The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-23

Ilnk6fton b men cOtcn0ll uht Jebso JHIuet
gang. Say, dat Pinkerton. dey tell me
never sleeps. You don't want it, Ell, well
here's another. It's by dc aut'er oi
'Dou Shalt Not" said the hoy, whispering
to the old lady. "It's a little bit on dc
bum, but dc Teller dat wrote it is a corker,
nil dc same. Well. if you don't like it. look
dis over while l go tru do train" persisted
the youth. Here is lillypercoolsr called
DE Duke OF Montmorency's Rsvenae.' Say,
l never slept last night, l was SO crazy to
find how dc duke killed desc four fellers
off, but he got dem all de same" Here the
young man held up a green covered book
with a picture on the corner of a man fall
ing over a precipice into the foaming sea,
while the duke stood on the cliff, his arms
thrown over the water for u mile or more.
and his mouth wreathed with q devilish
smile. At last the old lady appeared inter
ested. She laid aside the fifth edition of
the reverend gentleman's work, and, look
ing over her spectacles, chirped:
Young man, do your duties require you
to read every book YOU self"
YES" lied the boy, with a sad look. "One
of de rules Of de company is for us to read
every book so we Know what we're talkin'
about-see? l amt slept more'n two hours
any night for a mont. because l have to
read books. Sometimes, when | read Pin
kerton's stories. | don't mind, but when dey
shove Moody's life ON me, why, OATS differ
emit
swell" said the old lady sympathetically.
l shall write a letter to our local paper
about this matter. You, boys do have a
hard time, to be sure. Yes, you may let me
have a copy of that Pinkerton book, SO I
may see what stuff you are obliged to read.''
The boy pocketed a four-bit piece and.
turning to the next passenger, said: "Dere's
nothln' like throwin' de nubbin to ketch de
calf, as de Missourians s~ay-see?"
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The colored people of this city enjoyed a
most delightful picnic at kranick's grove
last weeks We have been requested to say
that the event on the literary programme
was Mr.. James Fulkerson's reading of Ten
nyson's Dreams of Fair Women"
Xxx
Dennis Wolf, the Grand street tailor, is
the owner of a dog of unusual intelligence.
For the past four months he has been
teaching the animal to play faro bank. and
so confident was he of the results of his ex-
pertinent that he sent the animal up town
the other evening to buck the tiger. 1t az
pears, however, that tho dog is too smart.
He took a twenty-dollar ~note.in his mouth,
bought two stacks of reds and, firing the
case keeper out Of his chair, commenced
playing the game. After an Indifferent run
of luck he finally struck q gate and ran his
pile up to 800. He barked at the dealer,
showed his checks over and cashed in. The
dealer hauled out a hundred dollar note,
which Wolf reached over to take. However, |
the dog was 900 quick for him, for he
grabbed the note in his mouth, walked
down the street and has not been hoard of
since.
W.
Mr.. W. G. Buskett returned from the
east yesterday, much to the qualification of
his many friends. He has found that the
music-loving people of Helena are quite up
to the eastern standard Of culture. He
found, for instance. that the latest eastern
song, 1.-The olink of the ice in the pitcher
the boy brings up the stairs" was known
in Helena the day before the gulch was
struck. s#4@#