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, 1881-01-09
BALLAD or PROSE AND RHYME.

When the ways are heavy with mfre and rut,
In November fogs, In December SHOWS.
When the North wind howis and the doors are
There IS place and enough for the pains Of
But. whenever scent from the white thorn
blows,
And the jasmine stars to the lattice climb,
And kosalfnd face to the easement shows,
Then hey for the ripple Of laughing rhynel
When the brain gets as dry as an empty nut, :.
When the reason stands on its s1uarest toes.
When the mind dixie oeard) has !" formal
There ia place and enough for the pains Of
But. Whenever the May-blood st1rs and glows,
And the young year draws to the golden
PRIME"
And Sir Romeo sticks In hts ear rose,
Then hey for 1he ripple Of laughing rhymel
In q theme where the thoughts have pendent
strut.
In changing quarrel Of " ayes" and noes"
In a starched procession Of III " and but,
There is place and enough for the pains OF
prose; s..---
But, whenever soft glance softer grows,
And the light hours dance t. the tEysttuE time,
Aud the secret is told - that no ont know"
Then hey for the Ripple OF laughing rhymel
ENVOY.
In the work-a-day world for its needs and Woes
There is place and enonRh for the pains Of prose;
Bur. whenever the May bells clash and chime,
Then hey for the ripple Of laughing rhynel
-Aslsttn DobsonI~
, 1881-01-09

Wax sSfrEet Daily Aftfs... raoshA
While q New Yorker was nt M Gin Gsi1en
Mich, last fall to try the effect OF the as ~ q
Writers ON his rheumatism, he was one - a;
preached by young man who asked: c,s4.y; e
.sAre you not Mr. -. OF New fosk Gagxnas.k easa.t
III am," WIS the reply, "bpt do not te'5: IA
ber of having met you before. .s,dsnh
"oh, You needn't try to remember oas. =. "a "a
weeks ago ! tiattered myseli tnat ~ cane ne M
with u combination which busted u ~ m'sef oeanef
and after walk OF GIG miles across tae I6 nsf6
I have come to the conclusion tnas : ~. ..5S
amounted to two shiilings us ~ actor. NC
~ presume yon desire my aid to .1; rSaa4 60
s"Naturally would, but It you VIII = ~ i haft
been bitten By do=s 50 often, chased oy gytIao trs
SO frequently, and been obliged 70 /, namtxde,
many Constabaes that hare lost az ~ s54
Unce / wanted thumlers OF applause. - a. xay4
hit. Now. when l, a good thing n r. e1s 1nafis
Guiding Sheriff and, his posse: t1n u oeSao ID
satisfied with oven pancakes aud tn'a '''|." e,
reward" =. ~
, 1881-01-09
A TERRIBLE DUEL.
A Newspaper Man md French
Count Eight with Cannons-Thc Guns
Drawn Through the Streets with
0rnn.

