Morning journal and courier., 1883-09-07
A Hint to the Willard Party.


 The estimable gentlemen who compose the party MT. Willard is escorting across the con- tinent ought to be warned in advance that they are about to enter B most remarkable country and will receive from the inhabi- tants thereof more or less information as to it's resources, geographical and geological features, it's natural history and peculiarities, some of which may be new and surprising to them, but all of which may be accepted as the solemn and unVarnished truth. That the future seat of empire lies in the great North west is an acknowledged fact, and it is only question of time when the capital of the United States, yea, the source and residence of the worlds power and wisdom, will sit on the top of Young Mans Butte, or some oth- CT elevated pinnacle on the landscape of Da- kota. This is to be admitted without argu- ment, but there may be some minor points of interest that will awaken incredulity, and perhaps arouse opposition from skeptics.
 That no one may disclose his ignorance while in conversation on the subject it would be well for the tourists to understand that Dokota is the granary of the world, and Montana it's barnyard that future genera tions will be fed with bread from one and beef from the other. At present the coun- try is undeveloped, and wild animals are sometimes found in large numbers. The conductor ot their train may have to stop few days to allow herd of buffalo to cross tho track and the ten-inch columbiad which sits astride the cowcstcher is not for the pur- pose of repelling an armed invasion, but to prevent the locomotive from being pushed | over embanknents by grizzly bears. There is no danger of the party being captured and held for ransom by the cowboys, but it is the proper thing to shoot down hotel waiter if he should bring you cold soup. The pecu- liarities of the atmosphere are such as to puzzle tender-feet, and it's magnifying quail ties often make pin look as large as a tele- graph pole when observed at short distance. T1k k1aP Po6 dJ a-S petrifactions, there being several petrifed forests in which are petrifed birds singing petri6ed songs At one time in the valley of the Little Missouri was discovered petri6ed Irishman wheeling petrifed wheelbarrow, with petrified pipe in his mouth from which was emitted at regular intervals large vol umes of petrifed smoke.
 The German journalists will be interested in examining the eight-cylinder rotary, self acting, perfecting blow, by which the land is plowed, the seed sown, and the harvest reaped by one and the same revolution, and their attention is directed to the patent auto matic cattle incubator by which imported CO., coons are matched into long-horned beeves, fattehed, slaughtered and packed into refrig. orator cars ready for the foreign market in the limited space of twenty-four hours. The productive qualities of the soil are such that farmers who plant pumpkins keep saddle horses at their sides and ride away at full gallop in order not to become tangled up and strsngled by the vines. The climate of the country is such as to make ilI-health impossi- ble, and no man was ever known to die, ex- cept ''with his boots on," which is an ex- pression used to denote the result of per- sonal misunderstanding. At several points along the road it has been necessary to lynch a man to start grave yard, but tourists are not often used for such purposes. These few suggestions will prepare the minds of the party for some of the marvels they may ex- fNo and Io fn hn hat k6n trip will afford them an opportunity to come into intimate acquaintance with the people, and learn other facts of equal interest and importance.