The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-04
Stories Of
The T own

street fight Tuesday. mir. Dixon was
retained by Sam Yung to defend him
IN the police court. The other China
man, wong Jim, is semi-civilized
fellow, who has no queue and goes
10 church regularly. In his defense of
MS conduct he elaborated at length
T., upon his virtues a citizen and told
the court where and how often he at
tended church. Then he proceeded to
describe the assault that had been
made upon him by Sam Yung and used
language in his description that was
not the proper thing for a church.
Soer. Mr.. Dixon said.
jim you shouldn't use that sort of
! talk If you go to church.
jim looked at the attorney and
thought for "A minute. Then he re-
piled:
When Chinaman hittee you in um
eye. and alice his cousins takee hold
you to lettee him strikee, church and
! amen all go to hellee.'
The attorney and the court thought
| that possibly the circumstances that
JIM described justified in a measure
the strong talk that he made and the
Chinaman was allowed to continue his
narrative without further Interrupt
ton.
Jacob Lesser is chuckling over an eX-
perience of Morris Schlossperg which
happened last Sunday. when Morris
was starting for New York and Chi
cago. Mr. Lesser does not often go up
to the station, but on this particular
day he happened to stroll up that way
Just before No. l came in. On the plat
form he noticed his friend Schlossberg.
all ready for trip, and asked him
Where he was going aIorris told him
that he was bound for New York Then
Your Uncle jake had laugh coming.
MOTIFS wanted to know what he was
laughing at, and Mr.. Lesser said
Why, don't you know that this
train goes to Portland and not to New
York;"
Morris stopped and thought for him
self a while. and then gathered up his
grips and started down town to wait
Tor NO =. He has been going East for /
the past five years. twice each year.
ana how he came to get mixed up in
ms directions is what is puZzling his |
friend while he laughs
II you ask Tom Gooney if he had a |
pleasant trip West the last time he
came from st. Paul he will look at YOU |
to see how much you know about IT, !
ana then Will probably tell YOU that it |
Is none of your business In the same |
car with Colonel Cooney was Superin- |
tendent Hubbard of the telegraph SER |
vice and Mr.. Hubbard. with his usual |
gallantry. had made the acquaintance |
OF handsome young woman who was |
the attractions and the curiosities of |
the BAD Lands. when the incident oc- /
CURED that involved Colonel Cooney.
Pointing 10 pillar of sandstone on the
crest of butte quite n distance from /
the track, Mr.. Hubbard proceeded with
ms little lecture something in this
fashion:
That is petrified cowboy He was
caught in one of the terrific sandstorms
mat prevail here and he and his horse
nave stood there ever since as monu-
ments to the destructive force of these
cruel winds"
And the young lady murmured. |
How strange"
Encouraged by this. Mr. Hubbard /
VINO dld not know that the young wom- 4
an mad spent several years in Missoula,
but who thought that she told him the
truth when she said that she was n
stranger in these parts, continued with
his startling narrative
1ou may have noticed the birds
mere. No? Well, if you notice them
closely. you will see that they have no
feathers. Only short hair covers them
I'he wind blows off all of the feathers
There are no long-haired dog here
either. They have all short coats for
the same reason
And the young woman smiled her
sweetest smile again. She was string
Ing Mr.. Hubbard When She bnd
with her innocence, she pointed across
the aisle to where Colonel Cooney sat
with his long locks falling back upon
his shoulders
What hard time" she said. that
man would have out there. wouldn't
neo.
Then the superintendent of telegram
took a tumble and invited Colonel
-ooney INTO the dining-c car He did not
breathe easily till he saw the handsome
young woman get off the train at Mis-
'oula. Colonel Coonev got off there
90. and Mr. Hubbard was glad
Manager Thomas Tandem Mcleod or
The Missoula Water company is planning
10 take an extensive tour of the North
west, Southeast or some other old place
where there will be nobody to ask him
why he shut Off the water supply of the
city this morning without giving some
notice. He had "A notice in the local mn
per this morning. il is true but only a
lew read this till after the water had
oeen shut Off The result was that there
we're all sorts of harsh things said about
ne manager OF the water company, and
some OF them We're said 10 his face
That was what worried him. lie does
lot mind what the people say. provided
hey don't say IL to him. The water was
shut OFF this morning before many OF
he residents of the city had been able
20 take their morning additions. That
made II bad. They could get along with
out water to drink. although IL is valua-
Bile as a chaser at times during the ,ay
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