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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-09-25

A. j. Burns, commissioner.
At 12noon adjourned for lack of a quorum
until 10 g. M, Monday 14th.
September 14th.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Present full board.
Minutes of Sept. IL and II were read and
signed by chairman.
Az required by section 46 of the revenue
law of 1891, the clerk was ordered to spread
upon the journal the assessments of rail-
roads for the present year as returned by
the state board of equalization. The docu-
msnt was recorded in full, giving the point
of entrance and exit of each railroad in
each township, city, school district or taxa
ton district within this county.
Bill of 4. V. B. Alderman, deputy as
SCISSOR, 500, not allowed.
Bill of G. G. Walker, deputy assessor,
S445, not allowed.
County treasurer's report OF receipts and
disbursement approved Il ordered filed.
Dihtrict clerks report of money collected
fer the county approved and ordered filed.
Bill of Mrs. G. J.. R~inRwald, INDECENT
rent, $17.5 0 allowed for $l6.G5.
NJ. RoCkman, corOner's fees, bill for
s2s2.50, allowed for $226.90.
Bill Of Chas. NJ. Jetfries, services in JUS
tees ccurt, $482. so, allowed for $500. 10.
Bill Of Chas. Nj. Jeferis. services in dis
trict court, ST. 5000, allowed for $l.4A9.90.
Bill of Vim. Sims, constable fees, $4,000,
allowed for $40G. 80.
Ordered: That the treasurer transfer
from the general to the poor fund the sum
of $1,000.
Communication received from citizens of
Marysyille, complaining Of open and fla
grans practices of lewd persons and bawdy
house inmates at that place. The ssme re-
fcrred to the county attorney, with ~instruc-
tions to Investigate and report.
Bill of j. u. Allen, damage to livery,
$40.75, not allowed.
Eli of Eourk d Dram, transportation.
81. not allowed.
Report OF G. p. Van Wart, game and fish
garden. for quarter ending Sept. /, ap-
proved ana ordered filed. The office WAC
declared vacant from and after Sept. 10,
1891. for this season.
hcpo't of fees by Constable Sims, $l47. %,
approved and ordered filed.
Reports of receipts and disbursements by
county clerk and district clerk. wore ap-
proved and ordered filed.
In the matter of petition for change in
shs Augusta and Dubray creek, also the Au-
guEta and Dearborn canyon roads, which
wers originally filed, the former in June,
1891, the latter in November, 1890, and in
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-29
As She Is Spoke in India,

Native English in India still furnishes
much amusement to the European trav-
eler. When the governor of Madras
lately made a tour one admirer wrote to
excuse his non-appearance at the rail-
way station as he '.had the pleasure of a
scorpion in his left leg" but promised to
''bring my invaluable lutte to play be-
fore your excellency as an indulgent
son. A railway official famented that
a panther invaded his platform, but he
met the attack by shutting himself in
his Office and ringing the station bell, !"
while another complained that his
pointsmen had been fighting, as the ag-
gressor threw stone at Ram Buksh,
which fortunately hit Ram Buksh's
wife," He added that unless both these
men are scattered in different directions
by opposing trains there will be murder
and suicide, including to myself" On
visiting local hospital the governor
was presented with a petition against
the surgeon in charge, who, said the
compliments, "had string loose over
his subordinates, and will never secure
heaven. Quite the contrary will surely
be his fate. London Graphic.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-29
A Military Road In the West

A military road was constructed by
the United States government to con-
meet the military posts of the far west
with one another. Beginning at Fort
Leavenworth, on the Missouri river, it
passed through Fort Riley at the juno
ton Of the forks of the Kaw, and then,
still keeping up the north side of the
Republican fork, went on to Fort
Kearny, still farther west, then to Fort
Laramie, which in those days was SO
far on the frontier of our country that
few people ever saw it except military
men and the emigrants to California.
At the time of which am writing there
had been a very heavy emigration to
California, and companies of emigrants,
bound to the golden land, still occa-
sionally passed along the great military
road.
Interlacing this highway were innu-
merable trails and wagon tracks, the
traces of the great migration to the Ell
dorado of the Pacific; and here and
there were the narrow trails made by
Indians on their hunting expeditions
and warlike excursions. Roads, such
as our emigrants had been accustomed
to in Illinois, there we're none. First
came the faint traces of human feet
and of unshod horses and ponies; then
the well defined tran of hunters, trap
pers and Indians; then the wagon
track of the military trains. which in
course of time were sinoothed and
formed into the military road kept in
repair by the United States govern
ment.--Noah Brooks in st. Nicholas.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-29
COULDN'T CATCH HIM.
It Was . Small Hole, but He Got Out
All Right.

