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A Scrap of History.We iiafi the rare fortune a few lt;3ays ruro. | LJ i10 P«ru»c tile records., of Fort BertlvoldJ ' wbieh are preserved by certain parlies in j this town in the shape t»fti journal and re-1 a. late to occurrences at that post during the!Mast twenty-five years. With the pemis*! „ ! sion of the owner of said journal, we will ! e j g‘ve helow a few extracts referring to our y j esteemed townsman, Mr. 1). W. Marsh, ?o i r iin(i favorably known on the Missouri ! river, ami whose literary, efforts have hereS'tofore been modestly hidden from an ap-piccialive public.iThursday, A ugust 20th, 1850. | Kind Reader.—It is with feelings of of mOrtifictioii that we as.srme in the absence oI Mr. W. H. Lamed, the senior j Editor of this record, the journalistic pen. I We are fully conscious of our inability to j j dll i ho editorial chair-, and nothing hut S:j strong sense of duty to our beloved Dakota and its esteemed inhabitants, impels me to :s take so arduous yet noble a task. And k | when the pet; of the future historian retrain j •p scribes these classic pages, we hope his j e : criticising eye will deal gently with ovir i1-. many errors, and kindly overlook; our-I1itr.many faults. To use a Dakota phrase, we now ’‘open out/Saturday, October 21th. 1S56. It is with !- e.ssscarcely a realizing sense of oar impor-tance that we again, after a few weeks' sib-■ ' ■ ' * * ■’ * *;r j sence, assume; the immense vespoi.sibii ty : n. I of presenting To whomever it muy ecus-j cernM a faithful ajul impartial record of j transpirig events. Alas i wc fear that a!I much abler pen than Ours will be neees* j : aary to do Fort Berih$d and its varied population strict Christian justice, but we console ourselves with the thought that ‘To ; 'n err is mortal.'We are under great and irremediable 15 obligations to Mr. D: W. Marsh for his labors in our sanctum during our absence. The vivacity of his perceptions render his ' compositions gems of the very first water to the reading public. His back-blinded slaps at onv awkwardness in the editorial i chair are very well turned and are grateful! v received. With these remark?; we proceed to TnzMerpr:;r:
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The Benton Record
Fort Benton, Montana, US
Fri, Aug 04, 1876
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