The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-10-22
LETTER FROM OREGON.

as interesting and as much read as
ever, and will write you again.
The 1st of May would be the most
pleasant time to visit this coast; let
me say to the pleasure-seeker or i'm
igrant that 1 will not try to do the
eloquent to points of interest on the
trans-Paciic route, but simply call
your attention to those that most in
terested me. The bridges at St.
Charles, Missouri, and Omaha. Ne
braska, are specimens of architecture
that were planned by that ardent pa
triot, Thomas Pain, and Americans
ought to be proud Of his name. The
valleys of the Missouri and the
Platte are beautiful. You will al
ways remember Echo Canon and
Bridges Pass. The deer, antelope,
and prairie dog-towns will please
you. At Ogden. in few miles from
the renowned city OF Salt Lake. just
take time, after you have your seats
secured, and see what great shocks
your trunk aoiU Stund, in transferring
from the U. P, to the G. P. railroad.
They say several safes have passed
without being broken open. | do
not mean that said baggage-smash-
ers are inquisitive. but / would have
to use great many qualifying adj
jectives to describe their destructive
ness. After leaving the Saints"
you pass around the north end of the
Lake. beautiful sheet Of water You
see. as on the Z. p, railroad. the
sagebrush and greesewood. The
artesian we'll at Humboldt Sink "a
peculiarity Of the river which is
quite refreshing. You pass over the
Sierra (which Joaquin Miller has
''sung so loud and long about. I
will speak of him again. you will
be tired of the Al miles of tunnels
and snow-hills before you get through
them. You can see fir, pine and
and cedar trees from 200 to 25O feet
high. You will remember Cape
Horn as you come out of the snow
and see down 1000 feet below, the
flowers in all their bright and gor-
geous colors, and the birds .chirping.
the trees in bloom, and such a May
Of loveliness you never dreamed Of
before. This metamorphizing can
not be described. Come and see it.
is the only way to know it. ~.
At Coifax mot Vice President Of
the Credit Mobilerized Congress,
but) a thriving town beneath the
snowy sierra mountains, you hear
the we'll known voice. and sharp
wit crying 'ers your choice Oregon
apples ( 1 will speak of these later,
mister, don't you want Bulictjn-
4tLos q and then the great battles,
earthquakes, murders, &C., they will
tell in breathless haste, that is
worthy of the sons of ''49 ers.'" or
sons OF parents that had go-west-a-
tive ness about them, to come to this
eden. Now, those perpendicular
banks of earth, 200 feet high, are
washed down by a forced stream of
water that runs down in the ''sluce'
troughs and as the gold is heavier
than the dirt. sand and stone. they
drop over behind those "slots''
which they gather, and carefully
span out what they call their
.'clean up This is the great hy-
draulic mine. Now everything is
beautiful and inviting. But see
Oregon first. Don't locate until you
know that Que year out of five there
is failure Of thai great staple wheat,
but in Oregon although not as heavy
crops, there nerer has been q failure im
wheat. barley, and oats or apples.
But I must go back to California.
You see very fine prairie and grazing
land, and it is as good as it looks.
The bottoms or valleys of the JOa-
quin, American and Sacramento riv-
ers are very fine but malarious, and
if you cannot put mp with few Kan
sas or Missouri shakes do not stop.
You arc taken around Sacramento as
if to show you the beautiful city, but
remember the ague! afcfa4
You will know the city of Stock
ton by it's many windmills and choice
prairie lands. Laramore prairie is a
grand body of land. From Oakland
you cross the bay to San Francisco.
You may not get in until after the
up.steamship has left, SO go to Wood.
wards Garden and see all the won
ders-but little less than the Central
Park, N. Y.9d The market, as you
pass through, will astonisIl you, and
spoil your appetite for any vegeta-
bles or fruits grown cast Of the Rocky
mountains. You are now g bound
out. and as the vessel rolls going
over the BAR called Golden Gate,
If not a seaman yon will nauseate
unpleasantly or perhaps be sick, but
ron will be over it in. time to see
gulls. porpoises. sea-lions, sharks and
perhaps whales. ana feel the Pacific