/ ~ was y 5mhAt nOict nut nc 9ot Out
| All Right.
His eye lighted on the man wearing the
wolf skin overcoat ~ soon as he entered
the door, and the presumed far westerner
had scarcely got seated when he was
accosted with:
From Colorado or Nevada, presumed"
mo, sir, from Idaho"
Anywhere near Boise City,"
Fright from that place, SIR"
"Ahl glad to have met you. Wanted to
talk with you about the weather out there
Been very cold this winters"
Not so very. 1t was only Is dogs. be-
low when left"
SIS that the coldestf"
"Well, we had it 90 degs. below for a
few days in December"
did, chr have been keeping track Of
the weather rs reported by the signal serv-
ice. Here is Boise City pasted in this col
umn."
~ see. You must have an object!"
Certainly. travel a good deal, sisd al
ways like to stop liar in the first round.
This report does not show that you have
even touched zero this winter. How Is
thatr"
'My friend, is that the weather bureau
report?" asked wolf overcoat.
st is"
"Officials"
eyes, sir. Can you get over it'"
II don't have to, sir. should have told
you on the start that our town is divided.
Half of it is built on an old glacier. and
the other half in crater of volcano. The
signal Office is located in the latter half,
and even in January they have to pour
water on the floor to cool it off. Up in my
half we often have it 20 dogs, below, while
they are picking roses down in the crater.
Signal service is only for half the town,
sir. and before you call Boise City man
liar you should find out which half he
lives in. Go away from me, sir! You look
like bad. bad manp'-New York Sun.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-29
A Riley Echo,

When the crop is ON the market and the cash is
in your sock,
and you hear the clink and Jingle Of the KEY
turned in the lock.
And the clinking Of the pennies" and the clank.
ing Of the tens"
And the grocery man is paid up, and no More his
bill he sens;
Oh, it's thens che time Teller Is af.elin' at his
best,
When he rises from his supper, then downward
pulls his vest:
AS he smokes his pipe in comfort, and then goes
and winds the clock,
When the crop is on che market and the cash is
IN che sock
There's something kind . cheerful like about the
farmers eyes,
When he knows the summers over, and he doesn I
have to rise
About the time the .iaylights a peepin' thro the
gloom,
And work until the moons up mid che grain
that's all in bloom;
Blu, instead he sorter calculates he'll hook old
Buck and Jess
To his cutter in the evenin' and put % his Sun
Then go courtin' Lizer, with her apron and new
frock, ,-4s--
When the crop is on the market and the cash -
in his sock.
Oh. the huslin' and the speilin' bees-the winters
harmless fun
The raspn Of the fiddle when the dancin' is be-
gun;
The jingle Of the sleigh oells your gal in che
sled;
The kissn and the huggin' when the ole folks are
in bed;
The roastin' Of the chestnuts, the neighbors drop
pin in;
The eating Of the apples. drinkin' cider from
tin;
Oh. it sets my heart a-prancin'. like struttin'
turkeycock,
When the crop is on the market and the cash lis
in the sock.
Households Bazoo
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-29
The Origin of High Heels.

Heels, it is said, owe their origin to
Persia, where they were introduced upon
sandals in the shape of blocks of wood
fixed underneath, such being the root
idea of those deformities to which lovely
woman owes SO many of her woes. A
high, unsteady heel, it is an open secret,
Injuries the leg tendons and affects the
spine as well as internal organs, which
are liable to be displaced by the thrown
forward position entailed. In Persia,
the first home of the heel, however, these
blocks of wood are used simply to 'raise
the feet from the burning sands of that
country, and were about two inches
high" With the Persian women these
blocks were vastly higher than those
affected by the men, their height being
from eighteen inches to two feet, thus
becoming more of the nature of stills
than anything else.
Strangely enough, many years after, .
similar fashion came into vogue in Ven
ice; but the motif in this case was conf
cally different, for "by its means jealous
husbands thought they would be able to
keep their wives at home" The sup
ports of such shoes in Venice were called
''chapineys," and to appease the vanity
of the ladies. and doubtless also to sugar
the pill, were made highly ornate. The
height of these chapineys determined the
rank of the wearer, an extra coating for
the pill, 1.-THE noblest danes being per-
mitted to wear them one-half ward or
more high. Hospital.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-29
A wonderful Clock.

