The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1865-09-16
[WH0LE NO. 56.
Letter from Helr ea,..
HELL GATE, MIssoUEk Co., NJ. T.. /,
August 18th, 1855

August 18th, 1865.
Ed. POST :-Repeatedly sat down to write Few
in waiting" but of che plaques pecusl 70 ras va
countries, prevented me for some time from contrh
ntlng my drop to the ocean yclept MoSTANs posr
The grasshoppers actually distracted the ink from
my pen during ITS transit from the inkstand To tho
paper One of these creatures mo doubt ets;,a, s
special business) positively stopped nv Den as co,U
menced writing the word post" 1t looked at rns
Wild lts great CLASSY eyes, and seemed to saw "post
ye honest miners what WE are doing"
wen, then, SINCE grasshoppers have been all the
rage IN TINS county during the last month, and as
they have lmmortalized themselves for at least os
year. VIII tell you what they have dore Thsv bsvs
raised wheat which would have been held AZ ss ,sr
ousnel up to s. or $40; they made the farmer. who
heretofore used to take his snooze till @ o'elock
NJ, get up at FIVE, to witness the procsss Of cutt;n
oown the "staf of hfe," without the medium %
cold steel; they have played hell generally I1biSS
E Is not very surprising, SINCE right at the Gate
Inc farmers who, notwithstanding the very late
spring, have put in large crops and who were ar a
loss how to get them harvested suddenly sav tha;r
gram cut, without the least human help whatever.
Did not some of the same grasshoppers coma or, 70
your parts, and advertise you to lay IN your wntsr
supplies In good season? if not, Providence should
although wheat is very low, -four will be enormously
nign next winter; it will be .'self-rising four
rms much for the grasshoppers. They have done
something, haven't they? -
h"o uee saiu Cnat Uld Nick loves to send plarues
and manifestations to the good and rel;rionsIv
inclined, In order to them to despair IF meb
s the case, then your old friend Ok must he
an old sinner, for crop one of the finest tbatI
have seen In a long time. His new harvesting ma
chinery works finely, and looking through kaleid-
oscope, perceive cloud of DUST coming 70 enyei
ope him. "
Although we have had an unfavorable sprinr O.
very dry season, and finally grasshoppers, yoa must
not Imagine that our spirits are low indeed most
any kind sells for $40 per gallon.
Missoula County Is emphatically the "saTce" gar
den of Montana The United States laid out a walk
through the middle of it, and named it "Mullen
Road" To keep away tresspassers, our last Legsls
ture placed gate side (which it takes unite
whIrlwind of DUST to open), and the Devil placed
gate on the other side, from which fact, perbaps.
our capital obtained its name of He'll Gatel. Al
times, Old Nick thrusts his arm through the eate.
throws rope over the neck of his victim and 6auIs
him In, with splendid play" 1t won't be yery
long until he will reach his arm out again. because
some old mossgrown road agents are "ying in'upder
the rocks, waiting for ety.
Election time is drawing nigh. Well, il is To he
hoped that Montana citizens Will shut that worthless
lMc(Lane, over which the copperheads travelled to
washington last year, and by their unanimous vote.
open for US Military Wagon Road" to Congress
Montana wants "Gad' to regulate the team.
KARRlAKKAN