The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-24
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celebrate NOW with the eclat they did
in those days, for they are not so nu-
| merous or 80 prosperous now. At that
time they used to have the Chinese
| dragon flying from the flag staff in
| front of the Galena street Joss house.
| The night of the celebration two Butte
patriots were pretty full themselves
| and finally they became so overlooking
with the fire of patriotism that they
| felt as though the country was en-
| dangered by the presence of that Chi
nese flag on the staff. The weight of
| the nation rested on them. the spirit of
| their revolutionary ancestors filled
| them until they fairly boiled over with
patriotic ardor.
They procured an American flag
somewhere and invaded Chinatown,
two strong. one of them held two
cooked revolvers while the other
| climbed the flag staff of China and
| pulled up the flag of America The
| Chinese protested and ragged in vain.
They appealed to the police, but With
out avail. The two patriots stood guard
| at the flag staff all night and the coun-
| try was saved.
Speaking of guns and Chinese, there
| seem to be some pretty fresh young
constables in Butte. a gun in the
hands of a fresh kid is dangerous
thing and gun in the hands of a fresh
kid who is drunk is still more danger
| Gus. Yet there are several youngsters
who have been given official authority
as constables who have shown their
utter incapacity to fill positions of such
responsibility. even when they are
sober 1t would surely seem that posi-
tions of this kind should be given 10
men of discretion and Judgment. There
have been a half dozen cases in Butte
the past few months where drunken
constables have pulled guns in public
places. When another tragedy startles
Butte some day people will wonder
how it was that utterly irresponsible
youngsters We're clothed with a little
brief authority.
While still on the subject of lighting.
gun plays and wars. il is doubtful If
many people in Butte are aware of the
fact that the historical Captain jerks
of the Horse Marines is a resident of
Butte. Everybody remembers the old,
popular lines which go:
Il am Captain jerks of the Horse Ma
rines.
I feed my horse on corn and beans
And that you know is beyond the
means
Of captain in the army"
Col. ]. ID. jerks of this city used To
be Captain jerks before he became
colonel 1t is not known for certain
that he is the original of the song, but
if he isn't. who is? Colonel jerks was
questioned on this point the other day
and said:
Il don't know whether that song was
written for me or not. but l do know
that I got the credit for it. The boys
used to sing it at me whenever ] went.
! didn't belong To the Horse Marines,
but / was in the cavalry all through
the war"
Did you feed your horse ON corn and
beans?"
Il fed my horse on everything. He
would eat everything / would eat, even
to meat. We would eat at the same
mess and ! never knew him To refuse
anything he would see me eat We
would sleep together, too, very often
There never was horse like him"
A delightful original story is the pro-
duction of Miss Marion Y. Carson. the
brights -year-old daughter of Mrs.
Elizabeth 7. Carson Of No. III West
Broadway The story was written by
the bright young miss without assist
ance from anyone. It is as follows:
Proud snow Flake.
My first home was very beautiful.
it was very large and | was the hand
soonest of all the rain drops in 1t.
would sparkle and shine like diamonds,
and ] looked like queen, and / was
a queen. ! was very happy up there
and ! fioated around in the air with
all the others in the home. But after
While our house became crowded and /
was afraid we must leave our castle
and go down below, SO | studied and
studied how we were to get down. but
could not find way | grew very rest
less and all the others acted in Il
strange manner. | went around the
dear old home as il | were saying good
bye. but just as | was at the very top
a.,
other floors did so too, but il was very
lucky that | was at the top. because
we all went down little by little.
was so cold on the way that | turned
into a snow flake. This was very dis
agreeable, but as all the rest were just
the same / did not mind ii so much !
but worst of all was that / did not
know what was going to happen. Then
| looked up and saw my dear old home |
floating away as merrily over the air I
as If it had not lost thing. very grand. |
so this made me very angry, but it
seemed as IL | must stand IT, and | did |
it. but it was very hard. Well ut last
/ reached the bottom with bound and
lit upon many of my people, but best /
of all | lit upon "A fence very high 4
above the rest, for | was queen. yes /
a queen, and queen above all the T
others. OF course, | felt very proud /
and was very handsome. beautiful and /
magnificent, even more grand than \
when | was up above. | sat here FOR I
many and many Il day without the sun I
coming out To see how beautiful | was. /
One day as | was sitting there as
proud as ever. little girl came along !
and knocked me off and some others .
thai that We're on the fence with me. |
then took my second journey and fell /
down with n lot Of the common people /
and this was the second time in my life Y
| had ever felt angry. | was here for /
about two weeks when a boy came .
along with Il dog. The boy tramped 4
over us and the dog barked so hard I /
felt like telling him to stop. but as the /
snow flakes cannot talk. | was placed /
in very bad position. | saw the little ]
dog come up very close to me and open I
his mouth Gt was fiery red. with little /
icebergs all I'm a row. He let a long !
stream Of blood fall out and brought |
IL back again with a few of US on il I
and he kept doing this over and over
again. / was afraid he would do il To .