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VOL, 2, GREAT FALLS, MONTANA TERRITORY, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, I886, NO 28
TICKLING TOUCHES.
Historian Quackenboss charges Wash
ington with the sin of eating green peas
with his knife.--Excrhange.
Great men frequently are possessed of
glaring eccentricities. Ordinary folks
would doubtless eat them with their
mouths.
Adelini Patti will sail from Queens
land for New York shortlv.--E.recItge.
.Don't say whether she will be ship,
schooner or yacht rigged, nor what's the
matter with the trans-Atlantic steamship
lines.
"Lefftinnant Him, ownar ov thi Galetea.
iz an Oirishman, whooze fa-ather iz an
Oirish County Court .udge. Ilisirizidence
iz in Paradise," read our Italian friend
McSweegan, from an exchange three
weeks old. "(Oi was remalrkin' to thi
stoore-kaper nixt dure, that the Hoiberni
anrs are a race av thi greatist antekuity.
and allo siuggists to me moind, that the
fayinalc ripri-intitives av th' domistic cal
lynaichun fowl wuz privilig'd carrakthers
in th' gyardin of Aedin." tie took down
his broansroans from the the table, lit his T. I). at
the stove with three pages of the sub-edit
ors "Pre-historic Man on the Upe!)r Mis
souri," made a diiniticd bow. and then in
a thick cloud of sheeperash smoke wafted
himself out of our sanctum.
MONTANA WEATTHER.
When lie had seated himself in the most
comfortable chair in the office, had Iulled
over Webster's Unabridged for an elbow
rest, had spit tobacco juice all over the
stove, and otherwise fixed himself for a
chat, he commenced, on that interminable
subject, the weather:
"'Taint so cold to-day: last Saturday i
though, was the rawest, coldest, cuttin'
day I ever seed in Montana. See that
tooth? the one that's broke off," he said, as
his cavernous jaws dropped assunder, dis
playing the blackest and raggedest teeth
ever seen in human head.
"Wa-al," he continued, "been up all Fri
day night with a sick man, an' did'nt git t
up till long in the forenoon; opened the
front dore, an' Jerus'lum, I hollered. 1
Some'n like an icicle shot out frolm whar
I stood an' hit the gate post; I went out to
th' gate an' pick'd it up in nite pieces,
brot 'ema indores, lii 'em down by the
sto'e an' by an' ;y they thaw'd out sunm,
'n' ;what d'ye think thar on the i re as
I'lain as big prinit wa, Jay dubic-e r-' - -
I n, an.f nto the mi, thar was:* .,k a i
o' my too-th." "
He fumblied in his rest . cket a m i
ment and then til'hrew down wha:t pr.led i
to be a fragmient of a p:ker ciip.
Cautiously a hand-grenade vwa reached i
for, but too late. the viliainl had sloped.
_____._ c
Among the mw- .. :r ache tit.-t attin
ed to public re eo_:ti'. n th . Pacific
coast, pierhapOS ,i:: we-r ir,- ccetric
nor original tha. Swn P. ils native
brogu.e, the Nor:h eI Ircrhnd dialec, was
hi.s favorite and m,-t natural mode of e:
pres.ion, and as a ('cmmeduian in that claes.
li:s native wit and camical oddities were
irresistablvy udicr.us. His weekness was
the bottle; and ma.ny were the safeguards
which managers attempted to throw around
him in order to prevent a too previous re
course to it. Sam's hien!'ity in procur
ing and partakini of the "red stuff" baf
lied managers and frieudL alike. On one
occasiea he was cast in a burlesque, in
which was conspicuous the prop-rty-man's
-tage bottle labeled GIN.
The introductory lines were spoken and
stage business gone through with up to the
point where the gin-bottle is discovered.
Sam approached the table and placing the
big bottle underneath. remarked in an
aside:
"It's hardly strong enuff for me war"rm
blood," and pulling from an inside pocket
a goodly sized flask of the real article took I
a hearty swig, and added:
"That lekker wood melt a mon fall in
'uv with he's own ghost."
The audience roared and applauded,
during which time, Sam, holding up the
flask and nodding, sampled it again. i
Years ago, when the Sunday law was in t
operation in California, the troup of which
Sam was a member, was in Sacramento,
where the law was rigorously enforced.
