Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-04-25

who was sort tf brown son of the fore.
: and was proud that his home was in II
setting s,,n.
Mr.. w. c. bolehstein, clerk of the bo:
Joined the party. and gave some inform
ton as to freight ahd passenger rates. II
fare to Fort Benton is SIS; to Bismafc
$40. The freight rate to Fort Benton
from $40 TO $50 per ton. The Helena hi
a capacity of 200 tons, and has forty p;,
sengels on this trip, whose fare will ave
age $50 each. The freight viii average S
per ton, and she is carryin: all she C:
with safety. The receipts of the trip wi
therefore, approximate $4,000.
'Wllat are you paying your pilotsr'
"One hundred and fifty month";
'And your deck hands:"
"Twenty dollars. We are in luck in tn
matter, having contracted and demande
an agreement with each to make the tri
to Fort Benton and back to Bismarck
that rate. You see, wien the men get i,
to the gold country they are struck wit
the gold fever, and leave the boat. after d,
handing as high as 500 month to wor
the boat back"
81 suppose everything is Ligl,-priced
that country?"
"Weli, rather. Do you see those woode
chairs that man is carrying aboard? The
sell for dollar each here. They vii! |,
worth s. each when they get they get t
Fort BentcA.'
"What kihd of people are your passen
gers?'
"About half OF them happen to be Wes,
eln people returning home. The other
are going out to seek their fortunes
a quiet and well.appeariny man her.
struck in:
IL am one of the last kind. Imade mon
ey out OF Pennsylvania oil well and wen
to Pittsburg, intending to become a mcr
chant prince When l settled up with my
creditors this spring had little less thar
So,ooO lett. could find no opening O
promise for that small amount. and | wa.
still looking about me when saw the ad
vcrtisement of the Helena in Pittsburn
paper. Inquired about the country. ani
came TO the conclusion that it was the
place for business man. My wife and
children are back in the cabin. In the hold
of this boat have stock of groceries and
general stores. | am going ont to Helena.
If that isn't tie place for me, am going
further. lam going to make 4 success out
OF this adventure, and don't you forget it,
The PENNSYLVANIA put quid of tobacco
the vessel with determination, and walked
back to see the wifcand children who were
again beginning life VITA him.
A young st. Louis boy. named Pope,
said that lie was tired Of his native town
and had concluded to go Northwest. Forty
dollars out Of sixty, all he had in the world,
he had expended fer a ticket to Bismarck.
"What are you going to do when you
get TO Bismasck?" asked a lady in SYM
pathetic voice.
Il am going to clerk in a store. IF can
get a job; if l can't, l will wait in a restanr-
ant, split wood, drive cattle, minc-any-
thing, so work, and can COME back to
St. Louis and shake money in peoples
faces that won't speak to me nOw.'
Another passenger was Kentucky far
mer, with nothing on earth but his wife.
two children, pair of good horses, a
short-horn bull and 500. He intends to
60 into farming. having followed it all his
life His opinions of the agricultural re-
Of the country, being acquired
from perusal Of the literature Of the Nor
thern Pacific Railroad Company, were of a
very roseate hue.
1t were needless to detail the history and
aspirations ofall. They were all making a
venture. and had ventured their all in it.,
md being well balanced and determined
and not given to the cant of those who
would cry hard times if money was dis
tributed in the streets by an apparatus sim.
lar to sprinkling carts, it is fair to presume
hat they will one and all meet with success
n the new land. and it is safe to say that
Montana will be the richer for their emf
grafton. - ...
The supper hour had arrived and the
armed with the appetites pecu-
lar tc river travellers, having disappeared
nto the cabin witt the haste peculiar to
Americans, the reporter found himself
llonc with two well-dressed, quiet and in
elligent-appcaring young men, who proved
o be Robert Wright and Charles Melsner,
he pilots OF the boat. Now, river pilot
lways holds a landlubbcr in speeches.
nd freezing contempt when the !. ]. at
empts conversation upon their peculiar
business. When other topics are under
discussion they are genial and agreeable.
The reporter insinuated that Missouri
vas very crooked stream.
"Well, not altogether straight" replied
Wright, as he turned to his partner, and
aid something about the shoals at Buds
,apids.
dangerous travelling at night, should
nagine?' again tried the reporter.
Il should imagine ii you were pilot
on would know-wouldn' he, Bob!'
swell. now, gentlemen, my mission is
imply to get information, and | want to
now, first, whether you can run to Fort
enton in six weeks; second, whether the
Iissouri is treacherOus stream; third,
'hether you are obliged to lay up nights;
'urth, whether there are many bars, and
fth, will you smoke cigar with me!''
Mr.. Wright replied: !. That depends
pom the time made. 2. The Missouri is
. more treacherous than the Mississippi.
hat depends upon the kind of night. 4.
he presence of bars is felt according to
e stage ofwater. 8. We will both smoke.
Then Mr.. Wright said: '.Now, young
an, if YOU want man who will spin
lrns about the river, you just lay hold of
d Sam Carbis, the first mate. He has
en on the Western rivers for 40 years
ID could tell you enough to fill seven