The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-01-25

~ concerns senator God
M IN, ard and Clsrk D. Q
y.HylyS leckor. Of The Helena
Ts~- Mr.. Becker ID a warn
democrat and ID always greatly interested
In tho Guccoss Of tho ticket. During tho
last campaign, whom tho whole atato Wal
restless with excitement, Senator GODDARD
caine to Tho Helena and stopped over
night. One evening four or i've democrats
were in the lobby chatting about the situa-
ton when Becker dropped In and enquired
how matters were looking. Senator God.
ard, who knew the party, joined in the con-
yersation. 1t happened that he and Becker
were Their strangers, but in the course OF a
general conversation they fell to talking.
Are you n democrat?" asked Becker.
lyon bet your life l am" replied the sen-
ator.
Then Becker started ahead and told
everything he knew about the campaign
and the prospects. A few days later he
found TINT GODDARD was the republican
candidate for state senator from Yellow
stone county. However, II came Becker's
turn afterward and he evened up matters In
an interesting way. He tolls the story much
better than the Lounger md will always be
found more than willing to relate tho de-
tails.
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Col. Nolan had an amusing experience
with n witness the other day in Judge
F%leiscber's court. II you care to know why
the colonel is very amusing ask him for
the story.
IN
Thn r o,,,corsr a%1rsy nI,opf R;l1y T.ynnhSc
glass eye brought forth a similar story
about Tom Baker from the M%adisonian. OF
course every old timer knows Tom Baker
for he has been connected with Montana
journalism since the first days of Alder
Gulch. He has now retired from
active newspaper work and is living
among his old friends in Helena.
1.-The circumstance occurred between Tom
and an old Bannack buck" says our Madi-
son county contemporary. "The Bannack
was loafing around the Office, and manifest
ed a kind of stolid interest in the mysteries
of printing, and particularly in the imposi-
ton OF a form, in which work Tom was en-
gagged at the time. Tom had just got a
glass optics and concluded to give Mr.. In
dian a surprise. So he reached up, and
with a dexterous witch, wrenched the glass
eye from It's socket, and handed it over to
the brave for inspection. To say that the
Indian was surprised. but feebly describes
the wonderment that was depicted on his
counteAance. With some reluctance he
took the object in his hand, turned it over,
examined it on all sides, and then handed
it back with the %proverbial Indian ugh
or grunt, and motioned to Tom to take out
the other eye, and let him examine that.
Upon the wicked faber pusher's failure to
comply with the red mans modest request,
he assumed the utmost disgust, folded b
greasy blanket about him, strobe out Of the
office, remarking as he went, white man
heap damn lie."
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Alma Alden is very we'll known to the
citizens of Helena, where she at n time
resided. Here is a poem over her signature
in remembrance of Emma Abbott. II ap-
peared in a recent number of the San Fran
cisco Chronicle:
Lo. the angels have called her away,
Away to dream in the skies:
They will watch her and guard her with care
In the realms of Paradise.
She will know no anguish of soul
In the beautiful home above,
Where the flowers are sweetest and purest, |
Where the songs are Of goodness and love.
The earttr-hirds ceased their soft singing 49,
When the icy fingers of death
flushed for ever the voice of this fair one,
Bound her brow with a snowy wreath. g
Dead! deadr she is lying SO softly H. |
That the flowers over her brow
Scarce trenble at death in the moeking. ~
Only tend, her sleeping now.
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While standing in the lobby of the Power
building the other day / witnessed a Curl
Gus economical device. On the floor are
several sheets of plate glass to light the
lower story. When it was dark enough to
start the gas burning the janitor started at
n end of the glass and after rapidly shut
fling his feet over it reached up with his
finger and touched the gas burner. In an
instant the jet was lighted. It was a rather
interesting exhibition of the gathering and
working of electricity.
A CORPSE is a rather grucsome subject to
be sure but it is not without interest in this
case. While chatting with a leading UNI
dertaker the other day he mentioned the
fact that there we're several applicants to
accompany the dead body of young Barker
back to Denver. All Of these fellows were
dead broke. Not understanding just how
travelling with a corpse was thought more
enjoyable than travelling by ones self /
asked for an explanation. Then / WAS IN
formed by the undertaken that every corpse
travelling alone requires a double frst-class
ticket the railroad and express COM
pany dividing the transportation.
When accompanied by travel
ing companion the corpse travels as
baggage and the double fare carries both.
NV friend, the undertaken. says that when a
friendless man dies and his body is shipped
east he is always bored by impecunious
people for a corpse ticket. "
The other morning l { overheard two gem
tlemen talking about Warm Springs and
the best way to get there.
"How shall 1 go?f asked ONE.
$50 crazy said a third man who dropped
in the group. The chestnut. venerable as
it is, is not SO bad when you come to think
of it,"
A curious optical delusion now going the
rounds is here given. Look at the two
horizontal lines and tell which Is the
longer.