His intimate acquaintances with back
doors and private smuggeries resulted in
his being pretty.full at about 8 o'clockone
certain Sunday evening. There was a
spiritualistic meening in one of the public
halls and thither he repaired. His blun
dexriig feet conveyed him to a chair aiear
the door upon which he sat down with a
thud. A noted lady medium upon the
platform repeated the question which I
his entrance had interrupted.
"Are there any present who would like
s to hear from the spirit of departed r
friends'" she asked. 1:
Sam managed to get upon his pins and
spoke up: d
"Yis maam, can ye tell me annythin o' t
the spirit o' Dan Donnelly ?" r
Heads all over the house were turned t
toward the speaker, who unabashed, stood d
his ground.ti
With perfect self control, the medium tu
Sreplied: I t
"Yes sir. The spirit of Dan Donnelly f,
is happy." a;
S"\hlt I'd like t' know, is he en heaven ,
or en hell"' blurted out Sam. t
"The spirit of Dan Donnelly is happy b
and in heaven, sir," she answered a little a.
sharply. e
Sam was in the act of sitting down, and e
as he did so muttered, but 1oud enough to ti
be heard all over the haill. w
"D)-m 'im, I wish he w:as en hell; he it
owes menc seven an' a half." to
It is needless, perhaps, to add that the ,i
dissatistied conumedian was hustled out of th
that hall not gently, but p. d. q. w
To the Agency After Stolen Horses. c
C. C. Smtih a prominent rancher of the he
upper Judith valley, tarived here Thtrs- W
day from a three weeks visit at the Piegan bi
Indian agency, wher ie hwent in search lit
of nine head of horses which were run I
off during the late theiving rade made iWy t
these Indians in the Judith valley and su- o'
ceeded in recovering but one of the nurl- of
ber. Mr. Smith learned that his stock was tl
cached on the north fork of the Cut Bank Pl
river, but so clever are these red devils in of
hiding stock in the bad lands thereabouts, fo
that at last lie was fotceed to return with hi
his errant but partildly accomlplished. in
While at the agency, he says _Mr. Baldwn, li ht
the agent, and clerk Toole, gave him all co
the assistance in his power, which was but hi;
little. He further says that nll the people ab
at the agency are thoroughly in earnest i, lot
trying to recover stock stolen na
by the Indians, but owing to the ve
latters peculiar methodls, they can ri
accomplish but little. The noble reds chi
have adopted the ways of their pale-face stc
brethren in the use of the orthodox brand- ke
ing iron-the frying P1an--and have be- k'
conhe adept in its use, as is evinced by tl e U
number of defaced brands on animaia pri
foand at the agency. ti
Tho-l.e among the Pieg::n trihe that me :
reader; of t!he TIarn-E, we advise stron ;
lv and urg'entlh, not to risk their iritch- "
i clut- by v-enturing ne::r the Judith valley, tie
as the people in that u setiuon have a long- cot
ing and peculiar desire to have an Indian ins
come within range of their butralo rides. ly
We warn our red-facedl tr-thre. n of li-- hei
fact out of the kindness of our heart, as be:
wre have no desire to see or hear of blood the
being shed. and particularly that of our res
much beloved and h:ighly respected abor- i
iuinal brothers. S:iah. wh
1pu
The Recult of Carelessness.
e The f:atl result of beinu careless, was
S. sadly exemplified last week. A thoroug'h
ls y worthy, but somewhat absent minded
young man of Great Falls, has long been
- paying his respects to one of the nmost
charming if not the moat beautiful girl
hereabouts. He had succeeded in gaining
her affections, and the eventful day was
z approaching when he was prepared to pop
the question, when behold another Great
Falls' gallant took a fancy that he would
i like that particular girl himself. So he at
once went to C. P. Thomson and had an
elegant suit made by the great fashion
hause; of St. Louis, represented here by
Mr. Thomson-and though a homely man,
the suit fitted so well and looked so hand
some, that he actually carried the girls
heart by storm, and married her within a
week. The first fellow, out of spite, went
and married the uglist and lowest old
maid he could find, and for a week his
life was miserable, until one day he bought
her one of Thomson's :New Singer Sewing
Machines. This gave her so much joy by
its easy running and splendid work that
her temperment underwent a change un
til she became a good, kind, house-wife.
