The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-09-21
Il PONY COUNTRY
SOME IMPORTANT MINING
NEWS
As Told by the MadisOnian CorrespOn-
dent-rhe Hay Dtggers'' Through
with Their Work Personal aud
News.

TON1. sept. NOfre-
spondence]-After a long rest your cor
respondent will again bother YOU with
a few items. In the interval most of
the hay diggers have dug their last
digs: mosquitoes have presented their
little bills, received payment in blood,
and departed: the horse-t1y is no longer
a shining mark for the equine tail: the
active little hornet has sheathed his
veritatua and silently stole away: the
rains have decended. much to the ben
efts of the ranges: Jack Frost has TAX
en- a savage nip at the garden truck and
"sich'a and the summer girl has given
her ice-cream beau a rest. Also. in the
meantime, there has been in Pony. a
marriage "a la heart and hand:'' a
marriage "a la Gretna Green" a mar
riage without these romantic ~perauis-
ties: rumors Of marriages yet to come:
and. alas, in n instance loves young
dream was smashed into smithereens
by the interference of cruel parents,
yet, Notwithstanding all this, Pony
still maintains her equilibrium and is
jogging along toward the bright future
that awaits her.
The usual activity prevails in the
mines here. There are several import
ant mining deals on the tapis, which
will, doubtless, oon terminate in the
sale of some Of the Pony mines-mines
that have yielded splendid returns to
their present owners, and Judging from
the immense amount of good ore in
sight will yield big dividends to those
who should be fortunate enough to pos
sess them in the future.
The wild hay and alfalfa crops on the
valley are quite good but timothy has
failed to reach the average. The
grain and potato crops will also be
lighter than usual. Owing to the late
heavy and frequent rains most of the
grain is still standing, but soon the
sound of the reaper twill be heard in
the land" and shortly after Jay JOY
ners and Billy Wilkins, with their
threshing machine crews, will be
boarding around among the farmers,
while 0. w. Jay, whose machine is
over or the Ruby, with his character
istic energy, will 0 % be there MAX
ing the cylinders hum.
Hon. N. j. Isdell has just returned
from a trip to Washington and Oregon.
He reports good crops but low prices,
poor market, low wages, work scarce
and consequently hard times generally
in fact Montana has seen no depres-
sion at all compared to that which he
witnessed on his trip.
The supporters of the present admin
istration + getting up a third term
howl-for the benefit ofthe fat daddy
of his daughters-about good times all
over the land, but Judging from the de-
preston in all kinds of business. wit
messed by Mr.. Tsdell on his trip, and
the continued hard times throughout
the country generally. 1t is patent,
that said prevaricators are yet trying
to pull wool over the eyes of the dear
people. Miss Edith OFT accompanied
Mr.. Isdell home from Washington and
will make her home with his family fo1
the present.
There has been a great exodus to the
hot springs on south Willow Creek
lately. Several camping parties have
been there for some time, among whom
were Mr.. Bell and wife. Mrs. McKas.
kle and daughter and Mrs. Mador.
They have since been joined by ''Uncle
Tom" Hunt and his nieces Misses Leah
Morris and Maud Williamson. Miss
Anna Schmalhausen and several other
ladies from Bozeman are expected tc
, soon join the merry campers. A few
Sundays ago 80 persons were at the
springs and not long before no less a
| parsonage than Hon. Thomas Carter
visited them, imbibed bottle beer with
the boys, dotted his dignity and sena
torial harness and cut as many bull
frog capers in the plunge bath as com
+ mon folks. Mr.. Carter, DR.. Treacy ant
others OF Helena W the springs, ant
he stated before leaving that they in
t tend to erect cottages and make othel
improvements there next season TO
the accommodation OF the people.
Gen. Thomas Osborne, formerly US
minister to the Argentine Republic
accompanied by his brother, John Os
borne, arrived on the valley a few day