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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-05-25
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hereby warn all persons against trusting any one,
no malter WIlonl, on my account, without an order
signed by myself. NARCIUs YAITTy
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NOTICE.

nave placed all my outstanding accounts In Ii
hands Of Mt. Max Waterman for collection All a..
counts must be settled by the ist OF July or suits
VIII 90 entered against the parties. NroK WE1oH.
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Wednesday, May rs, 1881

WILLIAMS, WRIGHT & STEVENS,
PUBLISHERS AND PRoPR1EToRs.
n n uJJTy4Hs EDITOR
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-05-25

Those who wish to invest in stock Should
make Benton their headquarters, for il has
surrounding it the newest and most exten-
sive ranges in Montana, where the severity
Of the past winter has not affected stock to a
degree of over 5 per cent. and where is now
an inviting field for stock enterprise. The
section is well watered, and the vast plateaus
lying between the low ranges of
mountains afford an inexhaustiblc store
of nutritious grass. We have not
room in the limited space of this
article to refer to the profits derived from
stock, and in fact the subject has been 50 Of
ten and so universally discussed that it is
pretty well understood ever by the new ar
rivals. But from the Rocky Mountains on
the west to the Judith Basin on the cast, and
from Sun River On the south TO the British
line, lies a vast region which, during the
coming few years, will TEEN with fiocks and
herds, many Of them will be owned by
these strangers who are just coming among
us.
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COR D L. z,
wood Choppers Wanted
important 40 Travellers.

Special inducements are offered you by the
Burlington route. 1t will pay you to read their ad-
vertisement to be found elsewhere in this issue.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-05-25

They will be interested, of course, how to
| invest, where to find employment and what
we need that they can supply. We will ask
| them to stop a while here in Benton, and
look what the future may have in store for
US of this section, They will find here a
town lust rising from the crudeDess ofnature
toa future importance which its geographical
| position has already marked as ours, and
which is beginning to be patent nov that
the country is settling up around ua. Real
! estate is here ridicuously low, lots being held
at from $50 to $500, with only the choice
| business locations ranging upward 10 as high
as a thousand or more. No point in the en-
tire western country is better than this for
| investment in real estate, because no town in
Montana hasa sucer or brighter future be-
fore it. Situated as we are at the head of
the longest ~na7igable river in the world, all
the rich importations Of goods for the vast
region of the north come here for final dis
tribution. Large wholesale houses, with
great capital are identified with us and labor
lLg II CAtClllt lLSll A4iLlSASASSs ~ @ IL
that must and does reflect on every other
business and interest in the town and sur
rounding country. 4 country around Us
only just beginning to be opened up, and
as it is opened still further advancing the
interests Of Benton-a country that il ex-
tent Of territory and richness of natural re-
source foreshadows beyond peradventure a
growth for Benton equal to its own, and a
prosperity that will keep pace with what will
certainly be developed. Our prosperity
cannot be taken from us, because it does not
result from artificial! causes. Benton is not q
placer mining camp which will come up in
a night, nave a season of unhealthy pros
perity and then disappear. It does not de-
pend upon that may remove to
some other point, as in the case Of some
terminus railroad town when the railroad
leaves it behind as only o way station. 1t
will always have importance from the cheap
ness with which freight can be brought and
sold here, and q superiority in this respect
will always be manifest, and more manifest
aud important as Tie country is settled. We
will certainly have two railroads within the
three years, and this will give us ad-
ded means for distributing freight and goods |
to points in the interior. Investment in real |
estate cannot, therefore, but prove the most |
profitable of all investment, for it is SO low
that any person can buy.
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y vii herd all Horses entrusted to our care for
one aollar and lilly cents per herd per menth. We
VIII nave 9 House and Corral at the foot of the trail
ABOVE george Allis' Ranch, and we will deliver horses
at Hughes City at 50 cents per head.
JAMES 3, MORAN,
JOHN AZ. LAME.
The Democratic advocate., 1881-08-20

