Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-06-22

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The cut-worms have been playing havoc
with Mr.. Cole Puett's cabbage. Out of six
hundred plants he has only about one hun
dred and fifty left.
1T HAS been suggested that the health of
the. horses of an uptown stable would be
materially benefited by the removal of the
manure from the street in front of it.
Mr.. Fl. w. HUTCHINSON has lost a bay three
year-old mare, witt, black name and tail,
which has either strayed off or been stolen.
He will reward any person who will give
any, information which will lead to her re-
covery. #i#t@
Mr.. FREDERICK DEANzER and family, Of
New York City, arrived in Diamond last
Friday. MIR. D. is a brother-in-law of our
townsman, HI. Ramspeck, and comes to
make his home in Montana. We welcome
him.
LEOPOLD MARKS of the California store,
has a lot of canned vegetables put up by J.
A. Dixson. of Missoula county. 1t gives Us
pleasure to chronicle the success of Mr..
Dixson, and hope he may make fruit and
vegetable canning a profitable business. We
have sampled some Of his vegetables and
pronounce them an excellent quality.
Y MIR. C. W.. Cook arrived last Tuesday
from the East with one hundred head Of
thoroughbred sheep. Five Of the bucks are
imported and cost 5000 each in gold coin,
in Canada, and are by far the finest Cots
wolds ever brought to Montana. Mr.. c.. has
also four thoroughbred Spanish Merino
bucks. One of the imported Cotswolds and
a portion Of the flock are the property of
Messrs. Goodell & Bennett.
The Gold hill giant has been the chief
attraction for the past week. Numbers have
been seen daily climbing the hill to witness
his marvellous performances. He losses the
boulders about as a child would so many
pebbles, and banks of cement crumble away
like sand in an ordinary stream. The great
" little fellow got naughty a few evenings
since, while a number Of ladies were wit,
Messing his deats Of strength. and literally
baptised the whole party with mud, water
and gravel. And now they think it is hare
to fascinate him.. o
THE California and irish ditch companies
on Eldorado bar, have combined the waite
Of the two bitches and are clearing off thu
gravel at a brisk rate. With the water Q
both bitches, they have about twelve hun
dred inches, with which they claim they
: can accomplish more in twelve hours thar
can be done with SIX hundred inches il
twenty-four hours. The two companies ar
working twelve hours alternately.
Butterfield & Bro, Oh the same bar, hav
a good head of water and are using it t
good advantage.
Mr.. P. MCKNIGHT, of Missouri valley. ha
recently become the successor of Sanaue
! lexis. having purchased the blacksmith shol
: of Mr.. Ramspeck. Mr.. M. is carrying on
pretty extensive business. He has a sho]
near Canton. and a large farm besides hi
, shop in this place. We welcome him to OH
t town, and trust that his success in the bnsl
I ness in which he is skilled may prove a
profitable to him as it has to hispredecessol
who al two different times carried away
handsome "home stake from the old shoI
WE CALI especial attention of farmers t
the advertisement of I. c. Power & Co.,
d Helena, in another column. This is. til
6 only firm in Montana who deal exclusive
k in farm implements and machinery. .Se'
eral of the hardware firms who have her
totore kept small stocks in this line ha7