The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-12-24

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IHuHe uH n#aw ihe Hue af che
Par BamaI oat Re whcre il takes
q ercat tan rCeaifaINera8a zad goes
aHta sire southwest into California
lhey esgi see tha town 81 Niuuemacea.
located aa the road Here I ief nag
fma eao day uHl.e ago and iguud
myse|l sa o more than average Nevada
awa u lls about 500 inhabitants.
sh qagaialcd cabins without fenced
yards. sad presenting that peculiarly
uaw appearance which seems very
strange O. eastern eyes. bat ahieh enc
soon gets usci Ia Ia these regions, and
tBe whole looking az If dropped down
iata fae midst 81 tae iatermiuable sage
brush. This sage brush e. as Mark
Twain truly says. scattered al. over
te Rocky Mountain region 10 little
bushes two 90 three feet high aud from
three De seven feet apart except on the
tops "' "s mountains ana along 'he
creeks ah' occasionally there 'S i"aaa
q spot OF go pure aljkali that even il
wlil not grow bot such spots are few
ana l'' between Inc snFn" s'osi's
'iAe sage ana resembles th't pest
WIG" grows O." 'uNo''e"''y %" INC
A'1''''In s'oPe oi h'. I-''N9. AZ
" 'hh'i'ne'' J TOOK . stage "N.on
Runs We o"'ei '''y' 'u'''' ana "e"'
''"' '' A'11' oV ''''''S - '''' '''"''J o'
lamp hcpe'''''' q" '"o oot"e' ol Vt
ek"h' lHe stage was Ioa' western
one WIN IT'S "ei's' Fargo 20 =
treasure OoA' IL IL 'oooeo occasional
n.y. a"' o"'y Tue o'hef night u'e ooA
was 'hSstet''u1'y sto'en ana IaS not
'eeu 'oNod yet ne '''u "ouhH up
al ordinary Nevada '"'ey from ''n 70
twenty "'HeS III "'utH' Win rough WI
came t'"A'"g mountains GA eoo'l sue
i's'N| - " '"''5'ie'So'e np'sh'' say
Hoi" ten 10 twenty miles, out II aid
NOT seem more than three or four
There seems to be wonderful magnl.
tying property in that air, which l no
uced first lar back on the plains, but
no where 50 marked as IN Nevada. A
range OF mountains at the head OF the
valley forty miles distant could posi-
lively be seen as plainly as the Green
Mountain range, on clear day from
Dorset, seven or eight miles off 1t
was beautiful weather all the time /
was there, aud at sun-set the view was
really beautiful Standing on one side
OF the valley where you could see the
length ct 1t, 1t seemed like a vast Ter
tile plain covered with autumn grass,
save down IN the lowest part where
the stream wound around there seemed
to be the most magnificent field Of rip
cned wheat you ever saw The rough
Enthusiastically shaped mountains are
wonderfully me'Iowed by tho light aud
the distance. hut rae down INTO the
'aliey ana u LOOKS dllierenty' Inc
autumn grass Is changed TO sage brush
whose Two OF tnree varieties always
looking brown ana deaa are all you
can see save mere ana there little hne
blades oil green grass after the rams,
peeP'og up through the bare cIayey
looking soI' ana once IN a.whte you
''a see u punch Of tall dry grass suck
rug up. !" uhaecusIomca eyes there
seems ~ De holhlh6 out sage, uet
down INTO the lowest point and the
wheat heid upon examination IS chang
ca 10 an immense tract OF what they
can "''d rye ana looks about aS nn-
"''''"9 ~ ~ ettd"' bo"h Hefe' TOO
IS" Wild seii-cunng hay which IS eN-
ce''e"' Iof stock TO up on the oppo'
posl'e mountains ana you Will hnd
perhaps lar up on the SIDES large guam
''''eS OF the bunch grass Notwith
standing TINS unPiomislng appearance
tl''s rs considered " good stock country
W irrigation good crops OF small
gram ana most excellent potatoes can
Oe raised. Ia The valley was III some
20 "'o neat e"ch Oh sheep aud Texan
oAl'le are supported and 10 the sum
'he' Time many moFs might be. Until
last winter the stock has not needed