The Ball Room, in which several hop;
have really been held, is especially motto.
able for its fue ceiling Here we find the
Lady's Riding Whip, twenty inches long
perfectly formed by dripping water, aud
little further on we discover the Burial
Ground, where the formations of stone
greatly resemble the memorial tablets of a
cemetery. The Organ Room, where a
tune can be played on the pendant stalac-
tites; Mahonmets Coffin, suspended from
the ceiling; Saracens Tent, an abode fit
ting for the dusky warrior, are all beauti-
full. The cave is full of beauties, which
must be seen before they can be apprecia-
ted The Shenandoah Valley Railroad
Company have published descriptive
pamphlet of these caverns, and | would
advise those interested in the subject to
procure one of them. They can be had
at the general Office at Hagerstown.
The discovery of this cave has been the
making of Luray. The Hotel and Cave
Company are erecting hotel, elegant in
all its appointments, at cost of $50 600;
the town and cave will shortly be lighted
by electricity, and in every way the spirit
of Improvement is on the move.
The trip to Luray and return is de-
liyhtful one in every respect The seen
cry along the route, the pleasure Of the
ride and the magnifcencc cf the cave,
make big returns for the small expenses
incurred. L. r. NJ.
The Democratic advocate., 1881-08-20
The Way Plate Glass is Made.

To cast, roll, polish and burnish pllte
glass requires machinery of peculiar con
struction, and rolling pin on batch Of
pie crust dough performs an operation very
similar to this stage of plate glass making.
1t is the succeeding process of grinding
and polishing aud final furnishing that
requires time and costly machinery. After
leaving the rolls and bed plate, the glass is
rippled aud rough; aad only fit for gratings
or skylights. Each plate must be trans
ferred to machines that resemble the turn
tables of railway. On that revolving
platform the glass is cemeuted into bed
of plaster Of Paris, and the machine start
ed. Bearing heavily on the surface of the
glass are blocks of metal, and while in
motion the surfaces are kept supplied with
sharp sand and constant stream of water.
The next stage of the glass grinding pro-
cess is the same as to machinery, but in
stead of sand coarse emery is used in an-
other revOlving-table, and so on for half
dozen times. All this requires the assist
anee of large force OF men, many of
they skilled laborers. After going through
these different grindings and polishings the
plate that measured an inch in thick
ness is only three-quarters of an inch
thick, has lost all its roughuess, and is
ready for the show window of the pur-
PttSbRg Telegraph.
The Democratic advocate., 1881-08-20
Struggles of a Virginia Inventor.

James Z. \. Gibbs, Esq, one of the
wealthiest citizens of Rockbridge, was in
the city yesterday. His name is perhaps
one Of the widest known in the United
States, as our readers viii recognize when
we say that he is the Gibbs of the Wilcox
& Gibbs sewing machine. Twonty-four
years ago Mr. Gibbs was a carpenter in
Poeahontas county. He made an inven-
ton in sewing machines, and straightway
underwent all the troubles that beset au
inventor. Capitalists in the New England
States spent $50, 900 in law suits in trying
to defeat the poor carpenter in his efforts
to establish his claim as the inventor.
Fortunately, Mr.. Gibbs found in the same
locality men who believed in him until he
carried the day To-day he owns one-fif-
teenth of the stock of the Wilcox & Gibbs
company, and has for many years derived
q handsome income from it. 1t was re-
turning from the headquarters of the com
pany's works at Providence, r. l., to his
home in Rockbridge, that he yesterday
passed through Staunton. Mr.. Gibbs is a
model of the American mechanic, self
made man of wide and general informa-
tion, and well posted on the political and
material interests Of his State and coun-
try-.Stauaton, Va, Viadicator.
The Democratic advocate., 1881-08-20
Original poetrg,
THE NOVEL READER,
For the Democratic Adrocate.
BY ]. : C.

am merry in country OF town,
At an outpost an inn. or a hOye!:
With an equable temper l take
Ny portion eontentedly of i'll,
But do not disturb me, in shadow or sun
When screncly sit with my novel.
shut me up from the sunlight ofliie
And refuse, if You Will, to give back a nay.
But permit. Just outside Of my cell,
A candle to send through crack ray,
And / will be Jolly and jubilant there,
If, retiring, carry my ?hdekcroy.
on a time fen gr.eyously sick
And requested the doctor TO call up;
He came with bow and a smile
And he offered me quinine and jalaP
But he sknIfuly added. To quietyour nerves
You had better continue your Troliole."
The bright summer days at It's close.
And the shade ofthe night round us thicseus;
The table IS spread for our feast
And the waiter is bringing the chickens.
So here is postponement to hunger and Thirst
Till finish this chapter Of Diekcas
Ihe thief may take wallet and watch
And such insignificant treasures.
II ne gently ucislFl7 Win my tNAts
Why. the kindest of taiiors lakes measures
To replace IT, but take my delightful Dumas
And you mar my Profonndcst Of pleasures.
Duleinea may fret or may frovn.
Love IS no, an incurablc fever
I win say she Is eiddy and Wild
And deuominate her n decrivcr,
For nay spirits l always can raise when they
dEoop
III only can touch upon L>rgr,
You may say that my aocks and nay crops
WHl b ct for the f1x and the vgiiure
Uulcss. as you sharply suggest,
procecd. with due care, 10 consult your
Dull books about soils. but while have my
Slad
cannot be wanting In culture.
saddIed my horse and rode forth,
Notwithstanding saw a cloud lower. back
ofhHls 70 the east. and ] came
Ina fsosi irrcprsssible shower back.
Bug vRs conpiscsni and perfectly calm
Fer had brought With me an AUsrtslcA.
am merry tn county o. towa,
Ia the highway The hy-vay. the hovcl.
With an cquabic temper take
Ny portion. eontsHteiiy offll.
Hus Do not modest me. by day os by nlshI.
When have ~ down 10 ny novel
The Democratic advocate., 1881-08-20