A Newspaper Han md a French
Count Fight with Cannons-The Guns
DraWn Through the Streets with
Oxen. .
viscnunt de serrant, rs It is well known,
challenged the lighting man of tho GazeUe- This
was reckless, for tha lighting man is SO bloody
ia his disposition that the prpprfetors OF slaugh-
ter-peps have warned him not to hang around
their places of business In fluent French, the
Vlscount demanded that satisfaction which
alone the most profgse quantity Of blood onn
mnnds were not granted he would brand the
newspaper man with re9-hot horseshoe, On
"ass Inc Challenge ] e. WIS ccepted Tine, il o'clock
tho following. day: distance, hfty Yards; % ven e;
i terrea n3hghbwith aint-lock pistols, but the Eht-
ing n,anavas firm: - Il we are going to tight"
he sad let l Us choose t Weapons most 81 afs nd
sa wi'h xtss sean'9 of 5eaa &ne
parties wentt to the arsenal and borrowed the
cannons. Four seconds were employed on each
side. The ground selected vas in thick wood.
drawp to battle BY two yoke Of oxen, and when
the lighting mum rode through the streets cure
ey sstng he % oe hs on o. ra n
astride his gun barrel, and when he honrshed
an enormous swab, ladies shrieked and brave
men trFtnuiEu III tnttF ueVte alu otuEl ~ t4etee
Of clothing. There was no attempt BY the aa-
thorities to prevent the enlargement. for neur[y
oil OF the State and city officials came out nnd
cheercd as they saw the heavy guns. the Wis.,
! count, and the determined newspaper man..
- Thats the way TO run newspaper. e1"
claimed the Governor. Why sir, # had 9
newspaper la plnce tns circulation fn charge Of
an experienced artilleryman and Let him shoot
the papers to the subscribers every morning"
The oannons were loaded and plnced In posi-
ton. Being Of primitive order. it WIS necessary
to discharge them with red-hot pOkers. Fires
were kindled, aud while the pokers were heating
men advanced, divided their coat-tails, and
warmed themselves The n-director climbed
up a dogwood tree, and, standing In the first
/ fork, took off his hat and exclaimed:
"Gentlemen, we are ready to vtndtc1te the
honor OF the house of SerrAnt, and to give the
have all heard u great deal about lighting ed
trors. but few of us have ever seen one- Old
men and children. fnll back! Combhtants, seize
your pokers, stand hbout two feet In the right OF
your gunsl After 1im Is taken, it snail be an
act Of cexardlce to chango positions
not going to let him point that d-d thing at
"Do US command" !" demanded,the gun direct
or; "you have elected me to this posiasa, and
I'll eWear- = ,,...-
Never mind swearing, Capt'n. But Is the for
etgncr ut tho other end going to shootr'
. Renly, aim, hreI
Two rite reports sounded almost sImultane-
ousIy. In the excitement tho newspaper man
had unconsc'ously tnrned his gEn. so that when
he tired the dog wood tree and the gun director
fell wl1hn crash. Tho Frencbnan:s bali had
When the smoke Cleared away Fiscount was:
scen climbing neighbnringt fence. while the:
fighting editor, mounted on tho oft stotr. Was
travelling at tast trut In the direction Of town.
, 1881-01-09

FEMININE NOTES.

FEMININE NOTES. :.@,
I, You can deceive your guileless little vi, d
her fathers wite-never- .,<.@~>, :.: ..:+
The ladies' are wearing little gold tuntns.sns,
for hatr-pins, whicn :indicates that i m.
music In the hair" =
= Bcrnbardt dies 50 realistically that Il i NJ
=: Coroner who saw her ran around to ths IN.
4, door and wanted to hold an Inquest >:.:tcc:
Grace" am going to sec Clara to-day. I'm
you any mcssage?" Chaylolre-"I Noaderh,
you can visit that dreadful girl. Give ha Z,
love" - -
: A German lately married says: >.N n
youst so easy as + needle could walk cut us
camsl's- eye as to get der behindt vosd ut /
vomaps.' ~ :<':z'
! A Cincinnati man says that Mamie Ande,se,
!, chcrry-red lips are the pretticst IN Amsfn
BAIL veil put our lips against hera anr d.
Exchanges. =" 4
The young lady who objected to behx d
braced by her lover was RraEely 1ntotmM
: him that she was putting restraint ppa
, liberty Of the press + .s@
+ Johns wife and John were tate-a-tate, Fl:
She. witty was, industrious he; IS:
Says John: t.l're earned the bread va ata*:
l., HAnd !, says she, "have urn'd the tea." :: j
"Can there be happiness where there as
I loyc?' solemnly queries an author IN a book4
marriage Not much happiness, perhaps; II
| If the girl is awfuily rich there can be has
fun. - 49, 'A'-- ss::*
When a boy walks with a girl as though !
!; were afraid enme. one might see him, tie g.da
Ibis sister. It he wallis go close to her as to nae
~ crowd her against. the fence it is anotharH b
lows sister. .... < -, i, = .$%s-
The yo11ng woman who bangs away at b
piano and sings Whit Is Home Wlthoata
Mother?" while her mother Is bending oref II
ssashingtub Is like d piece Of cheap ca|ha-
she won't wush. =: >t9
-"Know all fnenby these presents" reaaaaa
bachelor lawyer = Why don't they put an see
en-, too?'' asked his lady. client Kectas
said the old bachelor, g II one woman knaE9a
ait women know it.
"Iswear," said gentleman to bis lads.hs
'Ayou are very handsome. "Pooh! sna n
lady, 80 you would say i yoH l. did no1Ha
/, !" though, should not say 3d. u: u.
Wishing to pay his friend complimeat
gentleman remarked: :. hear yo9 nase as tl.s2 M
with a melancholy smile. - she is never ~
she always finds something for me to DO" i:
; Two young, ladies recently saw yooax g =!
got into his room and seemed to come q T. =
from t1ll directions, and they thouKat ss aess
practising the racquet, and said he was sepa4
it down fine s-:
a Victim of Fashfon-Fair Wearer OF Aoaa
Hubbard cloak with the tight sleeves that g!
-kfuiIy-'; Captaln-"Beg pardon" Aota
Hubbard" Ny nose-er!-would' you uat-
J7ickt5ag the b1aek Of itf'' '-'-
, 1881-01-09