Now both parties are happy-the result of
our merchants keeping good goods. tf
Fort Lincoln to Be Abandoned. i
Bismarck special: The rumor that Ft. 1
Lindoln is to be abandoned is again afloat.
It is believed, however, that when the t
question is properly laid before the an- f
thorities at .Washingtn, the fort willnot I
be removed, as the recent Indian troubles I.
in the surrounding regions would not war- e
rant such action. f
SLEWIS AD CLARKE'S EXPEDITION
r
c By that tedious process, towing boats by h
means of ropes attached to trees, rocks or b
held by men, the Lewis & Clarke party
3 works its dreary way along from the 3an- 1I
dan country until we find them at the junec
tion of the Missouri and another large a'
river, in a quandary as to which of the u
two streams to follow. On their correct ti
l decision much of the fate of the expedi- "
tion depended; since, if after aceending to P
the Rocky mountains or beyond them,
they should find that the river they were
r following did not come near tihe Columbia, p
and they should be obliged to return, they j
1 would not only lose the travelling season, O
two months of which had already elacied, bi
but probably dishearten the men so munil i
as to induce them e4her to abandon the p
enterprise, or becore disobedient to the tr
Scommanders' orders They therefore de- D
termined to examine their future course
with great care before deciding. Explor
ing parties were detached by loud and wa- ot
ter to collect definite information of the
coulntry and relport at headquarters. At
the mouth of this newly discovered river,
which they, afterwards named the Maria's M
river, Lewis and Clarke ascended the hi :h
ground at the fork of these two rivers and
beheld on every side, a vast plain covered j
with verdure, on which countless herds of
buffalo were roaming, attended by their 81
little enemies, the wolves. Some flocks
of elk also were seen, and the solitary an
telopes were scattered with their young Si.
over the face of tie plain. The direction Ti:
of the rivers could not be distinguished as
they were soon lost in the extent of the Sa
piinus. In passing aloug the side of one
of the bluffs Capt. Lewis slipped and but S
for happening to save himself by means of
his staff he would have been preclipitated
into the river over a precipice of about a Q
hundred feet. He had no more than re
covered himself when he heard one of
his men crying for help. Turning quickly Sh
about, he found it was Windsor, who had
lost his foothold about the middle of the
narrow pass, and had slipped down to tle Br
very verge of the precipice. With his
right arm and leg huanging over the awful
chasm, the frighttwed man lay on his pu
stomach nildiy elutching the earth to
keep him fr,.'i, going o\- r. apt!. Lewis
kept kiun :e.s-.ned until he could rescue }
Windsor, which he did with chir::teristic
P!rc: ne :?of 1ind. A e:: da:ys :fter
thiid u:denture this ma= incdsor
b Ie:ecine convinced that !ick was not run
unhg his way just then. Near t:, ca:na a
"'while herr" (-ow known as grizzly) at
itlited him. Windsor's un was wet aid Fr:
consequently refused ttdo 'ervice. fie
instn:tly mcade for a tree, but, was so close
ly puirsued, tilt as he ascended the tree
he struek o!d bruin with his foot. The
bear complahcently waited at the feoot f , T
the tree for !is prisoner to d( sen . Tihe
rest of the party were separated from
Windsor by a perpendicular clifi of rceks, i
which they could not descend awl were mis
puwer-css t, render hin any ns-,-i' tance. of t
Fortunately, iowever, the ferocious heost is a
wast frightened away by their shouting sigm
and tiring. When the party arrived at Uni
what we call the Teton river they named Rloc
it the T' .sy on account of the fact that tan:
large q',uantities of that herb were growing dut'
on its; b::ks. 11
Onl the morning of Junc it, 1801, as the
party was proceeding across the plain, the
ears of Capt. Lewis were saluted with the
agre'eable sound of a fall of water, and as
he ad -:nced, a spray which seemed driven
by the hligh south-west wind arose above
the plain iike a column of smoke and van- 1
i.ded in an instant. Towards this point
he directed his steps, and the noise increas- I
ing as he approached, soon became too 1
tremendous to be mistaken for anything 1
but the Great Falls of the Missouri. Hav
i-g travelled seven miles after first hear- I
ing the sound, he reached the falls, enjoy- i
ed the sublime spectacle, of this stupen- i
dous object, which since the creation, had
been lavishing its magnificence upon the 1
desert, unknown to civilization, except the <
hardy French explorers in 1740. The ac- i
curacy of the measurements of Lewis and I
Clarke has been proven by late tests. We i
beg leave to give their description of the f
falls as its grandeur was impressed upon 1
them. t
"The river immediately at ifs cascade is -
three hundred yards wide, and is pressed
in by a perpeniular clif on the left,
which rises to about onehundred feet,
and extends up the treamn for a mile. On
the riht the bluff is _al6o perpendicular
for three hundred yards above the falls.
