SARATOGA, CARBON COUNTY, WYOMING, AUGUST 31, 1893.
M. W. Shafe and wife accom
panied by their daughter and
•son, Mr. Ed. Sears and Sophie
Crocheran spent a week very pleas-
I antly at Battle* Lake, returning
Sunday. Mr. Shafe returned to
i his ixjst at Ft. Steele Monday,
leaving his family here.
Some one telegraphed a fake
story from Rawlins recently, about
the utter andcomplei** destruction
of the range that went broadcast
over the west, and gave Carbon
county a black eye. The Carbon
County Journal skins him in good
’ shape in its last issue, and utters
some solid truths about men who
are guilty of such sensational trash.
Geo. Osborne, the authorized
agent of the Singer sewing ma
chine, is here, and intends to re
main in the valley about one
month. He will make Saratoga
his headauarters during his stay.
He has a large number of machin
es stored and on exhibition at the
post office, and has all the fixtures,
oil, needles, etc., and will do re
pairing. He will canvass the val
ley, and any one wanting machin-
• es, repairs, etc., he will be glad to
accommodate them.
Mrs. H. O. Crocheran has fav
ored this office with a specimen of
Wyoming grown mango, or bell
pepper, raised in her garden on
Cow creek. There is no doubt, she
thinks, that they will mature nice
ly if not nipped by an untimely
frost. This is another innovation
in the Great American Desert. By
and by this great desert will cease
, to exist on the maps or in the
thoughts of eastern people, or any
where else, and people will realize
that we have a wonderfully pro
ductive soil, a delightful climate
and an earthly paradise to live in.
THE ALTAMONT STAR.
