The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-04-23
MONTANA WOMEN.
snaxt GiEIs who are quite Able -
Take OaRe Of themselves,

Smart Girls Who are Quite Abte -
Take CaPe OF themselves,
Miss Jennie Corson. who s kpoHp
throughout the country as the 'Shephsrd-
eEs of the West" came 90 Montana sone
years ago, and took MP sheep ranch In
meagheE county. She did II al ALONE and
unAided. After awhile she sent for her
lazy brother from Chicago, and made him
overseer OF fer fockA Mseters went well
with her, and soon she had q nne band OF
sheep and valuable ranch property as
Cnere Is IN Montana She took mp some
land under one and another OF the Govern
meDt acts proved up on time, and became
q landed proprietor. Now, h hApPened
that the next claim TO her own was taESn 4
up by an enterprising young man nszped /
Severance, who, like his fair ReghooF |
first started a sheep ranch and then got I
hold of some of the soil. They tended /
hOcks In company for some time, and then
Severance proposed marriage. he was
accepted, and the two united their fortunes
and have been doing better and better
ever since.
There are other girls in Montana says
q correspondent Of the Cleveland Leader,
Just exactly Ike Mrs Severance, nee Cor
son, but more are wanted. There are
some real old ladies out here who have
taken up claims, who run dairy or keep
store, but who are little too aged TO
think Of matrimony. One dame OF this
description has ranch store out ON the
prairie near Livingstone, rides a horse
and shoots like a man. keeps a postoftice
and is the owner OF i60 acres. lately the
property of Uncle Sam. Another LADY
living on Boulder creek, Eamed Sarah Da-
wilson, shot a bear in January last, and
with the bounty received for it, as well as
the sale of the meat and hide, she paid Tor
a sewing machine
A curious reversal Of the eternal fitness
/ of things is seen in the fact that there are
} In all the States Of our Union 5Oer-
/ AS more women than men. Dakota has
/ 2O4I5 more men Than women and Mon
tana is about on a par with Dakota in that
/ respect. '.Hope'' should therefore, spring
eternal in the female breast" for there Is
somewhere in Dakota Montana, Wyom-
/ ing Idaho, Washington or Oregon manly
/ heart awaiting every husbRndleSS female
now piuiuu away in single blessedness IN
the East Helena has a superintendent OF
/ schools who has Indian blood in her veins
and who is highly educated. She has also
marked dramatic talent and plays Char
lotte Cushman's roles
The women of this northwestern coun-
try are endowed with plenty Of pluck an
grit. One evening lately, herd OF
Arizonia goats, which are being hsrdesI
by Miss Teresa Tauert, on Lost river,
came home early and rushed Tor the cor
raj, heavy log concern, eight feet high
4 The gates were opened and the herd let IN
y
! the prairie, mounted on her heTy brencho,
secured the foothills but found no cause
for alarm
In the niaht Miss Tallert was aroused
by her dog whining at her ear, and get
ting up, discovered some Wild animals IN
the corral. She went in and found four
mountain lions, and without a moment
hesitation attacked them with an axe. I've
of the lious jumped the CORA! ana ned
The other two rushed toward heT. She
dealt one a blow with the axe, laying It's
rrmp open to the bone; then both ned
The next morning fifty OF the valuable
goats were found dead and thirty wound
ed. fourteen Of the latter dying arter
wards.
A mountain lion attacked the cattle o
Ben Mason on Powder river only las
Sunday and killed two heifers and COW
Mr. Mason was absent at the time, ou
his wife took mp arms against the beast
followed him through the snow for som
distance overlook and shot him. J w
Proctor OF Billings had occasion
to visit the ranch OF Tom Wads
worth on the Mussellshen last week
Wordsworth has a hand Of several hun
dred OF the finest horses there are o.
the north side of the Yellowstone rive
and has also n wife who is an eNpeT
borsewoInan. Mrs WadswOrth is not onl
an accomplished rider but, as huntres:
cau take the lnurels from the Marquis q
Mores, Lady Florence Dixie, and all IN
other ladies who make pretensions in this
direction. Mrs. Wadsworth chase
. antelope on horseback shoots them dow
while going at full gallop and, in fac
combines the arts OF civilization with IN
skin of the aborigine. Now, Proctor is
crack shot. with somewhat Of areputatio
, to back him up, and be was rather astoi
. ished and taken aoack when Mrs. Nad
! worth challenged him to a shooting mattel
: They sat up a target, and Proctor WI
! beaten fairly, Mrs WsdswOrth maxim
p the top score.
l After this r1nexpected defeat Proctt
headed up Goulding Creek for Bun Mou
y tains and, when he supposed he was q
n only white man in that region, came
!, another ranch hid away among the mon
o taius from which ranged away about ~
hundred Of as sleek-looking cattle as ol
, could wish to see. When approaching q
} ranch Proctor met young lady al aloI
on horseback coming down rocky nnou
: tains path, whom he describes as q
n incarnation Of ETHEREAL beauty. Aft
e some talk about the weather and stock
u was invited to paTtake Of her hospitalit
n which he accepted gracefully. PrOct
did not know who his fair entertain
Ie was but everybody in this section know
her TO be a young shepherdess nam
Ie Nina Roman who is ranChing II all alO
Y among the mountains. Proct
T / christened her the "Beue OF bun Nou
le tains."
t, In the western part OF Montana amo
re the mining camps, there are also sol
strange characters seen once in awhi
so In the camp at YOgO colored wom
h. named Mile Rnggold has quite
~ reputation as a prospector. She sPen
most Of her time in the mountains, a
10 handles the pick and shovel with as mu
yiCor and dexterity as man, She v
re the pioneer woman Of NogU, and ran
" first hotel at that place in the early da
~ By economy and close attention to bU
O0 ness she has come into possession Of sol
very valuable properties, and is
:. reality to-day "a bonanza queen.
" y. latest reports froyn 1ogo state that shi
the owner OF the fHuous Garfield mini
- lode, one OF the richest silver mines in
sai West.
M Mounted the Ladder.
II In 1852 a dinner party was given in