Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-01-28
JUDITH VALLEY LOCALS.

What is the matter with Montana's eli
mate? Oh It's all right.
Mrs. McGinn, Of Cottonwood, is visiting
the Hawsons, of Philbrook.
John Sehaal, Friday evening last, gave
ane OF his pleasant dancing parties in his
private hall.
It's our private opinion that the man
who would kick against this weather would
he mean enough to herd a band of bucks on
his mothers grave.
George Monroe, the elderly gentleman
who attends the stock of the stage com
pany in Philbrook, has been quite i'll for
over "a week with the grip.
Stage drivers are now wearing linen
busters, and the far seeing traveller who has
any distance to 60 rests his team several
hours during the heat OF the day.
The entire east is anxiously looking for
ward to the coming of the january thaw."
We nave il not upon our lists, it never will
Ice missed, for we nave nothing To thaw.
philbrook and vicinity may he Just IA
tritle prosy, but don't you forget that We
always escape the cataclysm, theholocaust,
and the usual railroad accident. Why
shouldn't va he happyi in our quiet, modest
way
The Judith Basin sheep man who has
cast his horoscope for the coming year
sees nothing but the grandest kinds OF sue
cesses all along the line. That small speck
on the horizon where some adventurous
spirit has jumped a claim in the middle of
his best meadow will never grow to half the
proportions OF "a mans hand. Nive la
Shropshire!
Orlando Sawyer, the well groomed livery
man of L~ewistown, paid Philbrook "a flying
trip last week. We were standing near the
stage barn when Orlando dashed into Main
street with his stylish cutter, and the merry
bells only ceased their chime when he drew
up in front OF the Dew Drop Inn" for a
cigar. His prancing bays in their champ
ing of bits and impatient flying of tails
seemed to say: we get our oats at the
Elkhorn."
l.. H.. Hamilton, of the Sage Creek Sheep
company, will next year build an elegant
residence il, Great Falls, where he will re-
side with his family. Mr.. Fred Warren, of
Antelope creek, we understand, will also in
"A few years build in Great Falls, and direct
the iestineis of his extensive sheep interests
from that place. The Judith Basin is nat
urally tributary to the coming permanent
capital city, and the earlier her capitalists
and business men see tn the building of IL
telephone line into the basin just SO soon
will she ENJOY in n greater degree the aid
vaUtages Of ''~reciproeity' that rightfully
belong to her.
Last week William +. Ninson, the wool
adventure while crossing the Judith "a few
miles above Utica. To an onlooker, who
could reconcile to himself the fact that the
father of his country Was totally bald
headed the situation would have suggested
the tableaux OF Washington crossing the
Delaware" Mr.. Ninson drove MS team
across the ice and ms they successfully
climbed the opposite bank he heard the ice
! breaking. ON his return he tried to cross
at the same place, hut his sleigh ran under
the edge of the ice, the team broke through
and one horse narrowly escaped drowning.
OF course Bill got "a very cold bath, and as
a result il he doesn't have the grip his con
stitution is in a jim dandy condition.
Philbronk for n long time enjoyed the
distinction oil being the centero Of Methodism
in the Judith Basin. We think now, how
ever, that this center is at the Pleasant
Valley school house. four miles east. The
Methodists are talking of building a church
/ ct that place. the school house being too
small to accommodate the many who at
tend. In the meantime Philbrook manages
to drag along with about six sermons a
month, and two full grown saloons that
close their doors only when wearied bar
tenders seek needed rest in sleep. After re-
cording these facts we. ~ a Retrospective
way, voice the sentiment of the inspired
bard, who wrote: ''VoX populi Erin, vox
del go bragh,'' which being translated
means when ignorance is bliss, tits folly
to he a blister