The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-01
Picked Up 9Y
the Wanderer

the Wanderer
1t Is a peculiar and very noticeable fact
that Anaconda crowd and audiences. on
occasions. can be as enthusiastic and APP
plaud as literally and as generously as
audiences In any other town, but that on
other occasions. when 1t would appear
that applause would be particularly in
order. they are as silent as a clam. Fea-
lures of good shows. public speaking and
other events are generally received with
a generous handclapping. but it must be
said that the silence that prevails at the
weekly band concerts is painful in the ex-
IRENE.
Why this is is hard to understand. but It
is so. nevertheless. No matter how beau
tiful the selection is or how well ii is rem
dered. not more than half a dozen people
applaud the efforts of the players. and
these attract so much attention that they
soon quit It.
Particular notice was taken of the
crowd that lined the sidewalks in front
of the band stand en- Saturday night.
There must have been fully 500 people
there, and possibly more, but at the con-
clusion of each number only one or two
men gave the least indication of a desire
to applaud. The few who did applaud
were stared at in amazement, apparently
as though they were victims of some new
form of idiocy.
The reason why there is such a lack of
demonstration at the open air concerts Is
difficult to find. 1t surely is not lack of
appreciation, for praise by word of mouth
is generous. There is no doubt that the
people greatly enjoy the concerts.
much is shown by the large attendance
1T. - Il. --a-
no doubt that the efforts of the band boys
are appreciated, more so from the fact
that the musicians derive not one cent of
financial benefit from their playing at the
concerts, and often lose money by taxi
ing part in them. 1t would be a great help
and encouragement to the boys IL the
crowd manifested a little more interest by
giving the selections the reception they
deserve.
Public Administrators b.. +. Brown,
whose home is at Garrison. is just now
engaged in visiting the various precincts
of the county ON official business. When
he left home last week he told Mrs.
Brown hat he would be gone a certain
number of days. whereupon she inquired
what points he would visit on his trip.
Mr.. Brown told her that he would visit
Anaconda, Silver Lake, Gable, George
town and Blue Eyed Nellie.
WELL" said Mrs. Brown, IT have no
objection to your visiting those other
places, but I would rather you wouldn't
go near Blue Eyed Nellie"
At least that is the way the genial pub
lie administrator tells IL.
DIR. Stephens is a great admirer of good
horses and he likes horse racing. He has
been a visitor at the Butte races quite a
number of times this year, and has even
backed some of the sprinters. Sometimes
he won and sometimes he lost. Last Fri
day, so Ii is said, he didn't pick as many
winners as he usually does, and as a con-
sequence he began to think that the races
were not all they are cracked up to be.
Coming down on the train he made a firm
resolve not to go to Butte again as long
as the meeting lasted. He told of his new
resolution to a friend. who apparently
didn't take much stock in 1t, and said
that the doctor would be in Butte the
next day.
"Ill just bet you 500 / won't" said the
doctor.
The friend took the bet, and the wager
determined DIR. stephens more than ever
not to go to Butte again. The next day
the doctor told of his decision and his
wager to a number of friends, who en-
couraged him in it.
But the doctor was out of luck, for at
about 1880 o'clock the messenger boy from
the telegraph Office delivered to him a dis
patch from Butte urging his immediate
presence in that city on professional bust
ness. and, of course such a call could not
be ~disregarded.
The question is now whether DR..
Stephens loses his $40 or not.
The newspaper men of this town would
like first-rate to know what the court
house gang is going to do about that
baseball game. They want to know wheth-
err the court house gang really meant
business when II issued its nervy chal-
lenge to the pencil pushers to play ball,
or whether the fellows who draw easy
salaries from the county were only trying
to run a bluff. The newspaper men are
ready to play ball If the former is the
case, and If the latter is true, the court
house gang is hereby informed that their
bluff is called.
Some of the court house gang have
backed out because they say that If they
did play and won the newspapers wouldn't
print the result of the game. This charge
is an outrageous one, and IL the court
house gang wants to play ball the news
papers will give them a fair shake and
even better. 1t Is not within the range Of
possibility that the county employees can
win. but If they should happen, by some
unexpected occurrence, to win, they will
get all they are entitled to.