Heartless watermelon eater – 1892
A Load of Bitter Root watermelons came to town yesterday and Frank McConnell bought the biggest one in the wagon. Did he lay it on a goods box, pull out his jack knife, cut it half way, then bust it open and call the boys up to eat? Nay. He took it to his room, plugged it, inserted the neck of a bottle of champagne in it and when the bottle was dry just gobbled that melon all by his lonely, refusing even to give the rinds to a couple of [Indian women] waiting beneath the window for them. This is a small incident, but it is given to illustrate the heartless character of a man who is a candidate for an important county office. Such a man deserves to be beaten.
Article from Morning Missoulian Oct. 2, 1892. {Republican Newspaper}