The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-10
Picked Up BY
the Wanderer


front Of his cigar store Of an Indian. or
at least a thing that looks . good deal
like an Indian. This Indian of joint
IL q good deal wider than . sign Is
supposed to be hat stands on
the sidewalks Of the strictly
governed city Of Anaconda. So
the other day Alderman Jack
Hamiil came along and called Johns
attention to IL.
"Oh. that's all right" said John. who.
being a city ofhciai himself. can get
familiar with aldermen. without run
ming the risk OF getting the CLASSY eye.
WELL" said Jack. IT want you to
understand hat I'm on the council
committee on Indians. and I want you
to take that sign down"
Say. Jack" said John. Ibid you ever
try one of these new Hayfeldos I've
got here?'
And the sign is still there.
They tell a pretty good story on
Frank Wright. who in business In
known as F. b. Wright. Mr.. Wright
was married a little while ago. and ne
Eastern states was q thing that he was
entitled to. 80 Mr.. and Mrs. Wright.
happy and blissful. bought their tick
cts and got on the train. But Mr..
Wright forgot that there are certain
things I'm this life that must be looked
after. even though q honeymoon II the
occasion. Among those things are
trunks. probably the blight of h hap
piness Of half the newly married men
In the world. The trunks were Franks
especial source of annoyance. He got
or the train and such q little thing
as a trunk never bothered him. After
he arrived in one OF the Eastern cities.
however. II was found that those
trunks would come In pretty handy.
and then IL occurred to him that he
had forgotten to have them checked.
He at once repaired to the telegraph
ONCE and sent a message to a friend in
this city. which read something like
this: Send my runk on at once.
but for the Lords sake. don't say a
word to anybody about It."
A lady was walking along the street
neal the corner OF Park avenue inc
to be in search of something, for she
kept looking this way and that, but
apparently without discovering the
place which she sought. Right at the
door of the p~ostofice h met q gen.
tleman coming out Of Uncle Sans store
and accosted him:
do you know where the p~ostofice
has move tor"
Yes. this is it,"
"Oh. no, this is the money order Of
replied the lady. as with a sweep
ing glance at the big money order sign
she window she whisked past the
place and continued her search for the
p~ostofice.
George Linsley is the candidate for
sheriff on the silver republican ticket,
and it seems that he is picked put as
a kind Of mark for everybody to get
cracks at. A day or two g he and
three or four other gentlemen were
standing on the sidewalk on Main
figuring on the outlook. when
small boy came along and approached
George.
Say, mister, have you got a match?"
the boy.
What do you want a match for,
kid?" asked George.
"Ah, me and some more kids wants
go in swimmin' and we wants to
a fire. see?"
And George is still trying to figure
the connection between going I'm
swimming and building a fire. but he
the cigars Just the same.
A man went into a Main street res
taurant the other day and ate a nice.
Juicy steak with a few frills on the side.
he got through he went up to
the counter and pulled out a lot OF sill
yer.
What's the price?" SAT- the man.
one dollar and thirty-fve cents"
said the cashier.
"Oh, make It grand larceny" sak the
customer as he threw down two dollars
and walked out.
Attention has been called several
to the bad condition OF the side
walks in many streets OF Anaconda.
The especial kick is I'm regard to the
nails whose heads protrude above the
surface OF the walks to the extent of
or three-quarters OF an inch. This
nuisance IA painfully brought to mind
yesterday when a lady. walking along
he sidewalk near the water company's
ofice. ran her heel into q nail-head.
the result that she lost her heel.
The leather was left upon the walk.
md the lady limped homeward with
,ne shoe an inch lower than the other.
There is another evidence Of nail heads
on the sidewalk in front OF the Pres
church, where. for two days.
lain the severed heel of a mans
shoe. still fastened to the nail.
The new Anaconda directory has been
for a month or more and nobody
has made very many comments about
I. A gentleman last week had &C.
for political purposes. to run
through the directory from first to last.
He was surprised to find. on nearly |
page. such inserts as these.
Jones. John. died Oct. I. 1896" OF
curse these references to the dates Of
at nee suggested to next Coun-
Attorney Duffy the happy. but un-
idea. to ask why the present res
dence Of the gentleman was not in
.luded.