He does well who does his best.
Ishe weary? Let him rest
I, n r. esvA

He does we'll who does his best.
Ishe weary? Let him rest. =
Brothers! Ihave done my best:
I am weary-l8t me rest.
After :tosIlng oft;in vain. =
Da1lcd, yet to struggle fAin--,~s -.
After toiling long. TO gain ~- ,s..=~,
Little good with Iniuhte pain y
Let me rest. Bur 'iny me low ::
= Where the hgdEesfde Toses baows
Where the little daisies grow;
Where the winds ;A-naytng 20;
Where the foorpath rusties plod; -
Where the breeze -buwed poptars nod;
Where the old Wonds Worship Gpd;"
Where His pencil paints the sod;
Where the welded thro5tle sings;
Where the young bird tries his wings:
Where the waiitng plover swings, l.
Near the runlet's rushing springs;
Where, at times. the tempest:s roar,
Shaking t1istant sc,t and shore,
Still will rave old .BtrnBsiAtB o'cr, :
TO DO heard by me no rnure! il *
There. :bet1calh rhe breezy West,
Tired and thankful let me rest, -,
Like a child that steepeth best Z.
Gu it mothers gentle breast >~.".>%
, 1881-01-09
A Bear story-A. Tankee-Fork Truth.
fi,l lame. Tells What He Has Seen.


Cap. ". Of Yankee Fork. began to tell abo;1t
the lakes and fish Of the Lemhi country. He
were trout Weighing from twenty five to tfty
pounds. Then he toldabout the red-lsh lakes
Said he: ''Therc Is sPmething 10 this reddish
business ti1ut ABtonlshe5 me. At a certain
day in the early apring they leave the Pacific
Ocean. and travelling up tho Columbin River
never turn 70 the right or loft till, they reach
Reddish Creek. in ,Lenhi County. They furm
Fours at the mouth Of that creek mud march. up
to tho hikes. where the boys and bears haVp q
high old time on ttsh for tho Summer: "z:H. e.
- The bearsl What do YOU meant =. i.
Why, tuean just whatI say. A salmon river
man never thinks Of fishing with hook, line, or
spear. We make the bears do our. ashlrZ up
there, you bet By carcfulty studying ths haots
Of bruin We find that In the summer season,
iron. O'Clock I'LL till Z In the morning he Is
buaIly. engaged fishing. The way bears
fish up cur why is this: Eight On ten bears
viii sit in g rev on rAne tn the
quick motion of the right paw, pulls
the fish out Of tho water; he rlsn throws 1t to
, 1881-01-09

