New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-25

$50 years II is such a soil you find along the mage
roads in Western NewYork and Ohio but his rcher
and vegetables put out such broad, strongly hotcheu
leaves that one stops TO wonder
This water Is friendly comIanionable thng-"e nave
a ditch running past our shanty door. We now make
water run almost any where we hear il singing by night
and day: little fish splash IT, swiftly dartng hens-Or
we have them already and they ay-come ana dflk 10
cool their tongues, and as for washngwater II Is eq "
that from the clouds Indeed it Is from heclondT LOT
runs ont Of the banks which we see among 'n0
clouds from 40 to GO miles away on the lofty snowy
RANGE From, orr position Longs Peak seems tWin
from Denver il is SINGLE Of the peaks bare o sno"
the further ono fairly dlzzles with silver ana hol
south the snow shines brightly that one II
shade his eyes with his hand in looking at IT, ro' -
miles the foot hills dark with pines STAND OUT i 80
tbc Mains Twenty miles To the east Is our nun Wv"
where the frames Of houses rise every any ,ouu
ono topo bird'seve view, the most noceaDe hlsh vi
the borders of this great American deSeIt ="
vritbout yatcr-would be the houses anu to ~ VI ~
miles OF bitches bright with sparkling "alcI' running
along the streets giving life TO the thousands OF Sci
ofed aples we have planted, making the hundreds OF
Gardens beautiful, and bordering the Sidewalks WIN
frobng green The whole view would he Ike that OF
ono Garden the lots being beds, and the Streets pains
even though IL is only days since pow turned the
first furrow. ,
Expecting to keep horse and COW. and Lay not bcng
likely 10 be cheap for they call this dry year. had p
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from orr shautv This hveacre LOT in the future is, OF
course TO appear I'm Autographed map on INC 0ccsIo
of well advertised sale of lots IN the city II Deng Wen
yircd and barrowed and the water let on, have at
This writing nice green stand OF tender OATS, relhnB
one of the upspringing OF young aus nehIu. III 'u
ton 10 these matters friend Perrin mindful OF our as
tress sent cabbage, sage, horse radls, anu to1a9
bcn from several nice showers and on one day last week
If rained gently y hours which was rst-rate for Things
outdoors Int rather decidedly doleul for things In our
sbantv The roof leaked shameiully, dripping ana
drilling OIL the pillow and qulIt @ n.y. he
moved However, such things as chairs and tables mat
would bear wettng turned out DOORS ana me bcus
1occd under the upper side of the roof ana we managed
70 secp without getting any wettcr Three or four days
were required dry the bedding ana the coihihS IN e
boxes out doors which had been supposed To Dc water
mcn readers may want TO know how long this state OF
things is 10 last particularly with regard TO the cook
room where shanty built around the stove, though
last Sunday wind swept everything away ana me s1SS
pipe feebly sending out smoke giving the ylctuhS
flavor not unlike that OF damaged pepper Ihere is no
stone 10 be had in this region, although one of our mem
bers who returned disguised, reported that no wells
could he dug, because there was an impenetabe rOcR
two feet from the surface. There no brick within fifty
miles. Lumber is scarce and dear, or rather IL WAS LOT
have davs when there are bitter cold Winds which pierce
to the bone if flies it follows the wind ana frame
honses are uncomfortable Hence concluded TO prodtby
build a house Of adobe, or sunburnt brick,
The chcapest and hardest material can get, but
which everybody was afraid Of. l had supposed
that concrete of lime and gravel would Pe 'he Drse
material but lime is IS cents bushel; ana Conlso
of concrete foot high, put up only every Othcr Jay,
makes n progress that Is slow and unsatisfactory 10
those living under roofs where IN the mg1t %ater y
likely ~ run in their well was dug 80 feet deep.
In hi ggiug a well make square cuID ana silh ~ ds
we dig for we strike gravel ana unless we nave
curb may shovel gravel forever but never come 70
water. Excepting taste Of pine WOOD, Whch nov -
nearly gone, the water is cool, soft, clear, ana g0Oh
Then concrete foundation was aid ana upon tis auop
bricks i'm mortar made Of the same iite. i3l IAl
is OF u species Of blue clay mixed with sand. Mhen
fis nodded they are laid IN the yard for three
DAYS when they become hard enough to use Inc
wall seems rs solid If made Of burned brcks.
They stood in that twclve-hour rain and be
came spattercd and soft little ON the
ont side. Int the structure was not in the least impaired
II intended hOwcyertO give the outside wall ccatngOt
water-lme cement and TO have the cOrnce prec prop
erly The Oldest houses in America are Of two kinds,
the frame houses England and the adobe houses
of New-Nexico. wall Of new house Is now about
eight feet high the frames OF me GooIs ana an,
set and prospects good for so soon as he Walls
ready for the upper JoiSts ear penIs VII ne reug
TO lay the floor plasterng VIII De uoe a
we will move In whether II rains before the Iuol y on OF
not shall put on gravel FOOL nae bc g IN bot
days we can sit and think over these tough times
The Nat roof is for me c P1PSse in oI nsH
tal countries, and that, when the stil evening COLES
hours before sunset yesterday the air was purple WIN IN
Indian Summer tiuge; there was cool bfctl', anu
clouds where the mountains fail aM ay To me horhWr1
facing Laramie Plains. and above virginia l1ae, WINE al
the way thence Longs Peak beautiful purple ana
| gold mingled with the silver of the snow Amid the
wreck OF travel my wife saved her geIahlnhs' Two
plants which take kindly to the soil, and In IRON OF our
| new house likely to have some late autumn
flowers shall have next year. ana IL Is the nope
the next year will bring which sustns us ia thc
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bage flea and the turnip y; hut beyond us we bi en-
trry free such pests There Is no apple moth nor
worm nor cabbage woriu and better than all there sno
curcuiO Perhaps the reason iOr this b. the great NUMBER
Of bird-arks r3Dns wtes, ou lco, NM o %1u g
short this IL the worst place ever saw for an l p0o
gst, and should Dr. limler, lIoi Fllch or iIOt kley
hther they could take no interest III the country
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