The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1872-09-07

6sace Greenwood writes to the New
York 7imes gossipy chat about her ride
back from Yosemite, in the course of which
she tells the following story:
Daring that first days journey, before
our way frightened, and while we were yc,
quiet and silent, absorbed and vaguely on.
pressed with Yosemite memories, pheasant
and mournful to the SOUL" chatty young
rsochman got into the coach for . little
journey, and tor an hour or two amused us
not little. He was . Vermont 10y. to
whose Yankee sharpness and cleverncss was
added the broader foresight and more dash
ing energy in business affairs of the Cali.
fOrnian. His face was supernaturally wide.
awake, yet strangely vacant-full of that
peculiar cutencss which is sort of unripc
sense. He showed = confiding simplicity,
most naice and chilllikc. He had actually
no reserves. The varied tale Of his fortunes
was poured into tho unrcsponsivc bosom Of
the stage. coach, ~ into tho car and heart
OF long lost brother. Think l know that
same ranchman's autobiography Is we'll as
/ know the history of the young man Jo.
seph-perhaps little better. He had got
on famously-owned two large cattle
ranches, one in the mountains, one in the
valley. lie told US the number of his flocks
and herds, at rough guess, with astound.
ing stories Of their yearly increase. He
spoke rather contemptuously, am sorry to
say, of old Vermont, except rs . good State
from which to start young man in life in
a moral sort of way, and dwclt raptur.
ously upon ''Californy" a. land of mag.
nificent chances. ANY man." he said,
with any sort of gumption, can get along
In the mountains or running districts except
preachers; there ain't any kind of show for
them. They come out here with lot of
sermons and little book learning, and fire
away pretty smartly for while, but sooner
or later they find that they must do somc-
thing for living like the rest of us. No.
body goes to hear 'em preach but old ladies,
and there's mighty few of them in this
country, you know, and they see it won't
pay. Now, there's clergyman down in
our settlement who's college. bred. and
didn't seem good for anything else but
preaching; but after trying it for spell and
getting dead broke At it, he just turned over
new leaf, went into stock raising, and is
now man among men. You ought to see
how the minister is rubbed off from him
and yet he's a good fellow. He don't
come out rs preacher now .a.days, except
when there's funcral-then he comes out
strong. Why, mann, see him on such m
occasion, in the morning, and be will make
as good prayer as you would care 10 hear;
and see him down to the saloon, in the
evening, and he will play Is good game of
euchre as you would care to see. ! don't
want you to think l don't believe in rcli.
gion. It's good thing to keep children
straight, and to make old folks feel com.
Portable. But we business men here in
Coliforny have to let II slide. It's generally
IN the way Of making money-,hat is, the
real article is--and We must make money,
l had piOus mothcr-oEe Of the good, old,
true-bluc sort; she used to send me to Sun.
day School regular, and il she heard me
saying wicked word she'd go for me. as
quick rs wink. And I've never forgotten
her tcachin's. To this day. if you'll believe
me, can't swear berorc lady,
Our ingenious friend said that rs The sea.
son advanced he had to drive his cattle from
the lower to the upper ranch, aud that he
made many horseback journeys back and
forth and after runaway cattle, camping out
In the vast forests alonc-no, not often
quite alone; he didn't fancy that; not that
he was afroid, hut that he must have some.
body to talk to, if it was only an Indian"
There was small Digger that he often took
just to talk to, lie said. Poor little TO.