NEW York. Jan. 0.-Justice Pratt, In the spe-
ty. has rendered a decision in the suit OF Mary
j. Badger against Alfred G. Badger and others
for duwer The pla. ntiH claimed to be the wife
Of Jacob Badger, q prominent merchant who
dropped dead in Brooklyn last May. She had
always been known IS Mrs. Mary ]. Baker. She
produced proof that the deceased merchant had
introduced her as his wife, but only In the OBJ
sc1ge neixhborhood where she iived. and not in
tho circles In which he moved, and that they
Hved together Que summer at Bath, but as Mr.
and Mrs. Baker. That mode Of life was carried
on for over twenty years Justice PEatt decides
that the plaintiff is not the wife OF the dead
merchant; that they were never married, and
that when be Introduced her It was under a hc-
tiIiOus name.
, 1881-01-09

Correspondence Albanu La,v 5onrna,t - tn.Rsst
j. You remark that q jury OF one Ha1 ,d nsTsf "
better tfau 1--WE I've, because he conla a1.Sofa
agree. This re u,inds me OF the ane.eagnrf ! gnrf II
case Of the kind in Justices Co1rf.a; fac1itf sba
been demanded, but :there was oI,ne e,an hid "
appeared, and il vas tina1y agreed ny r saS q ope
thlt they would try tho case ny aJna Juai'r lie to
Accordingly The Gaze was ttted; - and ntheT g
Giet &c ' Under The charge OF tra an .hs ~ f
Alter whiting an hour Of two o,ad seees..
were called iaro court TO see Il sney yr1Tnrned ~ p
On their verdict, and tho foreman nd that ts. ts.
was 20 prospect Of their asreel,nga nsgsa,ted teoat
Court sent DE lury out ass,n' ana aae.lt ssen
three hours longer for the Ige taar tufotass
Ills Honor tint they bad not agreetp' eTa Taa ~.
was 40 prospect OF any agrsetmSe,n1re tsaS,1red Fitsft
being late the jury was then az alscnfc = fnsce, b1k
q VERDICT This may have been . - ~. nsa- hste
it was, 1t was no m0re SO tnan HE :,~ 81.
our jury trials. -- -. !:.: = nj: q
, 1881-01-09

!: The Sicilfans are 4 rude folk, II judged hrns
proverbs, some Of which are printed in Tia y,
Debats, as follows: :. ~.
: s. He who hasn't wife knows not the ma,
IA woman who goes to every fete, and ~;
that drinks ut every fountain. is no eootss
:. He who gets married Is conteuted for IL.
he who kills pig has enough for rear"
. s'G0d keep thee from man who iouts d 4,
'sThere is only one Devil and be- has IN,
dred wives" ,. II
:. ".Women have devil for every hatt.":
, 1881-01-09

NEW Tpnk, Jan. 1.-The New York Central
Fair. nrpyfdng $4,O00,oO is raised There are
many names mentioned for President Of the
Commission, among whom are Gen Grant.
Samuel j. Hlden, Hugh J: Je~ett, Henry G.
and William II. Vanderbilt. 1t Is thought that
Gen. Grant would accept the position, and hls
name is being urged by many persons interested
In the srOrk.
, 1881-01-09
CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK

EPISCOPAL. IL
jan e-F9rst Sunday after Epiphany.
Jan. 14-FaEt-
CATHOLIC.
Jan. e-Sunday within the Octave OF Epiphany
Jan. 10-Or the Octave
Jan. 1l-of the 0ctave;, St HyRinus, F. NJ
Jan. ls-0f the Octave
Jan. I3-Oetave OF rhe Epiphany.
Jan. H-St- Hilary, B, C. D.; St. Felix, D.
Jan list. Paul, First Hermit, C; St. Mauf,
Abh
, 1881-01-09
BEN MILDwEED,S IDEA.