A marvellous piece of mechanism has
recently been exhibited in Paris. 1t is
an eight day clock, which chimes the
quarters, plays sixteen tunes, playing
three tunes every hour, or at any in
teryal required, by simply touching a
spring. The hands go as follows: One
once a minute, one once an hour, one
once week, one once a month and
one once a year. 1t shows the moons
age. rising and setting of the sun, the
timeof high and low tide, besides show
ing lalf ebb and half flood
Acurious device represents the wa
ter, showing ships at high water tide
as ifthey were in motion, and, as it re-
cede, leaves them high and dry on the
sands The clock shows the hour of
the day, the day of the week, the day
of the month and the month of the
year The mechanism is so arranged
as t. make its own provisions for long
and short months. 1t also shows the
sigm of the zodiac, equation, and the
difference between sun and railroad
tisne for every day in the year.-St.
Lous Republic.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-29
THE LONDONDERRY SITTER,
"tell me, did You ever find your arm

"tell me, did you ever find your arm
that you dropped"
mo; to be sure not. never went to
look for it."
"You couldn't fasten il on again, Them
"Of course not, child. l am not q
jointed doll"
"What a pity You couldn't" said the
child, what pity! And how do you
manage to dress yourself and tie your
cravat and shoes?" she asked, for she had
been burning to make these inquiries
ever since she had seen the one armed
confederate.
"'Twas awkward at first, but 1 learned
tlast to do it with the help of my teeth. "
"But how when You get old and lose
'emy' said Jennie, who was of an inves-
tigating mind.
Providence will raise me up some
other way" he said with pathetic smile.
"Tn have my wife to wait on me-"
"To be sure. forgot; Miss Mary Jane
will. What did she say?"
II got one of the sisters to write her
for me, and l set her free. said
wouldn't bind her to poor cripple like
me-"
"And she said no, sir-reel I 'spose,"
cried Jennie, full of fiery zeal for her
new friend.
something to that effect" said Joe,
smiling.
''She wrote me that she loved me more
with one arm than she ever had done
with two. And whenever | could get
home she was ready" Here Joe's eyes
filed and he gazed steadily in the water.
"Well, now, joe" said Jennie, who
was suddenly struck with bright idea,
maybe if you would lose both arms
she'd love you betterer and betterer."
~ believe I'm satisfied with what she
feels now" said Joe, laughing.
"But why hain't you married?' con-
tinued Jennie, pursuing her investiga-
tons.
Because l first had to get well, and
then | had to get something to do. /
had been mechanic, and l couldn't
work at my trade with my left hand.
So Capt Ramsey gave me place on his
boat, and I've been trying to learn how
to write, so that / can keep his books. l
think I'm doing pretty well. See."
He drew from his pocket little blank
book in which were scrawled divers
hieroglyphics, at which he gazed COM
placently.
"Why, yes," said Jennie approvingly.
There's It with the cross mark, and
there is * with his broken back, and
that's an IL l know him by his eye
brow. You see l can read little" she
said proudly.
$50 I see," said he, laughing and put
ting up his book. "Now l must 20.
The sun has set. 1t is time for Inc to
see after things for the night"
He stroked Jennie's curly head with
his left hand, and walked away, softly
singing in his mellow voice, my Own
Mary Ann. Paul Grant in Atlanta
Constitution.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-29
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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-29
The Erect OF a Chestnut.

Remember, boys" said the new teacher
who, being still new at the business, knew
not what else to say to make an impress
sion, that in the bright lexicon of youth
there's no such word as fail"
After that he paused to observe the effect
of the chestnut.
After few moments of very deep silence
a red headed boy from Boston raised his
hand.
well, what is it, Socratess" asked the
teacher.
II was merely going to suggest" replied
the youngster, as he cleansed his spectacles
with his handkerchief, that if such is the
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tention to the omission Montreal Mail.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-29
The "Still Christmas "

In the year 1925 the holiday time in
England was known as the .'still Christ
mas" for owing to the illness of King
Henry VIII the singing of carols and the
noisy hilarity peculiar TO Christmas were
prohibited. Some who have lain sleep
less through nights of horn blowing, the
explosion of firecrackers, ETC., especially
at the south, where many of the old En-.
glish holiday customs are still observed,
may understand and appreciate the royal
mandate for a ''still Christmas" With
this one exception, carols and other joy.
Gus musical exercises were used at Christ
mas all through the Tudor reigns. -Hsr-
per's Bazaar.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-29
SMELLING Com.. Inv Sat,re.

