Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-05-21
JUDITH VALLEY C A

JUDITH VALLEY LOCALS.
Jim Shelton and Jim Ford of Utica start
They 60 by the way of Castle.
We OF the Judith are averse t. twins, I'M
less they are wooigrowers or will make
good beef at four years of age.
out the first Of the week for the reservation.
Work will there shortly.
The water of the Judith continues to rise.
That old gub%ernatorial joke, ut is a long
time between drinks" don't GO with the
trout new.
A cloud of commercial men settled dow
upon our quiet little city the first of the
week. We haven't seen such a display of
good clothes in a coon's age.
Percy Dawkins came down last week
Percy has been ru~sticating in the noun
TIA ins for the past two months.
The swallows, those harbingers of spring
and breeders OF bedbugs, are once more
with US. We think that this season they
will find enough mud at least for home
consumption.
As "A natural sequence Of the abundant
growth OF grass the grasshopper hath APP
peare,l. 1t is now in order for the spring
chicken to profit thereby. Hopper, hop, or
you are a%goner!
We accidentally ran across this letter,
and seeing that it was addressed tn you we
enclose it to save postage:
~PHnBRooH, May Is, 1891.
EpiroR ARGUS: | just returned home
from spending all my money and IA few
pleasant days in attendance upon court at
Lewistown. I was there, as you are prob
ably aware, by special invitation Of Sheriff
Maurice Sullivan. The invitation was
special, because it read, ''all excuses being
laid aside" l hate to disappoint any one.
so | came over forthwith. The day l ar
rived ! met Maurice on the street and he
shook me by the hand, but did not, as |
fully expected, invite me around to dinner.
| think he was probably crowded at home,
and come to think OF it ] did hear that his
house IN the bill vas ovid day and
night with guests. But, after imbibing one
of Bill Newton's famous cocktails, | forgot
the slight on the part OF Mr.. Sullivan and
felt fully able and in fact ached to pay my
own way while in the county seat.
The trip out to the court house was very
enjoyable. indeed, the prospect on either
hand being so varied and consequently SO
pleasing to the eye that l found no diff
Guilty in assembling to it the fact that all
hands connected with the court. with the
exception only Of the prisoners, put in
most OF the day going out and coming in.
court got through with, for no sooner had
it convened than it was time to adjourn
and get back in time for lunch.
was much impressed with our new Judge.
Judge DuBose suits me to a t-y ty. Judges
who have acquired gray hairs and calleus
places sitting on the bench could well emu
late that spirit of fairness, the expedition
and the dignity OF this young jurist. His
preliminary ''Op'n cote, Mr.. Shelf" at once
tells of his terseness and at the same time
eauses to steal over ones senses a breath,
as it were, from the whispering pines of
Georgia. / find that he never goes behind
the returns OF the jury, but rounds them
out with all the fullness and completeness
that the law allows. The sentencing OF the
man who broke into a shepherds cabin to
six years and Of James, the Mexican muir
derer, to twenty-five years in the pen, will
be taken, especially by these two culprits,
not for publication but as a guarantee of
the reserve fund in this Georgia Cracker"
In the arrangement OF the court room ]
found no fault, except in the seating OF the
Judge at the end OF the room in an archway
with "a large open space behind him. II his
honor does not go back to Benton with a
cold it will be because | am much mistaken
in his constitution and bylaws.
In the examination OF the different jurors
as to their qualifications to sit on the
James. Elmer case | was struck to find that
without a single exception all had read OF
the murder in the ARGUS. You, Mr.. Editor,
should take this fact unto yourself and
dream over it, for it certainly tells in an
approving way that your efforts in keeping
the people informed are not thrown to the
winds. 1t also proves that, as / have
heard il often expressed, III you don'tread
the ARGUS you don't get the news"
As regards the growth i'm n material way
Of your city | can assure you, Mr.. Editor,
that / was much surprised and gratifed to
witness SO much done in that line since l
visited you last. Your hotels, business
houses, Touring mill and bridge would be II
credit to places ten times the size OF Lewis
town.
ha We often heard of your cemetery and
its unfinished condition. ! would suggest
that little boxes be put up at the street
corners SO we country people could drop
now and then a nickel in the slot. | hon-
estly think that about one term OF court
would he sufficient to raise the necessary
funds. While the burying ground would be
logged out in n nice fence, the citizens Of
Iewistown would OF course have all the
honor and glory and at the same time have
n few dimes on hand with which to coax a
listen to Norman's ~phonograph.
As I stated in the beginning of this letter,
/ spent most of my money while with yeu.
I will close by appending a few ines by way
recapitulatiou Of the why and the where ]