taking of an old slouch hat, addressed the dig
nitled official:
s4Are you the Court2' -.--
liam. What is your troubleT'
Ben betrayed agitation In the nervous manner
with which he fingered hts Old hat ~ -
..Jedge, Nancy, my gal, hez bin running around
with two or three fnen lately, and hez caused me
heap of oueasiness-"
"Cone 70 the point, Mr.: MIldweed,'.' = suggested
the Court :. s..-s d.
; 'You hear my sto:y.:Jedge- I'm Bot in my
ways, and I'll get thar quicker by running my
own rurroW down this: patch of trouble
The Justice settled his feet comfortably on the
table and looked resfgnedly at Mr.. Mild"eed.
Nancy is the ,purttest calico in Rtchwoodss,
and we haz hitchcd for three ye'rs, not splicei.
So,e eAem He men down to- to tbe settle are
jealous because Nancy sot up to ME, and they
hang round like blackbirds IN corn patch
Rane
black eyes hez; fotched me, like churning 1otohcs
I'D she can make f goed cd Rnnne or
and laughs md carries on with BIN Peters when
In g8ss s. sta ne @est xsa
ae9esyates s as ne ne tesribie. s 'e Aet''' @' 1
SCome to The point, Ben said the Court, i'm
Uncle Marsh Tnrner t ana hev talked this mat
Ter over, AUd ne SEE IQeL Nancy ARSN
any attachment for mo- Tibet like to broke
my: heart, Jedge; III swow:. it did see
got IN attachment for Nancy2' Fes, Uncle
Marsh ses I. most powerful .Hez she for
youT ses he. .rm dubious UNCLE ses I. .Ben,'
ses he, solemnly, : ef she can't luv you with her
whole heart, drap her like hot cake. Rf she
hesn't nn attachment fer. you rhet is strong, and
tr,re and honest, ~drap her. You'll be mis'able
hoy. I'm an old man, Ben, and when sees q
young ;nnn hev an attachment fer q gal. and
she hesu'L fer him as strong, se5 to myself they
is foolish They hednt ought to splice-"
A'Your HONOR continued Mr. tfftdEeed.
carter Uncle Marsh ses all this to me, goes on
and thinks concludes that be is right and
now hev come to the point. saddled the old
brown mare, put some bacon and corn-b bread 10
the suddie-bags, and started fer Little Rock. I
comes sirnight to you, Jedge. and want you to
mike out IN attachment for Nancy to me- I
knows tfet the courts ken make attachments,
and don't care what it costs Jest you make
ont the papers, and I'll make the old brown mare
do some OF the tallest trayelin gettinF back to
Nancy that you eyer saw. Well. why don't Fou
begin, jedEe?' ..~%
tsThe courts don't make love attachmenta,"
sai1 tha Court, tnking its legs from the table.
~ don't care what it costs, Jedge.''
You bave had long trip for nothing, Ben;
it can't be done."
Ben pulled his hat over his eyes, wiped trick
ling drop from his cheek and walked slowly
toward the door, muttering:
@'-1'I1 20 hoy the brown mare fed and study
about it. l thought as how the Court tnouRht
hcv done 1t,'' and then he stepped from the
Justices door as II Nancy WIS lost to him for
ever. -
, 1881-01-09

