Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-01-06

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the last Territorial Fair. His pedigree is as
follows:
Bred by l.. w. Frary, Madison County.
Got by Red Cloud, No. 1927, (Vol. PSI,
American Herd Book,) out o f>Sallie Cressap
9TH, got by Vivian 9,272. out of Sallie Cries.
say, by Minstrel, $500; Clara, by Young
Oliver, 1,154; Cherry, by Bulwer, 800, by
Oliver, 1887; Nancy Dawson, by Sam Mar
tin, $500; Lady Kate, by Teculnseh, 5.409,
imported; Mrs. Matte, by Adam, III, etc.
HAVING accepted an invitation to install
the officers of Star Of the West Grange Nos
l., OH january LIST, The afternoon of the
Happy New Year found us in the midst of
the Missouri Valley, en- route for Deep Creek
School-house, the place of meeting Of the
Grange. The Missouri Valley is forty or
fifty miles in length, and from ten to TWEEN
ty in width, with an agricultural belt along
the river and streams that come down from
the two lofty mountain RACES that hem it in,
from three to six miles in width. It is the
home Of many industrious farmers, and as a
grain-growing district ranks with Gallatin
and Bitter Root, still there are hundreds of
square miles of as good land as can be found
on the Forty-sixth parallel yet unclaimed,
the greater portion of which can be watered
from the river. A canal for that purpose,
While too great an enterprise for individual
undertaking, is entirely practical and could
easily be accomplished by a combined eff
fort.
Mo orriual in dino tip,o IF obaronG how
ever, that the installation was to be public,
and followed by a feast. We We're not adj
yised rs to the feast until our arrival in the
neighborhood, consequently were agTeeably
surprised. The Grange turned out in full
force and a number of visitors were present,
among whom, we are pleased to note, were
the merchants of Centerville and several
good farmers of the neighborhood, whose
foolish preiudices against the secret feature
Of the order had wrought upon them till
they almost acknowledged themselves to be
it's avowed enemies.
The room, having been tastefully fes-
TONED with evergreens, presented quite a
cozy appearance. At the usual hour, tie
gavel fell, and the ceremonies were--at once
commenced. Bro. e. P. Wood, upon vacat-
ing the chair, delivered a lengthy address,
which we hope to publish at a future day,
and was followed by Bro. G. g. McFadden,
Master, installed by a few remarks which
were very much to the point, promising to
the best of his ability to look to the social
and educational, as well as the financial
welfare Of the members, assuring them that
errors, if any errors there should be, would
be of the mind and not of the heart. Each
of the speakers We're greeted with ap-
plause.
After the installation was over, the guests
.. were first invited to the table, which had
been previously arranged. 1t was an Gle
: CANT table. A very noticeable feature were
the motto cakes and pies. There was "a
:. Happy New Year To ALL" Faith, Hope
Charity ann Fidelity and representation
I of various fruits and flowers, labelled, "P
of III. ,""C.,' "P.,' "F..o etc. Among
g these specimens of artistic skill was q duel
e made of butter which bore a marked resem
blance to nature.
There were nearly n hundred present
0 but all had plenty, and there was bread ant
sweet meats to spare. After an hour or W
l. spent in social conversation after the feast
all dispersed5o their homes, the member
feeling that it was good to be a grange, ant
those who were not, that rangers were no
such bad people after all. We domicile'