The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-08-03
THE LOUNGER.

THE LOUNGER.
When Gen. Charles s. Warren was in
town recently he told good story on Jere
Sullivan. we'll known citizen OF Benton.
They were together in the early days at
Virginia City. money was made very
easily there" said the general, ''but ex-
penses we're very high and it was difficult to
get much ahead. Board was 50 high that
we tried to devise cheaper living. So we
formed mess and took turns at cooking.
Finally enc day the cooking fell to the lot
of Jere. who was with us. Some one sug-
gested rice as change of diet, 30 Jere
went out to purchase few pounds. A
wag in the camp told him for a Josh"
that he had better get good
supply as the rice would shrink in water.
In order to have enough to go around Jere
bought twenty pounds of rice and put the
entire quantity in kettle. In short time
the rice began to swell. and was soon boil
ing over the kettle. Jere ran in all parts
of the room and picked up every vessel that
could be found. He filed these with the
overlooking rice and then filled up two
pairs Of rubber boots. The blankets were
soon spread on the floor and covered. Jere's
resources were then exhausted, and as
a last resort he put plank on the kettle
and stood on it until tho fire in the stove
went out.
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"There is nothing I admire more than
that genuine Independence 30 character
istic of every western man." remarked an
nj ~ he 4s,O1skasn hoka1 tho
other evening, ''but confess there should
be limit somewhere. Now, awhile ago I
visited a certain village in the state which
can boast of having the '.rockiest'' hotel in
America. After sleeping all night on pair
Of Stats I went down to breakfast. The
waiter was tough looking young fellow
who didn't care whether We had anything
to eat or not. Finally he brought beef
steak that could do nothing with. When
] ventured a protest against the quality of
the meat the waiter looked up with surprise
and said: 'D-n you, you can take that OF
nothing"
passed. by the old Cody house near Ten
Mile few days ago. Il was headquarters
for the horsemen of the early days. Here
~ WOE WIG IA UA0CA AxAVVssAA1
was laid out. The weather stained building
with its narrow porch fronting on the road,
and its tightly closed green shutters. had q
forlorn look about it that was pathetic
II was as if some famous racer who had
seen his palmy days on the turf, had beer
turned out into field to pass his remain
| ing years away in idleness. The rooms o.
the now deserted hosiery no longer rinf
with the mirth of the old days. The fences
are broken down and the weeds flourish Al
the steps of the cracked porch, from which
the paint long ago dried off in patches ant
was scattered by the wind. Returning TOWARD
town in the dusk the place presented a NOR
lonely aspect. The sun was just Roinl
down over the hills and cast golden ting
on the shingle roof and tumble-down chin
ney. the damp air came up from the creel
bottom. It was like an evening in al
ancient and mouldy graveyard. In fe,
rods through the bushes saw the brigh
/ lights of the Broadwater cleaning throug
the night, and the ghost of other day
faded away behind me in the road.
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} heard of very amusing case of absen
mindedness few days ago, and it hap
pened to a young Helena man. He is
travelling agent for a well-known clothin
+ establishment, and during recent sojour
on the west side of the range he visite
Pipestone Springs, a bathing and pleasur
: restort about Is miles out of Butte on tn
new short line. Whether he succumbed
hypnotic influences consequent to til
beauty of natures landscape to be seen 9
la -. h. -Eo l.
, the highly mineralized hot springs waite
: will probably remain mystery. But tn
. young man laved in the placid waters {
the plunge, which proved so refreshing an
| seductive that he was loath to leave an
scared in the somnambulistic sphere afte
he stepped out of the pool. There wei
only few spectators to the seer
!, and it was SO amusing that the
1 vowed to watch the result. The youn
; man applied the Turkish towels briskly
' his limbs and to the bathing suit which
3 wore and totally unconscious of the su
{ roundings, donned his apparel over Il
ing and he had recovered his normal col
dition and joined in the dance which was
progress in pavilion at the springs. Z
was uneasy and awkward and decidedly III
> comfortable as he whirled in the may an
. could not account for his feelings. II
train was now due upon which he was
leave, and he left still uncomfortable. I'll
y next day the proprietor received note
8 apology from the young man and pac
9 age. The latter contained the bathing SO
: and the note an attempt at explanatio
When tho Helena young man retired
:, that night he discovered the cause of b
discomfort-he still had the suit on.
Unfaithful ServantA
NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-Clement ]. g. II,
Ter, treasurer, and VIM. G. Chandler. J.
- manager Of the Erie Transfer company,
" this city, have been arrested ON the char
\ of systematically defrauding the compan
~ It is estimated that they have succeeded
swindling the corporation out of not Il
~ than $4,000.
Coded Their Property.