The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-31
PLAINS PROGRESSING
In The Line of Promotion with "a Mild
lit of "a Sensation.

INV VI "
Missoula, Nav 30.-Plains has been
steadily progressing for the past five
years and those who have not visited
this pleasant place would hardly know
IL II II Were not for the familiar sign,
u. A. MCGOWAN" hat is seen over the
mercantile establishment across from
the railway station. Tina demonstrates
that il Is the same old place. yet IL Is
not the same. for IL has changed Won
derfully. There is the new hotel that is
a credit to the town. There is the new
brick business block and the other i'm
p~rovements in the center of own There
is a barber shop. "A drug store. "A doctor,
"A gas plant that Eliminates the central
part of the place. There Is the new pa
per. that Is certainly a worthy addition
to the busy burg. and latest of all, there
is the following mild sensation, mar
rated in the Newsletter, that indicates
that Plains is in line for promotion:
Last Saturday mornings passenger
train brought a lady and her son, about
s years of age. while the lady herself
was perhaps middle-aged.
There is nothing strange i'm "A lady
stopping off i'm this city. They are com
ing and going every day. and many
times unnoticed by those who gather at
the depot when the trains come in.
What caused more han unusual
tE1ip ahAttAAS "a WV u wv
fact that this feminine individual was
met at the depot by a gentleman who
Immediately placed the lady and son in
"A carriage and together they rapidly
drove away.
Sine the lady's arrival i'm our fair
city there has been a look of sadness i'm
some of the bachelor boys eyes. while
others NOPE around as if their burden of
sorrow was more than they could bear.
IF the history of his lady could be
written il o doubtless MI pages of
romantic reading. AMI a song of love
and affection that would melt the most
stubborn heart To softness. As IL is. tn
secret OF this omanc viii probably be
known To no other living person thai.
herself AMI Intended husband.
Fred Greenwood. a farmer livirg
four miles from town. arrived at the
conclusion some time & that leading a
life of single blessedness. or cussedness.
was not as brilliant as some writers ON
household economy have pictured IL to
be. A happy thought struck him one
day and he saw his way out of the di-
lemma. Mr.. Greenwood at some time
In his life had heard of a matrimonial
agency in Chicago. and he decided TO
place himself in correspondence with
them and see il he could not secure a
partner hat would share his Joys and
sorrows through the remaining years OF
his life.
Not long after Mr.. Greenwood had
announced himself a candidate for mat
rimonial favors he was besiegcd with
tender and loving letters from a dozen
or more ladies who were anxious to land
the prize and willing to sacrifice their
all for him.. Among the number he
picked out one whom he thought would
make him a good. kind and loving wife,
and began corresponding with her. II
did not take long for them to find out
that their two hearts should beat as
one. and soon the preliminary details
were made and the lady started on her
journey from the East to join her fu.
ture husband.
Mrs. Emma Darling is the lady's
name in question, and on Tuesday 81
this week We called at the residence of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Love, where Mrs.