Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1880-10-16
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From our Special Correspondent.

most saient of your editorial thorough
; breds will fall 10 catch all tire items with
your drag-net. 1t is my part to supply-as
behoves every loyal county NANNY
share of items as they whirl along, that
you may expect occasional screcds un-
der the above caption. Imprimis il is
genuine pleasure 10 again gently fondle
the juicy pages of the CHRONICLE, and
justifably feel proud in that our people
have once more ali organ evidently con-
Quoted with candor, enterprise, fairness
and u determined mind to fully repre-
sent the varied and augmentng material
interests Of the Southern Black Hills
and Of Custer in particular. We are
confident that with the substantial aid
even now justly due to it, that the CHRN-
iCLE will ere many grand suns have
rolled away, become as permanent q
fixture as is our beautiful city
| 1t is not generally known that Jim
Sanders has sll ,36l,0 laid away for a
rainy day. And yet to see Jim one
would suppose he might be no richer
than common councilman. Ten to one
he will fly in the face of the above state.
! ment.
The subject Of hen fruit is one Of
much moment among the proud angels
Of the ltchen. Hens have become
wofully Indifferent to the needs of the
epicure and the business ends of them
have pretty generally gone into quaran-
tine.
We are of the opinion that those hope.
ful fellows who have taken COWS to milk
and feed during the long winter
fornirot" us, for one half the butter
they make, vii! come out in the spring
blue set Of boys.
Michael--no. r.. II. Flynn is undoub;-
edly the holder Of this seasons belt on
having raised the largest potatoes in all
this neck % woods. We believe they
are of the Peerless variety, and assur.
eddy they are above reproach.
Billy bryson is undoubtedly the hand.
somest and most obliging mixer of re.
ireshments in Custer c. unity, and az
soon as We read his advertisement, we
shall hasten to say as much.
Now that Mrs. Hoag has betakcn her
winter, her tender hubby jumps out Of
bed an hour earlier, slaps his pants legs
little harder where the holes are, and
talks louder and longer words to tho
gentle COWS. III. is now doing" grand
cellar with port holes, and an elevator
"into' it. He thinks Of milking the
COWS. III it.
Frank Booth and partner, Paddon,
along with the ever remarkable "Curley,"
have recently been making business
of sheep raising, or rather, of pelt rails
ing. In one night the slanderous
coyotes laid violent maws on five Of the
tenderest ,Dd best beloved lambs and
let out their innocent hearts blood
among the craggy rocks and mournful
mountain riis. And then the incensed
firm set out some palatable strychnine
wherewith to amuse the she devils, and
they caught poor-"Sheep," only this
and nothing more. To complete their
trials and augment their anguish, q
bastard wild cat came down from the
mountains and bushwacked fifteen juicy
chickens. And yet the boys are betting
that this is the best country the sun ever
shOne on.
"a oil thaf &c -.
season Of the year when people who
have tired themselves all summer doing
nothing generally commence making
arrangements for bivouacking on their
hard toiling friends the miners, the win
ter through. Every frontier country
has few such pets, and Custer county
has her religious share.
Mr.. George Chilson goes down, with
family to occupy the Clark ranch near
Buffalo Gap, this winter, Mr.. Clark hav-
ing come to town and connected him
self in the butcher trade with MIR.
Burroughs. And this reminds us to say
that the firm Of Burroughs & Clark is q
strong one, and for several reasons.
Both are practical men in their line;
have ample means with which to supply
their needs and are able to purchase
only such stock for the market as they
sec tit. And ofthe capacity for SO doing
to the best advantage, none can deny.
They have hundreds Of fat young beeves
in various portions Of Custer county;
have hogs of their own for saughtering;
keep tirst-class market supplied with
vegetables of the best brands, and butter
marked A /. Besides they are good fel-
lows on general principles, and Geotge
tells us he can buy better horses to sell
again, and guarantee better satisfaction,
than any man in Custer county.
Permit me to say through your non
partizan paper, that Custer county GER
tainly ought in the coming election to
strain every live nerve to compass the
election to the legislature Of Mr., Booth.
In his case the subject Of politics ought
| to he subsey Went aud secondary to the
| fact that the county has but one nomi-
nee hat Clusters interests are large and
| increasing and that Mr. Rnoth is f,,llv