The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-19
Of
The Town

VIZ OWN
Little Johnnie Blaisdell. a standard
rowsboy. complained yesterday OF too
lively times In his business. He has
wha; every other newsbOy has-'regu-
ar One OF these Johnnie
supplies regularly as soon as the pa
pers arrive from Anaconda. with a copy
of the Standard. red hot n fresh
from. the special train" Yesterday
morning he tucked Il copies under mis-
arm. all he could carry at once. zach
one weighing nearly n pound avoirdu-
pois. but three ounces more than a
pound OF gold weighs. His star Gus
toner In in business on Main street just
below Park. A.. He started across from
the Office toward the California brewery
and before he reached the corner of
lain. street he had disposed Of his load
Of papers. He came back and got -
more copies and started out ON a run
down Main street. but got no further
than Parchen-DfAcheurs before his
stock was sold out. Back he came and
loaded up with Is more. and this time
he got down Main street as far as che
Owsley block. but could go no furthe..
because he vas sold out. He tried II
again. and this time ne parted with mis-
papers before he got to Main street.
Once again he stalked INTO the Office
and demanded of the busy clerk one
copy Of the Christmas edition. wrapped
up ready for mailing" He took the
roll. and instead of going down Min
he started on east IN broadway 10
Arizona street. down Arizona to ga
lena. west on Galena to Main and up
Main to his customers place OF bust
ness. He elbowed his way through the
a-n.-l sa Front nf hfg NanNNNnfa nlnaa a. q
business and delivered the wrapped pa
per to the man. who had waited pa
tiently for the greatest edition that was
ever run Of from a Montana printing
press.
Then Johnnie returned and started
out with rs more papers. this time yell
ing at the top of his voice: Morning
standard! Holiday Standard! All
about everything, Red hot, Get EN-
while they're hot, now! Morning stan
dardi"
There was a grea; revival OF spirits
among the attaches OF the firm of f..
Kinds a Co. the past week when IL b.
came known that their little god. T. r..
Kinds. had been appointed receiver OF
the Boston 4 Montana Co. Things are
I'm a state Of some uncertainty just now.
but the clans still have hope. Jack
Hoy. who wen; to Pittsburg. Pa, after
election, to drown his sorrow. saw the
news i'm a Pittsburg paper and wired To
Kinds: Am coming fast. Have hired
special train
'Swede" Murphy. the right bower or
the firm. H. making arrangements 10
start to-morrow for Sweden to ship
over a whole shipload of Swedes to MI
up the mines. Murphy has been adj
vised by Kinds to postpone his trip
until the courts settle the thing. and IN
consequence ne may not go. But no.h-
ing can stop Jack Hoy.
An effort IL to be made by the politi-
clans to get the mex city council back
to standard weight. For several years
there has been "A gradual deterioration
i'm the personpeiCo f the court in point
of a~VoirdupOis. The council used To be
famed far and wide for the number OF
fat men IL contained. The time was
when the boast could truthfully be
made that Butte's aldermen weighed
two tuns ~avoirdupois. without weigh
ing brains. but so steady has been the
deterioration that now the council
weighs all told but little more than a
ton. Last spring lean and lank men
replaced the fat boys, following the
course which had been pursued for sew
eral years. Alderman Muntzer. a 25o-
pound alderman. retired in favor OF
Alderman Ferns. who is tall. but hasn't
a pound OF s~uperfluous flesh on his
bones. Alderman Dorais, who wal
dies i'm Muntzer's class. retired in favor
Of Britt. another lean and hungry boy.
Alderman Davey also dropped out. and
was replaced by Alderman ~Siebenalrr.
Who has some size. but doesn't approach
eX-Alderman DaVey's aldermanic pro-
portions. The fat men are indignant,
and at the next election they are goihg
To stand by each other. They have
formed a fat mems union and will vote
for none but fat men for aldermen, re-
gardless of politics.