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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1913
Page
5
A note recalls the Cornish legend of the Well of St Keyne. Folklore says the waters grant mastery to the first to drink whether husband or wife. Southey popularized the tale in a ballad, with a traveler and a quick wife at the church.
Poem by Robert Greene extols the value of a content mind over wealth and rank. It contrasts beggars with princes and praises a quiet cottage life, music, and merry companionship as the true crown and kingdom. The piece is dated to 1560-92.
A boastful Englishman known for his singing tried to perform The Owl in public. A friend's quip about his range spurred him to the music shop where he demanded The Owl in C. The clerk apologized and offered Rocked In the Cradle of the Deep instead.
A Saturday Evening Post vignette portrays ex-pugilist Tom Sharkey as frugal. A country stranger visits a New York subway construction site and learns the local joke that Sharkey is “just a quarter” for all the digging, reflecting his thrift.
A cabinet meeting in Gladstone era features a sharp legal duel as Sir Richard Bethell, attorney general, cites a bulky law book to oppose Gladstone's course. Gladstone counters, revealing the other quoted passage did not exist, underscoring wit and legal maneuvering in political life.
A Glasgow man visits a London theater, asks for complimentary seats, is sent a note for the bus office, and after leaving discovers his card on the manager's table. He quips that the card may be used again, saving himself.
In James W. Alexander’s Princeton tale a student Pennington tucks his shirts into Tutor Toppings bag. When the tutor denies, Pennington publicly asks for the return of the shirt marked with his name. The tutor is shocked as Pennington retrieves his garments from the bed.
Lord Avebury argues that idle people miss true rest and that hard work brings rest for the body and, more crucially, peace of mind. He states that if one has done their best, they can rest in peace.
Report tells of Fort Scott’s first sawmill opening. After one day’s sawing the proprietor returns from town celebration and inspects crooked lumber. He asks the foreman if the boards have been measured, then jokes about using a corkscrew to measure.
A London girl travels to Australia with other factory workers lacking domestic skills and trains to cook. After lessons she serves a scallop edged dish, earning a compliment though the maid reveals her London trade was making scalloped fillings for coating.
The German ambassador in Rome recalls his splendid Rome residence upon return to Berlin where the new house falls short. The countess worries how their chef, spoiled by high pay and praise, will adjust and asks Him not to resign his post in Berlin.
Mrs Tidball laments high living costs and servant shortages. A string of misfortunes with Chinese cooks follows, including wage disputes, theft, and failed hires. The tale ends with a resolve to rely on self-help and endure domestic trials.
Lord Thurlow evokes a harvest hymn as the crimson moon rises over sea and fields. The poem calls shepherds to sing of time ripened grain and purple clusters, praising a golden light on the main and valleys that reveal the season’s bounty.
The article recalls Edouard Detaille and Meissonier living on Boulevard Malesherbes. Detaille uses a gong to rouse a galloping horse while Meissonier paints Napoleon I on a tranquil white steed. An arrangement has the artists alternating: Detaille’s active horse in the morning and Meissonier’s still horse in the afternoon.
Dr. Leonard Hill of London warns that a cold is a deadly spreader of germs and should be treated like contagious diseases. He urges isolation during sneezing and coughing to prevent tens of thousands of deaths each year.
An Irish sentry on first night post challenges the officer of the day who asks why he is out. The exchanged reply shows humor as the officer identifies himself and the sentry questions the scene quoted from real life.
A critical view by Arthur Train on how justice is administered, arguing the system favors appellate maneuvering over trials. He recalls a veteran lawyer explaining how delaying tactics and legal tricks let criminals evade punishment while witnesses fade and cases dust away.
The New York Press notes a town in England with a private cemetery for wealthy owners pets. Expensive dogs receive elaborate pink headstones and grand epitaphs. Owners of show dogs like toy spaniels Pomeranians and French poodles pay high burial prices, seen as a path to canine Valhalla.
A London Globe note recalls Christ's Hospital Bluecoat school once minted its own copper octagonal coinage called house money. New boys could not buy in the tuck shop until beadles converted shillings and pence into these local coins, a practice now rare among numismatists.
A customer complains to a grocer about a clerk whistling while serving her. After she leaves the proprietor questions the clerk who defends himself by recalling a prior promise about whistling if he delivered on time.
A tense exchange unfolds as a woman denies intoxication and defends a dish described as charlotte russe, challenging the man’s insinuations. The dialogue centers on perception and social restraint amid a domestic moment.
Bids will be received by H C Pound secretary of the Sweet Grass County Free High School board up to 2 pm May 12 1913 for building a basement addition. Plans available from Link Haire Billings Montana. Bid must include a five percent bid bond. The board may accept or reject any bid.
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