for ninety or a hu-nddred yards from the.i
left cliff; the wiater falls in one smooth,
even le eover a preecipe at least eighty
feet. The remainig part.ef the river a
precipitates itself with a more rapid cur
rent, but being received as it falls, by the
irregular and somewhat projecting rocks
below, forms a splendid prospect of per
fectly white foam two hundred yards in
lenglth and eighty in perpendicular eleva
tion. This spray is dissipated into a thous- j
and shapes. sometimes flying up into col
umois of fifteen or twenty feet, whiclh are
then oppressed by larger masses of the
white foam, on all of which the sun insm
presses the brighter colors of the rainbow."
The Park Dinner.
The Thanksgiving dinner, served by the
Park hotel, was a decided success, and re
flects credit alike upon the proprietor i).
C. Ehrhart, and the chfL, Messrs. Hunt
brothers. The spread was simply elegant,
and was enjoyed by a multitude of peo
pIl, who took advantage of the occasion to
treat their stomachs to a repast equal to a
Delmonl;co dinner. We append the nG',.
so that those who were not present can
have the ýatisfactiou of knowing what the
others had to eat: [
e aiv York Counts.
sol P.
Mhuliigatawny. Con:omme.
Lady Morgan.
FISHi.
Boiled California Salmon, Iollandaise.
RELISHES.
Sp:nish Olives. Tomato Catsup.
Worcestershire Sauce. Pickles. Celery.
ROAST.
Sirloin of Beef, Dish Gravy.
Turkey, Oyster Dressing Cramberry Sauce. 1
Yongue- Pig Stuffed, Apple Sauce. 1
Saddle of Venison, Currant Jelly.
BOILED.
Sugar Cured Ham.
Tongue, Tomato Sauce.
ENTREES.
Queen Fritters, mine Sauce. i
Chicken Santo a 'la Marengo. t
COLD DISIES. t
Shrinp Salad. Chicken Mayonaise.
Pressed Corn- eef. I
VEGETABLES. ]
Browned Potatoes. Stewed
Tomatoes. Succotash.
PASTRY.
Pumpkin PTe. Mince Pie.
English Plum Pudding,Brandy S -ece.
)EESERT.
Wine :and Fruit Jellies.
A'sorted Nuts.
Florida Orange:s.
Malaga (Grapes.
Apples.
Neciarine Ice Creai:m.
iEdun and American Chee.e.
Fruit Cake.
Lady Fingers.
Sug::r Kisses.
Pound Cake.
Spngne Cake.
Tea. Coffee.
To Protect Forests.
Mr. Edgar T. Ensign, state forestry cor.
miisic.ner for Colorado, and forestry asgent
of the United States bureau of agriculture,
is a guest at the Grand Central, Mr. En
sign's department, as an agent of the
United States government, takes in all the
Rocky Mountain region, including Mon
tana, and he is here in the course of his
duties in that connection.
lie says that the aim of both the state
and federal oflices which he represents is
to protect forests-first, for their commer
cial value; second, for the'r beneficent cli
matic effects; third, as ecn ;ervators of the
stores of snow and ice that feed the rivers.
He recognizes the commercial value of
timber, and has no desire to restrict its
manufacture-only to prevent the wilful
destruction of young and growing trees in
the course` af cutting out the matured tim
ber. It is also the aimn of his office to pre
vent the destruction of forests by fire, and
to obtain statistics of the extent, quality,
and predominant and most valuable wood
in various timber belts throughout the
country. To this end Mr. Ensign has
been carrying on an elaborate system of
correspondence with gentlemen through
out Montana, and his visit here now is to
further perfect his facilities for obtaining
information. He also hopes to arouse suf
ficient interest to secure the enactment of
legislation looking to the adequate pro
tection of forests-as distinct from timber.
