The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-09-13
From the Daily Of Saturday.
OUR MAN IN THE COUNTRY.
On the Road - Meeting Ole
Friends AT DiIlon-Its I'M
prOvements-Kind Words
Business Houses
Personal Mention
Etc Etc.
Regular Correspondence of the MINER.

Regular Correspondence of the MINER.
On The ROAD, Sept. 9, 1881.
With the close of my last I left for
the Horse Prairie country. jogging
along for . distance of about fifteen
miles through mud, slueh and rain, I
came to the ranch of Geo. w. Batch
elder, from whence, after enjoying
the timely hospitality Of the proprie-
tor, took q bee line for the fine stock
ranch of Doc. Ames, where the
amiable Elijah holds sway, The
shades of evening were fast gathering
themselves into dark clouds when 1
drew reins at the fireside of w. s..
Burnett, where the freedom of the
premises was cheerfully extended
to this pencil sharpener. Mr. Bur-
nett is building q new and commc-
dious house, and expects to occupy
it soon. 1t is at this point, too.
where the new postofice is to be
with w. s. as its government Of
fetal.
Early the next morning I was
again on the road. meeting such
whole-souled men as o. w. Owen, A.
F. Graeter, w. r. Mcintosh, C. M.
Mcintosh, P. c.. Nicox, w. L. Nc
lntosh, Sim Estes, VIM. Roe, VIM.
Limerick and others. Upon the
premises of many of these friends
scenes of busy life were very arpar.
ent, either in the hay field, fencing,
ditching tr other necessary labor.
Upon the ranch of Samuel Jaggers
some very choice hay stands in
model stacks, built as if by the hands
CT an architect. Samuel prides him.
self on having as fine hay as lever
licked a fork" 10 A. F. Graeter
the "Man in the Country" is espec-
tally indebted for courtesies ex-
tended.
Arriving at Dillon, after an abb
sence of many months. the various
improvements and changes for the
better appear prominent. Many and
valuable are the buildings in course
of erection. The Dillon Tribune,
also, has put on the garb of srlstoc-
racy, and now sports a fine Cot:rtn
cylinder and Baxter engine. Sue
cess is invariably sure to fill to the
lot of the energetic and worthy. and
certainly, friend Brundage is REAP
ing its benefits. AS q genius. he
stands head and shoulders above
anything in our Territ'ry, while, IS
an amateur printer, he puts to blush
many of those who have served years
at the business. May success b
always his.
Heaving the anchor of our craft
once more overheard, Mr.. Dan 7.
Chapman, the polite salesman at
Sebree, ferris & Whites, falls into
the ranks of the popular family. BY
his uniform courtesy and general
business tact Dan has made a host OF
warm and personal friends. V. X.
Spear, Superintendent OF the Silver
Group Mining Co., of the north fork
of Salmon river, Idaho, gave us q
friendly shake of the hand. Mr..
Spear is attending to important busi-
ness of his company and will remain
in Dillon a few days. Psrke q
Bratnard still deal out to the lovers
of fine imported liquors, cigars, &c,
with the same 'smiles' as in days OF
yore, while Bray 4 Bray supply the
wants of the hungry with everything
enumerated in the list of fresh meats.
In the hardware line, Geo. w. DAFT
furnishes the needy with anything
from q needle to an engine. The
Corinne House has become the prop
erty of the popular Joseph G. Metlin,
and is now daily crowded with first
class patronage. Among the many
other and numerous friends of the
MINER I would mention Dr.. H. u.
Pickman, who enjoys q deserving
and lucrative practice, E. A. Read
ECKER. lust entered into the restau-
rant business; the jovial T.. w.
Poindexter, attorney R. B. Smith, J.
A. Myers, and others, too numerous
to mention.
At this writing, Sept. 11th. the
weather is clearing nicely, and the
road will afresh be taken by the
MAN IN THE COUNTRY.