The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-27
NOT so COLD.
Tho New Yorker Found the Town Warm
Enough After All.

Tho New Yorker Found the Town Warm
Enough After All.
The downtown herd is telling a good
story on young man who visited
Butte last week. He was from New
York town, where they do the real thing
in everyday life seven days a week
and work overtime to boot Butte had
been pictured in the mind of the young
man as an exception to the great city
of Gotham, and when he arrived he
made himself solid with Rocky Noun
tain thoroughbred, who is acquainted
with every turn in the road that winds
through Butte. He wanted to be pi
loted through the interesting part of
the town, and that is why he formed
the acquaintance of the young blood.
At the proper hour he was taken down
to Chinatown. Here all was quiet, not
a dozen coolies showing their faces.
II was an off night with the Monaghan
herd. They had evidently retired ear
ly. The local sport explained to his
new friend that a recent Chinese fu-
neral had put the quarter on the hog,
and that it would be several days be-
fore things took on their accustomed
brilliancy. The journey was resumed,
and the trip across Main street made.
They wendell their way through the
several alleys which have made Butte
famous in the police courts, and there
was little life there. The denizens
seemed to be on their good behavior,
and instead Of poking their heads out
of their cages and trying to look sweet
they sat behind closed lambrequins
and read the daily paprs. The journey
was booming tiresome; there was
nothing to be seen, SO the visitor finally
expressed his feelings:
This is not the town I thought it
was. 1t is something Of frost Is
this the best you can do?"
The guide admitted that he had new
er seen the place so quiet and devoid
| of interest. The boys returned to the
| hotel, where the visitor poured forth
his praises Of the hot old town of New
York. He said that he had stopped
over in Butte only to see the sights OF
the town-"the wickedest town in the
United States"
The young men separated, the guide
going to his room and the visitor start
ing down toward Galena street. He
was not satisfied, and he would make
the trip alone and unasssted. OF
course there must be some life in Butte
after midnight, and why not see some
of it? Thus the visitor unused. He
had seen thing on the first trip, but
didn't call his guides attention to it.
He would go down and take another
look at it. He knocked ON the door
and was admitted by a flashing young
blonde well known by the police. She
was bunch of the sweetest smiles the
New Yorker had ever seen. He had
at last struck his canter. She remind
ed him so much of his dear old Goth
am. She would do, you bet. They
talked Of the east and the west and
the antipodes--she had seen all the cit
les her visitor had seen, and they be-
came confidential friends in minute.
She thought Butte was getting dry and
passee. and he agreed with her just
as she agreed with his suggestions.
They had a beer or two and some Gig
arettes. She dotted on New Workers,
and so did he; so they both dotted.
She had lady friend who had only
recently arrived from New York, and
If the visitor said so she would send
for her. and of course she sent. The
other lass Joined the little party.
On the following day the visitor met
his guide friend. Say, old chap, I'll
take it all back. Your town isn't SO
sleepy, after all. 1 dare say, it is wide
awake in spots, If not as whole. I
have seen more of 1t since I left you
last night. have just wired my house
to send me a remittance. 1 will need
it to get out of town on. Oh. this town
Is all right. I saw just little of it.,
and If / had seen all of it I probably
should have to borrow suit of
clothes "