New-York tribune., 1879-11-08

is idle who is willing to work. and ramps and beg
gars are unknown. sr in
PERHAPS there is no want that rs keeny felt III
Montana rs that Of good domestic help. lew
years AGO good hous"-srrvants, COOKS. Wcio
paid 500 per month. snd even nov "a 4"
white glrl WHO know how To do hOuscW"fk re-
ceives from S25 10 $40 month-tne lotner oi
these rates hciug paid only To servants "i NciN
interior kind Both IN Helena and Butte II Is gen
orally impossibl, TO Obtain white servants al auN
pr c.. and the greater part of the houseW"fh ~
families is performed by Cinnamon. who receive, on
ava average. bout $50 a month. The cary Nr, ''lS
Of Montana were exclusively men Who were h'n'-
iua for gold, and never eNpcc eel 10 remain IN Inv
Territory after the mines trst discovered laieu u
pay. When the population began 10 hecnme pr
i,aroft fie few who had families sent for ihcW but
the majority were unmarried men VINO had u" iani-
lilies. Tor THE last hitecn years. TOO -Nu'ldl" lIs
been So remote that comparatively lew women nave
ne here expecting 10 90 ont 10 service III
families and those who have come have almost in-
NarIabv bee married within few months aiier
Some of the experiences Of young women who
have been brought to Montana IN the capacity oi
servants have been very amusing lady VINO
brought maid fro;n Chicago two or three years
ago told me that the vOung woman had hve oilers o
marriage while travelling n week on the stage coach
between CorInne and Helena, part OF them from
passengers and part IRON stage-dIiNefs. nave no
duuut that several hundred good servants cunlu
now find employment IN Helena, Butte and DINER
towns at the wages i have named, ana lhat tnc
majority Of them would find good husbands within
"a wear If they wished Ia marry. go,
The professions seem generally To- be well hiled I'D
very plenty. / have heard less alb ut INNING ltlga-
ti0n IN Montana than IN any other place where MN
ing operations are gong and the lawyers. while
IN most cases making "A living, are probably able 10
attend to all the business that oilers. lew go"h
physicians might make an opening for themselves
here and as the population Increases their practce
would of course become grea or. Montana has many
good schools and they generally IN the hands OF
competent teachers. who are engaged IN the STATES
There are frequent changes among the lady teach
ers. because "a large proportion OF the whoie corps
IN The Territory are married every year.
The merchants of Montana are. almost without
exception men of co siderable capital. tnti inns
wear no one else could do business here, because the
freight lines were all closed IN the Winter, and IT
was necessary 10 carry stock OF goods large
enough to last about nine months. Now that the
Utah and Northern X irOad will he opened across
the mountains next month goods can he imported
every month III the year. but as ireghs VIII
always he higher during the season when the Mis-
souri River is closed. merchants viii continue TO
purchase goods curing the Spring and summer IN
sufficient quantities TO last until Tie next SUMMER
aud will he able to undersell hose who purchase III
smaller quantities and pay higher rates for trans
purtatiOn.
The tlde of emigration into tins Territory has Al
ready received new Impetus. ana next year a
large increase of population ls expected.