An F street attorney relates that he
received an application for pension
from country lawyer in Michigan re-
Gently, in which the claimant signed his
name as Daniel o. Connell." In subse-
quent papers filed he wrote it daniel
OConnell." The attorney wrote to the
lawyer to report whether the name was
O'Connell or Connell. The provincial
Blackstone retorted in what he evidently
considered very sarcastic letter, wind
ing up with this bit of bucolic wit,
1.-The name is O'Connell, as any fool
might know; but what difference does it
make, anyhow, whether You say, Nc
Carths', come out of the house, or come
out of the house. Mccarthy Wash
ington Post
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-29

1t is always amusing to encounter any
body newly provided with dog especi-
ally IL it tie his or her first dog. There
is mkt IRE of p'ide of self conscious
ness an. OF an >ie;y in the owner which
is somewhat similar. 1 presume. to the
emotio 5 o. woman with baby, and
certainly not unlike the futtering con-
Germ o a hen wi h a brood OF Chicks. II
tie dog, as oft en- happens, is a puppy,
the gree own + is apt to feel an alarm
on one point that is quite unnecessary
grown dogs will not modest puppy-they
respect his tehder years and innocent
nature. But this graf truth in natural
history Is ofte overlooke I.
Only the other day saw in Common
wealth avenue a young lady leading
forth a st. Bernard rough coated pup,
soft yielding mass OF fluffy brown and
white. To caresss him would be de-
light, to hug him, rapture. The fiercest
b Ill ter Ter would not have harmed a
b .ir In his head. But tie young wo-
man whipped out her lash and stood
guard ev n at the approach Of an Irish
sstter.-Boston Post.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-29
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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-29
RECOGNITION.

WAen souls that have pat "a their mortal gear
Stand In the pure, sweet light OF heavens day,
Aud wondering deeply what to do or say,
And trembling more with rapture than with fear.
Desire some token OF their friends most dear,
Who there some time have made their happy
stay,
And much have longed for them to come that
way,
What shall II bc, this sign Of hope and cheeri
Shall 1t be tone OF voice or glance OF eye,
Shall 1t be touch Of hand or gleam OF hair
Blown back from spirit brows by heavens air
Things which OF old We knsw our dearest byi
Oh, naught OF this; bat, II oar love be trsc,
Some secret sense shall CRY, It's you and-you.
John w. Chadwick
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-29
Tho Lions Ailments.

If lions and tigers catch cold doss Of
powdered quinine is given to them in
their food. They sometimes suffer from
dyspepsia, and a meal of liver set before
them is readily devoured and acts as q
cathartic. They seldom need treatment,
however. for any trouble except ingrow-
ing nails. -Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-29
An Easy PROPOSAL.

Miss Seasoned-Speaking of names, l
think Frank is a pretty name.
Mr.. Charles F. Sylver-Yaas; so do L
That's my middle name. Gaining cour-
age.) Er-what do you think of Sylver
for a name?-Harper's Bazaar.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-29
Literary Note.

II see that in the preface to your book
that you state that it is written to fill a
long felt want. What do you mean by
that?"
What dc mean by that? Why, I've
been needing a square meal for the last
eighteen months. Don't you call that
long felt want. Texas Sftings.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-29
Miss Adelina Patti Baird, a goddaurh.

Miss Adelina Patti Baird, goddaugh-
ter of the diva and daughter of rich
English iron founder, has string of
pearls collected from the days of her
babyhood. One of her first gifts, was a
number of fine unstrung pearls, and to
these have been added others from tins
to time by parents and relatives until
she now has matches necklace.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-29
"WhilO You WAft.v

Enterprise can hardly go further than
this effort of an uptown grocer: Fresh
eggs warm from the hen."-Binghamton
Leader
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-29

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