Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-05-10

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like 4 visit to our old home there ''" n 10y
we have enjoyed for several years
,..o xe bsd tine pleasure of making the ac-
a,,;,tance of a number of citizens OF 'he
rol,nv wbo were in attendance at religious
sor,;cAs ut his house. This, toe, WAS one Oh
tha customs of the days when We "e.e
vo,,no and it is to Mr.. Boatlnah's creo'O
tn.t we name him as being the only farmer
~ have met who still clings to the prac-
tice taught at his old home.
Ia,vino here we crossed the valley to the
eastward and called upon Mr.. SheeihaNer'
Sam Mallory and S. D.. Mulnlx, each oi
whom have most excellent farms along
near the base of the mountxns. we 1oulo
them blowing and seeding their fields. In
making this circuit we called at a NUMBER o
farms, and upon inquiry, learned that ''ey
were owned or being farined ny NIL oar
gent Hall, and upon asking who Hall was
we learned that he is proprietor OF the large
Touring mill. known as the Mill Greer
mills. which has such q conspicuous posi-
ton in the valley just above Sheridan. Ihese
mills were the first built i'll this country
They are run by water power, ana turh
ont an excellent quality of flour. Mr. Hall
has three or four farms in c!1itlvatlon' ano
has had the best success in escaping MAJ
storms and hopper raids, Of any person ~
the country. This season he has 800 acres
of wheat in cultivation. In our travels
about the country, we heard much OF Mr
Hall and his mill and strange to say he Il
the first mill man whom everybody praiset
as a good man.
Turning across northward we Travelled
two or three miles to Wisconsin creek
where we halted at 2. w Barker's and tool
q look at a fine stallion and some other tin
stock, among which was the largest lot Q
pure Berkshire hogs and pigs we haveseel
in our travels. Mr.. B. being absent Oh
stay was brief.
We next called upon Mr.. James Inglis,
thrifty farmer who has a most beautiful
place on the main road. MIR. |. was one 0
the unfortunate of last season, having los
his crop by a hail storm which tllrashed
out just before cutting time. He is cult
vatlng a crop this season.
A few miles ride from here brought us t
Sheridan, where we found comtortabl
quarters at Mrs. McCoy's hotel. Sheridan
is small town with only a few Inhabitants
but more can be said of it than of most 9th
err towns, and even cities in Montana, .. G.
has no vacant Oh half torn down houses i
it. It has two stores, two blacksmith shops
one saloon, a church, and one hotel. 1t
without exception the prettiest site in Mol
tana for a city, and to view it independent
as we do, we think it more deserving nov
Of the honors of a city, than many othe
towns or places which carry that title. IT.
built upon level upland, with a beautiful
babbling stream running through 1t, and i
the midst of one of the best farming dis
trirts to be found in the Territory. It
surrounded by farms on every side, but i
sight of it the eye reaches over many thou
sand acres of the best wheat-growing Ian
to be had in Montana. It is really the IL
cation for a large centre. and a much NOR
appropriate place for the county seat
Madison county, than any other location
The people in and surrounding Sheridan fe
many miles are hospitable and agreeable
They visit Sheridan to attend church. The
also hold their Grange and Good Templars
meetings, both of which are well ~patronize
and appreciated at their little center. Sher
dan. WILL.
Sheridan, M. T., April 16, 1877.
) DOWN THE JEFFERSON.
After a stay of n day and a half at Sher