-Independent.
S -ire.
A lamp exploded in Mr. Erickson's
house Thursday night, causing a confla
tion which destroyed a large slice of the
horse. We don't need any firedepart
ment. Qsot in the least.
Wapted. t
A weflan do Mbntsua ra1r8 1 -antsar a
twlte.. Addrea B W4ý care 'TaZn
CASUAL.
Caius Juluis Cesar Apple-Blossom Bly
with his long, lank shape, elongated coat,
goggles and highwater pants looks very
much like the famous "Brudder Gardner."
In answer to the inquiry whether or not he
was a descendant of the original Gesar, he
replied "'Spe'x' I is." But this particular
branch of the famnil does not appear to
have inherited the old war-like spirit.
"Mr. Bly" once joined the U. S. army
where he contracted to remain for five
years. He says "I's tho't 'dat was de sof
fes' snap goin' but 'dey got to promo
tin' me too foss. Dey intoduc'd
me to de wood-pile and de watah cart de
fuss day." In order to rid himself of the
responsible duties of groom of the wood
pile and chancellor of the water-bucket,
C( sar played crazy on the officers. Hie
Sreteuded he waLs going to shoot the cap
tain, went lishilng on the parade ground,
talked about his being commander-in-chief
of the army etc., until the conunanding
olh.ter eiher got afraid or jealous of him;
S"Apilleeisomn" don't know which, and
discharged him from the army: I said I
suppo)ed it was an honorable discharge.
"No sal," sy:s Cesar, "wan't so bad as
dat, wan't no hon'ble 'bout it, I's jis' tired,
'dat's all.
Everyone should take an interest in the
library and reading-room project. It will
grow into a substantial benefit to the town.
Now that Thanksgiving is over don't
those who ate and drank too much envy
the quiet, sedate people who went to church
and gave thanks?
Montana weather is fine, but fickle as a
flirt. One dayI made a wager that the snow
would not be gone by a certain time, but
it was. During this las storm I attempted
to get even by pledging my small change
that it would all be chiuooked away by a
stipulated moment. The beautiful snow
remained firm however and I lost again.
I shan't try to get even anymore.
Mr Paris Gibson says that the correct
name for our wonderful spring is the
"'s:mt Spriug." Not Big Spring, Giant
Fountain, Mystic Fountain or any of the
numerous appellations given it; but Gi.'t
'}pr ing is correct.
I am ngiad to see that the Townsite Co.
is continuing its beneficent work of plant
ing trees along Park drive.
Speaking of Montana weather, we read
in Rev. Stanley's able article on Montana
that there have been as :mny as 250 per
fectly clear days in one year, and reports
show an average of over 2T5 fair days per
year, during a period of six years.
M. H. Herman injured.
X week aego l'stItWedht'sda:y :; MI. H.
Henum-: and O. A. WaketielId were haul
iing a load of hay to the railroad camp
about eight miles above town on the other
side of the river, Mr. tIerman was thrown
from off the load by the sudden stopping
of th8ewagon in a rut, and sustained se
rious injuries. This painful accident oc
curred in the morning and the injured
man was unable to cross the river until
night. He was found, upon surgical ex
amination to have sustained a severe fract
ure of the leg just above the ankle. He
lies at the Pioneer hotel, progressing to
ward recovery as well as could be expect
ed under the circumstances. Mr. Her
man had just, taken a railroad contract,
consequently his accident is of great detri
ment to him at the present time.
Who is He?
Miles City Journli: Tom Irvin receiv
ed a letter yesterday- from the collector of
this district acknowledging the receipt of
his resignation, which was most grudging
ly accepted, the collector paying Tonm the
compliment of having been the best depu
ty under his coptrol. Information was
also given that Gne Harry Lemion, of Great
Falls, Mont., had been appointed to fill the
vacancy in the office of deputy United
States internal revenue collector which
Tom had so efficiently filled. This will
set the minds of local aspirants for the o
fice at ease.
Loaded With Coal.
A wagon belonging to Mr. Shaw, t
brick man, broke through the Ice last
day. Fortunately loaded wagons
drawn at long range, the horses being f
in advance, so that If the load goes do
the horses can be extricated withou
danger. In its present location 1,
some the sunken vehicle conlIbe
ed decidedly cheap.