S.f Detroit Ftxs Press.
Just before II o'clock In rhe forenoon there
were thirteen men and one woman at the stamp
window OF the Post Office, Most of the men had
letters to post for the Eastern trains. The woul-
an had something tied up In blue matchbox.
:: She got there first, and she held the position
with her. head in the window and 10th elbows on
:: the SHELF. 49,.
=: IS Is there such place in this country as
Cleveand?'' she began. *a~
: ~ 0l, scs."
Do yon send maal there?' 49,.
Wen, = woman living next door asked ME to
right. Size said thought 70 go for a cent"
:. Talks two cents said the clerk, after weigh
Ing t. " r there's writing inside 1t Will be Il
Merey On me, but how you do chargel: :
Z Hers the Thirteen men begun to push up and
woman Ind lats ot time. :.
Then It will be two cents, eh2'
u there is no writing inside -
T. :" Well. there may be. know she Is Erent
hand to write. She's sending some howerseed
t1 " her sister and and presume she haa told her
; 1.-TWO ,th hresr' called one of the crowd, as he
ttied 4 to get e Is the ,,,n window "
!" There o.ighs to be q. separate window here
for women" growled a third
:. Then It wiz take u centsy she calmly
Yes"
!, ..,Weli, ia better pay It, I guess.' ~
l. From one pocket she took Two coppcrs. From
) her reticuie She took n three-cent piece. From
her purse she flashed dt1t a nickel; and it was
only after hl1nt OF eighty seconds thnt she got
the II cents together. She then consumed four
minutes tn putting On tho stamps, asking where
to post the box, ald WONDERING, IL there really
WIS any handwriting Iuslle+~ Bus woman, pro-
poses and man disposcs. Twenty thousand dol
lars worth of business wns waiting for q l2-cent
woman, and a tlda! wave suddenly took her
away from the window. In sixty seconds the
thirteen men Ind been waited on and gone their
why's. and the woman returned to the window,
banded In the box and said: %'sThem stamps
are put on kind o crooked, bat 1t won't make
any dittereu ce, willIt?"
sPooPEND9KE AND THE TOWEL.
* ,BruoElyn Eagle ,> : !,
"No, my deart'' said Mr. Spoopendyke, t.Jnst
wait until wash my face and bands and I'll be
ready" and Mt: spoopendyke PLUNGED his fists
into the basin aud began polishing bis face with
soap. Mrs spoopondyke primmed around be-
fore the glass putting On the finishing touches,
for the worthy couple were getting ready for
the theatre: ,,-
'sWhere-where- where's the towel7" gasped
Mr.. SpQopendyka, holding his head down and
clawi1g around With both hands. What
, 1881-01-09
GOSSIP FOR LADIES:

MY FIGHTS.
~ Yes, God has made me woman;
: And am content to be --z
Just what He meaht, not reaching OUT -
--='z' For other things, since he
Who knows mo best and loves me- moSt na'
/; ordered this for me-; t. .-.- .'. =;
A woman, to live my life ont
In quiet. wo1nany ways, -
Hearing the far-of battle.
Seeing az through haze
The crowdlng, struggling world OF men nRne
through their busy days.
.~ :, am not strong or valiant ::
l would not join the fight
= Or iostle with crowds IN the highways
Tosu!ly MY garments white;
But have rights a woman, and here claim
my right
The right Of rose to bleorn . -.
7 In its own sweet. separate way, -.
- with none to question the perfumed ping,
Ae nope pedf T. or poias tnor a. even
rosetree may. 49,
The right or the laly-birct to grow,
T., 70 grow as the Lord shalt please,
BY never sturdy oak rebuked,
= Dcufed not sun nor bree2e-
For all its plant slenderness. kin to the stronger
The right TO life OF my OWL
Not merely casual bit
OF somebody elses life flung out,
That, taking hold OF 1t, .----..,
may stand as cipher does after numerA
z writ
The right to gather and CLEAN -,
- What fo0d need ana can
From the gurnered Store OF knowledge
=, Witch man has heaped for man.
Taking with free hands freely, and after an
ordered plan.
+ The rlght-ah, best and sweetestl-:
To stand all undisuayed
Whenever sorrow, or want or Sin
? Call for womau's aid. ,..-
With none to cavu or question: by never q Iook
gainsaid.
do not ask for ballot. -
Though very life we're at stake,
Iwould beg for the nobler Justice
That mcu for mAnhood's sake
Should give ungrudSinzly, nor withhold TIL
must tight and take.
y The tIeet foot and the feeble foot
T. Both seek the sef-sau1e goal:
The weakest soldiers name La writ
= On the great ntny=roll;t ~...:.;,-
And God, who made mans body strong, made
tno the WON aus SOUL.
Susan Cou(itfue,
, 1881-01-09

