The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-04-20
Crossing the Rocky Noun
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/ SACRAMENTO, S75.-Shcrman in tho
territory OF Wyoming, aud Summit, in the
State OF California, are the two passes by
which we enter and quit the Rocky Noun.
tains. ON the lin, of the Pacific Railway.
Sherman stands little lower than Ander-
matt, Summit a little higher than Pilatus.
| From one pass to tho other, we race
distance oil eleven hundred miles, through
barren wastes aud rocky canons bleak,
repul,ive, awIul-just the sccucres which
an Oriental story teller would invent as
the poetical guardians of his golden mine
and diamond cave.
Sherman contends with Laramie Tor The
glory of being the lirst city in Wyoming
Wyoming, the paradise of women, and
the only district Of America with name
derived from n poetic source. The town
consists of one shop, two drinking dens,
in which the card.sharpcrs ply their
trade, a score Of log shanties for miners
and railway porters, few dug.outs for
| Chinese washer.w0mcn aud Sioux hunters,
a post Office, and, beyond the ridge, mile
or so OF snow shed. Winter is said to
loitcr more than half the year ia Sher-
man, just as she fingers more than half
the year in Andcrmatt 1t is way she
has in these high regions of the earth.
In Wyoming there are many COWS, aud
few women. BY the recent census one
finds that the population Of Wyoming is
little over nine thousand, Of which number
about eighteen hundred are females.
Therefore there are four men to each wo.
man. 1t is weak to say that in these
mountains women are courted. Not hav.
ing feminine work enough to do, the ladies
in Wyoming have been encouraged by
their masculine slaves to take up politics
and public life. They have assumed their
rights They vote at elections, they serve
on jurics, they stump the country, they
invade tho law courts, and attack the
Bench. Wyoming has the glory OF being
the first country in the world to satisfy
the emancipated female Utah and
Schwyz have followed suit in giving he
female population votes The motive of
the change in Mormon Utah and Catholic
Schwyz was different from that which led
the herdsmen Of Wyoming to endow the
sex with political power. Ia Utah the
influx Of Genties threatened to disturb
the old Mormon ascendancy in the poll
ing-booths. These Geutiles were mostly
men, who brought no women in their
train, and the eniranchisement Of women
gave the Mormons an immense prepond.
erance Of voting strength. La Schwyz
the Ultramontane priests have joined the
women's rights party in procuring votes
for females, knowing tnat vast majority
Of these female votes will always lie at
their command. In Wyoming no such
alloy mixes with the gold. Here woman
is endowed with the franchise, not be.
cause she is expected to abuse her iudg.
mcnt and betray her trust, but solely for
the reason that she is being to be petted
hattered and adored In Utah, where
the female votes are counted by teLl Of
thousands, such change is serious hui
in Wyoming, with hardly a thousand
grown-up women in the country, it is nc
better than courtesy and Jest. Ii
most parts Of America it is fine thing
to be a lady, and no more. In Wyoming
woman is man-and something more
She is equal to a man in the polling boott
and jury-box-superior to him in The
dining hall and the railway car
Nevada has not followed in the wake
of Wyoming, and in the Western State.
the agitation for female rights is suffern!
au eclipse. In California, am told, tn,
fuss is over and the game played out
An elder in Utah and priest in Schwy
are not likely to recommend such measure
of reform as liberal men will readil,
adopt.
The country lying between Shormar
= and Summit is Silver Land. In one plac
! gold is found in other places copper an,
lead, coal and iron are found but sive
= is the staple produce of the mountain side
Utah is described by jealous miners a
= one mass Of undiscovered silver ore. |
may be SO for mining is in the crad
yet, and men are in too hot a fever t
observe tho treasures lying at their feet
The Emma mine is said to be much bette
than her evil fame. Nevada, too, assume
y the badge aud glory of the Silver State
Mount Davidson is said to be a pile O
precious ore. Nevada has no Emma min
. to bear her down. She has her failure
in the mining way. no doubt, but she ha
=. staked her fame and fortune on the Com
y stock lode, which has not yet deceive
her hope. In this great lode, Nevad
iancies she has more reserves of wealt
than lie IN the Russian, Magyar. an
Peruvian mines. According to the gospC
Q held in Carson, and upheld in Sacramento
e Ural, Carpathian and Cordillcras have I
t bow their heads in presence Of Noun
Davidson.
c Moutains of precious metals AFRO di.
: turbing elements y moral fever seem
). to rage along these roads aud track
!, Every ono is in hurry to be rich n
d Que feels inclined 10 work and wait I
y pow his field and SOW his seed, an
u watch the seasons come end 20, until tn
grain is ripe for the sickle aud the mil
e Every one snaps at fortune, which h
6 prefers TO seek in IA throw Of dice or
y chance discovery Of q mine. Every ma
" you meet appears to have the genius Of
1t gambler, and to fad singular delight
| turns and tricks OF chance. Such are III
y people, such are the laws. The statute
of Nevada are Il curious study. even il
b men familiar with the oddities of huma
codes. They seem to have been concei'
At cd by gamblers, and adopted in the inte
st est Of their craft To wit, a set Of game
e. called by the pretty name Of bankiu
games, arc licensed by the State. A
y other games are left alone No rule pr
ID vents mau from playing any trick /
ig peases on a stranger, and the public fee
y ing is that everything is fair in gamblin
r Just as it is said to be in love aud wa
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