The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-26

shoes. 1t was not that they needed
cleaning. but he liked to patronize the
little fellows.
The lad started to run toward MN,
and in the middle of the street his 1907
slipped. He fell directly in front OF a
horse. The horses hoofs struck ms
head. n when Joshua Miggs jumped
forward and lifted him up tenderly the
boy was dead.
The shock to a gentle nature like ms
was terrible. but Joshua Miggs would
not let the ~lifeless body out of his arms
until he laid IL in the arms OF the poy >
mother.
Then. though his own tears were
falling fast at the sight OF the noun
er's sorrow. he walked away in silence.
The first thing to do, he thought, was
to provide for the funeral, so he In
quired for the leading undertaken IN
Butte and was, of course, referred 10
T.. H. Sherman.
Il want you to give the little fellow
a suitable funeral" he said. ana seha
the bill to me-"
Very well, sir" said Mr.. sherman
Usually. of course, We arrange mat
tiers in accordance with the limit Of
expense desired, IL any limit is fixed.
But when II is left TO our discretion We
do everything we think is suitable 20
the circumstances. And in all cases
we relieve the family Of all the palnful
details of arrangement"
DO everything that is right" SAID
Joshua, and do everything the mother
wants done"
That mother never oun a better
friend than Joshua Niggs was to hsr
always after. but he often said thai
he found his first comfort In the per-
feet arrangements made by T.. III.
Sherman, who attended to everything
in a first-class manner.
what They Found mt the Druggist's.
One day the baby was sick. 1t wasn't
anything very dangerous, but it was
enough to disturb the family n the
doctor was called in.
She'll be all right in a day or two"
he said. after he had examined her
carefully, but you might give her a
spoonful of this three times a day"
And he wrote something on a small
piece of paper and handed it to Mrs.
Miggs. who looked profoundly puzzled.
How can / give her a spoonful of
this?'' she asked. turning the paper
over and over.
The doctor smiled pleasantly. why,
madame" he said, I'VE city physicians
don't carry our medicines as a rule.
That is a prescription and you must
SEM 10 bdIlOSlN ufus SlbIt 10 nave II
put up for you. They are he most re-
liable apothecaries in Montana and you
can absolutely rely IN getting fresh.
pure drugs there, and what is more you
need not fear that any mistake Will ever
be made in compromising any medicine
in their establishment. Their prescrip-
tion department is as near perfect as
human skill and p~recaution can make
it,"
Nrkou III, ~, hacly from, tba thar
macy with the medicine he a a long
story to tell of what he had seen. 1T
is a beautiful store" he said. and
while Mr.. Gallogly was putting up the
medicine / looked around at the things
in the showcases. They have a remark
able fine assortment Of every kind of
brush that you can think OF, and
sponges and soaps and perfumes of all
sorts. 1t was enough to make you want
to take a bath to look al them. Then
there were cases full of electric batter
les and belts. Gunther's fine candies
and what Mr.. GaIlogly called druggists
sundries,' and fancy goods and patent
medicines till you couldn't rest. ]
didn't buy any of them but l took a
bottle of tempting looking stuff called
Pipestone Magnesia. l. don't know
what it's fur. but ii tasted a lot more
like lemonade than medicine"
Ransacking the Grocery.
IT reckon you'n want a heap y
things from the grocer's, now you are
housekeeping, Mandy" said Joshua
Miggs. AN you know what / always
tell we. Go to the best place there is
Now, here's +. j. Brophy & Co, an
from all I've heard it's the best store
in Butte to buy groceries"
Inside they found Mr.. Brophy. who
was not satisfied with giving them a
catalogue of his goods. showing the
prices. but who insisted on showing
them through the entire establishment,
pointing out with pardonable pride the
spotless cleanliness of everything and
explaining the careful system of de-
livery that he maintained.
mo customer of mine can do me n
greater favor said Mr. Brophy, than
by informing me promptly of any cause
ne may have of dissatisfaction. for ii
enables me to avoid all cause of COM
plant thereafter. and the only way ]
can succeed in business is by knowing
my customers tastes and always Civ
ing them just what they want
We'll, pa" said Mrs. Miggs, after
she had examined the store and looked
through the catalogue. IF anybody
can't get what she wants here i'm the
way of groceries, | an imagine what
she wants. And hat display of lucions
delicacies is better'n anything I've seen
ever since we crossed the Alleghenies.'
Certainly there was variety enough.
There were canned and preserved
goods in glass and tins, teas. %coffees,
spices, flours, condiments, chocolates,
cocoas. extracts, auces oils, pickles,
%jellies. butter. cheese. eggs, sugar syr-
ups, soaps, candle and starch, in al
most infinite variety.
And all" said Mr.. Brophy. guar
anteed to be of the first quality"
They send to the Laundry.
So they moved into the new house
And So Mrs. Miggs' real trouble began.
Twenty times a day she sat down alone
ready TO cry at the way her servant
did things. or more often didn't dc
them. Ii was not that they were un-
willing OF inefficient. but her ways
were not as their ways. and they hadn't
got used to one another. nor had they
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