Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1850-01-31

he boys went 10 The Ciy, wnile me iest W
IS went to work at house Tor winter Il
quarters. Wber the boys came back all q
vent TO work at the cabin, which was COM /,
,le,ed ia some seven or eight days, and we
m owed into |, on the frs. OF this month; that s
night the rains beeen--you can hardly ina
CINE how we congratulated ourselves on this,
our lucky move; for while we are in our
cabin, at home as |, were, hundreds and
hundreds OF men who came in ss we did.
ar. on, in little cloth tents, everything wet,
indeed there are but few who have house
q, ell, while we have good house, Prov's'
ions plenty, some money. and making more
each day. ! am better satisfied thon ever
was before in my life-prospects are good
We, do not expect 10 make an uncommon
fortune. What time have worked in the
mines, we made from eight 10 sixteen dollars
per day, some Of the boys have beat this
little. our calculation is TO make about $40
Der day. when we can work, yet we do not
expect 10 work half our time, on account Of
rain. As 10 the trip, have said but little,
nor can say much. From home to Fort
Chlds, we had mud, rain and sickness. with
CONT afy ,eams; from here to Fort Laramie
we had quite good road and plenty Of grass,
bu, here we took the black hi lis and began
10 see hard times for our stock, scarcity oil
grass, but for ourselves, we had dry weather,
which was much more pleasant than the
rains OF Plat. From Fort Laramie through,
We had not as much rain as would wet
man. We had the North Plat 10 Terry;
from here 10 tho South Pass, we had fine
roads, with the exception OF sand. Never
was so agreeably surprised, as when we
came 10 the South Pass; we had expected to
see mountains; we'll, mountains were plenty.
vet we had none OF them to climb, but finest
kind OF road. In The Pass too. we had
plenty OF snow, though it was only in spots,
on the north sides Of the hills. Before we
came 10 Independence Rock, we found we
were bound 10 double teams, al the Rock we
doubled with Quinn & Taylor, and came
through; Kerby and Robertson draw them
selves ou, OF the mess al the some time. We
travelled on with no great trouble until We
got 10 Humboldls river, here agan we foune
no grass for our stock, after we got within Il
miles Of the sink, except at one place, abou
10 miles above the sink; from here to Car
sons river, distance OF SIS miles, We ha
not sprig Of grass, and oil the water as sal
as brine itself. But after crossing the deser
We had good grass and water TO the noun
tains. We thought we had seen the ele
f., plant, but were mistaken. But al III
mountain we saw him, good! A Canon Q
FIVE miles, the worst roads ever man too
wagons ovsr-f you would know what SOL
, Of road this is, jus! imagine you see FIVE mile
OF road strewed with stones varying in siz
: from whiskey barrel to that Of hogshest
the wagons having 10 run over these b
D more short turns than man ever saw--dllt
. you have made it GU, as bad as you think
:. could be, then jus. think it is three times {
bad, and you will have leinl idea how bs
II it is. All this we have overcome now, OIL
J. are in the golden land, very well fixed. Tt
stories Of snch grea! fortunes being made
n few days, are in great measure true. "
:. these fortunes are not made every day or
n by every one,-soms who crossed the plsiI
6 this season have made VIVA, we would CO
s. a fortune 10 Missouri: from one 10 four tho
sand dollars in the mines. and are comir
a home One man from Howard Count,
DR. m ade $25, 900 at the city OF Sacrament
W but he did not work 10 the mines for
v. There is a mess OF men at this time our nea
10 est nighbors, two OF whom dug up in OIL
day and washed out $500, making SIS p
day. have no. ye. made so much.
}" Every thing is high excep. sugar, coff
and les.-teu is cheaper here than in Il
States: sugar from l6 to 20 cents per To-, &C
fee is not worth so much as sugar. dry goo
I are very little niger than in the States, b
y vegetables are extremely high, It's almo
lis unreasonable 10 tell the prices. potatoes fro
e Use 10 ST. per ID, onions about the sam
! cabbage 80 per head, we bought our -four
S25 per bbl.. Molasses is worth 81 so p
gallon. Vinegar soc, fresh beef is wor
from 90 TO so cents per h., bacon from
to rs cents per ID.
We got through with one wagon and tear
and 20o0 pounds. the rest gave out. brol
OF down and we left them. Hawking from Il
as city to this place is from IL TO Is dolls
u. per ewt., wages from 10 TO $l6 per da
W mechanics ore getting more. Kerby ar
OF Robertson took what is called The Fealb,