The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-09-29
AMERICAS EGYPT.
Mr.. Brooke has Plenty and to
Spare.
He Invites Us to Come and Partake
ofHis Abundance,

Regards Il an Honor to Have g4sa
Born in ;he District Represented b,
VIM. L. Wilson-He Goes to tie Hon
tana State Convention Full of Entm.
siasm-A Strong Silver Man Though
Plenty Of Gold IL Produced in Sight
Of His Home.
WHITEHALL, Sept. l9.-As a former
citizen Of the present Second CONGRESS
sional Distfies OF West Virginia. which
has for years past been greatly honored
by being represented in the congress
OF the United States by the great f.riff
reformer and enemy OF trusts, Hon Wn5.
l.. Wilson, | with other Virginians and
friends Of tariff reform hail with iov tbe
act OF Four recent convention which met
at Martinsburg and did itself honor Inv
renominating by reclamation. the man
who has not only served Won so well but
4 vast majority Of the people Of the ITni-
ted States. That you and your readers
may know how the democrats Of fire
great northwest appreciate the services
of Hon. VIM. L. Wilson, y4il here
mention thai on last Saturday, the 18TH
inst, the democrats of the county of JEFF
fersqn, Montana, held their convention
in Boulder, the county seat, for the p1r-
pose of nominating a democratic ticket.
and to elect IS delegates to represent
the county in the state convention which
convenes in the city Of Helena, the cani.
tai OF the state, ON the 18th of the pres
emf nonthi when DR.. A. l.. Vawter a
former citizen OF Virginia in nomination,
a candidate for delegate iii s;iid eonyenss
ton, rising to his feet, said | nominate.
an old man, a native of William l.. vii
sons district in West Virginia. Need 7
tell you that the cd man received every
vote IN the eonVention--i15, and hon.
estly believe he received them more in
honor OF Mr.. Wilson than for sny merit
of his own.
| regret TO learn that West Virginia
as well as the Western States has suffer
ed greatly from the drouth which ma
terially shortens the crops in the states
affected. You may say to your peonla
who have TO buy corn, that instead of po-
ing TO Europe az the Israelites of Old
did, TO come to Montana in the great
Northwest the Egypt OF the Rev World
Our crops the present year are vefv
abundant. believe that in a radius Of
10 or 20 miles In this jefferson river val
ley there will be several hundred car
loads OF potatoes shipped 10 ST. Paul a
distance OF lis miles. The freight will
be 40 cents per 100 lbs. from Whitehall
to st. Paul in ear load lots. | believe it
would be a blessing to at least some Of
your people did they get mess of Mon
tana potatoes. Possibly il might con
vince them that the hills of West Viz
ginia are not the only country fit Ia 1.-Two
in. Well, as a natural result over pro-
duction with us has lowered the market
value OF our heavy surplus.
Two very valuable gold mines arc at
present date being developed in SIGHT az
my home. They being located on tho
west side of Boulder mountain 5 miles
east OF my home. One OF the two has re-
Gently been sold to New York canitalists
Tor the sum of five hundred Thousand
dollars cash down. The other in f1ondad
Tor large sum and will be sold Inv tic
LIST OF January next as the bonds exnira
on that date Thus it is, while the gold
bugs OF New York are hunting nm and
investing in gold producing property onr
silver mines remain shut down, bnt we
have strong hopes that a united sontb
and west will soon decree that the white
metal IN the future shall be equal in val.
ne to the yellow.
Financially he present year has been
the hardest OF my life. Arriving i'm
btiAAA years since with INV
family with only 35 cents in cash and
two worn out horses, to find flour worth
from fifty to seventy-five cents per In
potatoes % cents per pound bacon. eof.
fee sugar and salt each one dollar nar
pound, we found plenty of gold dust in
circulation. The difference between
then and now, there was nlentv 81
money gold dust in circulation then tho
present year but little OF any kind. In
October last | discharged my hired helm
since then have been doing the worl
myself with the exception of july and
August I hired help to stack nv bay
while rode on the moving machine
Thanks to kind and most mnrcifrt
God my health continues good and
should IT continue a few DAYS Longer 7
will celebrate my seventy-fifth anniver.
sary as delegate in the democratic state
convention which meets in the citv of
Helena on Tuesday, the 25th day OF Sep.
tember
oh how greatly | would enioy a yisi,
to old Monongalia in November nextbad
the legal qualification to vote for tbe
great tariff reformer.
Yours most truly for tariff for reyen.
ne only. E. q Rpoovr