The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-01-02

in much demand at this season of
the year. The following is list of
prices made from inquiries by my
self: Clerks, $40 to $500, with no
demand whatever; cattle herders,
board and $35 and $40; farm hands,
board and $25 to $40; servant girls,
board and $40 to $35. The follow
ing prices are by the day: Carpen-
ters. So to 81; painters, $3.50 to 81;
orick masons, 81 to So; plasterers,
Soto 81; common laboFers, s25Oto
So. The following are the prices of
building material: Chicago dressed
lumber-flooring $5 peru 1000,
weather boarding $50 to $34, shin
giles $3.50, lathes ) $S; Colorado
dressed lumber flooring $40, SHIN.
giles So, Iathes $3.50, undressed
lumber $28 to s35; brick SO per
1000, lime so to 60 cents. The
following are tia prices Of proxis-
ions: Coffee sugar, 10 cents; Rio
coffee, "a to % cents; lard, 124
cents; sugar cured hams, 18 cents;
beef, 4 to Is cents; ranch butter and
eggs, 40 cents; Colorado Hour, best,
$5. so; corn meal, ST.. corn, 75 cents.
! do not think I would tell an IN
truth if.I were to say this was the
finest provision market in the
world. Such -four and such. beef!
You in Tennessee never saw such
beef; it is fat the year round. Tue
flour of Colorad o cannot be excelled
in the world. 1t is shipped to St.
Louis, 500 or 900 miles, and brings
higher prices. than any other -four
The market is full of ali kinds of
game, buffalo, deer, antelope, Rocky
Mountain sheep, ducks, wild geese,
rabbits, gronse, partridges, etc.
All kinds of winter vegetables, ex-
cept sweet apotatoes, are in album
dance, and the finest and largest l
eyer saw. Household goods, such
as furniture, stoves, etc, are 40
higher here than in the States, with
the freight added. Coal is worth
From $5.75-to SO portions. That at
1915 is better than the coal you
have in Pulaski. Pine wood per
cord 81 to So. It is said that Colo
RADIO is one bed of coal. A great
many mines of excellent coal have
been opened. Rents of dwelling
houses range from SIS to $50 per
month, depending on location and
size. The climate is. indescrihable.
+ I viii try to give you a faint de
scription of it. 1t is always dry.
The sun shines nearly all the time.
It SHOWS very often at this season
of the year, but it never lays longer
than a few days, seldom longer than
few hours. 1t melts, and the
sandy soil absorbs it directly, leav-
ing no unpleasant ''slops." I have
been here since the 9th of Septem-
Der, and l have never seen it sultry,
but have seen it very warm but
not oppressive, thermometer be
tween so and 80 degrees. About
the 18th of November it was very
cold, the thermometer below zero
for, several mornings; but the. cold
is not severe, You do not feel it as
much as you would in Tennessee.
For the last two weeks we have had
beautiful weather-cool, bracing
sunny days. A popularity of this
climate is that it is always several
degrees warmer in doors than out,
and Vice versa in summer, always
cool in the house and shade.7 The
nights are cool the whole year. The
worst feature / have experienced in
this climate is the wind and dust
storms. The dust storms are terri
bic, especially to invalids. 1 have
seen it blow so hard and there
would be so much dust that could
not see across the street. 1t is i'm
possible to keep the dust out of the
house. The winds do not blow
hard enough to damage anything
but a fellows sensibilities. enjoy
more sleep here than I ever. did
before, and always awake refreshed
There is little in nature that is at
traetive except the Rocky Noun
tains. The range is in view for a
long distance, and greatly relieves
the monotony of the browns sandy,
treeless plain around the city. No
one should come here unless he de
termines to do anything he can get
to do to make a living. Though
laborers get good wages, the supply
is greater than the demand at pres
ent. Some peole in the States have
an idea that there is little eompetl-
tion in the different branches OF
trade, and that big profits are made
on everything, Far from it. There
is plenty of competition in every
branch of trade, and goods are. nc
higher here than in the States, with
freight added. I would advise nc
one to come here, but would say
come and see for yourself, especially
if YOU are an invalid and troubled
with consumption, asthma, or with
any disease of the lungs or throat
but stay away if yon have any
trouble of the heart, for if you
come here ron are a-'-gone case.
l capnot say l would rather live
here than in -Tenpessee.T IflE had
good heaith, / would rarherliye II
! Old Giles than any place sen tbs