Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-04-13
EAST GALLATIN, March 81, 1876.

EAST GALLATIN, March 81, 1876.
Editor Husbundmas: Ifear this commu-
nication will not be very interesting to your
readers, but think they will, at least, appre-
ciate the effort I am making to entertain and
enlighten them when they know that l have
agitated the surface of my Uranium With the
digits of my off hand q am among farmers
now, and must talk as farmers talk, Fin a
vain attempt to stir up somethingthauwoula
be OF interest to your many readers until the
capillary substance on the summit Of said
Uranium has become exceedingly sparre.
Well, as the weather is a standing theme,
land as it has been storming' almost the
whole of the present month, will not be a
very dry one,y we will start in with that,
and perhaps this will lead us to something
else. This has been a very backward spring
for the farmers: We do not know of a farm
er in this valley who has plowed u furrow
yet. The ground had hardly become clear
of snow before there would be a fresh fall.
From the way farmers talk now, there
will be a very light sowing Of grain. but
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in more than they at first calculate on. The
general belief is that the grasshoppers will
be more numerous, and scattered over a
larger section Of country than ever before.
These are a kind OF "harvesters" that do
not seem to gain favor with the farmers,
They dislike them more than " middle mem
or 6 Indian rings"
Speaking of Indian rings, reminds me thai
the contractor for the Grow Agency has no
| been getting along so. smoothly as usua
this winter. lie put ina quantity of mes.
pork packed! without removing the heads
and feet, and the inspector condemned it
Another sharp dodge he attempted, was tt
put in flour in double sacks, so that aftel
having it received and branded, he could slil
the outside sack off and have the same 10
received again. But the inspector check
mated this worthy commissary for he"Lo'
family, by opening every sack and branding
both the inside and outside one. And yet
with all his known villiany, this contractor
is treated with more (apparent) respect ant
esteem than hundreds Of our more desery
my CICiLC1S. IAIC SSCiCC VI IL Ill 1S," lc lid
money, and no matter how obtained, mon
ey will buy toadyism and fawning,. whethe
it does true repect and esteem or not. TIL
following seems tobe the sentiment Of til,
American people of the present day:
ga little stealing is aIangerous part
But stealing largelyis anoble art.
Tis mean to rob a henroost of a hen,.
But stealing millions makes us gentlemen
These Indian rings are not only swindlin'
the Indians, but the farmers are being cheat
i ed at the same time. If the Indians ha
what they are Justly entitled to-, it woul
take double the amount of produce to suppl
them, and the Government would not be re
quired to pay II cent more. Thus, ~unde
the present management, the Indians ar
being starved, andthe farmers i%mpoverishe
to enrich a few rascaily contractors, agents
etc.
Last night we attended the concert an
; exhibition of the Galfatin Valley Femal
Seminary. We do not remember ever hay
ing@attended a better entertainment of tn
kind The-parts were rendered with a ma
~uralness and correctness rarely equaled b
= young persons. The programme c~onsiste
: ofsmusical selections, tableaux, dialogue
: andareading. The musical selections WEI
excellent and werssall, without one excef
ltidn, well. executed Such was also the cas-