The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-06
HE HELD THE KINGS
A Little 2-Year-0ld Boy Who Knows
q Good Thing.
SOME FRESH CUT STORIES
Smooth Faces Are the 90 Now :
Sorrow I'm the Variety Green
Room-Verses over the Re-
mains of Two Pigs.

Missoula, Jan. She is prominent
resident of the South Side, who Is To-
calIv noted for his resemblance In
form to Grover Cleveland and Tor MS
fondness for the great American game
when ne has cinch. AS he came
across the big bridge the other morn
ing. his face was wreathed i'm smiles
that lowered around his ears and Twin
killed. in HIS eyes. His amusement was
too strong to be subdued and MS con-
tinued merriment aroused the curiosity
of his friends, one of whom ventureu
to inquire as to the cause or his ii-coh-
cealed delight. The smiling man has a
son about 2 years old, who is husky
little fellow, and il turned out that the
lad had caused the prolonged hilarity
of his dad.
You see II was this way" said the
smiler TO his friends. Il gave the boy an
old deck of cards to play with TINS
morning He shuffled them around ana
scattered them over the floor, but no
| ticed that he hung on to three OF them
| through all his sport. L looked at the
cards in his hand, and what do you
suppose he had? Three kings as I'VE:
1 took one away from him and he erred
like the devil He is all right tell
you"
| Smooth faces are becoming very
| much the fashion locally ana many
/ muStaCneS OF lOnk nav 49,
appeared during the past week. Charles
| Rlaisdell had his shaved off and his
| oldest friends failed to recognize him.
| He went home and was received as
| stranger Joe Sawhill was the next,
| and when he went home his dog wouiu
| not let him into the yard until ne got
| a Whit of the onions in Joe's breath.
Then it was all right Tylar Thomp-
son followed suit yesterday morning.
| and almost coincident with his appear
| ance with a smooth face, one OF tne
| local religious papers came out WltIi
the following announcement, wnlcn
much amused Mr.. Thompson's friends:
..Sister Tylar B. Thompson kept
'open house on New Years day
There was a sad little tragedy enact
ed here last week, which is one OF those
sorrowful incidents of which the pupllC
seldom hears but the grief of which IL
horne quietly and bravely by the CHIEF
actors. A week ago there came to MIS-
soula. as speciality artists In one or the
variety theaters, "a man and VIE WIN
are clever performers and whose ap
pearance on the stage always brougn
| storms of laughter. They had Dapy
| a beautiful little child, two months old
The little one was ailing when the,
came here and on Wednesday died. I'M
parents loved the baby dearly ana tnei
grief was inconsolable. The mothe
was Frustrated. The father. every nlgn
since the sad event, has been Obliged .
90 upon the stage alone and for hal
an hour entertain his audiences. Few
of the hundreds that have laugned a
;. his clever performance have known Tn
EFFORT that II required for him to as
sumo merriment, but the few VINO I'll
know have admired him, poor fellow.
Two uttle roasted pigs forme
the central piece of the midnight lunc
: an the Hotel Florence New Year
night. and the throng of holiday merry
: makers welcomed their appearance
I with cheers. 1t required but Ie'
minutes to reduce the pigs 10 sha
: hears of bone and Charles Lamb wa
) voted first place in English literatur'
The crowd was a happy one, bur wne
[ | "Hawkshaw" the night wadchmaI
came I'm. he very nearly caused troupl'
a | 's4awks shaw can scent a free aunch d
Y far as any man in America, ana =
: | was a little vexed at finding nouhli
o but scraps left OF the dainty IeasS
: nibbled at what he could ma put
: | was far from satisfactory. He steppe
| hack a pace or two and took long 100
= | al the ruins of the stockings anu
= the crowd of satisfied looking felloW
. around. Then he relieved his feelins
\ by assuming an effective attituoe an
. saving in tragic tones:
g .IittIe mig little pig, how came 20
/. You've roamed the fields for nearly
With roofing galore and much abus
). But now you're carved for tine Dun
y mer's use" s3-
l. the exertion OF the retreat Will prop'
e ,bly deter him from any further poet
:, flights of fancy.