Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-08-31

ments have been freely INDUCED in by visit
ors to the HUsBANDMAN office the past
week, all of which were enjoyable to the
have our friends visit us and make them
selves at home. 1t is exceedingly pleasant
to answer inquiries, especially it they stick
their feet upon our table and PROFOUND these
questions in q clear and distinct tone. 1t is
to be regretted, however, that our j" devil"
does not fully agree with us. He has actli-
ally aVoWed that if these visitors do not speak
louder and make more noise, i'll their horse
and political talk next week, he will move
an adjournment to some Woodshed or shady
grove, where the fresh mountain breeZes
will assist them in their very appreciable
topics.
In our hurry to get to press last week, we
neglected to mention the races which took
place on Boulder Bar on the goth inst, in
which Masters Marks and Nolan carried
away the purses and the l%aurels, causing
Messrs. Lyons, Geary and others to wag
home with empty pocket-books, feeble pulses
and forlorn countenances-silently wishing
that Young America had been good boys
and attended Sunday-school, thereby saving
them the objectionable sin of fisking and
losing their hard-earned greenbacks on the
Sabbath.
Monday evening, the boys having grown
stronger, their easy-gotten money, roll
ing over and over in their pockets,
had become warm and must expand. 1t
was useless to have it boarded up when it
could do service. Inspired by knowledge of
the business, success in the past, and the en-
thusiasm of friends of turf aspirations, our
young friends determined to get a ssdead
thing" and :" sluice 'em plenty
Accordingly a race was made with the
victims aforesaid, and set for the 9th.
The week was passed in a way never before
Witnessed i'm DiainOnd. the Deallt1fnI Belle
brandon, with proud Young America, just
entering his teens, seated on a neat red
pad upon her back, might have been seen
paradainS the streets from morn till night.
The Irish Maid went on her regular visits to
the sace-traclS at Notwithstanding in
doors during the day, and quietly paraded
the streets at dusk. The week passed. and
the bright Sabbath morning had dawned up
on us but a few hours. when "two to one'
could have been heard upon the streets.
The appointed hour having arrived, the
business houses of the town were closed,
and the gray-haired tradesman, the miner,
the lawyer, the sheriff, the doctor, the ranch
er, the printer, the reporter, and the bright
eyed youths OF twelve years and upwards,
out to the track. The ground
was stepped, the stakes set and the green
backs brought out in abundance. "Ten
dollars on the Maid ~ HIll take that
was the principal dialogue for a short half
hour. Finally, the Belle and the Maid came
up to the score, and at the word sgo,, the
two Diamond treasures sped away, as ifsent
on an errand to some fairy land. Halfway
through they We're even, fifty yards further,
the tide had changed, and Belle, Young
Americas fair idol, had fallen behind, and
the glory and honors Of the week, were lost.
the gay Irish Maid coming out far in.the
lead.
their associates, many of whom had passed
years, struck upona "dead thing
sure enough" by matching old White and
iron grey Charley. Betting was a
business. The braWny-armed miners
and the youths staked their money freely.
sof whom, having exhausted their
put up their jack-knives, watch
seals and keepsake trophies, in the hope of
regaining their losses.
The word was given and White and Char
ley were of. Whites rider was cutting
away with his whip alta lively rate, while
Charley was just keeping q neck in advance.
Whites friends were chuckling with admi-
ration upon the beauty of his gait. "He's
good for a long race!!!" and must come
out first. But, when within fifty yards Of
outcome. Charley feeling the slack of his
-eins, and a light tap on the shoulder, dart
ID away, leaving White some distance in
5he rear. Whip him Mike and make him
uni! " was distinctly called by Charley's
,ider, and repeated by Whytie's friends.
Mike applied the whip like a skilled Yankee
but White could not regain