Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-02-22

but as his friend Skew johnson va.
s'Fo one Of the outsiders, he desired To
give him a chance and cJn idtrAtely
waived his rights to th floor ia Mr.
JOhnson's favor The latter, however,
declined to help Matt out.
Tine kniRhtas a citizen"wrs thenext
ssntime nt aud Mr.J E.L'gnt, he latest
addition to the legal fraternity Of this
city, was ca led upon to respond. In do
ing so Mr.L'ght reveal,d d himself as an
easy ,gract ful snd hlent public speaker.
when 1t is 'nsidered that 10 this effJrr
he was making his first talk among q
people, VIII by reason Of his profes-
sion end the fact OF his having but
recently settled here, were uncon
sc:Ously disposed 10 be sup critical,
his pronounced success ives gratifying
TO all. Being himself knight be wa.
competent TO speak to the subject and
though his remarks were confined 10
brief limi' Of time he found both ideas
and laDgusg- adequate t. conviu'
ing his hearers tn It a true knight was
by re- tssOn # his kuighthood a be ter
citizen.
Charity" one Of the corner stones
Of all secret orders, wss assie ned to
Rev. Mr.. Dunlop fer response His
handling of the sui ct was not only
thoroughly inter ing but highly in
structive. He denied the popular
belief that charity was the grstuitous
besiows' Of benefits. hut rather the
prop,r and timely payment of a del
that each owes TO the other In this i'm,
perfect world OF ours. which is bet
paid when most needed, and which
affOTds no ground for self adulation
for The act. Charity 80 b.s owed
makes tn world bstfer and la IS no
debasing sense Of fsvIrs rece,ved.
"PatriotiFm, "a noble sentiment, was
mcst happily assigned to PrSE o. len,
who was heard for the first time by
many o. bis auditors. To say that he
surprised them is employing q mild
term. From the beginning he was
en- rapport with his theme and a. his
ideas came in steady hJR he dressed
them In each language and voiced
them In such rich times that bis
respOnce lacGed but Ols ling and
th 1t was greaier length. The patroit-
Inn that he eulogizsd was for the h ple
cOuutry and in the poetic forpcsst tha
he drew OF the future OF this continent
all the Americas were unified with
that patriotism which is the love Of
country welding them firmly to-
gether.
rs marriage failuTe?" was III In err
Jting and appropriate theme that
TOsstmsstsr Whitney IN his wisdom
assign' d to Harry Bachelor. No one
ever pat neck In the matrimonial
halter with b. tier rpreconceived opinion
Of the institution and II we may judge |
from the outward appearances and |
tearing OF the man, his favorable
auiicipations have been more than |
realized. II was therefore meet and
proper that DIR. VIII htney-himself |
suspected OF intentions in that line
should call upon one to respond who he
felt would give the lime honored in
stitution q fair shake t. say tlIe sesst,
aud Harry proved bipss'f t. be adj
quste 10 the fullest requirem' n s, for
he not only expatiated in The m' 81 /
glowing terms IN the comfort of /
domestic life, but good naturedly AID ]
from the 81 sndI oint of one who had
peifIrmed his duty, took thee young
MARI, men task who had appa ent-
ly n q ct - p,1perly fll out tue
home circle The helpmats Nith
auburn locks was regarded as the one
pt IS ble fset1r hat could make mar
rage failure but although pIejudic,
"a this rcsgec. he was not sure that a
timely End proper ssertiOn Of rights
on the part OF the hpsbs I'd might save
the matrimonial bark from fhiI
wreck even when differed by a
brick top" mate. The egenIle plt'encs
Of the true wite IL Withholding sharp
and ~ sersonable com ment on the
late IetuIn of the truant spoUss on
lodge highs" WIS dwelt upon and
the feelings OF the tardy hrsbsad de
crib i With such fidelity t. nature,
that some Of the old slagers who have
run the whole gamut OF domestic
melody and never misseu-a note
whether Of discOrd or harmony. we're
more thau surprised at the wide
lSnowls dge pOssessei by the speaker.
him-elf benedict OF lees than two
yesis' sfsrding. NotwitbstandIDg |
these occpsionel GLIMPSE of the dark
side Of the honeymoon, Harry put
himself on record that marriage wss
far from being q failure, much % the
gratifica' 90 of the toasimss'er, who
drf nix TO the institution rs