss eai Of wasp" and wnol he said
t. lidy. ~ g better to be laughed at for
no b1ily married than TO be unable k
Ian IA Leca e you are" ii seems to me bt
utt rel n senselca, to us, on, of his own ex
pres lon, "butS ing cut with first-class wis
IL,