Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-08-16
For tho Waterman journal.
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elves WITH the questions our hrst experience Win ,
he "snowshcd" suggests, we have come up to and
,asscd Cheyenne, which contests with larimie
ty the claim Of being the largest place on the
Dad between Omaha and Ogden and are rapidly
gliding past the few remaining miles that sop
,rate us from the Summit at sherman.
Ere We lose sight Of Cheyenne yondcr upon the
plain let us give it the description its Importance
merits Ono not thinking much about it, would
naturally suppose it was not Of sufficient import
anco 30 merit much Of description. Looking
back upon it we notice only few buildings scat
tered here and there over the plain, for the most
part low studded, and built Of boards merely
matched togcthor-thc Episcopal church, the High
school building, and the Railroad shops being an
exception and with the thought of the most ]
important place upon an Eastern railroad in
the mind. one is tempted to smile as the rough |
looking, sparscly settled, sem-sayage appearing |
town puts In its claims TO be considered OF i'm
portnncc 60 humanity. Nevertheless we shall
have TO admit rs claim as well founded Tor here
DO is probably the first among the places that lie
100 the route of o. road eleven hundred miles in
length. 60 distance greater than from Boston 20 /
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pie. one .o pt 10 be as much deceived as that
traditional parsonage was who passed Judgment
upon The frog capacity for a jump, from his size.
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broad, low doorway OF tn't dingy place marked
" sample store ~ daily casks OF liquors, and
barrels OF beer 900 quantity enough TO make
Frank Eichari- and Nein Herr Piati, could they
sec 1t, throw up their hats, bricks and ALL and
shout with ju1ihtlon supreme, nine cheers
and a tiger ior bonnie Cheyenne Che land where
lank teetot.ism and spying State constables
are unknown or make Che most anguine of
prombiuonisis sadly acknowledge the existence
of one place besides Boston, where the " law
c1uldnotbc executed, even with Mr. Wendell Phil
lips as advocate, Mr. Benjamin Butler as govern
or, and the faithful y. Hth, under the leader
ship of its gallant and p1u- colonel as state con
siabuory 10 meditation upon The liquor lnes-
ton as it bears upon Cheyenne one must rcmem-
Der that t j. one oil the places where government
treats l"ithl the Indians ana 81 Is PROPOSE
ton easily proved That the nearer a savage a man
s' the more 'timulaut be Graves and the less ca
pahle is be OF understanding and holding The
craving in check win thH proposition A.
standard hy which 90 try them, dear reader, how
many OF your acquaintance especially oil the
young men from twenty to thirty -hye could he
'he articles JUST mentioned 50 win the trade 10
all the other staple productions o. tue country
1t is SIMPLY enormous looked at from an eastern
standpoint Here it u.s. a httle rough looking
place OF barely three thousand people, and yet 1t
is doing heavier traihc-and by heavier mean
a regular traffic as distinguished from siz-pen-
ny shopping trade-than many an eastern city
with ten times the population.
Though constrained TO speak OIL tbe a"ellins
places and the stores as cheap-looking' very com
monnlace affairs, we must not tall into the mis-
take OF snpposing that they cost comparatively
nothing Far from such suppos'tion Is the truth
very chenp-Iookng' commonplace ahair OF a
building 90 Cheyenne, Is worth more 90 the pro
prietor than fine farm house in Washington
county That low, unpretentious siore-house
mentioned above cost the builder more trouble
ana money than any store ana probably any
plocA u' stores ln M0h'pe'leI' COST lts oulluer
ou'ef Is cheap ID Oheyehne- tlnoer dear II is
easy 20 Oe seen tna' III l'h1 where thlhss are al
su'n pass ''A' 'e '"'y "ee near 'n' ioau ioi
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