The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-25
THE SHADOWGRA PIER.

running between Townsend and White Sui
phur Springs. The complement Of passen-
gers consisted of two fly young drummers,
a miner on his way to Castle, a loquacious
Irishman, a quiet gentleman who had little
to say md tho S~hadowgrapher. After a lit
tie all grew sociable. The drummers were
together on the front seat. They INDUCED
in a whispered conversation for Il moment
and then began talking in a general way
about mines. 1t appeared that they had
formed n scheme to impress the other tray
elers with their Importance in the financial
aud mining worlds. One of them said to
the other:
well, l am prepared to pay $3Oo.0O0 in
cash for that mine if l find it as repre-
sented."
THAT is a mere bsgatelle for the property
if i build q railroad to il" said the ether.
"Of course; but. to tell you the truth, !
don't feel like investing very much after
my experience in backing the Barring Bros
BY the way. there is the most ungrateful
business firm in the country. ] held those
fellows up ton years until the crash came"
"No, is that SOP"
"You ask Bradstreet when you see him
again. You remember when l made that
big loan to the Russian government when
my friend Billy Rothschild wouldn't
touch it. Well, when the deal was about
completed the Barings wired the czar that
/ was no good. see? That telegram cost me
7,000,0 900 roubles. However, / made it up
the next year by taking in the Vanderbllts
on the air ship scheme"
THAT was pretty tough" said the other
man. but it was no worse than l was made
a sucker of in the Panama canal scheme. ]
lost $22,000,000 in one afternoon on the
Paris bourse. never thought De Lesseps
would play me like that. l have been a
good friend to that man"
The talk continued in this vein until one
of the gentlemen preached a scheme for or
, ganizing the British and American Consoli-
dated Sunlight company. 1t was proposed
to control the light of the sun by a new
scientific process. When in successful op-
Grafton the light would be rented to towns
at so much a day. The emperor of China
Was interested and had promised to bring
in the mikado and prominent Siam CAPT
t~alists.
Finally this talk had reached the limit
and everybody was tired. After a half
hours silence the Irishman remarked that
the new census presented some curious fea-
lures. One was that the annua supply of
chumps was 100 per cent greater than the
consumption. The two promoters exchanged
sickly smiles and nothing more was heard
from them.
#*#
The destruction of trout through irrigat-
ing bitches is a burning shame. While en-
ioying a days fishing in Meagher county
last week l found that thousands of young
trout are carried way from streams
through bitches and are scattered about on
the land to die. There is a law in this
state requiring wire screens before all
bitches at the entrance to streams. If the
owners of bitches nave not manhood
enough to look after this and if the law
cannot be enforced, a state fish and game
association should be organized in the in
terest of sportsmen. Who will start it?
~
Some time ago an interesting character
named Molesworth bought a few acres on
Newlan creek in Meagher county and built
a log home. He is a thoroughbred
"bloody" Englishman, right from the
headwaters of the Thames. The residents
of White sulphur Springs remember
him particularly by reason Of his appear
ance. His right leg was once 80 badly
crippled in a bear fight that he was COM
pell to ride to town i'll a side saddle. This
misfortune, however, did not prevent his
war on bears of all description. When a
bear was sighted Molesmith would worry
along with Il crutch and a Winchester until
Col Rrripso eRip Uac tia6 to tho on111a
One time he was visited at the ranch by
another Englishman. Below the place in
the creek was a large beaver dam and
swarms of beaver. One morning the visi-
tor said:
DO ye knaw me man l think l will go
hunting to-day?'
And where will We go, me good fellow"
asked the host.
'"Eo the river, and bring home a beaver
from the preserve"
And / think not"
And why?'
"Wby, you bloody fool, don't ye know l
cawn't allow all the game to be killed from
the estate"
1t is curious to note the great interest in
the result of a prize fight, 1t is, of course.
easy to ses the interest among professional
sporting men, but it is not so easy to I'M
derstand the excitement among people at
large. The day after the Jackson-Corbet
fight was in a Montana town seventy-fve
miles from Il railroad. The only means of
communication with the outside world is a
daily line of stage coaches and a telephone.
The entire population of the town was
on the qui vive TO learn who was the
victor. Merchants, professional men, saloon
men and sheep herders spent the day dis
cussing the pros and cons, reviewing the
records of the lighters and wagering odd
bets on the result. The telephone man was
piled with questions. To learn the news be
had to telephone to Helena via Townsend.
Men drove in from ranches ten miles ava
to learn the news. Nothing short of a gen
eral election could have aroused SO much
interest in an event outside the local baili
wick. 1t is good evidence that the animal
is as much a part of mans nature as in the
days of the Roman hippodrome.
The other day / drol ped into a restaur.
ant with Il friend from the ''ould sod" II
was a small town and the proprietor, q
Chinamsn. WAS the cashier, cook. head
waiter and all. We ordered ham and epps,
When the order came my friend enquired.
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