Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-06-02
JUDITH VALLEY LOCALS.

The Judith river is on a "'Ta-ra.ra boom
decay"
Dame Nature now looks resplendent in
her best bib and tucker.
Clarence Goodell recently purchased an
elegant piano from the Jackson music
house OF Great Falls.
We herewith chronicle the suspicious ar
rival of Spring Time, General Debility and
Sulphur and Molasses.
+. j. Morrison left Thursday last with
ll5 head of horses destined for Dakota.
Mr.. Morrison will load AT Big Sandy.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. A. bake. Of Antelope
creek, have returned to their old home in
the east, where they will reside perma-
nently.
The Judith roundup met at Utica the
gid uit.. and proceeded at once upon the
usual spring routine of chasing the nimble
looted cali.
The Wolf creek horse roundup salloped
through the lowe. Louise creek region last
week. While there they we're joined 10y
several horsemen from this vicinity.
j. r. Shelton, of K~alispell, is spending a
short time on the Judith. the scenes OF his
former exploits. Jim presents a smiling
front, and altogether his appearance tells
Of his lines being cast in pleasant places.
Ed Hersey, OF Utica, was in Philbrook
one day last week greeting his old friends.
Ed eame down To take in charge IA beauti-
ful red buggy Just brought in from the rail
road. The buggy is IA regular daisy, as
50 il Ed, Tor that matter.
Horace Phillips, our new Pl,ilhro.k m-r-
chant, has filled his shelves with an en-
tirely new stuck of goods just from the
railroad. Horace is already doing n good
business, and will no doubt make u great
success in the mercantile business.
Jesse Phelps, the rotund capitalist al
Helena, made the Judith "a flying visit last
week. Jesse is not in the least spoiled by
a years s%ojourn in the temporary capital,
but shakes US all by the hand and talks as
pleasantly with us as was his wont when
he was an ordinary pumpkin roller like the
balance OF us.
Decoration day was quietly observed in
Philbrook. There was no blare of trum-
pet, no roll Of drum, no treading of mar
tial feet, 40 flights of o%ratory. An unusu-
ally large concourse of people congregrated
in the afternoon at the cemetery and on
the graves of loved ones and friends they
unostentationsly spread the flowers of an
aifectionate remembrance.
The mystery centering in Ihilbrook's
haunted honse is "A mystery no longer. IL
has been found ont that those ghostly
noises heard at the time when gra~ veyards
are said to yawn were caused by a score or
more Of unusually large bed bugs. A num-
Der OF steel traps have been set, and soon
these demons Of the night shall have paid
the penalty of their many crimes.
William Hawson and wife have given up
the management of the Hotel Judith in
Philbrook, and in the future will lead a
pastoral existence at their lovely ranch on
Cottonwood creek. The cognomen Of
mime host" has fallen to John Good, who
will in future manage this well known stop
ping place. The motto Of the new boniface
is good beds, good meals and good general
satisfa action.
A set of well worn artificial teeth was re-
Gently found by Dan Corcoran near his
ranch on the south bank of the Judith.
They are supposed to- belong to Nelson
True, the man who depopulated our
streams OF trout. Mr.. True has not been
heard rom, but the general superstition is
that he spit upon his bait once too often
and in the act this useful continuance,
though false to the core, slid out on a
piece of saliva aud have ever since enjoyed
n well mezited rest among the grasses and
willows.
Your correspondent recently witnessed
an exhibition Of politeness that fairly tool
away his breath for "a short time. We are
not nsed tn it. and anything going against
the ordinary grain Of II commo existence
is very apt to come up as "a subject Of re.
mark. The exhibition referred to- was the
very graceful and polite lifting Of his hat
by a young man on meeting a lady ae-
quaintance. He did not live in PhiIbrooE.
Oh, no, Nor Utica, either. While we our
selves are not a stiekler for etiquette nor a
Chesterfeldian in the smallest degree this
sudden and pected example of true
gallantry leads to the thought hat we
could all alike profit by this one simple
lesson ia good manners. II generally pays
To lie polite; Ne III fact know al only one
instance where politeness like virtue WAS
it's only reward. 1t rtme about in this
wise: A certain gruff old scion uf nobility
had n new and uniried valet whose every
movement aud utieranr- "as p"liten-ss
itself. The servant appeared before HIS
master one morning and in his most pol
ished manner and blandcst Of tones TX
The Duke oi Buckingham awaits
your royal pleasure" Wlereupon the old
man in the deepest Of basso prninnd"
roared out: ''Let-down-the-ba rs-and let
the-bucking-son-ofa-gnn-in.'