The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-03
WORK MID W|NTRY BLASTS
The Everyday Heroes Whom MoItals
Have to Thank for Common
Comforts.
4 Word About the plucky News
boys Who Carry The Trib-
Mnc' These Mornings.

HcGeNer n lrlglu zone shoulders
the north pole and sportively walks
down into temperate and torrid regions
in a search for tropical fruit he is sure
to find plenty Of it and can capture all
the ''persimmons' by the highest touch
of his icy stick.
If you are among the many whose
greatest hardship during this way down
low weather is a walk from a comfort
able home to an equally comfortable Of
flee, with perhaps an occasional extra
lift at the coal bin. you will probably not
think much about the less fortunate
mOrtals whose duties call them to do
battle daily in the open air and to whose
faithful performance Of these duties you
owe your comforts and pleasures and
sOinc Of your necessities. 70 this class
belong the suffering railroad men, with.
out whose help coal bin and iardcr sup
plies would suOn be found wanting and
daily mails impossible. Following these
come the local delivery men Of every
nature, upon whose coming, be it never
50 stormy or frigid, every h~ousekeeper
depends.
Among the latter are a species Of
"small delivery men t. whom some
readers bavr waited a sympathetic
thought as they opened their daily pa
pers on these stiff mornings the news
boy.
Many Of these heroic little fellows have
doubtless suffered intensely in the III
mcrous citl,g which Jack Frost has
taken and held by storm during this
winter. But if there is d being who
should be honOred for d spirit Of never
give.up and bOund-to get-theIeness in
the face Of obstacles which would ami
hilate the ordinary mOrtals' courage, 1t
is the average Lewsboy Of the big city,
where his pluck is often cquallcd by his
rags.
Fortunately The TRIBUNE's newsboys
are not among the poorly clothed, but
for pluck they have shown themselves
the past week quite equal to the best of
them. Every morning since the Their
mometer began gracefully dropping from
zero down, down. down-until yesterday
morning. when it marked % below. these
faithful workers have presented them
selves ION lime'-about 4:30 o'clock
and at > o'clock, when the great majority
of The TRTBUNE's readers are still COM
fortably snoozing in bed. have started on
their long routes, each with his bag of
papers strapped upon his back.
There are four of these boys who never
fail, be the weather fair or foul, and d
word in reg ri to them may be of inter
est to The TElBUNE'S readers. South
slider are served by Charlie Stidwcll.
whose parents live at the corner of Fifth
avenue south and Twelfth street. This
route extends TO Ninth avenu south and
Tweuty-tirst street, making with cross
streets Il round trip Of about ten miles
in extent. Charlie is of English birth. a
great walker and Il good. slow, but sure.
all-around boy. lie makes the trip daily
on foot usually between the hours of >
and . o'clock.
Willie Moody, whose home is also on
Fifth avenue south, has the west side,
the Is. ~ NJ. addition and the Is. a NJ.
smelter, making "A daily round Of about
fifteen miles in extent, but Willie is
mounted and can beat in speed a Mon
tana wild wind any day.
Patrons on the North side are served
by Willie Gehring, who also lives on
Fifth avenue south. and can match Il
cowboy at swift riding and throwing.
His route extends 10 Twentieth street.
averaging about IL miles every morning.
William SmithSon. who has the most
important route, that Of Central emu
has not So long IA distance To- make but Il
larger number of papers to carry aud
steps 70 climb. lie lives with AN uncle
and is employed at Chambrrlain's jew
clry store.
W. l.. Dolson. who has served very
efficiently in the capacity of city circu-
latur for some time, sees that the
boys are all started in Sdur time
every morning. each with his quota
OF several hundred papers. Tuesday
morning an exception was made. The
plucky lads were on hand, none of them
trying to avoid tine usual round though
the mercury was lowering nca - below.
paths driftcd. and Il keen north wind
blowing. Mr.. Dodson did not permit
the boys to start until : O'Clock. 1T this
hour neither the cold nor the wind lad
abatcd much, but with daylight and
the privilege of warming occasionally al
IA friendly iircsido there was at least no
danger. II was noon before sOIuC of
them returned To report themselves un-
frozen and uonr of the patrons of this
paper missed their accustomed morning
news from any raltcring from duty on
the part of the TnE TEIHCNE'~ brave lit
tie squad Of ncwsboys.
\ hale old mar. Mr. JAS. Wilson. of
Aliens Springs, ILL.,, who is over % year
of age, says: Il have tried IA good many
medicines. some of excellent quality; but
never before did ! tind n that would
SO completely do all that is claimed for
il as Chamberlan's Collie, Cholera and
DlarrhWa Remedy. 1t is truly a o
derful medicine. For sale by Lapeyre
Bros. druggists.
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