Training tomatoes; GLOW do you train
tomatoes?" asks an agricultural contribu-
tor. Well, we generally train the lighter
ones for trapeze business and clog dancing
aud put the heavy weights through for
cannon-ball tossing, breaking anvils, should
ering horses and that sort of thing. Oc-
casionally, you will be able to train few
into good square trotters. When we were
at home, and there were four boys of us,
we used to train the over-ripe ones over
against Charley Fishers barn-distance,
one hundred and twenty feet-and we
thought it mighty poor training when the
dominic couldn't splash plumb centre on
a hay-mow door every third shot. If you
want any further particulars, call at the
auditor Office and ask father Burlington
Hatokeye.
The Democratic advocate., 1881-08-20
NEW STORE, NEW GOODS,
AND CHEAP

" have built Store Room next door to my
old stand, Bowers Hall, and my stock
consisting of full line of good fresh GRO
CERIES AND PROVISIONS, comprising
all kinds of Salt Meats cut to suit, Salt Fish,
Coffee, Sugar, Syrups, Spices, Chip Beef,
Bologna Sausage, Flour, Corn and Buckwheat
Meal, and all articles generally kept in good
Grocery and Provision Store, all of which will
be sold low, delivered TO any part of the town.
With long experience and by strict attention
to business, solicit liberal share Of the
public patronage.
june IA j. Fl. BOWERS.
The Democratic advocate., 1881-08-20
A Poor Widows" Appeal.

\ soldiers widow wrote to an attorney
in Washington asking what steps she
should take to secure pension on account
of her husbands death while serving in
the army. The attorney sent back list
of questions to be answered by the appli-
cant. She replied to the question; ''what
is the name of the dead soIdier?H as fol-
lows Although l cannot give my hus-
bands name nor describe him, insist
that he was killed in the army; else where
is he, and why so long gone? For surely,
of all the brave boys who left home and
friends to fight for our country, one must
have been my husband, aud for the sake
of that unnamed, unknown grave where
my dear brave boy is sleeping his last long
sleep, have never been married. I
think | have told you all you will care to
know, as you are only interested in PEN
sions, and | am not pensioner l have
said several times that my husband died
in the army, never thinking I should be
called to account for it. But you won't
forget the poor little unknown widow,
will you? Yours most sincerely"
The Democratic advocate., 1881-08-20

A little learning is a dangerous thing,
and becomes even more so in the face of
emergency A small boy, with vague no.
tions acknowledge, but settled conviction
that he was personally to blame for most
things that happened, there being not even
cat in his home to share responsibilities
with him, was sent most unwillingly to
school. 10 due course it came to his turn
to answer questions. The master. stern
looking man, with a voice rendered harsh
and grating by perpetual fault-6nding aud
scolding, looked straight at him and thun-
dered forth Now, sir, new boy, sir, who
made the world?" No answer coming from
the startled boy, the question was repeated
with still more emphasis. Still no reply
from the newcomer, who trembled visibly
on his seat. The master, losing all patience,
brought his rule down with laundering
violence and shouted once more: aWill
you tell me, sir, who made the world?"
Ii was too much; with deadly conviction
of his own enormities the new boy sobbed
out: "Please, sir, did; but-Tll never do
it againI'
The Democratic advocate., 1881-08-20

