The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-04

bowing the legs out and turning the feet
inward. The fact of those that arc seen
by the statement that the president has
saved osit some OF the hest looking ones
that you are liable To and a bundle If
Them i'm almost any room IN the house.
A"cRAckER" CoURTSHIP.
How .G'or- Won the Hand or "a. Neigh
bor. the widow.
From the New York Tribune.
Down i'm this unknown nook characters
may IN. met who would delight those APP
prcciativc of the fresh and distinctive i'm
human NATURE. Herr. I'm the deepest ~
ccssss of the s'pins.y woods ,,rs, .'crack-
ers'' who have never penetrated ten miles
from the smoky cabins i'm which they wcrs.
b prn, and whose domestic life has been
boundcd 10y the live oak logs. clay walls
and palmetto thatch of their cabins. Here
they have lived since tho time, hack i'm the
Ids. when Osseola and his Seminoles
were captured by the regulars or driven to
the gators, moccasins and the miasnial
swasnps of the EverRlages. Indolcnce.
iRnorance. shiftlcssncss. courage and
pride are their more prominent qualities.
Some miles hack from this ake is a fer
which stands "a particularly heavy and
luxuriant growth of pine, magnolia and
live oak. In il are several clearings
which were made some four or five de-
cades since by the first ''crackers who
came to this section, at the time. Of their
arrival IA wild and virgin country. which
foot of white man may not have traaldcn
since Ponce de Leon ranged the peninsula
in his quest for the fahicd fountain "f
youth. .
Three Of the clcarinR~. are clustered
closely together. one owned ny the Widow
Pop" Somers and the third by "Cncie
Billy Thomas. Uncle Billy has con-
trivssl to pass sixty-thrcc years i'm single
blesseslness, but during the last eight
years he has found ~enHrossing charms In
the society of the widow. ON the other
| IA. MI ssIDrs.ss 1p.s hal S1rnu, -i~-s tIx. ln,S
i'm the sequence having died ~ month ago.
II is i'm order to state that Pop is "a man
vain rppining when lie has suffered "a loss.
Misfortune has "a bracing effect on him
and stimulates him tn repair his LOSSES.
Consequently l was not surprised lat tho
turn u conversation took which 1 held
! with him "a fortnight after the death of his
third wife: Replying To some expressions
of sympathy on my part. the old man said:
"Ecs, Iank, I've done lost err gno4i
h~o,-ckcepcr. So my cabin his in mighty
reckonin' fer crnutller wife. I hain't set
lied ON none yit, as I've done bin right toll
For a 1 was sIHss.hicss. Then.
acting ON n miscellaneous impulse. l s',g-
Have you thought Of the Widow L.
gars,? she's capable AIS u h~ousckecpcr
and isn't ~ day mort, than A."
settle on ti,.r wiaidcr. Hut thar ain't no
Use i'm bsin' i'm SIGH a pow'rfLl rush. Purity
soon IN take er day to hunt fur or woman:
= - "hhN So ktNsu w sbhsths skbNs
er man should t, careful to get I'M tiatll
last and is stiddy and don't low fur ter
Better speak tn the widow light away.
Uncle Billy may cut in ahead of YOU"
..I'l resk il. Yank,'' said n old man.
"Ther widdcr hain't brought Uncle Billy
ter time in much IA neigh eight years.
But I'll speak tn his some week"
mule and rode up to the widows. He
found the buxorn natron mendinH I'll.
go.rsl that hung i'm her well and-bu
| sr.suu tell Nlax.A a.. H.. -. uaA.. .,su.p. .@r.l.
"'Mornin', widdcr. howdly?" ss.ys.I.
"'What do you-uns want: said sie-uIs
snspicious-like.
$50 1 done come right down to il and
said: I'm ~reckonin' low fer ter git cr
nnther wife, and /! want ter take yoi,-,.ns
yo,i-uns think - seq 1 i'm my pcartest.
".I dunno seq she-uns. .Ain't this sud
dent? LSmmc think. Thar's dis ycrs
'Durn Uncle Billyc ! snapped out. ho'
like. III right smart crittsr he is. He,
hain't never done nothin'. I'm u live man
wi four acres cleared land and three cows
n.a r w"n'y oraiagi trees ama err "T ~.
yoil-uns will like il
avail, she wouldn't just then, but sh.
cult rider done come long. and 1 don.
told tho widter that we'd hitch our hand,
t tSsearh rsin' y; ,h"T B an" sS SaSs said i,h ,h, ami .l e.
wasn't no way To he married.. and lowe.
she wanted to ride round by Uncle Billy,
fortnight after. Wall tl,er wi,ldcr don.
mounted ther mule bchind me and W.. rio
ter Uncle Billy's. who was 50 'glstes
tamazcdD that nc couldn't even ciiss."
The wedding will take place Tomorrow
the circtlit-ridcr officiating. My ~ csen
tn the bride will be AN engraving pictur
ing the story of young Lochinvar. III,
brida journey will bc taken on muieback
A NEW ADDITION-A chance 4
double money in n short time 10y p,irchas
ing n well situated addition to Butt
within cIty limits at n VGlrrrlin. Evans
Nichols & Co.. e. East Broadway. Butte.
Evidence. at Thrift.
From the Omaha World.
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