The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-01-19
PONY.
Lines on Taking n Baih-News Of
the Week.

the Week.
PONY, Jan. 14.-[Special correspond
ercel- el-About six miles from Pony are
the South Willow Creek Springs. A
nicely-graded road on the north side OF
the stream winds through picturesque
canyon, and thence emerging into a
portion less rugged, the delighted
traveller will soon find himself in a
comparatively level, grassy basin, on
the north side of which are the springs.
II he is lover of the sublime in ma
ture he will behold with admiration
the great range of mountains further
west, with their peaks towering in SOL
itary grandeur thousands of feet in the
air. and also old "Hollow Top"-king
of them all--holding in his immense
bowl-shaped crown SHOWS that have
fallen centuries ago. Should he hap
pen to be the average mountalneer,
though. his first transaction will be to
go into the frame building erected
over one of the springs, plunge into
the 1Ox1O tank and splash around as
happy as a clam in high water. In
the meantime he is likely to soliloquise
about thusly: "Why in the name of
common sense don't these big Helena
CAPITALISTS. who have owned these
springs for years, erect good hotel
and more bathing facilities here, which
would both fill their pockets and a
long-felt want? Thanks to the Pony
tolks-who with their contribution box
erected this small building and tank
I am now enjoying this delightful bath,
anyhow These springs have for
years been quite resort for lnvalids-
esDecially rheumatic ones and many
an ache and pain have found their way
up to them, but few of which ever re-
turned to the valley. After the erec-
ton of the plunge bath and building
last summer, local pleasure parties,
as the afflicted, went almost daily to
the springs: and when the accommoda-
tions are increased doubtless great
numbers will visit them from abroad.
Horace Walters has started in the
good work by erecting a two story
frame house about mile below the
springs. in which he and his family
now reside. He has fine hot spring
OF his own not far from his residence,
in retired and romantic spot, and in
the spring will run daily hack from
his place to Pony.
The Misses Leah Morris, Maud Will
hanson, Nettie Hanson, and Rev. j..
L. Marquis and Mr.. Clarence Parker
got up No. l entertainment for the
18th inst at Smiths hall, which was
crowded as usual with spectators.
The program was lengthy and varied
from the fine rendition of the ghost
scene in Hamlet,-by Miss Maud Will
Hanson and Mr.. Phil Duncan-to the
cute recitation, "The little treasurer
by wee Helen Stock. If there was any
lack of harmony and skill in the vocal
music by the Misses Nina Wampler,
Nettie and Retta Hanson, and Rev.
Marquis. Will Morris. Chas. Norris and
Henry Adkins, or in the instrumental
music by the Misses Leah Morris, Nina
Wampler and Mrs. Harry Duncan on
the piano; Will and Chas. Morris on
the mandolins, and Chas. Morris and
Clarence Parker on the cornets, it
would have taken a much better critic
than yonr correspondent to detect it.
The cornet and mandolin duets were
exceptionally fine. The 'Drunkard' :
Wife" Death, Doomed" ''The Gam
bler's Wife," and a duet were quite
well rendered by Miss Minnie McCor-
mack, Miss Eva Nelson, Miss BERTHE
Hunter and the Misses Bessie O'Brien
and Maud Hunter, respectively. The
four tableaux scenes in the tragic life
OF Marie Stuart were very impressive.
The charade-by Breere Hunter
with a lasso-representing Geo. Han
son branding calves, as one OF the
spectators expressed it; the country
,jake's dumb recitation, by Harry Lew
:s, and the comic recitations by Mabel