The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-11-10
PECULIARITIEs OF DENVER.

THE PRIDE OF THE PLAINS'-REvoLVERs
BELOW N MONEY ABOVE PAR-MoRALs
AND OF THE CITY.
A correspondent of the Graphic writes
thus entertainingly of some characteristics
of life in Denver: An innocent traveller
enters a railroad ticket Office in New York
and examines the various advertisements
OF routes to Denver. To Chicago his
path seems straight, and west of that the
Chicago, Rock Island IL Pacific, and the
Union Pacific finds favor in his eyes.
The former road advertises connection
through to Denver by way of Omaha, and
thence by the Union Pacific to Cheyenne.
This is a delusion and a snare. There has
been no practical connection for many a
month. / reached Cheyenne about l O'Clock
p. NJ, on Friday, AND Tor Is mortal hours
lowered about that spot wondering when
the connecting" train to Denver would ap-
pear: AT 2 AM, on Saturday, the ~"eonnec-
ton" was made. and the sun rose from the
plains on the left hand and illumined the
Rocky Mountains on the right some time
before Denver came into view. / own, / re-
greet to say, no stock in any railroad, and /
do not advise any particular route TO Den
yer. Only 1 should be unwilling to remain
more than half a day at Cheyenne again.
Perhaps, now that the railroad magnates, in
Guiding he of the slapped face, have crossed
the continent" a new order of things may be
instituted. Denver is a city. Nearly sew
enteen thousand souls dwell within its
boundaries. or this number some three or
four hundred are receiving from Is to SO per
ent. a year for their money, and a majority
of the remainder are paying these killing
rates. / am naturally inclined to take a
glorious view of affairs in general, but, even
after elevatlng myself to a level with the
saDguine ones, L am unable to comprehend
how such a state of things can last
vary l(n0 Rnf will COW that ovoru
one seems to be jolly and light-hearted.
There are no shopkeepers who sit in the
doors of their shops, looking as if they
would gladly apply the torch TO their tene-
ments and realize their reinsurance if they only
dared. Nothing of the sort here. How
many of these Denver tradesmen pay their
expenses lean not conceive; but to purchaser
they make no concessions. If one is not
suited with their prices he can go elsewhere.
No effort is made to induce him to buy. The
shopkeeper is as Indifferent about it appar-
emily as if he were
WORTH MILLIONS.
This may. be accounted for from the fact
that all of them came here in the condition
of franklin when ne entered Philadelphia;
ard they reason if they return whence they
came with nothing there will have been lit
tie practical loss. | haven't yet dared to ask
any of them about this matter, for fear of a
possible rifle or revolver behind the counter.
This sang-froid extends to all classes. The
Jokes of the driver who stands ready to
you to the fair for % cents fall dead
upon the ear of the passer by. The pedes-
TRAN scarcely raises his eye while the hack
man explodes with volleys of wit. If the
former is ready to go to the SHOW a quick
little dash for the vehicle is his only method
of signitying it. The waiter in the restaur-
ants and hotels fof all in the East the
most ~obsequious) is here metamorphosed
into an aggressive fiend. One day he
is familiar, the next day be ignores
you. You enter your restaurant for break
fast ten minutes before the time of obtain
ing that meal has expired. The fiend APP
proaches with a silver watch in his hand,