The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-04-27

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This climate seem 90 boa spgti6y AVID
lasting care f4 those afflicted with pub
monay dtbeul9e> not too ar gone.
Badly diseased lang, are here hurried 10
destruction, buj those partially gone aul
all throat trouble. are cured IS this warm
dry air. bbcautlml weather as We have
and such sunshine woud gladden. ans
heart however .iek tn December wcbad
jwe week. et pretty severe weather the
mercury going below zero every night
once q below, but since we have bad
delightful weather; no snow to last over
: day aud only three or four squalls, an
pat together. Bat enc must live here al.
ter receiving good, for thc air is 50 rare
aud dry that 90 90 to the more damp alt
mate Of the east would be about a. sure a
mode Of death as tho disease, Ofeoufsc
visit. eau he taken With safety, but to nc.
main would be somewhat dangerous
Twin give you little description Of
thc country. lnpassing through Indiana,
Illinois and Michigan, the broad prairies
are very level with oulyoecasional knoIls
to intercept the view, but from Omaha
westward the scene changes and gradual
rise begins from there until the summit OF
the Rocky mountains IL reached, lowell
succeeding level until we are at the foot
hills of the backbone Of the American
Continent rising from about one thousand
feet above the sea level TO six thousand
feet at this place, the ascent is SO gradual
that you do not notice 1t, except IN the
change of air
Denver lies in one Of The valleys Of the
water courses which cut the plains every
where, and only along which any trees
are found, The trees are cottonwood.
At the junction Of Cherry creek and the
North Platte, about twelve miles from
this oty-for city il really Is with it-
mayor aud aldermen, and about 1000 IN
habitmts-oycr one of these rising levels,
begins the foothills, aud peak succeeds
peak, up into the region Of clouds and
perpetual snow, not perpetual as IN the
Alps, the peaks always covered, but snow
lying in rayines and valleys Of the loftcr
ones the year round, and grand sight Il
is from our little home in the southeast
corner Of the city We can see the chain
with its hues varied every moment by
passing clouds, by morning light or sel.
ting SUM- At one time whole mountain
ruby in color and as the clouds shift on
the sun rises or sets, leaden gray, with
strcaks of dark green, marking the pres-
cncc Of pine forests, or else one pile of
dazzling white, a new coat OF snow
being put upon it's dark sides by the en-
yeloping mist, which three hours before
hid il from view Yes, such chain Of
mountains IN oil their glory ond beauty
we can see stretching fifty miles norlIt of
Longs Peak (ls,00o feet IN higb) 20 as
many miles south Of Pixies Peak, nearly
as lofty. Two hundred miles and over Of
shifting colors aud Pclions on Ossa piled
Now a little of the prairie, aud n is
worst garb. have SO far seen II very
sandy, Tile grass grows in little mounds
OF nubs aud dry soil, between an inch
wide OF more. The loan, what there "a
Of it, is from one to twelve inches deQp
on the uplands, which must be irrigated
before it viii ever produce crops; and
vast amounts OF such land are kiu-
ated all over the prairie, the only land Of
any immediate good on fertility being sit-
uated in the valleys or along the water
courses, The grass grows from three 70
four months ia the year and is cured by
the climate where it stands, aud Il as
good as hay the year round. Of course
tho cattle will not gain much ia winter,
but they hold what they have and in
summer are 80 lattcned by the new
growth that no better beef is ever seen
than the cattle driven to market in the
fall. Colorado can never compete with
Texas, or perhaps Kansas, in the market
as there the climate is more damp and ia
those states, especially Texas, the grass is
more luxurimt and thick set, more like
New England pastures and hilsides, A
friend Of mine here has a herd Of two
thousand five hundred IN West Mountain
valley and the range Is twenty miles
square. The same territory in Texas
would probably produce feed enough for
sixty or seventy thousand head, which
win show the comparison IN the com
pactness Of the grass, undoubtedly owing
to the dryuess Of the climate
Scattered all over the prairies are the
cactus plants, with their prick y thofns,
aud the soap weed much resembling the
growth Of pineapple, which arc mSnri-
ant with flowers IN The summer; and in
deed from all quarters ! hear Of the beau
Ufa and snowy flowers which cover these
barren places and make them bloom az a
garden.
In my next ! will give you some de.
scription Of Denver our home.
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