The weather has been fine for
the past few days, ami all ranch
' men have turned their stock on the
i range.
Astonished at the Sheep.
. J. A. Leavitt, connected with
the office of the Hon. John M.
. Thurston at Omaha, has been in
: this state for a month -or more. He
said to a reporter of the Cheyenne
Sun recently: ”In Carbon county
il was surprised to see the great
(bands of sheep. I have traveled a
great deal over the country and it
seems to me I saw a million head
of sheep tl.t-re. They are in good
condition, too. Wool shearing
. had just eoinnienc'ed near Rawlins
and the clip is yielding well. If I
knew anything about the business
1 would invest in a baud of sheep
at once mid quit the law business
■ forever. |
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE. <
As a ride, the sentiment of Amer
ican business men of American
pieople is si rung in favor of the 1
payment of debts, but the last
congress lias flown squarely in the
face of this honorable sense of I
moral duty in repudiating obliga
tions of the government which arc j
of even higher weight and sanc
tion than its bonded debt.
