The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-13
Stories Of
the T own

Judge Duffy is noted for his sharp
wit, his biting sarcasm, his cutting re-
/ tortS and his repartee, and many a
| lawyer on the opposite side has been
| given the benefit of his satire. much To
the discontinue of the subject thereof,
put greatly to the amusement of the
| listeners. The other day Judge Duffy
was the counsel for plaintiff in a civil
| action which was being tried in a jus
tiee court. Mr.. Duffy was IN the midst
of learned and eloquent argument,
when one of the opposing attorneys
broke in with: Where do you get your
law for that"
1 Its the law of equity and the law
| of common sense. and that's why you
don't know anything about it, was the
reply.
/ Quite a rare and valuable relic Of
/ olden days is in the possession of w
4 ii. Greasner, steward of the Montana.
| 1t is a copy of the New York Herald
/ of April Is. 1866, and contains the ac
4 count of the assassination Of President
Lincoln, surrounded by the inverted
4 column rules. Unfortunately the news
| paper has been torn in two, and only
the upper half remains. Mr.. Greass-
ner has had the paper in his trunk for
80 years, and Ii looks as bright and
clean as though 1t had just been
printed.
Last week there was on display in
the window of Main street festaur-
ant, three little animals the sight Of
whom appealed strongly to the hearts
of those who had once been residents of
the sunny South. The animals We're
three of the latest and cutest opos-
sums that one would care to have for
Christmas dinner. When a looker-on
would approach too near the window
the little fellows would roll up in ball
and nothing would serve to make them
change their positions. If the man who
put them in the window had only put
a couple of dozen of sweet potatoes
alongside of them, the suggestion of the
favorite Southern dish would have been
A stranger coming to Anaconda on a
day when there Is snow and ice upon
the streets must surely think that he is
in the Arctics. where dogs are used for
beasts of burden. There are at least a
hundred boys in town who have team
of dogs behind which they take their
evening spin with as much pomp and
pride as if they We're holding the rens
over pair of 2:40 bays. The dog team
industry has not always been what it
is to-day and as civilization advances,
the canine turnouts progress likewise.
Dogs have been in use by the small boy
IN this city Tor years. Al HTsI there
was only one dog, who dragged the sled
behind him by means of rope around
his neck. Then thills were introduced,
and leather harness substituted for
ropes. Next came two dogs, hitched up
as horses are, with pole and ALL But
the latest in dog turn-outs is the tan
dem driven by Warney Pendleton, mes
senger boy at the Western Union office
Warney found it difficult to drive his
dogs abreast when ON a crowded street,
intelligent animals have now become so
well accustomed to the work that they
will draw their master through the
densest throng. without even so much
as brushing against milady's ample
skirts
A ludierous incident occurred the
other afternoon down on Commercial
avenue When prominent attorney
was walking rapidly in the direction OF
the court house at the same time very
small darby was coming up Cherry
street at an equally rapid pace. The
wind was blowing almost a gale and
the darky was bent to the weather,
ba of ha rls