Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-08-21
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THESE Chinese are an honest peo-
pie" Colonel Lantry once said. Il Wis
tied a walled city of China which has
been so long engaged in the manufac-
ture of chinaWare that the scrap heap
of broken china is higher than Big
Butte.
Il bought two sets OF dishes of more
than 100 pieces each as presents for
my mother and sister" Colonel Lam
try devoted his life to his mother and
lived with her until she died a few
years ago.
THE dishes were paid for when
ordered. I did not receive a receipt.
Il was just a foreigner who was
leaving the next day and the dishes
were to be forwarded to an American
address.
THE dishes duly arrived. There was
not an imperfect piece, not a cracked
cup, saucer or plate-and the count
was full 100 per cent.
"On the bund in Canton I observed
a huge gilt sign with letters a foot
high. 1t read: Tom Fat, honest gam
bier I believe hat Tom Fat is what
his sign says he is.
II noted in Japan that in the banks
and hotels the trusted employee is al
ways a Chinaman."
Mexico is noted for a particularly
peppery brand of chilli con carne.
One day Colonel Lantry, himself an
IriShman, was seated at a table in
Jaurez, when in came two sons of the
Emerald isle.
The waiter was a stranded American.
He sensed at once that the Irishmen
were "tenderfeet" and the first dish
he brought them was chilli.
One of the "harps' tasted it and
pushed it away from him. The waiter
grinned and prepared to remove it.
Leave that there" said the diner IN
a strong brogue.
do you like it?" asked the waiter,
chuckling.
mo, 1 don't" said the diner.
Then what do you want it for?"
inquired the na~pkin-packer.
II want it to light my pipe with
when / finish my meal" said the Irish
man.
Among the honors that came to
Colonel Lantry was one conferred by
the Sioux Indians, that of acting as
a substitute for Queen Marie.
When it became known that the
Roumanian queen was about to visit
Mandan the Sioux decided to take her
into the tribe because of her wal rec
ord.
A rehearsal was necessary. Colonel
Lantry, general superintendent of he
N. p. at that time, was the one deemed
most worthy to act as the queens sub-
stitute.
He was required to be seated cross
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the Indian ceremonies. He was then
carried into a tepee by four braves.
each holding a corner of the blanket.
There followed much gesticulating,
much poW-Wowing and then Red Tom
ahawk, one of the two Indians who
shot and killed Sitting Bull, advanced
to make the wal test that was after
wards used on Queen Marie.
Colonel Lantry's finger was pune
tured with a sharp piece Of flint by
Red Tomahawk. IF 1 had hinched, as
1 learned afterward," Colonel Lantry
said. Il would have been ~diSgraced
among them" Lantry didn't finch.
The man who jumped overheard from
a Honolulu steamship and swan nearly
a mile to make a landing was not OF
the stuff that flincheS at a scratch.
He was then dubbed a brave warrior
by the Sioux.
In all those years Harry Lantry had
one sweetheart. He was unWavering in
his affections to his mother. In 1908
he took his father and mother to Spo-
kane and erected a home there. Seven
months after thew arrived his father
died. With another son Mrs. Lantry
lived at the Spokane home until 1914
when the son married. Then Mrs.
Lantry went to live with Harry. She
was with him at Glendive in 1917 when
war was declared.
After Colonel Lantry's return from
Russia his mother lived with him until
her death. In December, 1919, Colonel
Lantry landed at Vancouver, B. c. The
Christmas day of that year a family
reunion took place at Lewistown, Mont,
at which all of the living Lantry chill
dren and grandchildren participated.
Mrs. Lantry, then still living, was the
center of the celebration.