Kidney and urinary trouble 1s universal, and
the only sate and sure cure IS hop Hltte1s-fe4y
Oh It
, 1881-01-09

Chosen By an immense majorif5 f5I1tii LII. :.
Cough Syrnu. Price only IS cents W. =:
, 1881-01-09
THE LIEBLISG coNCEH

given By MIR. Emil Liebing This season occurs at
Fairhank Hall on Iuesoay erenlllg next Win . 9
ptnc1s,aa Dat ~ no,v tha famn1,s Hummei Sentet
taa,1 ~ ,,1ayod ,,ere n t,,n perform,nce ~ tf,e
isTtar rcnnos;snr tfa r,a rts are sssjGnef1 M ri
if,ns: Piano NJ. fiebInr: violin Mr. feRis:
NJ Stol1; ms ti,,te IL Drach: eIsrinet H.
Snhnenne. a1,,d hnrn' NJ :Fnrkere. n adation
n ff,esI nja1,ers the complete progrnm viii be
a. follows; < -,
ts I.btpn TX md ;ir:ss iic1 is:oana Fyas,nN5
1''''~ " JIracI. Razetthtr, ana FirksTt. '
from Elljah r, :....-- -Aendelssohn
.,,,u, .o,,-vai T,,.s ftsnris o. A1"'" yv,ar,..,
.. FAo4n1 eo''1 Wf Tstiita1n Is;gI; " 1'AA1 IA
Piano solo-scherzo. On. Chopin
vn.,.d,.n Ema Ate01aaa v r,a,,,,o
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-03-09

This country will not be given up the same
way because when the pest becomes unbear-
able, the American laborers will draft q
code OF their own, and q shrinking Congress
will hasten to ratify it. That will be q bad
ime for Chinese, and the men OF the West
would tain make this final settlement unnac-
essary, but they will not shrink from it when
it comes. Th brightest, bravest men Of the
old States settled the far West. They have.
with united voice, declared to the men Of the
East that after watching the effect of Chin
ese immigration for q quarter Of 8 century,
it must stop. # the people Of the East,
through their ayarice and through q false
sentimentality, deride the warning, we can
stand it for a little while, until the poor Of
Eastern cities, under intolerable sufferings,
Tile their protest, against the wrong and in
justice, in flame and blood.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-03-09

THIS winter has been hard on the stock
Taisers Of the far West. Out in Montana the
cattle will cost more to winter them than they
will be worth IN the spring. The same is
rue Of the sheep. Hay is now $50 per ton,
and scarce, at that. Besides these drawbacks
more than one fourth Of the stock has died,
and the mortality list, it is expected, will be
augmented beforespring Detroit Free Press.
This is a specimen Il the paragraphs float
ing Ii The Eastern press relative to the Yves
tern winter, and which result probably from
the insane statements of some Montana news
papers which have jumped at conclusions,
drawn from the worst instances OF loss the
winter has .fforded, and these statements have
become representative. We have had trouble
enough and sustained loss enough, without
drawing the picture in darker coEors than
originally painted. There is no need of an
sWerirg the above paragraph for our Terri
torial readers, who know that as q whole the
statement is a gross exaggeration and the con-
clusion wide off the mark. One-fourth of the
stock may die by the time spring fairly opens,
but no such percentage is dead yet, and will
not be exceeded at the worst. Hay is not $50
per ton, and has not been, except, possibly
in some isolated cases the average has hard
" been one half that sum. Such statements
are made without reflection, and are wild and
misleading.