WEr BooTs.-We give the following
advice to farmers, who next to fishermen
are apt to get their boots wet through =
When the boots are taken of, FIJI them
quite full with dry oats. This grain has
a great foudness for damp, and rapidly alb
serbs the last vestige of it from the wet
leather. As it takes up the moisture il
swells; fills the boot like tightly fitting
last, keeping its form aud drying the leath-
er without hardening it. In the morning
shake out the oats and hang them in a
bag near The fire to dry, ready for the
next night, draw on the boots and 90 hap
PLY about the days work.
The Democratic advocate., 1881-08-20

A WONDERFUL WATcH-A watch
maker in Newcastle, Pa, says Pitts
burg paper, has completed set of three
gold shirt studs, in one of which is watch
that keeps excellent time, the dial being
about three-eights of an inch in diameter
The three studs are connected by strip
of silver inside the shirt bosom, and the
watch contained in the middle one is
wound up by turning the stud above, and
the hands are set BY turning the one be-
low. But perhaps the most remarkable
thing about the liliputian machine is that
it works pendulum, like clock, and the
pendulum viii act with ease and accuracy
in whatever position the timepiece is
placed, even if it be turned upside down.
The Democratic advocate., 1881-08-20
TRUSTEES SALE
AValuable Farm
AND ICE CREAM FACTORY,

At Avondale Station, on the Western Ma
ryland Railroad, Carroll county, Md.
! DY virtue of decree of the Circuit Court
-D for Carroll county, sitting as Court of
/ Equity, passed in cause wherein The West
! minister Savings Institution is complainant.
4 and Eurith Beacham and others are defend
ants, the undersigned, as Trustees, will offer
at Public Sale, on the premises, situated at
| Avendale Station, on the Western Maryland
! Railroad, on
Wednesday, the 24th day Of august, 1881,
At II o'clock, NJ, that Valuable Farm, with
Ice Cream Factory, containing
228 Acres of Land, more or less
of which about thirty are in Timber, and
! OF which James w. Beacham died seized and
| possessed, to be sold subject to the right of
dover of the widow of the said Jas. W. Beach
am. The improvements consist of large and
comfortable Weatherboarded
! Dwelling House, situated on an sA<ssA-A
extensive lawn splendidly shad- ~ ~
ed, and overlooking the railroad
station; wash and smoke houses, large Swift
ger barn, wagon shed with corn cribs and all
other outbuildings usually found on FIRST
class farm and in good repair. There are
three ciSterns, two as the barn and one atthe
dwelling house, and also well Of excellent
water at the kitchen door. This farm is in
the highest and most productive state OF cul-
tivation, under good fencing and well supplied
with running water, Little Pipe Creek and
other streams passing through IT. There is
an abundance Of fruit Of the choicest variety,
and also young orchard.
The Ice Cream Factory, TO be sold with the
farm, and which has become celebrated for
the manufacture Of Beacham's Cream, is sit
uated at Avondae station, aud has a capacity
of several hundred gallons per day. These
premises are distant about two miles from
Westminster by rail or the public road, and
for some years past have had the advantages
of daily mail, the post Office being kept in
the factory. Seven passenger trains pass
each way every day, thus affording the great
est facility for transportation. To any per
son in want Of a farm splendidly located aud
in the highest state OF cultivation, with the
advantages above enumerated, this offers
rare chance.
Persons desirous Of viewing the premises
can call upon Mrs. Beacham, residing there
on, and for further information call upon or
address the Trustees, at Westminster, Nd.
Terms OF SALE :-0ne-third part of the
purchase money to be paid in cash on the day
of sale or upon the ratification thereof By the
court; balance in one and two years; the credit
payments to be secured to the satisfaction Of
the Trustees and bearing interest from the
day Of sale.
JNO. Z. SMITH, r
CHAS. T. REIFSNIDER, i'"s'ess'
The Democratic advocate., 1881-08-20

At the close of the year 1880 there were
in the United States 170, 103 miles of tel
egraph lines, and during that year SO, 1885,
99l messages were seat. The miles of
wire were about 100000. This does not
include the lines used exclusively for rail-
road business. The other countries having
the greatest length of lines are as follows:
Russia, 56,l7O miles; Germany, Al ,43l;
France, 36,970; Australia Hungary, 30,-
4O3; Australia, 26,742; Great Britain, 23,- :
l56; British India, is, S,209; Turkey, 49,
0S5; aud Italy, 1864.
The Democratic advocate., 1881-08-20

A youngster was sent by his parent to
take letter to the post Office and pay the
postage on it, The boy returned highly
elated, and said "Father, l seed lot Of
men putting letters in little place; and
when no one was looking, I slipped yours
in for nothing"
The Democratic advocate., 1881-08-20

