Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-03-14

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Editors Apant Courier:
Arriving iron, the Handicapped mountains
ot the Serfas. some five mouths age, on my
way h,therwards from Montaia, Ilafound,
nestled by bcautiful bay Of the sea, this
lovely city Of s7 i4' esl'
i A city of Babel tonghes. OF foreigners for
.t,,e most part--forty countries being repre-
sentsd among its voters at the last Preaislen-.
III a,.ct;e =. Bur here. througlott the fall
and long Winter months. ! have been So.
,ot,r,lirx, willie the air has been mild and
ba.my, and the hills rich with verdure The
Eucalyptus and Acacia trees mingle here the
grace Of their perennial foliage with that of
the sturdy live-oak and the dark-leaved
olive. all the year round; while flowers both
wild and cultivated, bloom in unbornded
proft,sion, and on tlis the 18th day of Feb-
ruary the almond and pear trees are IN full
flower I'M the gardens. The weather here in
winter is bamy as June in New England on
her brightest day. The country is green
and beautiful, grain is about six inches high;
and the winter kitchen-gardens are filed
with beets, cauliflowers, celery, lettrce and
the like, while in many fields, plowiiig and
sowing, and potato planting are in progress.
CALIFORNIA a
claims to be one of the most favored coun-
tries on the globe for healtthtulness, the
eeniality of its climate, and the beauty and
productiyeness of It's sem'-tropicai vegeta-
ton. And. differing from the Neavol,tans,
the San Franciscans says See San Francisco
and live.'' a "a sl !. 7sis
Everything seems prosperous here, but
according to the judgment Of some wise
! financiers, there is an impending crash COM
| ing sure; not only here. but throughout the
whole country. They say that any disintter-
ested man can see this by the danger sig
nals''-such as .'extrayagant expenditure
s.iufiation.' Speculation ete.--alfeady
hanging out. That it may not come for .
| year or two, but then let him who can, stand
| from under. That the thing can't Re avoided
that it may be postponed only 70 5aggra-
vate the catastrophe; but this ocean of our
currency can not now be absorbed, never
more That it is us much as we can do 10
raw the interest on the large amount Sent
for ward to pay the excess OF Our imports
fzass eNI0rtst 80 q. s5 9 IL A ss. "a
| Rut let us pursue our letuer wIlnouu
ther comment OH this Inevitable bringing
up"
/ Green peas are worth in the markets here,
| ii IL cts: asparagus, 20 cts; rhubarb, L
cts: eggs, 35 cts; Cal. cheese. 10 cts.; hens
& roosters, SO s. $40 per doz.; turkeys
dressed. % cts.; honey in comb, II IL cts;
i butter fresh, in roll, so cts; hay $22 per ton:
wheat, best, ST 80 per sack; barley, $l y
per sack; oats, 50 10; potatoes, 81. a..,.
.4 THE AoNTANEsE. n
i occasionally meet with solitary Mon
tanese upon the streets of San Francisco
and then the questions that are .'pnt'' ano
answered are multitndinous. Fer instance
while sauntering along the ever-crowdet
Ethoroughfare OF Ktarney street. the othel
day, man sprapg towrad me-which hi:
name it isn't Smiley, nor yet Colfax of Vic'
memory land grasplng my hand he launched
back upon his hind legs, and barked for al
hour.
1.-The hell y he began.
II Hfes,' said ..its me.n
"The hell-fire.' 2 said he. @s,#. 4, .5. .=
4 z'.You bet yoa,'' said |.
II am as glad to see you tiring, as il | hat
found new dinte. p
was dime glad to hear of it, and adjourn
ing to the nearest decoction stand, we wa
tered and sugared and talked of Montan
and its inhabitants by the hour.
.Georgie' Waite, who once had charge Q
the agricultural department. at the Cros
= Agency. upon the Yellowstone, in Majo
Camps time, is engaged here now in tn
tobacco department OF Messrs. Barry & Pat
ten, on Montgomery street,
Jas. Henry Parks, ex-Hospital Steward, 7
Is. A. at Fr. Ellis, is also here, and ma
charge Of corner drugstore, during In
, temporary absence of the proprietor,
Europe.
..Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned
| and earth no torment like that of mar
/ Epursued and prosecuted by woman with
+ ssgrievance."
. Jotfaquin Miller, the Poet of the Sierras,
is--or rather was, for he has broken bound
4 and fled, placing the breadth of the Atlanti
Ibetween himself and his avenging fate--l
this horrible and ineffable inferno.
..Minnie Myrtle (Miller0 has taken it in
to her head to go forth after him on the wa
Ipath, and lecture on .sJouaquin Miller th
Man ana the Poet" blazoning to the worl
that tsrhyming dictionary and poor Maud
: brass locket, price % cts. Whatever we ma
!. say Of .sMinnic Myrtle's'' campaign, it mus
! be admitted, that Jouaquin has acted
kniqhtly fashion. He neither strikes bac
ier talks back. He puts in no plea OF just
fication. His mouth is sealed. He folds u
4 tent and fees. ssGits up aid gits'' ont OF th
country.
s BRET HARTE
has been made the subject of terrible 9,
d pose by one w. a. Kendall Of this city,
E writer OF much ability. He turns the anthe
!. of the ssHeathea Chinee'' inside out. In fat
: Kendall wholly removes the seal Of 'sdecei
: full silence" from his lips. and in one leaf I
MIR. Harte's unpublished San Francisco BIZ
graphy, culls instances Of delinquencies ths
would damn to atoms man Of much create
note than this ssDickens of the West" Kel
d dali would prove hin but q well-bred villai
7 SID transit gtoviG of the 0ccident.
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