The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-02-15
Telephone No. 3.
THE END in SIGHT
MCFARLAND CLOSES HIS
CASE
And Says He wi Let the Matter
Rest in the FOture-Happenimgs in
sheridan During the Week-PersOM.
nj All a General.

The Monitor is right. My reply was
Eritten for the purpose of forcing cold
Timer out of his hole. He refuses to
come on and stands branded a coward,
and all the whisky-soaked editors in
ihe world a not make an intelligent
people see it in any other light. The
Monitor charges me with c~owardice
Tor attacking q person before finding
out who he is. The Monitor lies. Is
that bold enough? "Old TIMER hay
ING given up the struggle, the Monitor
expresses a desire to take it up. No,
thanks; "Old Timer was bad enough.
but | draw the line there. A man
whom no respectable newspaper notices
is not the kind | mix in with. | am
not proud. but | cannot possibly under
take to cross pens with a besotted
aotard; it is asking too much. Besides,
it would give the Polyphemus of the
Monitor den an opportunity to work off
a lot Of his insipid stuff that he and
KID hCiICIulCA Cdll VIII. ludU dUOrUlOn
ne calls a parody is a fair illustration.
Although so. r." is credited with the
aoggerel it was hashed up by Poly.
himself. 1t was not original with him,
however. It was printed first some
years ago in Texas, to commemorate
the defeat of a certain congressman.
Soon all the little pop-gun papers in
abe country were reproducing it.
The Sheridan Reading Circle has
lust completed Fisk's Civil Govern
ment, and will at nee take up a course
of study in Shakespeare. "As You
Like 1t" will be read critically, and
studied with reference both to form
and thought. The club is composed of
ladies, and meets weekly at the resi-
aence Of Mrs. H. D. Rossiter.
Who is Veritas? "For Heavens
sake, call me Brown"
1t is safe to predict a revival in clas-
sic Latin within the next few years.
Veritas has used up his vocabulary in
his first piece. 1t is suggested that
Veritas get a copy of Soule's Synonyms.
BY the way, the versatility of Veritas
is extraordinary. 1t is not often we
have the pleasure of reading the pro-
auctions of an author at home equally
in prose and poetry. "Speak No Evil
OF Your Neighbour" tumpty, tumpty,
tumpty, tumpty. 1t has a sort of
catchy rhythm, but it sounds strangely
familiar. Butt should say Veritas-
does not give credit for it, however,
and so he must have written it. He
certainly must, for just above it he
says a man ALWAYS betrays his asininity
by the notes he brays, and then offers
his melody in evidence. Magma est
Veritas.
Or. j. H. Miller again rejoices over
the arrival of a son and heir. The
youngster will be one year old Febru.
airy 8, 1897.
PoIyphemus, of Twin Bridges, fails
to ditferentiate between the Legitimate
use of a nom de plume and it's abuse.
Poly. has no difficulty in distinguish
ing between sour mash and bourbon.
In sending the Telephone message
announcing the birth of a baby girl a,
Archie Hyndman's, the wires became
crossed and the message read "boy."
The story Polyphemus relates of the
6allatin county girl is ancient, so an
cient as to be able to walk off with the
paper it is printed n However, the
Monitor is something of a light weigh
sheet.
The proposition TO establish a privat,
school of the grade of academy is be
ing very favorably received. There il
no doubt that the project will be car
ried out, and that another year will So,
the school or a firm basis. About $SN
has been subscribed.
Polyphemus does not often attend
the Twin Bridges dancing parties, bu
when it comes to the Rye waltz ant
the Cornflower, Poly. is not to b,
sneezed At