Definition of deadlock: First class in
politics-Teacher. "What is IA dead -lockp"
Pupil. at is series of votes which elect
nobody" Correct. Where are dead-locks
manufactured" ain Harrisburg, Wash
ington and Albany" OF what use are
dead d-locks?" "They turn Statesmen" in
side out, that the people may see just wha
they are made of. "What are statesmen
made off" ''Givc it up"
The Democratic advocate., 1881-08-20

"LoOk hcah, Uncle Nose, you fooled
me wild dat ar hoss l buyed from yer last
week. He jest drapt dead in his tracks.
ale nebber drapt dead in his tracks or
anywhere else as long as l had him, goin'
on twenty years.
The Democratic advocate., 1881-08-20

"Sam, you are not honest. Why do
you put all the good strawberries on the
top of the measure and the little ones be-
low?" "Same reason, sab, dat makes de
front of your house marble and de back
gate chiefly slop bar'l, sab.
The Democratic advocate., 1881-08-20

There's fellow up here who gives a
ticket for twenty-one meals for three dol
lars. How does he make by that? easy
enough" said another; 'his customers
usually die after the third meal.
The Democratic advocate., 1881-08-20
NOTICE.

The Creditors Of Jawes ". BeachaEs, late
Carroll county, deceased, are hereby notified
to file their claims with the vouchers thereof,
with the Clerk Of the Circuit Court within two
months from the day of sale.
JN0. Z. SMITH, -
CHAS. 7. REIFSNIDER, trustees
July 30-ts
The Democratic advocate., 1881-08-20
Examiners Notice.

TIME undersigned, Examiners, appointed
a by virtue Of commission issued 10 them
BY the County Commissioners OF Carroll
county, TO open public road 10 said county,
commencing on the Nicodemus road, IN The
village Of Mechanisville, where the line Of
Nicholas Benson and Rein 4. b. Warehime
intersects said road; then on the bed Of the
old road between said Benson and Warehime
10 the line between Thomas Gorsach and
Elias A. Gorsaeh; then through the land Of
john w. Gorsuch 10 the land Of Elias B.
Arnold and John W. Gcrsaeh; then on or
near the line between EiiAs B. Arnold and
Jonn W. Gorsneh; then on or near the
line between Elias B. Arnold and VIII
liam H. Gorsneh; then on or near the line
between William II. Gorz1ch aad Martha A.
Gritfee across Morgan's run; then on or near
the hne between Martha a. Griaee aad Lloyd
Pool; thea on or near the line between LLOYD
Pool and I.arkin S. Bennett until Il iniersecss
the Pool road at or near the rornerof the lands
ofDennis Buckingham, Larkin 5. Beanett aud
Lloyd Pool.
All persons whom il may concern, are
hereby notified that we viii meet ia Mechan-
icsville, on Saturday, September Sd, 1851, Al
O'Clock, A. NJ, 10 execute the trust reposed
in us BY the aforesaid commission.
L. "A. j. LAM0TTE,
HANSON +. BARTHOL0W,
JOSHUA BAESMAN,
july So'5t Examiners.
The Democratic advocate., 1881-08-20

1t has been discovered that cats can t
live at a greater elevation than l3, 900 feet,
therefore back sheds should be built 49,
500 feet high.
The Democratic advocate., 1881-08-20

There is no poetry in the light fantastic
toe that wears corn.
The Democratic advocate., 1881-08-20
EXTENSIVE SALE
OF PURE BRED
-C6tSV0ld and S0lthd0WH Sheep,
AT HAGERSToWN, MD.

HNHE subscriber will sell at the Washing
Il ington county Fair Grounds, at Hagers-
town, Nd, on
TUESDAY, AUG UST 29, 1881,
200 Young Cotswold and Southdown Rams
and Ewes, including a few Lambs. Also, 10
head Of Young Thoroughbred Registered Short
Horns of Both Sexes The Sheep have been
selected from bis own flock and from the best
flocks in Kentucky, in person, and are of the
highest breeding. Western Maryland Rail
road will issue half-fare tickets to aud fom
the sale on that day from Glyndon, West
minister, Union Bridge, Frederick Junction
and Blue Ridge. Sale to commence at II. 80
p. M, sharp.
GILBERT S. MEEM,
Mt. jackson, Va,
aug 13-ts Col. C. NJ. Futterer, Auctr.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-25
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