New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-29
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COLONY LIFE IN WINTER

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v,,or Storm The sky was overcast ana the VIM ou'
"I,''i =, hlcw For weeks and months we have hau
Noe' tIp5 Of weather; the has shone cvcry day,
iron of rain has fallen since September, and there
- heen Int two little spittlngs OF tsnOw, which dSap
Jared I'm few hours. An the time the roads have been
Good beyond description--the Ncoson pavement
could mt better And thus IL has been that neither ny
might nor day do the soes Of ones shoes get even moist
Some OF our folks feel tho cold before morning of lho
houses are far from beng warm End when the wind does
blow it comes to "whero they live" And yet nobody
takes cold or gets sick II coal cheaper We would
like It. for il is from s. 90 go per tun However ING
Boulder Valley Railroad reaching TO the coal hedS is 10
be completed next month"; and thon we expect the pest
quality IS We know we'll that there Is coa al
around u.s. and plenty OF Colony land but II taxes
time and money to sink shafts and to rig pumps, and
We have not got around IT, Tho advantages OF ola
communities do not come all at once In the places Whefo
the paths of the antelope still remain.
Speaking OF antelope remark that TO the horth oi US
few miles they to DO found In Hooks OF ~ op oV'
zoo and perhaps lOOand that they are brought INTO
town by the wag0uoad. They sell by the quarter NJ
about &C. One of our butchers bought load Of elk and
deer shot near the Snowy Range and one elk weighed
ago hounds II was as tail horse, and 1t had horns
like young forest. AS yet We have had no BEARS
though they coming down ont OF the snowy hAhge'
Buffalo we have had quito pentifuy from our hunters
The district the Republican River is about all that re-
mains Of the Buffalo Country, but have heard IL esti
mated that there many buffalo there as there are
sheep in the whole OF tho United States 1t must be
remarkably rich soil that can, few hundred miles,
support such immense herds We have ducks In market
Weighing about each, which sell at 75c per par;
prairie chickens at COO. Pork is 25c ID good round
steak &c., but by the quarter is ca 10 c and some OF
II is TOO fat. remark, by tho way, that mono OF our
stock except mich cows, has been fed with hay or any
kind Of grain, and unless should cover the ground
mono will be fed. One of members goes about con-
planning that he is losing from to $4,000 year be
cause he has not the cattle to eat the grass all around
| him.
Adobe houses are coming into favor this cold weather
for inside them everything is snug and still They serve
better IL burned brick and the walls are not as likely
TO crack while they much cheaper and the hnsh may
be as good as one can afford. have got into n nice
scrape this Winter In the first place undertook to
build an addition TO my house. Fortunately had Duiit
no cellar though we have place where we Keep p)ta
toes-reached by lifting TIE carpet and opening trap
door fortunately say because cellar walls made OF
concrete with miserable lime have proved uncertain
two or three having caved In. SO determined 10 have
se .G bd bn the weather was ne and
workmen went ahead. But had well where wanted
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but after time Il got bad taste When first pumped
II sparkled and bubbed and IL smelled OF sulphur Per
haps something due TO the curbing, which was OF
wood and necessary keep the ground from caying in
Many other wells in town arc IN the same cOnditlon
The running in irrigating ditch comes from
melted Snow aud, running over powders and gravel Is
positively he best water in the world 1T is so soft that
the would nothing else for Washing even n
they had wells In their bedrooms We have all pretty
much concluded that we must depend upon this water
and, TO have q supply, Cisterns TO fCceye H.
Therefore would have cistern.
Well the had the cellar wall nearly done and
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the water In the ditch ceased TO run, though the
| side OF town, and quarter of mile from well. or
the quilted work. for they could not make
no time to put matters straight The next day water
running again, sweet, cold and clear but there were
and cellar unfinished Il seems that the masons got into
sort of financial difficulty among themselves, which
the g Then the weather grew colder the water froze
up; but my wife filed all her boilers, tubs kettles and
wash-pitchers, which lasted until washing was TO be
done nor did she have fun supply and she had u
Yesterday morning being cold and stormy the wafer was
ditch perhaps to the botom from which II
oF so na %e w' to Be BE SG a
for the big boiler on our Stewart Stoye through ~his
1t is Illuminating to confess mat went down t2w n ana
barrel. After a long time vinegar barrel was found
cost S2with two gallons OF vinegar IN It, Then bought
bottom rolled the barrel through the mud to the best
well in town, tne4 j. through my patent tunnel ana
we rolled up 10 the dniDgrOOm, set 1t on blocks III
serted good faucet, and We had water once more.
that success is awakening COlOnizlng spirit
all through the country and Colorado Ii main objective
point colony coming hitler from kentucky one from
near Louis hundred faInieso OF CONcnantefs;
one from Omaha, and not least from Chicago. BY
late accounts the latter will probably haS great success
their constitution Is printed and out nearly resembling
ours and we eXUgct to see the Locating Committee
the first Of mex honth.
our 3Onile ditSh is nearly completed ana for month
past farmers have been blowing for what and oats,
acres win DO cultivated cannot say, but you may be
sure we shall raise share. gTistmi il 10 he fin
sed by harvest and other enterprises OF like
ture are inaugurated As to fencngwe solve the prob
lem by ncOsing bitches with wire fence 20 miles
long which will surround space Is miles long by from
miles wide within this no fences VIII be required,
and suck Of all kinds must be kept the outside This
was adopted Mr.. Greeley's suggestion and 10 meets
With general approval The cost will DO about $4,000,
derived from the sale Of town lots We shall have left
from this fund about $4,000 while we have nearly 100 lots
held in reserve which, when s0d will bring three times
much all OF which is TO be devoted TO educational pur
poses Spectators might want TO know how lots sell,
and will state that paid the other day, fOf lot 100 by
100, $500 This choice corner lot, although quaI-
mile from the business center but II Is fair ad
vance land which, eight months ago. cost only $40 an
acre. doubt whether your New-YOrk real estate men
would not like to have hand in this pie But the fact II
is owing 10 the simple fact that neither they
nor any ike them have had hand in IT, Every member
is equally interested and man has better chance
than another Hence the gain 70 each insignificant,
but the aggregate enormous. Perhaps shall learn,
! Gus community is 10 give every man chance NJ G. 81