The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-11-22
MONTANA EXCURSION
The Pioneers Heard the CanI
Locomotive and CouIdn'
Resist,

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The Montana Pioneer EXCUSE
came down from their homes up Uni
Northern Lights yesterday, and sta.
from Ogden on the overland train,
F. r. Mcconnell, resident agent ben
Union Pacific road, who went up to
ter the comfort of The excursionists, Il
une is indebted for Interesting inform
garding some of the people compi
party. Mcconnell is not long from
ern states, and the excursion eyidend
him some new ideas, for as he was, Al
tie company, he suddenly said "Th
great deal Of pathos after all in tn,
Of a new state" He obtained a Oil
what the few lives brought togetbel
excursion revealed to him, and beym
he caught impressions Of the hearts
broken in silence, of the brave Vi
have gone out without making a siga]
felt his own heart aching a little ia
thy.
The pioneer Of these pioneers is
CAPTAIN D. II. TRuFANE
of Yamhili. Montana. He left Bath,
thirty-five years ago in command Of
and dropped anchor in San Francisu
lS46. From the coast lie took to tie
aud has followed it up eversince. 4,
pioneer in Montana, and waited ID
whistle of the modern evangel smote
even in his mountain retreat aud rom
10 The duty of going back to Bath to-
father and mother. The old COUP
been husband and wife for sixty yea
are waiting now in their home for VI
who is now on his way home after
scence of five and thirty years. Thai
as grizzled as a glacier, but he is tod
rugged as q Montana mountain.
d. II. Mcfarland, the popular hoe
Of Butte aud Deer Lodge, is with ths
He left Maine thirty years ago for Cal
has never been back, has kept ahead
| railroad until the Utah & Northern
butted up against his house in Butt
he 100 surrendered and concluded tOg
the boys and girls were whom he
Maine thirty years ago.
John AcLaggin, of Butte, is anots
party. He is on his way back to ST.
New Brunswick, after an absence
years. He timed the business with
actness. re sold the Wabash mine
the scream of the locomotive soundd
tie hill from Silver Bow, and is gold
solid, taking his first railroad ride fa
and a half of years,
d. c. Fisher, OF Butte, is another Y
pioneer, who has fought the frontier
the Missouri River for twenty-fOu1
keeping away all the time from the
OF railroad travelling.
L. Strickland, of Deer Lodge, is
Montana pioneer. Thirty yeas ago
little town in the interior Of PEND
aud started West. He got to the sHl
railroad track at Iowa City, but h. III
on and never looked back until tie
tive followed him up into his mould
treat, and shrieked in his ear that I
expected to see the old folks at home
"hurry up" and 50 hs dropped his v
with a hale-shamed look on his face y
the train, remarking, ~ suppose
should do something for %sociasility
then"
Thomas Daily was another OF the
He left the "auld sod" four and tNtH1
ago, and has been one of the sappsH1
ners of the column of civilization N
it has pressed upon the frortier. he
ing back to Erin to give the people
idea of what can be done in Amerd
goes "heeled," another proof that
good to the Irish.7
Mr.. aud Mrs. Frank Blown are '
party. For tw%enty-four years they '
torch-bearers for civilization on thtp
Charles Warren, who has been tN
Years in Montana, is with the party
the live real estate man of the Morn
nanza town, He has sold Butte @
over again, and was preparing fa
F deal when he, too, heard the csli"n
IN ,,ive and joined the band. ArtNI
and &. w. Wilson, of Butte, and y
, Heers of seventeen years in Mon'ali'
; the excursionists, and plenty OF ou'
busy all their hearts must be AS the
gins to grow more and more distibeI
, them. How much they have suDtH1
; mighty have been their ieart-ael1
hopes have died within them as l"1
T way TO age, who s. all tell? But mI
they n telling stories now as thot
had not grown old q minute, II "
learned that discipline, which snspjj
to accept, without lament. any iHn1J
may overtake them. A pleasant you
4 safe return to them all.-Sdt L@