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

than she could get 1t done at home by
her own servants.
Joshua Misgs Presented with a Carriage.
Now the Miggs family had one great
advantage over a good many other
families, and II was one that had made
their home life happy even when they
were very poor. 1t lay in the fact that
Joshua Miggs and his wife were thor
oughly unselfsh. They lived to make
each other and their children happy,
each being ready at all times to forego
any pleasure or indulgence for the sake
Of the others. Growing up with such
examples. the children were all ingu-
IarIy affectionate and generous. Grand
ma, who rejoiced in this fact, was used
to boast that she had never heard one
of them say you do this for me, and
IN do thai for you" Whatever one
could do for another was done without
thought of return, and therefore the re-
turn was always certain.
1t was therefore nothing strange that
the twins said one evening when Joshua
Miggs was out, We ought to make
for all Of us all the time, and we all
ought to join together to get him some
thing"
Yes" said John. I'VE will. gladly,
but what? Seems to me he's got every
thing"
Il Know. Salu Mfs. MIXES. 1Our
pas powerful fond o. drivin' an IL used
to gall him terrible to have to drive US
out in the old carry-all. Let's get to-
gether an fit out his new stable"
"Hurrahl" cried the twins, and next
day John went to Grady's Standard
Carriage Works to buy carriages.
Now there is much knowledge needed
in buying carriages, and John hadn't
much. He had gone to the right place.
however, for Mr.. Grady has a reputa-
ton to sustain and was never yet
known to sell an inferior wagon or
charge an unfair price. So John got his
moneys worth when he bought several
carriages at the Standard Carriage
Works.
They Stop at the Restaurant.
One night they were all out walking.
Pa" said Sarah. as she shifted the
fresh night air, Tn real hungry"
som l." said both the twins speak
ing together. as they often did.
Il don't believe it's good for folks
specially CROWN children-to eat late
at night" said Grandma doubtfully.
But why is ii any better to be hun-
cry late at night than any other timer"
asked Sarah. 1T seems to me the time
TO eat is when you're hungry"
Does kin O. seem that way, don't IL,
Sally?' said Joshua Miggs. Anyway,
Grandma, I don't blieve twill hurt just
for once. I reckon we could get all we
want back at the house, but there's the
prettiest, neatest restaurant up the
street here. that a hungry man would
want to find, and l motion we all go
there an get supper. They have meals
at all hours there, an this kline o seems
like all hours to a man that's been in
the habit O. goin' to bed at S o'clock
pretty much all his life"
The motion was carried, and they all
entered the California Cafe with appe-
tites that enabled them to do full jus
tice to the dainty lands that were set
before them.
What pleases me most about the
place. said Mrs. Miggs, lis the cleanli-
ness. / never could abide victuals that
was served up slouchy, and careless like.
Now everything here is polished Up as
bright as IL twas new. Even the tops o
the ketchup bottles is wiped off as clean
as If they'd never been used at all, an
when a housekeeper has such things as
that tended To, it's a pretty good sign
that everything else is clean.
I'VE think cleanliness is the first law,
madam" said Mr.. Schmidt, who had
listened. well pleased, to this compli-
ment, but the second is equally import
ant We supply every kind of food here
that money will buy. and there are no
better cooks in America han ours, and
our merchants lunch served from IL m.
to ; p. m, for 35 cents, is the best in
town"
That's right" said Joshua Miggs,
lie visits the
II amt much OF a drinkin' man." said
Joshua Miggs. AN l don't think moth
in of a man that does drink, when he
let's himself get a habit that gets the
best Of him. Blu at the same time |
don't b'lieve "A nan amounts to much
z q l.. La-HN Il - IL W~hna he fnAlo
as though 'twould do his good, 'thout
gettin' drunk an goin' home an beatin'
his wife. and breakin' the furniture all
to pieces"
Joshua Miggs,' said his wife. you've
been takin' a drink to-day. You
wouldn't talk like that, 'thout you had"
Yes. | have, ma" said Joshua Miggs.
ashamed of it. An what's more. If
you'd been with me, I'll bet a red apple
you'd ha' taken one, too"
"Where've you been" she asked.
I've been over to the Centennial
brewery. They was tellin' me in town
here. that just as good beer was brewed
right here in Butte as there was any
where in the country, an / didn't
b'lieve it till l went an see for my
self"
why, Mandy, you'd be surprised IL
you should see the place. To begin with.
eVeIythingS just as clean as your
kitchen to home used to be. Then they
don't use nothin' but hops an malt in
their brew. An they know how to store
their beer SOS to keep il right till it's
Just ripened exactly proper. an At for
use. That's an art in itself, an the boss
of that Centennial brewery knows his
business thoroughly. I drinked some o.
the beer, Mandy. an twas good. An
I brought you home some o their cele-
bPatpd ExnOrt beer for family nse'
We'll. don't hold with drinkin',"
said Mrs. Miggs, but / don't know but
I'd try a glass o. hat celebrated beer,
an If it's as good as you say II is I will
dance a Jig for you for being a good old
boy"
At Last He Finds the Coal Merchant.
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