The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-11-25

the Perkins family; but lor the pres
ent We must desist, (Which means
stop, Ahoping that when these few
lines reach You, they viii find you
enjoying the same blessing
ALL-FoUR.
Editorial Excursion-Lctters.
Dcar Register
In compliance with my promise of
last week, l proceed to give your rea-
dcrs a partial descriptions thetown
of Las Animas, Colorado, and brief
account Of our return home.
The society of this place is cosmo-
politan in character and as would
naturally be supposed, taking into
consideration the age of this town,
andtheeountry adjacent thereto: ma
ny dcspcradocsasc here sheltered from
the hand of justice. 4 cold blcoded
murder creates so little excitement
that you rarely hear it even alluded
to in conversation. believe there
are seven or eight hundred souls in
Las Animas, who apparently, wholly
! ignore their duty to the Redeemer Of
mankind. It was here that ! came
to one absolute conclusion, viz: to
hereafter, lctthe hat "go by" when
being passed around for the benefit
of foreign missions, until ! know SUCH
places rs Las Animas are all "bcyond
the seas" Hove, and believe in the
old adase, aCharity should begin at
home" How wrongfully are our good
people in remote, sparsely settled and
uneducatcd localities imposed upon,
| BY even our most reputable ambas-
sailors Of religion, who generally after
exciting their congregations as best
they can, with a sermon on that sub
iect, pass around the hat for the ben
eft of foreign missions, and ask them
to respond literally, which they gen.
orally do, ignorant of the fact, that a
class of human beingsmore insensi-
bic to, or ignorant Of, their moral and
religious duties, than that by whom
certain portions of our own country
is inhabited, is not in all probabili-
ties in existence. They shouldmake
themselves more familiar with that
clause of Holy Writ, which says,
'.First cast out the beam out Of thine
own eye"
The buildings Of this little town
are generally of contracted dimen-
sions, some few of which arc frame,
but the majority is adobe, the latter
of which was quite curiosity to one
from the East, and unaccustomed to
the pcculiaritics of Colorado archi-
lecture.
These huts or novels, are rcpulsive
to the view, but completely protect
the inmates from those chillingblasts
for which the plains Of Colorado arc
notorious. A great many of the
suburbans Live in excavations in the
earth covered with mud, they answer
ing every purpose as rain with them
is rather considered a rarity, than a
natural consequence. While here
We were treated with becoming CT
Witty and unboundcd kindness, and
while the moral .1rchedsof this placeis
not commendable, l thinkit should be
attributed to ignorance. | noticed
that both males and females carried
weapons of defense, and ut first blush,
was satisfied that they were people
who treated timidity as an enemy,
consequently experimental no far
Their in that direction.
The proprictors of the Eandiyer Ho-
tel are kind, complaisant and hos
pitable gentlemen, and their table
sroans beneath the weight of good
things. Such q hotel, in such coun-
try, is to the traveller, what a soda
fountain would be on the Sandy Dcs-
crt. M
From this place at 10o'clock M, on
the 9th OF October, we turned our
faces homeward, passing nothing Of
attraction until we arrived at the
beautiful and thriving town of Lar
ned, which in my humble opinion is
destined to be the metropolis Of Kan
sas and the surrounding country, the
future homes of wealthy and prosper
Gus communities. Here corn, wheat,
oats and vegetables of nearly every
description grow luxuriantly. What
contrast between the prairie here,